SHOOTING.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9117, 9 April 1908, Page 4

SHOOTING.

SCHOOLS. OF THE EMPIRE COM. ■ PETITIONS. Press Association—Copyright. London, April 8. Brisbane Grammar School won the Prince of Wales Cup in the Schools of the Empire Oompetitloa with a score of 490, Gresham School, , England, was second with 485, Wesley College, Melbourne, and Geelong eighteenth. Pietermaritzburg won the Cadet Match with 470, Gympie Central-I School was ninth. The committee report great inj. provement 'ail round, especially in the colonies. THE NEWMAN CUP.

The second match between Bulls : and Marton was shot Marton winning by 94 points. Tiie tricky wind upset most of the marksmen, especially the Bulls representa- J tives. The latter were very unfortunate in only bringing eight men, bat ' the Marton team consented to them taking an average for two men. The best scores “of the day' were three out of the Marton team, G. Head making 91, T. Wing 90, with, a possible at 300 yards, and the only ouo that has ever been put on. and Mr Johnston (the club veteran) 88. G. Nicholson was top score for Bulls, : making a hard earned 79. A word of <i praise is due to the markers for the < satisfactory way in which they per- 1 formed their duties. Mr E! Newman, donor of the cup, was present on the range during the match. Mr Oldfield was the winner of Mr A. R. Bryce’s trophy, making 115. Gns Frederick'll3, runner-up. The next match shot by Marton will be against Turakina. The following are the scores:—

MAHTON. 200 500 600 T1.^S G, Head .. 31 31 29 91 T, Wing 35 29 26 90. : W, Johnston ... 31 21 26 88 E. Parkinson .. 28 29 26 83 a W. Oldfield ... 31 27 21 79 A. Wing ... 27 25 22 74 A. Sharpe ... 27 26 20 73 G. Friedrich ... 23 23 25 71 ' G. Avery .. 30 23 18 71 ■ A. Mercer ... 20 19 25 64 784 BULLS G. Nicholson ... 29 26 24 79 W. B. Clark ... 31 19 25 75 , A. Nicholson ... 27 24 23 74 .. J. Croncher ... 29 21 19 69 J. Hansom ... 28 19 21 68 — Simpson ... 25 17 24 66 — Bromley ... 22 20 18 60 G. Goebel ... 29 11 19 59 ■ Averagejtwo m cn 140 690 .