SHOOTING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2928, 27 April 1910, Page 53

SHOOTING.

A shooting match was fired on the Lawrence range on Wednesday between tha Tuapeka Mounted Rifles and the Waitahuna Rifle Club. The conditions were ten men a-sidie, 'and seven shots at 200 and 500 yards, with an optional sighter. Scores:

PORT CHALMERS NAVALS. The Port Chalmers Naval Artillery fired the final competition of a. match for prizes presented by Major Dodds, Mr F. W. PLatts, and Captain Cashman. This was also the final for the Champion and Handicap Aggregates. The conditions were: Champion Aggregate—Nine competitions, seven to count. Handicap Aggregate— Nine competitions, seven to count, handicaps includ'Cd; added to that is a match of 10 shots at 600yds, all firing from scratch. Prizes —aggregate—Three coinpetitions, two to count; 10 shots at 300 and 500 yards. The contest for the Championship has been very interesting, and a close finish was expected. Gunner Keenan, who was leading Sergeant Montgomery by 2 points, lost a point at 300yds, making a difference of only 1 point when they started at 500yds. Hero Sergeant Montgomery, who was in good form, put on the possible, while Gunner Keenan responded with 45, thus losing the Championship by 4 points. Roth competitors were heartily applauded when they finished shooting. Sergeant Middleditch, who had a good lead for the Handicap Aggregate, fell away considerably, Corporal Reeves, who put on 48 at 600yds, beating him on a. tie. Good scores were made at 500yds by Gunner James Montgomery (49) and Q.M.S. Facer (48). Appended are the highest sec-res and aggregates:

Champion Aggregate. Sergt. Montgomery*-S2, 89, 84, 82, 92, 88, 94 •• ••• 611 Gunner Keenan*-84,. 87, 92, 86, 89 81, 88 &07 Corpl. Reeves*-87, 88, 86, 82, 81, 84, 88 596 Gunner Jas. Montgomery—79, 85, 84, 84, 91, 82, 88 593 Handicap Aggregate. Corpl. Reeves*—B9, 90, 88, 84, 83, 86, 90 (48) °SB Sergt. Middleditch*—B9, 90, 91, 81, 92, 89, 89 (37) 658 Sergt. Montgomery*—B2, 89, 84, 82, 92, 88, 94 (42) 653 Gunner Keenan-84, 87, 92, 86, 89, 81, 88 (41) ... 648 Gunner A. Kay-87, 91, 86, 86, 86, 86, 86 (38) 646 Prizes Aggregate. Sergt Montgomery* 92 94 Lieut. Mitchell* ... 91 88 .7-186 Gr J. Montgomery* 82 91 10 Sg't. Middleditch* 86 83 12 - 181 S -maj. Montgomery 90- 90 180 * Prize-winners.

Waitahuna Rifle ■s. 200 500 vets yds Tl. F. Roberts ..'. . . .. 33 35 — 68 Thos. Cori-y 33 33 — 66 Robt. York ... : ... . . ... 32 28 — 60 J. R. Roberts ... ... ... 30 29 — 59 R. M'Corkindale 30 28 — 58 Mark Corry 29 24 — 53 Wrn. M'Kenzie ... >.. 27 24 — 51 C. Benington ... ... >,. 27 24 — 51 F. Ellis . ". 28 22 — 50 A. W. Robertson ..." ... 28 21 — 49 Total' ... 565 Tuapeka Mounted Rifles Oorpl. Walker 26 ' 29 — 55 Priv. Dwyer 23 25 — 48 Priv. Straohan 26 21 — 47 Sergt. Blackie 26 17 — 43 Corpl. Ur«n 23 20 — 43 Sergt. French ... ... ; ... 25 18 — 43 Priv. Wurr 22 19 - 41 Priv. Kennedy ... 25 15 — 40 Lieut. Arthur ... 23 16 — 39 Priv. Russell . . ... ... 19 18 — 37 Total ... -... . 436

300 500 yds. yds. Hp. Tl. Sergt. Montgomery 44 50 — — 94 Q.M.S. Facer 44 43 2 — 94 Gr. Montgomery 44 47 3 — 94 Lieut. Mitchell 44 44 6 — 94 S.-maj. Montgomery 43 47 — — 90 Corpl. Reeves 44 44 2 — 90 Sergt. Middleditch ... . 40 43 6 — 89 Gr. Jas. Montgomery 39 49 — — 88 Gr. Keenan 43 45 — — 88 Corpl. Matthewson ... . 42 44 2 — 88 Gr. A. J. Wallace... ' 31 43 14 - 88 Gr. Drake - 34 39 15 — 88 Gr. Groves 38 42 5 — 85 Gr M'Donald 41 42 — — 83 Gr, R. Kay .. ... 40 37 6 — 83 Gr. A. Coleman 35 27 20 — 82 Gr Kydd 40 38 2 — 80 Gr, A. Kay 34 39 7 — 80