LATE SPORTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 164, 23 April 1928, Page 4

LATE SPORTS.

PIGEON SHOOTING. THE METHVEN GUN CLUB. Hie Methven Gun Club held the second shoot of the season on the Mount Harding racecourse on Saturday afternoon. Probably owing to the Ash- - burton Trotting Club’s meeting, there was only a small attendance. Nevertheless, the shoot was a good one and i the scoring was very evenly divided. The conditions were good, there being very little wind and an excellent light. A six-bird i'elay) sweepstake match resulted as follow:

The stake was divided between three - competitors with the possible. In a nine-bird handicap for a trophy ;• donated by Mr A. J. Aitken (Lyndliurst), with an added sweepstake, the best scores were:

In the shoot-off for the trophy, G. A. Franks beat L. C. Anderson on the ' third round. The stake was divided. In a 12-bird double rise, all off 16yds, . the following were the top scores:—

A 12-bii'd handicap for a trophy donated by Mr L. C. Anderson, with an added sweepstake, resulted:

Id the shoot-off Anderson won on the seventh round, and S. H. Anderson took second money and Franks third. L. C. Anderson donated the trophy back to the club for the best firstbarrel performance next Saturday. In a six-bird gimcrack shoot for a sweepstake, the scores were:

Second and third money was divided between the Anderson brothers. A first-miss-out was won,) by S. H. Anderson on the third round, T_ S. Harrison being second. Another first-miss-out was the final shoot of the day, and this was also von by S. H. Anderson on the sixth round ( GOLF. THE METHYEN CLUB. The Methven Golf Club played its monthly medal match on Saturday afternoon. The match was won by M. Urquhart, whose score-card was bb-Af--62. Other good cards were: M. A. Stone 90-16-74, H. Fryer 93-18-75, A. E. Grubb 84-8-76, J. Stone 102-24-76, G Waddington 96-18-78, P. Cookson 106-22-84., . . , The club played a friendly match against the Christchurch Club during the week-end. Excellent weather prevailed. The visitors were hospitably entertained by the local cliib s president and members. Results are as follow, Methven names being mentionMen’s Foursomes. —A. E. Grubb and D. M. Christie 0, J. Dolph and L A. . Dougall 1; A. Lawrence and G. Haddington 0, T. Richards and E M . Hassell 1; E. D. Thomas and T. Foirest 0, L J. Taylor and R. H. Clay 1, M- A. Stone and H. Fryer h W R- M. Trwm and N. 11. Smith 1; T. Macartney and P. Cookson 0, Russell and Button 1, J F Stone and Jesse Stone 1, Mcßeth and Pilcher 0. Totals H and 44. Singles.—A. E. Grubb 1, J. Dolph 0; D. M? Christie 0, L. A Dougall 1; A. Lawrence 0, T. H. A Richards U gWaddington 0, O W. Hassell I E D. Thomas *, L. J. Taylor *; T. Foii n t> tt ciav 1 \ M. A. Stone 0 5 w n ’M. - Inrin 1; H. Fryer 1 N. M. Smith 0; T. Macartney 0, 1 Pilcher 1 ; J. F. Stone 0, H. Button 1; P. Cookson 0 F B. Russell 1; Jesise Stone 0, W. Mcßeth 1. Totals, and 9}. boxing. HAY BEATS LOVERIDGE. NEW PLYMOUTH, April 22. Artie Hay, of Hastings, New Zealand welter champion, defeated Dick Loveridge (Taranaki') on points last night. Loveridge fought sluggishly, appearing to V stale, and Hay piled up a substant ‘rl margin of points against him. The match attracted a good house.

L C. Anderson ... 211111—ft S. H. Anderson ... 112111—6 G. A. Franks ... 121111—6 T. S. Harrison ... 101111—5

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S. H. Anderson .. 101111111110-10 L. C. 'Anderson .. 101011101110— 8 G. A. Franks .. 101010101010— 6

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T. S. Harrison ... 111111—6 L. C. Anderson ... 201011—4 S. H. Anderson ... 011101—4