Basketball TITLE QUEST AT INVERCARGILL

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28986, 29 August 1959, Page 7

Basketball TITLE QUEST AT INVERCARGILL

Two Near Upsets By Wanganui

(New Zealand Press Association) INVERCARGILL, Aug 28. Wanganui, one of the lowest rated rides in the New Zealand basketball tournament which concluded its fourth day today, almost upset both of the ‘giants” when it took Canterbury to 15-14 and Southland Major the title-holder to 29-28. It should have won both games. A wind, perhaps the strongest of the tournament, made conditions unpleasant for the good crowd which attended.

Wanganui led Southland practically throughout their game and was beaten only in the final minutes. After trailing Canterbury it finished strongly. Had the forwards been round when wanted, Wanganui would most certainly have won. Results were:—

First Grade.—Auckland 32, Hutt Valley 24; Southland Major 29, Wanganui 28; Southland Country 27, Otagd 23; Canterbury 31, Hawke's Bay 22; Rotorua 32. Matamata 24; Auckland 23, Hawke’s Bay 18; Canterbury 15. Wanganui 14; Southland Country 22, Matamata 7; Rotorua 29, Hutt Valley 18; Southland Major 16. Otago 10. Third Grade.—Thames Valley 46, Putaruru 29; West Coast 31. Taranaki Minor 19; Ashburton 30, Marlborough 25; Wairarapa 41, Poverty Bay 21; Putaruru 19, Taranaki Minor 6; Canterbury Sub-Associations 49, Hokitika 14; Wairarapa 29, Marlborough 3; Ashburton 39, Hokitika 10; Canterbury 31, West Coast 13; Thames Valley 22, Poverty Bay 12. The teams for the North v. South Island game tomorrow are:— North. —N. Erceg (Hawke’s Bay), J Waititi (Auckland, captain); E. Fahey (Wairarapa), C. Sinton (Auckland), B. Miller (Hawke’s- Bay, vice-captain), R. Quirke (Hutt Valley), L. Cook, (Wanganui). Emergencies: F. Aretemu (Rotorua), M. Elliott (Hawke’s Bay), B. Carter (Auckland). South.—C. McMaster (Canterbury), J. Dunlop (Canterbury), vJ. Fuller (Canterbury, captain), P. Edmonds (Canterbury), M. Fisher (Canterbury), N. Robb (Southland). J. Deaker (Otago). Emergencies: C. Fahey (Southland), M. Gardiner (Southland), E. Back (Canterbury).