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Action shot of Deslea Wrathall, basketball player for Auckland, and Hutt Valley guard Peggy Robertson during a match at Cowles Stadium.

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Portrait of basketball coach and former wrestler Fred Wright.

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Portrait of basketball personality John Wright.

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Action shot from a game between the Rebels and Christchurch United. It shows Rebels players Chris Young and Linda Eddington, and Christchurch United player Ann Harliwich.

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Action shots of Valerie Young, shot put and discuss representative for New Zealand at the Olympic and Empire games, who also played basketball.

Scope and Contents Photographs relating to the Soviet Union men's national basketball team during its New Zealand tour. Matches between the Soviet Union and New Zealand, the Soviet Union and Australia, and the Soviet Union and the American All Stars are seen. Soviet players identified in photographs include Valerii Tikhonenko; Valerii Goborov; Val Demaras; Tiij Sook; George Rescov; Gundars Vetra; Alexandr Volkov; Vladimir Tkachenko; and Valdemaras Khomicus. New Zealand players Byron Vaetoe, Glen Denham, Mark...

Scope and Contents Photographs relating to American men's basketball teams including San Jose College; Venture for Victory; Oregon State University; Baker Nunn; Mercer Island; and the Boston Celtics. Most were taken during these teams visits to New Zealand. Players identified in photographs include Lester Lane; Clarence Denzor; Vic Bartoleme; W. Gibbs; B. Cox; Marty Matilla; Gary Nelson; Dave Lashua; Jim Savage; John Havlicek; Arnold 'Red' Auerbach; and John Keating. Other people include Ambrosio Padilla...

Scope and Contents Photographs relating to bicycle motor-cross (BMX), including various events and races across the South Island. Most participants are children and teenagers. People identified in photographs include Robert Kennison; Kirsty Saunders; Robert Felton; Craig Adair; John Armstrong; Matthew MacAlister; Peter Fleming; Jonathan Pagan; Darryl Mitchell; Hamish MacKenzie; Allan Ramage; Grant Ramage; Morris Chiles; Darryl Grundy; James Hill; Keith Morrison; Steven Cross; Phillip Ling; Jeremy Millichip;...

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Action shot of billiard players, Brian Kirkness and Eric Simons, contesting in the final of the Canterbury billiards championship. Simons won 666-487. Action shot of snooker and billiard player Dave Meredith competing at the Beefeater Gin Top Club snooker tournament at the Lyttelton Club.

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Photographs relating to bob sledding, including various olympic and championship events in Germany, Holland, Britain, Switzerland and Bavaria. People identified in photographs include Tony Nash; Robin Dixon; Ion Panturu; Petre Hristovici; Gheorghe Maftei; Nicolae Neagoe; Wolfgang Zimmer; Stephen Geisreiter; Walter Steinbauer; Peter Utzschneider; Mike Pugh; Prince Michael of Kent and wife; Erich Schaerer; Josef Benz; Owen Pinell; and Bruce Stanford.