ASSOCIATED CORPS MATCHES.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10270, 13 February 1899, Page 3

ASSOCIATED CORPS MATCHES.

— 1 Tho Associated Corps' Challengo Shield matches set down for Saturday last were: -— City Guards v Cky Rifles, Engineers v Imperial Rifles. College Rifles v E Battery, and Mounted Rifles v Sydenham Rifles. Of these the only match fired was the City Guards v City Rifles, th.3 E Batten,-, haperial Rifles and Sydenham Rifles forfeiting their matches. The match resulted in a win for the City Rifles by 11 points. The ammunition used by both toSms was colonial, j November, 1838. Tliere only remains the • waU-h between the Engineers and City • Rifles to be fired to decide the possession of '■ tho shield for 1899, but should the Engineers j succeed in beating the City Rifles, a tri- .' angiilar match will have to be fired between j the City Rifles, City Guards and Engineers . tri decide supremacy. The following were j the scores of the tcums on the range : — j City Rifles —Sergeant Jackson 29 at j 200 yds. 30 at 500vds, 25 at 600 yds, total 84; j Corpora] A. Dodd 30. 25, 28. 83; Sergeant j TrebiU-ock 23. 31, 25. 79; Private Spry 27, I 31, 21. 79: Corporal F. Dodd 23. 28", 27, j 78; Lance-Corporal Williams 21. 27. 28, 76; Corporal Spry'2s, 25. 25. 75; Colour- [ Sergeant Be:in 26,' 29, 18. 73; Captain Fair- j baini 23. 23. 24. 70; Private Harry 20, 13, ' 24, 57—total 754. : City Guards—Private Batchelor 26 at '. 200 yds. 29 ut 500 yds. 29 at 600 yds, total ; 84:* Private Bentley 31, 31, 22, 84: Lance- : Corporal Sandford 27, 27, 25, 79; Sergeant Ward 24, 32, 22,78; Corporal Collins 23, \ *,l. 26, 76: Private Murphy 24, 25, 26, 75; '■ Sergeant Meddings 27, 23. 24, 74; Corporal I Yates 25. 23. 20. 68; Private 'league 20, 27, 18, 65: Colour-Sergeant Steere 18. 24, 18, t 60— total 743. | Mounted Rifles—Trooper Ridder 29 at 200 yds. 21 at 500 yds. 18 at 600 yds, total 68 ; Trooper Anderson 26, 24, 14, 64 ; Trooper I Tasker 21. 14. 25, 60: Sergeant Macartney ! 20. 19.«20, 59; Sergeant-Majcr Befland 27, 22. 9. 58: Trooper Bettridgc 18, 14, 21, 53; Trooper Johnson 14, 24, 8, 46; Trooper Qua-ifo 11, 18, 14. 43; Corporal Ashton 23, 7. 6. 65; Trooper Veitdi 17, 16, 2, 35; Trooper Pepper 20, 6, G. 52. These scores i counted for the Corps' Champion Belt and ! Class prizes. Engineer;:—Sergeant Smith 29 at 200 yds, 26 at 500 yds. 27at 600 yds," total 82; Corporal Mciiow 24. 30, 27", 81; Sapper Lester j 51, 27, 23, 81: Quartermaster-Sergeant Watts 25, 29, 26, 80; Corporal W. Taylor | 27, 26, 25. 78; Sergeant Buntin 26, 26, 23, j 75; Ccrpjnil E. A. Tayler 25, 33, 14, 72; j Sapper Freebury 26, 27, 18, 71; Sapper Parker 21, 12, 17, 50; Corporal Kiddey 21, 16. 9. 46— total 716. College Rifles—Sergeant Marsh 20 at ■ 200 yds, 34 at EOOyds, 29 at 600 yds, total ; 83; Private Dixon 22, 26, 27, 7o'; Private J Dickenson 26, 28, 17, 71; Private Wilson I 22, 22, 25, 69; Private Cox 17, 17, 20, 54.