Basketball.

A.U.C. field are no longer an unknown quantity. They were victorious last year and the team has changed little. It is, if anything, stronger. They have three Provincial reps.—Meg Everton, Win Spanton, and their Captain, Val Wyatt, captained the successful Auckland Provincial team.

Victoria are combining very well under Captain Pixie Higgin. Moira Wicks works well with Ngaire Marshall at centre, and Margaret Harvey of Training College is outstanding in a good defence.

Pixie Higgin is perhaps the best coal we have had, and she and Moira Wicks played in the Provincial rep, trials. It seems that Victoria may provide a surprise in basketball.

C.U.C. may feel uncertain of their chances of carrying off the Shield, but they can be depended upon to put up a good struggle. They have five or six girls with previous Tournament experience in their team. They have been unlucky with their training as it has been interrupted by bad weather and their gymnasium has been manopolised by the Army.