THE WELLINGTON MATCH.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 822, 8 March 1909, Page 2

THE WELLINGTON MATCH.

j>EB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Trenthain Rifle Range, March 8. Shooting commenced this morning with the Wellington Match, at the oOOyds range, the intention being to complote thap and the 600 yds range I to-day and part of the Otago Match (800 yds). The weather is fine, but from the start a brisk left wind was blowing fitfully, and a good many marksmen f failed to get upon the "bull." Milroy, for instance, only secured 37 while Boys, who had already won two ; matches, only scored 41. On the Sommerville Range there were three j possibles scored— Maokay (Dunedin), 1 Jackson (Linwood), and Potter (Auckland). ; " •■--■• Later. Shooting at the 500 yds range in the Wellington Match closed with two ad- ""'■ ditional possibles, Halliday (Kaxori) and Fisher (Wellington) The 600 yds stage then started, but >' the wind was unfavourable to good shooting, and the scores bid fair to be * low. Howe (Wellington) was the highest scorer at this range up to midday, with 46, and Wing was then leading for the. match with an aggregate f of 92,Balfour (Taradale) being next, a poiut below. Hogg, a Dunedin • tyro, totalled 98 at the. two ranges. In the 800 yds range of the Otago Match, Smith (Hastings), Shanks (Gore), Craw (Chorlton) and Preston (Auckland) found the bull every . time.