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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 969, 12 May 1930, Page 12

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540 GIRLS GET GOING VERVE AND VIGOUR Five hundred and forty of Auckland’s basketball girls got into action on Saturday afternoon when the Auckland Basketball Association started its 1930 season. A knock-out tournament for tfc* association’s five grades was staged grading purposes and 60 teams battle on the courts at Training College, Varsity and Technical Collef«The general standard of play vaS good for first of the season work, ah though shooting throughout was rath* poor, as might be expected. In junior grades some roughness was ‘ be seen at times, due to over-eaffu* ness. Enthusiasm and vigorous. hes»u rivalry marked the play in all grad There will be no jumping-cec-play henceforth. This is the re*--of a ruling by the New Zealand PasK ball Association following on a recommendation from the Auckland ation that the ruling be made in r 3. to even up the game and to min® 1 illegalities. Results of Saturday’s play are--'* | Senior grade.—First round: Traj- f ing College won hy default s Y.W.C.A.; Killarua 10. Kai Toa »I Grammar Old Girls 13, EdendaJe I Varsity Blue 14, Waratah 6. .. | Second round: Training CkMleg - j Killarua S: Varsity White 1 Blue 10. Serai final: Varsity Blue . Grammar 11. Final: Varsity 17, Training College 13. • Second grade.—Final: Gramm** Rovers 1. _ Third grade.—Final: I Technical College 1. Fourth grade.—Final: Surrey j 6, Rovers 0. „ , _ •- Fifth grade.—Final: Melt era Seddon 0.