REGULAR SEASON

NOVA SCOTIA       NB      
  No regular season       New Brunswick 2-0   Howie Ryan
          Mount Allison 0-2   William Crawford
                 

       In the New Brunswick division, the New Brunswick Varsity Reds defeated the Mount Allison Huskies 54-19; 52-20 (Total: 106-39) to take the title. …………………………………………………… In game one, New Brunswick thrashed Mount Allison 54-19 as Stothart scored 13, Mitton 10, Lockhart 8, Elgee 4, Owens 4, Haines 2 and MacDiarmid 2. Crawford led Mount Allison with 10. Robinson added 9. …………………………………………………… In game two, New Brunswick thumped Mount Allison 52-20 as Demers scored 19, Stothart 12, Owens 8, Mitton 6, Elgee 6, Lockhart 4, Haines 4 and Brooks 2. Crawford led the Huskies with 7. Kerr added 5, LePage 6 and Quartermain 2.

       Mount Allison Mounties (then the Huskies): Byron Kerr, Walter LePage, Mansell Quartermain, Edmund Matheson, Mendel Meltzer, Robert Robinson, George Loughery, Arthur Amsel, David Dalziel, Richard Harris, playing coach Williams Crawford, manager William Kerr, manager Lou Cohen

       In Nova Scotia, there is no regular season play.

       In the Nova Scotia semis, Acadia defeated Dalhousie 19-9; 32-36 (Total: 51-47). …………………………………………………… In game one, host Acadia defeated Dalhousie 19-9. The Axemen took a 4-0 lead as Bruce Corey hit a pair of buckets. Acadia led 7-3 at the half and opened the second half with a 6-0 run. Alf Cunningham stemmed the bleeding by hitting a bucket for the Tigers but the Axemen were never threatened. Eddie Rogers scored 4 for Acadia. Alex Farquhar led the Tigers with 4. Alf Cunningham added 3 and Blair Dunlop 2, while Ralph Cooley, Carl Giffin, Art Robinson, Bill Pope and Gordie Algie were scoreless. …………………………………………………… In game two, host Dalhousie prevailed 36-32 but lost the total-point series 51-45. The Tigers led 20-11 at the half. Alex Farquhar paced the Tigers with 14. Alf Cunningham added 13, Blair Dunlop 5, Adam Smith 2 and Art Robinson 2, while Ralph Cooley, Carl Giffin and Bill Pope were scoreless. The Tigers (coach Burnie Ralston, manager by Bill Mingo) also included Gordon Algie, Vic Clark and B Mingo.

       In the Nova Scotia finals, the Acadia Axemen defeated the St. FX X-Men 29-35; 36-29 (Total: 65-64). The teams split the series but the score was disputed. St. FX thought the series was tied at 64 and that Acadia had been awarded an extra point. From St. FX’s perspective, the series was tossed. But Acadia was awarded the Nova Scotia title. St. FX (coached by William Fogarty and managed by Phil Mifflin) included Alex George, Leo Killorn, Fraser Mooney, Bill Ritchie, Ray Moore, Phillip Mifflin, Vic Sappella, Frank Mooney, Alex MacAdam, John Kyte, John Mifflin, Alban Callaghan

       In the Maritime final, the New Brunswick Varsity Reds defeated the Acadia Axemen x-x; x-x.

       The runner-up Acadia Axemen: Bruce Corey; Eddie Rogers; Wetmore; Morton; MacNeil; Humphreys; MacMillan;

       The champion New Brunswick Varsity Reds: Ed Mitton; Dave Stothart; Art Demers; Ted Owen; Keith Sidwell; Gerry Lockhart; Neil Elgee; Haines; Brooks; R.A. McDiarmid; E.E. True; E.W. Wylie; E.T. Owens; K.O. Sidwell; playing coach Howie Ryan; manager Skippy Ayres; assistant manager R.S. MacGowan