RIFLE SHOOTING.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 55, 5 March 1917, Page 7

RIFLE SHOOTING.

m AKARANA CLUB. The members of the Akarana Defence ■Rifle Club competed on .Saturday afternoon at 000 and 1000 yards. ■ ten rounds being ' fired at each distance. Riflemen A. K. 1 Shove and R. ill. Skelton register wins ; for trophies presented by Mr. W. J. Ralnger i (A Section), and Mr. Alfred Adams (B Sec- ■ tion). thereby winning a silver spoon each. • Rifleman J. C. .Morgan (C Section) won ■ outright the trophy presented by Sergt. A. ' —. 'S. Ferguson, who li. now somewhere in > France. 'Rifleman Morgan is a* returned ' soldier. Details of scores are as under: — ; A SECTION.— (Rainger's Trophy). Tl. , A..R. Shove. 43 at 000 yards, 44 at > 1000 yards ... ST . J. H. Pars-low. 44. 41 So i J. F. Atkinson, 43, 39 So . W. Powell, 3S. 43 ; -..... 81 . J. .T. Buchanan. 34. 40 74 > A. Henderson. 38, 35 73 - C. J. Smith, 35. 35 70. . H. Doughty. 2S. 37 63 A. Patrick. 28, 21 .\ 40 , W. J. Morgan, 32, 16 48 . J. A. Spry, 13, 21 34 i B SECTION. (Adams' Trophy). . Tl. 1 R. H. Skelton. 45 at 000 yards, 34 at 1000 yards .' 70 E Buchanan. .33. 42 75 G. T. Kretsehmar. 42, 32 74 _ F. W. Strong. .29. 42 .... 71 0 X. Ogle. 38, 26 62 T. G. Bryan. 31.-25 ..-56 "C SECTION. (Ferguson's Trophy). I Tl. 1 J. C. Morgan. 43 at COO yards, 33 aty 1000 yards ; 7o • H. Taylor, 35, 34 69 0 J. B. Torbet, 41. 23 64 ? G. Mills-Palmer. 30, :J3 ....-; i 63 '• I. Lianas, 30, 23 .... 62 '• P. Bond. 20. 31" 7. ..." 60 T .1. Forrest. 34. 24 _«_.. 58 J. Ewan, 20, 27 ..:.........-.... 56 ■'• V 7-. S. Ness. 32. 21 '.. 53 iP. O. Vealc, 36. 14 . -. 50 •r