RIFLE SHOOTING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 307, 5 February 1910, Page 3

RIFLE SHOOTING.

TAEAXAKI RIFLES v. STRATFORD. Tii® Taranaki Rifles first team •fired a very enjoyable match against the Stratford Rille Club at Stratford on Thursday afternoon. Although a verg pleasant day, the conditions were against t/ood shooting, there being a medium to strong fishtail wind blowing all through the match. The visitors found the Shooting at 500 and 600 yards very difficult. The Stratford Club shot well and consistently, averaging 92.5 a man. The Snatch resulted in a win for Stratford by 35 points. The xuues' second team fired a match on the local range against the Inglewood Rifles on the same day. Following are the scores in each match: — STRAJFOIID,

200 500 GOO Tl. Mr. Madden . 33 32 31 — KG Mr. Thorpe . 32 32 31 — 95 Mr. Cox . 34 30 31 — 95 Mr. C. Speck . 33 29 32 — 94 Xewland . 3L 30 32 — 93 Mr. A. Speck . 31 31 30 — 92 W, Speck . 29 32 28 — 89 - 87 Mr. Fowler . 29 30 28 252 24(5 243 741 TARANAK1 1UFLES. 200 500 GOO Tl. ( Corpl. Armitage . 29 31 31 — 91 iLieut. Marrett . 32 33 2G — 91 pvt. Humphries . 33 32 20 t-i 91 rvt. luarrett iS'J SU <t\) —. au Corpl. Taylor . 28 27 33 — 88 Corpl. Davies . 32 20 29 — 87 Pvt. Blanc'liett . 32 25 27 — 84 Lieut. Willis . 30 28 2G — 84 245 233 228 70G RIFLES v. INGLE WOOD.' RIFLES. 200 500 GOO Tl. Pvt. Okey 27 33 24 — 84 Pvt. Reid 27 30 25 — 82 Corpl. Lobb 31 24 25 — SO Pvt. Crutch 23 28 27 - 78 Pvt. Whitmore 25 24 2G — 75 Pvt. Johnson 27 23 22 — 72 Corpl. Wood 25 20 21 — it Corpl. Soutliam 27 2G 15 — OS 212 214 1S5 Gil BNGLEWOOD. 200 500 GOO Tl. Pvt. King .. . 32 33 33 — 98 Sgt. Grossman . 30 27 28 — S5 Sgt. Frewin . 24 32 10 — 72 Pvt. Bruco . 25 25 21 — 71 Pvt. Harworth . 28 21 21 — 70 •'Pvt. Gernhoefer . 23 21 18 — G2 Pvt. Clark . 25 9 23 — 57 Pvt. Young . 19 13 18 — 55 206 180 178 570