RIFLE SHOOTING.
/:v ;V V, : ,v - "DAILY MAIL" "CUP-COMPETITIONS, [BI'.TELEGUAriI.—MESS ASSOCIATION.] '> : ChristchurA, May 23. The Christchurch Volunteer lliile Association to the number of thirty-five,mustered on the r. lledcliifs Kange to-day to firo for the "Daily. " Mail " Empire, Cup. The weather, conditions . were as tad, as,they! possibly,could, be, with ■ gusty , wind and drifting: rain. 1 The. following .were tho eight highest scorers selected as tho , . team, tile average being 93 per man:— Sergt. Murphy .'(Guards) . 9G Sapper Burford (Engineers) 91 Captain Hewlett (College) 93 Captain ICing : (Linwood)' V: 93 Lieut.: Timbrell (Linwood) ... 92. LioutV' Saniord ' (Guards) ... ' 92 . • . Sapper M'lCcnzie (Engineers) ... ... 92 Sergt.'Cook (Linwood)-... • ... ... 92 : Total . ... ... ■ ... ; 744 ' Dunedin,' May 24. Shooting for the "Daily' Mail" Empire Chal. lenga Cup took'placo yesterday. The ..weather, was cold and bleak, making matters very un-„ pleasant for competitors." Thirty-five members . of the Otago Eilie Association fired, and the eight highest scores were:— . ; Gunner Koonau' : (Port Chalmers ■ ':■■■'■ .Navals) ... ... - 9G •••• . Private Longv.orth (North Dunedin'.:. Eifles) .... ... ..." •...; ... 95 Captain Searle (Railway Pioneers)-? 95, . Privato Crimp (Green Island) ... '92 Sergt. A.' Crimp (Green Island) 92 '' Sergt W. Crimp (Green Island) ... 92 . Sergt. Morrison (Dmicdin Navals)"'... 91 Captain Marshall (Wakari Ril'ies).,.' 91 \ Total . ... ' J, ~.."714' A; V The competition for Lieut.-Col. Shmipher's : . 1 trophy, valued at 100 guineas; fell' through ow- . ing to an : insufficient number of men putting in an ■ appearance. . , '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 206, 25 May 1908, Page 10
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220RIFLE SHOOTING. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 206, 25 May 1908, Page 10
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