New Zealand Rifle Association Meeting.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 220, 18 March 1895, Page 2

New Zealand Rifle Association Meeting.

o (Per Press Association.) Trentham, March 16. Prize-list of the bronze medal match, 200 yds, 10 shots — Robinson, Port Victoria. ... £4 97 Jack, Dunedin ... ... £3 91 Ransom, Blenheim... ... £2 91 W. Ballinger, Petone ... £2 90 McFarlane, Christchurch ... £2 88 Mooseman, Wanganui ... £2 88 Smith (Taueru), Okey (Tacanaki), Speight (Dunedin), McKay (Waikara), each 87 ; Chapman (Wairoa), 86 ; Izard (Greytown Worth), Loveday (Woodville), 85 ; Kennedy (Waipurau), Harris (Little River), 82, each 451. At the Council meeting the application that the team for the district match be reduced from 20 to 10 men was refused, but it is probable the districts will be re-constructed before next meeting with a view of giving some of the districts without a complete team this year representation. Taranaki will probably be tacked on to Auckland and Nelaon and Marlborough to North Canterbury. The weather to-day was unfavorable for shooting until late in the day. In the morning a high nor'-wester was blowing, which at noon changed to the south, and remained right through. For a couple of hours in the afternoon drenching rain fell. In the bronze »iedal match G. Robinson, of Port Victoria, Wairoa, won the chief prize with the fine score of 87, out of 100, having: made the possible at 500 yds. At the 500 yds in the Otago match he also made the possible (35), as also did Mooseman (Wanganui) and Cameron (North Wairarapa). The shooting in the Otago match was much better than in the same match at Christchurch in 1894, and at the 700 yds Jack (Dunedin) put on the fine score of 32. While at the 700 yds firing there was little or no wind, but at the beginning rain was falling. The following are the chief prizetakers in the Otago match of 300, 500, and 700 yards, counting for the belt : — Sergt. Hawker, Victoria, £6 10s ... 91 "W. Smith, Taueru, £4 10s 89 J. Waring, Marton, £3 10s 89 G. Robinson, Port Victoria, £3 ... 89 F. Okey, Taranaki, 89 Sub-Lieut. Kirk, Petone, ... 88 Lieut. Jack, Dunedin, £2 87 Corporal Simpson, Kaiapoi, £2 ... 87 Sergt. Dougherty, A Battery, £2 ... 87 J. Dickson, Peninsula, £2 87 W. H. Ballinger, Petone, £2 ... 86 With the three matches finished out of eight, the 20 leading men for the championship are — Head, Whangarei 203 Kirk, Petone 203 W. Balleuger, Petone 202 Hawker, Victoria 200 Winslade, Wanganui 200 F. Okey, Taranaki 199 Doughty, Auckland 196 Robinson, Port Victoria 195 Kruse, Wanganui 195 Jack, Dunedin 194 Brown, Auckland ... 194 Richardson, Dunedin 194 Scott, Feilding 194 Flyger, Feilding 194 Perry, Alexandra Cavalry 193 Parslow, Auckland 193 Chapman, Wairoa ... ... ... 193 Jackson, Wellington 192 A. Ballenger, Wellington 192 At the annual meeting to-morrow night, it is understood, a proposal will be made to have the next meeting at Oamaru, from where there is a large offer of financial support. The weather to-night is fine, with a light breeze. This Day, There was a white frost last night, and this morning there was ice on the water in the buckets outside the tents. The shooting began at 8.30 a.m. in a dead calm, with a bright sun. So far only a dozen teams have entered for the Company's Team Match. This will necessitate a reduction of the prize money. At the first match to-day it was almost calm, and good scores were registered, though no possibles were made. The chief prizes in the Marlborough match are Kirk, Petone, L 6 10s, 49 ; Robinson, Christchurch Guards, L 4 10s, 48 ,- Taylor, Auckland, L 3 10s, 48 ; Parslow, Auckland, L 3, 48 ; Armstrong, Dunedin, L 3, 47 ; Steward, Victoria, L 2, 47 ; Smith, Taueru, L 2, 47 ; Parsons, Woodville, L 2, 47 ; Robinson, Port Victoria, L 2, 47. At the completion of the match the following were the leading aggregates — Kirk, Petone, 252 ; W. Ballinger, Petone, 247 ; Wanslake, Wanganui, 245 ; Head, Auckland, 244 ; Robinson, Port Victoria, Parslow, Auckland, and Kruse, Wanganui, 241 ; Hawker, Victoria, and Doughty, Auckland, 240 ; Richardson, Dunedin, Robinson, Christchurch Guards, and F. Okey, Taranaki, 238 ; Jack, Dunedin, and Brown, Auckland, 238.