MINIATURE RIFLE ASSOCIATION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22368, 15 September 1934, Page 7

MINIATURE RIFLE ASSOCIATION

COWIE CHALLENGE SHIELD.' The third and final match for the ‘ present season in the competition for the N. L. S.. Cowrie Challenge Shield was • fired at the Drill Hall range on Thursday ■ evening. This event is for teams of - five competitors and provides one of the most interesting contests in the associa- ‘ tion fixtures. The shooting for the trophy 1 has beep of a much higher standard thl* year than it was last season. Barnett’s : aggregate, which won on this occasion, ’ is 27 points better than last year’s win- ; ning score. Railway No. 1 team was , second, 20 points ahead of last year’s, .’ and Dunedin No. 1 third, the aggregate , for third place being 10 points better than 1 that whicn won the shield for the Dunedin Club last season., Three possibles ' were registered by individual competitors, , D. Marr secured one for the R.S.A. No. 1 ' team,. C. A. M'Nish for Dunedin No, 2, ; and J. Greepway, for Citizens No. 1. , Wyllie and Robson (Barnett’s), R. John- * ston (Dunedfn), and W. Warrington . (Railway) scored 79 each. Eleven 78’s ; were registered. Eighteen teams entered the contest and of these 13 fired at the . concluding fnatoh. The final results were ) as follows: 1

Barnett’s No. I.—Wyllie and Robson 79, R, and. W. .Graham 78, Gamble .76; — total, -390.

Railway No. I.—Warrington 79, Gillespie, Parsons, and Burt 78,- Pearce 75; , —total 388. 1

Dunedin No. I.—Johnson '79, Whitehead, Gillick, arid G. H. Smith 77, Bruce 75;—total, 385.

Citizens’ No. I.—Greenway 80, Bowie 78, Bowman 76, C. Gillan 75, S. Gillan 74;—total, 383.

Speight’s No. L—Greenslade 78, P, , Davis and W. M'Gartney 77, A. M'Donald 76, R. Maxwell 74; —total, 382. '< Dunedin No. . 3.—Baker 77. Lindsay, > Bruce, jun., and Wright 76, Oliver 75; — ! total, 380. ‘ i Dunedin No. 2.—M'Nish 80, Marks 78, < Wignall 77, Finder and Churchill 72; — total, 379. Barnett’s No. 2.—Bradley and Pollock .77, Souter 76, Miss Waterson 75, ; M'Donald 74;—total, 379. R.S.A. No. I.—Marr 80, Jndson. 78, Holden 77, Menzies 74, M'Kee 65;—total, 374. L.N.R.—Mrs J. Bradley 78. Miss M. Bain 76, Miss M. Matheson 75, Miss H. M'Coll 71, Miss P. Rountree 70; —total, 370. Speight’s No. 2.—Malcolmson 76, H. J. Davis and S. M'Donald 75, G. M'Donald 73, J. M'Cartney 69; —total, 368. Barnett’s No. 3.—Ferguson 77, Wilson and Armstrong 75, Spence 74, Miss B. Brown 61;—total, 362. R.S.A. No. 2.—White 78. Allan 76, Harrison 75, Goudie 73, James 59; total, 361. The aggregates for the three matches are made up as follows: Ist 2nd 3rd

Team. comp. comp. comp. Total, Barnett’s No. 1 386 393 390 — 1169 Railway No. 1 ,. 385 389 388 1162 Dunedin No. 1 387 380 385 • 1152 Citizen’s No. 'i 383 383 383 1149 Speight’s No. x 388 378 382 — 1148 R.S.A. No, 1 379 385 374 — 1138 Dunedin No. •3 375 379 380 1134 Dunedin No. 2 376 375 379 — 1130 Speight’s No. 2 376 377 368 — 1121 Barnett’s No. 3 377 378 362 — 1117 Barnett’s No, 2 Ladies’, National 375 352 379 1106 Reserve .. 358 371 370 1099 R.S.A., No. 2 363 375 361 — 1099 Railway No. ’2 384 375 _ ■— R.S.A. No. 3 368 332 —- . Citizen’s No. *2 375 —; -— ’ — D.S.A. .. • R.S.A. No. 4 (3 364 — 11 —* men) 218 ■— ■■ — —