BASKETBALL
NEW ZEALAND TEAM IN NEW SOUTH WALES. WIN IN OPENING GAME. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. SYDNEY, August 3. The New Zealand women’s basketball team played a friendly game against the second New South Wales team at the University ground today. The New Zealand team was: Miss E. Howard, Miss M. Tangye, Miss J. Wilson, Miss M. Howe, Miss M. Matangi, Miss E. Sinclair and Miss J. Mitchell. The New Zealanders, who won by 19-IG, were obviously at a disadvantage, having just left the Wanganella and were also unfamiliar with the interpretation of the Australian rules, which differ in some respects from the New Zealand rules. The game was also,played on grass. The New Zealanders took a little time to \varm, but led 6-3 at.the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter the home team drew ahead, the score at half-time reading 8-7 in favour of New South Wales. New Zealand was definitely superior in the third and fourth quarters, and added twelve points to New - South Wales’s eight. The New Zealand positional play was better than that of their opponents and they were also nippier. Miss Matangi played a splendid game and /Miss Tangye was also excellent.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 August 1938, Page 8
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