SPORTS AND GAMES
RIFLE-SHOOTING. [per press association.] WELLINGTON, February JI. Teams representing England, South Africa, and New Zealand will compete in an international rifle-shooting match to be fired at Trentham on February 24. The event will be important in the history of New Zealand marksmanship, for it will be the first occasion that representative rifle-shooting teams from England and South Africa have visited, the Dominion. Two visiting teams, each consisting of thirteen men. are at present in Sydney, for a special rifleshooting meeting, which has been arranged as part of the sesqui-centenary celebrations in Australia. They will arrive at Wellington by the Awatea on February 21, andi compete at the annual meeting of the Wairarapa Rifle Association to be held at Trentham on February 23. An international teams match will be fired on the following day over ranges of 300, 500. (100. SOO and 900 yards. The British team will leave for England by the Akaroa on February 2G, but the Africans will be competitors at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, which is to commence on February 25.
BILLIARDS. SYDNEY, February 9. Lindrum 5081, including breaks of 882, 423, and 416. McConachy 2696, including bre'aks of 202 and 249RUGBY FOOTBALL. LONDON, February 9. Rugby: Guy’s Hospital v. Royal Air Force, 11/9.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 10 February 1938, Page 8
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