BASKETBALL

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 June 1937, Page 4

BASKETBALL

YANKEE TOURNAMENT

The West Coast Basketball Association conducted a Yankee tournament at McGinley Park on Wednesday, under ideal conditions. The march past of all the teams engaged, to music supplied by the Municipal Band, was a spectacular feature, and was watched by a large crowd. In a friendly match played during the afternoon, Orama (Christchurch) defeated Technical O.G. B. The results were: —

A. Grade (section 1): —Ist round: Convent O.G. A 17, Technical O.G. B 4. Runanga A 9, Technical A 2. Second round:’ Convent O.G. A 4, Runanga A 3. Technical O.G. B 3, Technical A2. ; Third round: Convent O.G. A 7, Technical A 1. Runanga A 10, Technical O.G. B 1. A Grade (section 2): —Ist round: Convent O.G. B 5, United A 0. Technical O.G. A 6, Blaketown 0. Second round: Technical O.G. A 6, Convent O.G. B 1. Blaketown 4, United A 3. Third round: Technical O.G. A 9, United A 0. Convent O.G. 84, Blaketown 3. Final: Convent Old Girls A 7, beat Technical Old Girls A 6.

B Grade (section one): —Ist round: Cobden C.O.G. A 4; St. Mary’s B 3. Runanga C 3, Tainui 1. Second round: Cobden C.O.G. A 9, Runanga C 1. St. Mary’s B 3, Tainui 3. Third round: Cobden C.O.G. A 7, Tainui 4. St. Mary’s B 4, Runanga C 1. B Grade (section two): —Ist round: Taylorville 4, St. Mary’s A 2. Runanga B 17, United B 0. Second round: Runanga B 6, St. Mary’s A 2. Taylorville 13, United B 0. Third round: Runanga B 3, Taylorville 2. St. Mary’s A 9, United B 0. B Grade (section three): —Ist round: Woolworths 5, Technical B 0. Convent O.G. C 3, Tech. O.G. C 0. Second round: Convent O.G. C 2, Technical B 1. Woolworth’s 9, Technical O.G. C 0. Third round: Technical B 0, Technical O.G. C 0. Woolworth’s 6, Convent O.G. C 2. Semi-final: Cobden Convent Old Girls A 5, Runanga B 2. Final: Woolworth’s 5, Cobden Convent Old Girls A 4. Schools Grade:

In the Schools’ Grade, Technical D and St. Mary’s D drew, and the deciding match will be played at a later date*. Results were: —Technical D 3, Technical E 0. St. Mary’s C 6, St. Mary’s J 4. St. Mary’s D 5, Technical F 0. St. Mary’s C 4, Technical E 2. Technical D 2. Technical F 0. St. Mary’s D 6, St. Mary’s J 2. St. Mary’s D 6, Technical E 1. Technical D 6, St. Mary’s C 2. St. Mary’s J 4, Technical E 1. Technical D 2, St. Mary’s D 2. St. Mary’s C 3, Technical F 0. St. Mary’s J 5, Technical F 1. Technical E 2, Technical F 0. Technical D 2, St. Mary’s J 1. St. Mary’s D 5, St. Mary’s C 1. The matches were ably controlled by members of the Referees’ Association. FIXTURES FOR SATURDAY The following fixtures have been arranged for Saturday:— A. Grade: Runanga A v. Convent

O.G. B at McGinley Park. 2 p.m. (Miss Ray); Convent O.G. A v. Technical O.G; B, at Swimming Bath Court, 3.20 (Miss Kerins); Technical O.G. A v. Technical A, at Swimming Bath Court, 2.30 (Miss Gardner); United A v. Blaketown, at McGinley Park, 2.15 (Miss M. Tennent). B. Grade —Section 1: Convent O.G. C v. St. Mary’s A, at Columba Courts, 2.30 (Miss McNiyen); .Technical B v. Runanga B, at Columba Courts, x 2.30 (Miss M. McGuire); Cobden C.O.G. A v. Technical O.G. C, at Columba Courts, 3.15 (Miss Beirne). Section 2: Woolworth’s v. Technical C, at McGinley Park, 3 p.m. (Miss Griffiths); United B v. Cobden C.O.G. B, at Columba Courts, 3.15 (Miss McGinley); Runanga C v. Taylorville, at McGinley Park, 3 p.m. (Mrs. Hickling); Tainui, a bye. United teams for Saturday:

A. team: M. Eadie, R. Quayle, J. Autheman, I. Neilson, A. Tindale, P. Kerins, T. Baker, E. O’Neill, D. Harker, J. Dunn. B. team: B. Vincent, M. Taylor, E. Bruce, M. Comeford, B. Harker. O. Baker, J. Robertson, G. Kitchingham, O. Tomkies, M. Todd. J. Bridgeman. Convent Old Girls’ teams:

A team: N. Grogan, M. Rathbun, M. McGuire, K. Close, D. Finlay, E. Hannan, E. Rohloff, P. Heffernan and G. Saunders.

B team: T. Bellamy, M. Close, F. Pope, 1. Clayton, M. Kelly, K. McGinley, M. Bierne, R. McGuire, and Z. Clarke. C. team: E. Duffy, B. Brown, M. Gough, B. O’Counel, S. McSherry, M. Minall, M. O’Connell, B. O’Connell and T. Ryan. D team: P. McGrath, K. McGrath, B. Knight, M. Dougherty, Dougherty, V. Robinson, Cowly, D. Callan, J. Freeman and Warrick. Technical Old Girls’ teams for Saturday: A team: M. Cornish, E. Henderson, C. McAra, B. Tennent, J. Greenhill, AL Giron, D. Greenhill, A. McCabe, E. Armstrong. B team: C. Booth, L. Hughes, P. Smith, R. Niniino, M. Bell, 1-1. Nimmo, S. Greenwood, H. Greenwood, J. Niniino.

C team: E. Strongman, M. Anderson, B. Millar, M. Tennent, B. Greenhill, B. McNeill, F. McDonald. E. Niniino, O. Faulkiner. INANGAHUA RESULTS A basketball tourney was conducted by the Inangahun Sub-Association at Reefton on Wednesday. Teams from Ikamatua and Ahaura and several local teams contested the games. The matches were played al the Reefton District High School grounds, in miserable cold foggy weather, and there was a poor attendance of spectators, though the enthusiasm ran high among the teams. The, final was not reached owing to failing light. The final game between Stars and Old Girls’ A is to be played off on Saturday next. Results: School v. United I! 5/3. Stars v. School 11/3. Old Girls' A v. United A 11/2. Ahaura v. tkamatua 15/5. Old Girls' B v. Stars 3/11. United A v. Ikamatua. 9/2. Old Girls’. A v. Ahaura 12/3, Old Girls’ B v. Uni-1 ted B 8/6.