LORD ROBBEWFS'S TROPHY. NEW ZEALAND COMPETITION.

Otago Witness, Issue 2842, 2 September 1908, Page 88

LORD ROBBEWFS' S TROPHY. NEW ZEALAND COMPETITION.

A CREDITABLE SCORE; WELUN^TON; August 28. A team of eight lads, all under 16 yeas*, of age, the representatives of the-, secondary schools of New Zealand in the competition, foe the- Lord Roberts Empire' Cvp — a^ trophy given to- encourage- 1 skill' in. rifle shooting, — fifced a- rift«» match aftPolhill Gully this morning. Bach set of" competitors has to fire in its own State,. Dominion-, or colony, a*f thie case- may bfe, during a. period o£ weeks specified in th#conditions. • Up to< date the best recorded score- i»that of the Natal representatives. TheNe\fc Zealand' team, though it fell short of The Natal score by about 50 points, maoV - some creditable- shooting, their aggregaifcebeing 431 out of a possible 560. Detail* '• of the firing are as follows : —

• yds. Private O'Connor, Kangioar* 30 Private -P. C. Brent, DUnedin 31 Seng*. It. J. Iv-oiry, Ekraedin.. 28 Sergl. Cowens. Bangionu .. 26 Private J. H_ WUli*meon. Wellington 27 Private K. HE'lntyr*, ATiokland, 27 Private J. C. Williamson, Wellington! 26 Prirato W. Bennett, St. Patrick's College 2S yd*; TT r 29 — 69 2ftr — 6ft27 — sfe. 28 — 26—53!:26 — s*. 2B> — 5» 23 — 4ft. Total* 218 213 48IL