RIFLE SHOOTING

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 10 February 1938, Page 8

RIFLE SHOOTING

CONDITIONS GOOD AT SYDNEY TO-DAY'S RESULTS [Uuited Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copy riglitl (Received 10th February, 12.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Rifle shooting conditions to-day were good. The Englishman, Corpal L. Hoddie, aged 26 years, established a record for the first stage of the King's Prize by gaining a treble possible on a bullseye which had been reduced in size. He leads with 105, seven shots at 300. 500 and 600 yards, from 1400 competitors. Butterworth, with 103, won £3, Feist, with 101 £2, and Soler, 101, 30s. Symons and Parkinson scored 100. Croxton, Nieholls, Wrigley, Farley, and Smith 39, Hickinbotham, Harris, Nix and Donald 98. All won £l. Tyros: Oliver. Clark, Purvis, with 97, won £l. In the Holmes match, eight shots at 500 yards, Hubt, Soler, Bowes, and Spry, all with 32. won £l. In the Wollcott-Forbes match, the aggregate possible being 300. West, with 286, won £4, Parkinson and James. 284, £3, Bowes and Solder 282, Feist, Croxton. McKenzie. Smith, 279, Farley 273, Masefield, Cromie 276, Jeune 275, Wrigley 274. Nix 273, all won £l. Tyros: Purvus with 281 won £3. and Clark with 266 won 30s. DIVING JUDGES CRITICISED (Received 10th February, 12.25 p^m.) SYDNEY, This Day.

A charge that the diving judges were incompetent was made by the manager of the Canadian team. Mr Robinson. In the women's high tower event Miss Hook (Australia) beat Miss Adams (Canada) by 36.47 points to 36.39. Our girl was robbed and I do not care if the whole world knows it,” said Mr Robinson. “The judges do not seem to know the rules of diving and certainly do not know what the different dives are. The variation in points for some of the dives made it obvious that much of the judging was guesswork,” declared Mr Robinson.