SHOOTING COMPETITIONS.
A return match was fired at the butts,PPotr t Chalmers, between nine employes of Messrß Morgan, Cable, and Co. and an equal number from the U.S.S. Company. The following were the scores:— MOBQAK AHD CABLE'S TEAM. 200 300 100 yds. yds. yds. Tl. ¥,■ B riv? r „ - - 17 aa 30 -«9 H, Marshall ... ... 19 13 28 —03 J. Soott... ... ... 22 23 12—57 P. Fletcher ... ... 20 H 21 -65 J.Moir... ... ... 17 15 i«_4B Mr Stevenson .., ~, v 17 16 —47 Jfr Morgan ... ... 8 10 20-38 O- M' 11,8? 19 9 10-38 H. Hosklngs ... ... 7 12 6— 25 Total ~. ... ... IZo U.S.S. Company's Team. K. Marshall 23 21 27-71 R. Robertson ... ... 23 13 19 —55 Ti iT!° a •■• ••■ 17 14 19 —60 7: Pm'i )o, k - - 2l 15 I* -50 D. Fletcher ... ... 20 10 17 -47 - Kdgar ... ... 17 j 5 16 _i 7 George Palmer ... ... 15 8 15 -38 A. B. Imrle ... ... ]8 12 8- 38 H. Percy ~, .„ 13 B 13 -31 Total 428 Majority for MorgaD, Cable, and Co's team, 12 • and this would have bsen considerably increased , but for the absence of ono or two of the crack shots of the winning team. The North Dunedin Rifles fired tho third competition for a prize presented by Mr James Allen, M.H.K., on Saturday afternoon. The distances were 400 and 500 yards. The following are the highest scores :— 400 500 Volunteer Burchell ' "if Volunteer Mitchell "\ 43 1 -- v Volunteer Smith ... 32 t% is £ Volunteer Peebles]:: Z 35 21 -- II Volunteer Hutchinaon ... 37 2a 59 Volunteer Miller ... ."• 38 17 3-68
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 8595, 10 September 1889, Page 4
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