HLI Chronicle 1909 - The Royal Highland Fusiliers

20 HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY CHRONICLE.ARQ'IlFL AND SUl'HERL,ni\D HIGHLANDERS.W. A. Hendel·soll.).'. Glen Cunninl\hame,Noal ThomsoD.G. 1\1'I... Scale~,Total,HmFlLAND LIGHT INFANTRY V. 60TH R1FI,ES.HI01UAND j,IGHT INFANTRY.Captain Balfonr,.T. R: Simson,P. Bramwell Davis, ..Captain Ronald (l up),60TH RIFLES.GIlY Campbell (6 and 5), ..Captain Tate (halved matph).Seymour :Mellor (2 up),C. V. L roe,..Total,SEAFORTH HIGHLANDl';R8 v. BLACK WATCH.SmAl1'OR1:H HIGHI.ANDESS.LtI(Io2t0(l01I!010N. C. Orr, Captain Thornhill,oCaptain Campion.iB, W. Lllffisden, oP. G. M. Skene, Captain Oreen, W. D. Allan, .. Captaiu Walk€'!, Tctal,BLAOK WArCH.Total,K.O.S.B. v. CAMERON HIGHLANDERS.K,O.S.B.Captain Turnbull,Major Sellar,Captain WilkinsonCaptain Smith,,Total,2CA1111RON HIGHI.ANDERS.Captain Orr,1*Captain Nicholson, ..tColonel Scott Elliot,oMajor Clark,211oIt1It3*Tvtal,I oannot say our team acquitted themselves well.Captain Balfour had a very formidable opponent inMr. Campboll, who very nearly wvn the amateurchampionship last year, reaching the semi·final round.Captain Balfour was defeated by 6 up and [j to play,and lost 2 byes. Captain Balfour was apparently deadoff in his putting, and lost the rnat~h on the groon9.Mr. Call1pbell played a great game, completing therOllnd in 77 approximately.I,ieut. Sim80n was 3 up to Captain Tate at the 9thhole, but Cl>ptaill Tate halved the match on the lastgreen. Liel1t. Simson was not at his best. Lieut.Davis lost the match on the greens. Mr. Mollor,holing 3 from the edge of the green in the first ninp holes,reduced the match to the last hole, where he wasdriving one, ~nd lost it by 2 up,Captain Ronald had a great match with l\ttractcd a .large following, I>udboth plav('l'8 gave a great exhibitionof fiue golf.The Blook Watch beltt the K.O.S.B.'s by [j pointR.The following was the result of the final match :­BLACK WATCH t'. ARGYLL AND SUTHERLANDHTGHLANDEn~.Lieut. Skene, ..Captain Green,Lieut. Allan, ..Captain Walker,BLACK WATCH.Tot!>l,ARGYLL AND SUTJi~;RLANDLieut. Henderson, Lieut, Cnnninghame,.. Lieut. Thomson, Lieut. Scales, " Total,HWHL';'NDERli.Point!!.11oIt will be seen from the above that the Black Watchwon by 1 point. This was a most pxciting match towatch. Lieut. Scales had a chance of winning the lasthole with Captain Walkpr, but he just missed a 3.yardputt, and they halved,.The Black Watch had the Ram!> team playing whowere defeated at Muirfield· in 1904 in the final.After the match Mr. Horace Hutchinsoll, captain ofthe ROYl1.1 and Ancient Club, presflnted t.he trophyto the winners in front of the club. house. There waRa large gathering of people to watch the final,match.I hear that the cup will probably be played for atRye next year, b1lt nothing iR settled.THE OWL.MUSKETRY NOTES.The following is the result of the Battalion's shootingthis year:­Total number of men classified in Table B-673,consisting of 295 Mark~I1len (44 per cent.), 259 1st Classshots, 104 2nd Class shots, 15 ard ClasR shot.!, of whirhonly two failed to qualify on repetition.The following arc the average.- f the Companiesin Parts H. and Ill. (Table E)." A " Company," B" Company," C" Company," D" Company," E" Company," F" Company,.." G" Company,"H" o,mpany,200I0Part n. Part Ill.213 60212 47220 61217 52 r184 75 203 54 197 60 225 69 Regimpntal average-Part n., 208; Part nI., 59.The average of the Battalion in 1906 was-Part n.,181; .Part Ill., :19. The average of the Battalion in1907 was-Part II., 204: Part IlL, 49.It will be seen from the above that the Battlllionhas steadily improved during the last tWL) years.237 Recruits qualified in Table A; 8even failed toqualify.