BASKETBALL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19455, 11 October 1926, Page 15

BASKETBALL.

KNOCK-OUT TOURNAMENT. RESULTS ®OF OPENING ' ROUNDS. The annual knock-out' (onrrtament conducted by the Auckland Basketball Association was commenced on Saturday and will bo concluded next Saturday. In spite oi the very unfavourable weather, keen contests resulted. Following are the details:— Third Grade.—First round: Jnterhouse Red, 29, beat Tnterhouse Tango, 10; Y.W.C.A. B won by default! from Interbouse Cerise: Interhouse Royal, 27. beat Training College A, 0: Grammar Old Girls 15, beat Trainin® College B. 11. Second round (unfinished): Victoria, 25, beat Edendale. 10- Y.W.C.A., IT, bent Lynndyle, 14. Fourth Grade.—First round: Papatoetoe won by default from Mount Roskill; Grammar Old Girls, '24, beat Edendale, 12; Interhouse Gold, 20, beat Interhouso Mauve, 5: Otahuhu, 10, beat Lymidale, 5; Blockhouse Bay, 23. beat St. Thomas, 5. Second round: Grammar Old Girls, 10, beat Papatoetoe, 6: Interhouse Gold, 6, beat Otahuhu, 2; Blockhouse Bay, R, beat Maungawhau, 5; Training College, 12, beat Haereniai, i;. Fifth Grade.—Y.W.C.A., 17, beat Interhouse Rose, 6; Edendale B, 9. beat Normal, 8; Seddon, 31, beat Interhouse Royal, 10; Interhouse Brown, 30, beat St. David's, 3; Interhouse Red, 11, beat Papatoetoe, 0. Second round: Y.W.C.A., 23, beat Edendale B, 9; Seddon, 9, beat Interhouse Brown, 6; Edendale, - 7. beat Interhouse Red, 5; Interhouse Cerise, 18, beat Avondale, 0.