Ninth Day.
(continued.) TENTH MATCH, Marksmen's Prizes. (1.) Open to all qualified Representatives (including Cavalry) who have become marksmen during the Volunteer year ending 31st March, 1875. (2.) Colonial ; Representatives who are marksmen (as provided in foregoing rule) must be . furnished with certificate to that effect from the Officer Commanding the District to which, they belong. (3.) Ranges, 700 and 800 yards. (3.) Seven shots at each range. (5) Targets, .. 8x 6 feet; centre, 6x4 feet; bull'seye, 3x2 feet. Range Prizes.—Highest scorer at 700 yards, £2; highest scorer at 800 yards, £2. Match Prizes.—ls^prize, £6; 2nd prize, £5 ; 3rd prize, £3. We give the scores in the remaining range—Boo yards—and the totals of the Marksmen's Match, which was fired yesterday, but not completed in time for publication in full. Thirty-one men having retired, there only remained 28 to contest the match, with the following result: — . 800 yds. Tl. Grundy, Thames ... 0310404—15 32 Dey, Thames ... 4333023—18 31 Gascoigne, A.C. . 2233303—16 30 Hoskins, Thames ... 0034030—10 30 fcichardson, Otago ... 0403232—14 30 McLean, Thames ... 2302044—15 30 Collard, Wanganui ... 3000320— 8 28 Armstrong:, Thames... 4000333—13 28 Bluck, Waiuku ... 2030002- 7 27 Fenton, Thames ... 0000203—5 26 Ltf. Barriball, Waiuku 0204000— 6 26 Rountree, Wellington 2400303—12 26 McLeod, 1 names ... 0043300—10 26 McLaren, Otago ... 0030000— 3 2i Chalklin, A.C. ... 0034200—, 9 .23 Brown, Thames ... 0230023—10 23 Purnell, Wanganui ... 3202300-10 22 McKee, Thames ... 003034a—10 22 Skinner, Auckland ... 0303002— 8 22 Clarke, Thames ... 0000040—4 21 Sykes, Thames ... 0300040— 7, 21 Morris, Otago ... 3200004—9 21 Hay, Auckland ... 0000403— 7 20 Stonebridge.Westland 0022220— 8 20 Campbell, Thames ... 2032000— 7 19 Nelson, Thames ... 0002303— 8 18 Morley, A.C. ... 2022000— 6 17 Gordon, 1 names .» 0200302— 7 16 Match Prizes. The following are the prizes and prizetakers :— Grundy, Thames, Ist prize ... £6 Dey, Thames, 2nd prize ... £5 Gascoigne, A.C, 3rd prize ... £3 The range prizes of £2 each were taken by McLaren and Dey; the former at the 7^o yards range, and the latter at the 800 yards.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1900, 4 February 1875, Page 2
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325Ninth Day. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1900, 4 February 1875, Page 2
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