CARBINES V. RIFLES.
The Lyttelton Naval Artillery fired a match against the Heathcote Rifles on the L/ttelton range on Saturday afternoon. Conditions—Seven men aside: seven shots at 200, 300, and 500 yards.- With the exception of Gunner Palmer's score at 200 yards, who succeeded in putting on 34 out of a possible 35, the shooting was not by any means good. However, this may be accounted for by the strong north-east wind which blew across the range the whole afternoon. After a pleasant afternoon's shooting the Navals were victorious by 51 points. The Heathcote Rifles returned home by the 7.20 train. The following are the scores:— LTITELTON XAVAI&. 200 300 500 yds. yds. yds. Tl. Gunner Palmer .. .. 34 21 17 11 Gunner H. Fields .. ..28 19 20 67 Petty Officer M'William .. 25 22 15 62 Petty Officer Simmons ..22 19 10 51 Petty Officer Jory ..20 16 12 48 Gunner Fisher .. .. 16 3 11 SO Gunner Burnip M ..11 7 6 24 354 HEATHCOTE RIFLES. 200 300 500 yds. yds. yds. Tl. SergeantCooksley «v> ..23 is 19 64 CoL-Sergeant Dixon •' .. 21 17 15 56 PrivateDuacaa .. - .. 17 10 20 47 Private Williams.. ? .. 19 .11 9 39 Sergeant Wiggins.. v ..20 5 12 37 Private Gariand .. .. 14 5 15 34 Corporal Scott .. .. 14 3 9 26
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Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7260, 21 January 1889, Page 6
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