Hounsell Scores Brilliant 27

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30808, 21 July 1965, Page 18

Hounsell Scores Brilliant 27

The young Canterbury colt, A. Hounsell, scored a brffiliant 27 points for Old Boys again Rang!ora in the penultimate round of the Canterbury A grade men’s basketball competition last evening. This is the highest individual score for many years and is one of the highest recorded in interclub competition in Canterbury. C. P. Dyson (Burnham) had a score of 26 in 1963. Hounsell obviously contributed greatly to Old Boys con- i |vinc!ng 50 34 win over Rangiora He was not guarded well but j I Ur's could not detract from al I very fine performance In shoot-1 I :ng skills. University B gained a comfortable win over Rex. 42-29, and is now in an unbeatable position at the head of the competition. Y.M.C.A. also defeated Orients with ease. 41-23. and Y-Boys. seriously affected by illness, was overwhelmed by Burnham, 51-19. Points after 17 rounds are: University B 29, Y.M.C.A. 24, University A 21. Old Boys 17, Burnham 16, Rex 14. Rangiora 6, Orients 6. Y-Boys 3. A promise of good things to come was made by Rangiora In 'ts match against Old Boys In the early stages. It set a solid oace at the outset, moving into an encouraging lead. However, 't was unab’e to consolidate Its position when the pressure was applied and in spite of an outstanding performance by the Canterbury representative. R. Spark, who scored 20 points. Old Boys emerged the winners. 51-34. Old Boys demonstrated quite | a lot mora polish in their play

and were clearly superior to their opposition. Realising the outstanding form Hounsell was in, his team mates played to him but without detracting from the team spirit of the game. They were all defensively sound: always prepared to attack the basket when necessary. Old Boys 50 (A. Hounsell 27. G. Orchard S, P. Bell 6. K. MHligan 6, R. Milligan 2. J. Francis 2) beat Rangiora 34 (R Spark 20, D. Lamb 6. K. Davidson 5, D. Greig 2). Although it did provide strong resistance at times. Rex never held control for long against [University B. Its defence was good but its tactical play and shooting ability was much inferior. University B finally coasted home to victory by 42 points to 29 after leading by only seven points at half time. The scoring of the students was remarkably uniform, an indication of a well drilled team W. Smith, R. Zachariassen and D. Young were perhaps more prominent than some other members of the team but there were no weak links. B. Wool-ford emerged as Rex’s most successful goal shooter with 11 points. He showed a good eye for the interception. His points all came from good honest toil and there was no sign of the seagull tactics he used to score so many points last year. University B 42 (W. Smith 10. R. Zachariassen 8, D. Young 8, P. Jack g, L. Anderson 6. T. Just 4) beat Rex 29 (B. Woolford 11, M. Harley 6, P. LundJackson 6, J. McEvoy 4, G. Jones 2).

Y-Boys reached an all-time low In its game against Burnham, going down 19-51 after trailing 8-22 at half-time. There was virtually no cohesion in the side and its shooting and defence had much to be desired of it. However, much of its sad performance could legitamately be blamed on Illness. Its player coach, C. Harley, was unable to take the court and another player had to make a hurried trip to the dressing room during a time out to be sick. Nevertheless. Burnham d<l play well. Led by C. P. Dvson and A. G. Ward It drove hard and was so successful at draw Ing fouls that Y-Boys had to finish with only four players Burnham 51 (C. P. Dyson 16, A. G. Ward 13, B D. Watson 8. T. King! 8. J. Wright 6) best Y-Boys 19 (A. Wilson 7. B. Stead 4, K. Baker 4, R. Dew 2, N. Vincent 2). The match between Y.M.C.A. and Orients was not much better. In spite of the fact that Y.M.C.A. was without two of Its Canterbury representatives, R. Entwistle and P. Rom, Or - ents waa struggling to reach 20 points and only did so becatv e Its opposition relaxed Its vigilance in the closing stages. Y.M.C.A. 41 (J. Smith 15. R Roylance 8 A. RUey 8, N. Saunders 6, J. Spencer 4) beat Orients 23 (C. Hl 10. C. Chee 6. C. Cochrane 3. P. Kim 4). Other results were: Senior Reserve.—Wigram 30. Teachers’ College 18: Y.M.C.A. C 40. Y-Boys B 29; Rex B 24. Rangiora B 22: H S O B. B 53. University C 32.