BASKET BALL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 229, 25 August 1928, Page 1 (Supplement)

BASKET BALL.

DOMINION TOURNAMENT. CHAMPIONSHIP TO AUCKLAND Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Aug. 25. At the basketball tournament this' morning, Canterbury beat Taranaki by 29 points to 10. Auckland beat Otago by 21 points to 13. Wellington beat Southland by 23 to 13. In the afternoon Hawke’s Bay beat Canterbury by 22 points to 19 and Otago beat Southland by 12 to 10. In the final of the championship Auckland boat Wellington by 25 points to 15. GROWTH OF THE GAME. A POPULAR PURSUIT. The third Dominion basketball tournament was liofei jliis week at the

Normal School grounds; Wellesley Street. Auckland. The New Zealand Basketball Cup was first contested for in 1926, when Auckland won, and this province succeeded again in 1927. For this year’s contest teams competed from Otago, South Canterhurv, Wellington, Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay and Auckland. • • • ’ Tire members of the visiting teams numbering 72 in all, were billeted by the Auckland Basketball Association and during their stay were treated to a wide programme of entertainment. As showing the growing popularity of the game of basketball it may be mentioned (says an exchange) that the New Zealand Association was first formed in 1921, and the following year there were only four associations m New Zealand. In 1925 there were six, the game having spread to North Otago, and Southland, and since then Hawke’s Bay. Ashburton. Taranaki, and Poverty Bay have joined up, and there is every indication that Manawatu will be in next year-