RIFLE SHOOTING

Southland Times, Issue 23817, 15 May 1939, Page 8

RIFLE SHOOTING

MACKENZIE SHIELD MATCH WIN FOR INVERCARGILL A Nine teams from five Southland rifle clubs competed at the Otatara range on Saturday for the Mackenzie Shield and Country Clubs’ Cups, presented by H. Mackenzie and Sons. Conditions for shooting were good. _A gusty erly wind and variable light kept both coaches and riflemen on their mettle throughout the match. The Mackenzie Shield was won by the Invercargill A team, captained and coached by the veteran rifleman, A. R. Wills. Gore A. took second place and won the Country Clubs’ Cup. , At the completion of the 300 yards range Invercargill was leading with a score of 165 points, closely followed by Gore A 164, City Guards A filling third position with 163. Shooting brilliantly at 500 yards the Invercargill A team dropped only 5 points to score 170, bringing its total to 335. Gore A shot steadily and scored 165 for an aggregate of 329 and City Guards A scored 162 to bring its total to 325. Going down at 600 yards with a lead of six points on Gore A, the Invercargill team shot steadily for a scor ® of 154 points and an aggregate of 489. Gore A made a great effort to win at this range, scoring 158 points and reducing the lead of Invercargill to two points. With an aggregate of 485 Gore A took second place. City Guards with an excellent range score of 160 brought its total to 485 and filled third place. _ At the end of the meeting, Mr C. M. Wilson, president of the Southland Rifle Association, presented the trophies to the winning teams. Messrs A. R. Wills, H. Mackenzie and W. D. Milne replied on behalf of the teams. The fixture was excellently conducted, being under the control of Mr A. Lyall and Mr W. McChesney, the competitors giving three cheers for the range officers at the presentation of prizes. Scores were as follows:—

INVERCARGILL A Yds. Yds. Yds. 300 500 600 Tl. A. R. Wills (Capt.) 34 35 30 99 G. Wilson 33 33 31 97 R. M. Milley 31 33 28 92 J. Archer 34 35 32 101 N. McWilliams 33 34 33 100 TOTAL 489 GORE A Yds. Yds. Yds. 300 500 600 Tl. W. D. Milne (Capt.) 33 31 32 96 J. Burnett 33 33 32 98 H. Redman 33 33 31 97 G. Bain 33 34 30 97 F. Norton 32 34 33 99 TOTAL 487 CITY GUARDS A Yds. Yds. Yds. 300 500 600 Tl. J. Tansley (Capt.) 34 31 31 •96 J. B. Doake 33 35 33 101 Mrs J. B. Doake 32 30 32 94 G. Nichol 30 32 29 91 A. Ford 34 34 35 103 TOTAL 485 INVERCARGILL B Yds. Yds. Yds. 300 500 600 Tl. W. Milley (Capt.) 34 31 32 97 A. Pomeroy 32 33 33 98 J. Clark 27 35 31 93 Mrs Lyall 31 29 31 91 J. Reeves 34 33 30 97 TOTAL 476 INVERCARGILL C Yds. Yds. Yds. 300 500 600 Tl. W. A. Diack (Capt.) 30 33 30 93 F. Mayhew 31 31 32 94 L. R. Lyall 34 34 30 98 A. Blee 32 33 32 97 W. D. Henderson 32 31 31 94 TOTAL 476 WAKATIPU Yds. Yds. Yds. 300 500 600 Tl. H. Mackenzie (Capt.) 32 33 30 95 E. J. Lowen 32 32 30 94 D. R. Gray 30 32 33 95 J. McLeod 34 34 27 95 W. D. McRae 30 33 33 96 TOTAL 475 CITY GUARDS B Yds. Yds. Yds. 300 500 600 Tl. J. Buttolph (Capt.) 28 32 32 92 L. Sproat 29 31 30 90 W. Murray 33 34 33 100 C. Mathieson 34 33 32 99 J. W. Doak, jun. 30 34 29 93 TOTAL 474 GORE B Yds. Yds. Yds. 300 500 600 TL C. M. Wilson (Capt.) 28 33 29 90 A. Falconer 32 31 34 97 P. F. Hay 30 32 33 95 P. R. Mallon 32 33 32 97 J. A. Catto 27 34 21 92 TOTAL 471 EDIEVALE Yds. Yds. Yds. 300 500 600 Tl. J. Adam (Capt.) 31 31 30 92 I. D. Adam 29 31 28 88 L. Adam 33 34 31 98 V. Newton 24 31 29 84 A. Boag 32 31 32 95 TOTAL 457