Shooting Competition.
A rifle competition was held at Feild- I ing yesterday afternoon between teams j representing the Manchester Rifles and ! the Marton Rifle Club, resulting in a win for the former b3 r 20 points. The visitors came down with two substitutes and one ! man. short, and the average of tbe team ! was taken in the latter case. The Manchester Rifles, also, had one substitute. The visitors were very pleased with the treatment they had received at the hands of the home team. Following are the scores : -
Vol A. Wilson acted as marker and he was complimented by the visitors and local men for his smartness in marking.
Manchester Rifles. 200 500 600 T'l Vol G Saywcll ... 29 31 31 91 Vol Richards ... 31 25 31 87 Sergt Aitken ... 32 27 24 83 Vol Scott ... 30 23 26 79 Vol Wilson ... 81 22 26 79 Lieut Bray ... 26 27 25 78 Sergt Parker ... 28 24 22 74 Totals ... 207 179 185 571 Marton Rifle club. 200 500 600 T'l Mr E Parkinson ... 29 25 29 83 Mr A Warring ... 29 29 24 82 Mr W Morrison ... 28 28 23 79 Mr J Locke ... 28 25 25 78 Mr D Tburston (Captaiu) ... 26 29 21 76 Mr J K Harper ... 32 27 15 74 Average for one man short ... 29 27 23 79 Totals ... — — — — 201 190 160 551
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 183, 6 February 1896, Page 2
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228Shooting Competition. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 183, 6 February 1896, Page 2
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