BASKETBALL

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24898, 11 June 1946, Page 3

BASKETBALL

SATURDAY’S MATCHES Basketball competitions were continued in Christchurch on Saturday. Results:— Senior Grade.—Sacred Heart 16. University 13; Digby’s 28, St. Mary’s 13; Y.W.C.A. 31, Canberra 11; Mataura 22, Training College 15; Technical 26, Mairehau 15. Second Grade.—Section 1: Technical 21, Training College 16; Otautahi 11. Sacred Heart 5; Papanui Technical 19, Y.W.C.A. 9. Section 2: Lyttelton Y.W.C.A. 13, West Old Girls 9; Perry’s 21, St. Mary’s 5; Marshland 18, University 14. Section 3: Training College 18, Sumner 15; Kaiapoi 21, Boothmac 19; Parnell 15, D.I.C. 5. Third Grade.—Section 1: Technical 15, Macduffs 12; Barlow’s 25, Y.W.C.A. 7; North Beach Old Girls 17, Otautahi 13. Section 2: St. Mary’s 20, Hay’s 15; Nazareth 19, Woolworths 9; Mairehau 18, R.M.C. 13; Papanui Technical 21, Y.W.C.A. 8. Section 3: Latex 21, Celtic 14; Rebels 18, Cathedral 6; Lichfield 16, Hollywood 6. Section 4: St. Anne’s 18, Perry’s 6; Spreydon School Old Girls 13, Parisco 13; Kowhai 18, Anderson 5. Fourth Grade.—Section 1: West Old Girls 11, Y.W.C.A. 11; Lyttelton Y.W.C.A 14, Technical 11; Training College 18. Papanui Technical 8. Section 2: Marshland 16, Papanui Old Girls 15; Celtic 7, Invicta 6; Weeks 15, North Beach 6. Section 3: Bunting’s 25, Cranmer 6; Edgeware 15, Taylor’s C and D 14; Century 16, Oddfellows 13. Section 4: Latex 14, Tudor 12; Argyle 18, Papanui Technical 10; Y.W.C.A. 32, Mairehau 2; Dunstable 21, Millers 14. Section 5. M.Y.P.C. 10, Armagh 4; Leander 18, Lyttelton Y.W.C.A. 17; N.Z. Railways 14, Y.W.C.A. 7; Marama 14, Para 6. Fifth Grade.—Section 1: Lane, Walker, Rudkin 15, Hollywood 6; Nazareth 12, Lichfield 12; Technical 23, St. Anne’s 14; Sumner 15, Y.W.C.A. 6. Section 2: Barlow’s 25, Triggs and Denton 7; Oddfellows 16, Y.W.C.A. 12; Sumner 16, Wesley 13. Section 3: Westcraft 15, Sacred Heart 8; Addington Old Girls 14, Sutherland 4; C.E.F. I, N.Z. Farmers 0; St. Nicholas 8, Lane, Walker, Rudkin 6. Section 4: Barnett Glass 18, Kaiapoi 11; B.R.A. 22, Whitconhbe and Tombs 12; Lyttelton Y.W.C.A. 13, Perfectan 7; Spreydon Guides 22, Celtic 13. Section 5: Cambridge 13, Mayfair 9; Atomic 16, Armagh 10; Buckett’s 10, Oddfellows 2; Kowhai 13, Salon Celia 12. Section 6: Ethne Tosswill 27, Pattison Ede 11; New Brighton Y.W.C.A. 20, R. W. Saunders 7; Aryle 20, A.B.C. 8; Radley Mills 24, Hay’s 1. Sixth Grade.—Section 1: Technical 18, Parisco 1; Riverslea 15, Y.W.C.A. 2; StEnoch 11, Digby’s 11; Addington Old Girls 17, St. Mary’s 13; Kaiapoi 9, Hagley 3. Section 2: W.B.C. 1, Spreydon Guides 0; Hydark 12, Technical 7; New Era 15, Clarence Road Methodist 15; Sydenham Old Girls 13, Smartwear 7; Hollanders 14. Lyttelton Y.W.C.A. 9.

TEAMS FOR TRIAL GAMES

The following senior basketball players have been selected for trial games to begin next Saturday. A Canterbury team will be chosen later to. defend the New Zealand Cup at the tournament to be held in Tauranga in August:— Forwards.—W. Dadd (Canberra), P. Hill (Y.W.C.A.), J. Murray (Sacred Heart), R. Spinks (Technical), J. Wilson (Mataura), J. King (St. Mary's), A. Hughes. B. Hulme (Digby’s). Centres.—J. Watts (Technical), O. Murray, J. Kearney (Sacred Heart), I. Wilson (Mataura), D. Turner (Digby’s), N. Flanagan (St. Mary’s), P. Auld (Training College). Defence.—J. Stephens, D. Fraser (Technical), L. Henderson (Training College), L. Black, B. Cherry (University). E. Arnold (Digby’s), M. Tregonning (Mataura) P. Hawes (Technical).

INDOOR COMPETITIONS Weekly games in the indoor basketball competition resulted as follows: Tuesday League.—Men’s A grade: Gym A 38, University B 9; United 27, Gym. B 12; University A 40, Training College B 5. Men’s B grade: Matchless 5, Sarbon 4; Hay’s 31. Y.P.C. B 2; Bounders 9, Y.P.C. A 8. Women’s A grade: Trufit 20. Hays A 10, C.L. A 16. Training College A 13. Friday League.—Men’s open grade: University 12, Training College 5; Crichton Cobbers won by default: Technical Old Boys 10, Residents 8. Women’s open grade: University B 9, I.M.D. 8; Y.W.C.A. B 10, Training College D 5.