RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 63, 14 March 1919, Page 2

RIFLE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

S__, ■ a i _} ?F.f.' TODAY'S SHOOTING, $*& k .-"•- --"• 1 i (By Telegraph.—Press Association, jjg 7*i ~ _____n_____f, *_-*- j&y. ~> 'A iro-ty night gave place early tt_J morning to -warmer airs irom the north, and shooting began in variable light, with a puzzling breeze ranging .from straight down the range to the left reati CANTERBURY MATCH. Ten slot? i\ 600 yards. W. Paterson, Kaitangata '("£5)- _■»« §_ R. Hathawav, Te Kuiti-( £4) ....... 45 Lieut. W. Efudson, P. and T. .(£■»).« *» M. Jarvia, Taradale ( £3) »a_tc..«t«j -> 6. Burger, Wanganui (£3)' ..-.....'*-( Captain Crawford, N-5.M.C. (£3)., 4. Lieut. Green, Westport (£2) 44 A. E. Halrashaw, Christchurch (£2) : 44 S. Day, Nelson (£2) ...<_.«_. -f A. Blair, Hawera (£2)' __._«-__ 44 Paterson is a tyro. Thirty-five men take _£1 each, witscores 44 down to 50. NELSON MATCH; ten shots at -OOydi. Lieut. Williamson, P. and T. (£5) 49 W. S. Montgomerie, Coast Defenc. (£4) _.„.. M J. Blackman. Te Kuiti (£4) ,__«.. 4» H. Reynolds, Christchurch ( £3) __ 4* D. A. Pulton, Waimate (£3), ,'.;..# 4Lieut. Doynan, Railway Engrs. '( £3)j 4i J. S. Jepson, Tahora (£2) __ 4. Captain Crawford, N.Z.M.C. ( £2) ... *t Major Merrielees, Tauranga (£2) »« If R J. King, Opaki (£2) '..< tf Thirty-five take £1 each, with score* of 4_ to 52. W_______ND MATCH. Seven shots-iS 300 yds, 500 yds, and 600 yds, Captain R. Irvine, Nelson (£5)...-* 96 R J. King, Opaki (£4) < 96 W. K. Williams, Ohura (£4) ....-« 95 W. G. Torr, Cambridge (£3) * 9* Lieut.nant W. Hudson, P. and T. Engineers (£3) « 94 J. G. Comes, Waihi (£2) i 93 J. S. Montgomery (£2) * 93 H. Loveday, Ohura (£2) *: 93 A. K. Halrusaw, Christchurch) ...n'93 H. Harris, Christchurch (£2) ...... 83 Thirty-five men took £1, with scores from !)3 to 88. W. M. Masefleld wa» counted out. The list of 50 men qualified to shoot in the final of the Service Aggreg-te Match is led by the following:—J. Boy den, Kaiapoi, 180; W. J. MorgMi Akarana, 178; P. Brown, Waihi, 173} W. N. Gordon, Thames, 169: Lieutenant W. Duncan, Westport, 186; D. Causley, ihamee, 100; L. Caldwell, Karon, 165; J. Te Whaiti, Greytown, 165. The cup awarded for the highest aggregate score in the opening match and the Westland Match was won by. K. J. King, of Opaki, with a score of 18fc TRENTHAM AGGREGATE. The -est totals at 300 500 and 600 yards in the "B" series resulted:R. J. King, Opnki (£5) 402 P. Morgan, Christchurch (£4) .... 398 - Elliott. Akarana (£4 ..398 ■T- W. Milroy Nelson (£3) 389 R- Kenne. Dargaville ( £-) 388 Lieut. Hudson, P. and T. Engrs. \ £3) 387