SPORTS AND PASTIMES.
RIFLE SHOOTING. ASHBURTON GUN CLUB
Blazing sun and a rough wind made conditions unpleasaint for a match fired by the Ashburton Defence Rifle Club on Saturday afternoon. The conditions were 10 shots each at 500 yards and 600 yards. E. C. Baker was the winner, R. Bramley being runnerup. Scores are as follow.—
BOWLING. RINK MATCHES PLAYED. Playing on the Ashburton Bowling Club’s greens in ideal weather on Saturday afternoon, A.shburton B. defeated Ashburton A. in a rink match by 84 points to 73. Details are as follow, the A. team players being mentioned first:— Russell, Hawkey, Buxton, Malson (s) 20 beat Hardy, Percy, Oakley, J. 1. Smith (s) 17. ' Vincent, Steele, Madden, McSherry (s) 18 lost to Laing, Barnett, A. 1. Smith, O’Brien (s) 28. Willis, John Watson Carter, Kissane (s) 15 lost to Rands, McClymont, Acton, Stewart (s) 22. • Jackson, Caps tick, Doherty, A. Lane (s) 20, beat Moore, Sawle, Faster brook, Craighead (s) 17.
BOXING. EDWARDS KNOCKED OUT. (Press Association —Copyright.) SYDNEY, January 23. At the Stadium, Roy Moore, of America, outed Billy Edwards, middleweight champion of Australia, in ten rounds, when the referee stopped the fight. The display of both men was poor. Edwards had trained for only a few clays. Moore’s methods were crude, hut he dropped his opponent thrice in the last round. The crowd was disappointed, and frequently hooted.
CRIME v. PURDY
fPw Pmm lnmiittlinn) WELLINGTON, January 22. Billy Grime, the crack Australian boxer, will be passing through New Zealand shortly, and wants a couple of fights. He will be matched by the Wellington Boxing Association with C. Purdy.
rugby football. SCOTLAND BEATS FRANCE. LONDON, January 22. Playing at Edinburgh, Scotland beat France at Rugby, by 23 points to 6. There was an attendance of 35,000.
500 000 yds. yds. H’p. T’l. E. C. Baker ... 44 45 7 96 It. Bramley . ... 47 42 4 93 F. Clarki ... 47 43 2 92 E. Truman ... 44 43 4 91 J. Clayton ... 40 40 7 87 G. Cromie ... 40 41' 2 183 J. Yeatndle ... 42 39 2 83 D. F. Keir ... 39 42 scr 81 C. Storrier ... 38 33 9 80 B. Baker ... '29 34 16 79 H. Cromie ... 39 29 4 72
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10827, 24 January 1927, Page 3
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