RIFLE SHOOTING
OLD NAVALS DEFEATED
The annual match between the Old Navals Rifle Club and the. Suburbs Club was fired off at Trentham on Saturday afternoon at 500 yards. A gusty head wind made conditions very tricky. Suburbs, won narrowly after £i close con test Mr. F. Stand'idge. deputy president of the Old Navals Club, congratulated the winners and Mr. W. Fellingham replied. Following were the scores, first twelve counting in teams' match:—" Old Navals. F. Waterworth ....*.. 29 34 63 A. Sowerby 31 32 63 T. McGill 30 32 62 T. Franklyn 30 32 62 M. Martin, 28, 33—61; C. Whiteman, 30, 31—61; G. Murrell, 31, 30—61; R. Chapman, 32, 29—61; M. Hugo, 30, 30— 60; M. Monk, 30, 30—60; D. Robertson, 32, 28—60; A. V. G. Wilson, 28, 31— 59; P. Congreve, 31,28—59; M. O'Grady, 27, 31—58; J. Pitt, 27, 31—58; R. Johns, 27, 30—57; R. Mottram, 22, 34—56: J. Bell. 28. 28—56; F. Standidge, 25, BOSS; J. Stephens, 27, 28—55; J. Marshall, 28, 27—55; M. H. Rud. 33, 22—55: E. Sheehah. 26. 26—52; C. Tombs: 27, 25— 52; A. Smith, 28, 24—52; T. Mottram, 27. 24—51. ' Suburbs. R. H. Hunt .... 65 T. Goodall 65 L. Cheyne 64 L. Fellingham 64 W. Stevens. 63: F. Butt. 62; H. Crownshaw, 62; C. Milroy, 61; R. Jenkins, 61; A. Bellamore, 59; I. Kendrick, 56; H. Smith, 56. KARORI CLUB A match over the 500-yards range was fired by the Karori Club, H. Frnnkland and J. McKelvie doing best with aggregates of 92, and they were closely followed by H. V. Croxton, with 91. Scores:—H. Frankland .45 47 92 J. McKelvie 47 45 92 H. V. Croxton ........ 43 48 91 H. H. King 41 47 83 L. Hare 44 43 87 PETONE CLUB ' The 500-yßrds range was also used by the Petone Club. F. Higgins did best with scores of 47 and 47, his aggregate of 94 being three points bet-1 ter than those of A. O'Donnell, W. Ballinger, and H. Nickless. Scores:— F. Higgins 47 47 941 A. O'Donnell 45 46 91 W. Ballinger ~■ ,48 43 91 H. Nickless H.',_' 4 L J l \ F. Cropp, 45, 45—90; P. McNab, 42, 46— I 38; T.'Clark. 42, 45-87; R. H. Nicholl. 42, 4S--87; D. Cameron, 44, 41—85; K. I McDowall, 44, 40—84; T. Cooper, 39, 451 —84; J. Ashman, 45, 39—84; W. Jackson. 41, 42—83; T. Richards, 38, 44— 82; A. Page, 40, 42—82: W. Hogg, 35, 47—82: S. Nicholl, 44, 37—81; C. Tanner, 40, 40—80: T Eales. 4J, 38—80. j
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 88, 11 October 1937, Page 15
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