TARANAKI MATCH

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 59, 10 March 1911, Page 5

TARANAKI MATCH

900 imd 1000 yards.; 10 shots at each

distance. Won by Sergt. F. H. Sharland, (Stoko), £5 ... ... 96 Sergt-Majbr Nicholas (Mounted Rifles), £3, :.. 88 Rifleman Cuthbertson (Tua Marir.a). £1 87 Lieut. H. Mclntpsb (Picton), £1 86 Rifleman A. Henderson (Sounds) £1 86 82 81

Pvt. B Ward (Blenheim), £1 ... Sergt. Sin.monds (Picton'L £1 ... Trooper H Tripe (Mounted

Rifles), £1 ... Rifleman J. Gallagher (Kaikoura) 10* ...

SPECIAL SERVICE MATCH. Distances between 600 and 200 yards;

seven shots. Special service target that falls down on being struck by a bullet. Competitors advance from 600 yards and fire

one shot on the sound of a whistle, advances being from 40 to 70 yards. Magazine fire not permitted. Won by Trooper Marenzi (Eketahuna), £3 3s, 7 hits. Pvt! R. M. Harding (Blenheim), £1 3s, 6 hits. attackTiatch. ' - For attack and observation of i«re. Ranges, 400, 300, and 200 yards, three shots at each distance. Won by Rifleman Chapman fTe Kapu), £5, 45 points, 4 bulls. President- Mssefield (Sounds), £1, 40 points, I bull. Pvt. Hadfield (Blenheim), £1, 40 points. v Pvt. liking (Blenheim), £1, 30 points, 3 bulls. Sergt. Melhuish (Kaikoura), ss, 30 points. THE RUNNING MAN. Continuous competition; seven -ihots at 300 yards at the moving figure of a man (colored khaki, with an 8-inch bull's-eye invisible to the firer) was concluded yesterday. Each competitor had to fire all his shots whilst the target was running across hi® front, a distance of 100 yards, in 60sec. Won, by W. Randall (Linton), £5, 7 hits, 2 hulls. Col.-Sergt. Hadfield (Blenheim), £1 18s, 7 hito. 1 bull. Pvt.'Taking (Blenheim), £1, 7 hits. Pvt. 'Logan. (Blenheim), 16s 6d, 6 hits. ■ ,~ t\ Rifleman C. Thompson (Sounds), 10s, 5 hits, 1 bull. UNITEITsERVICE MATCH. The United Service Match—Territorials v. Rifle Clubs—was fired1 yesterday. The conditions were twenty men a-side, seven shots each at 200, 600, and 800 yards The selectors were as follows: —Rifle dubs: Presidents Ifcseneld (Sounds), Welch (Opaki;, and Marshall (Karori). Volunteers-: Captain King (Christchurch), Captain Cox (Auckland), Lieut. $. Bolton (Wellington). Following were the teams: — Voluiiteers.Oa.pt. Barltrop, Capt. Ross, Capt. King, Lieut. Conies, Lieut. F. Bolton, Lieut. Duncan, Sergt.-Ma jor Maingay, Sergt.-Major Drummond, Q.M.S. Morgan, Coloi'Sergt. Harrison, Sergt. Frank, Trooper Marenzi; Corp. Perston, Pyt. Cox, Sergt; F. Sh&rland, Pvt. Farley, Pvt. vStorkey, Pvt. Clarke, Sergt. James. .

" Rifle Clubs: G. Craw, F. C. Hay, E. Neodhiam, G. Hyde, A. Henderson,, W. Moselen, H. Cuthbertson, A. McMurray, W. N. Masefield, W. Winslade, A. 3: Cameron, J. W. Milroy, D. Roots, F. Sandford, G. Halliday, R. Wills, R. Duthie., ,1. Burns, R, J, King, R Stewart.