Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 7, No. 8. August 9, 1944
Basketball
Basketball
A V.U.C. basketball team is travelling with the Hockey and Harrier Clubs to participate in a Winter Sports Tournament in Christ-church from August 10th to 12th. The team will play Canterbury University and (If possible) Christchurch Training College. Unfortunately, many of our Senior A players, including the Club Captain, Thea Muir, are unable to get time off from work. This means the team will not be very strong, but practices are going very well, and we hope to give our opponents a good game. The Tournament team is:—Mira Parsons, Maxine Dunne, Shirley Cole, Pam Hills, Loris Webley, Shirley Webster, Phyllis Ball, Merle Green, Kathleen Martin, and Shirley Roberts.
The Senior A team drew with Training College in a recent match. At half-time we were five goals behind, but during the second half we improved immensely and the game finished in a spectacular draw, 18—18. The following week the Senior A team defeated Wellington East Old Girls, 22—19. Although our opponents played two emergencies they gave us a very strenuous and enjoyable game. We had one emergency, Jean Norrie, who played an excellent game in the centre.
In the game against Taupo, the B team lost by only three goals. The defence third did excellent work against the Taupo forwards, and our forwards and centres showed vast improvement. The following week, however, the B team was severely defeated by St. Mary's. Perhaps they were exhausted by their strenuous practice against Aspro, an hour before the match.