Indoor Basketball TOURNEY AT BLENHEIM

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29271, 1 August 1960, Page 13

Indoor Basketball TOURNEY AT BLENHEIM

Canterbury Men Win Final Fast, close-scoring indoor basketseen when Canterbury, Marlborough and Nelson met in Blenheim at the week-end to play for the Canadian Goodwill Trophies. Canterbury men had two very hard They narrowly beat Marlborough by 4 points, and then only with a full hard court press for the last five minutes. W. Smith dnd R. Entwistle top scored in this game, getting 35 points between them, but it was the new representative guard, R. Zachariassen. who produced the best effort, rebounding, feeding, and moving to good effect. In the final. Nelson used its best players, B. Cotton, F. Baldwin, G. Barker and I. Charlett. who tried everything to win. Play was unnecessarily rough at times, but most ' of the plays and shooting were of a high standard. Canterbury surprised, however, by using a tight-zone defence, and rebounding magnificently under both hoops. P. Ward, on trial in the centre, played particularly well, and Smith again defended and shot effectively, allowing Nelson only a 3-point lead at half-time. . A full court press by Nelson in ; the second half gained a 12-point ’ lead with nine minutes to go. D. Charlett shot well, but fouled unnecessarily. At this stage H. Fox came into the team for the first time, replacing Zachariassen. From this point on, it was all CanterburyEntwistle, Ward and Smith passed - well .and Burnly. with a date cut, 1 lost his man and continually received from Fox to score 11 excel- 1 lent points. Nelson was not allowed to settle down and at the final whistle Canterbury led by eight points. Results:— Canterbury 59, Nelson A5l: Nelson 1 A 52, Marlborough 42; Canterbury 79, Nelson B 30; Canterbury 52, Marlborough 48; Marlborough 61, Nelson ] B 23. WOMEN’S GAMES ■ ‘ j 1 Canterbury Beaten < In Final A last-minute effort enabled Nel- ’ son tOs beat Canterbury and win the final of the annual trlagular women’s indoor basketball tournament among j Nelson, Canterbury and Marlborough j for the Canadian goodwill trophy at ( Blenheim on Saturday. Earlier In the day Nelson beat i Marlborough after a rather dull, • even first half. Canterbury had to ; play hard to beat Marlborough in 1 an early match, and had a rela- 1 tively easy victory over a young ■ Nelson B team. i Results:—Nelson A 37, Canterbury 32; Marlborough 51, Nelson B 16; j Canterbury 31, Marlborough 26 Can- i terbury 42, Nelson B 11; Nelson A ] 36, Marlborough 19. i Canterbury y. Marlborough < In a very even game which could • well have gone either way. Can- ‘ terbiiry beat Marlborough. Canterbury took some time to settle down, and with no more than two points separating the teams for the first halt and the early stages of the second half, it had to make a determined effort to take the lead. First points came up quickly for Marlborough, with H. Blick finding . the ring with an accurate set shot. The rather wandering zone played by Canterbury offered plenty of op- . portunities which B. Hoar and A. j Green were quick to take ad van- , tage of Good rebounding by the ( guards, P Hillier and B. Roberts ! (Canterbury), gave D. Fleete the j opehings to score, and three good * goals brought the score up for Can- j terbury. With a rather more solid i zone on defence, Canterbury still i lacked penetration on attack. Good ’ guarding by Green kept the Canterbury score down, and with Blick < finding the ring consistently for 1 Marlborough, the half-time score s was 13-12 in Canterbury’s favour. In the second half Canterbury showed more life on attack, and the forwards, N. Tregoning and B. ’ Rodger, moved much better to give > their team the initiative. Good set * shots by A. Blair and Fleete took J Canterbury into a lead which it * maintained. For Marlborough, H. . Blick and A. Green played well, and j D. Fleete found the basket consist- ( ently for Canterbury. j Final score: Canterbury 31, Marl- £ borough 26. j Top Scorers. Canterbury: D. 3 Fleete 10, P. Hillier 6, A. Blair 5. £ Marlborough: H. Blick 14, A. Green , 6. V Canterbury v. Nelson B « Against the inexperienced Nelson * B team Canterbury had ample opportunity to try out its moves, and I throughout the game attempted to play constructive basketball. Players J appeared more confident, and pass- < ing was steadier. * Using a cut-through, the zone and a pass from the guard line, C. Brown j found the ring in quick succession J to open the scoring for Canterbury, j A much tighter zone and close ' guarding by Canterbury on defence j kept Nelson well out, and attempts at goal fell into the eager hands of the rebounders, M Elms, B. Roberts, , and P. Hillier. With Hillier cutting well on at- j tack and handling becoming surer as play progressed, Canterbury led at half-time, 21-6. Good rebounding and shooting by . T. Ryall put Canterbury further into , the lead in the second half, and with , ample support from A Blair and B. Rodgers, who gave Canterbury an j ample supply of the ball from rebounds under both baskets, the j score increased steadily. Minor infringements marred the j game temporarily, but play became . more settled in the closing stages . when a young Nelson team found , it hard to reach the ring against . a rather more experienced opposk j tion who took the game, 42-11. , Top scorers.—Canterbury: P. i Hillier 8. T. Ryall 7. A. Blair 6. D. ( Fleete 6. Nelson; R. Mayo 4. I Nelson A v. Canterbury 1 Canterbury played its best game 1 for many seasons when it held a strong Nelson team to 37-32 in Nel- 1 son’s favour. The game was played ; at a fast pace throughout, and in < the final stages the polished team- J work and slightly more accurate < shooting of Nelson were the decid- ’ ing factors Nelson opened the scoring, with • G. Holland and I. Brough shooting J accurately, and Canterbury trailed by 8 points. Good passing and mov- ! ing on attack, with M. Elms cutting through the zone to score, brought first points up for Canterbury. A ! more solid zone harried attacking ; Nelson players, and from hurried shots B. Roberts and P. Hillier rebounded to gain possession for Canterbury Long passes to the forwards. D Fleete and C. Brown, resulted in goals, and Canterbury equalised at 10-311. Over-eager guarding by both teams allowed penalty shots to take the score up, but the game on the Whole was very free of infringements. With Nelson loading one side of ♦he zone and using quick passes tn draw the guards out of position. G Holland and Brough were scoring •consistently. Canterbuev plevtoe more snrelv, and M. Firns and Hillier eou»lised the snore tor Canand at half-time the score wm 20-all. The second half onened disastrously for Canterbury, with V. Roberts and Holland scoring four goats before Canterbury could regato !♦< combination At thin stave P. Hillier, playing narHcularlv wpH and shooing acrurMehr brought the score ’»© again. Changes In th** Cante’*»”rv team, which anneared to be tiring ups*t combination, and sbnta became rather wild. Rebounding w»«-non-existent, and Nelson bad the nooning* tor polished neesing an** accurate shots hv Talbert, which to**k <♦. into the lead. A tiring rantehurv teem bard. lacked ♦'■>«* Onish of Nelwhich won av-a*. Ton p*v*rera.—*> T els*m: T - T’rouc’* 5%. G. Holland tl V Robert® fl p Hillier 10. M. Elms 10 C Brown 5.