RIFLE SHOOTING.
'" 4 DUTHIE AND CO., LTD., v. -MILLS AND ° : CO., LTD. ■■■.'• e „On Saturday a match was fired at Polhill d u l7- bot Y e^ n '"earns representing Messrs.- J. r P!', 1 ' 110 Sj; d Go " and E. W. Mills and Co., . Jjtcl. . ihe conditions wero—fen - men a-side-y soven shots, oaoh at 200 and 500 yards, liislev a targets, ono sighter, not to count. On tlio last :. occasion when those teams met, victory went to v Duthie and Cp. by five points. This lime, after 0 a very keen cQntest, Mills and Co/s men won s by a margin, of 28 points, the .'totals, being: ._ Jlills and Co. i2-i, Duthie and Co. ,196. At a 200 Sards the scoring .was very.-elosei Millst and C 6. leading by only seven points. At'soo yards the rapidly-failing- light, seemed i,,.t0" 1 , Duthio's" team more than'the Mills,, for they dropped another 21 points. 0 lhe scores were:—... . ; , ® ; E. AV. Mills and Co's Team. : " ' 200 500
Aggregates ... ... ... 230 16G 39G PONGAROA RIFLE CLUB. P Tho Pongaroa Rifle Club hold its fortnightly ?! shoot, on April 29, when Tucker's (Wellington) n Trophy was'again competed' for, the conditions' 11 being seven shots 1 each at 500, GOO. and SOO k yards, with an optional sighter. The condio tions at the commencement wore favourable, r but by tho time the competitors got. back to j 800 yards the light was very bad. Following were the scores:— t ' ' . 500 COO SOO ' .. yds. yds. yds. E'p.- T'l. _ R. Reed ... ... 33 30 30 scr. ■93 ■ s A. Herbert ... ... 29 29 ,30 scr. 88 '» E: Davies ... ... 27 21" 23 11 85 e H. Coo ... "... ... 30 2G 28- scr. .81 a F. Brenton ... 31 25 22 3 81 i- J. Allen... ... ... 30 .23 20 ,3 , SI n G. Haines: ... ... 28 18 5 . ,24 75: u 'J'. Boardman ... .... 28 '14 22 8 72 V A. Groves ... ... 23 24 5 9 G1 n F. Herbert 12 21 17. 7 57 , 8 A. Dickens, ... ... ,25.. 10 " 7 15 57 o The club's cup will/be competed for on May .r' 13. Ranges—soo, GOO, and 800 yards.
„ ,, ... . yds. yds. •TILS' Marshall.-...- .../. ... ... 30 31 61 H. Eiernvd ... - ... : ... 23" 25 53 y (x. T Ci-oll ... 27" 23 50 y J. Kerslako ... ... ... ... 25 20 45 o A. Maisey ... ... ' ... ... 2a IS 44 0 C. Gascoigne , ... . ... 24 ]7 11 t • .T.~ Henderson ... I ... ... ... 23 id ;'.j» r. -f- Kerr' ...I ... ... '... 19. 17 . '3G 1 - Mills ■ ... ... .. ... ... 25 11 ' 38 _ B. Fenton ... ... •»/... 10 ' 0 ,19 . Aggregates' . ... ... 237 137 ' 424 J. Duthio and Co.'s Team.'. R. Bishop ... ... ... ... 30 28 58 Vf. Hart, ... ... . ... ... 30 22 52 Cowles ' ... 29 17 46 " -J. -Kne ... ... ... ' ... 22 21 43 0 It. Eoiborough ...' ... ... 26 17 -43 " II. Parker ... ... ... ... 23 12 35, 0 W. G. Duthie ... ... .;. 20 13 33 : o J. Coull ... ... 16 15" 31' » A. Bigg - - ...... 1 ... ... '21 .9 . 30 - W. Anyan ... ... ... ....13 12 - 25
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 188, 4 May 1908, Page 9
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475RIFLE SHOOTING. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 188, 4 May 1908, Page 9
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