RIFLE SHOOTING
TIMARU DEFENCE CLUB On Saturday afternoon the Timaru Defence Rifle Club fired the first match of the service championship. Shortly after commencing light rain set in and a cold southerly made conditions difficult. Further heavy rain caused the abandonment of the 500 yards shoot, and this range will be fired at a later date The conditions were: At 200 yards, five shots application, 10 shots rapid in 45 seconds, five shots snap, target exposed three seconds; at 100 yards, five shots grouping; at 500 yards, five shots application. F. J. Black secured the only possible at the first practice and in the rapid L. G. Smith’s board read— 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3—47. In the snap and grouping sr en men secured the possible. At present L. G. Smith with 110 is leading W. T. Taylor by one point and the winner will be found on the completion of the 500 yards shoot. The following are the leading ten in the championship and McGlashan Aggregate: Black 289, Taylor 283, Paine 284. Murray 280, Brehaut 279. E. Healy 278, M. Healy 275. Johnson 272, Malcolm 272, J. M. Smith 270. In the Bull’s-Eye competition Black and Taylor are equal with 45, Paine 41. Brehaut 40. W. T. Taylor leads in the Parker Cup with 80, Black and Paine 79. Murray and E. Healy 78, M. Healy 76. Brehaut 74. The leaders in the Murray Trophv are: Black 160, Taylor 160, Paine 159, Murray 155, E. Healy 155. The score in the musketry shoot
were— App. Rap Snap Gp. 200 Yds 200 Yds 200 Yds 100 Yds T1 L. G. Smith .. 23 47 15 25 110 W. T. Taylor.. 24 45 15 25 109 F. J. Black .. 25 42 12 25 104 C. K. Paine .. 19 43 12 25 99 B. Moore 23 42 12 20 97 W. E. Jones 23 37 12 25 97 W. Malcolm 23 39 15 20 97 E. Brehaut 23 37 9 25 94 W. Kenealy 20 37 15 20 92 J. M. Smith .. 23 43 6 20 92 R. Jefferson .. 22 29 15 25 91 H. R. Parker 17 42 12 20 91 F. B. Chittock 23 32 15 20 90 E. Chittock .. 21 41 12 15 89 J .M. Healy .. 18 39 15 15 87 E. M. Healy .. 21 42 9 15 87 C. H. Johnson 17 39 9 20 85 P. Foden 24 33 12 15 84 J. D. Hardie 20 31 12 20 83 J. Green .. .. 16 42 3 20 81 D .Talbot .. .. 21 24 12 10 77
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21211, 5 December 1938, Page 14
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