BASKETBALL RULES AMENDED
(P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Aug. 31. t A reversion to the rule concerning stepping that was previously in force was a major adjustment made by the council of the New Zealand Basketball Association after a conference with officials of the All-Australia Women’s Basketball Association. Other adjustments were made in the rhles and officials of both countries expressed the view that as a consequence a further interchange of visits would toe made more practicable. The president of the New Zealand association, Mrs. H. D. Muir, said that the council’s decisions regarding the rules would come into force in the 1949 season. Conditions under which games between Australia and New Zealand will toe played in future will be decided after consultation with affiliated associations in the two countries. Australia will continue to play seven-a-side and New Zealand nine-a-side games.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22730, 31 August 1948, Page 2
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