Canterbury Success In N.Z. Basketball Final

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

Canterbury Success In N.Z. Basketball Final

(P.A.) PALMERSTON N.. Aug. 28. Canterbury, still unbeaten when the final day’s play in the national women’s basketball began on Saturday, ran out easy winners against Auckland 22-7 in the final. The second grade wds won jointly by South Canterbury and Taranaki. The third grade title went to Thames Valley, who were competing in the tournament for the first time. South beat North 17-16, in the annual match for the Atkinson Trophy. The following is the list “trophywinners:—First Grade: New Zealand Shield, Canterbury; Annie Brown Cup (runners-up), Auckland. Second Grade: President’s Shield, South Canterbury and Taranaki equal; Hayhurst Cup (runners-up). Matamata. Third Grade: Kiwi Trophy, Thames Valley; Armstrong Shield (runners-up), Temuka; Lillian Gilmour Trophy (points), Canterbury: runners-up. Eastern Bay of Plenty. The following were the results of Saturday's games: First Grade—Tauranga 20 v. Otago 5;: Wanganui 18 v. Hawke’s Bay 11; Manawatu 28 v. Southland 23; Canterbury 22 v. Auckland 7; South Island 17 v. North Island 16. Second Grade. —Hutt Valley 20 v. Rotorua 18; West Coast 19 v. Waikato 19; South Canterbury 36 v. Poverty Bay 15: Taranaki 33 v. Marlborough 12; South Canterbury 25 v. Hutt Valley 21; Nelson 22 v. Poverty Bay 11; Taranaki 19 v. Horowhenua 14: Hutt Valley 20 v. Southland Minor 14: Rotorua 30 v. Nelson 17: West Coast 21 v. Poverty Bay 17; Matamata 23 v. Waikato 8: South Canterbury 34 v. Marlborough 29: Mata- 1 mata 16 v. Nelson 6: Horowhenua 23 v. Southland Minor 17. Third Grade.—Waikato Minor 22 v. Wairarapa 19: Eastern Bay of Plenty 43 v. Hawke’s Bay Minor 7; Canterbury Minor 30 v. South Auckland 11: Thames Valley 27 v. Manawatu Minor 17: Te Kawau 25 v. North Otago 22; Temuka 29 v. Otago Minor 15; Kaikoura 16 v. Taranaki Minor 14; Thames Valley 24 v. Canterbury Minor 12: Temuka 30 v. Manawatu Minor 11: Canterbury Minor 19 v. Temuka 22. , ' v