SHOOTING

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 43, 15 November 1926, Page 15

SHOOTING

SUBURBS CLUB On Saturday the Suburbs Rifle Club fired the second match of the championship at 700 and 800 yards. The conditions were very bad for good shooting. T. Goodall, -with 42 and 700 and 46 at 800 yards, was top scorer. He also won the first series. Following are the detailed scores:— 700 800 yds. yds. Hp. Tl. Rflmn. T. Goodall 42 40 — 82 Rflmn. S. Haywood .... 38 30 13 81 Rflmn. M. O’Grady, 31-31—18-80; Rflmn. H. R. Hunt, 39-39-1—79; Rflmn. B. Wilson, 3G—32—11—79; Rflmn. C. Milroy, 38—37—2—77; Rflmn. R. Mottram, 34— 8—77; Dep.-Pres. J. Smart, 38— 35— Rflmn. H. Myerscough, 39— 27—9—75; Dep.-Pres. W. G. Fellingham, 35—33—5—73; Rflmn. H. Peat, 35—27—11 —73; Rflmn. J. A. Bitters, 38 —28—6—72; Rflmn, E. Aston, 29—33—9—71; Rflmn. T. Kidd, 35—32—3—70; Rflmn. S. J. White, 34—31—4-^69; Rfimn. H. Isaacs, 27—22— 14—63; Rflmn. It. Pattison, 28—21—11— 60; Rflmn. A. Wells, 30—0 —23—53; Rflmn. W. Isaacs,. 42—0—3 —45; Rflmn. J. Gagliardi, 22—13—24—59. Following are the results of the first series:—T. Goodall, 275; H. Myerscough, 264; B. Wilson, 262; T. Kidd, 260. KARORI CLUB. The Karori Club commenced their championship series on Saturday at Trentham, the match being 10 shots at 300 and 10 shots at 500. yards. Despite the effects of a choppy southerly, which necessitated frequent changes in windage, some excellent scores were made. At 300 yards F. Ching made a possible, and Deputy. President H. V. Croxtqn and A. V. Swanson only failed to gam the same honour by 1 point At 500 yards F. Ching scored 46, while H. V. Croxton and A. V. Swanson each scored 48, their totals being 97 out of a possible of 100. This match concluded the club s second fortnightly competition, the results being -.—Scratch men, A. V. Swanson 190, H. V. Croxton 184, T. H. IL Boon 183. Handicap men, H. C. Boon 181, G. W. Boddy 180, M. McWhirter 177* Details of Saturday’s shoot are as follow:— 300 500 yds. yds. Hp. Tl. A. V. Swanson 49 48 — 97 H. V. Croxton 49 48 — M F. Ching, 50—46—scr.—96; W. N. Matthews, H. C. B°ou, 4 ■—ll—92; G. W. Boddy, 42—42—7—91, A, S. T. Butler, 46—44— K. Caucrhlev 46—44—scr.—90; Pres. W. W. C scr—BB- C. E. H. Frankland, 44—44 M- McWhirter, 36—43—9—88; C. E. Morrison, 41—41-6—88; J. R. Gentry, 41-36-8-88; H. J. Russell, 44-43 —scr.—B7; G. S. Taylor, 42-42-3-87, T C Low, 45 —42 —scr. —8/ ; L. A. Laidwell, 42—44—scr—86; T. H. R. Boon, 45—41—scr.—86; F. T. Freeman, 38—12— 6— R. Henry, 36—39—11—86; J. W. Gibson, 35-42-6-83; E. W, Jepson 38 Q7_R_ai • E. S. Andrews, 38—32 —11 81; J. W. McGill. 27 —38 11 '6OLD NAVALS’ CLUB. The Old Navals’ Defence Rifle Chib continued their programme “t Trenthain on Saturday over ranges 800 and 900 vards for the second series and Hu n o Cun The conditions were not at their best for long range shooting. Rflmn. Franklyn put on the best score at Wj ds. (16). President Mcßain finished with the best gun score for the day, Bfimn <-• rnrfpr izettinff top place with his nandicap g The Marton challenge badges were won bv Rflmn. Pitt’s team, score 279. The following are the scores:— 800yds. 900yds. Up. TtL Rflmn. Carter 45 37 3 85 Dcn.-Pres. Mcßain 41 42 0 83 Rflmn. Franklyn, 46 —35 —A—81; Pres. Standidge, 40-39-2-81; Rflmn. Evans, 4.2—35—4—81; Rflmn. Clout. ..7—36—4—B<; Dep.-Pres. Goldfinch, 41—34—0—75; IL Chapman, 36-31-3-73; Rflmn. Shepherd. 33-39-0-72; R. Sneddon, 35—320—67; Pitt. 33—3z—0—65; Kelly. 3,-20-7— McGill 24—35—4—63; Henderson, 21—33-6—60; Guise. 30—19-10-59; Lawton, 38—0—5—38; Wright. ’3—16—12—41 ; Conibear,. 22—15—3—40; Fletcroft, 39—0— 0-39,