BASKETBALL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18759, 16 July 1935, Page 8

BASKETBALL

P.E. COMPETITIONS SATURDAY'S MATCHES KEEN A GRADE GAMES Interesting play was seen in the Poverty Bay Basketball Association’s competition matches on. Saturday. In the A grade Marathons defeated Marist by 20 goals to 14, after a brilliant second sped, In which the winning goals were scored. The first half was evenly contested, Marists having slightly the ■better of the exchanges. Marists’ centres were all playing up to form and were always enterprising, frequently sending their goalies away with crisp passing; but Marathons were never out of the picture. Half-way through the second spell, Marists looked like certain winners. .Marathons, however, were not done with and they carried all before them in a series of sparkling movements which enabled'them to draw ahead to a six-goal margin. For Marists, Misses Quinn and Stevens goaled with accuracy, while Miss W. Murrav wuas an excellent leader in the centre third. Miss Hibbert was an indefatigable defender. The Marathon goalies showed up well in positional play. - ’ ST. MARY’S BEAT THIS In defeating Tuis by 15 to 13, St. Mary’s showed better combiuation. Their ! coaling was more accurate and the handling was better than that of Tuis. In the second half Tuis brightened up and improved combination in tbe forward .third, enabled Tuis to rapidly reduce StMary’s lead. ..Iv With a minute to go, the scoreboard “Showed St. Mary’s. 14 Tuis 13, and - ■'excitement ran high as Tuis exerted * themselves' to level the scores. St. iiJUtiry’s defence was equal to the strain “"•yind a brilliant clearance by Miss N. “"-■"through the-centre to Miss P.ean. who vyith a sensational shot converted for St. —diary’s as’ the final bell sounded. ~H.5.0.G. A 1 22 v. HARRIERS 2 Old Girls were seldom extended in their match and ran out easy winners. The play generally was uninteresting. There was some good individual play by Harriers, Miss Turner being safe in defence. A great deal of indeterminate play took place and’fumbling was frequent. H.S.O.G. A2 16 v. CASH STORES S -Old Girls had much the better of the plav all through .tilts match? their sure handling and accurate passing enabling them tp easily penetrate the defence. ~ Individually Cash Stores showed up .in some brilliant solo play, but combination was poor and passing slow. .Miss Cousins, in Cash Stores’ .defence, used her reach to advantage on occasions, while In the forward third Misses M. Williams and N. Morrison displayed cleverness in manoeuvring lor position and goaled with accuracy. Running with'the ball appeared to be frequently indulged in, Old Girls sailing pretty ' close to the wind in this respect. For Old Girls, Mrs. Williamson played up to ; iovn in the centre third. In deictic® • '’-Miss Joyce White appeared to take

B GRADE HIGH SCHOOL'. BEAT MANGAPAPA In a closely contested game Mangapapa went down to High School D by 3 goals, the final score being 11—8 in School’s favor. Mangapapa's passing was always good, hut they could not open up the play as they wanted, owing to the clever intercepting of the School players, whose jumping and catching were marked features of their play. HIGH SCHOOL C’S TWO WINS High School C put up a good display m defeating Rovers by 16 to 7. In the School Centre Heather Percy and Ailsa Pitcher were prominent, while in aefence Miss Audrey Pearce cleared in good style. Miss Gwen Chamberlain' was the best of the School goalies. In their second match of the afternoon High School C accounted for Caledonian, the score being 13 lo 9. The match was fairly evenly contested, with the exception of the early stages when School notched several goals in rapid succession. ORMOND BEAT OLYMPIC Ormond defeated Olympic by 11 goals to 4. The Ormond defence proved too strong for Olympic. There was not much combiuation in the losers’ team, and the practise of a few schemes of play should have a good effect. H.S.O.G. P.2 DEFEAT ST. MARY’S S.S. B S.S.O.G. B2 defeated St. Mary’s S.S. B by 17 goals to 4 after a one-sided display. St. Mary’s were strongest in the centre third and in this section they had an equal share of the ball, the defence, however, was weak, while the goalies were overshadowed, by the opposing defence. The centres of both teams displayed good combination. Old Girls' goalies wore superior to St. Mary’s, Miss N. Ansell being in form, and Miss Gunn using her height to advantage/ In defence, Miss M. 0. Sim cleared Old Girls’ goal area without difficulty. FRIENDLY GAMES Friendly games played during the afternoon resulted as follows: High School 15 10 v. Caledonian 6. Hula 16 v. Y.M.C.A. 9. Athletic 13 v. H.S.O.G. El 6. RESULT OF' COMPETITION The Saturday B grade competition was completed last Saturday, the result, being as follows : Points H.S.O.G. P.2 16 Ormond ... ... ... 14 Olympic 9 High School G ... ... 8 High School I> ... ... 7 Caledonian ... 7 Rovers 6 'Man gape pa ... ... ... 3 St. Mary’s S.S. R 2 , The conclusion of this section’s round enables play in the newly-arranged second and third sections—previously published—to begin next week. NEXT SATURDAY’S MATCHES DRAW ANNOUNCED First section.—ll.S.O.G A 2 v. Marist, No. 1 court, at 2.46 p.m., referee, Miss 0. Mend; High School A v. Cash Stores A, No. 1 court, at 3.30

p.m., referee, Miss P. Beale; .Tuis v. H.S.O.G. A 1, No. 1-court, at 2 p.m.. referee. Miss I. Somervell; Harriers v. St. Mary’s S.S. A. No. 2 court, at 2 p.m., referee, -Mr IL Anderson; Marathons, .a bye. Second section. —St. Mary’s S.S. B v. Caledonian A, No. 4 court, at 2.40 p.m., referee, Miss B. Howitson; High School E v. Athletic, No. 2 court, at 3.30 p.m., referee, Mr G. H. An.sell; H.S.O.G. B 1 v. McKenzies, No. 2 court, at 2.45 p.m., referee, Miss X. Miller; H.S.O.G. 82. v. Ormond, No. 4 court, at 2 p.m., referee, Mr G. H. Ansell; I-luia, a bvc. Third section. —Rovers v. Caledonian R, No. 3 court, at, 2 p.m.. referee, Miss M. Ilooton; High School C v. Y.M.C.A., No. 3 court, at 2.45 p.m., referee, Miss E. Allen; Manga papa v. Olympic, No. 4 court, at 3.30 p.m., referee, Mr R. Anderson; Cash Stores B v. High School D, No. 3 court, at 3.30 p.m., referee, Miss E. Wallace. Groundsmen. —Mangnpnpa. PLAY AT MATAWAI (Herald Correspondent.) Tbe.Motu basketball'team visited Matawui on Saturday, and although the ground was sloppy, a good fast game was played. Miss Gibson, To Karuka, refereed the match. At halftime the- scores were even, and Mata-wai’s-defence had its work cut out. but. good long-distance shooting on behalf of the local goal-throwers turned the sealo in their team’s favor, the result being Matawai 11. Motu 8. Included in the visiting team were: Misses M. Derecourt, captain, M. ami M. Shepherd, P. and S. Twistletou, B. Hutchins, L Dare, E. Moffatt, D. Donaldson. Playing for Matawai were: Misses D. Scholium, captain, I. Eminerson, L, Fielder, B. Davenport, M. Smith, O. Taylor, Mrs. G. Mortleman, Misses E. Pert, and M. Calcotl.