Canterbury Lead On Fourth Bay Of N.Z. Basketball

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23343, 28 August 1950, Page 6

Canterbury Lead On Fourth Bay Of N.Z. Basketball

(P.A.) PALMERSTON ~ Aug. 25 Games in the.fourth day of the Dominion women’s basketball tournament resulted as follows: — First Grade. —Wellington 9 v. Otago 9; Canterbury 32 v. Manwatu 7; Tauranga 29 v. Hawke's Bay 14; Auckland 21 v. Southland 7: Auckland 29 v. Wanganui 12; Canterbury 25 v. Otago 14; Manawdtu 6 v. Wellington 12, Southland 22 v. Hawke’s Bay 15.

Second Grade. —Matamata ID v. Horowhenua 15: Rotorua 25 v. Waikato 1G; Taranaki 18 v. Nelson 12; South Canterbury 24 v. West Coast 13: Marlborough 27 v. Southland Minor 13: Hutt Valley 26 v. Poverty Bay 15; Rotorua 21 v. West Coast 17; Soutli Canterbury 23 v. Horowhenua 22; Waikato 17 v. Poverty Bay 14: Matamata 21 v. Southland Minor 13: Marlborough 22 v. Nelson 15; Taranaki 23 v. Hutt Valley 13. .. .Third. Grade.—North Otago 21 v. South Auckland 12; Wairarapa 18 v. Hawke's Bay Minor 11; Eastern Bay of Plenty 24 v. Te Kawau 9; Thames Valley 12 v. Kaiknura 11; Canterbury Minor 27 v. Waikato Minor 13; Manawatu Minor 19 v. Putaruru 17; Te Kawau 29 v. Hawke’s Bay Minor 11; Taranaki Minor 18 v. Otago Minor 14; Eastern Bay of Plenty 32 v. Wairarapa IG.

Championship points at ttie conclusion of play stood at: First Grade: Canterbury 14, Auckland 13, Tauranga 11, Manawatu 7. Southland G. Wellington and Otago 5. Wanganui 2, Hawne's Bay 1. Second Grade: Taranaki 16. Mata mata (A) 15; South Canterbury 4: Horowhenua 13. Third Gra'de: Canterbury Minor 12. Eastern Bay of Plenty and Thames Valey 10. Manawatu Minor 9. The following were selected for the North and South Island representative teams: —

North. —Forwards, L. Breed (Wanganui). B. Kirk (Tauranga), S. Harris (Auckland): centres, J. Edwards (Wellington), J. Hickey (Auckland), J. Sullivan (Manawatu), J. Williams (Wellington): defence. L. Black (Auckland), I. Platt (Wanganui), M. Schroder (Wellington), Y. Webb (Auckland). South.—Forwards, M. Brown (Southland), A. Hughes (Canterbury). J. Murray (Canterbury), N. Nicholls (Otago); centres, R. Donovan (Southland), D. Hughes (Canterbury). D. Tuner (Canterbury), C. Warne (Otago); defence, H. Mackay (Southland), B. and JS.

Newey (Canterbury), J. Rewca: (Southland).