Hoops

Valid singlet numbers

Ah. An outside court , on the Port Rd Cheltenham.
Practicing and playing for many years , with the late Steve Johannsen and Colin Dabinett, They went out to United Church- now Sturt.
And, Brian Stidston stayed, for 50 years and played 7000 games.
Cheltenham sorta became Woodville.
West Torrens Eagles, amongst others, practised there, with Jim Maddigan, a very good coach, and Les Hody a good player... and, plenty of others, would have had a go there.
A lot easier inside, of course.

Spinner, . sorry, I mis spelt your name.

Starting playing in 1962 , aged 11 , and , what we did through the sixties to now. It's been an intereting ride.

A pair of blue gym boots with a white disc , for many years , skipper.

A dyed singlet and iron on numbers.
No 3 pointers. Then the pass back rule came in, late sixties.

A pair of shorts , like the sixers dancers wear....
and... the 'gym boot' is back, also... in the hip hop shop.............

I seem to recall playing in the 60s and they were signalling.. and getting told to sit.. and John Heard wearing no 4 etc...

FIBA rules are that only legal numbers are 4-15 (e.g. at the Olympics). Local competition by-laws allow other numbers. BASA used to have a by-law allowing 20-25, 30-35 etc only, which was changed to allow all numbers at some stage, don't know exactly when. NBA have their own rule as well.

and not being able to signal above 15.
Sorry, just brought back some memories, of the ole days. Like being told to sit down 'cause I wasn't number 4. And, doing some scoring etc.

4-15
only.. when I played, sooo long ago.
The captain had to wear 4.

It was so that they could call 3 seconds, and 2 shots and the scorers wouldn't get confused.

Number 4 the capt. Could speak to the refs.
No other number could