RIFLE SHOOTING.
The second aeriee of matches in the Associated Corps' Shield Competitions opened" on Thunsday -feet with 4h* Thursday -bieh. Gpeeml Match. In this the Engineers —ere again victorious, increasing their lead by 88 pointa. In the Saturday Senior Competition the Canterbury Engineers (were victorious, besitkrf ib* Linwood Rifles, who bad previously held-the lead,' and establishing a'lewd of * points. «n the aggregate. The weather, which —aa boisterous, did noi appear to affect the shooting. The marking, which ia «o necessary a feature in ail ride matches, waa decidedly weak,'there being about a hundred challenge* during the match, of wbioh not more •than * third -We— Btrntained. This 'delayed the shooting considerably, and in coiiMquence ithe teams were sot able to leave Redcliffs till nearly half-past aeven. In the Junior Competition the Imperials were again wucceMfid, and have now established a firm lead. Captains Drayton a—d Batchelor snd Lieutenant Steexa fulfilled the arduous duties of range officers, duties made much more difficult >by reason of (the indifferent tmAing. The following are the scores:— SENIOR SHIELD. Canterbury Engineers.
"Thursday Shield, 600. 600, and 700 yds— Canterbury £taeineers:, Lieutenant Lnttrt-H 74; iLieuteun—t 69, Sapper Wstkins 69. Oonporel ißarne* 6.1. Se_»per 8. Taylor 63, total SBB. Lihwocd Stifle*: Corporal Moulder 73 Private JUuir 69, Private A. Cowper 68. Private BidweU 44. Private PaJansr 61, total 300.
600 600 7UO yds. yds. yd* Tl. Sergeant Turtill • .. 32 29 31 92 Sergeaut Snath " ~ ... 30 ' 33 29 92 Sergeant Lightfoot ... 33 SI 29 92 Sapper Kemp ... 81 33 28 94 Lieutensmt Andrews ... 32 81 26 89 Corporal Morrow ... 30 31 26 87 Lence-Cbrporal Lester ... 30 05 30 85 SergeaMt-Major _va_»... 80 28 24 82 Sapper Cook ... 20 25 28 73 Q.M.-Sergeant Kiddey ... 25 23 £5 73 857 Linwood Rifles. Lieutenant King ... 83 33 29 S5 Plrivato T. Jack ... 31 30 30 91 Sergeant P. Jack ... 33 80 27 90 Sergeant Williamson ... 23 32 29 90 Colour Sergeant Gee ... 26 31 30 87 Private J. Cooper ... 29 28 26 83 Private P. S. Parker ... 27 28 25 80 Lieutenant Madding* ... 27 26 25 78 Private Squire! ... 30 27 21 78 Privste P-vitt ..: 26 14 16 56 ' -. . 828 Christ's College Rifles. Private Scott ... 32 35 23 90 Sergeant Hewlett ... 31 27 2* 82 Bugler Collins ... 27 28 - 24 79 Lanc?-Oorporal Barker... 34 27 18 79 Private Cotton ... 27 26 24 77 Private Camhley ... 25 31 21 ' 77 Lieutenant Marsh ... 28 23 18 76 Privalte Dixon ... 28 29 18 75 Private Trent -' ... 2$ 29 19 73 Corporal iHaVbs ... 25 22 25 72 780 City Rifes. Sergeant Dodds ... 35 23 30 94 Captain Foster ... 30 30 29 69 Sergeant Jackson ... 23 27 27 83 Corporal Thome ... 31 27 23 80 Col.-Sergt. Trebilcook ... 32 2(7 19 78 Private JBlwnd ... 30 20 20 76 Corporal Bradley ... 24 28 20 72 Lance-Cotipcaial Parker... 23 21 24 08 Lanoe-Corpora) -Cooke... 26 18 15 59 Private Ofaedll ... 23 16 13 61 ' 750 City Guards. Sergeant' Bentley ... 83 91 . 25 69 Corpora. T. Murphy ... 29 29 27 85 Lance-Corporal Allard... 82 27 26 85 Private San-ford ... 80 81 22 64 Private Deightton ... 22 23 29 74 Sergeant Yates ... 23 24 26 73 Sergeant J. Murphy ... 29 25 19 73 Private Tlianrpean ... 25 26 20 71 Private Morrison ... 80 27 10 07 Corporal Jenkins ... 21 15 10 46 747 JUNIOR SHIELD. , Imperial Rifles. 200 COO €00 yds. yds. yds. .Tl. Sergeant Moncrief ... 82 81 80 93 Lieutenant Butcher ... 33-30 29 92 Sergeant Tullooh ... 82 83 25 89 Primte Knight ... 28 29 80 87 Private Harrison ... 30 27 29 86 Sergeant Miller •' ... ai 28 24 83 Sergeant Smith ... 82 80 20 82 Corporal McConnell ... 80 22 28 80 Primte Reniiie ... 27 28 17 70 Sengeaat Luiton ... 31 96 11 68 . 830 Highland Rifles. Corporal Nelson ... 32 33 24 89 Colour-Sergeant Ross ... 30 33 21 84 Piper Page ... 30 24 22 76 Optain Stewart ■■■ ... 27 26 21 74 Private Ste-tton ... 27 20 23 71 Corporal Watson ... 28 28 17 73 Private Wauohop ... 80 21 18 69 Private We'Uter ... 29 4 23 14 65 Private Hurat ... 26 9 11 46 Private Lok ... 20 19 — 39 * 736 Civil Service Rifles. Private Bateman ... 29 19 22 70 Corporal Everett ... 22 30 , 21 63 Private Jones ...17 15 ' — 82 Prrvate Terry * ... 21 8 — 29 Private Moore 1 ... 27 29 — 56 Sergeant Bonifant ... 6 7 r- 13 Corporal Wilson ... 23 13 — 86 Li_ce-Corporal Wilson... 23 22 _ M4 Private Perham ... 16 16 — 82 Corporal Steale ... 28 02 — • 45 .10
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11753, 30 November 1903, Page 5
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