SECOND EDITION. SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Mataura Ensign, 23 May 1910, Page 5

SECOND EDITION. SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

RIFLE-SHOOTIN.G. ' DAILY MAIL ' CUP. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. PER, UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received May 23, 9.30 a.m SYDNEY, May 23. Hoskin Brothers, of Lithgow (Blue Mountains), shooting for the 'Daily Mail' Cup at the Granville Technical College, made the fine score of 816. The Victorian Railway team is the next best yet reported with 779. Bathurst, last year's winners, made 775. PER TJNITKT) PRESS ASSOCIATION CHRISTCHTJRCH, May 22. The Christchurch Rifle Club competed yesterday in the 'Daily Mail' Empire Cup competition. The highest scorers were:—'W. J. Henry, 33 at 200 yds, 30 at 500, and 30 at 600—total, 93; C. M. Walker, 30 at each range—total, 90; J. Gray, 30, 28 and'29—total, 87. Of eleven who competed eight averaged 87 points. RIVERSDALE CLUB. The annual meeting of the Riversdale Rifle Club was held last Wednesday "ight in Mr J. McMath's rooms. There was a representative attendance of riflemen and Captain Stevenson presided.

Captain Stevenson, treasurer, read the balance-sheet, which showed a credit of £4 4s 6d, besides ammunition in hand of 2340 rounds. General satisfaction was expressed at the healthy state of the club's finances, and the balance-sheet was adopted. The secretary, Mr J. Black, and the magazine-keeper, Mr J. J. McMath, were each presented with 200 rounds of ammunition free for their services during the past year. The following office,-bearers were elected 1 for the ensuing year:—Messrs J. Black (secretary), J, J. McMatli (magazine-keeper), Captain Stevenson (treasurer and handicapper), F. Sutherland (auditor). Mr W. Fraser, M.P., was re-elected patron, Mr E. Butler president and Messrs Balloch, Gee, McKay, Murdoch and Smaill vicepresidents. Messrs J. MeDougall, W. Sanderson and Sutherland were appointed an Amusement Committee. All the members present with the addition of Messrs Kelly and Herbert Earle were appointed a Shooting Committee. It was decided that shooting should start on the first Wednesday of September next. Repairs to the targets were left in the hands of Mr Groves and the mounds in those of Mr W. Kelly. The subscription fee for the year j was fixed at 7s 6d. j The secretary, Mr Black, read the following report: —In laying before you the report and balance-sheet for the year now ended it is very satisfactory to note the healthy and prosperous state of the club both financially and otherwise. It gives us great pleasure to acknowledge the hearty support our club has received both from the people of Riversdale and from outsiders. Our credit balance from last year is a record for the club. We sent six representatives to Trentham and these had a fair share of success. The championship honors of the club for the season fell to the lot of Rifleman Dick, who was first in every competition of the season, which is a very creditable performance considering the experienced shots with whom he had to compete; and we all join in congratulating him on his well-deserved victory. It is also pleasing to see the marked improvement in the target practice of Rifleman W. Kelly, who from the lowest position on the score list has mounted upwards to the top. We are also very pleased to welcome Mr W. Sanderson back to our ranks for he will be a valuable acquisition to our club. We have to thank Mr M. Gilfedcler for his donation of £2 2s for the purpose of purchasing a medal to be competed for during the year. The club also tenders its sincere thanks to the following donors of valuable prizes:—Mr G. Dick, "X.Y.Z.," Captain Stevenson, Mr J. McKenzie, Mr J. Black, "A.R.C.," Mr J. McMatli, Mr D. Manson, Mr J. McDougall, the Loan Company, Mr J. Wickham and Mr W. Fraser, SI.P. GOLF. GORE CLUB. The bogey match played on Wednesday and Saturday for a club presented by Mr Marris resulted as follows: •» Handicap. Result. Du Croz 4 ] down Marris 17 4 „ Ross -1 ° j> Lang 13 5 ~ Quin 16 5 „ Young 4 6,, McQueen 8 7,, A. Scott 4 7 „ Donaldson 7 8 ~ Robson 17 8 ~ Every 7 i) ~ FOOTBALL. The following are the fixtures and referees for Wednesday's football matches: — FIRST GRADE. Mataura v. Albion, to be played at Mataura, 3.15 p.m.: Mr G. Whittin;;ham. Pioneer v. Edendale, at Edendale, 2.45 p.m.: Mr C. R. Ingram. Excelsior v. Wyndham, at No. 1 ground, Gore, 3.15 p.m.: Mr A. Stead. SECOND GRADE. Edendale v. Pioneer, at No. 2 grounJ, Gore, 3.15 p.m.: Mr T. Smith. Excelsior v. Albion, No. 2 ground, 1.45 p.m.: Mr F. Wallis, jun. THIRD GRADE. Albion v. Pioneer, at No. 3 ground. Gore, 1.45 p.m.: Mr W. Cox. ATHLETICS. The following arc the handicaps declared by Mr A. J. Gibbs for the Go.-o Harriers' novice race, to be run on Wednesday:—C. Dixon scr, F. Morris 55soc. A. Kerse limn, T. Egan lmin 15sec, C. Wentworth lmin 15sec, J. B. Stephenson lmin 20sec, C. Bennctto lmin 20sec, E. Cunningham lmin 25sec.