RIFLE SHOOTING

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 4

RIFLE SHOOTING

TKENTHAM MEETING

THE CHAMPIONSHIP

(By "The Post's" Special Reportor.) TKENTHAM, Saturday.

Tlu! weather this afternoon was fine for the first matches of the championship series, the Marlborough and thn AVelling--1011 In the Marlborongh. H. Boon (Kiivoii) and P. Berry (Tararua) tied for first pliicc, and the Wellington was won by W. M'lver (Petone). Detailed results are:— MARLBOROUGH MATCH. (Ten shots, 300yds—A grade.) £i 10s each—H. Boon (Karori), P. Berry (Tararua), 49 each. ■E3 — -\. Tombs (Blenheim), 49. £2.— W. M'lver (Petone), 40. £1 each.-D. Roots (Patea), 49; H. V. | Croxton (Karori), W. Hudson (Wanganui) R H. Nicholl (Petone), R. I. Wells (Pacroa), A. R. Barker (Ronga), H. Simmonds (Auckland). A. R. Wills (Invercar"illl, B. C. Russell (Nelson), B. M. Wr'igley (Opaki), 48 each; B. A. Ballinger (Petone), D. M'Kenzie (Opaki), F. R. Silvius (Dunedin), W. E. Diaek (Invercarfrill) R. G. Byers (Linton), K. M'Kenzie (Featherston), H. Reynolds (Christcluirch), H. Koppert (Oamaru), C. Whiteman (Upper Hutt), F Bolton (Opaki), 47 each; A. H. O'Donnell (Petone), O. G. Miller (Dunedin), H. H. Mawley (Opaki), 46 each) Counted out.—T. Orr, J. C. Feast, J. R. Yeandle, O. Clung, F. Clark, W. H. West, P. B. Goldfinch, A. S. Berry, J. H. Thompson, T. Goodall, F. J. Jeune, C. J. Nix, E. J. C. Reston, W. N.,Masefield. (B Grade.) £2.—IT. H. Moss (Inyercargill), 48. £1 each—F. H. Lewis (Linton), J. M'Kenzie (Opaki), E. R. Truman (Ashburton), 46 each. , n 1 '' 10s each.—R. A. B. Kingsbury (Culverden), J. I. King (Karori), 46 each; J. Pirie (Gisborne), E. T. Haldane (Waipukurau), C. Glassey (Ashburton), R. Mottram (Old Nayals) 45 each; A. G. Rhodes (Greytown), W. Oakley (Christchurch), M. E. Soloman (Petone), J. B. Bairstow (Greytown), 44 each. Counted out.—H. P. Dore, J. Turnbull, J. E. Farley. (Tyro.) £1 each—l. A. Coleman (Karori), C. Pickering (Opaki), C. J. Ashman (Petone), 46 each. . ' . ... 10s each.—E. Benton (New Plymouth), A. C. Edmonds (Alfredton), 45 each; R. Porter (Karori), 44; K. C. Munro (Tuhirangi), 42.' Counted Out.—C. Jury. WELLINGTON MATCH (Ten shots at each 500 yds and 600 yds.; (A Grade.) £5.— W. M'lver (Petone), 97. £4.— H. V. Croxton (Karori), 95. £3.— H. P. Dore (Karori), 94. £2—C. J. Nix (Featherston), 94. £1 each—F. W. Ching (Karori), C. Pickering (Opaki), 94 each; W. N Masetield (Marlborough), D. F. Keir (Ashburton). F. S. Hood (Featherston), W. H. Ballinger CPetone), 93 each; A O. Jidmonds (Alfredton), T. W. Warburton (Petone), L. G. Benton (Featherston), 92 each; W. H. West (Blenheim), M. E. Solomon (Petone), H. Frankland (Karon), J. Pirie (Gisborne), D. Roots (Patea), R. H. Nicholl (Petone), H. W. Feast (Greytown), C. Whiteman (Upper Hutt), A. S. Berry (Dannevirke), B. Shaw (Wansanui), J. H. Thompson (Rangiwahia), W M'Bain (Old Navals), W. E. Jones (Timaru), 91 each; A. F. R. Crawford (Invercargill), 90. Counted Out.-A. R. Barker, H. R. Hunt, O. George, E. A. Ballinger, F. Porter, E. M. Wrigley, R. J. King, J. R. Yeandlc, O. Ching. (B Grade.) .. £2—E. T. Haldane (Waipukurau), 94. £1 each.—R. A. B. Kingsbury (Culverden), C. H. Johnson (Timaru), R. Mottram (Old Navals), 90 each. 10s each.—J. E. Farley (Makinkin), R. I Wells (Paeroa), 90 each; J. I. King (Karori), W. M. Luxford (Wanganui), W. Malcolm {Timaru), G. W. Vennell (Opaki), C. Glaesey (Ashburton), E. R. Truman (Ashburton). G. Crimp (Christchurch), E. C. Russell (Nelson), 89 each. £1 each.—ll. G. Byers (Linton), 90; H. R. Feast (Greytown), 88; I. A. Colerr.an (Karori), 87. 10s each.—R. Porter (Karori), 87; R. Congreve (Old Navals), 86; C. J. AshasaE (Petone), E. Benton (New Plymouth), 85 each. '