HOROWHENUA HAVE A WIN

Chronicle (Levin), 31 August 1946, Page 8

HOROWHENUA HAVE A WIN

DOMINION BASKETBALL 'TAURANGA, Aug. 30. A feature of thi* afternoon's play ia the Domilnon basketball tournanient, was the defeat of Auckland in the iim grade for the Necv Zealand ( np, aftcr an exceptioiiully hard tussle, by 17 to 16, which g-ives Manawatu the lead xn this- grade,. r - . Ihtid.s., i'n- 1 .h e /S&c.ond . in tlie- .Uh^ifU 'gi'h.'db. ' : , ' ; . Follosying-'h;rO fhe fewjlts:-— l /•"J: -Grade L; Wellingtort i8, Wdrigaiiiu 14: * j Manawatu ] 2, -Houthland 9. j Canterbury 2(5, Havvke's Bay 21. Manavvatu 17, Auckland 1(5. Kouthland 14, Otago 11. Canterbury 21, Wellington 9. Wanganui 22, Ha,wke's Bay 15. Second Grade Matamata 20, Southland ilinor 10. Ashburton 20, Rotorua-Bay of Plenty 15. Southland Mioor 22, Taranaki 13. Kotorua-Bay and Plenty 13, Mata mata 14. Horowhenua 23, Poverty Bay 19. Waikato 17, Ilutt Vallcy 14. Taranaki 19, Poverty Bay 18. , Waikato 15, Matamata 13. Hutt Valley 16, Horowhenua 14. Poverty Bay 27, Ashburton 18. Third. GradQ Marlborough 18, Canterbury Minor 17. Tauranga 25, Nelson 21. Hawke's Bay Minor 32, Kaikoura 28. Kaikoura 22, Canterbury Minor 19. Hawke's Bay Minor 23, Wairoa 17. Nelson 19, Marlborough 17. Tauranga 26, Auckland Minor 13. Positions of Teams The follotving are the positions of the teams ,at the end of the third. day's pla^:— . First grade: Manawatu live wins, Auckland four, Canterbury four, Hawke's Bay two, Southland two, Otago -one, Wellington one, Wanganui one. Second grade: Southland Minor four and a-half, Matamata, four, Waikato four, Hutt four, Taranaki three, Rotorua three, Horowhenua three, Ashburton two, Poverty Bay one and a-half. Third grade: Tauranga five, Nelson five, Hawke's Bay Minor four, Wairoa two and a-half, Kaikoura two and afritlf, Marlborough two, Auckland Minor ' two, 'CahterbuTy Minor none.