RIFLE SHOOTING.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12016, 5 March 1920, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING.

Per Press Association. Tiontham, March 4. A light rear all day, and gave no trouble at the short ranges nsed. When the first match finished at lunch time it was seen that the ex-Bisley champion, MajOir Wallingford,'late chief musketry instructor to the New Zealand Forces, had given a taste of his quality, notching 74 out of a possible of 80 in three tricky practices at 200 yards. Three men—White, Sunnex and Munro —made a good showing with 71 each. An unusual contretemps now arose. The prize list based on the morning’s shooting' was almost completed when a dispute upset the even tenor of the executive’s way. Several riflemen who are amongst the first flight as marksmen discovered that whereas they l?ad not been allowed spotters, men on the next range had the advantage of thes<? aids. Therefore they asked that*they be permitted to fire again. The matter was considered by the executive, which decided that retiring was impracticable, and the objectors accepted the position, which had arisen through a mis-’ understanding by the officers in the trench. The prize list as drawn up therefore held good, as follows: Oiasstication Practice Match—Five shots at 200 yards, lying, 20sec per shot, five at 200, ssec per shot, 10 rapid at 200 yards, prone position, time, one minute. £4 Major J A Wallingford, M. O, Staff, Auckland .... 74 £3 J White, Auckland, 71 £3 F J Sunnex, Sounds, .... 71 £2 J A Munro, 7th Mounted Rifles 71 £3 Sapper D Catley, P and T Engineers, Wellington, 70 The following take £1 each—A Green 68, K E Hester, G B Williamson 67, W H Moselen, H Ross, W Duncan 66, W J Heney, Reid, W G Franklin, A C Oroasen, W Bates, W J Henry 65, W J Morgan, R H Hunt, J Bryden, C M Moss, E Gains 64. P H Sharland, F W Ghing, J T R Bell, J Scott, Brenlgan, A McFarlane 63, F Bolton, Doran, L Loveejay 62 Twenty-one men take prizes of 10s each, with scores running down to 60.

Daring the afternoon three matches Classification, Rapid Shooting an 4 Snap Shooting—were completed. From the aggregates in these, added to the Quick March and Service Championship matches, to be fired later, will be discovered the service champion for 1920. ITollowing is the result of the Glassification Match—Five rounds at 200 yards, 5 seconds per shot; and five at 500 yards, prone, 20sec per shot: £4 W Winslade, Opaki, .... 39

£3 W P Bell, Tauranga 89 £3 J Kyle, Linton, .... 39 £2 W H West, Blenheim,, 38 £2 J R Baird, Hamilton, 38

The following take £1 each —E P Paulgrain 38, F J Oaualey, F H James, R Caughley, J F Maidens, A J Green, R N Gordon. T Simpson, H J Atkinson 37, O Baker, F Bolton, H Helmstord, J Liddel, T W Warbnrton, E A M Bookman, W Harbour, A J Lambert, A G Devore, J M Bertram 30, L Cateley, A .7 Mari lees, <F G Gledhill, W Duncan, C J Carlson, L Loveday, J R Heap 35. Twenty men take 10s each, with scores ranging down to 33. Snap Shooting—Five rounds at 300 yards: £4 Q. M.S Facer, Dunedin, 19 £3 A G Green, Westport .... 17 £3 W H Moselen, Kaeo, .... 17 £2 D J Guiney, Set.one, .... 17 £2 E A Ballinger, Fetone, .... 17 The following take ,®£l each —K J King, H J Atkinson 17, F H James, J W Dayman, F J Soler, J Kyle, A McFarlaue, J H Lery, P Fodeu, J A Mver, J A Wallingford 16, O E Hogard, O J His, S E Gray, ,H C Loveday, R Logan, P Foden, J A Myer, Merrilees, F Crimp, L Loveday, W G Franklin, C Clark W G Thompson, W N Masefield, R t’aughley, J P Wnite 15. Twenty men take 10s each, with scores clown to 14.

Ra fid Shooting—Seven rounds at 500 y .'ds in 55 seconds: £4 F J Solar, Wanganui .... 27 £3 W Fellingham, Suburbs, 36 £3 10s R J Jordan, Treutbam, 26 £.3 10s John Craig, Christchurch, 26 £1 10s R F Wilton, Mauriceville, 25 £1 10s L Lomas, Ohura, .... 25 The followng take £1 each -IT Y Croxtou 25, K Medium, W C Franklin, A B Turner, K B Wilton, D A Ballinger 24, P J Oldhill, L B Clayton, J H Ross, R M Irvine, Merilees, IT Barlow 23, J Brydon, IT King, D J Guiney, K H Hunt, O M Moss, H Marshall, W J Lane, A Govenlock, iVI K Jarvis, A J Lamber, D M Mclntosh, McMillan, R A Wilton, A Jackson 33. Eighteen men take ICs each, and four os, with scores rangingdowu to 30. Lieut Green, of Westport, with 142, heads the aggregate for the service matches.