VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.
' SHAMES BIFLE EAN6BRS.,. : I : Thames Bifle Bangers contested ' theif fourth match' foi- the 7 money prizes range 1 , ;consideraliori tlie proportion "pf Bliots in the squad, the points obtained were'veiy creditable to the company.ir .With; a* little closer-attention to '■ shooting ancimore.iirequent, practice,., thip ■ once-iamousiold corps has the sinews of W left in it still, and would', contest a tough battle with-some of the more preteritiousl -We hopeHhoy will take the '' 'liint, v '' Tile ranges .Were 200 yds, 300 yds, .■ j ani'/4Jdyds' i' ! five shots .at each j 8-inch' 'former,'.standing ,'at . ,Tbe'lrisies, .wefe'taken ,by'the of the third' liighept, Jo -be, included' in the •'.match,r ; .r. •' : /-•- • Xi« ifi wilY ; ..... ?OIHT3. ; t'.CorpotalMears .;48 . ■ ii'inr Sergeant,Glordon : ;46. J .v Captain Moßpberts : 45,- ! i ~, ' • 41" , :■ „ • Eae,..... ... .... 42 ' *<■■> . . ;Rowo. ... ... 41 ; Hawk ... ... *41' „ rf.■Simpson...;, v; .37 ' . : Qr.-masMr Sergeant; Shepherd 36 Lieut.:Young ' ... 33Volunteer Latham 30 : , of . the range scores were -conj'i j.siderably, above,the.. average -0f,..g00d shooting. Captain Molloberts;, scored ~.17 points fj;om the shoulder at : 200jds; and- Sergeant -Gordon - and .Corporal Mears mado 19 each of: a possible 20 at • the-400yds.- : -
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Thames Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 2458, 31 October 1876, Page 3
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175VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE. Thames Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 2458, 31 October 1876, Page 3
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