Rifle Association Meeting.
(Per Press Asociation.) Oamaru, March 20. The amount received for sighting shots exceeds that of last meeting by At the 500 yds range in the teams match Rule (Oamaru) made the possible, -while Proudfoot (Dunedin), MeFarlane and McKay (Christchurch), G. Lpveday and Wilson (Woodville) and Bradley had one within the possible. The bronze medal match was fired simultaneously with the teams' open. The -winners get a bronze medal of the New Zealand Associafcian, 10 shots at 200 and 500 yards. The following are the chief prize-takers : Manson, Victoria, £5 and silver medal - 96 W. Ballinger, Wellington, £4 ...93 Teams' Match, 200, 500, and 600 yards, seven shots. Woodville, £20 484 Petone, £15 472 Queensland, £10 466 The Woodvil/e team shot woaderfully well throughout, and the score is the world's record. The men averaged 97 out of 105 per man. The teams scored 73 bulls eyes, 24 inners, 7 magpies and 1 outer. Otago won the volley firing, £20, with 411 points.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 221, 21 March 1896, Page 3
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164Rifle Association Meeting. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 221, 21 March 1896, Page 3
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