N.Z. RIFLEMEN IN N.S.W. ANNUAL PRIZE MEETING
SYDNEY, October 13.
The 27 New Zealand riflemen competing in the seventy-fourth annual prize meeting of the National Rifle Association of New South Wales are considered to have performed very well in trying weather and unfamiliar conditions. The A and B series have been completed and the King’s Shoot is now in progress. Only one New Zealander so far has failed to win a share of the prize money.
The Now Zealand representatives comprise 19 men from Petone, seven from Okawa, and W. N. Masefield, five times winner of the Ballinger Belt, who is competing individually. Other well-known riflemen competing are C. J. Nix and R. H. Nichol (Petone) and O. Berry (Okawa). The meeting has been notable for the success of three tyros, A. MacArthur, C. Mitchell, and E. Smith.
The following is a summary of the New Zealand placings so far:— . Colonel Wynne Shoot, 300 yards, possible 35.—F. T. Thomas 34, sixteenth; J. R. Lewis and E. R. Smith, 32.
B Series Aggregate, total 105.-— Thomas 101.
Concord Shoot, 300 yards, possible 50.—V. J. Nix 48, sixteenth: J. Reid, P. Berry, and A. E. Ingram 47.' David Jones Shoot, 600 yards, possible 50.—Nix 46. eighteenth; A. J. MacArthur, W. H. Nickless, E. R. ■Smith, and J. Reid 45. Associated Glass Manufacturers’ Shoot, 700 yards, possible 50. —-MacArthur 48: Smith, M. Patmore, and Thomas 47.
Monday Aggregate, possible 150. — Patmore 138, twentieth; Smith, 136; Nichol. P. Berry, and MacArthur 135. Motion Shoot, 600 yards, possible 50. — m. Holland 46, twentylfirst; A. H. O’Donnell and B. D. Carlisle 45; W. H. Nickless and A. Ingram 44. D. S. MacDonald Shoot, 800 yards, possible 50.—J. C. Ashman 48, thirteenth; O’Donnell and M. Gordon 47; Reid and MacArthur 46.
Johnny Walker Shoot, 800 yards, possible 50. —Patmore 48, sixth; P. Berry and J. Hunter 47; O’Donnell and Thomas 46; Reid, Nix, and Carlisle 45.
Jamieson Aggregate, possible 300. —Berrv 273, thirteenth; Ingram 266; Gordon 265; MacArthur 262; Reid and W. N. Masefield 261; O’Donnell and Nichol 260; Nix 259; Thomas 257; Smith 256.
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