VOLUNTEER RIFLE MATCH.
KUMARA Y. HOKITIKA. The return rifle match between Kumara and Hokitika took place yesterday at the Hokitika range. The local team arrived there at about half-past nine o’clock. The light on the range was very changeable at first, puzzling the Kumara men, who were 21 points behind. After a hard struggle and good shooting, however, our local contingent succeeded in the afternoon in recovering the points lost and eventually won the match by 10 points. The following are the scores :
Grand total 637 First Westland Rifles. 200 400 500 Tl. Lieut* Leanuonth 24 25 24 —73 Yol. A. Oliver ... 23 24 23 —7O Sub-Lt. Linstrmu 22 24 24 —7O Yol. Stevenson ... 23 22 24 —69 Yol. Ross ... 21 23 22 —66 Sergeant Watt ... 23 24 17 —64 Yol. Paul ... 21 20 20 —6l Yol. Wallace ... 20 22 14 —56 Yol. Green ... 18 20 16 —54 Vol. T. Oliver ... 18 20 644 Grand total 627 The conditions were the same as in the last match, an account of which appeared in Saturday’s issue, and £5 a-side, which was distributed in prizes, as follows : —Winning team, Kumara, £2 ; Best shot at 200 yards, Vol. Stennard, Kumara, (25), 10s; at 400 yards, Vol. Simmons, Kumara, (27), 10s; at 500 yards, Yol. Stevens, Hokitika, (24), 10s. The best aggregates at the three ranges were—Lieut. Learmonth, Hokitika, first prize, £2 10s; second, Vol. Stennard, £2 ; third, Vol. Coutts, Kumara, £1 ; fourth, SubLieut. Linstrom, Hokitika, 10s; fifth, Sergeant Davies, Kumara, 10s. So the Kumara te*m again took the lion’s share of the money—£6 10s out of the £lO. On their return home the Kumara team were very hospitably treated by an indefatigable local Volunteer, who entertained them to a genuine good supper.
Kumara Contingent. 200 400 500 Tl. Yol. Stennard ... 25 26 22--73 Yol. Coutts 23 25 24--71 Sergeant Davies... 22 24 24--70 Yol. Robinson ... 24 23 21--68 Corporal Sampson 22 26 19--67 Yol. Simmons ... 23 27 15--65 Yol. Keller 24 18 17--59 Sergeant Smith... 20 22 15--57 Yol. Thorn 21 18 17- - 56 Yol. Marshall ... 24 21 6--51
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Kumara Times, Issue 1418, 19 April 1881, Page 2
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346VOLUNTEER RIFLE MATCH. Kumara Times, Issue 1418, 19 April 1881, Page 2
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