S. Island Men's Basketball

Otago, with its forceful court play and extremely accurate shooting, proved too sound a combination for Nelson when these teams contested the final of the South Island men's basketball championships at Nelson. Earlier in the tournament, Nelson showed spark-ling form to beat the strong Canterbury team 73-51, but it could not reproduce this form against Otago, who won 74-52.

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Victorious Otago team, (back), R. Pearson (capt), G. Pohlen, L. Pearson, M. Muir, front, J. Paul, J. Wong, S. Glennie, D. Atkinson.

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Mr R. M. North, from the office of the Australian High Commissioner, presents the trophy to R. Pearson.

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One for Nelson coming up

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More like a football scrimmage with everyone looking for the elusive ball

The two teams lined up; Canterbury, P. Dyson, D. Sharp, R. Zachariessen, R. Entwistle, P. Simpson, L. Anderson, W. Ward-Holmes, P. Doogue, W. Smith(capt) Nelson, Robert Gay, Dave Taylor, Don Charlett, Warren Russell, Kevin Baddiley, Kevin Elliott, Charlie Cotton, Graham Lawless, Peter Harford, Michael Gay, Andrew Harding.

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Nelson really struck form against Canterbury, with the accuracy of its shooting a feature of the game. These pix are of the Canterbury match.

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Warren Russell and Entwistle go high for possession

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W. Smith and P. Doogue arrived too late to prevent R. Gay from scoring for Nelson