The Volunteers.
On Saturday tho Guards fired their first match this season between two toams of ten mon each, picked by Liouts. Coogan and Mackintosh, tho sonior and junior lieutenants. Tho conditions wore five shots at 200, 400, and 500 yards. Lieut. Coogan's team proved victorious with 435 points against their opponents 381, thus winning by 54 points. The following are tho scores : — Lieut. Coocan's Team. 200 400 500 Tl. Col.-Sergt. Hale ... 23 20 19 —62 Private Osgood 19 18 13 —50 Private W. Ballinger... 21 16 13 —50 Private Wootton ... 15 15 14 —44 Private Thompson ... 20 14 9— 43 Corporal Isaac 13 Hi 13 —42 Private Cole 15 13 13 —41 Private K.nox 15 13 12 —40 Lieut. Coogan 19 7 12 —38 Privato Kelly 12 13 0— 25 435 Lieut. Mackintosh's Team. 200 400 500 Tl. Private A. Ballinger... 20 12 16 —48 Privato Vaux 18 8 21 —47 Liout. Mackintosh ... 18 16 9— 43 Sergt. Townsend ... 18 17 6— 41 Privato Russell ... 18 10 11—39 Private Herbert ... 15 14 10 —39 Privato Macnskell ... 20 15 4— 39 Sergeant Richards ... 15 13 7— 35 Privato M'Loan ... 13 18 2— 33 Private Sandilands ... 12 0 5— 17 381 The Newtown Rifles oponed their third shooting season at the Polhill Gnlly range on Saturday. Teams were pioked by Sergta. Oakley and Hntchens. The former's side won by one point. Conditions — 200, 400, and 500 yardß, 5 shots at each. Sergt. Oakloy and Pvt. A. France headed the list for their respective sides. The following are tho highest scores : — 200 400 500 Tl Sergt. Oakloy 19 19 15—53 Pvt. A. France ... 20 19 13 —52 Pvt. J. Ballinger ... 20 17 9— 46 Corp. E. Franco ... 15 13 16 —44 Pvt. Ross 16 12 16 —41 Pvt. Russell . ... 15 15 13 —43 Pvt. Elliott 20 11 10 —41 Tho Kaiwarra Riflos will parade at Kaiwarra for position drill this evening. Tho many friends of Captain Marshall, Musketry Instructor, will bo pleased to learn that he has almost recovered from tho attack of fever and ague whioh has prostrated him for some days, and which prevented him from attending the parade of C and F companies on Friday last. Captain Marshall will not bo able to take part in tho parade of the Kaiwarra Rifles this evening. A meoting of the Garrißon Band Amusement Committee will be nold at tho Volunteor Drillshed on Thursday next, at 7.30 p.m.
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Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 69, 19 September 1887, Page 3
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406The Volunteers. Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 69, 19 September 1887, Page 3
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