BASKETBALL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19024, 26 May 1936, Page 2

BASKETBALL

WEEKLY GAMES : SOME HIGH SCORES good contests IN ALL (TRADES Bracing weather prevailed on Saturday afternoon for the weekly games in the basketball competition. ..Results were: — _ , x ! v . —A Grade — • • H s.O.G. (A) 9 v. St. Man'S(A) 6. Eluia 15 v. Marist 6. ' Y.- ' Marathon 12 v. H.S.O.Cr<-JTtt 7-" Thus 17 v. High Scliooh „ \ —B Grade-7 3 "VGash Stores (A) 24 v. Ajhletk- 45 St. Mary’s (15) 17 v. IlaCnerslSHigh School (8J',16 v. Ovmond 10. High School (C) 11 v. 11.5.0. G. ((■) o. —C Grade— Olympic 9 v. Mangapapa 7. Gash Stores (13) 15 v. Caledonian 5 Rovers won bv default from H.S.U.ti. (DIPL AY IX A GRADE 11.5.0. G. (A): started off at a great pace in their match with St. Mary s (A) and, catching the opposition napping, rapidly piled up a lead of seven goals to nil. Once St. Mary s got warmed up they held their own. hut were never able to completely capitalise ail their efforts in the goal area, ine H S O.G. defence was equal to every assault made. ,bv the Convent forwards, .Misses Niven and-White intercepting repeatedly. The splendid work of OKI Girls' ‘defence compelled St. Mary s t'oalies to make some very long shots, from.-which most ot their conversions were made. Miss R. O’Gorman proved herself an adept in these circumstances and showed perfect control and uncanny accuracy in finding! the net. In St. .Marv’s‘centre! third Miss 0. Norberg was always prominent and led the passing through to the goal area, while Aliss Aliev was the most industrious of St. Manv’s defenders. The Old Girls' goalies showed a return to their usual form and combined with understanding; Miss .lanes was again their, mainstay and notched most of the goals for her side. Marathon met unexpected resistance from H. 5.0.0. (13), and were a trifle .lucky to win bv their five goals. 11.5.0. G. were weak in the forward division, the goalies being inclined to shoot ion soon, otherwise Old Girls were always making the play and their superior work in the centre and defence sections was praiseworthy. Misses Chcvoux and Ancell were always in the -picture and added many brilliant features to the play of their side. The Marathon goalies were deadly accurate when within shooting distance. Mias Stenner in particular being in top form. Huia, brilliantly outplayed Marist and repeated their run of success. In the first .half Marist. through keen defence, prevented liuia from becoming dangerous, but better team work enabled liuia to sweep aside resistance. The welljudged goaling of Hnia’s star forward gave them a commanding lead early in the second spell. Marist forwards made repeated efforts to reach the net area, hut the majority of their attempts were repelled by Huia’s consummate defence. Tuis showed all-round superiority in the meeting with High School A. With slightly better team work the students might have led instead of being behind at half-time. School’s centres did not play up to their usual form, and frequently belli on too long. The Tuis’ centres played good basketball and the trio were quicker off the mark and displayed better control than the school players. Tuis’ goalies were in good form, and outflanked the school defence with comparative ease. Miss Dodd had a field day as regards long distance throws, finding the net on several occasions with phenomenal winners. P, GRADE GAMES Cash Stores A piled up the cricket score of the day against Athletic. The winners showed better combination than usual, and, as with their B team, are improving with every game. Excellent understanding between the centres enabled Cash Stores to give their goalies ninny opportunities, which were used convincingly to add to the score by Miss D. Davies, who was the most prominent forward. Misses E. Cousins and J. Vagg were safe on defence and robbed the toiling Athletic forwards of many chances. Athletic possesses poor combination, but with regular practice and some coaching should develop into a good side, as they are always lit. St.- -Mary’s B and Harriers had a hard tussle, with many bright incidents relieving the struggle. Play was kept dose by both teams, and it was the better understanding between the St. Mary’s forwards which won the match. Both sets of centres were well-matched, and some interesting movements were initiated in this section.

High School B played delightful basketball to defeat Ormond. Tho play of tlio school goalies was particularly clever and fast, and scores were registered unerringly from all angles. The High School C and H.S.O.G. C match was fairly fast and full of good play. Tint school team passed”the ball quickly and accurately, and made their opponents put up their best performance to keep down the. score.

C GRADE MATCHES The rapidly improving Olympic team just managed to defeat Mangapapa in the final stages of an interesting display. Both sides handler! very cleanly and were evenly matched both in attack and defence. Cash Stores li showed good toward play in their match against Caledonian. As a whole the Caledonian forward line combined well, but lacked penetration. Tim opposing goalies were always dangerous and seldom missed the ring when within scoring distance.

THIS WEEK’S MATCHES Tlit* draw, for this week’s matches is as follows: -- A Grade.— No. 1 court. 3.30 p.in., 11 nia v. St. Mary's (A), referee, .Miss ]. Somervell; No. 1 court. 2 p.m.. High School (A) v. H.S.O.G. (B). Mr. R. Anderson: No. 1 court. 2.45 p.m., H.S.O.G (A) v. Marathon. Mr. J. Crnvvford-Smith; No. 2 court. 2.45 p.m., Marisl v. Tuis. Mr. G. Ansell. I’, Grade.—Xo. 2 court. 2 p.m., H.S.O.G. ’(C)-v. Ormond, referee Mr. G. Ansel!; No. 3 court, 3.30 p.m., Si. Mary’s (B) v. High School (It), Mr. J Crawford-Smith; No. 3 court, 3.30 p.m.. Cash .Stores (A) v. High School (C), Mr.'C. Greig; No. 4 court. 3.30 1*..m.. Woplwori!i« v. Harriers, Miss C. Mille/ - ; Athletic, a bye. C Grade.—No. 4 court. 2 p.m.. High School |D) v. H.S.O.G. (D). referee Miss M. McKinley: No. 3 court, 2 p.m., Caledonian v. Rovers. Miss M. Webb; No. 4 court, 2.45 p.m.. High School (M) v. St. Maiv’s (O'. Mr. It. Anderson; No. 3 court. 2.45 p.m.. Mangapapa v. Cash Stores (B), Miss f. Somervell; Olympic, a -bye. Grou'ildsmen,—Wool worths.