EAIPIRE MATCH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 641, 19 October 1909, Page 7

EAIPIRE MATCH.

'the commonwealth team leading FIRST STAGE. ' 'AN INTER-STATE CONTEST WON BY ■' ■'.:■■ NEW ZEALAND. /(By Tolcgraph-freßs • Aesoclation-Copyrlght.) ; _;■'.' .: (Rec, October 18, 10 p.m.) ■ . ? : / Sydney,- October' 18. At R&ndwick to-day, the -first ; stage of' tho Empire Match (200, 600, and 600 yards) was fired. The match' was commenced in ' fino ireither,; but a stiffish wind at times bothered the competitors. , .'.-• : ••■■■■ . : The shooting was generally very even, though the Commonwealth team managed to head the ■New Zealand team on each of the three ranges, jthe nggregatos'being:—, ■ ' ■.■ Commonwealth toam ,! 1122 i-': New .Zealand, team-.....;............... 1057 .. 'Commonwealth lead ~.„;. -55 ■ ■The three:longer ranges (£OO, 300, and 1000 yards), ; iHil'be' : fired, to-morrow. : i. The-only possible, eoored.in' the first stage 'went to the credit of the South Australian Howitt,;who put , it !oh at 500"yards. : , The .individual-.scores, of. the members of the ,New Zealand team'are.,as follow:— '■■-v •■'■■' "':.•■',■■■'■. .200 500 eoo : ' : ; ' :':.'■! .■:■■.■.■■:.".■■'■ :-.-yd«. yds. yds..T'l. James ..; i...i.i ,49 U 42' 130 Patrick .:.:........„; 49 i 5 41 135 Hawthorn, .......................... 47 .*3 41 134 Hslliday -......'. 47,. 46 « 134 King :...:.... : ..i i ...........M..'..... 45- « 43 133 Masefield .;........ ....;..:...V 45 .42. 44.131 Guy '........V........................ 1 .45 43 40 128 :Hedfield-"-...,;,.;.V..;.,...;..,...,.',43 .«•■■» 37 128 : :' ; , Aggregate, ' 1057 .Gordon 'Highlanders' Trophy; 11 , : ■■~.■• ,'■••.:' : As a-set-off to .their, leeway, in. the Empire Match, , the New Zealand team won the Gordon Highlanders' Trophy, 1 open.to .teams of 'eight inon 'and tt. commander (who,must,not short) representative' of each, State of 'the;'Commonwoalth and of. Now .Zealand. ■ The scoring -vaa: ; •'-■'' New' Zealand '....:.i..;.i;.:r.............. 5 hits' ■ !:!•' South Australia 3 „ } ' >'. ■' Quconsland ■'.;;..'.;...'..;.'....;.........,.;. '2. .„ '■■ '■■ New .South .Wales- .....„.;....;../.... .2,,. ■„ ~ ■ ■ , Victoria ..i..,...i........;...',.....,.. .;?.,■ „ ~ I '.[ln this match tho.teamefire at targets which apiKar five ticies, ot irregular and unknown intervals,'.the men'. advancing when the targota ,dis.ippcjir," and.' on their reappearanovi honing and flfiag," in'anr, : military position; as many rounds as .they l choose. ' The advance ..about' 1200-yards'.'front tho target trench. Riflea must_ be unloaded;.when- targeta . uisapbear;, r roagazinea : are not allowed; .40 ■ rounds of amir.nnition are'issued :to eachiinan.. The fourth advance ,ia;made,,at',' the doable; after .which teams (each" eight mMi) are marchM to a flank and fronted by the umpire; andon ,tho reappoarahco; of- the, targeta'they, again fire...-This ,inatch Hvas fired'atAdeljiide, South' Australia, on September 25, ,1908," and .was ;ivoh'. by Victoria. The > following ■■: were : the' scores':—Vic;toria,'» hits; New-South'.Wales, 13; West Australia,. 7j and South Australia, 6.] •' .-, Other.-MatcheSi , - .'■."■■..:.■.'■.,■;,;:•'■ ■..■■:.'-.;,,. I -!in i;lhe,'.Gordon-Match.:6'ndiTidunl ,match , at! unknown. • ranges/: eight .shots), Loveday ;(New Ze'aland);iVon £l;->' '■■: ■ .--? ■f'-.f-.;.- ■■;''; ■■:'■>-. \ ■'■■ -.. '.. In ''the.' Finn.; Match -(moving! target, '300 yards!. ten. shots), Bradley ...won Xl;.' and in the, Hplmes'r , ! Aggregate ;,Loyeday, .Bradley, , Mooro,. and. Duncan .won iCciohV. . ,'■■.;