INDOOR BASKETBALL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 August 1940, Page 8

INDOOR BASKETBALL

FINALS DECIDED LADIES' B GRADE TO J. R. McKENZIE’S. MEN’S A GRADE WON BY RELIANCE. The final games in the ladies' B grade and the men’s A grade were played before a large attendance of the public last evening. In the men's A grade championship the Reliance team played excellent basketball and defeated the W.F.C.A. in a very fast and exciting game. The halftime score was 12-10 in favour of Reliance. In the second half Reliance 13 kept up the fast pace and ran out winners by 19 points to 12 In the other men’s games two unexpected upsets occurred, Bouzaid’s being beaten by Reliance A, while the Vesta Battery team went under to the fast and agile State Kitchenette team.

In the ladies’ games Cathies drew with J. R. McKenzies, the Cup winners, and Garages defeated the Hosiery Mills team. RESULTS AT A GLANCE. Ladies’ B Grade. Garages 3 (scorers. I. Howard 1, V. Russell 2), Hosiery Mills 2 (L. O’Niel 2). State Kitchenette 6 (J. Stains 6), Grahams 3 (I. Jones 1, E. Jones 2). Cathies 3 (H. Macdonald 1, J. McCormick 2), J. R. McKenzies 3 (N. Hargood 31. Men’s A Grade. Reliance B 19 (W. Pullar 8, J. Dickson 8, F. Bodie 3), W.F.C.A. 12 (N. I Faulknor 5, Harrington 4, C. Reid 2, N. Wilson 1). State Kitchenette 22 (Burns 8. Minifie 6. Selby 4, D. Curry 2, Cairns 2). Vesta Batteries 20 (D. Leete 8, Yee Jing 8, E. Jaspers 4). Reliance A 12 (Bodie 4, Haining 4, Riley 4), Bouzaids 8 (S. Faulknor 0, Harrington 2). POSSIBLES v PROBABLES. As a visit of a ladies’ team from the Hutt Valley is expected very shortly, a Possibles and Probables game was played during the evening and a splendid exhibition, in which the ball was kept moving at top speed all the time, ended in a draw, 7 points each. MARRIED v SINGLE' Next week there will be no competition games but a game between the married and single men will be played.