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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume II, Issue 87, 24 March 1892, Page 7

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[Contributions to this column are invited. All communications should be addressed to “ Torpedo,” and reach this office not • ” later than Tuesday in each week. Notes from country corps will be specially acceptable.] DISTRICT ORDERS. Government Inspection Parades. Saturday, March 26—Wairoa Rifles, 2.30 p.m. Monday, March 28—Thames Naval Artillery, 7 p.m. (All parades at 7.30 p.m. unless otherwise mentioned.) Last week I gave the prize list of the New Zealand Rifle Association Meeting for the first nine matches, together with the leading aggregates for the Championship. There were then only two stages of ten shots each to be fired, and Doughty was leading Spiers - (Oamaru) by two points and Purnell (Wanganui) by three. The following is the prize list for the other matches: — The Last Try. Open to all competitors not in the first ioo, who have not won more thah £io in prizes in any of the foregoing matches. 500 yards. Ten shots. Thirty-three prizes, value Webster, Auckland, £8 4 8 Smith, Invercargill, /b 45 Kirk, Petone, / 5 45 Brownlee, Thames, £4 .. .. • • • • 44 Skinner, Auckland, 44 Fox, Christchurch, £3 • • 44 Raikes, Sydenham, .. .. • • .. 43 Churton, Wanganui, £2 43 Anderson, Wanganui, £2 ~ 43 Donner, Auckland, £2 ........ 43 Sergeant Okey, Taranaki, 43 Preston, Auckland, £2 ...... .. 43 Turner, Palmerston, £2 ~ .. .. ■ ■ 43 The following take £1 prizes Tobin, Auckland; Menzies, Heretaunga; Lieutenant Jack, Dunedin; Henry, Tuapeka; C. C. Cameron, Tenui; Wilson, Featherstone; Best, Otaki; Morrison, Dunedin, each 42. Holdgate, Timaru; Harding, Blenheim; Reid, Queenstown; F. Whiteman, Upper Hutt; Wood, Oamaru; Pickett, Tenui; Green, Wanganui; Parkinson, Rangitikei, each 41. Dick, Gore; Williams, Wei lington; Fuller, Blenheim; Dougal, Christchurch, each 40. The following were counted out: —Hadfield, Mana■watu; Leslie, Oamaru. District Representative Match. Twenty men from each district. Seven shots each at 500 and 600 yards. Prize—Exhibition Challenge Shield, the Hudson Cup, and Wellington and Wairarapa .. .. 1,090 — 1 Otago • - • ■ • • • • • • —2 Auckland .. .. • • •• •• x >°67 3 Christchurch 1,860 — 4 Wanganui, Taranaki, and Napier .. 1,000 — 5 In this match McCallum, of the A Battery, fairly redeemed his character as a shot by putting on the possible at both 500 and 600 yards —l4 bullseyes in succession He thus wins the Hon. Defence Minister’s Magazine Rifle, and puts up a record for the meeting. Companies’ Team Match. Open to teams of five men from any Volunteer Corps in New Zealand, or any bona fide Rifle Club having a membership of not less than twenty members. Each Corps or Club must be a subscriber of 60s. to the funds of the Association, and can enter one or more teams. 200,

500, and 600 yards. Seven shots at each distance. Entrance fee, 60s. per team.

Wanganui Rifles. Remington .. .. .. .. • • .. 87 Kruse .. *. .. • • 87 Hughes .. .. .. .. .. • • ■ • 9 1 Mossman .. .. .. .. • • .. 86 Foster .. .. .. . • • • . • .. 88 Total, .. .. .. .. .. 439 Auckland Artillery. Doughty.. .. .. • • • • • • .. 88 Head 94 Taylor .. .. .. . • • • • • .. 88 Henderson .. .. •. •• • • ..77 Parslow .. .. .. . • • • • • .. 89 Total, £2O 43 6 Wellington Artillery. Kuchen .. .. .. .. .. • • .. 84 Howe .. .. .. .. • • • • • • 94 Jeffries .. .. .. .. . • • • .. 88 Rait .. .. .. •. • • • • •. 83 Wilson 80 Total, £lO 4 2 9 The other teams were : Hon. Reserve Corps, Christchurch, 428 ; Victoria Rifles, Auckland, 427 ; Peninsula Rifle Club, 421 ; Napier Artillery, 419; Petone Navals, 414; Hon. Reserve Corps, Christchurch, No. 2 team, 412 ; Alexandra Cavalry, Wanganui, 404. Nursery Match. Open only to members who have never won a prize at any previous Association Meeting. 500 yards ; ten shots. Twenty-five prizes, value Kennedy, Napier, £8 .. .. . • .. • • 47 Head, Auckland, £6 ~ .. .. .. •. 44 Skinner, Auckland, £5 .. .. .. • • 44 G. Spinley, Auckland, £4 .. .. .. .. 44 Wood, Gore, £4 .. 43 Rait, Wellington, £2 .......... 4 2 Menzies, Hutt, £2 .. . .. .. ..41 The following take £ 1 prizes Henderson, Thames ; Anderson, Wanganui; Fuller, Blenheim; Nimmo, Oamaru; NcKenzie, Wanganui, each 41. Power, Oamaru ; Trooper Somerville, Wanganui; Sedgwick, Petone, each 40. Wilkie, Upper Hutt; Leslie, Oamaru; Tidswell, Featherston; Ellis, Timaru; McLean, Dunedin; Hadfield, Manawatu; Punga, Hutt; Speight, Peninsula ; Brownlee, Thames ; Lieut. Jack, Oamaru, each 39. Counted out: Hoffeins, Masterton. About 120 fired in the match for Sniders, the ammunition being supplied by Captain Whitney. Auckland Ammunition Company Match. 500 yards ; ten shots. Snider rifles; ammunition supplied by the colony : — W. Ballinger, Wellington, £3 .. .. • • 37 Black, Dunedin, £4 .. .. .. .. • • 37 Salek, Ashburton, £3 .. 35 Chalmers, Dunedin, £3 .. .. .. • • 34 Parslow, Auckland, £2 .. .. .. .>33 Lieut. Little, Auckland, £2 .. .. .. •. 3 2 Benton, Featherston, £2 .. .. .. .. 32 Trooper Somerville, £2 .. .. .. .. 32 The following take £1 each :—Rutherford, Greytown, 32. Wilson, Featherston; Dougall, Christchurch; Tobin, Auckland; Shepherd, Auckland, each 31. Hendry, Oamaru ; Tocker, Featherston; Woollett, Dunedin; Faulkner, Herbertville; Henderson, Auckland, each 30. Ross, Napier; Jackson, Wellington, each 29. Counted out : Hoffeins, Masterton. Wretched shooting was made, attributed more to the sudden change to the Snider rifles than the ammunition. 10 shots at 500 yards were allowed. Grand Aggregate Match. Open to the 100 Highest Aggregate Scorers in Matches 2,3, 4,5, 6,7, and 8. 500, 600, and 700 yards; seven shots at each distance. Twenty-two prizes, value/"so. Wait, Wellington, £B.. .. .. .. .. 92 McCarthy, Waikare, £h .. .. .. ..91 Howe, Wellington, £s • • .. .. ..89 Henderson, £4 .. .. .. .. .. .. 88 Sontag, Waikari, £4 .. .. .. .. ..88 Taylor, Auckland, £2 .. .. .. .. .. 87 Ross, Napier, £2 87 Wakelin, Christchurch, £2 .. .. .. .. 87 A. Ballinger, Wellington, £2.. .. .. .. 87 The folio-wing take £1 prizes:—Sedgwick, Petone; G. Spinley, Auckland, each 86. McGregor, Oamaru ; King, Napier, each 85. Purnell, Wanganui; Drummond, Napier ; Dickson, Peninsula, each 84. Counted out: Spiers, Oamaru; Jones, Waikari; Parslow, Auckland; Remington, Wanganui; Stark, Dunedin; King, Oamaru. Champion Match. Open («) to the 50 Highest Aggregate Scorers in Matches 2,3, 4,5, 6,7, 8, and 10, who belong to any Volunteer Corps constituted under the New Zealand Volunteer Regulations, 1889, including Active, Honorary, or Reserve Corps; or to any Commissioned Officer on on any of the above lists, (b) To any member of a Rifle Club formed from any disbanded Volunteer Corps, under New Zealand Government Regulations. (c) To any member of a bona fide Rifle Club in New Zealand, having not less than twenty members on the roll. The Captain of the Club will be required to certify that the Club has been duly formed, and of the required strength. 700 yards; ten shots. The score made in this match will be added to the score made in Matches 2,3, 4,6, 7,8, and 10, and the Highest Grand Aggregate Scorer will be the Champion Rifle Shot of New Zealand for the year 1891. Sergeant Doughty, Auckland Artillery, Champion Rifle Belt, gold star, and £33 ..31 509 Major Purnell, Wanganui, silver star, and £23 30 508 Private Jones, Waikari Rifles, silver star, and 32 507 Spiers, Oamaru Rifles, silver star and £l3 .. 27 506 Private A. Ballinger, Wellington Guards, £lO 34 503

Gunner Taylor, Auckland Artillery, £3 .. 3 2 499 Sergeant Parslow, Auckland Artillery, £3 .. 36 496 Lieutenant Ross, Napier, £3 .. .. ..34 496 Private McCarthy, Waikari Rifles, £3.. .. 31 492 Sergeant Sontag, Waikari, £3 .. .. ..28 491 Sedgwick, Petone Navals .. .. •• 35 49 1 The next ten highest aggregates were :— Kennedy, Napier .. .. .. .. .. 4 8 9 King, Oamaru .. .. ..... .. 4 8 7 Clarke, Dunedin .. 4 8 4 Kruse, Wanganui .. .. .. .. •• 4 81 MeKeech, Tuapeka .. .. .. .. .. 4 8 3 King, Napier .. .. .. .. .. ..481 Remington, Wanganui .. .. .. .. 47 8 Humphries, Napier .. .. .. .. .. 477 Rait, Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 476 McCarthy, Waikari .. ... .. .. .. 476 Doughty also won the Union Company’s Cup, which has to be Avon twice in succession, or three times at intervals, to become the absolute property of the winner. Band Corporal King, of Oamaru, takes the Rifle Cup, as the highest scorer in the final stage for the championship Doughty, with / 59, was the largest individual winner, Purnell coming next with ; James, /32; Spiers, /2°. Otago takes fewer trophies, but more money than Auckland, viz., ; Auckland takes and most of the trophies ; Wellington, ; Wanganui, £gg; Hawke’s Bay, ; Canterbury, £sg ; Taranaki,/‘IO; Nelson and Marlborough, £B. It was at first thought that Purnell had tied Doughty for the Championship, but it was afterwards found he was one point behind. The supposed tie was, however, fired off, with the following result : — Doughty .. 55222 —l6 Purnell .. 42202 — IO Torpedo. <