RIFLE SHOOTING.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16780, 11 March 1920, Page 7

RIFLE SHOOTING.

DOMINION MEETING AT TRENTHAM. KING'S PEIZE WON BY CROXTON. i U'UESi ASSOCIATION TF.I.F.GR.'.M.) TRENTITAM. _ March JO. f Tl-e. fo'.lowir? ii the rcsu.t oi the Piiz* 1-at-h, the ec-.rs at th:.i afternoons -'•.o-it over 10-.!-; yard '"" i s'- 1 .rj-.c--.UL- , ,0„.r.. ■ jn ri o yds. Agte. £35 .nr.'! Bal'irser Belt, fold ar.d «..:d D.Ii.A. ni.'P! 11. V. Cros-on «!v::' :;1 31 jwO £21', fi'vr liter, r:ul D.R.A. i — Riflsnian W. H. V>"oa*. (B.c-n----liei'ii; .. ■■ Jsl £15 "tar nr.d D.R.A. ! n-.-*e '— Kitlem m R. C. Barklo ■Wcllir.'jfon .Sub'.!::.'.) .. • 31 I*l2. KtaTj and D.R.A. badTC — Riileman I). J. Guiney •• ..30 53S .C 5 and''D.R.A. Rifleman W. .T. Fcn-t (Opaki) ■■ •■ 29 ° 36 .€") and |~U.A. l.sdro—R : fl?man A J. H"nder?on 'f-'nnr-!') £r> md D.R.A. >iad~t —K'fleman L C. Pimm .. 33 531 £3 and D.R.A. brd'.'e—R : ft"in-n !•'. J. McDonald ;Wc'.iinrton Suburbs .. ■■ 33 531 £5 prd D.R.A. lrt!?o— Captain W. Mc/»efie!d (NeVoni .. ..32 y>l £5 and D.K.A. Rifleman D. Roots (Hawcra) .. .. .11 5H £5 and D.R.A. bnd-e—R'flcman H. Hnrrii (Chri = tchurcli> •• 23 530 and D.R.A. had-:e-R:flcman A. Govordock (Lir.tonl •• 23 52G £2 and D.R.A. badve—Rifleman 11. 11. Donald (Ooaki) 30 524 £2 and D.R.A. bad<re—Rifleman G. A. EvVs (Dannevi'ke) .. 33 52-r £2 and D.R.A. bad'"-—Secretary H. C. Evans (To Knitil .. IS 521 £2 and D.R.A. badcre—Rifleman P. Foden (Tima-u) .. ..29 520 £2 nnd D.R.A. bad<re—President F. G. G'edhill .. 37 519 £2 and D.R.A. bndre —Rifleman A. Patrick (Auckland) .. 33 519 £2 and D.R.A. bad^o—Rifleman L. Barrell (Petone) .. ..38 518 £2 and D.R.A. biulre—Rifleman S. J. Mavhew (Linton) .. 34 518 £2 and D.R A. hnd~e—Rifleman E. J. C. Ronton (Akarana) .. 33 513 £2 and D.R.A. bad-e—RifVman P. C. Hamilton fWan<7nnui) .. 24 51" £2 and D.R.A. bad^e —Rifleman W. P. Lnr.o 'Akarana) .. 40 510 The following toko .£1 each: — Rifleman E. Radd 'BVnheim) .. 35 51G Rifl?man V. K. Donald (Ooaki) .. 2G SIR Fres. C. J. Nix .. 17 516 Deo. Pros. W. K.Williams (Ohura) 39 515 R!(l"man J. C. Carter 'Petone) .. 28 514 Rifleman Or. Halliday (Karori) .. 25 513 Fi-Vrr-'an F. Bolton 22 51^ R ; fl'-man C. Dunstan (Waihi) .. 25 511 Rifleman W. Hudson fWanganui) 25 519 R : fl"man S. Marenzi (Tararun) .. 25 508 Rifl-man A. P. McMurray (Frankton) 23 508 Rifleman C. Whitemnn (Suburbs) 19 507 Rifleman E. F. Bandford (Ch'ch) 30 507 Rifleman C. G. (Ooaki) 21 507 R : fl?man C. Lovedav (OhuTa) .. 11 507 Rifleman D. S. McLeod (Okawa) 29 50G Rifleman R. J. Gillick 'Kiwi) .. 29 506 Lieut. A. W. Duncan (Westport) 23 504 Rifleman E. A. Ba'lineer (Petone) 27 502 Dep. Pres. Boon (Wellington Suburb 3) .. .. ..26 501 Rifleman F. Frrer (Waipuknran) 22 500 Rifleman T. W. Warbnrton (Petone) 22 409 Pres. P. Palmer (Patea) .. 21 499 Gunner C. Milroy (R.N.Z.A.) .. 21 497 Mnior A. J. Morrileee 39 496 Henderson takes tho Rifle Challenge Cup for tho highest score in the match. THE KING'S PRIZEMAN. H. V. Croxton is 34 years of Rgc, and is emnloyed in the Technical Education Branch of the Education Department at Wellington. Ho has bcefl shooting for tho past 11 years, first with tho Wellington Navals, and later with the Karori Rifle Club, the championship whereof he annexod in 1913. In 1915 he won tho nawko's Bay championship, and twice previously, in 1913 and 1914, climbed into tho "King's Fifty" at Trentham. Croxton, who does not tschow a pipe, is regarded as a sound, all-round marksman. Other matches decided to-day wero: — SERVICE CHAMPIONSHIP.' SERVICE CHAMPIONSHIP. 200, 500, and GO yards, added to the scores in the earlier service series. £15, Kynoch Cup, and gold medal—C. M. Mosb (Dunedin) .. .. 222 £6 and silver medal—A. J. Green (West-

port) .. .. .. .. 220 £5 and bronze medal—A. G. Devore (Akarana) .. .. .. .. 219 £i—Lance-Cpl. J. R. Baird (Hamilton Cadets) .. .. .. .. 218 £3—Major J. A. "Wallingford (Auckland) 217 RUNNING MAN COMPETITION; QUICK MARCH (RUNNING MAN) COMPETITION, seven ehot3 at 200 yards, possible 35. £4 —Major Wallinpford (Auckland) .. 24 £3—S.S.M. Gray (Trentham) .. .. 22 The following 1 , with scores of 20, tako 33s 4d each:—J. Te Whaiti (To Aharangi), S.S.M. Levy (Trentham), and A. G. Devore (Akarana). The gold medal for the Grand Aggregate in the service and belt series was won by "W. H. West (Blenheim), the runner-up beinff H. V. Croxton (Karon), thus reversing the positions they hold as leader and runner-up in the aggregate for the King's Prize. (special to "the press.") TRENTHAM! March 10. The Service and Belt Championships wore decided to j iay. In each of these Canterbury was interested, as in tho fifty firing for the Service Championship there were eight Canterbury men, viz., Henry, Mcintosh, Sandford, Halmshaw, and Caughlcy, of Christchurcli; Bryden and Foster, of Kaiapoi; nnd Neill, Waihao Downs. Of these Milmshow got eleventh place and Sandford thirteenth. In the fifty highest aggregates for tho King's Prize there wore five Canterbury men —H-" -r is 5C2, Pimm <98. FoH«n 401. Snnd-'o'd 477, Henry 475, and D. J. Guiney 499, wbo bofore going to the front was a member of the Chri3tchurch Rifle Club. Most of tho Canterbury men improved their position in tho final 6hoot at 1000 yards, and Guinoy, by fine shooting, camo up from tenth place to fourth place. At the presentation of prizes tho Christohurch Chib representatives got a great ovation when they went up to receive tho Islington Cup and other prizes, especially tho prize in the Champion Teams' Match, in which they had tied with Blenheim.