RIFLE SHOOTING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1415, 16 April 1912, Page 10

RIFLE SHOOTING.

*. . I'ETOXE INKLE CI,UB V. KAKOIiI ■HIFLE CLUB. The weather was anything but good on Salunlii.v nftcrnenn for (ho annual rifle match between tho ■Knrori and IMorw Hillo Clubs'. A strong rear wind—a Treotham "fishtail"—made tho conditions ertremcly difficult,' niul as a <<onso(]iiciu'o the scorns of boili clubs were very much balow (he average. Only 7 out of th« 40 marksmen on the range were, able to Ret scores of more than 90 out of the possible. 105. The clubs fired two teams of ten mm each-.- As'was anticipated, the respectir* No. ,1: teams \vero very cve.iily matched. J he Karuri leant led at 300 yards by fiv* points , , but this deficit was inado up by I'etono at f>oo yards, and both loams went back to the'6llo yards mound with equal scores. There, however, the Karon team managed to 'again establish a lead, winning 'tin; match on the GOO yards score by 15. points. In the No. 2 division Petonc suffered defeat by (i 7 points. In this match tho score made by the Karbri No. 2 team at 5(10 yards was higher then th<it put up by oil her of the first teams. At the conclusion of the match the members of the I'elone teams were entertained by 'tho Karori Club to afternoon ten. President Mn.rshn.ll, of tho winning team, expressed the great pleasure his club had bad in once again meeting tho Petono Club in friendly battle on fho mounds. Tho match, he added, was regarded by the Karori Club as its eocial event of the season. The following are the detailed scores of each team:— Karori (No. 1 Team). 300 500 COO yds. yds. yds. T'l. Kflmn. H. V. Croxton ,13 .33 32 98 Kflmn. N. Willoughby .11 29 33 90 Rflmn. J. Burns 32 32 29 94 Hflmn. H. I'liimner .. 32 31 28 91 Pres. 11. Marshall ... 29 29 2S 86 liumn. G. Halliday .. 25 -29 30 Si Hflmn. F. W. Wickcns 30 31 22 83 Rflnin. L. Hugo 32 23 24 81 Rflmn. H. Bulford ...' 27 29 24 80 Rflmn. E. O. Lower .. 32 24 24 80 306 292 274 872 Petone (No. 1 Team). 300 500 600 yds. yds. yds. T'l. Rflmn. -• Greig 33 31 30 94 Rflmn. j> M'llvride .. 29 31 28 88 Rflmn. E. Ballinger . 30 30 28 88 Rflmn. C. Bird 26 32 28 86 Rflmn. S. Spencer ..... 31 31 24 SG Dep.-Pres. M'Lachlan 34 28 24 SB Rllran. W. H. Ballinger 25 31 28 84 Rflmn. T. Clout 31 28 25 84 Rflmn..ll. C. Russell 33 30 19 82 Rfimn. W. H. Thomae 29 25 25 7o 301 297 259 857 Karori (No. 2 Team). 300 500 600 i yds. yds. yds. T'l. Rflmn. A. T. Fellows 31 30 30 91 Rflmn. J. E. Turner . 31 34 26 91 Rflmn. R. Randcll ... 31 27 30 8S Rflmn. T. Gcodall .... 29 27 30 SB Rflnin F. W. Ching .. 2S 33 25 86 Rflnin. W. Chirnside 30 29 23 82 Rflmn. A. Caklwell .. 21 32 28 SI Rflnin. H. 0. Browne 28. 30 23 81 Rflmn. J. Rabe 26 29 25 SO Rflmn. H. Cokcr 29 2S 17 74 284 293 257 840 Petonc (No, 2 Team). 800 500 600 yds. yds. yds. T'l. Rflmn. W. Glennie ... 23 28 29 65 Rflmn. H. Ayson 26 30 26 S2 Pres. S. Burridge 24 . 27 23 79 Rflmu. J. Cahvell 23 •30 26 79 Rflmn. W. Edlin .■ 29 22 27 7e Rflmn. .7. Avridgo ... 26 .27 24 77 Rflmn. S. Knight .... 27 28 21 76 Rflmn. T.AVarburton 27 24 23 74 Rflmn. F. Clarke 20 28 24 72 Rflmn. C. Villicrs ... 27 23 19 71 ■ 257 2(59 247 773