NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING.
[Per Press Association.]
Wanganit, March 27,
Shooting began this morning. The weather was good, but the wind tricky. Only 14 fired in the match for the returned South Africaners at 500 and COO yards, ten shots-the prize-list being :
In the Wanganui match some good shooting was made, and King got on an excellent score of 100 and shot up level with tlio leaders for the Belt. The following are the chief prize-takers : wanganui hatch, 300, 500 and 700yds, seven shots.
The following arc the highest of the hundred who fire in the aggregate match, which is next to last match for the Belt.
pts. Wilson. Woodville .... ... 444 King, Oamaru ... ... ... 414 W. Loveday, W r oodville 412 Nelson, Woodville 440 Humphreys, Napier 438 G. Loveday, Woodville 43G A. Ballinger, Wellington ... 435 Webster, Auckland 432 Domigan, Gore ... ... ... 431 Balfour, Napier 429 Turnbull, Gore 428 Purnell, Wanganui 428 W. Ballinger, Wellington ... 420 Oakley, Nelson ... ... ... 425 At the final of to-day's shooting the following are the leading aggregates. There are only ten shots to be fired to decide the championship : Wilson, W r oodville 532 King, Oamaru 530 W. Loveday, Woodville 529 G. Loveday, „ ... ... 529 Ballinger, Wellington 528 Sergt.'Oakey, Taranaki 526 Humphreys, Napier 520 D. Megan, Gore 524 Turnbull, „ 521 Purnell, Wanganui 521 Nelson, Woodville 521
Pearson, of Timaru, wins the Union Company's Cup. King, of Oamaru, takes the Native Association's Cup, and wins Williams's revolver and the Thames riile.
W r oodville wins the champion teams' match with a fine score of 2,173 ; Petone, 2090; Karori, 2073.
Contingent. pts. prize Sommervillc ... 1st 81 £7 Young ... • •• !> 80 6 Garland... ... 2nd 72 5 McDonald ... 1st 70 4 Wright... ... 2nd 6G 3 Parkes ... - ... 1st 0(5 2 Xaylor ... ... 2nd 65 2 Harrison ... 1st 51 2 Douglas ... ., 42 2 Peebles ... J! 41 1 Crawley •» 37 1
King, Oamaru pts. , 100 prize. £10 Pearson, Timaru 97 8 Pa'pli, Stoke T. JFraser, Kaitangata 9G , 9<1 0 5 Lacey, Wellington Cox, Auckland ... . 93 93 ■1 4 Sergt. Okey, Taranaki G. Anderson, Kaitangata... , 93 . 92 4 Holland, "Wellington Winslade, Wanganui 92 92 W. Loveday, Woodville ... 92 Harding, Blenheim 92 Humplireys, Hastings Turnbull, Gore 92 92 ; 3
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 28 March 1901, Page 4
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359NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 28 March 1901, Page 4
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