Shooting at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Various
Location	West Melton, McLeans Island, Yaldhurst
Dates	24 January to 2 February 1974
←  1966 1978  →

Shooting at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was the second appearance of Shooting at the Commonwealth Games. The sport returned to the Games after missing the 1970 edition.

Contents

• Medal table
• Medallists
• 50 metres free pistol
• 25 metres rapid-fire pistol
• 50 metres rifle prone
• Full bore rifle Queens Prize Pair
• Clay pigeon trap
• Skeet
• References

The events were held at three venues around Christchurch; the first was to the northwest of the city on a purpose-built range at McLeans Island. The second was the Christchurch Gun Club's new grounds at Yaldhurst, with the third 20 kilometres west of the city at the West Melton Rifle Range in West Melton. ^[1]

Competition featured contests in six disciplines, an increase of one from 1966. ^[2]

Canada topped the shooting medal table by virtue of winning four gold medals. ^[3]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	4	1	0	5
2	Australia	1	1	1	3
3	New Zealand*	1	0	1	2
4	England	0	2	2	4
5	Scotland	0	1	1	2
	Wales	0	1	1	2
Totals (6 entries)		6	6	6	18

Medallists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50m free pistol	Jules Sobrian	Norman Harrison	Laszlo Antal
25m rapid-fire pistol	William Hare	Jules Sobrian	Bruce McMillan
50m rifle prone	Yvonne Gowland	Bill Watkins	Alister Allan
Full bore rifle	Maurie Gordon	Colin McEachran	James Spaight
Trap	John Primrose	Brian Bailey	Philip Lewis
Skeet	Harry Willsie	Joe Neville	Robin Bailey

50 metres free pistol

Pos	Athlete	Pts
1	Jules Sobrian	549
2	Norman Harrison	549
3	Laszlo Antal	543
4	Donald Hadford	538
5	Bertram Manhin	538
6	Leonard Vivian	536
7	John Cooke	535
8	Gordon Forsyth	526
9	Denis Ernest Remon	525
10	Ken Stanford	524
11	John Harun	524
12	John Irvine	522
13	Robin Macdonald	520
14	Brian Weld	519
15	Noel Duquemin	517
16	Robert Hassall	509
17	John Bridge	508
18	Richard Cross	508
19	Ronald Guy	456

25 metres rapid-fire pistol

Pos	Athlete	Pts
1	William Hare	586
2	Jules Sobrian	583
3	Bruce McMillan	581
4	John Cooke	580
5	Ken Stanford	578
6	Tony Clark	578
7	Robert Hassall	574
8	Ronald Trevorrow	573
9	William Edgar	571
10	Peter Osmond Royals	568
11	Brian Weld	567
12	Denis Remon	564
13	Terry O'Dwyer	563
14	John Howat	562
15	Solomon Lee	553
16	Gordon Forsyth	542
17	Murray Anderson	500

50 metres rifle prone

Pos	Athlete	Pts
1	Yvonne Gowland	594
2	Bill Watkins	591
3	Alister Allan	591
4	Ian Ballinger	588
5	Reginaldo Remedios	587
6	Charles Trotter	587
7	Donald William Brook	586
8	Malcolm Cooper	585
9	Edward Corlett	585
10	David Smith	584
11	Jack Scott	584
12	Dismus Onyiego	583
13	Colin Thomas Harris	583
14	Bob Cheyne	582
15	Maurice Le Mottee	582
16	Simon Ekeno	581
17	John Schofield	581
18	Edson Warner	580
19	David McTaggart	579
20	Bertie Aitkin	578
21	Clifford Mallett	576
22	Frank Balcombe	575
23	William Ward	575
24	Francis Napoli	565
25	José Lei	463

Full bore rifle Queens Prize Pair

Pos	Athlete	Pts
1	Maurie Gordon	387.26
2	Colin McEachran	386.27
3	James Spaight	383.35
4	Stanley Gray	383.28
5	Frank Godfrey	378.25
6	Keith Pilcher	376.23
7	John Vivian	375.25
8	Clifford Mallett	373.24
9	Philip Amy	373.17
10	Michael David Ford	371.22
11	William Ward	370.23
12	Ernie Neely	367.20
13	Edson Warner	364.19
14	Peter Quilliam	360.29
15	Robert Stewart	360.21
16	Alain Marion	303.28

Clay pigeon trap

Pos	Athlete	Pts
1	John Primrose	196
2	Brian Bailey	193
3	Philip Lewis	191
4	Douglas Wilkin Smith	188
5	Joe Neville	186
5	Bruce Lassen	186
7	Edward Wladichuk	184
7	Ronald Bevan	184
9	Warren John Charlton	182
9	Louis Stewart	182
11	Robert Carr-Hartley	176
12	Frederick Rimmer	174
13	Jim McKenzie	165
14	Ian Williams	161

Skeet

Pos	Athlete	Pts
1	Harry Willsie	194
2	Joe Neville	191
3	Robin Holway Bailey	189
4	Alec Bonnett	189
5	Ronald Bevan	187
6	Ally Ong	187
7	Roger Rees	185
8	Mark Edward Little	181
9	Jim McKenzie	180
10	Dennis Devlin	178
11	Bruce Anderson	174
12	Frederick Rimmer	163
13	Robert Carr-Hartley	161
14	Harry Hoareau	147

References