RIFLE SHOOTING.
SATURDAY'S ENGAGEMENTS. PETONE CLUB. The Petone Rifle Club held a competition on Saturday at the Waiwetu Range for Messrs. Daly's and Hobbs's trophies. The weather was not favourable for good shooting, the wind changing several times during the afternoon. The following were the principal scores : — 600 700 Hdcp. Tl. W. Judd ... 46 39 2— 87 J. Kyle ... 45 39 0— 84 E. Hollard ... 40 34 9 — 83 J. Speck ... 37 35 0— 72 C. Hollard • ... 35 34 0 — 69 J. Walsh ... 35 34 0— 69 J. M'Lachlan ... 37 20 11 —68 The first two members secure legs-in for the trophies. . HIGHLAND RIFLES.' The Highland Rifles fired the second match of its No. 1 competition at Trentham for prizes presented by officers ; ranges 500 and 700 yards, seven shots at each. The following are the leading scores : — A Class. 500 700 Tl. Corpl. M'Lean ... 29 28 —57 Sergt. M'Donald ... 31 25 —56 Pvt. Parry ... 27 17 —44 B Class. Pvt. Cameron ... 25 10 —35 L.-Corpl. Harrison ... 14 11 —25 Pvt. Croll 20 5— 25 THE GUARDS. The second series of the new season's competitions were opened on Saturday, and during the afternoon Lance-Corpl. Watson and Pvt. Bourke fired off their , tie in the B Class in tie previous contest, the corporal winning. The following were the leading scores on Saturday :—: — A Class. 500 700 Hep. Tl. Pvt. Aamodt ... ... 37 38 0—75 Pvt. Lacey 40 33 0—73 Sgt. Bolland ..,• ... 36 33 I—7o Sgt. Tinney 43 26 0—69 Lce.-Corpl. Watson ... 34 24 9—67 Lce.-Corpi Macaskill 43 22 0—65 Lce.-Corpl. Love ... 32 31 0—63 B Class. Pvt. Bourke 30 21 8— 59 Pvt. Dalton 28 18 8—54 Corpl. Baggett ... 28 14 B—so Lieut. Smith ... 29 17 0—46 POST AND TELEGRAPH KIFLEg. The first competition for corps trophies and cash prizes was opened on Saturday, the following being the leading scores : — A Class. 500 700 Tl. Pvt. Jones 32 23 —55 Corpl. Bolton 26 22 —48 Col.-Sgt. Roache ... 24 22 —46 Pvt. Smith 27 19 —46 B Class. Pvt. Eagles 20 19 —38 Pvt. Gilbert ■ 20 17 —37 Corpl. Harris 15 18 33 O Class. Sgt. Snell 15 *18 —33 Corpl. Gamble 16 4 — 20 Pvt. Madden 17 2 — 19 In D Class Pvt. Sullivan headed the score with 18. CITY RIFLES The Jacksons, pere et fils, made the ' best scores in v the continuation matches for trophies. The following were the best scores : — A Class. nim 500 700 Hep. Tl. Pvfc. W. Jackson, sen. 33 31 0—64 Pvt. W. Jackson, jun.* 31 25 0—56 Col.-Sgfc. Davis* ... 28 26 0—54 Pvt. Feasy ... 29 25 o—so Pvt. A. J. JacksoD ... 31 19 o—so Corpl. Rankin ... 27 11 7—45 B Class. Pvt. Duggan ... 17 13 3-33 Pvt. Sherwood ... 16 lfl 5-31 rvt. Moran ... 4 20 4 28 'Ammunition prizes. CANTERBURY A. AND P. SHOW. [BT TELEGRAPH— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, 28th October. The total entries for all classes, except implements, for the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association's . Show, are 1537— an increase of 41 on the record established last year.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19041031.2.38
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 105, 31 October 1904, Page 6
Word Count
504RIFLE SHOOTING. Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 105, 31 October 1904, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in