RIFLE SHOOTING.
(Ver Frets Association.)' TRENTHAM, last night. At the 600 yard* only two , possibles were made-r-Keene (Tararua) and Wagner (Popotonui)-rbvit, there were several "34V," a*mong them being Stewart, the Winner. Ching broke up badly, making only 96. , The following are the principal prizewinners in the opening match, 200, 500, and 600 yards: Stewart (Weber), £5 -nd the Carbine Cup, 100; Wagner\and rnea, £4 each, 99 each;* Plimmer d (Wellington) and A. Hyde (Okawa) £ ach, 99 each ; McLeay (Opaki), Tlil won (Napier), Mahiey (Oamaru), Wilso. (Westport), £2 each, 93 each. The y'Vllingtoh match, the first for the belt, was', taken late in the afternoon, and produced Some patchy shooting* A number of good scores were made, but several of the cracks went to pieces badly, owiny? to the variable wind j.ii-1. light; C. J. Franklin (Weber) did bv.i:i-.int ehooting, putting on six central*. » "t of ten shots. The y-iwllowing were the principal nrize-wiiiiii.*!: £5, Hunt (Wellington), SO; £4 each. C. J. Franklin (Weber), 50; Craw (Linton), 49 ; £3 each, Facer (Port Chalmers), Gyles (DanneviVke), Allen (Wartgariui), each 48; £2 each, Needham (Linton), Sutton (Shannon*, Skinner (unattached), each 48. . TRENTHAM, this day. The first st/yje of the. Auckland match, 600 and 600 yards, started at 8 a.m.,, in a baffling wind, with a dull sky. The shooting was good. Hay (Karori), Whiternari (Hutt), und Jones (Feildinjj) made possible*-. Shanks (Gore) made 49, nnd there were numerous 43. '5, Firing at the 600yds fell off considerably as 'compared with the previous range. The wind was gusty and shifty. Cresswell (Marlborough) put up a possible, but low scoring was the general rnle. Nichols (Milton) made marvellous shooting, putting ou nine centrals out of 10 shots. Twenty-seven (teams have entered from rifle clubs for the Colonial Ammunition Company's Shield, which decides the champion club of New Zealand. The teams are composed of five representatives of . each club.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12396, 4 March 1911, Page 3
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313RIFLE SHOOTING. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12396, 4 March 1911, Page 3
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