Women's Basketball Tourney

Chronicle (Levin), 29 August 1949, Page 5

Women's Basketball Tourney

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WELLINGTON, August 2.H. Auckland won the New Zealand Cup when it defeated Canterbury by 20 goals to 19 on the final dav of the Dominion women's basketball tournament 011 Saturday. Canterbury led at half time by 12 goals to 8 but fine team work and accurate shooting by the Auckland players turned the game in their favour with Canterbury making desperate attempts to equalise when time was called. Canterbury, who will" hold the Annie Brown Cup for runners-up, scored 12 match points during the tournament i while Auckland sc-ored 13. | Tauranga, with 21 points, won the President 's Shield for the winning team in the second grade competition and Waikato, who were second, reeeived the Hayhurst Cup. Marlborough was the only team at the tburnament to win all its matches and was awarded the Kiwi trophy for the leading team in the third grade competition with 22 points. Canterbury minor, who scored 18 points, vvonj the Armstrong Shield for runners-up. The game between the North -and South Islands for the Atkinson trophy, resulted in a draw, 15 goals each. South Island scored first but the North Island side settled down quickly and led for most of the first half, S. Harris (North Island) shooting some excellent goals. The half-time score was North Island 10, South Island 8. Play was scrappy in the second spell and both sides made careless mistakes. South Island drew level with North Island in thei closing stages of the game. The Atkinson trophy will be held by each Island for six months. The dav's results: — - First grade: Auckland 20, Canterbury 19; Nelson 14, West Coast 12; Wanganui 14, Manawatu 12; Southland 15, IIawTke's Bay 14; Otago 17, Wellington' 10; Southland 15, Manawatu 10. Second grade: South Canterbury 15, Horowhenua 4; South Canterbury 17, 5 Xelsou 11; Taranaki 14, Matamata 6; Tauranga 19, Southland Minor 6; Waikato 13, Matamata 11; Southland Minor 9; Horowhenua 9; Tauranga 8, Ilutt Yalley 2; Hutt Valley 10, West Coast 5; Tauranga 16, Taranaki 10; Poverty Bay 19, Wairoa 9; Waikato 13, Wairoa 1; South Canterbury 13, Poverty Bay 10. Third grade: Otago Minor 7, Wairarapa 4; Canterbury Minor 12, North Otago 7; Marlborough 17, Kaikoura 6; North Otago 12, Waikato Minor 4; Kaikoura 16, Temuka 4; Temuka 19. Hawke's Bay Minor 7; Manawatu Minor 11, Otago Minor 8; Marlborough 14, Wairarapa 7; Kaikoura 13, Puta- ' ruru 0; Te Kawuu 10, Putaruru 4; • Canterbury Minor 11, Hawke's Bay Minor 3; Waikato Minor 10, Putaruru 9.