Basketball. ENTHUSIASM HIGH

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 117, 3 June 1937, Page 15

Basketball. ENTHUSIASM HIGH

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Comment on Play and Players SIDE-LINE TACTICS

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Enthusdasm is at its height in the games througtidut all grades at ' present and' the total goal Scoring in the majority of matehes is still lligh. -With the chooeing of the H&itifigs representative team now in progress, players . one and all are showing better handling of' the ball and a better judgment both with thtjir passing and their shooting. , The selection of the Hawke 's Bay mhjdr representative team .this year will reverfc to the method similar to that Used some years back. Napier and Hastings representatives will be matched on the, sefeond and last Satufdays in June with the senior selectors of eafch tOWn present in the cap&eity Of Hawke 'S Bay selectors.

Thursday Play. 'The afternoon play on Thursday was niarred wi'tli many stoppages due to trivial accidentS) eepeciaiiy in ihe senior gra.de. Roacn's SWifts.—This Was One of the inOst exeiting games af the day. High passes on Roacn's part were rather nOtiee&ble and' are not teeommended. 4Pearson, defence for Roach '8, played a strong game. and was responsible for mahy brilliant interceptipn'Si At times both teams wero inclined to indulge in rough play, especially towards the end of the game which Vas spoilt by a member of lioach's team deliberately throwing the ball out when timo was signalled. Havelock, v. H.S.O.G.-— Havelock held the upper hand throughout the first half, with the whole team passing well. H.SiO.G. made repeated and St&unch attempts to even matters, but they were repuised contimually and kept on the defenpive eide throughout the enbire game. Havelock gradually drew ahead and when time was called the scoi'e read 18 — 8. Woolworths v. C.O.G.— This game found both teams fairly ©venly matched and both teams haVe many fresh playerB to the senior grade who are showing the benefit gained in playing senior grade. F G'Shea, a last year's B 1 grade TepresentatiVe, played. a good centre; game/ M. Lewis is showing much of her last year's form and was reeponsible for many of Woolworths goalS) 14— li being the final score. B Grade. St. Matthews v. C.O.G. B. — St. Matthews forwards have a great advantage over all other teams in the B grade on account of their height, and good passing by the rest of the team made it very hard for tbeir opponents who are a younger team and have not had tho experience of St. Matthews, 31 — 12 being the final score. H.S.O.G B v. McKehzies. — McKenzie centres were tesponsible for some very good work and kept their forwardp well supplied with the ball. M. Turner, H.S.O.G. forward, played a good game in epite of the fact that she had already played for her elub's eenior team. At the call Of time the score read 21 — 11 in McKenzie's favour. . West End v. Baptist. — This was rather one-sided, Baptists having the best of the game right from the istart. West End should try and direct their passes in the direction their players are moving instead of sending it to one who is standing waiting for the ball. Baptist are fortunate in having retained many of their last year's players and gaining the service of I. Shalcespeare, who plays a good d-efentsive game. Baptist gained 28 goals to West End 8. ■ , Saturday Flay. The game most looked forward to on Saturday wae that between H.S.O.B. A and Havelock (last year's winners). The game was very evenly contested, both sides playing their best game to date. Quick passing from start to linish adaed much interest to the game and good interception gained much ap•plauae. O.G. scored the first three goals from three shote by M. Lorrigan, and maintained. the lead througaout the game. With one centre short for the first seven ininutes of the game, O.G. had plenty to do to keep the ball to their forwards. R. Butcher played up to her last year's standard, intercepting brilliantly. .The pa$s from defence to centre. . wae not alwAys clean, some. difficulty being found by the Havelock centres in ciearing. M. McAleese again played forwdrd and her ehooting was nrach improved. D. Swayn, after having played previoUsly in the day, gave a good account of herself and does ndt tire in her game. Havelock just failed to even up the score after half-time, B. Marven shooting some fino goals. With the score 11— -10 and five minutes to go, keenness glowed, and a repetition of what toolc place at Napier on Coronation Day was seen. The. ball went backward and forward, with neither side having any attempt to shoot for some time. Finally, Old Girls wei'e able to get the better of the game, and came out the winners by 14 to 11. Mrs. Craven ably refereed the match. Side-Ianei Critics. Much discomfitnre is being caused among referees through remarks being passed by onlookers as to the abilities of the referees. Steps are to be taken to stop these remarks as we eannot expect our volunteer reforeos to con-

tinue witb their good work wMle "»idJ uncomplimentary remarki Being passed, especially in their hearing, Side-Line Goaching. I would iemiu.d referees Jbjeft tkey have .the power to stop n'gw| IfMbe event of coaching from the sidedine while a game is in progress* A most unpleasant incident was caused last Thursday by a team eoack, the close &£ & vety, clean, Open gape. withr the score one above evens afi Ihe call of time, a player, due to being eoaelied from the side-line was seen deliberately to throw the ball out of playv I feel sure that had she stopped to think this player would never have done this,. and it is moBt unfortunate that flttck a thing shpiuld happen, but the player was not to blame in this case. General. Secretaries are xeminded 9t :th« , King 's Birthday tourn&ment, nendna^ tions for which are to be forward# t« Miss Wilkie not later than . Thursday, jun© §. . v > • Fiayers :are asked to. refrain, froni the nnsightly habit' of chewing gum during a match. 'With thoughta on other things, playem :do not.' realise how horrible thia habit can become' in a match, so this-is just a warning. After the first game each 'day, a caateen will he open on "the grounds from now on, and-a cup of- tea and biseuits, 3d, or orange • drihk, ld, may be ob- - ' tained. Players are , asked to sup|iort this "ventnire., as at is. a. Verv good idea and must, of cofirse, be' seif-SUppOrting.