Indoor Basketball Title--Holders Beaten
HAMILTON, Sept. 21. The decisive defeat of Palmerston North, 1948 title^holders, by Hamilton was the feature of play in the national men's indoor bas-= ketball tournament at Bledislpe Hall last night. Hamilton won by 60-19. Hamilton worked tirelessly throughout and impressed as a yery fast combinatiop, functioning essentially as a team. Palmerston North had little counter, its relatively small SGore coming mostly from loose play and a few set shots from the sideline. In one of the most exciting games of the tournament, Welling-. ton downed Auckland, 36-26. Results are: — .A Grade. — Auckland 53, Canter^ bury 39; Palmerston North 39, Otago 34; Wellington 32, Morrinsville 24; Otago 37,' Wanganui 36; Morrinsville 39, Canterbury 24; Wellington 36, Auckland 26; Hamilton 60, Palmerston North 19. B Grade. — Hawke's Bay 31, Wairapara 29; Hutt Valley 25, Gisborne 21; Hamilton 45, Morrinsville 26; Hafake's Bay 48, Gisborne 24; Hutt Valley 51," Morrinsville 16.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 September 1949, Page 5
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