RIFLE SHOOTING AT TRENTHAM

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 121, 20 February 1928, Page 11

RIFLE SHOOTING AT TRENTHAM

AUSTRALIANS ON THE RANGE FRIENDLY MATCH FOR VISITORS WELLINGTON TEAM AHEAD Teams representative of New South Wales, Victoria, Wellington, and the Wairarapa met in friendly rivalry in a match arranged in honour of the visiting Australian riflemen at Trentham on Saturday. Each team consisted of ten men, each of whom had seven shots, two sighters allowed, at ranges of 300, 500, and COO yards. The winners were the Wellington No. 1 team with an aggregate of 947, while Wairarapa were a point behind in second place, and Victoria third with an aggregate of 916. The Australian marksmen who took part in a friendly match with Wellington and Wairarapa teams on Saturday found conditions to their liking, expressing themselves well preased with the ammunition, while a slight wind blowing across the range did not appear to occasion them any great trouble. The best showing of the visitors was that made by the Victorian team, many of whom have been camping at Trentham during the past few days, getting themselves accustomed to local conditions. On Saturday they spoke in glowing terms of the assistance that the Camp Commandant, Captain H. H. Whyte, had given them in settling down in their new surroundings. They all expressed themselves as being very grateful for what the captain had done for them. “We have never had anything like it before,” said one of the .Victorian men. An aggregate of 9-17 out of a possible 1050 placed the Wellington. No. 1 team in the leading position, Wairarapa being second with 946. The two best individual scores were a 102 secured by E. Ballinger, of the Wellington No. 1 team, and a score of 100 by G. Bruce, of the Victorian team. Fourth plaec ■was secured by Wellington No. 3 team with an aggregate of 91'2, while Wellington No. 2 were fifth with 911. The New South Wales team were in last place with 890, but considering they have been travelling ever since they arrived at Auckland early last week, and only came off the Limited on Saturday morning, and further had not fired a shot since they left Australia, they did remarkably well under conditions that were completely new to them. Before the teams went down to the mounds at Trentham on Saturday, the chairman of the Wellington Rifle Association, Mr. W. J. H. Haase, welcomed the visitors and wished them an enjoyable stay in the Dominion, these remarks being endorsed by the president of the Wairarapa Asociation, Mr. J. F. Thompson. Many of the visitors proceeded to Greytown by car after Saturday’s match, in readiness for the Wairarapa Association’s meeting, which commences at Papawai this morning, while the remainder crossed the Rimutakas yesterday morning to attend an outing arranged in their honour at Mount Holdsworth during the day. At the conclusion of the Wairarapa meeting on Tuesday most of the competitors will return to Trentham for the National Rifle Association meeting opening on Thursday. Details of the scores, with teams given in order of merit, are as follow:—

WELLINGTON No. 1. 600 yds. 300 yds. 500 yds. E. Ballinger 33 35 34 w. McIver 33 33 33 R. H. MeNieoll 33 33 28 w. H. Ballinger 32 32 33 c. Whiteman 20 31 31 H. T. Boon ••o 31 H. V. Croxton .29 32 33 A. V. Swanson 32 33 29 H. Fran kin nd .1J 33 27 H. R. Hunt 30 SOS Total, 017. WAIRARAPA. 33, 312 L. G. Benton 31 31 33 R. J. King 33 33 32 C. J. Nix 32 31 32 F. S. Hood 31 31 29 TC • McKenzie 31 33 T. Orr fl?. 32 33 H. Feast 33 32 28 J. B. Bairstow 31 32 28 JI. H. Mawley .•J 32 28 J. C. Feast 20 31S Total, 946. VICTORIA. 33 318 34 310 w. J. Harris 30 34 31 H. Hancock 30 29 26 F. W. Earle 30 30 30 _A J. Preece 32 26 ’ 32 w. W. Harris 27 31 30 c. Henderson 32 31 33 — Ashby 32 30 26 Reghitter p, r f 31 30 G. Bruce QO 34 34 w. Sprat 34 300 Total, 016. WELLINGTON No. 30 306 3. 29 301 J. Smart 29 28 s. F. McKean 31 .1 ’ 30 Ji. E. Hester 29 34 OO T. Kidd 30 30 31 l. Hare 31 33 28 n. Caughley 33 33 28 H. T. Marshall 30 •■»<! 'I'. Warburton 32 32 29 w Jackson 31 28 30 W. Kelly 31 300 Total, 912. WELLINGTON No. 30 310 32 302 F. Ching 31 31 29 A. S. Ballinger 27 30 24 F. E. Franklyn 31 29 28 w. McBain 29 32 31 A. O'Donnell 31 30 30 A. S. T. Butler 31 32 28 w. J. H. Haase 30 34 30 p. B. Goldfinch 33 34 29 T. Goodall 33 32 27 L. A. Caldwell Total. Ml. NEW SOUTH 31 31 307 315 WALES. 33 289 0. Boyd 34 31 25 G. Forge 28 31 30 N. Fulton 29 31 31 B. Freak 31 29 26 H. Johnstone 27 29 27 E ,7. Channon 30 34 29 H. Ferguson 31 32 28 E. Willsmith 30 33 * 32 H. Taylor 33 33 32 T. Stockbridge Total, 891. 32 302 26 309 20 280