RIFLE MATCH.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1973, 23 November 1889, Page 3

RIFLE MATCH.

A simultaneous rifle match between teams representing the Geraldine, Temuka, Timaru, Waimate, and Ashburton Bifles and Ashburton Guards took place en Thursday. The conditions were ten men a side, seven shots each at two, three, and fiye hundred yards, Wimbledon targets and scoring, no average allowed for absentees. Each team fired on its own range. It was arranged that the firing should take plaee at 5 a.m., and the Temuka men assembled at the butts at that hour for the purpose. A heavy dew had fallen during the night, and* the smoke after each discharge was so long in lifting that it was found impossible to finish before some of those present had to leave for 1 work, and the firing was postponed until later in the day. The following are the scores of the Temuka team:— j

200 800 500 yds yds yds Tl. Private Greavei 27 24 29--80 Corporal Whitehead... 28 31 15--74 Lieutenant Findlay ... 26 24 23--78 Private Watt 27 23 21--71 Private Scott 23 20 20--63 Private Sim .. 25 18 15--58 Private ft. Lavery ... 27 14 15--B6 Private A. Clinch 28 13 8--49 Private Bliaset 21 11 11--43 Private C. Olinch 16 14 11■41 Totals 248 192 168 608 Waimate Rifles ... ••• 583 Ashburton Guards ... ... 578 Ashburton Kiftoi ... .,, 504