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RIFLE SHOOTING
SATURDAY'S MATCHES THE KARORI CLUB. The Karori Rifle Club had a muster of sixty members at Trentham on Saturday afternoon, when the second match of the first series was fired over ranges of 800 and 900 yards. The weather was on good behaviour for Trentham— and scoring was rather better than on any previous Saturday this season. The old members had a regular field day, eleven of them being at the top of the list, headed by Major H. Marshall and Rflm. R. Randell, with 64 e^ach. The two ammunition prizes presented by Rflm. F W. Ching for =*the best score" "off the gun" at 900 yards (one for scratch men and the other confined to members who have joined the club this season) were won by Major H. Marshall and Rflm. E. Smith, with scores of 34__and 25 respectively. The Wellington Tneeting, on Ist and 2nd January, will now be the "Mecca" for club members. The club championship competitions will be resumed on 9th January, 1915. Following are the results of Saturday's shooting :—: — 800 900 yds. yds. Hp. Tl. Major H. T. Marshall 30 34 0— 64 Rflm. R. Randell ... 32 32 0 Rflm N. F. Willoughby 34 29 0— 63 Rflm. W. Chirnside 31 30 0— 61 Xtflm. F W. Ching, 33-28-0—61; Rflm. C. Bird, 29-31-0—60; Rflm. H. J Bulford, 31-29-0—60; Rflm. G. Jones, 34-26-0—60; Rflm. R" H. Cox, 29-30-1-60)" Rflm. A. S. Atkinson, 32-25-3—60 ; Rflm. A. Jensen, 24'32^4—60; Rflm. W W. Morrow, 30-214— 60 ;' Rflm. E. Smith, 21-25-14—60 ; !Rnm. E. W. Daniel, 25-18-17—60; Rflm. W T. S. Edwards, 23-14-23—60; Rflm. H. V. Croxton, 29-30-0— 59 : A. C. Maisey, 29-30-0—59 ; J. Burns, 34-25-0—59; T. C. Comrie, 28-25-5—58; H. F Preston, 21-24-13—58; F M. Morgan, 23-24-10—57; C. Cimino, 21-12-24—57; W. A. Farquhar, 26-30-0—56; D. F. Mason, 26-19-11—56; C. F. Reeves, 'l9-18-19— 56 ; E. Gilling, 19-24-12—55; W. Cox, sen., 17-26-10-53; J. C. Low, 27-25-0—52; S. C. G Downard, 23-23-6—52; F. R. Lissington, 18-24-10— 52; W. I. Clark, 16-21-15—52; Dep.Pres W. Judd, 33-18-0—61; J. W. Dayman, 28-20-3—51; W M. Jones, 24-15-12—51; F. W. Bevin, 11-21-19—51; P. F. Nash, 12-IS-24— 51; P England, 26-24-0—50 ; L. A. Chapman, 14-19-15— 48 ; M. K. Litchfield, 2843-4—45 ; M. L. WilHns, 9-12-24—45; W. N. Greig, 21-17-5—43; Major T. P Halpin, 2543-4— 42; Rflm. V G. D. Corrigan, 13-5-24— 42; F. R. W. Green, 047-24—41; E. A. S. Killick, 8-9-24—41; W. Harrington, 17-0-24—41; J. Cox, 30-10-0—40; H. H. Dawson, 3-16.20—39; E. H. Strickland, 0-14-24—38 ; C. G. Astor, 10-3-24—37 ; E. S. Gray, 3-6-24—33; P. C. Jordan, 6-3-24^33; G. S. Clark, 14-5-13-32; H. S. King, 0-11-18—29; C. E. Morrison, 19-0-5—24; J. Williamson, 13-5-4—22; G. Tinney, 0-20-0—20 ; W. Skegg, 0-4-11— SUBURBS CLUB. The Suburbs Defence Rifle Club visited Trentham on Saturday for long-range shooting. The conditions were : Seven shots at 800 yds and ten shots at 900 yds. The highest score in A Class was made by C. B. Jenkins, his total being 79. In B Class F. E. Cooper was top with 71, and C Class F. L. Norris with 71. The weather on Saturday was good for shooting 1 The first series resulted as follows :<—
The sucking pig presented by J. J. Grange, military carrier, was won by Rifleman Pease. Saturday's scores were:— A Class.
H. Boon, 30, 44— 74 j W. Slaughter, 32, 42-74; H. Hunt, 33, 40-73; J h! Ross, 33, 40—73; F. M'Donald, 26, 44— 70; A. J. Jackson, 29, 37—66; H. H. Gawith, 26, 38—64; W. Homer, 29, 33— 62; C. R. Graham, 28, 33—61. v B Class. 800 900
OLD NAVALS v. HIGHLAND CLUE. The annual match between the Old Navals and Highland Rifle Club was fired on Saturday afternoon under favourable conditions. The A team of the Highlanders won by 40 points, and the B team lost by 28 points. Full scores "were made by Rifleman C. Hugo and Rifleman J. Pitt, both of whom are young shots, and deserve credit for their performances. The possible was also made by Rifleman A. Ballitiger, who was shooting as a visitor. Following are the scores of the A and B teams :*—
Rflmn. Moye 91, Rflmn. Henderson 87, Rflmn. Shannon 87, Rflmn. Sheddon 87, Rflmn. Conibear 83, Rflmn. Eves 81; total, 890. Old Navals-^-A team.
Rflmii. Fellows 87, Rflmn. SUradidge 85, RflniQ. Guise 83, Rflmn Harris 81, Rftmu. De\l 80, Rflmn. Frankly*) 80 ; total, 880 Highlanders. — B Team.
Rflmn. S. Shearer, 2/-M-17— 74 ; Rflma. J. Shearer. 31-20-I^-73 ; Rflmn. A. Shearer. 14-20-27—61; Rfirnn. Hicks, 2517-19—61; Rflmn. Shields, 19-26-15— 60;' Rflmn. Glasgow, 20-22-13—55; Mam. Cooper, 16.4.6—26.; total, 647.
Old Navals.— B Team. 300 500 600 yds. yds. yds Tl. Rflmn. Gray . 33 33 27 —93 Rflmn. Bishop ... 24 33 22 —79 Rflmn. Thomson ... 25 20 26 —71 Rflmn. Alexander. 20-27-21—68 ; Rflmn. Alexander, 18-26-21—65; Rflmn> Campbell, 24-31-10—65; Rflmn. Dickson, 22—60; Rflmn. Whiteman. 20-18-22—60; Rflmn. Collin, 2049-17—56; Rflmn. Clayden, 21-23-12—56; total, 675. The Highlanders will fire their next monthly competition on 9th January. DEFENCE STAFF CLUB. Owing to unforeseen circumstances the long-distance shoot which was to have been held on Saturday at Trentham by the Defence Staff Club did not take place, and the club instead fired two series at 800 yards, to complete the match for Messrs. Butterworth's trophy The conditions were not conducive to good shooting, and the following were the results, Rifleman Aston winning the trophy with an aggregate of 176 points : 600 yds. Hep. Tl. E. Luckman 80 4 — 84 H. M'Comish 79 4 — 83 E. ( Buckley 71 12 —83 IW. Astonj 82-sc— B2 j A, Lucas, 6910—79; J. Sharp, 73-sc— 73; A. Crosson, 70sc— 70; E. Andrews, 61-4—65; H. Stephens, 47-14—61; F Green, 3610—46
CM) iAX) WX> yds. yds. vd-s. TJ. Rflmn, Twecdie ... 28 *3l 26 —84 J^flmn. Peart ...-2? 32 22 —81 Rfhtifi. M'Millan... 22 31 21 —74
Eflmn. M. Hugo Rftmn. C. Jthigo Rflmn. Pfingle Rflmn. Rabe ... yds yds yds Tl. 27 31 33 — 91 30 35 24 —89 34 30 23 —87 32 26 29 —87
Highland lers. — i A Team. Eflmn. Pitt ... Bflmn Cotterill Eflmn. Chapman Eflmn. Priddy 300 500 600 yds yds yds Tl. 31 35 29 -— 95 31 31 32 ~ 94 32 32 29 — 93 27 33 32 — 92
yds. yds. Tl. E\ L. Norris n* ... 28 43 —71 B. 0. Smith 30 40 —70 E. B y Hill 29 38 —67 VV. Hutcheson 31 36 —67 F. L. Frances, 26, 37 — 63; J. Ramsden. 27, 25— 52; W. J. Spencer, 21, 25—46; S. Lovell, 20, 20-40; J. Fogden, 14, 20 —34; A. R. Brown, 20, 3—23. Next Wednesday and Saturday tb6 Club will fire short range matches— 3oo, 500, and 600 yards— at Miramar, in view of the Wellington Rifle Association meet' "iff.
yds. yds. Tl. ?. E. Cooper »,. ... 28 43 —71 3. Oliver ... .• . 33 37 —70 1 Stewart 27 37 —64 ?. Winchcomb ' 31 32 —63 S. Henderson, 21, 37—68 j W. Cook, !6, 27—53; G. Winchcombe, 18, 31—49. r* pL n -
J. B. Jenkins I. A. Snelling '. Smart i*. Stacey ... • »« To yds. «yds. Tl. 52 47 —79 34 42 —76 31 44 —75 34 41 —75
A Class. T. L. Turner F. Stacey" ... ... 92 ... 88 B Class. 83 82 92 — 267 86 — 256 A.. Turner ... 3> Oliver .., ... 87 ... 77 C Class. 81 87 87 — 255 80 — 244 H 1 Norris ... VV J. Speiicer ... 79 ... 71 81 81 82 — 242 69 — 221
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 150, 22 December 1914, Page 4
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