KING’S PRIZE.
FINAL SHOOT TO-DAY. By Telegraph-—tress Association, TRENTHAAI, May 6. Tlio end of the 1925 New Zealand Bit ley draws near. 'J o-morrow siiouKl witness the King's luatcn, when the hrty who have compiled the highest aggregate out of tne ••Belt" series, cuncluued this afternoon, will fire ten shots at 90U yards. Two single range matches (the Taranaki and Hawke's j>ay; ana the second stage of the Otago match (interrupted yesterday,) were completed by imu-alternoon, amt produced much reshuffling of the positions and movements into and out of ‘•'ihe Fifty.” PRIZE LIST. CHAMPION iisA.ua MATCH (for teams of five, counting all scores in the Belt series).—Bctono Hdl7, Wanganui 2312, Linton 23U9, Grey town z3US, Karori No. 1 22a7, Christchurch 2286, Akarana 2281. C.A.C. CLIP (for five-men teams over long ranges of tlio Beit series). —Petono 807, Linton 782, Wanganui 781, Opaki 769, Karori No. 1 768, Wellington Old Navals 766, Akarana 700, Featherston 760. OTAGO MATCH (ten shots at 800 and 900 yards) : A. Grade.— £5, T. Simpson (Awahuri) 94; £4, C. AYLitoman (Upper Hutt) 92; £4, H. Mainley (Opaki) 91; £3, A. Devore (Akarana) 91; £3, M. Connor (Okawa) 90. The following take £2 each. —Franklyn (Wellington) 90, Simmonds (Warn ganui) 00, Harris (Linkwater) 89, Nicholl (Petone) 89, Keir (Ashburton) 89. Among those taking £1 each was D. Clement (Ashburton) 87. OTAGO MATCH—B. Grade.—£3, W. Sutherland (Goodwood) 90; £2, F. Clark (Ashburton) 87. Among those taking £1 was W. Jones (Timaru) 81. TYRO LTST. —£2, E. Russell, 88. TARANAKI MATCH: B. Grade.— £3, E. S. King (Wanganui) 49; £2, G. Atkins (Unotoke) 48. TYRO LTST.—£2, D. Pring (Auckland) 48; £l, G. Crombic (Ashburton) 45. HAWKE’S BAY MATCH (ten shots at 900 yards) : A. Grade. —£5, J. Paterson (Wanganui) 45; £4, J. W. Milroy (Waimea) 45; £4, T. Orr (Greytown) 44; £3, A. T. Graham (Dunedin) 44; £3, A. Symonds (Wellington) 44. The following take £2 each— H. L. Frank (Permanent Staff) 44, G. Cromie (Ashburton) 43, M. Alawley (Opaki) 43, B. Holmes (Wanganui) 43, F. C. Hogg (New Plymouth) 43. HAWKE’S BAY MATCH: B. Grade —£3, R. Vonnell (Tewharau) 44; £2, L.. Hare (Wellington) 42. TYRO LIST.—£3, A. Powell (Akarana) 42; £l, J. Carr (Ashburton) 37. The Dominion Match, fifteen shots at 600. yards, will occupy to-morrow morning. The King’s Match is scheduled for 2.30, and the following are the final fifty to take part in it:— Anderson (Kaituna) • 494 Nicholl (Petone) 484 Hunt (Wellington) 482 Hogg (New Plymouth) ... ... 481 Keir (Ashburton) 480 Reston (Akarana) 480 Frank (Permanent Staff) 480 C. Whiteman (Upper Hutt) ... 479 Masefield (Marlborough) 479 Guir.ey (Petone) 479 Sutherland (Goodwood) ' ... ... 478 Orr (Greytown) ... ...... ... 478 E. S. King (Wanganui) 478 | West (Renwick) 476 Pimm (Kaiapoi) 471 H. Donald (Opaki) 474 'W. H. Ballinger (Petone) ... ... 474 I Simmonds (Wanganui) 474 Ilevore (Akarana) 473 |W. S. Mills (Kiwi) 473 jW. J. Green (Okawa) 473 Bryden (Kaiapoi) 473 Piper (Christchurch.) 472 A. Harris (Wellington) 469 J. E. Harris (Linkwater) 469 Hay (Christchurch) 469 K. McKenzie (Featherston) ... 468 Mawley (Opaki) ... 468 Soler (Wanganui) 46" Trotman (Greytown) 467 Boon (Karori) 467 Atayliew (Linton) ... ... ... 467 Nix (Featherston) 465 Ching (Karori)' 465 G. Cromie (Ashburton) ; 465 Malroy (AVaimea) 464 Smart (Wellington) 464 G. W. Harrison (Hawfera) ... 464 D. McKenzie (Opaki) 461 Swanson (Karori) 463 Roots (Patea) 462 Cox (Linton) 462 Hollard (Opotiki) ... 461 A. T. Graham (Dunedin) 461 Caldwell (Karori) 461 H. W. Feast (Greytown) ... . ... 461 Webb (Karori) ... 460 TCeh'sell (Linton) 460 MeTver (Petone) 460 The last three men will fire off for two places. Anderson, the young Kaituna shot, was in the King’s Fifty last year, finishing twenty-eighth. Tho Bisley aggregate resulted.—£s and Croxton Cup, H. Mawley (Opaki) 181; £4, R. H. Nicholl (Petone)' 178; £3, T. Orr (Greytown) 176; £3, H. Simmonds (Wanganui) 174.
B. Grade Aggregate (for scores in all B. series matches), D. F. Koir (Ashburton), gold medal, star and £5, with aggregate of 575; F. Hogg (New Plymouth) 571.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 7 May 1925, Page 5
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