BISLEY RIFLE TEAM.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 84, 8 April 1905, Page 7

BISLEY RIFLE TEAM.

O>~S AUCKJLAXDER INCLUDED. I (gr Telegraph.— Press Association. ', WELLINGTON". Friday. ] To-ds. T the team *ele<rted to represent 1 few Zealand a*, "h- annual prize firing < -eeting of the >> v :mal Rifle Associa- 1 ton of Great Erit.tin. tn be held on the ' gisieT range in July next, was announc- - a≤ follows- — i private Chinj. Nelson. Co:our-Se~a- n t.: Inine. Nelson. RlSercan Milxoy present champion. '' Kelson. | . ' RiSeman r -. Hawthorne. "Wellington. Sffffeant fT. Dremmond. Dannevirke. ! Private I. Jack. Christchureh. Biflemaa C. Cra-w. Chorlton. Hifieman F. Wilkie. Upper Hutt. ' lieutenant Martin, Timaru. Private P Brcwn. Waih;. ] Hifemaa vV. Loreday. Mauricevilie. ; Colour-Sirg- , * 3 " M'Kenzie. Oamarj. The teaE - -: ■ t to slight altera- ! tied, but oniv ; -o^ j selected are un»bie to ' ■; :■ '.urnpy. The team is ■ jegarded as worthy to /"present the ■ eol-cnj. t.-.L u^':. '.'erhaps. n'jt representing the full =hooting strength, of New : Zealand. The peric-rtEinces of the men at the recent New Zealand meeting at Tren- : thaxn ?"'■-■ that the .hosen twelve finish- ' ed in 'hi championship match as fol- ' loss —Milxoy tirst. Loveday second. ' r --'- - T ' fourth. Martin seTei:'- ■ tenth. Drum- ] mond P-own fifteenth. Ching j sirteect'r-. twentieth. MeKenzie ' tweity-third, and Irvine a little lower do-srn. 3 there was not 30 point 3 ' between the highest and lowest o* those | jnen":on-5--i. I The Kolapore Cup contest at Bisley is confined to men. and if the Jfew Zealand representatives shoot up ta anvthir.g like their recent form, the selection of the team to represent the colony for the cup will be a task which will :he officer in charge of the j jnen 2 few anxious moments. Of those going this year. Ch.jng, Irvine. 1 Prnmmond. Lovsday and MeKenzie I were among the New Zealanders at Bislev las" year, and of those who were then associated with them—H. Hawthorne (Weliin»t-onl. Sandford -Christekiirch., R- J. King (Opaki . Smail iKaitangatai. and A. Balling°r iWellington ■—"housrh asked to go again, found themselves unable to accept the Government"-; offer. G. Hyde, an exchampion, was also asked to journey | Home thia year but had to decline. i The names o: the members of the j team which se'mred tile Kolapore Cup from the Mother Country by three points "last July, together with their boote=. are as under: —Ching (95 points), Drummond '92). H. Hawthorne i9-21,i Kin? <9Q\ A. B*illingOT (90). MeKenzie l»8>", Irvine 1581. Smail (S4I: total. 719. Tie ranges for the cup are "200 yds. and WOyds. seven shots at each ii^tance. Lieutenant-Colonel Collins commanded the victorious team, and was selected to lead the New Zealanders. but j finding that official duties would not j permit of a lengthened absence from the | colaay this year. Major Robert Hughes. : one of Wanjranui's most prominent marksmen, has been chosen to go in command.