RIFLE MATCH.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1764, 11 February 1888, Page 2

RIFLE MATCH.

WANG4MUI V. aSH BURTON.

A friendly shooting mt'oh wag fi ed this morning he-ween ten men or thy 4ehbnr»nn Rifl'S<*ud t*n <f the Waogauui City Rif^a, ei»<>h te m firing <>n i's o-u r* go. The acorlud mnde by tle loo*) t *m whs not very good, the b filog wud and b zy light rendering i?<> d boo In* eirem^ly d.ffica t. At the 500 y-rda thr wind taor*i«t)d io force from 'he l««ft reur, -aiming a considerable dr ppinj* off m th. eooring and a goodly numb-r of Bbote t< (jo f» the •* b»nfeJn« «cc< ant " A. telegram rneelved ft m W ogauat atated that " a heavy g*le was bl.-wiug, 1 * notwiihstand n • hich they beat our looal team by 1(8 pomtn. We btlleve this h the fi •> m»»ch of toy kind fixed by the Aihburt . X flei this Beaton, wbioh is to be regretted. A 11 tie m<re inter-eat given to shooting by promoting oompeiitiotii (either for pi ac, or In friendly mno.es) would doubt eat osnae ■hnotista to be more ari'oui to b come profioient shots, and thoa be able to m«ka a better at«nd ev<>n against an oh a good sh "tinit oompaay a> th»> Wan^anai C<y Rifl a Ganges were 200, 3CO, «nd 5 0 yards, 7 shod at eaoh vanes Wimbl di n targets and ■coring. Appended are the roores :— ASBBUitIOK B)F£ES > Ha. \A*, ycls. 200 300 500 Tl Cojnr-Sergt. M'Dotaid 25 '/3 .5 7< Private Salek 28 2<» 18 66 Prir.tH A M*U n»ld... 22 24 18 64 Private J.W. Baker ... 21 27 16 64 Ourpor*) a«» »on ... 26 22 14 6<S O*p<«it F<«. ks 25 23 12 6» Prmte W. O algh ao 24 i 9 11 64 Priva's *i dr w ... 24 J« 12 62 Frivol R. W 8k«... 22 %3 6 51 Private H.O ai K boa ... ] 5 It 7 38

P«* FjIBBS .^SSOOIAXION.) Wamqaudi, Pebraarjll. Io the match wttn the Aehburtoa rifloß thie morning the Wangaaai Oiy Rifles male «92, tb« highest score belug 7&, and the avttag* p»r man 69. Theia Vf*» a regalar gnlr b'nwlne.

Grand total 584 WAH6AD.TTI CITT BIJXIS. Lore „ t# , 75 Betirj 74 Porneil • t#t 74 Parke* \ t 73 Fyger 73 Jot ut'one „, „, ,„ tit yj Riraton , ,„ ttt 65 K"g 60 'r«bam 58 Oae mto absen , averago ... ... 69 j Grand toul "JSi