RIFLE SHOOTING.
DUNEDIN CITY- GUARDS v. CHRISTCHURCH RIFLES. This was a very enjoyable match, and the Dunedin men won by eighteen points. The shooting was very interesting, the Dunedin men leading at 200 yds, the Christchurch men ab 500 yds, and | each team alternately ab 600 yds. The match was fired at Bromley. Both teams were junior teams of their corps. The weather was fairly good. The scores were as follows : — Dunedin Guards — Sergeant Jenkins 200 yds 30, 500 yds 22, 600 yds 24 ; total 76; Private Clisby '31, 17, 22—70 ; Corporal Baird 25, 26, 10—61 ; Sergeant Moss 30, 23, 7—60 ; Private Baker • 23, 21, 14—58 ; Private Allen 28, 19, 11—58 ; Corporal Douglas 29, 6, 22—57 ; Private Moir 26, 4, j9_49 ; Private Provo 27, 7, S — 42; Private Southgate 26, 2,8, 36. Total 567. Christchurch Guards. — Corporal Thompson, 200 yds 25, 500 yds 28, 600 yds 19, total 72; Corporal Jeffries 26, 20,18—64; Sergeant Murphy 27, 20, 17—64; Private Sandford 24, 27, 7— _B; Colour-Sergeant Steere 26, 18, 13—57 ; Private Collins 29, 14,11—54; Private Teague 28, 17,3—48; Private Murphy 29, 13, 4—46; Private Gardner 22, 9, 14—45 } Corporal Cfix 19, 12,10-41, TotaLs49.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5760, 2 January 1897, Page 6
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