Miriata Shield Basketball Teams To Play Tauranga

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 95, 15 September 1948, Page 5

Miriata Shield Basketball Teams To Play Tauranga

On the High School’s hard courts on Saturday afternoon Tauranga A basketball representatives, challengers for the Miriata Shield, for which Whakatane beat Opotiki recently, will meet Whakatane A. This is the last Shield game of the season, and the trophy will be j resented to the winning team. B grade Tauranga and Whakatane reps will also meet, and there will be a practice at 10.30 a.m. Saturday on the hard court for the following Whakatane teams: — A team: N. Tauroa, N. Kenyon, D. Harawira, C. Hata, B; Armstrong, E. Quigg, M. Riritahi, B. Grant, B. Mexted. B team: C. Sullivan, L. Ranapia, J. Anderson, V. Bowering, I. Hall, R, Hotene, J. Ratene, I. Shapley, D. Black. v

Saturday’s Basketball Draw

1 p.m.: Paroa A v Thornton, I. Shapley, Hard Court; Redwings v Poroporo, H. Maxwell, No. 1; Tane.atua v Minors, Miss Phillips,/No! 2; Tui v St Josephs, Mrs McCready, No. 3. 1.30 p.m.: Paroa A v Rata, B. Armstrong, No.. 1; Thornton v Matatiia, J. Mole, No. 2; Tui v Tana Tana, Mrs McCready, Hard Court; Paroa B v Nurses, H. Maxwell, No. 3.

Saturday’s Rugby Teams

Poroporo seniors to play Waimana at Waimana: Huta; Kingi, Biddle, Kororiko; Hotene, Nuku; Ngoungou, Moeke, Tunui, Merito, Brown, Kopae, Paul, Hikitene. Reserves: Rangikotua, R. Kingi, P. Merito, N. Mate, N. Paul. - The team leaves town at 12:30 shrap. United seniors to play Wairaka at Whakatane: Goodall, Boon, Rutherford, McGougan, De Lacey, Kahui, Morpeth, Crofskey, Butler, Goodall, Cassidy, Gardiner, Ruffles, Dines, Mundy. Reserves: Rolfe, Hunt.

Saturday’s Rugby Draw

United v Wairaka (Bracken Cup) Whakatane, 2.45 p.m. Poroporo v Waimana at Waimana., Paroa v Pukehina (Pile Cup)* Whakatane, '1.30 p.m. Taneatua, a bye.