RIFLE MATCH.
The City Guards fired a match at the Cishmere range yesterday morning for a silver cup, presented to the company on the following conditions, viz., that Lieutenant Wolfe and Sub-Lieutenant Francis should each pick a team on the ground, the highest scorer in the winning team to become the winner of the cup. The ranges were 400 and 500 yards, five shots nt each range in any position. The morning was not favourable tor good shooting, but Private Cox succeeded in making 30 points, which constituted him winner of the cup. SUB-LIEUTENANT FRANCIS’ TEAM. 400 yds. 500 yds. Total. Snb-Lientenant Francis ... 15 9 24 Sergeant Francis 12 J 5 27 Private C. <’ox ... ... 16 14 30 Private Baker 13 4 17 98 LIEUTENANT WOLFE’S TEAM. 400 yds. 500 yds. Total. Lieutenant Wolfe 17 10 27 Sergeant Bucket ... ... 12 16 28 Lance-Corporal King ... 11 IX 22 Private Hyde ... ... 9 3 12 89 Majority for Sub-Lieutenant Francis’ team 9 points.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2072, 14 October 1880, Page 3
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