Team Photo: Inaugural Indoor Basketball Match Between N.Z. Deaf Teams – Auckland v Wellington, 1950 — SignDNA - Deaf National Archive New Zealand

Team Photo: Inaugural Indoor Basketball Match Between N.Z. Deaf Teams – Auckland v Wellington, 1950

INAUGURAL INDOOR BASKETBALL MATCH BETWEEN N. Z. DEAF TEAMS; AUCKLAND V. WELLINGTON; OCTOBER 1950 (LABOUR WEEKEND); WELLINGTON WON BY 24 – 21. BACK ROW: AUCKLAND TEAM – O. GIBBONS (CAPT.), J. MCRAE, A. HARTLEY, MR CUNNIFFEE, J. CHEYNE, K. GORDON, T. GIBLING. WELLINGTON TEAM – O. RUBLIS (CAPT.), D. Z. SVIKERS, N. REES, G. REES, W. REES, F. CUNNIFFEE.

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Alan Hartley

Bill (William) Rees

Bill (William) Rees

Dz Svikers

Farrell Cunniffe

Farrell Cunniffe

George Rees

Jim Cheyne

John McRae

Keith Gordon

Noel Rees

Olgerts Rublis

Owen Gibbons

Tom Gibling

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Auckland Deaf Society

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SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, 1950-P001-ADS

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