NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION'S MEETING.
[by telegbaph.] Rifle Camp, Nelson, March 5. Match No. 5, Volunteers Only.—4oo, 500, and 600 yards ; Snider rifles ; 10 prizes; value, LoO. The highest scorers in this match are as follow : Marshall (Christchurch) ..» U Coventry (Dunedin) 'J-Paj-nter (Stoke) 71 Purnell (Wanganui) /0 W. Ballinger (Wellington) ... '« Judge (Christchurch) /O Kellar (Thames) £9 Hutchinson (Otago) 09 Smith (Dunedin) £8 Coleman «« Buckley (Christchurch) ... 67 Kennedy (Dunedin) »' A. Ballinger, Wellington ... 0/ Harding (Oamaru) 07 l'hilpotts W Grossman (Nelson) ... •••-° / . nA Match No. 6, Volunteers Only.—3oo, 400, and 500 yards; Snider carbines; 9 prizes; value, 140. The following are the highest scorers in this match : Mapp (Christchurch) i* Judge (Christchurch) 73 Coleman (Waikato) «8 Armstrong «° Laird 67 Bowden °£ M'lntosh |>j? London ™' Cropp }» Houston Y March 6.
The prizemen in the fifth match are as follow (a protest lodged against Marshall, for firing more sighting shots than he was entitled to, having been settled by striking six points off his score) :—lst, Coventry, 71 ; 2nd, Paynter, 71 ; 3rd, Purnell, 70 • 4th, W. Ballinger, 70 ; sth, Hutchinson, 69 ; 6th, Kellar, 69 ; 7th, Smith, 08 ; Bth, A. Ballinger, 67; 9th, Buckley, 67 ; 10th. Crossman, 67. In the Carbine Match (No. 6) the prizewinners are:— Ist, Mapp, 73; 2nd, Judge, 70 ; 3rd, Coleman, 68 ; 4th, Armstrong, 68 ; sth, Laird, 67 ; 6th, Bowden, 07 ; 7th, Cropp, 65 ; Bth, Gordon, Oo ; 9th, M'lntosh, 65. ~,-,,. For the Rifle Championship, the highest aggregates in the two matches already fired are as follow : Paynter, Stoke 106 W. Ballinger 100 Coventry }°± Purnell °* Smith 103 Hutchinson *"| Christie J°i Skinner Keller 100 Crossman *"" Kennedy Marshall &> Fhilpotts 9S For the Carbine Belt the highest aggregates are : Mapp 03 Judge 03 Coleman Wj Armstrong 101 Gordon 9° M'lntosh ■>' Bowden "7 Thomas J' Harris XLaird I°. £"« £ Cropp J *
[from ocr owk correspondent.] In the Fifth Match—4oo, 500, and 600 vards, 7 shots at each—Harding made 20, 24, 18—67 ; King, 28,15,20—03 ; Morris, 22, 11,13-46. In the Eleventh Match—ranges 400, 500, and 600 yards, 7 shots at each—King, 25, 25, 16-66 ; Morris, 19, 22, 2263 ; Harding only fired at the first range and scored 26. A protest was lodged against Harding for having wiped out his rifle during the tiring. The Committee cautioned him, and dismissed the protest. ! The Oamaru men are living m Bull s- ! eve Villa Tent.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 901, 6 March 1879, Page 2
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381NEW ZEALAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION'S MEETING. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 901, 6 March 1879, Page 2
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