MANCHESTER RIFLES.
The first competition, for prizes given by Lieut. Pleasants, was fired on the Feilding range at 5 a.m. and 2 p.m. yesterday. The weather in the morning was all that could be desired, but in the afternoon the wind was somewhat choppy and the light not extra good. Several men complained of the quality of the 1896 ammunition, some of the shots falling short and several cartridges failing to go off. Following are the scores: — 200. 300. 500 H'p. T'l Lieut. Barltrop ... 31 25 27 scr 88 Vol Wilson ... 30 29 20 scr 79 Vol Parker ... 27 17 31 Ber 75 CorpEvanß ... 28 30 11 5 74 Sergt Aitken ... 32 21 20 scr 73 Lieut Pleasants... 27 22 18 5 72 Vol A. Wilson ... 23 16 21 12 72 Vol Brabant ... 23 11 19 18 71 Vol McMillan ... 23 18 15 12 68 Vol W. Simpson... 21 14 18 15 68 Vol W. Jones ... 23 25 2 18 68 Vol R. Simpson ... 19 15 16 15 65 Vol W. S Skleners 19 10 19 15 63 Vol W. J. Fisher 12 14 18 18 62 Vol T. Evans ... 21 22 9 8 60 Vol Pleaiants ... 19 12 17 12 60 Vol Heald ... 20 19 4 15 58 Vol E. H. Fisher 14 16 4 12 46 Vol O'Brien ... 0 0 8 18 26
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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 103, 28 October 1897, Page 2
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