THE VOLUNTEERS.

Southland Times, Issue 1719, 25 March 1873, Page 2

THE VOLUNTEERS.

. « Bt Rifle. Tke return match between tbe Riverton and Invercargill Corps took place at the range of the latter yesterday. Tbe weather in the earlier part of the day made the Inverrargillites doubt whether tbeir opponents would put in an appearance or not, heavy rain falling at intervals until 8 a.m. Tbe Rivertonians however (at any time not easily daunted) arrived four-in-hand at about ten o'clock, all eager for the fray. After an hour's spell, the contending teams wended tbeir way to the Butta in a mizzly rain from the south-east, the sua making various abortive attempts to protrude his glory, but without effect. On the part of the Rivertonians it is only fair to state that three or four of their best shots were deterred from coming to the front by unforeseen circumstances. The same may be said in a minor degree on the part of their opponents, as three of their best shots were prevented from contesting in the mateh — business of importance being their excuse. It will be seen by reference to the scoring that the Artillery Corps maintained their prestige in carrying off the honors of tbe day, two of the said company making the highest scores. The Rifle Corps, however, deserve their meed of credit for steady uniform shooting. Staff Serjeant M'Pherson acted as marker with his usual ability, and gave general satisfaction by the rapidity and precision whicb characterised his performance of that duty. Tbe following sre the respective scores : —

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INVEBCAHGULI,. 200 400 500 600 Tl. yds. yds. yds. yds. Gim.M'Kay ... 14 17 17 13—61 „ Tarlton ... 13 15 12 16—56 Vol. M'Chesney ... 11 14 10 16—60 Cor. R. Dunlop ... 9 19 14 B—so Vol. Cuff ... 14 16 11 7—48 Sergt. R. Wesney 13 11 12 7—43 Sergt. B. L. Sangster 10 13 14 5 — 43 Sergt. C. Brown ... 14 10 7 6—37 Cor. Huffadine ... 8 16 4 5—33 Vol. J. Dunlop ... 9 9 0 12—30 450 BITEBTON. Vol. Cloda ... 11 15 15. 10—51 „ Mills ... 13 8 15 14—50 „ M'Eachen ... 13 16 16 5—60 „ Young ... 6 20 15 6—47 Sergt. Robinson ... 13 19 9 5—46 Ensign Sehmidt ... 13 13 8 7 — 41 Cor. Hancock ... 11 12 11 4—38 Vol. Horr ... 9 10 9 5—33 „ Kehnan ... 7 13 9 2—31 „ Inatone ... 12 9 8 0 — 29 416 Majority for Inyercargill, 34.