NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATIONS MEETING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 904, 10 March 1879, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATIONS MEETING.

[ey telegraph.] I?iple Camp, Nelson, March 8. The highest scores for the carbine belt, the competition for which has fust been completed, are : W W » IS* Gordon 192 Armstrong ... ... ... 191 lk>tt-<ien...~ IS6" Coleman ... ... ... ISS In tirinir off the ties for third and fourth places for the Rifle Championship, Smith takes third and Oakey fourth. In the Carbine Championship, Gordon takes first, Mapp second, and Armstrong third. March 10. Match fourteen, North v. South Island (carbines), lias just been completed in favor of the North by soven points, Gordon taking the Cup. The following

are the scores, the distances being 200, 400, and 500 yards : NORTH ISLAND. 200 400 500 Tl. Gordon 24 25 25. 74 Bowden 23 27 22 Armstrong 25 23 22 Coleman 21 24 22 —67 Cropp 18 20 20 —SB Grand total ... 341 SOCTH ISLAND. 200 400 500 Tl. Judge 24 23 24 Houseton 21 24 24 —69 Hood 22 23 22 Pack 20 2L 23 Mapp 20 20 23 Grand total 334 Match No. 13, North v. South, for rifles, has just resulted in favor of the South team by 11 points, Smith taking the cup. The ranges were 200, 500, and GOO yards, and the following are the respective scores : SOUTH TEAM. Smith 23 26 21—70 Richardson 25 23 21—69 Willocks 23 25 20—6S King 22 27 17-66 Coventry 25 17 23—65 Kennedy 22 24 IS—64 Harding 25 23 14—62 Doi.lge 24 22 14—60 Hutchinson 22 24 11—57 Marshall 22 16 16—54 635 SOUTH TEAM. Reid 22 26 22—70 Oakey 24 25 21—70 Weir 23 24 21—6S \V. Uallinger 23 25 20—68 .1. Uallinger 25 18 22-65 Monk 24 19 20—63 Cooper 20 23 17—60 Skinner 21 20 17—5S Keller 23 20 11—54 l'urnell 21 15 12—4S 024 In the Civilians' Match No. 12, for carbines, the prizes were altered to Ist, L 0 ; 2nd, L 5 ; 3rd, L 4. Eight only entered ; distance, 200 and 300 yards—lst, Prowsc, senr., 25, 20—45 ; 2nd, Howell, 23, 20—43 ; 3rd, Prowsc, junr., 23, 18— 41 ; Bould, 21, 18—39 ; Hall, 20, 10—36; Stevens, 22, 14—30 ; Blundell, 18, 16— 34 ; Kent, 20, 14—34. ♦ (FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) For the ninth, and last, match for the championship the scores of the Oamaru men were:— 200 400 500 600 Tl. Morris 25 28 21 20—94 Harding ... 22 25 23 20—90 King 24 23 19 20—SO Their total aggregate scores were, Harding, 186 ; King, 183; Morris, 172. Doth Morris and Harding will be j>rizetakers in the match, the former tying with Oakey and Monk for first place.