REGULAR SEASON
| NOVA SCOTIA | NB | |||||||
| St. FX | 4-0 | William Fogarty | New Brunswick | 2-0 | Ted Owens | |||
| Dalhousie | 2-2 | Gabe Vitalone | Mount Allison | 0-2 | William Crawford | |||
| Acadia | 0-4 | John McManus | ||||||
At the start of the season, St. FX coach W.P. Fogarty proposed a formal Maritime Intercollegiate Basketball league that would include Acadia, Dalhousie, Nova Scotia Technical College, St. FX, Mount Allison, New Brunswick and St. Dunstan’s.
In Nova Scotia play: …………………………………………………… St. Francis Xavier defeated Dalhousie 42-33 as Proper scored 12, Flaherty 10, F McNeil 7, R McNeil 6, Rudy Pace 6 and McNally 1. McCoy paced the Tigers with 17. Connelly added 8, Scott Morrison 5, Black 2 and Cluney 1. …………………………………………………… St. Francis Xavier dumped Dalhousie 40-32 as Rudy Pace scored 17. Gordie McCoy and Scott Morrison each scored 11 to pace the Tigers. ……………………………………………………
Dalhousie clipped Acadia 54-42 as McCurdy scored 13, Morrison 13, Connelly 12, McCoy 7, Black 3, Janigan 3 and Wickwire 2. Fuller paced Acadia with 15. Anderson added 9, Killam 7, Mosher 4 and White 3. …………………………………………………… St. FX defeated Acadia x-x and x-x (Total: 131-65) …………………………………………………… Dalhousie reported that it played Acadia and defeated them twice.
Other Nova Scotia rosters:
Acadia Axemen: Reg Hart, M Fuller, P Anderson, Scott Killam, W Mosher, Lorne White, MacTavish, R Neal, R Lewis, George Hillis, coach John McManus, manager F Long, assistant manager R Cann
Dalhousie Tigers: Saul Garson, Fraser Mooney, Bob Black, Carl Giffin, Dave McCurdy, Albro MacKeen, Andy Mackay, Charlie Connelly, Scott Henderson, Earle Smith, Gordie McCoy, Jim Wickwire, Scott Morrison, Jim Ells, Cluney (Clancy?), McCurdy, Janigan, coach Gabe Vitalone, manager Ian Palmeter
In the New Brunswick league, the University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds defeated the Mount Allison Mounties 54-53; 54-34 (Total: 108-87). …………………………………………………… In game one, New Brunswick edged Mount Allison 54-53 as John Little scored 17, Smith 11, Hanusiak 8, Glass 7, Miller 4, Boulton 4 and Buchan 3. Harry Baxter led the Mounties with 17. Kingsley Ward added 11, Graeme Tuttle 10, Fred Mills 9, Rex Rawlins 3, Gordon McConnell 2 and Robert Goss 1. …………………………………………………… In game two, New Brunswick pounded Mount Allison 54-34 as Boulton scored 14, Glass 14, Miller 8 and Hanusiak 7. Baxter led the Mounties with 10. Stothart added 10, Ward 7, Goss 2 and Rawlins 2.
Mount Allison Mounties: Harry Baxter, Kingsley Ward, Graeme Tuttle, Fred Mills, Rex Rawlins, Gordon McConnell, Robert Goss, Ian Stothart, Henry Hargreaves, Blenix Nicholson, coach William Crawford, manager Thomas Simms, assistant manager Wilson Siddall
In the Maritime finals, the St. Francis Xavier X-Men defeated the New Brunswick Varsity Reds 42-42; 73-44 (Total: 115-86).
In game one, host U.N.B. and St. FX tied 42-42. Varsity Red Rudy Hanusiak missed two free throws with 7 seconds to play to deny UNB the win. George Buchan paced the Varsity Reds with 13. Gerry Boulton added 11, Hanusiak 8, Smith 5, Glass 3 and Miller 2, while Garland, Little and Stairs were scoreless. Joe Flaherty paced the X-Men with 10. Pace added 9, McNally 8, Conley 7, R MacNeil 4 and Propper 4, while Campbell F MacNeil and Lynch were scoreless.
In game two in Antigonish, St. FX prevailed 73-44 to take the series by 31.
The runner-up New Brunswick Varsity Reds: George Buchan; Gerry Boulton; Bob Smith; Valentia; G Stairs; John Glass; Rudy Hanusiak; Sterling Shepard; John Manson; Eric Garland; J Russell; B Simpson; John Little; J Patterson; Bob ‘Shutz’ Miller; M MacKenzie; Ronan; B Whitehead; K Clark; coach Ted Owens; assistant Stan Thomas; manager B Baldwin
The champion St. Francis Xavier X-Men: Joe Flaherty; Howard McNally; Russel MacNeil; Henry Propper; John Campbell; Rudy Pace; Pat Connally; Ed Lynch; Frank MacNeil; coach Father William Fogarty; manager Brian Hansen