VOLUNTEER RIFLE MATCH.

Kumara Times, Issue 1416, 16 April 1881, Page 2

VOLUNTEER RIFLE MATCH.

Some days ago a match was arranged to be fired on the Kumara rifle range between ten men of the Grey Rifle Rangers and an equal number of the Hokitika or First Westland Rifles; the match to take place on Good Friday. The Kumara Contingent, not liking to be mere spectators of the affair on their own range, challenged both companies; and their offer was accepted. Each company was to contribute £5 iu money towards prizes for those who proved themselves best scorers, and by Thursday last, the arrangements were all supposed to be completed, when on that day a letter from the Grey Rangers stated that for " various causes" they would not be able to get together their men on Good Friday, but that they would be able and willing to compete with the Kumara team at the Grey mouth range on Easter Monday, on the same conditions. At half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning, the Hokitika team arrived, and, rather unexpectedly, alighted at the junction of Union street with the Main Road, proceeding straight to the rifle range. The Kumara team, who were paradiug in towu in readiness to meet their visi-

tors, then went on, and the firing convmenced about 10.30 a.m. The following were tile conditions :—Each pany to contribute £5 towards a fund for prices 3 the prices to be distributed as follows: The winning team, £2; the best shot at each ranges lOs each j the five best aggregate scdrers* £2 10s j £2, £l, 10s, 10s, —according to scores; Ranges, 200, 400, and 500 yards 3 seven shots at each range 3 any position; Wimbledon targets and scoring; The scores are as follow i Contingent. 200 400 500 Th Corporal Sampson 22 26 23 —7l Sergeant Davies..; 24 26 21 —7l VoL Stennard ... 22 26 22 —7O Vol. Keller .;. 24 22 23 —69 Vol. Thorn ... 24 23 21 —6B Vol. Simmons ... 24 23 21 —6B Vol. Coutts ... 23 2"6 19 —6B Vol. Robinson ... 23 26 SO —6B Vol. Marshall ... 20 22 2"0 —62 Sergeant Smith... 21 21 17 —59 Grand total ... ... 674 I*lllßl WbstijAnd" Rifles 200 400 500 TL Vol. Green ... 23 23" 24 —7O Vol. Oliver ... 23 23 22 —6B Sub-Lt. Linstrom 22 26 19 —67 Sergeant Watt ... 22 23 22 —&! Vol. Paul ... 20 26 20 —66 Vol. Ross ... 21 25 19 —65 Lieut. Learmdnth 22 23 19 —64 Vol. Stevenson... 20 22 20 —62 Vol. Lowrie ... 19 22 20 —6l CoL-Sergt. Peake 23 24 13-^6O Grand total ..* ... 650 The Kumara Contingent thus won th£ match by 24 points. Both sides played excellent average" shooting j but the Kumara men were fortunate in carrying off the principal prizes, which were distributed as follows :—Winning team, Kumara, £2; Best shot at 200 yards, Vol. Simmons, Kumara, the last three of the seven shots taking precedence in ties), 10s 3 at 400 yards* Corporal Sampson, Kumara, (26) 10s 3 afi 500 yards, Vol. Green * Hokitika, (24,)* 10s. The best aggregates at the- three" ranges were—Corporal Sampson, first; prize, £2 10s 3 second, Sergeant Daviesf £2 3 third, VoL Green, £1 3 fourth* Vol. Steunard, Kuniara, 10s 3 fifth* Vol. Kellar, Kumara, 10s. "Thus the" Kumara team won £8 10s orit of the* prize money, Vol. Green (Hokitika)* taking the balance (30s)< We hope to see the Kumara Con* tingent follow up their victory by de 1 feating the Grey Rifle Rangers pit Monday next. They will leave here* at seven o'clock in the morning of thafe day. .