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Three Champions

1935
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Record of the three grand aggregate winners (also known as Championship of WA)

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cwa-org-205-2024.46
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155 mm
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100 mm
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“NRA of WA Championship 1935”
“1st ALH Ainsworth, 2nd V Gwynne, 3rd J Hutchinson”

Contextual Information

Rarely photographed.West Australian, Friday 4 October 1935, page 14: ALH Ainsworth Babakin-Bilbarin Rifle Club won the Duke of York competition (part of the King’s Prize Meeting) with prizes gold medal worth 5 pounds 5 shillings ($606 at 2023 values) and 8 pounds cash ($924). This was a lot of money at the time. Medals made from gold were phased out in later years and are rare.
Goldfields Observer, Sunday 6 October 1935, page 1: V. H. Gwynne (Bruce Rock RC) came second in championship (Grand Aggregate of Duke of York and King’s competitions) behind Ainsworth but was ahead of him in the King’s. Gwynne was third behind L Larson (Boulder RC) in Kings with Ainsworth 7th. Hutchison was was from Doodlakine RC.
All three were from country clubs demonstrating the strength of small country clubs at the time

Year
1935
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Grand Aggregate Winners
Grand Aggregate (Championship of WA - combining the scores of the Duke of York and King's prize matches)) winners 1935 1st ALH Ainsworth (Bakakin-Bilbarin RC), 2nd V Gwynne (Bruce Rock RC), 3rd J Hutchinson (Doodlakine RC)

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