RIFLE SHOOTING.
NORTH ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIP. CAPT SIMMONS AGAIN CHAMPION \• . i (BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION. ) WANGANII, Dec. 29. The North Island rifle championship meeting concluded to-day. The championship was again won by Captain H. Simmonds (Wanganui). Following are the results:—rMASTERTON MATCH Rifleman D. McKenzie (Opaki) £4 10s and Rifleman W. Mclver (Petone) £4 10s, equal, I,; L President W, J. IL Haase (’Varsity) £3, Rifleman H. T. Marsh (Utiku) £2, Rifleman A. S. Hone (Waverley) £2. The following take £1 each: W. McBain ; (Old Navals) r E Ballinger (Petone), H. Barldw (Linton), N. W. Wilkie (Upper Hi(tt), W. J. Green (Okawa), P. C. Hamilton (Wanganui) F. S. Stokes (Kinokaha), J. G. Ritchie (New .Plymouth), A. JHarris (Suburbs), F. James (Napier) , F. J. Soler (Wanganui), H. Boon (Karori), J. J. Morgan (Wanganui), Deputy-President H. Hunt (Suburbs), W. H. West (Blenheim), Captain H. Simmonds (Wanganui), Tyros.—J. Morgan (Wanganui), * 46, £2; H. Wansborough (Wanganui) 45, £1 ss; J; Ingley (Opaki) 45, £1; C. Murch MASTERTON MATCH. W. Salt (Wanganui) 49, £5; A. T. Swanson (Karori) 49, £3 10s, and Captain A. Neilson 49, £3 10s, equal 2; J. C. Carter (Linton) 49, £2; E. Ballinger (Petone) 48, £2. The following take £1 each: R. Anderson (Utiku), W. N. Masefield (Sounds), F. J. Soler (Wanganui), President H. H. Donald (Opaki), S. Peder son (Napier), D. Roots (Patea), L. G. Benton (Featherston), F. James (Napier), W. J. Green (Okawa), J. S. Jepson (Tahora), W. H West (Blenheim), W. A. Ball (Linton), President A. G. Robertson (Hawera), Tyros.—Rifleman Mottram (Suburbs) 48, £2; C. Murch (Hawera) 48, £1 ss. HAWKE’S BAY MATCH. Ten shots at 600 yards. N. C. Hogg (New Plymouth) 49, £5; L. G. Benton (Featherston) 47, £4; Deputy-President A. P. Anderson (Wanganui) 47, £3; A. V. Swanston (Karon) 47, £2; J. Patterson (Wanganui) 47. £2. The following take £1 each: R. Caughley (Karori) 47, J. I. Morgan (Wanganui), J. ,S. Jepson (Tahora), Captain H. Simmonds (Wanganui), C. J. Nix (Featherston), A. H. Jones (Hawera), F. James (Napier), E. Ballinger (Petone), J. E. McLauchlan (Frankton), G. H. Cross (Hawera). Tyros: J. J. Morgan (Wanganui) 46, £2; C. Murch (Hawera) 44 £1 ss. FINAL COMPETITORS. The following were the thirty highest scorers, who qualified to shoot in the final for the Championship: Captain Simmonds 300, A. T. Swanson 299, Riflemen Soler 299, N E. Ballinger 294, AV. J. Green 294, A. Neilson 294 5 F. James 294, H. Hunt, L. S Hare J. G. Ritchie 291,. W. H. West 290/’ W. Kells 289. A. Jones 288, J. S. Jepson 287, C. H. Taylor 287, E. P. Bailey 286, A. S. Hare 286, W. A Kenning 286, R. Caughley 285, E. King 284 I). McKenzie 284, J. Patterson 284, F’. C. Coxhead 283, A. Harris 283, W. McBain 283. The Marybank aggregate was won lr Rifleman E. Ballinger (Petone) with a score of 142. ’he tyros championship was won InRifleman C. Murch (Haivera) with a score of 286. Champion teams’ match. —Karori 461, Suburbs 458, Wanganui No. 1 456. Wanganui No. 2. 448, New Plymouth 447. North Island championship.—Captain H. Simmonds (Wanganui) the present champion 345; Rifleman Swanson (Karori) 344; Rifleman F. J. Soler 342; President Masefield 342.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 30 December 1924, Page 5
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