BASKET BALL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22022, 3 August 1933, Page 4

BASKET BALL

By Watch. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE The Management Committee met on Saturday afternoon to finalise arrangements for representative fixtures. Those present were:—Mrs W. B. Taverner (in the chair), Misses 11. Mackenzie, I. W.Knight, M. Fleming, S. Foster, M. Farquharson, M. Pearce, A. King, 0. Wright, C. Murie, C. Scott, and A. M'Culloch (Oamaru). Correspondence received from the New Zealand Basket Ball Association stated that dates for the Dominion tournament had been decided upon as follows: —Minor section, commencing on Wednesday, August 22. and major section commencing on Thursday, August 24. The Otago team v/ill leave Dunedin on Monday, August 21, and travel direct to Gisborne, where the players will have a free day. on Wednesday. The team will be accompanied by Mrs W. B. Taverner and Miss R. Mackenzie as delegates to the New Zealand Council meeting. Miss S. Foster has been nominated by the Otago Association as a referee for the New Zealand tournament. A vote of thanks was passed to the selectors of the representative teams in the various grades. The following arrangements were made for representative fixAugust 5. —B and C Grade teams at' Oamaru. These teams will leave Dunedin by the second express on Saturday and return on Sunday. Miss S. Foster has been asked to accompany the teams. August 12.—Otago C Grade v. Balcliitha, at Dunedin. The Balclutha team will arrive by the south express, and will then be entertained at luncheon. Ihe match will be played on University court at 2 p.m. Miss M. Pearce will be the referee As an additional attraction the Walker and Hall Challenge Cup match will be played at 2.45 p.m. This will give the visitors an opportunity of seeing a very good First Grade match. Arrangements tor afternoon tea have been left to Misses King, Scott, and Wright, in conjunction with Misses Fleming and M’Culloch. The visitors will leave for the south by the afternoon express. _ , August 19—Otago A and B v. Southland A and B, at Dunedin. The Southland teams will arrive on Saturday morning and leave again on Monday, .the B team returning to Invercargill, while the A team continues on with the_ Otago team to Gisborne. Both matches will be played on the University court. Miss S. hosier wdll referee the A Grade and Mr J. Breeee the B Grade. The offer of Mrs R, S. Black to entertain the teams at her residence on Saturday evening has been gratefully accepted. Arrangements for billeting the Southland players have been left to Misses Sunderland, Fleming, and W right.

FIRST GRADE COMPETITION Saturday saw the commencement of the handicap tournament, and two very interesting games were played. Handicaps had been arranged as follows; —Ex-Girls 1, owe 16; Albany I, owe 12; Albany 11, owe 8; University, scratch; and Ex-Girls 11, receive 2. , The first game was played between ExGirls I and University. With the game opening at owe 16, Ex-Girls made a determined effort to make up their handicap in the first half. University, on the other hand, had only to play a defensive game and try to keep in the lead. When halt time was called University had scored only two goals, while Ex-Girls had almost made up their handicap. The fast pace set in the first half was kept up in the second, when some very smart movements were seen. Ex-Girls continued to pile up their scores. When the final whistle sounded the score stood at 16 —5 in favour of ExGirls. Actually Ex-Girls scored 32 goals to University’s 5. Mr J. Breese was the referee. The second game was played between Albany II and Ex-Girls 11. Albany started at owe 8 and Ex-Girls at receive 2. Albany did not take long to make up their handicap, and by half time had a lead of three. Albany set the pace and had no difficulty in piling up their scores, until the final score reached about 18—o. Miss M. Fleming was the referee. SECOND GRADE Caversham and Blue Triangle still remain at the top of the list in the Second Grade, and the cup will probably go to the winner of the match between these two teams. Blue Triangle had a very narrow win on Saturday, defeating A - bany by 10 to 9. Once more Albany nearly had another draw. The Caversham team had not such a hard game, defeating University by 10—7. E *’ No r mal played well to defeat Koslyn 11 _ 8, but Athletic had an easy win a g ai ° B “ First 19—6, and Eawhiti accounted tor Tinopai 13 —9. THIRD GRADE Musselburgh registered another win on Saturday, and still remain top of the list with an unbroken record. Iheir last game was against Central, the final score being 21 —3. University and Mutual had a good game, the former team winning by 13—9. First played very well to defeat Blue Triangle 12—7. FOURTH GRADE The best game in the Fourth Grade was played between Blue Triangle and Blue Bird. The former team won by two goals, 14—12. The Blue Bird players are to be congratulated on the very fine type of basket ball they play. They handle the ball in fine fashion, and a 1 their movements appear to be well thought out. The result is that they usually draw a fair number of spectatois to tbeir matches. Normal II and Imopai also had an even game, the former team being victorious by 13 11. Mussel burgh had a fairly easy game against Mutual, winning by 19—9. FIFTH GRADE Saturday’s results sprang a surprise on all followers of the Fifth Grade competition. Caversham, the top team, was defeated by St. John’s, a new team, by 10 —11. The winning team is to be congratulated on its fine came. Under the guidance of its coach, Miss P. Benzoui, the St. John’s team has been showino, a gradual improvement as the season has advanced. If these players continue with their game much should be heard of them next year. North-East V alley accounted for Gipsy by 11 9. Blue Triangle had a fairly easy game, defeating Wesley 21—5. and Maori Hill had no difficulty in defeating Mosgiel 17—4. ANNUAL TOURNAMENT The First Grade annual tournament is to be held on Saturday on the University court. During the afternoon each team will meet every other team, but to make this possible the length of the spell has to be shortened to about five minutes instead of the usual 20. This makes very fast, as the players realise that they must make full use of the short J' 1111 ®* Often the unexpected happens, and already there arc many rumours as to who might win. . The tournament for the lower grade cannot be held until September 16, and will probably mark the end of the season. The fixing of such a late date was necessitated by the number of representative fixtures and also the school holidays which come before September. PRIMARY SCHOOLS The competition in the primary schools has now reached the final stages. This year the competition was run in three sections —south, middle, and north. The two leading teams from each section— Musselburgh and Caversham from south, Arthur Street and Mornington from middle, and Albany and Normal from north —played off in the semi-finals last

week. Albany defeated Musselburgh, Caversham defeated Arthur Street, and Normal defeated Mornington. Albany, Caversham, and' Normal now play bft for first and second places. The B Grade results will be published next week-end with the A Grade finals. INTERHOUSE COMPETITION Kia Ora v. D.I.C. proved a very interesting match on Saturday, good passing, especially in the centre third, being the ruie for both teams. An enjoyable game ended with the score 13 —6 in Kia Ora’s favour. .C.F.H. had no difficulty in defeating Fern, as the score 17 to 1 indicates,, Fern are unfortunate in not having a full team, as at this stage in the competition all other teams have settled down and good team work is the generfl rule.

Both Sargoods and D.S.A, were in good form for their match, some good passing being witnessed. Had D.S.A.’s forwards been more accurate in shooting the final score would have been more even. • The match ended 14 —4 in Sargood’s favour. Y.W.C.A. and College were unfortunately unable to field teams on Saturday with the result that Penroses and Defiance won by default.