New Zealand Rifle Association Meeting.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 219, 16 March 1895, Page 2

New Zealand Rifle Association Meeting.

o RANDELL WINS THE LADIES' MATCH. (Per Press Association.) Trentham, March 15. In the Hawke's Bay match, Scott, Feilding, 79, takes fourth prize, £3. A fierce nor'-wester blowing all day militated against the shooting, and pjevented long range firing this afternoon. Two ghort range matches were got off- The following are the chief prize winners in the matches finished tbis afternoon : — Auckland Match, 10 shots at 300 yds, counting for the belt. J. Scott, Feilding, £6 44 J. Bidwell, Featherston, £4 10s ... 42 Kruse, Wanganui Rifles, £3 10s ... 42 Trevithick, Petone, £3 42 Chicken, Woodville, £3 42 Mooseman, Wanganui," £2 ... 42 Perry, Alexandra Cavalry, £2 ... 41 Robinson, Port Victoria, £2 ... 41 | Sergt. Foster, Christchurch, £2 ... 41 Ladies' Match, 10 shots at 200 yds, standing, kneeling, or sitting. — . Not counting for the belt. Randell, Petone, £6 46 Lieut. Okey, Taranaki, £4 10s ... 45 Smith, Taueru, £3 10s 45 W. Ballinger, Wellington, £3 ... 45 Sergt. Manning, Christchurch, £3 44 Sergt. Harker, Victoria, £2 ... 44 Gunner Webster, A Battery, £2 ... 44 Lieut. Kirk, Petone Navals, £2 ... 44 Gunner Howe, D Battery, £2, ... 44 For the highest iv these matches Mooseman, Wanganui, and Scott, Feilding, tie for the Carbine Cup, and will fire off the tie. This Day. A fierce nor'-wester blew all night, with slight showers of rain. The wind still continues and the rain threatens. The tents caused the competitors a good deal of uneasiness, but they all weathered the storm. It is again impossible to put up the large targets, and the shooting is proceeding with the 300 yards in the Otago Match, which counts for the belt, and this will be followed by the 200 yards Bronze Medal Match, 10 rounds. Possibly, after lunch, the short range of the Teams Match will be shot, and, if the wind lulls, an effort will be made to pull up the back work of tlio long ranges, otherwise tlie shooting will be adjourned for the day. Under tho regulations as thej* stand at present the Auckland and Nelson districts have not sufficient reps for a team, but it nior. than likely the Council will to-day reduce the number from 20 to 10, in which case Auckland will have a team, Later. A strong wind is blowing across the range, but some fair scores were made. Of 943 shots fired at the range there were only 41 misses, and of these Menzies (Upper Hutt) is responsible for 9, having missed all his shots, including sighters. Jackson (Wellington) was at top with 32, Manson (Port Victoria), Loveday (Woodville) 31, Hawke (Victoria), Winslate (Wanganui), King (Oamaru), Trevethick (Petone), Okey (Taranaki) , 3o ; Sandford (Christchurch), Parker (Christchurcl:), Bunting (Petone), Ballinger (Wellington), Waring (Marton), Sergt. Purncll (Wanganui), 29. The Bronze Medal match is proceeding, for which there are 32 entries, At the finish of the Hawke's Bay and Auckland matches, and first range of the Otago match, the positions of the men are : — Head (Wangarei), 153 ; Scott (Feilding), 148 ; Kruse (Wanganui), Winslate (Wanganui), 145 ; Wakelin (Christchurch), 144 ; Kirk (Petone), 143 ; Hawker (Victoria), W. Ballinger (Petone), Okey (Taranaki), 140; King (Oamaru), Trevithick (Petone), Kummer (Masterton), Ballinger (Wellington), 139; Mitchell (Dunedin) and Chinton (Wanganui), 138. The scores of the ex-champions are — Parslow and Doughty, 136 ; Williams and Smith, 132; White, 110; Lieut. Okey, 109.