Rifle Match.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 4070, 28 April 1886, Page 3

Rifle Match.

NORTH CANTERBURY V. SOUTH CANTERBURY. A match which has been looked forward to with-considerable interest, came of yesterday on the Otipna range. It had been arranged that the Rangiora Rifle Club should send a team to Timam to fire against the South Canterbury Rifle Club, and the northern men arrived on Monday evening, when a meeting'of the two sides was held, and it was decided to fire the match at 200, 300 and 500 yard ranges, as these distances were more suited to-tne weapons of the visitors. Yesterday morning the teams left town in expresses, starting from Mr Rowley's shop at 10.30. Theweather was simply perfect for shooting, and the scores were consequently good. The Timara men gained a decisive victory, which was in a great measure due to the fact that they fired with DeeleyEdge rifles, while the visitors used the Sniier.

It was intended to have ten shots at each range, bat owing to the number of men shooting it was found impossible to carry ont the intention. After the first range the number of shots were curtail led to seven shots at each distance, and even then darkness eame on before the match was'completed, The following are the scores :

FIRST SQUAD. SOUTH CANTERBUEY.

SOUTH CANTERBURY. First,Squad 618 Second do (with five men) ~, 305 923 Average of two men 122 Total ... 1045 NQBTtt CANTERBURY, First Squad,,. ,„ ~, 51? Second do (with seven men) ... 439

Total 966

m T3 M m ' d CQ »- 03 >. 03 >. cd >% 09 O o O 4a Q CO H G. C. Milea 43 32 35 no J. Cameron 42 31 33 106 W. Gunn 43 28 32 102 — Strothers 46 27 30 103 A.J.U. Bower 43 29 29 101 J. Dow 36 27 32 95 Total • •• ... ... 618 NOBTH CANTERBURY. T. Cameron 39 24 29 92 W. Hunter 43 22 26 91 J. Dongall 41 21 25 87 N. Kidd ... 37 22 28 87 J. 0. Josling 40 23 23 86 W. Lister ... 34 28 18 74 . Total tn ... Ml 577 SECOND SQUAD SOUTH CANTERBURY. At two ranges only 'O n ft* s» Total, R. Ferguson • •• 43 27 70 T. Henderson m 43 27 70 P. Blako in 39 29 68 T, G-. Rowley • •• 44 22 66 W. LeCren... in 25 6 31 NORTH CANTERBURY. F. Rhodes ... ... 44 27 71 A. Josling ... • •• 41 29 70 T. Becker ... 42 25 67 T. Croft ... ... 40 19 59 — D’Auvergne *•« 39 20 59 0. Wright ... ... 40 19 59 T. Johnson... ... 33 21 54 Total ... ... 439