SHOOTING MATCHES.
B BATTERY v. E BATTERY.
A carbine match between teams of 10 men a-side was fired on Christmas morning at Pelichet Bay range, the Dunedin men winning by J66 points. Condition : 10 shots at 200 kneeling and 500 yards. A puffy and varinble wind and constantly changing light made good shooting almost impossible. Scores. —
B BATTERY (DUXEDIS),
A TRIANGULAR MATCH. A match arranged between the Dunedin, Chxistchurch, and Invercargill City Guarda took place on the Fairview range on Christmas Day. The weather was not the best for high scoring-, the wind and light proving very tricky at times. Victory rested with the home team by a majority of 5 points over the Christchurch team and 77 points over Invercargill. A most enjoyable day was spent, and the best of goodfellowship prevailed-. The scores were: — DUNEDIN CITY GUARDS.
yds. yrls. Tl. Lietitenant Bavon . . . . 38 38 — 70 Quartermaster-sergeant Stewart 33 36 — 69 Bombardier "Wilson .. ..32 33 — 65 Bombardier A. Williams ..33 27 — 60 Captain Chalmei- .. .. 36 18 — 51 Corporal Christie .. ..27 23 — 50 Bombardier Bewley .. ..29 19 — 48 Gunner Fish 33 1-1—47 Corporal Paul 26 8 — 31 G Winer Cahill 22 10 — 32 309 226 535 E BATTERY (CHBISTCHURCH). Sergeant Stokes 28 39 —67 Sergeant Kynge .. .. ... 23 30 — 53 Gunner Wilson .. .., ..25 28 —53 Gunner Edwards .. .. ..27 23 — 50 Gunner Donaldson .. .. 19 26 —45 Sergeant Johnston .. 29 12 —41 Guimer Childs 20 16 — 36 Gunner Booth .. .., .. 24 10-— 34 Trumpeter Symea ... ..,21 7 — 23 Gunner Feast .♦ .. ..7 5 — 12 223 196. 410
yds. yds. yds. TL Private Milts .. 27 30 22 —79 Private Soimtag .. ..27 21 29 — 77 Corporal Collins .. ..27 21 03 — 71 Private J. Adam3on ..31 21 17 — 69 Private Portman .. .. 28 27 33 — 68 Private Offen .. ..20 21 23 — 61 Captain Crawford ..22 24 16 — 62 Private R. Adamson ..31 19 11 — 61 Colour-sergeant Kertnard 27 17 11 — 55 sergeant Jenkins .. ..29 15 8— 52 658 CHRISTCHUKCH CITY GUARDS. Coipcral Sandford ..31 22 27 — 80 Private Bently .. ..25 30 17 —72 Sergeant Jeffries .. ..33 23 16 — 72 Private Murphy , ..29 23 16 — 68 Corporal Yates .. ..29 32 6—67 Private Allord .. ..23 18 23 — 61 Lieutenant Sandford ..28 18 16 —62 Private M'Kenzie ..23 14 21 — 5S Colour-sergeant Steere ..15 20 20 — 55 Private Scott .. ..24 19 12 — 55 653 INVKRCARGILL CITY GUARDS. Private Wakelin ..28 28 23—81 Private Pollock ..27 24 25 —76 Private Padgitt .. 29 26 15 —70 Corporal Robinson ..28 25 15 —68 Private Fra<sar .. ..24 23 16 — 63 Sergeant Walsh .. ..16 22 16 —54 Captain Murphy ..27 25 52 Corporal Francis .. ; .. 22 22 7 —51 Private Anderson ..16 13 9 — 38 Sergeant Dawsoa ..15 8 5 — 28
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Otago Witness, Issue 2391, 28 December 1899, Page 29
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443SHOOTING MATCHES. Otago Witness, Issue 2391, 28 December 1899, Page 29
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