DOMINION BISLEY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15466, 10 March 1921, Page 7

DOMINION BISLEY.

KING’S PRIZE COMPETITORS AND LONG RANGE AGGREGATES. TRENTSAM M.C., last night. 1 Trentham put on a smiling face this morning. For the sixth day of the Rifle Championship Meeting bright sunshine prevailed, and practically the whole lime there was scarcely any wind,, but what little puffs did occasionally stir the flags ; were disconcerting to many men. The 1 chief trouble, however, was the heavy! ! drift that played havoc in the early hours ! with the men who were deceived by the movements of nearer streamers along the range, and failed to notice a heavy drift ; running across the front of the target : trenches. This often nullified or exerted ja- stronger influence than a breeze. The j result was nonplussed marksmen and the J scoring boards showed strings of ciphers. ! Even some who had been in leading positions overnight, fell victims, and retired from the ranks of the aspirants for the i championship, while a few lucky ones who had been hovering just in the rear, found a way on to the lower rungs of the Belt ladder. Two men have to fire off for the fiftieth place. The two matches that decided who should comprise the final ■ fifty wore' the Hawke’s Bay match, ten shots at 900 yards, and fho Taranaki match, ten at 1000 yards. | lu the afternoon the Anzac match, in three stages, ten shots at 7,00, 500. and 600 yards was fired by tyros and roI turned soldiers. Brigadier-General G. S. Richardson, officer in charge of the adj ministration, visited the range during j the afternoon. One competitor was de- ' teeted during the morning using pre-war ammunition at IQCQ yards and was asked to explain matters to the executive. Later it was decided to exclude the man from further participation in the meeting, under the tule which requires that competitors must use no ammunition other than that issued. Anyone transgressing this rule is officially declared guilty of discreditable conduct. ] The following, are the men who will j fire in the King’s Prize match, ten shots I at 1000 yards, on Friday afternoon, being the highest aggregate men in the Westland, Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, Nelsonj Otago, Hawke’s Bay j and Taranaki matches, the possible total ’ score being 605 points :—E. E. Hennell j (Te Wliarau) 513, H. Y. Croxton (Karori) 513, Capt. A. Nielson (Napier) 513, , Lieut. H. A. Donald (Opaki) 510, J. C. j Carter (Petone). 507, W. H. West (Blenheim) 505, R. Gillick (Dunedin) 504, D. i McLeay (Te Kuiti) 503, A. Patrick (Auckland) 501,H. H. Mawley (Opaki) 499, R. Piper (Christchurch) 499, N. Wood (Frankton) 498, S. C. Jones (Okawa) 497, A. H. Dixon (Auckland) 496, j A. R. Barker (Linkwater) 495, C. White- | man (Wellington Suburbs) 494, E. F. : Sindford (Christchurch) 494, E. J. C. I Heston .(Auckland) 494, E. A. Ballinger I (Petone) 494, W. Moselen (Kaeo) 493, D. ! Armstrong (Taliora) 492, H. Hunt (Wellington Suburbs) 492, H. Reynolds (Christchurch) 492, Capt. W. N. Masefield (Sounds) 491, R. C. Barkle (Petone' j 4SO, S. Elliott (Auckland) 489, W. E. ; Pearce (Rangitikei) 488, Capt. Simmonds ■ (Eketahuna) 487, D. J. Guiney (Petone' 487, A. Dodd (Auckland) 486, H. C. • Loveday (Hawera) 486, Sergt, F. W. Ching (Wellington) 486, ,1. C. Low (Kai rori) 485, G. Hyde (Opaki) 485, J. Bry- ■ den (Kaiapoi) 485, F. Kennedy (Frank ! ton) 485, A. Harris (Wellington) 485, W. ! J. Hendry (Christchurch) 485, J. Scott j (Petone) 485, W. G. Franklin (Danne virke) 485, F. McDonald (Wellington*' 1484, L. G. Loveday (Linton) 484, C. Dunstan (Waihi)-483, Lieut. A. S: Hen derson (Wellington) 482, T. W. Warburton (Petone) 482, H. T. Boon (Wei lington) 482, J. H. Mansen (Nelson) 481. D. S. McLeod (Okawa) 480, W. H. Thomas (Linton) 480, S. H. Stackpool (Napier) 479, H. G. Day (Nelson) 479. The last two fire off for fiftieth place. Following is the prize list in the Bisley aggregate (for highest total at long range shoots): — £5—H. V. Croxton (Karori) 206. £4—H. C. Jones (Okawa) 205. £4—E. Vennell (Te Wliarau) 203. £3—H. Mawley (Opaki) 203. £3—W. E. Pearce (Rangitikei) 201. I £3—G. Hyde (Opaki) 201. £2—H. A. Donald (Opaki) 201. £2—H. L. Frank (Timaru) 200. £2—R. A. Singster (Stratford) 200. £2—T. W. Warfiurton (Petone) 200. Twenty others ranging down to 193 took £1 each. Croxton wins the ‘B.S.A. Cup outright, having topped the list last year in this event with two points less. INTER-ISLAND TEAMS. The following teams have been picked for the inter-island, match to be fired on Friday morning North Island : Guiney, Barkle, Carter, E. Ballinger, Croxton, VV.- Moselen, Dixon, Causley, Roots, H. C. Loveday, Bolton, A. J. King, Mawley, Vennell, Donald, Ching,, Hunt, L. Loveday, James, Nielson; emergencies, Elliot, Patrick, W. K. Williams, Simmonds. Soutli Island: Barker, Bryden, Day, Foden, Frank, Gillick, Glynn, Green, Henderson, Henry, Monsen, Masefield, J. W. Milroy, H. Mclntosh, Mclver, Piper, Reynolds, Sandford, West; emergencies, Slmi'land, James, Cooke, Irvine. PRINCIPAL PRIZE-TAKERS. > The following are principal prizetakers in the Hawke’s Bay match, ten shots at 900 yards;— £s—S.' Elliott (Auckland) 48. £4—F. Gledhill (Nelson) 48. £4—H. Koppert (Oamaru) 47. . £3—W. Powell (Auckland) 47. £3—M. E. Field (Levin) 47. £3—D. McLean (Te Kuiti) 46. £2—R. Belt (Auckland) 46. £2 —W. Warburton (Petone) 46. £2—W. Maingay (Te Aroha) 46. £2—R. McLean (Te Kuiti) 46. ( Fifty prizes of £1 went to scores , ranging down to 43 v Taranaki match, ten shots, 10C0 yards: £5—J. C. Low (Karori) 46. £4— W. H. West (Blenheim) 46. £4—S. Malthus (Waimate) 45. £3—E. E. Vennell (Te Wliarau) 45. £3—A. C. Caldwell (Karori) 45. £3—R. F, Wilton (Mauriceville) 45. £2—J, G, Cornes (Waihi) 45. £2—l. St eon son (Oamaru) 44: £2—F. T. Whiteman (UpperHutt) 44. ’ £2-Mj, Molvor (Christchurch) 44. ; Fifty prizes of £1 went to scores rang- } iiig down to 39. Jho Apzac match, by stages of ten J shots each at 300, 500, and 600 yards, re- j suited- ‘ 300 yards: £3, F, T- Whiteman (Upper Hutt) 46; £2, G. A. Vincent ; (Featherston) 46; £2, W. Colquhoun 1 (Hawera) 46. Fourteen smaller prizes were shared by scorers down to 44. 500 yards: £3, A. S. Henderson (Wellington) 49; £2, R. E. Hester (Wellington) 49; £2, C. J. Hoffins (Wellington) j 48. There were fourteen smaller prizes to scorers down to 46. 600 yards: £3, A. R. Barker (Linkwatre) 47; £2, W. Colquhoun (Hawera: • water) 47; £2, W .Colquhoun (Hawera) 1 47. Fourteen smaller prizes to scorers ( down to 44. c Colquhoup hegded the Anzac aggro- ( gatp with 13SJ, taking £2, the next be- I ing Hester 136, D. Armstrong and Hof- I fins 134. The Cadet aggregate fpr scorqs jn Belt 1 matches added to special cadet match. • was headed by C. Ashley (Auckland), < with 542 points, taking £3, H. Barrett £ (Hamilton) being next with 537, taking [ £2, and £1 each was won by W. Dun- * can (Westport) 632; J. R. Baird (Hamil- ' ton) 531, C. Allan (Auckland) 52Q, L. f Edgecombe (Hamilton) 504, C. McDonald (Te Kuiti) 496. The Glaxo. Cup for highest aggregate < in the opening and Westland matches, • each 300, 500, 600 yards, seven shots. , was wqn by H. G|ynp (Glenqvy) 193 , out of the possible 210. Capt. Nielsop | (Napier) was runner-up with 192. Last ' year F. H. James won the trophy with ( the same score, 193. v The Colonial Ammunition Company’s . shield, awnrdpd for the hjghpst score r by a team of five rifle club men in Belt 1 matches (won last year by the Welling- t ton Suburbs Club), fell to Petone A, 1 wjf.h ap aggregate qf 2440, Wellington t Suburbs A being runnersmp with 2438, 1 and Opaki next with 2417, ( The C.A. Cup awarded for the high- d est long range scofes in the Bolt series n by a five men team from a territorial of 1 rifle club was won by Petone, with an v aggregate of 928, Akarana B being run- t ners-up with 920, and Frankton 918. 1 Last year the Opaki clnj) secured the t trpph.v.—Press Assn. ]