Rules for what was then referred to as "girls'" basketball were quite different from what players today would recognize.
SAYREVILLE -- Members of the women's basketball team at Sayreville War Memorial High School are shown in this photo from 1944.
Rules for what was then referred to as "girls'" basketball were quite different from what players today would recognize. According to oregonlive.com, rules at the time called for teams to play "on a three-section court with six players per team: two guards on the defensive end, two centers in the middle and two forwards near the opponent's basket. One center could cross into other sections, with the other players moving the ball by passing and limited dribbling."
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Two years before this photo, a rule change was made as follows: "A team scored against, either by field goal or free throw, gets ball at center court (previously, possession alternated after each goal, also at center court)."
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