Indoor Basketball Y.M.C.A. REX WINNERS

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30215, 21 August 1963, Page 17

Indoor Basketball Y.M.C.A. REX WINNERS

Leader Goes Well Ahead Only two A grade matches were played in the nineteenth round of the men’s indoor basketball competition, held last evening. The match between University A and University B has been deferred because of the University tournament In Dunedin. Y.M.C.A., the competition leaders, had a six-point win over Y-Boys, the third team, and Rex comfortably beat Wigram. In the first half of the match between Y-Boys and Y.M.CA. the latter team took control to go to a 17-9 lead at half-time. In the second spell, however. Y-Boys fought back to come within four points of the leader, but finally went down, 29-23. The Canterbury representative. R. Entwistle, was in fine form for Y.M.C.A., scoring 12 points. R. Burnby also shot well to notch nine points. C. Harley and J. Smith both scored eight points for Y-Boys, but their shooting was not as accurate as that of Y.M.C.A. In the other game Rex outclassed Wigram to gain a 4320 victory. Wigram was without its Canterbury representative, M. Bach, and clearly showed it. The positioning and shooting of Rex was greaUy superior. B Woolford and P. Fox were the best of the Rex side, shooting accurately and positioning themselves well. The former New Zealand representative, H Fox. and P. Wand also played well. Wigram. apart from W. J. Dockery, did not show out. especially in the first half Dockery scored 12 of the 20 points, but even he missed several comparatively easy shots Points in the A grade are:— YMC A. 32. University A 28, Rex 18, Y-Boys 16, Burnham 10. University B 4. Wigram 4.

Lower grade results were:— Senior Reserve. Teachers’ College 29. Orient 22; Rex B beat Police by default: Stars A beat L.D.S. by default.