RIFLE SHOOTING
MATCH WITH OTAGO. NORTH VERSUS SOUTH. A further post match between the Ashburton and the Otago miniature rifle associations was fired last night, each side having 25 men, with ten shots per man. The previous shoot resulted in a win for Ashburton. Last night the local representatives shot exceptionally well, the high average of 47 22-25ths being obtained. The aggregate score was 1197. Otago's unofficial sccre was 1133, Ashburton winning by 64 points. Details are: ASHBURTON. D. F. Keir (Ashburton) 48 A. E. Clarke (Ashburton) 48 R. Baynes (Seafield) ... ... 48 J. Gregory (Seafield) 47 T. Kirkman (Ealing) 48 V. Nicholls (Willowby) 49 T. McKay (Willowby) 48 L. Watson (Hinds) ~ 44 A. Oakley (Rakaia) 47 M. Kingsbury (Dorie) 48 L. Moore (Lynnford) 49 L. Oakley (Rakaia) 50 G McKenzie (Ashburton) 48 A. Pratley (Willowby) 48 H. Cromie (Rakaia) ... ••• 46 G. Cromie (Rakaia) ... ... 48 J. Yeandle (Lynnford) 47 D. Clements (Ealing) 49 B. Withell (Ealing) 48 C. Simpson (Ashburton) 48 H. Nickalls (Ealing) 49 S. Watson (Hinds) - 48 A. J. Millichamp (Ashburton) ... 49 F. Clark (Ashburton) 47 W. Tate (Willowby) # _4B Total -H97 NORTH VERSUS SOUTH. Another county match, North versus South, was fired, and created considerable interest. The last county match, fired was won by the North by four points. Last night's shoot again ended in favour of North by the narrow margin of throe points. The conditions • were 20 men a-side, seven shots each. Details are: NORTH. R. Baynes (Seafield) 32 M. Bruce (Seafield) g> J. Gregory (Seafield) 34 C. Simpson (Ashburton) *> M. Kingsbury (Done) od L. Kingsbury (Dorie) g 4 J. Beard (Dorie) gd C. Storrier (Ashburton) go G. McKenzie (Ashburton) g 4 F. Clark (Ashburton) o 5 G. Cromie (Rakaia) go H. Cromie (Rakaia) 35 L. Oakley (Rakaia) gd A. Oakley (Rakaia) 32 F. P. Cookson (Ashburton) ... do G. Todd (Dorie) ... 28 E. C. Baker (Ashburton) 31 S. Wilson (Hinds) ••• 32 A. J. Shepherd (Ashburton) ... dd W. R. King (Ashburton) 31 Total' 655 SOUTH. T. McKay (Willowby) 35 A. Pratley (Willowby) 30 L. Pratley (Willowby) ... ••• £> V. Nicholls (Willowby) 34 M. Mitchell (Willowby) 34. B. Broomfield (Willowby) dU J. Yeandle (Lynnford) gd N. Mcintosh (Lynnford) do, C. Dell (Lynnford) 30 L. Moore (Lynnford) g2 D. Clements (Ealing) gd L. Watson (Hinds) 34 A. Ellis (Hinds) ... -.•• ••• 33 S. Watson (Hinds) ... 34 A. E. Clarke (Ashburton) • ... gd H. Nickalls (Ealing) 33 B. Withell (Ealing) 33 J. Conway (Westerfield) 32 A Butterworth (Westerfield) ... dl W. Tate (Willowby) ■•• :v. 32 Total ... ••• 652 j » i FIRING FOR KING'S PRIZE. LONDON, July 16. At Bisley the first stage of the King's Prize, seven shots at 200, 500, and 600 yards, was commenced. • The morning was dull, with a splendid light and a steady, fish-tail breeze across the IS fn the "Daily Telegraph" match three men tied with totals of 69, necessitating a shoot-off. CANADIAN LEADING. LONDON, July 16. . Private Desmond, a Canadian, is leading in the first stage of the King s Prize with a score of 103.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10163, 18 July 1924, Page 7
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