RIFLE SHOOTING Stock Rifles. Nelson Defence Rifle Club.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue XXXVI, 3 November 1902, Page 2

RIFLE SHOOTING

Stock Rifles.

Nelson Defence Rifle Club.

Tbe weather was very favourable on I Saturday afternoon for the rifle shooting I matches which took place on the Toi Toi V-dley Range between teams selected j from the Stoke Rifles, Wai mt a Rifles, and i the Nelson Defence Rifle Club. The ' Waimea Rifles, with an average of 90 per man, were the wini er-. Ser,;! R. Irvine of tbe winning team made the possible at 1 50u and 600 yards, flnishine with the I I splendid score of 103. The score is a record one for the distriot, and no doubt equ*l to any score made in New Zealand. Appended aro the scores : —

Next Wednesday and Saturday Ihe Defence Rifle Club will compete for Mes-rs Speight and Ci'.'s trophy. The score? at 3UOand 690 jards will count for the Championship.

Waimea Eivle9 300 500 600 Tl Sergt Irvino .. .. 32 35 35 102 Sergt R Tomlinson .. 31 33 33 97 Pvt Owen Cole .. .. 31 35 3 97 Pvt Oliver Cole .. .. 29 3 4 32 95 Pvt J W. Ching.. .. 31 32 30 93 Bugler Eden .. .. 30 31 31 92 Pvt W. Bushel . . . . 27 33 30 90 Pvt J Bushel . . . . 27 28 28 83 Pvt L. Baigent .. ..27 29 24 80 Pvt- G. Perry .. .. 20 25 19 70 291 315 293 899

Lieut Allport .. ..31 32 32 95 Corpl Papps . . .. 30 34 31 95 Sergt H. Oakley.. .. 30 33 30 93 Sergt Allport .. ..30 31 31 92 Col-Sergt Wanstall .. 28 U9 32 89 Pvt Papps . . . . 29 32 23 8 \ Coipl Machirus .. .. 23 35 25 83 Pvt Balck 27 32 21 83 Corpl Ching . . . . 28 30 23 HI Capt dn Harkness .. 30 24 25 79 280 312 270 874

J, Milroy 29 31 31 94 j W Milner .. . . 28 33 29 90 E. G. Wilson (Cupt) .. 27 33 28 fcß S. Hooker .. .. 30 31 26 87 J. Sharl.ind .. .. 2(5 28 31 85 D. Giblin 27 32 25 84 T. Brown . . . . 27 28 2G 81 R. Kenning . . . . 25 31 23 70 J, Simpson .. ..27 28 22 77 F. N. Jones . . . . 23 30 20 73 269 308 261 838