RIFLE SHOOTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 29 October 1907, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING.

THE AUSTRALASIAN MEETING. NEW ZEALANDERS' FOKai. .■"T BAD AMMUNITION. Sydney, October 28. The Daily Tlegraph, commenting on tha Empire match, which is being fired to-day, says the New Zealander* bare not shown up at the meeting in a style suggesting that they are likely to win, but their practice scores were entirely Mtisfactory. They are the ''outsiders" of the trio engaged. The Herald lays the New Zealanden have not shot with advantage, but yuuld shoot Well if coached. Many complaints are made of un«W"» of the ammunition supplied to competitor* at the rifle meeting. As ■any it three distinct sizes of bullets WW detected in a single packet. Ac«»ate shcoting under such conditions » a manifest impossibility.

THE EMPIRE MATCH. THE REST DAY'S SHOOTLNG. NEW ZEALAND AND BRITAIN DRAW FOR SECOND. Received Oct. 28, 5-52 p.m. Sydney, October 28. In the Empire Match, ten shots each at 200, 500, 800, BUJ, 000, and 1000 yards, the position at the completion of the flnt two ranges was—Australia 746, Britain 737, New Zealand 726. Received Oct 28, 6.39 p.m. Sydney, October 28. At the compietfon of the third range in the Empire Match the scores were— Australia 1108 Great Britain .. ... 1077 New ifralanrt 1077 The remaining ranges will be Bred to-morrow. DETAILS OF THE SCORING. Received Oct. 28, 9J53 pan. Sydney, October 28. The weather-was fine, with good light, giving the best shooting conditions of the meeting so far. The members of tin New Zealand team fired very consistently. The Britishers lost considerably through putting twelve shots on the Wrong target, nine at 500 yards and three at 400 yards. The scores at the different ranges jrere.—

Totals ..363 363 351 1107 The remaining ranges—Boo, 000, and 1000 Tank, ten shots at each—will be 2nd to-morrow. r , A CORRECTION. Received Oct. 29, 0.13 ajn. Sydney, October 28. The Britishers lost 12 points through Sitting the wrong targets, not 12 shots Dn wrong ones. Major Varley, of the British team, imflit 10 "bolls* at 600 yirds.

200 600 600 Australia .. yda yds yds TL 366 380 362 — 1108 Britain 368 360 340 — 1077 New Zealand 363 363 351 — 1077 The Individual scores of the New Zealandert were— 200 500 600 Craw yds yds yds TL . 48 43 44 — 135 Jfilla .. . . 16 48 45 — 139 Ayaon .. . 46 47 43 — 136 A. Ballisger . 46 44 45 — 135 Pornell 43 46 43 — 131 Maaefield 44 48 43 — 135 Wilkie .. , 44 42 44 — 130 Cameron 44 45 44—133 «— ■— ——