SMALLBORE RIFLE SHOOTING

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 38, 13 August 1935, Page 16

SMALLBORE RIFLE SHOOTING

S AND C GRADE RESULTS

HUTT AGAIN THE CHAMPibNS

(By "Elevation.")

■ -.", FIXTURES., WitCS?ptember a 7CaMWeII' CUP'/AuSUSt 26 to Osmond and Ladies Shields, September 2 to 6. : September W South Wal<* p°*^ Match Wltcombe and Caldwell Cup—August 17. MATCHES FOR NEXT WEEK. A Grade. Seventh Bound.—Brooklyn v. Karori, August 20; Aotea v. Public Service 0- " B-th.-.Au.u.rL?; a&£is.&a avJEs? 2 ? dfe tone Central v. Petouo Ladies, August 22; Railway r*o. 1, a bye. C Grade. Section 2.—"Evening Post" v. Railway No. 2, August 19; Hutt v. Onslow, August 21; Municipal v. Hutt Valley Frontiersman August 22; Public Service', a bye. .- "ersmenA GRADE—SIXTH ROUND. Hutt 483, Brooklyn 432. ■ ■ ■ Aotea 481, W.W.M.C. 471. Public Service 478, Karorl 474. South, a bye. Hutt by their win over Brooklyn in this round have once again won the A grade championship. They have a bye in the seventh <flnal) round and no team; can come within four points of their championship figure. This is the fourth successive occasion upon which they have won this championship, and in fact since 1929 there have been only two occasions upon which they were not successful, Aotea in 1929 and Harbour Board in 1931. In the . round to go there will be a contest between Aotea and W.W.M.C. for the position of runnerup: Both have sl.-c points; they meet Public Service and South respectively. ■There was- a slight improvement on the previous round, the forty-two riflemen obtaining" an aggregate of 2809 points, as against . 2865 In the previous round. The averages for the rounds were 68.31 and 68.21, as against • 68.10 and 67.19 in the same rounds last season. Hutt again made the highest team score. 483, and with Brooklyn the highest ocmbincd score, 965. which is the best recorded this season and only three points below the record, 968. Of the forty-two, riflemen:29 made scores of 68 or over, as against 32 in the previous round. There were eight possibles (seven in the previous round), eighteen C 9's (12), and three 6S's (13). There were also four scores of under 67. Of the possibles no less than six were secured in one match, that of HuttBrooklyn. These went to F." Ching and H. R. Keene (Hutt), E.'Bunting, G. Jensen. P. Chandler, and J. A. Westwood (Brooklyn). The other possibles were secured by L. R. Poutawer.a and A. R. Craig (Public Service). This is Keene's fltth successive possible and he has finished with an aggregate of 34S ex 350, making him the premier rifleman for the season. list of 69's, no less than six of the team making that score. ' The details of the round are as follows;— Hutt.—F. Ching 70, H. R.-Keene 70, H. H. • King 69, C. C. Lambert 69, K. G. Munro 69, L. Hare G9, J. -M. Koss 67; total. 483. Brooklyn.—E. Bunting 70, G. Jensen 70, P. Chandler 70, J. A. Westwood 70, H. Dore 6S, W. Lock 67, R. V. Abbott 67; total, 452. Aotea.—H. R-. Hunt 69, R. Mottram 69, P. Stewart 69, F. Monk 69, ,T. E. Pitt 69, W. G. ■ Scambary 69, T. Goodall 67; total, 481. W.W.M.C.—F. J. Waterworth 69. C. Saul 69, "E. H. Stewart 63. A. O'Donnell- 67, H. Roberts ',67, R. Pattison 66, L. Cathro 65; total, 471. ' Public Service.—L.. R.. Poutawera 70, A. R. Craig 70,- S. Gibson 69, W. A. Nicholson 69, R. D. Potts 69, H. V. Croxton 68, C. A. Furlong 63; total, 475. Karori.—R. Drake 69, F. Field 69. H. Frankland 69, H. C. Boon 67, L. A. 'Caldwell 67, W. -J." H. Haase 67; Miss O'Neill 66; total, 474. POSITION OF TEAMS. * -M. ■W. L.' D. Pts. Agg. Avg. Hutt 6 6 0 0 12 2594 65.90 Aotea v 3 2 0 6 2394 65.40 W.W.M.C 5 3 2 0 6 2390 68.29 Brooklyn. ....5 2 3' 0 4 2407 65.7? Karori 5 2 3 0 4 2364 • 07.51 Public Service 5 14 0 2 2384 68.11 South ....... 5 14 0 2 2377 67.91 C GRADE. A PROBABLE TIE. Brooklyn 465, Railway No. 1 463. "Evening ,'Poe*" 460, Hutt .449. Petone'Ladies 455,-Aotea 451. ■ , Railway No. 2 457, Onslow 445. . ' Municipal 439, Public Service 431. Petone Central 434. Hutt Ladies 431. Owing to the defeat of Railway No. 1 by Brooklyn in this round there is every likelihood of a. tie in Section 1." Railway Xo. 1 have it present a two-point lead in the section championship, but as they have a bye in the final round the next three teams, Brooklyn, Petone Central, nnd Petone Ladies, have all a chance of equalling their score. ■ Brooklyn meet South in the next round and Petone Ladies and Petone Central meet each other. It is therefore, very probable that one of the latter teams will tie with Railways. In _the event of one or more teams tieing, the interclub schedule committee will decide the draw for the shoot-off,, and this will bo given at the same time as the results of the seventh round. In Section 2 "Evening Post" look like being successful. They defeated Hutt, who up till this round were level with them, and have yet to meet Railway-No. 2.. . _ Thero was a rather severe decline in tho standard of shooting for the round. It fell to the lowest recorded this season, 64.08, but even then is above that of. the same round last season. The average for the previous round was 64.79. ■■• ■ , The highest team score-was 463, recorded tiy Brooklyn, while the. highest combined score was 928 by Brooklyn-Railway No. 1. ■■■ Of the: eighty-four riflemen 3d obtained scores of 66 or over. There were 3 Possibles (2 in round 5), two 69's (6), eight 6S's (9). ten 67's (11), and- twelve 66's (16). The possibles were secured by Mrs. Cook (Railways), D: Harrison (Brooklyn), and J. Tmdle ("Evening Post"). . ■ • - - The following are the details of the round: — SECTION I. Brooklyn.—D. Harrison 70, Miss Cockroft 69, B. Annabell 68, T. .Lawton 66, 'G. Webster 66, Mrs. Annabell 65, E. Burbush 61; total, 465. i' Railway No. I.—Mrs.. Cook 70, O. E. Dormer 67, G. W. Lake 67, A. Scott 67, H. W. Cook 66, Miss Guymer 63, G. R. Wilson 63; 'total, 463.- ■ i . • Petono Ladies.—Miss M. Wilson 69,. Mrs. Bryan 68, Mrs. Heney 66, Mrs. Hobbs 66, Miss Barr. 66, Mrs. Scott 63, Miss E. Jones 60; total, 458. Aotea.—Mrs. - Hearne 6S, J. Cowman 65, Mrs. Dawson 65, G.; Scambary 66, H. Lang 64, M. Monk 63, Mrs. Scambary 60; total, 451. Petono Ladies. —D. Oliver 67, T. Collins 64, G. Thompson 63, H. Collins 61, T. Edwards 61, A. Edwards 60, W. Johnson SS; total, '434. •' "• • ' : ■ Hutt Ladles.—Mrs..-Henderson 66, Miss Milford 66, Mrs. Soloman 63, Mrs. Mason 61, Mrs. Johnson 59, Miss Munro 59, Mrs. Gray 57; total, 431. :■ \ POSITION OF TEAMS. '■'". M. W. L. D. Pts. Agg. Avge. Railway No. 1.. 6 4 ■2\ 0 8 2748 65.43 Brooklyn ...'5 32 -o'6 i 2284 65.26 ■ Petone Central 5 3 2 :0 6 2242 64.06 Petone Ladies 5 3 2 0 6 2226 63.60 Aotea 5 2 3 04 2286 65.31 South .. 5 2 3 0 4 2228 63.66 Hutt Ladles .. 5 14 0' 2 2218 63.37 SECTION 11. -~-•;.. . "Evening Post."—J. Tindle 70, Miss Rubbick 68, Mrs. Nickless 68, J. Rodder 66, Mrs. Oldham 63, Mrs. Bradley 63, A.. Goldsborough 62; total, 460. .: ..-■-•' Hutt—W. Green 68, J.. Potter 67, B. Goldfinch" 67, A. Page 65, E. Hayes 65, L. Brown 63, A. E. .Sissons 54; total, 449. Railway No. 2.—C. G. Maddock 67, Miss V. E. Hunt 66, Miss N. Coulon 66, D. W. Evans 65, Miss J. Cook 65, Miss R. Wind 65, Miss R. Borlasse 63; total, 457. Onslow.—K. Bradshaw 67, C. Deedman 66,' Miss P. Butt 64, J. Dudgeon 64, J. Thompson 63, M. Chapman 62, F. Taylor 59; total, 445. Municipal.—D. A. McKenzie 67, Miss M. Murray 64, A. Ford 63, Miss E. Murray 63, Miss Prince' 62, J. Roberts 61, R. Jenkins 59; total, 439. . . . Public Service. —Miss Furlong 68, A. Long 68, A. Rigg 67, Miss Furlong 65, C. Dassler '60, ■ Miss Croxton-54, A. Gavin. 49; total, 431. '■-■■■ POSITION OF TEAMS. ■M. W. L. D. Pts. Agg. Avge. "Evening Post" 5 5 0 0 10 2307 65.91 Hutt 5 4 10 8 2304 65.83 Frontiersmen 5 3 2 0 6 2252 65.17 Municipal . , 5 2 2 1 5 2219 63.11 Public Service 6 1 4 13 2701 64.30 Railway No. 2 ,5 1 4 0 2 2254 04.60 Onslow 5 0 3 2 2 2245 04.14 ' V AOTEA CLUB. In the July series, A grade* J. Pitt and R. Mottram tied arid in the shoot-o£E, which .-' went to the eighth "shot, the former was successful. The B grade will bo, finalised next Wednesday, when Miss Smith, A. Stewart, and A. Wakeford will shoot off for two places. Possibles were scored by G. Scambary and W. G. Scambary, and 69's by R. Dawson, A. Feast, H. Lang, R. H. Hunt, R. Mottram, F. Monk, M. O'Grady, J. Pitt, P. Stewart, and IV Stephens. ■ ■ ■ . R. Mottram is leading for the Algar Cup, whilst J. Pitt and It.' H. ■ Hunt,'arc lying second and third respectively. Tho next shoot for the W.A.F.T. Cup will be held on August; 14. BROOKLYN CLUB. ' The shooting in club competitions still maintains a very high standard. The highest scores over the last fortnight are; Miss Cockroft 100, P. Chandler 100 and 99, H. Dore 99 and 99, G. Boddy 99, K. Harrison 98 and 99, E. Leckie 98, F. Lawton 98, R. Y. Abbott 9S B. Keys 98. Over 42 possibles (10 shots) have been recorded this year, T. S. Prichard contributing 11 of them, with P. Chandler 7, G. Jensen 4, A. Dora 3, A. Westwood 3, K. Harrison 2 E. Bunting. 2. Miss Cockroft 2, R. V. Abbott 2. and R. Watson. W. Lock, Williams, C. Hoffeins, M. Hoffelns, and R. Skilton one each. Two prominent members of tho club have been recently married and a social evenin" is to- be extended to them on August 2S. With the proceeds from the raffle the club has been able to have the range treated with a bitumen surface, making it very comfortable and tidy. .'"'.' POST" CLUB. K. MacDowall and J. Tindle, 70; J. Bradley y. Gin! (2), 69's, V. Barnes, Mrs. Nicklcs 3 ;

|W. Griffiths, G. Oldhiim, -and R. Whitton, 6S, wcro .the highest scorers tor the night. Members who have tho highest inter-club acgreKato in the I. I), and C grades (six shoots to count) will be the winners of the certificates. Holders of tho Xicklcss Buttons tins week are Miss V. Violich ami Miss B. Leishm.in, with a combined, score of 138.12. Miss K. Fitzgerald and G. Oldhiim were the runnersup with 137.91. MUNICIPAL CLUB. • There was a good muster of members on Thursday evening for the opening round of the monthly competition for August. The best scores were put up by L. Anderson 69, S. Owen 69, and H. V. Brannigan 6S. The July competition was won by h. Anderson 2T5 (277.34). S. Owen 273 (270.29) was second, and L. Coozc 272 (276.01) third. Tho following, who 'are having their first season's shooting, are the leaders to date in tho club championships, taken over 16 shoots, possible 1120: S. Owen 1004 (110.1.OS), F. Williams 1001 (1104.29), Ij. Coozc 1091 (1104.Ofi), L. Anderson 10S9 (1103.33), J.. YV. Jenkins 1066 (109G.33). PORT NICHOLSON LADIES. Tho Juno Trophy' was won by Miss E. King, with Miss Spencer second. The July Trophy was won by Miss Halliday. with Mrs. Otton second. Miss Halliday has been shooting very well this season, putting up 09's nearly every shoot. ■-.--. HUTT VALLEY FRONTIERSMEN. Last Thursday the P.W.M.C. Ladies were tho guests of the Frontiersmen at the Defence Hall, r-etone, the occasion being a return friendly match. The Frontiersmen were winners by 2< points, the scores being: Frontiersmen, 427; r.W.M.C. Ladles, 425. Mrs. Fuller won the trophy for the highest lady with a score of 49 (50), and Mrs. Ward tho consolation. The only possible (50) was mado by J. Davies (Frontiersmen). The result of tho July monthly competition was: G. Collins 277 (2SO), 1; A. Henderson 276 (2SO), 2. The leaders; in the club championship, sun score aggregate, and handicap aggregate, are: Club championship, J. R. Davies GOl (620), C. Harvey 501 (620). Gun score aggregate, J. It. Davies S2S (860), C. Harvey Sl4 (860). Handicap aggregate, G. Collins S4S ((S6O), J. li. Davies 545V4 (SCO). SOUTH CLUB. 'Tho South Club held the usual competition shoot last week. The only possible was secured by R. Congreve. The following secured 69's: 11. Lane, J. S. Priestley, C Xyberg, T. McNab, R. T. Boddy, A. Mcßobie, and F. \V. Costello. R. Congreve won the shoot-off with ,R. T. noddy for tho June-July competition for the Franklin Shield, and Mrs. T. McNab was successful in tho June-July competition for the Ladies' Vase. A further shoot-off will, be necessary for the "B" grade July trophies, tho positions being as follows: $\ Evans and E. Edmunds have tied for first and second, A. Withers has secured third place, Miss Stratford fourth, W. Miners fifth, and J. S. Priestley sixth.

Tho successful team in the competition for tho Weekly Challenge Shields comprised Miss Wright, 11. Lane, and F. Evans. The shoot this evening will be the August- competition for the- Congreve Jug. . .