New Zealand Gazette – 1874 – No. 32

Page 389

✨ Military Shooting Competition Results



THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 389

THE thirty highest scorers in the foregoing "District Firing" then fired again, at the same ranges, and
with a like number of shots, for the purpose of selecting the Cadet Champion for 1874, with the
following result :-

Rank. Name. Corps. District. Score 100 Score 200 Score 300 Total. Remarks.
Honorary Ensign J. Chapman Marton Rangitikei 27 27 23 77 Winner of Champion Belt, Silver Medal, and £10.
Cadet ... H. Currie No. 1 Waiuku 28 26 23 77 Winner of £6 prize.
Cadet ... Herbert Hawk Picton Picton 28 26 22 76 Winner of £4 prize.
Cadet ... - Hornbrook High School Canterbury 26 27 22 75 Winner of £3 prize.
Corporal J. Johnston Marton Rangitikei 27 26 21 74 Winner of £2 prize.
Sergeant W. Ballinger Te Aro School Wellington 27 26 20 73
Cadet ... A. Jago North Dunedin Otago 27 21 22 70
Cadet ... J. Morgan North Dunedin Otago 27 23 20 70
Cadet ... A. Beale Brigade Auckland ... 27 23 19 69
Cadet ... J. Partington Brigade Auckland 26 26 17 69
Cadet ... G. Howe Te Aro School Wellington 26 25 16 67
Cadet ... G. King Grammar School Auckland ... 26 20 20 66
Sergeant Dawson High School Canterbury 26 27 19 66
Corporal Jackson Timaru Artillery Canterbury 25 22 18 65
Cadet ... A. Wilton Wellington Wellington 28 20 17 65
Sergeant R. H. Rattray Grammar School Auckland 25 20 19 64
Sergeant F. Dransfield Grammar School Wellington 27 19 17 63
Sergeant D. Gillies Grammar School Auckland 27 20 16 63
Cadet ... G. Howie Marton Rangitikei 27 26 9 62
Cadet ... N. McLaren North Dunedin Otago 25 18 17 60
Cadet ... W. Beamish Napier Napier 27 22 11 60
Cadet ... W. Eyre North Dunedin Otago 24 21 14 59
Hon. Lieutenant W. H. Skinner Egmont Taranaki 25 22 12 59
Hon. Sub-Lieut. G. Bishop Grammar School Wellington 24 15 18 57
Cadet ... J. Mace Engineer Thames 27 18 12 57
Cadet ... A. Guise Wellington Wellington 20 22 5 47
Cadet ... E. Butts Grammar School Wellington 22 15 7 44
Cadet ... A. Grondon No. 1 Otago 19 12 2 33
Cadet ... W. Lee Trentham Hutt ... ... ... ... } Did not fire.
Corporal E. Trenwith Sir George Grey Auckland ... ... ... ...

RETURN of NUMBER of COMPETITORS, SCORES, and AVERAGE.

District. No. of Competitors. Total Scores. Average. No. of Competitors, 1873. No. of Competitors, 1872. Remarks.
Auckland ... 25 1,330 53.20 67 139
Waiuku ... 16 442 27.62 4 ...
Waikato ... 8 177 22.12 ... ...
Taranaki ... 14 545 38.93 24 31
Wanganui ... 7 249 35.57 12 ...
Rangitikei ... 11 504 45.82 18 29
Wellington ... 29 1,461 50.38 40 40
Greytown ... 7 275 39.29 ... 19
Napier ... 9 362 40.22 26 35
Thames ... 23 817 35.52 32 47
Nelson ... 22 708 32.18 ... ...
Marlborough ... 6 267 44.50 } 40
Canterbury ... 14 596 42.57 24 27
Otago ... 24 1,079 44.96 51 64
Totals ... ... 215 8,812 40.98 347 508


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🛡️ Cadet Champion 1874 Shooting Competition Final Results (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
Cadet Champion, Shooting competition, Scores, Prizes, Military results, 1874
30 names identified
  • J. Chapman (Honorary Ensign), Winner of Champion Belt
  • H. Currie (Cadet), Winner of £6 prize
  • Herbert Hawk (Cadet), Winner of £4 prize
  • Hornbrook (Cadet), Winner of £3 prize
  • J. Johnston (Corporal), Winner of £2 prize
  • W. Ballinger (Sergeant), Scored 73 points
  • A. Jago (Cadet), Scored 70 points
  • J. Morgan (Cadet), Scored 70 points
  • A. Beale (Cadet), Scored 69 points
  • J. Partington (Cadet), Scored 69 points
  • G. Howe (Cadet), Scored 67 points
  • G. King (Cadet), Scored 66 points
  • Dawson (Sergeant), Scored 66 points
  • Jackson (Corporal), Scored 65 points
  • A. Wilton (Cadet), Scored 65 points
  • R. H. Rattray (Sergeant), Scored 64 points
  • F. Dransfield (Sergeant), Scored 63 points
  • D. Gillies (Sergeant), Scored 63 points
  • G. Howie (Cadet), Scored 62 points
  • N. McLaren (Cadet), Scored 60 points
  • W. Beamish (Cadet), Scored 60 points
  • W. Eyre (Cadet), Scored 59 points
  • W. H. Skinner (Honourable Lieutenant), Scored 59 points
  • G. Bishop (Honourable Sub-Lieutenant), Scored 57 points
  • J. Mace (Cadet), Scored 57 points
  • A. Guise (Cadet), Scored 47 points
  • E. Butts (Cadet), Scored 44 points
  • A. Grondon (Cadet), Scored 33 points
  • W. Lee (Cadet), Did not fire
  • E. Trenwith (Corporal), No score recorded

🛡️ Summary Return of Shooting Competition Competitors by District

🛡️ Defence & Military
Statistics, District comparison, Competitor numbers, Averages, Shooting