In brilliant sunshine and in front of a crowd 200, Cox’s win was described by experts as Australian gun, Steve Pittaway was fifth with or several thousand on Saturday 4 June being incredible. Lloyd of England, Dodds of Scotland and 1977. New Zealand's shearing gun In second place and representing Austria, Welsh competitor Davies taking 6th. 7th and Roger Cox finished his 15 sheep almost two was expatriate New Zealand Shearer, Bth place respectively, sneep ahead of his nearest rival to win the Peter Nitts. inaugural World Shearing Championships Third place went to Australian Champion. Roger Cox is sponsored and managed by a* ‘he Batr and We t Centennial Sho;., John Hutchinson and proving the old magic Sunbeam's NZ distributors Wrightson N.M.A, Snepron-Mallett. Somerset in the is still ever present was New Zealand's grand and along with Godfrey Bowen, competed United Kingdom. master of shearing—Godfrey Bowen in under tlie auspices of the NZ Golden Shears With a point score of 192 8 out of a possible ! fourth place. International Shearing Society. B OOii I < <. -w HI IbH > j 9' ' z. w PBIr i r// L . ■ ( 4 ill/ / ROGER COX & M \ GODFREY BOWEN ■kjj — ■|H CHOOSE SUNBEAM GEAR HBgn MO*' Ste-ar: Ope'. 1 IB ■’ ' T;? ror O HANDPIECE B ■ ! m * £l "'d performance matched t SUNBEAM COMBS & CUTTERS. ■k *■ Ag' ‘ I B 1 Si z < wl —I - - z ■ w \27 JSHBtOiBHfI .< — f SUNBEAM SUPER SHEARING GEAR FOR ■'■■■■□« SUPER SHEARERS AND WORLD CHAMPIONS gSg WrightSOH I ( *' r .17'0 T; .’.r.;'• V-irmrmrv throughout New Zealand— I MACHINERY J
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