SCHOOL GAMES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 301, 15 August 1932, Page 4

SCHOOL GAMES

ROTORUA BASKETBALL AN RUGBY TEAMS YISIT MATAMATA The results pf the baskethall Rugby matches played on Satui hetween the Rotorua and Matai High Schools at Matamata, are as lows: — Rughy Matamata 1st XV. 26, Rotorua XV 9. Rotorua 3rd XV. 17, Matamata xy. o. Matamata Junior High 12, Hott 12. Baskethall Matamata A io, Rotorua A 9, Rotorua B 23, Matamata B 6. Rotorua Juniors 7 Matamata'' iors 5. Matamata 1st XV. proved perior to Rotorua, and with te cqmhination in the hacks, and advantage in weight in the for^ rattled up 18 points in the first « Rotorua's rearguard was weak on defence and attack. In the sec spell Rq|orua settled down to J hetter foothall and held Matamat check, scoring nine points to opponents' 'eight. Rotorua had hetter of the spell and kept Mata11 mostly on the defensive. Their sc' canie from gpod back moyemen's' Rotorua 3rd XV had an easy against Matamata 2nd XV hy } nil, while a close game in the)11 match, resulted in a draw, eaca ■ scoring twelve points. Rqtorua again had th'e bett the baskethall matches. Matarae had a last-minute win against by one goal, but this loss was rew ed hy Rotorua B who had a®!, of 17 goals. Rotorua also won tpd ior inatqh hy seven goals to hv ' After the matches, the vis teams were entertained to dmn the school.