ON THE MOUNDS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1080, 20 March 1911, Page 3

ON THE MOUNDS.

AT TRENTHAM AND ELSEWHERE. "With the "big" meeting over, and most of' the company competitions completed, Ihe attendance of riflemen at (lie Saturday afternoon shooting matches at Trentham and elsewhere is steadily diminishing. As the autumn grows older, too, the light is beginning to fail as the last ranges are being fired over, and ihis is tho most reliable precursor of the definite end of the season, which dies hard, all tho same. The following company matches were fired at Trenthain on Saturday afternoon ' ZEALAXDIA RTFLES. Competition for the Gallate Cup;.seven shots at 200, 500, and 61)0 yards, handicap. Scores:— 200 M 0 600 yds. yds. yds. H'p. Tl. Scrgt. L. Hugo .13 31 33 0 97 L.-Corp. H. Hunt 31 30 31 0 Do Sgt. Barcham ... 28 31 29 0 01 Scrgt. Renkin, 30—32—29—91:. L:-Corp. Snow, 29—31—30—90; L.-Corp. M. Hugo, 25 -32-31-83; Pte. .Nees, 25—29—30 —i—SS; Corp. Rowberry, 31—29—2-I—4—BS; Lce.C'orp. G. Hugo, 28—31—21—4—87; Pte. Hudson, 27-31—15—5—78; Pte. B. Nimmo, 26 —23 —8—18—75; Corp. Dalton, 20-27-24-3-74 j Pte. A. Nimmo, 14-14-15-18-61. COLLEGE RIFLES. Third match of No. 3 trophy competition, at 200 and 600 yards. Seven shots, handicap. Scores:— ,200 600 yds. yds.. H'p. Tl. Pte. Bedingfield 29 29 7 65 Pte. Richards 31 30 2 63 Corp. AVallermnn 31 29 2 62 Lieut. Mee, 28—22—12—62; Lieut. Hutchen, 28 —.32—60; Pte. Gooder, 30—22—6— 58; Pte. Hamilton, 26-23-7-56; Hon. Member Kenny, 32—23—4—59; Lieut. Wilkinson, 26—24—2—52. SUBURBS DEFENCE RIFLE CLUB. Competition for trophies, first matcli in the third series, which consists of five matches (4 to count). Tho ranges for this series are: First 500, 600, and 700 yds., second 200, 600 and 700 yds., third 200 and 600 yds., fourth, 200 and 500 yds., fifth 200, 500, and 600 yds. Scores:— A Class. 500 600 700 yds. yds. yds. Hp. Tl. Rflmn. Caplin ... 34 27 23 6 95 Kflmn. Milroy ... 33 30 30 0 93 Rflmn. 'A. Turner '29 31 22 10 92 ■Rflmn J. L. Turner, 29-34-26-89; Rflmn. W. Jackson, 31-28-27-3-89; Rflmn. A. Bellamore, 26-31-26-6-89; Rflmn. W. Fellingham, 32—25—27—3—87; Rflmn. J. Smart, 30—31—25—53; Rflmn. A. Jackson, 31—24—30—55; *Rilmn. W. H. Cook, 3223—24—79; Rflmn. F. Price, 32—25—21—78; Rflmn. W. Gover, 31—20—26—77; Rflmn. W. Milrov, 27-22-23-73; Kflmn. H. Barnes, 29 —13—19—10—71.' . *To receive handicap., B Class. Dept.-President Newton, 31—30—22—5 88; Rflrim. Isaac, 28—25—22—7—82; Rflmn. C. Shiel, 31—20—23—5—82; Rflmn. T. Ingles, 30—27—20 2—79; Rflmn. AV. Hornig, 31—27—20—78; Rflmn. F. Bowman, 27—26 —17—G—76; Rflmn; S.' "VVliitc; 23—27—16— 7—73; Rflmn. H. Irikcrsell, 10—66; Rflmn. R. Buncan, 17—20—11—1C— 61; Rflmn. C. Stewart, 21-11—11-10—53. The club will commence its second match in tho third, scries on Wednesday nest, at ranges 200, 600, and 700 yds.

.. IvARORI RIFLE CLUB. .. The lCarori Rifle Club fired the third match of the service series on Saturday. The conditions were:—Five shots at 200 yards, target exposed for 4 seconds; and 5 shots at 300 yards, with target exposed for 10 seconds per shot. President Marshall, with a score of 38 o»i,t of. *, possible of 40, secured first place, . closely -followed by. Riflemen Rabo. (37) and Cas"sellf' (36). President Marshall's shoot included- a possible at 200 yards. Betailed scores :— 300 200 yds. yds. T'L Marshall 18 20 33 Kabe 18 19 37 Cassclls ! , 19 17 36 Randell, 17—18—35; Fellows, 19—16—35; Hav, 19-16-35; Burns, 11-18-32; Caldwell, 14—17—31; Kemp. 18-12-30; Judd, 9—lS—27; Richardson, 15—14—29; Ccady, 12—14—26; Jones, 10—12—22; Street, 14— 7—21. This match concluded the service aggregate," for which trophies were presented by Captain G. T. Hall and President Marshall. The whole of this series has been fired, in accordance with the Defence Department's regulations for rifle' clubs, and a very high average of shooting has been, maintained. ■ Tho competition was won by President Marshall "(150), who takes Captain Hall's! trophy, Rifleman Burns winning President Marshall's trophy. Leading aggregates:— Marshall, 150; Burns, 146; Randell, 115; Hay, 142; Rabe, 140; Caldwell, 140; Follows, 136; Coady, 122; Judd, 109; Cassells, 104; Jones, 101. A sweepstake match was. also fired, the conditions being: Seven shots each at 200, 500, and COO yards. The weather conditions were favourable to good shooting, but .the changing light puzzled some of ths competitors considerably. Rifleman Judd, with an excellent shoot of 101 out of a possible 105, secured first place,' President Marshall (97) being runner-up. Scores 200 500 . 600 yds. yds. yds. H'p. T'l. Judd 34 32 35 0 101 Marshall 32 33 32 0 97 Jones 30 26 30 10 96 Hay, 32-31-32-0-95; Randell; 34-31-30-0-95; Burns, 32—31 —28—0—94; Coady, .27-29-32-5-93; Fellows, 32—25—29—2— 91; Iveiller, 29—31—30—0—90; Kemp, 28— 26-26-10-90; Halliday, 31-30—28-0-89; Caldwell, 30—28—28—2—88; Richardson, 30—29—2-I—s—Sß; Street, 30—22—24—10—8G: Cassells, 26 —23 —21 —15 —85. The club will firo matches at Trentham next Saturday against the Tetone Club's teams.