WITH THE RIFLE

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 33, 10 February 1919, Page 4

WITH THE RIFLE

LOCAL TEAMS' CHAMPIONSHIP

. i The Wellington -EiJHc Clubs' Union hiild their senior championship teams' match at the Miramar range on Saturday afternoon; when four teams, representing the petone, Karori, Suburbs, and Old Navals Rifle Clubs competed. The hope Of fine shooting-weather was not realised, and before the shooting at the 300 yards range was completed the wind had .freshened considerably. As a result many promising scores were spoilt at one. or other.of the two longer distances. The Karori team, in the first stage established a lead of IS points -from thy .Petone Club, the Old Navals being third, while, the, "Suburbs team,, which was looked upon to ' make a good showing, dropped 33 points behind the leaders. , The Old Navals commenced well at 500 yards with scores of .32 and 34 by Rfhnii. Franklyn and Standidge respectively, the latter having 56 to his credit for.the. two distances.. It was quite on the ctirds at this stage that' tho Old Navals team, which 'has not hitherto shown to good •■ advantage in championship competitions,, might fire i-t-3 way into first place. The team completed the. range .with a score four, points tetter than the Karori's, but the latter still held aleadjof 16 on the two distances. The Petone team had meanwhile dropped to third place. .At the concluding range the first two man down for Karori—viz., Burns and Haliiday— gave their team .a further advance, and left little room for doubt as to the final result. The conditions . here were very difficult and-some promising . individual scores were wrecked. With a grand total of 834..points .Karori won-comfortably by 46 points from the.Suburbs team, which had come through, quietly in the late stages from last place and headed Petone by one point. The latter team fired throughout with five emergencies, and its performance was applauded by the other team's. At ;thc conclusion' of the match President Babe. (ch;tirman of the union's executive) expressed the union's' thanks, to Mr. H. Hawthorne, who had acted as range officer for-the match. Messrs. W. Cowan and J. M'Donald, who supervised the marking in-the trench, also, earned the competitors' appreciation of their valuable work. The tmionls trophy for the highest, indiviual'score w_s won by Rfrarn. J. Burns

Detailed scores:— KARORI CLUB. 300 500 60O yds yds yds Tl. J. Bums ....,' 31' 31 29 — 91 G: Halliday -9 30 31 — 90' N. Willougbby 28 30 H. Bulford 31 28 '26 — 85 ,W. Judd 27 29 28 — 84 E. Daniel 28 29 26 — 33 H. Croxton, 31 27 24-82 W. Clark 29 25 . 27 — 81 W. Farqnhar ......... 30 .-24 23 — 77 G. T-inney 29 25 22—76 Totals „'.... 293 278 263—834 SUBURBS CLUB. J. Smart '.... 30 30 27 — 37 R. Gray 27 30 27 — 84 J. Ross .'.. 32 '■ 26 23 — 81 H. Boon ; 29 31 20—80 A. Bellamore 23 28 27 — 78 A. Harris ; 27 24 26 — 77 J. Neal 28 26 .23 — 77 J.^Turner 16 31 29 — 76 H; Gawith 24 25 26 — 75 W. Fellingham 24 25 24 — 73 Totals ,. 260 276 252—788 PETONE CLUB. J. M'livride 32 28 28 — 88 P. Cheyns 30 30 . 25 — 85 J. Liddle ...;... 32 23 28 — 83 S. Faulknor, 28 28 25 — 81 A. S. Ballinger 26 26 28 — 80 E. Hogg ....: 26 26 26 — 78 — Warburton 25 27 25 — 73 A. Jackson 29 27 19 — 75 J. Carter '. 25 28 20 — 72 Totals 280 262 245—787 OLD NAVALS CLUB. F. Standidge '31 34 22 — 87 A. Fellows 28 ' 28 28 — 84 R. Sneddon 31 26 27 — 84 R, Pringle 29 28 26 — 83 C. M'Donald 27 29 24 — 80 F. Franklyn 28 32 18 — 78 T. Dell 29 27 21 — 77 J. Conibear 28 27 17 — 72 W. Harris .... 20 26 20—66 J. Rabe 22 25 16 — 63 Totals ...:........ 273 282 219—774