In the semis, Western thrashed McGill 34-12 on the perimeter shooting of Bessie Nickelson, who hit six long buckets; and Marg McQueen, who scored 14 inside. Gettas added 8, while McNally, Sturman, Murdoch, Grant, Elliott and McKenzie were scoreless. Nicol led Mcgill with 5. Johnston added 4, Johnson 2 and Tyndale 1, while Rossiter, Taylor, Russell, Lyster and Brodie were scoreless.
In the other semi, Toronto whipped Queen’s 27-7. Star Beryl Pollock did not play in the first half but dominated the second, scoring six buckets. Jean Crawford led the Varsity Blues with 17. Roberta McDonald added 7 and Helen Gurney 3, while Danard, Stock, Lennox, Pickering and Casson were scoreless. Donalda Campbell led the Gaels with 4. Donalda McRae added 2 and Helen Webb 1, while Meriam, O’Neill, Byrne, Dickerson, Patterson and Currie were scoreless.
In the bronze medal match, Queen’s stomped McGill 29-11 as Jean Merriam scored 10, Helen Webb 8, Donalda McRae 5, Vivian O’Neill 4 and Donalda Campbell 2. E Johnston paced McGill with 4. Nancy Nicol added 3, Barbara Johnson 2 and Peggy Tyndale 2, while Mary Ellen Rossiter was scoreless. The Martlets also included Nancy Drury, Josephine Taylor, Alison Lyster, Elizabeth Brodie and Elspeth Russell.
In the final, Western edged Toronto 23-20. Toronto trailed by double digits late but scored eight unanswered points, on two field goals by Beryl Pollock and one each by Bobbie MacDonald and Helen Gurney. But the Mustangs got the ball and ran out the final 35 seconds of the clock. Margaret McQueen paced Western with 12 points. Bessie Nickelson added 8. I. Gettas added 3. Jean Crawford and Beryl Pollock paced Toronto with 6 each. Helen Gurney added 4 and Bobbie McDonald 4. Western led 12-9 at the half. “The hospitality efforts were apparently too great a strain on the team. They defeated Queen’s in the preliminary on Friday night but on Saturday afternoon went down fighting to a slightly superior Western team by three points. Beatrice Longley once more generously contributed her services as coach, Helen Gurney proved a most capable captain, and Zoe Christie acted as manager. The tournament and its attendent hospitality were splendidly organized and appreciation is due to the various committees who worked so hard and to the Deans and residence students who made it possible to accommodate the 33 guests.”
The bronze medalist Queen’s Golden Gaels: Jean Merriam; Donalda McRae; Vivian O’Neill; Helen Webb; Donalda Campbell; Dorothy Patterson; Jane Currier; Marguerite Byrne; Audrey Dickerson; coach Marion Ross
The runner-up Toronto Varsity Blues: Beryl Pollock; Bobbie MacDonald; Helen Gurney; Jean Crawford; Margaret Stock; Jean Lennox; Margaret Pickering; Mary Casson; Ruth Danard; Zoe Christie; coach Beatrice Longley
The champion Western Ontario Mustangs: Bessie Nickleson; Margaret McQueen; Irene Gettas; Jean McNally; Marjorie Murdoch; Peggy Sturman; Claire Elliott; Beth McKenzie; Vivian Grant; coach Jean Thomas; manager Mary Fraser
OTHERS
McMaster Marauders: Hope Gray, B Telford, A MacFarlane, V Elsley, Marion Dell, I Blume, D Dawson, L Bryden, H Webb-Smith, B Doak, L Merrit, M McKechnie, H Tweedler, coach Ivor Wynne
Wilfrid Laurier (then Waterloo College. Laurier was established in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. It became Waterloo College in 1924 and then in 1960, it became Waterloo Lutheran University with the amalgamation of Waterloo University College and Waterloo Lutheran Seminary. It was renamed Wilfrid Laurier in 1973. In 1946, Waterloo College toiled in an interfaculty league with three Western University teams): Mary Pope, Anne Kuntz, Nora Eager, Elsa Christiansen, Jean Kramp, Mary Fischer, Patsy McGarry, Clara Pope