WITH THE RIFLE

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 56, 8 March 1915, Page 4

WITH THE RIFLE

SATURDAY'S SHOOTING "v" v KAROIU RIFLE CLUB - $ The Karon Rifle Club fired the second match of its second series for trophies donated by Messrs. Comrie, W. J. Blundell, A. Collins, G. Jones, Judd and Randell, and the clnb, the ranges being 300 and 600 yards. Except for a difficult patch of weather at the commencement of the 600 yards shoot the conditions were good. Rflm. J. Cox emerged with a good tally of 68, which included a "possible" at the 300 yards range. Buiford, who was leading by three points for the club championship, 'had a very uneasy passage at 600 yards, but managed to hold his place. The leading positions for the championship are at a very interesting stage just now — only one point separating the first four competitors. A prominent feature of Saturday's shoot was the good marksmanship exhibited by the handicap men, most of - whom "picked up the rifle" for the first time only a few months ago. The scores were : —

S. Downard, 28-26-8—62; W. Judd, 31-30-0—61; D. F. Mason, 28-23-10— 61 ; W. Chirnside, 32-28-0—60; T. P. Halpin, 31-23-6—60; Pres. H. Marshall, 29-30-0— 59; R. A. Simpson, 18-21-20—59; N. F. Willoughby, 31-27-0—58; F. R. Green, 21-17-20—58; A. Wardle, 21-17-20—58; W. Skegg, 29-22-6—57; W. Cox, sen., 26-22-9—57; F. H. Morgan, 32-15-10— 57 ; G. Tinney, 28-28-0—56 ; H. V. Croxton, 32-24-0—56; R. Randell, 29-26-0— 55 ; H. Bulford, 30-25-0—55 ; J. Williamson, 28-15-8—51; W. A. Farquhar, 27-22-0—49. The leading scores for the championship, with two matches to go, are :—: — J. Burns , 241 H. Bulford 241 N. Willoughby ... . 240 W. Chirnside * 240 H. V. Croxton 237 • . J. Cox 233 H. Marshall 231 The leading scores for the handicap aggregate are :—: — - H. F. Preston 243 G. Jones 1 239 S. Downard 235 W. Clark ... ' 234 ' F. Morgan 232 W. W. Moirah ...• ... 231 J. W.- Dayman 229 ... Ranges for next Saturday 900 yds and' 1000 yds. SUBURBS CLUB. ' ' The Suburbs Defence Rifle Clnb fired teams matches at Miramar. "Deputypresident Smart and the secretary picked teams matches at Miramar. Deputyfired, 300 yds, 500 yds, and 600 yds):— Secretary's Team.

A. J. Jackson, 30-32-26^-88; W. Fellingham, 29-32-26—87; L. Ayres, 30-32-23—85; F. W. Thompson, 22-31-23—76; W. J. Spencer, 29-23-23—70; G-. Winchcombe, 22-21-23 — 66. Deputy-president's Team.

F. Norris, 26-34-26—86; F. E. Cooper, 28-31-26—85; A. Henderson, 25-33-26— 84; A. Boniface, 22-26-29—77; C. R. Graham, 25-23-26—74; A. R. Brown, 23-16-26—65. On Wednesday next the club will fire their final shoot at ranges 600, 700, and 800 yds, after which the range will be closed for shooting. The only shooting now to be done by the club will be class firing and teams shooting. PETONE CLUB. The Petone Rifle Club fired its second match in the third series on Saturday. As half the members had to shoot through a heavy rain with a bad light, their scores -were below the average. Rifleman H. Ayson|s shoot nnder the conditions was a good performance. The following are the scores, ranges 900 and 3000 yards,, ten shots at each : — A Class.

J. M'Lachlan, 38-37—75; C. R. Morris, .44-31—75; E. Ballinger, 32-40—72; A. Ballinger, 31-35—66; W. Ryan, 36-29— 65 ; G. Clout, 39-26—65 ; G. Hogg, 27-14-B Class.

E. Hogg, 26-23—49; R. Kirk, 27-17—44. C Class.

S. Wakelin, 35-14—49 ; E. Prier, 27-20— •Next Saturday the" ranges will be 600 and 800 yards, ten shots at each. DEFENCE STAFF CLUB. A teams match over ranges of 300, 500, and 600 yards was fired by the Defence Staff Club on Saturday, the winners being Rflm. Crossan's team, by a margin of 13 points. The conditions were good, and the scoring of Rflm. Crossan excellent. Scores: — 300 500 600 Hp. Tl. yds yds yds Rflm. Crossan ... 34 33 33 sc — 100 Rflm. Andrews 31 32 27 6 — 96 Rflm. Lucas ... 30 28 ,28 10 — 96 Rflm. Aston, 31-30-30-sc— 9l ; Rflm. May, 28-29-28-4—89; Rflm. Washington, 32-24-20-12-88; Rflm. Duffy, 29-26-23-10—88; Rflm. Knowles, 19-23-2548—85; Rflm. Heyes, 13-19-13-20—65.

bj. JtsarnsJey T. Sticketts R. Flaws ... 37 28 30 22 r- 59 30 — 58 27 — 57

J. Finlayson G. Miller J. Williams 34 38 22 33 — 67 22 — 60 33 — 55

H. lAyson W. Ballinger J. Carter yds. ... 47 ... 39 ... 46 yda., Tl. 36 — 83 37 — 76 30 — 76

H. R. Hunt J. Smart R. C. Barkle 29 27 32 30 32 23 35 — 94 31 — 90 34—89

F. Stacey „. H. Boon H. 0. Smith >•' yds. yds. yds. Tl. 33 33 27 —93 27 32 31 —90 33 32 24 —89

J. Cox J. Burns ... A. Jensen ... F. W. Ching J. W. Dayman G. Jones ... G. S. Clark H. F. Preston E. W. Daniel T. C. Comrie W. I. Clark W. W. Morrah P. F. Nash S. Edwards C. Morrison F. E. M'DonaJd ■. .. yds. yds. H'p. T'l. 35 33 68 33 3i 64 32 31 i 63 32 3L 63 31 31 1 — 63 31 29 3 — 63 29 30 4 — 63 30 29 4 — 63 26 28 9— 63 28 26 9 — 63 27 26 10 —63 27 21 15 —63 22 24 17 —63 22 24 17 —63 24 20 19 —63 28 16 19 — 63