RIFLE SHOOTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 December 1921, Page 8

RIFLE SHOOTING.

NORTH ISLAND MEETING. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night. Service matches were fired to-day, the following being the highest scores: Match No. 1, application, 300 yards, five rounds and one optional sighter.— Territorials: Private Hamilton (2nd Wellington) 23, £il ss; Corporal Bailey (2nd Wellington) 23, 15s; Corporal Walpole (2nd Wellington) 22, 10s. The following take 7s Gd each: Sergeant Brown (2nd Wellington) 21, Private Tantrum 20, Private Wilks 19, Private Channings 19. Open series: R. J. King (Opaki) 24, £1 8s Gd; Sergeant Searle (Hamilton) 24, £1 Is; Rifleman Hester (Suburbs) 24, 14s Gd. The following, with 23, take 7s each: Haase (Suburbs), Donald (Opaki), Wilson (Wanganui), McLeay (Te Kuiti), Duckett (Opaki), Holmshaw (Christchurch), Hiroti (Wanganui), W. Tate (Wanganui). The following take 3s Gd each: T. J. Edwards (Linton), Harrison (Tahoraj, Veale (Akarana), Rutherford (Opaki), all 23; Shaw (Wanganui), James (Napier), Anderson (Wanganui), Farmer (Mauriceville), Bollard (Hamilton), Tagg (Bunnythorpe), H. Hughes (Wanganui), 22 each.

Match No. 2, rapid fire, 300 yards, five round in charge.—Territorials: Private A. E. Channing 19, £1 ss; Q.M.S. W. D. Buckley 18, 15s; Corporal C. A. Walpole 18, 10s. The following received 7s Gd each: Sergeant R. Biown 17, Private J. W. Shennan 17, Private A. R. Tantrum 14, Corporal A. C. R. Bailey 14. Open series: F. H. James (Napier) 23, £1 8s Gd; Captain A. Neilson (3rd Wellington) 22, £1 Is; Sergeant W. H. Cannan (2nd Wellington) and Rifleman R. E. Hester (Suburbs) tied with 22 and receive 10s 9d each. The following receive 7s each: R. J. King (Opaki) 21, J. G. Ritchie (Hawera) 21, Cadet H. F. Bollard (Hamilton) 21, S. Wilson (Wanganui) 21, Kells (Linton) 20. Neale (Akarana) 20, H. Nicholl (Petone) tied with Donald (Opaki) 19. and receive! 5s 3d each. The following take 3s Gd each: H. Hughes (Wanganui) 19, Searle (Hamilton) 18, McLeay (le Kuiti) 18, Holmshaw (Christchurch) 18, Lumsden (Hautere) 18, Strom (Hautere) 17, Atkinson (Mangamuhu) 17 Four tied with 17 each for last three places in the prize money, and received 2s 6d each: W. Powell (Akarana), R. McLeay (Te Kuiti). E. S, King (Wanganui), Rifleman Glenny (Xyanganui).

Match No. 3, snap shooting, 300 yards, eleven shots. —Territorial*: Anderson 18, £1 ss; R. Tantrum and Buckley tied with 15 and received 12s Gd each. The following received 7s Gd each: Bushell 12, F. L. Rathbone 9, C. Thurston 9. Open class: Edwards (Linton) 24, £1 8s Gd; Duckett (Opaki) 21, 17s 6d. The following received 7s: Veale (Akarana I. Searle (Hamilton), King (Wanganui), Hood (Opaki), James (Napier), Palmer (Hawera). The following scored 15 and receive 4s; McGaney (New Plymouth), Cadet Bollard (Hamilton), Donald (Opaki), Hughes (Wanganui), Lumsden (Hawera), Marett (New Plymouth), Anderson (Wanganui). The following with 12 receive 2s: Anderson (Napier), Kells (Linton), McLeay (Te Kuiti), Hester (Suburbs), King (Opaki), Arnold (New Plymouth), , Glenny (Wanganui), Wilton (Martinborough), Powell (Akarana), W. Powell (Akarana). Match No. 4, application, uOO yards, five rounds. —Territorials: Tantrum 22, £1 ss; Loader 21, 15s; Hamilton 19, 10s. Open class: Hester (Suburbs) 24. £1 8s Gd; Harris (Christchurch) 23, £1 Is; Hoase (‘Suburbs) 22 14s. The following take 7s each: King (Opaki) 22. Shaw (Wanganui) 21, Holmshaw (Christchurch) 21, Arnold (New Plymouth) 21, Higgs (New I’iymouth) 21, Powell (Akarana) 21, Duckett (Opaki' 20, Donald (Opaki) 20. The follow; g receive 3s 6d each: Veale (Akarana) 20. Hughes (Wanganui) 20, James (Napier) 20. McLeay (Te Kuiti) 20 Simmonds Salt (Wanganui), Bretherton, Palmer (Hawera), Nicholl (Petone), Bolton (Opaki). Searle (Hamilton) 19. Service aggregate, for highest aggregate in th,e four matches.—Territorials: Tantrum (2nd Wellington) 71, £2 3s; Walpole (2nd Wellington) 67, £1 9s; Buckley (2nd Wellington) fk>, 14s. Open aggregate: J. S. Wilson (Wanganui) 83. £1 16s; N. IL James (Napier) S 3, £1 16s; R. E. Hester (Suburbs) 82, 14s. Service teams’ match. —Territorials: C Company (2nd Wellington Infantry), £1 16s. Open: Akarana and Hamilton teams £1 IGs, Taranaki 18s, Opaki Ils.