RIFLE SHOOTING.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17706, 7 March 1923, Page 12

RIFLE SHOOTING.

♦ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, j i YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. i (PEESS ASSOCIATIOif TELEQBA.II.) TEENTHAM, March 6. A keen nip in tho air this morning betokened the presence of tho frosty advance guard of autumn; it also presaged a gloriously fine day, one of the best since shooting commenced. Tho promise was fulfilled from a spectator's point of view, but there was a fly in the ointment for the riflemen. As the morning progressed, a treacherous ri"ht wind developed, and though the &rst men down at the 800 yds of the Otago match | had a fair run in practically a dead calm, later ones were hard put to it to keep on the target, and many frequently got off it. "Wind was' absent, but tho target laces were shadowed and the firing mounds were m bright sunlight. Elevation was tho rock on which scores were wrecked. "When the eoo yards was finished, the 900 yards stage ot the Otago Match and tie single range of the Taranaki match (10 ehots at 1000 yds) were taken simultaneously, half firing on each ot the two adjoining ranges. The wind by now was in full charge, and though, occasionally a man got through in a good patch, the majority found tho struggle an unequal one and their cards showed many misses. Butler (Karon) got tho possible at 800 yds, ana this was the only one at these long ranges. At times the mirage ran with extraordinary' persistency, making the targets appear to be dancing above the gunsighta. Altogether the day furnished one of the best examples of how really perverse Trentham oan be. With the completion of tho Taranaki match, leaving one (Hawke'a Bay, ten shots at 900 yds) to be fired to-morrow morning, tho following are leading for inclusion in the King's Fifty, to fire for the belt tomorrow afternoon (the possible points up to now are 500):

A comna.ri.=ors with yesterday's H't show?" considerable shuffling of places. The most notable chmgc- is Tur.w'? out of the picture. He only managed to get 15 at 1000 yds, and his scores at 800 and 900 were not sufficient to pull up tha leeway. The fellowins have been picked for th* North y. South Island match to-morrow morning, seven shots each at 300, SCO and COO yards, twenty men-a-side: NORTH ISLAND. James R. J. King Neilson Mawley Boots L. G. Lovedav Eyle B G. Hood Croxton .S'.rar.soi: Verie Guiney Ashley Barkle Mayhew Carter Atkinson C. Whtteman Orr AV. Ballingcr SOUTH ISLAND. A. J'. Green Pask Piper Sunnei J. A. Munro H. Harris A. J. Henderson Pimm W. E. Jone3 Halrn?ha-.v Sharlar.d IV. Mills D. Anderson Bryden Crimp West Malroy Masefieid Clark Folio-wing is the prize list: OTAGO MATCH, 10 shots at 800 and 300 yds (possible 100). Goodall (Wellington Suburbs) £6 •■ ™ ihompson (Greytown) £i ' ■• '• ;3utler (Kaiori) £3 .. " , .aynter (Blenheim) £2 .. • ■■ ' JI A. Harris (Suburbs) £2 • , 91 The following take £1 each:—West (Blenheim) 91, Aaton (Wellington Old/ NftVftls), ->■•

J. Henderson (Linkiratet), B«w:(6 tin? and Swanaon (Kwori) eKsh'WiSfti a% urbs), Causley (Thames), Ve«fc]tt j! «j McKay (Opaki), H, Mow. (Diwtt ta*i Goldfinch (Old Navals),-each 88f;Oa fyeni town), P. Munro (Tek«piu), : :fcj, kiyt (Opaki}, H. Griffiths'(WeitpotftiCa rfy wera), Deller (Upper. HtiH)/ K«omb @ t?.ia Croxton (Karori), L. G. Lotedijff V ■ and C. 'Wliiteaian (Suburbs) etch B| ;*•'; ■(Kiwi), Heney (Kaiapoi), Bttkle (Pdi v.i Smith (KBpongs); : 'Wi]liiW;(o!iMi ?'' (Kiwi), and Garth . (Gtejmottt):* Rod Braithwaite (Ok&wa), *nd&. It'lti ; oß w din) each 85.'" 'V :: j 01 t, Counted Out—VenneuV )MMst>l ... .„ A. J. Green. ... * n ° Cadets, 103 each-Booker; $m >*<* Benjamin (Tauranga) 69, Dtoin {ffi ie, TAKANAKI MATCH. lOMiim !»'? (Possible"'M|.:' : :;f;| »^> Feist (Cambridge) £0 ;.;, ;.:,f| W[ B. J. King (Opaki) «&£;fr*i f H. Giifatbs $P Connor (Okawa). ' a'Mlif^ : ;.M &™ Mills (Kiwi) The following, gf (Opaki), W. Ji;;onisiii7si»^.»Wj i jE, (Ashburton) etoi''iJ;MSeW& fm Bffl \V. A. Ball Baikle and Trotman^GnjWßVw.U}..iMßr b fer (Katoilj),■■-Keja**' V*W'l^M (Upper '.. StenaidgG (Old KfiwUliMßMi m& K : pukuran), W. Feast to<? (Waihi), Barker !(LilpteWWß M rana), Mosley (Oamaru),;iMKWß ?gft pukurau) eaoh.B9 l ;W,;**g i « £» ton), McLeod;(otow»),jClil«|J#l *»'• butt (Franktbn),-lMl»rBl|(IgSil pp* stan (Waihi); aad.N&ljFjiOWl arm. 38; Swaysland (Napier) -'WinnM Bohe bourne) each 87.. ■ >' *■> Counted Out-HttrnphneJ.-SoptftUil [ved man, Fiankland,, Maieuri. Ti» V, »ero Ballinger, -Colqunoun,. =:J.vA^:W; Mdli Whiteman, Mawlcy. -,r:''otffl f : WWeagjgbboß|: ;S W. J. Green; £lO »U : L. G. Loveday, S& >i,. : msa 1 Croxton, £5 ■... ..; : v ; " «g f Niekon, £5 •• ....... Vv/.ft "':■:' Orr. £4 ■;.'•' y,'-;;,;.",;..' Paynter, £4 '■.••• '.,'■";■" Veale, £3 ....',-.,;" y^iMi^ Moss, £1 ■ '•; ' Qv--.fm.''■,;';;( Att S/(r J inkwate.),ifcr||S g" W. J. Feast, fl'.;- ; W. G. Hood, £2 .. ' Swonson 37. Barkle, _J.A..»m hw, J. Henderson fc« Butler, and Thompson :*&s£# toM harland. Veia* Mtrt 369. P. Nfchofo. !«g oach 363, Simmona. f'-Kfti ?i-g each 367, Haldanj; and „. j Grcytown Bine Club, ~* -.$ Boto Pntone, £7 •• •■ '< ■& n » Chrislchureh, •&> " -/-*« it i« Karori, No. _2, £3 •■ Jj#® 0 j W Tho following tako « , Napier 449, Kaponga «?• JS ? t«n. GOOD PEBFORMANCBit , . - '1 , ; 'il (AUSTBAUAS AKD K.^» o AV . C. Young, itaoMl^,«'« y-

Nelson (Napier) m James (Napier) 429 Barkle (Suburbs) 4'<!U Croxton (Karori) 42'J C. Whiteman (Suburbs) 428 Mayhew (Linton) 426 West (Blenheim)' 425 L. G. Loveday (Linton) 423 Thomas Linton) 423 Eyles (Napier) 421 W. J. Green (Okawa) .. 421 Thompson (Greytown) .. 419 Carter (Petone) 419 G. Hood (Opaki) .. [ 419 R. J. King (Opaki) .. Sunnex (Flaxbourne) 419 41 Mills (Kiwi) .. 418 Hester (Suburbs) „ 418 Nix (Featheraton) .. [ 418 Needham (Linton) 417 A. J. Henderson (Linkwater) .'. Jrr (Greytown) 417 417 D. Anderson (Kaituna) : 41G Vennell (Te Wharau) 410 Aston (Wellington) .. ; 416 Swanson (Karori) A. Harris (Suburbs) 415 415 415 415 Paynter (Blenheim) P. Nkholls (Greyiown) ; Smith (Kaponga) .. .. 414 Vcile (Akarana). .. 414 J. A. Munro (Wyndham) . 414 Trotman (Grevtown) .. 414 A. S. Butler '(Karori) .. 414 A. J. Green (Westport) .. 4U H. C. Jones (Okawa) .. 414 Bryden (Kaiapoi) .. "13 Hi<?<rs (N„ B . Plymouth) .. 413 Frankland (Foxton) .. 413 (Sound*) .. 413 Cliresman (Blenheim) .. 4tt Pasfc (Linklater) .. .. 410 W. J. Pea-«t (Opaki) .- 410 GiKick (Kiwi) .. 410 Goldfinch (Wellington) .. 410 Haldane fWainukurau) .. 409 Williams (Ohura) .. 403 W. Ballingcr (Potono ) .. 409 Eo?r (Suburbs) .. 408 Vt. Fensi (Greytown) .. 408