Last Week’s Competition Games

Northern Advocate, 27 May 1938, Page 7

Last Week’s Competition Games

Basketball

The good standard oi play revealed : in the opening games of the Whangai rei Basketball Association’s 1938 com- | petitions was continued in the second ; series of matches on the High School j courts on Saturday. ; HIKURANGI IMPROVING. | A now learn to the senior division, i Hikurangi, although beaten la--G in j their game with Old Girls A, .showed j signs of settling down to the A grade I end demonstrated that they have ; every other team in the competition j beaten when it comes to taking the | ball, handling passes cleanly, whether i the ball was coming hard, high or low. j With the absence of Ray Banton .'from the oen.ro. Old Girls wore at j sixes and sevens until half-time. Velma j Smcal. who tilled the vacant position, j being a defence player, and finding it j a little difficult to settle down to the unaccustomed position, i Hikurangi goals had Old Girls’ dej fence worried at several stages, j Dorothy Pickles especially playing an i excellent game. Hikurangi’s defence was also very good, and had Old Girls upset in many instances. If 801 l Weaver (Hikurangi) continues the improving form she has shown in the opening games, there is no doubt that she will go far this season. Cld Girls’ shooting was not too good until half-way through the first spell, when the goals settled down and worked hire Trojans. Old Girls’ defence played an excellent game, although Natalie Noble was inclined to be a little on the rough side. The game was more even than the score indicated. . RESERVE DEFEAT CONVENT.

Following their promise of the previous week, Convent goals revealed that they have settled down' info a good combination, although the team was beaten 14—4 in their game with Old Girls’ Reserve. B. Jennings displayed especially good shooting, and shows every sign of becoming a distinct asset to her side. The Convent centre play was excellent, the ball going away cleanly, with an absence of fumbling; Moira Spring, however, marred a brilliant game with unnecessarily rough play. At times, Old Girls’ goals were completely rattled and, by repeatedly cutting out their own outside players, E, Johnson and Jean. Reid, threw these two girls out of position again and again in attempts to get the ball through directly to Freda Burgess. Tim long overhead passes were intercepted by Moira Spring. Betty Clark, an Old Girls’ centre, played an outstanding game, although she was somewhat inclined to fumble the ball. Betty Barber, a newcomer to the game, played a very good game in the Old Girls’ defence.

GLENBERVIE AND OLD GIRLS. In the second division. Glenbervie defeated Old Girls’ B, 10—7. While Old Girls’ passing was good, their catching was far from satisfactory, and it was this feature that lost them the game. Old Girls were leading 7 —4 at half-time, but did not score in the second half. Grace Hutton was an excellent centre for Old Girls. Glenbervie's passing was not up to standard, and this team will have to pay a good deal more attention to the rules. They had a tendency towards over-defence, and it appeared that they should have scored more goals than they did, there being more misses than anything else in the first half. The Kauri players handled the ball well in their match with Bargain Stores B. which resulted in Kauri’s favour, 15—8. M. Carter was an outstanding goal lor the winners. Bargain Stores played a reasonably good game, but showed considerable room for improvement. C GRADE MATCH. In the C grade, Ramblers had it all over Y.W.C.A. B to win by 27 goals to five, the losers having to take the field one player short. One point in Ramblers’ game was the amount of backpassing by which players often lost ground when in possession Of the ball.