Basketball. ROUGH PLAY

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 164, 29 July 1937, Page 13

Basketball. ROUGH PLAY

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Thursday Games Being Marred MATCHES ON SATURDAY

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BasketbaJlers were more fortunate last week than the iprevioUB one, vety good weather prevailing for both afternoons, although rain threatened to com© after the matches were over. Saturday afternoon will be remembet^d as one of unusual incidents. There were two drawn games, both being very impoftaut matches, too. With the . exception of one game the scores wero all very' even as seen: 10— -10, 12 — 6, 18—11, 15—14, 12—12, 16—14, 30—28. On-lookers were given pienty 0f excitement in every mateh, and just as a direct contia to the other games, West End senior A team broke the record for the best score, In their mateh. against H.S.O.GL A2 they scorw 43 goals, thus bettering Ht. MattheW% record of 42 by One gOal. Incidentally, St. Matthew% record Was made against a West End Thursday team earlier in the season, so West End can now well feel that they have made up for their Thursday club matea. The Matariki Maori girls' team x©gistered their flrst win by defeating West End intermediates by 15 goals to 14, and ' altogether the afterfioon% games were the most interesting so far this seaaon. , Unpleasant Incident. A -very unf ortunate mcident and t» serious one also, oceurred during the aiterucTon, and. took the pleasure oitfc of the sport for more than the person concerned. A purse belonging to ono oi the senior players was removsd from the table in the pavilion, and the loss was not disco'Viered until after the matches were over, leaving little ehance of .deteeting the culprit. 'Ihe purse has subsequently been returned to ihe owner, but minus the money coutaincd therein. It appeai'B that players will have to exercise great cal-e in leaving any valuables in the pavilion, especialiy money, as the culprit on Saturday l'emoved the money, left the other contents of the purse intact, and threw the purse (which was a good one) away. Players would be well advised to leave nothing in the pavilion that is valuable, because the light-fin-gered person is bound to be about ngain, much as we dislike saying so. Thursday Games. I regret that no Thursday notes havt> come to hahd, so I am unable to . report on the games played, although I understand that some very interesting games wero played. It seenrs fairly generai, though, that the Thursday games are becoming very unruly, and rough play seems to be very noticeable. This type of play is not spectacular, and only lends the public room for dislike of the game or the players or team concerned. There is nothing better to watch, or take part i.n, than a good game of clean basketball, and as %ng as rough play is persisted in, the standard of play on Thursdays will be at a standstill. Saturday Games. The Haveiock-H.S.O.G. A1 mateh, which has been looke.d forward to very keenly, occasioned great interest throughOut. It was a gOod, iast game. Havelock, .despite being slightly overwhelmed by heavier .defeuce, put in some spiendid work on many occasions, smart passing resulting in the netting of goals. O.G. had a few changes in their team, G. Jenkins taking her old plaee in the centre (filling the vaeancy caused through her sister'e absence) and Bay ifcjeton also played in th!e centre, her forward plaee being takeii by K. Piekering. M. McAleese put in «0me good Woi'k in the forward third, but O.G. forwards found that the Havelock defence are the strongest they have met. These defence undertake a tremendous amount of work and ail three or. Saturday played wonderfully well. Havelock % forwards were iuclined to overtkrow iin their passing towards tho goal, Taken all through, the game was very clean, ovetdcfenee and personal contact being alniost nil. Tne game ended in a draw Which seemed. a very popular result after such a flne game. Mrs. Craven very ably controlled the game. H.S.O.G. AS 14 v. West End 43: As mentioned previously, West End rau away with the scorer % chalk, netting 43 goals against O.G.% 14. Both teams were oue centre short ■ and from the commencement West End sliowed likelihood of putting up a good score.' E. Sttuthera played emergency dn the forward third for Old Girls and was responsible for good field work in this position, giving E. Piekering a chance to shoot some very flne goals. Katlileeu was definitely on her shot in this game. The West End forwards played With very cei'tain understanding of each other, althongh they were inclined to bat tke ball rather than pass it. The batted ball did not gain the objective on many occasioiia, and it is as well not to encourage this type of play. The three forwards had their share bf the goals, all three showing rcmarkablo accuracv. Their score is tlie lwgliest to bo recorded at Ebbet.1. Park so fiu- and this team has a good lead for moefc goals during the sea-

son. The half -time score Was 15—6, Miss j. Harris was the referee. High School 12 v. O.O.G. 6: It was not until the second half of this mateh that SChool gained any appreciable lead on the Old Girls' team. N. Emmerson, for High Bchool, proved her worth as a defence, her interception of passes being worthy of special mention. She seemed to come from nowhera and take the ball just when it seemed certain that a score. was going to be made by the C.O.G. forwards. In fact all thi'ee High School .defence played of their bsst." C.O.G. forwards shot some nice goals, but on the wkole were not as aceurat© as they have been. The cehtfes of both teams passed the ha.ii very accurately and, faet, though at times the school centres Were seen to hold oh to their opponents. ^ Stepping witn the ball was the most evident foul, and if players would Only iead and study the ruling dn the rul© book Or as printed in this column last Week they would realiBe how very easy it is .to take a step unknowingly. The High School forwards wero up against Strong defence, nevjCftheless some bright passing reeUlted in good combination and a score, High School came out the winners by 12—6, Miss Symes rfefereed. Matariki 15 v. West End 14. — This game gave the Mauri girls their flrst win, R. Hesketh being responsible for the majority of the goals sCored. Matariki % defence worked well, and the centres, despite the tendency not to mark their oppouente sufiiciently, put in some good work. Margaret Tihema, in the centre, was the most outstanding player. The forwards would do better if they endeavoured to get in front of their opponents instead of encouraging a high pass over the defender% head. Very often the defence will jump and catch a pass so given. West End players showed up well, also, an.d provfded good opposition dn an even game3 Gonvent Bl 12 v. Havelock Bl lll— In this mateh Convent gave the Havelock team a surprise from the start, and determination went a long way towards their keeping Havelock % score the same a,s their own. In th© previous round Convent were beaten by Havelock by 20 goals to 12, so it will be seen that they were not. going to have this repeated. The school defence were responsible for" flne play, breakiing up Havelock % passes many times. The " throw-to-space " tacties were noticed particularly among the Convent centres. Found. During the previous Week% games, two players apparently left gold bracelets doWn together and oue owner has picked up the wrong one, leaving her own (a better bracelet) for the second player. This bracelet has been handed in to the olficials and the owner may obtain same on applying.