BASKETBALL NOTES

Southland Times, Issue 20831, 20 July 1929, Page 9

BASKETBALL NOTES

(By “Defence.”) CARNIVAL. I am sure you are as thankful as I am that this heading will not be used again this year. The effort is over. The weather was most kindly, so that the result is encouraging, although parents of members of two different clubs told me that the players would not work, so if they had done their share how much more succesful we could have been. Here are results before I offer further criticism.

The clubs who did not take part in the bazaar have handed in the following. Rosedale £1 10/2 (vote money). This club is holding a dance at the end of July and will give their donation then. Makarewa. Donation £9, votes £6 15/- total £l5 15/-; Progressive—Donation £l2, Stall £3 1/10, total £l5 1/10. There is still a donation to be received from Bluff. By comparing last year with this year you will notice there is not much difference in the totals of the stalls, but in 1928 there was £6O votes and this year only £23, a loss of nearly £4O. With donations, door money, etc the total camo to £2lO 18/5 and the expenses £2B 8/2 leaving the asociation £lB2 10/3. With the donations still to come to hand the executive hope to clear at least £2OO. There is only one outstanding account and that is not large and then everything else will be gain. Some clubs are still holding small amounts and the treasurer would be glad to have it all before Wednesday, so that next week can be publisher! the actual position of the publicity account and everyone will then know how much of the debt can be paid. Some of the Collegiate members feel rather keenly that they have made so little money and will hold a jumble sale to increase the amount. At present the association feels rather that they have not been assisted as they should by the oldest club in the association and one that has four teams in the competitions. To pay the debt completely I told you that each girl would need to earn £2 so that on that basis Collegiate has so far earned less than 10/- per girl while Central Methodist a club of only one team and that an intermediate one gave £22 11/-. They can therefore, although I hope thev don't, decide not to help in future efforts, the executive is very grateful to this club for the way not only one or two but every member worked for the good of all. Carnival Jottings. Congratulations to Rata who won £1 1/for raising the most money, and £1 1/- for the most votes. This club has decided to return £1 1/- making their total £35 11/10 and the nett proceeds for the Association £lB3 10/3. Also many thanks to Central Methodist for their specially good effort, and to Miss Bain an ardent supporter of the team who, perhaps because of her helpfulness, won a roast, of beef. One intermediate player herself sold more than £3 of votes. A senior player was given £4 donation and made £l2 of it. Was there any reason why some players could not have done that too ? Makarewa’s donation of £9 was worthwhile—everyone knows that it is an expensive thing to play games when one lives in the country. In- the tearooms Progressive and Rosedale were most cheery and willing both teams having sent players who didn’t mind working. . Character reading and dancing were quite popular and a source of income too. Annie McGavock, carnival secretary, was one of the most willing and certainly the hardest worked person during last weekend, but she was always cheerful, and always ready for the next job. This year there was practically no produce. Was it because it was to be put on a separate stall? Surely we have no basketbailers so small-minded. ‘Miss G. Basstian won a stuffed dog and has presented it to the Rep. team. He has not yet been christened. Please suggest a name. Mr N. Hamilton gathered in £lO 16/6 as doorkeeper, which proves how efficient he is at that job. From Limehills came a bag of potatoes. Thank you E. and M. Payne. Then there are those who came to the assistance of the association and to whom executive and basketbailers all are deeply grateful. Their thanks are sent _ to Mrs McGavock and Mrs Mac Ewan for dispensing tea on opening day and washing up afterwards; to the Waihopai Croquet Club for the use of their crockery on that day; to Mr Gilchrist for putting up stalls etc; to Mrs Pollard and Miss Arnold for judging competitions, to Ondah for character reading ‘_io Miss De Reya for her entertainment; to Mr Sam Stern and Miss Sadie Pepper for their exhibition of dancing; to Misses Chaplin and Scandrett for their entertainment; to Mrs B. C. Basstian- for taking charge of the tearooms. It is quite a long list, but everyone did appreciate that they gave up so much valuable time to help the association. Representatives. The following girls travel to Dunedin this morning to play the annual fixture with Otago. They will return by the early train on Monday with, we hope, the cup presenter! last year by Mr Galloway for this fixture and at present held by Otago. A. McGavock, E. McCurdy, M. Shand, E. Shepherd, D. Dennis, M. Royds, A. Roberts, N. Beer, Mabel Wright, P. Calder, Mollie Wright. Marian Royds will captain the team and Miss E. B. Pay travels as manager. They will be accompanied by the mascot. The Otago team is as follows and Southlanders will be interested to see that N. Clare is one of the team. Defences: R. Sutherland, J. Stevens, N. Clare, M. Gardner. Centres: M. Fleming, B. Mattingly, L. Ferguson, C. Hamilton. Shoots: D. Wilson-, I. Marslin, E. Logan, N. McLean. Saturday’s Games. Pirates defeated St. Peter’s by two goals; in the first round lost to them 7—2. Bluff won against Collegiate 12—7, but the game was too slow. Collegiate neglected R. McGill in the shooting third. Often she had run to a good position for shooting and was ignored by the other two. She was easily the best shoot in that third on the day’s play, and when she did get a chance managed to score. L. Calder (Bluff) shows great promise and plays all the time just as her sister does. G. Burtenshaw is improving at the jump. Rata and St, Mary’s had plenty of passing but no good shooting and there was far too much running with the ball. The surprise of the afternoon was the defeat of Rosedale at the hands of Kiwi, one of the weakest teams in the Saturday competition. Rosedale lost confidence because they were playing with so many emergencies and M. Hunt was not there to score. Rosedale won this game easily in the first two rounds. There was no score for either side at half time, rather an unusual position in a basketball match. Wednesday’s Games. All interest on Wednesday centred round the senior and intermediate games between Kiwi and Makarewa, the latter team having won both matches by a narrow margin in the first round. Wednesday gave them each a draw. The intermediate game was played first and it was worth while watching, quite above the average of the usual intermediate game. L. Glennie (Makarewa) during the first half won at the throw up except on one occasion- and then the ball went to M. Harris (Makarewa), so that from the centre ' Makarewa had control, but Kiwi’s defence played a masterly game. It is difficult to decide which was the best because hardly ever did they allow the ball to belong to a Makarewa shoot, if there was the smallest chance of intercepting it. I should very much like to see A. Tinker, C. Beckett, V. Small all . playing senior. I was impressed with A. Tinker because I do not remember noticing her before as being as good as she <•—s against Makarewa. There was really difference between- the teams.

Players of the two teams were inclined to throw both too high and too far, but I feel that Kiwi would have won as they had more of the game in the second half when D. Lainchbury won at the jump, had they not made the mistake of playing all their balls to JI. Wilkes. This player is a good and accurate shoot, but to give her all the balls is inviting trouble. Makarewa had her marked at once, and all the defence kept well in her path, besides it is much more tiring for the player concerned. Had they played all that third, there would have been more chances of gaining that one goal that would have meant a win. There was a certain amount of overguarding by both teams. I. Glennie continually takes a step when preparing to shoot, but there was no undue roughness and the game was a pleasure to the referee.

The senior game was particularly interesting, because of the splendid passing of Kiwi especially in its centre third. I. Dempster was absolutely on her game and had D. Dennis running all over the court while E. Dempster and D. Bryan supported excellently. C. Glennie was the best of Makarewa’s centres. I consider her to be a very good centre and often .wonder why more notice is not taken of her. It was only in the last five minutes that D. Dennis seemed to feel at home and had Makarewa been able to shoot they would have won on time. On the play on Wednesday neither N. Beer nor M. Wright was worth her place in a Rep. team, and N. Beer especially did not appear to be at all fit besides stepping with the ball whenever she had it. Can she stand up to three strenuous matches in one day? The defence of both teams was very good although L. Waldron and A. McGavock are the only two who don’t overguard. Since the score was only 4—4, and Kiwi did not score in the second half at all, the shooting thirds were not up to first class basketball. Congratulations to R. Reid for shooting the most spectacular goal of the day. One of the most outstanding features of the game was the quick way in which Kiwi took its unguarded pass or throw in. No player waited or looked round to see why it was awarded, or where her opponents were, she took the ball and threw it. Several times Makarewa were left wondering why the game was proceeding. They are the only club who do it consistently, although Ratals Wednesday centres are usually quick in this way. What is the advantage of being given an unguarded pass, if a player does not gain all she can from it?

In the first round Collegiate defeated Pirates intermediate by six goals and on Wednesday it was a drawn game although Pirates played only seven girls as against Collegiate’s nine. They also played only two girls in the centre and these players surpassed themselves, A. Blair retrieving balls and getting them to her-shoots in a most wonderful manner. W. Gimblett, G. Strathern and K. Perry are a good centre third so there is all the more credit to A. Blair and E. Pont for keeping the shoots supplied with the ball. Then A. Wootton and V. Martin are really very accurate shoots. If they can only keep shooting as well as they are now, both should be future Reps. Southland could do with some reliable shoots, and I say that nearly every week.

Hedgehope created quite a sensation by defeating High School A. This is the first year there has been a team in this district and until that match they had been losing consistently. Congratulations Hedgehope I It’s wonderful what can be achieved by steady practise. Rulings. Here is the reply from Wellington on various points. 1. Re Jumping Centre —the hands must be straight at sides (arms not bent). 2. We do not allow players to use the goal post to steady themselves. We consider this as interfering with the post. 3. The unguarded pass for a bounce is given from the place where the player was who bounced the ball. We do not consider that when a pass is allowed to touch the ground, this is a bounce. We penalize only what we consider to be deliberate bouncing if a girl after having two hands on the ball bounces it, or bounces it- more than once with one hand to gain possession. In future therefore referees will act, according to these interpretations. However the secretary has received a letter this week from Otago stating that Mr Roydhouse who will referee intends to interpret the ‘bouncing rule’ literally and penalize for dropping the ball also, and that he will award the pass from where the ball lands. As the guests of Otago, Southland must abide by their interpretation, but one only hopes the team won’t become disorganized if they are penalized often.

1928 Total excluding Club Stall Votes Total Votes £ s. <1. £ 8. d. .£ s. d. £ s. d. Rata 27 8 3 7 2 7 34 10 10 15 13 9 Pirates . 22 1 0 4 4 0 26 5 0 14 3 3 St. Mary’s .. . 20 16 5 3 12 0 24 8 5 15 8 4 C. Methodist 19 11 0 3 0 0 22 11 0 10 0 7 Kiwi . 17 2 10 1 16 6 IS 19 4 36 6 4 St. Peter's . 11 11 5 1 15 0 13 6 5 7 17 8 Collegiate , 10 IS 3 2 5 8 13 3 11 21 12 7

Central District Sub-Union. Table of Points. Pts. Pts. P W L D for agst Pts Kia-ora A 7 6 — 1 78 38 13 Limehills 6 a 1 — 112 34 10 Winton A 6 4 1 1 143 36 9 High School A C> 3 AJ 1 46 42 7 Kia-ora B 7 3 3 1 59 S2 7 Otautau 7 3 4 -— 56 76 6 Winton B 7 2 5 —. 60 93 4 Hedgehope 6 1 5 — 24 72 2 High School B a ■ 0 — 26 130 0

SATURDAY Club. SENIOR -COMPETITION. Points Ch. P w L D F A Pts Bluff 9 8 0 1 150 47 17 Makarewa 9 8 0 1 162 50 17 Rata 9 6 2 1 82 59 13 St. Mary’s .. 9 4 4 1 100 87 9 Collegiate 9 3 6 0 92 128 6 Pirates .. .. 9 2 6 0 88 162 4 St. Peter’s .. 9 0 9 0 46 185 0 SATURDAY INTERMEDIATE COMPETITION. Points Ch. Club. P w L D F A Pts Makarewa 9 8 0 1 132 45 17 Rosedale 9 6 2 1 93 52 13 Collegiate 9 3 6 0 62 97 6 Kiwi 9 2 7 0 62 119 4 Rata 9 2 0 55 105 4 WEDNESDAY SENIOR COMPETITION. Points Ch. Club. P W L D F A Pts Makarewa .. 10 9 0 1 181 68 19 Kiwi .. .. 10 8 1 1 139 40 17 Rata .. .. 10 S 2 0 182 61 16 Pirates .. .. 10 6 4 0 87 92 12 Collegiate .. 10 4 6 0 157 160 8 Progressive . ‘ 10 3 7 0 112 127 6 St. Mary’s .. 10 1 9 0 30 163 2 St. Peter’s .. 10 0 10 0 8 210 0 WEDNESDAY INTERMEDIATE. Points Ch. Club. P W L D F A Pts Makarewa .. 10 9 0 1 126 57 19 Kiwi .. .. 10 8 1 1 115 52 17 Collegiate .. 10 4 4 2 121 73 10 Rata .. .. Central 10 5 4 1 115 76 11 Methodist. 10 3 6 1 60 100 7 Bluff .. .. 10 3 6 1 63 92 7 Pirates .. .. 10 3 6 1 81 101 7 Progressive . 10 0 10 0 34 135 0