BASKETBALL

Southland Times, Issue 20771, 11 May 1929, Page 19

BASKETBALL

(By "Defence.”)

May Fair Tournament.

As this is the most important fixture for next week lam putting it first. Two late entries Rosedale and Technical College were received and the convenor of the match committee being kindly disposed accepted them, so there are 15 entries. If the evening is wet the tournament will simply be abandoned. The semi-finals and finals will be played on the Show Grounds on Saturday commencing at 3 p.m. If Friday is fine and Saturday wet, arrangements have been made to play these matches in the Drill Hall. Remember games begin punctually at 7 p.m, Here are the rules to be followed; cut them qut. 1. All players must wear registered club costume.

2. Teams must be ready to take the fields at the time appointed. 3. A team which is late will be defaulted.

4. The team mentioned first in the draw will take the northern goal. 5. Teams will march on, line up in centre and give three cheers before the commencement of each game. (No cheers after game), 6. Each game shall consist of two spells of 7 minutes each. Teams will change ends at half time, but there will by no interval. 7. Teams that lose shall immediately vacate the assembly enclosure. 8. The referee’s decision is final. There can be no appeal. 9. Each team must play the same 9 girls throughout the evening, except in the case of accident, when a substitute will be permitted with the consent of the referee.

10. A girl cannot play for more than one club.

11. Each team shall provide a ball, well branded with name.

12. Players must come in costume and assemble in the recesses on either side of the main entrance to the Post Office and await their turn to play. 13. If a game results in a draw, a change over shall be made and the game continued until either side scores. If no score results after a further five minutes, sides shall change over and play continue. And here is the draw:

At 7 p.m. (referee Mr. Kinross) Progressive v. Kiwi; 7.15 p.m. (referee Mr. Dennis) Winton v. Technical College; 7.30 p.m.: (referee Mr. Hamilton) Kia-Ora v. St. Peter’s; Rosedale a bye; 7.45 p.m. (referee Mr. Dennis) Pirates v. Rata; 8 p.m. (referee Mr. Hamilton) Central Methodist v. Limehills; 8.15 p.m. (referee Mr. Kinross) Collegiate v. Bluff; at 8.30 p.m. (referee Mr. Hamilton) St. Mary’s v. Makarewa. If the captain of the winning team comes to the Rotunda, she will be told when her team will be required again. These officials have been appointed: Referees, Messrs Dennis, Kinross and Hamilton; Ground Stewards, Misses P. Cunliffe and L. Strathern; Scorers, Mrs Batchelor, Miss Hansen; Time Keeper, Mrs Johnston and Miss N. Gimblett. Seven-a-Side Tournament. Entries for the 3rd tournament close on Monday May 20, and there will only be a hard hearted match committee to any appeals for late entries as we are expecting a record number of teams. Already we have heard of three teams from Gore and two from the High School here and one from “Blues” so see that your entry with 2/6 entry fee is posted in plenty of time. An Apology. I must apologize to Bluff for the criticism levelled at them last week. St. Mary’s have since explained that it was an unfortunate chain of mistakes that led to that match being played. Bluff had been left with a telephone number and thought it was that of the president, hence they considered they had made all arrangements with her. lam sorry I did not receive this explanation before these notes went to the

d paper. ie Carnival. ® You will all know I hope that you have exactly five weeks from to-day and that [j £5OO is a great deal of money. lam beginning to feel rather worried about it and n to wonder and to wonder, but it isn't neces(l sary is it? You know that we must uphold , t the honour of the Southland Basketball Association and earn that money. The courts s are more than half finished and this week t a cheque for £2OO is being sent to the contractor. Personal. All the older basketball members and verymany of the younger ones will know Violet Cloughlcy. Violet belonged to the association at the beginning, playing “shoot” for y Collegiate, of which club she is still o a member. She was also a memv her of the first executive, helped e organize the first seven a side tournament e and captained the first representative team, t Violet was married recently and in recogr nition of her keenness and enthusiasm, her t club members presented her with a clock y and to make the presentation held a veryenjoyable kitchen evening at the home of f Ruby McGill. Mrs Craig will continue e to play for Collegiate. 1 Postponements. “ This vexed question once more exercises the minds of the powers that be. On Wede nesday the rain did not commence in earnest until it was almost time for matches to begin. Of course they had not been postt ’ poned and many optimists turned up in s the hope that the rain would stop,. instead ' the rain came down more heavily as the , afternoon progressed. However matches can ' only be postponed at mid-day and if the weather changes after that there is no use blaming those responsible for the postponement of games. One can only grin and hear it. On these occasions I always feel es- , pecially sorry for Bluff and Makarewa, be- _ cause it costs them so much for travelling ! when they do get a game without adding i to their expenses when they don’t. Saturday Matches. 1 Saturday on the contrary was all that one could wish, warm sunny day and no wind, so that all the matches as set down were played. At Bluff there seems to be a difference of opinion as to what is a long pass. One account tells me that the passing ' was of the short quick type and another that it was the old long throw. I wonder. I haven’t seen this team this season so am not in a position to offer any comment. Teams are finding the court narrow after the full sized ones in town and so are crowding with the result that roughness appears. Last Saturday’s game was fast and Collegiate began attacking well putting in three goals in a few minutes, but it, was their only score in the first half. They could not stand up to the strength of Bluff’s passing. Pirates had a decisive win over St. Peters which missed A. McAra from the jumping centre. I often wonder why Pirates don't do as well as this more often. They have some very good players, quick and accurate

at passing, but somehow usually they just don’t get there. Their idea of position is improving too and they have a sure goal third. Rata and St. Mary’s had quite a thrilling game resulting in a draw. Rata’s Saturday team is not equal to the Wednesday one at least in the shooting third although the ball was passed to this third most consistently- the two side shoots are not sure enough to stand against a strong defence. I am glad however that Rata does not attempt to strengthen this team by using available Wednesday girls and thus depriving other girls, of a game at all. Naturally a club would like to win trophies but I would hate to think that any club in Southland put trophy hunting before the game itself. To get back to the match; St. Mary’s played their best game this season with a really good defence line. They intercepted well and stuck to the game. D. Deegan is getting very quick in the centre and should if she keeps up her present form catch the eye of the selectors. In the intermediate grade Makarewa beat Rata quite easily. Again Makarewa plays almost the same teams on both Wednesday and Saturday and they have a proper sized court on which to practise while this Rata team has never practised together. However, there are some young keen players in this team has never pratised together. However, second round. It would appear that Makarewa has the shoots in both grades—a very happy position to be in when it comes to winning matches. There was quite a chance that Kiwi might have won against Collegiate. They have the better combination and far better idea of position, but they rely too much on D. Lainchbury-, who can’t be expected to do all the work in the centre. Why have two girls in a third if only one is to. do the work'! Collegiate is another team with a good number of new players who have not practised much together. There are quite a few who know how to catch and hold a ball, but who use very little discretion when passing it. This is especially true of F. McFadgen and if the jumping centre doesn’t take care with her throws, naturally she disorganizes the whole of the play. They have a very good' shoot in E. Boniface who puts in goals in a good easy manner. There will be no matches next week owing to .Mayfair and after that do let’s hope the weather will improve, so that we can get on with the various competitions.