N.Z. Rifle Association.
ANNUAL MEETING.
[Per Press Association.,!
Eifle Camp (Eilebslie.) Yesterday.
Very little interest was taken in the J shooting to-day, and there were scarcely half a dozen spectators present. The shooting throughout the meeting has not been good, and the range is not favorably spoken of by the representatives. The following are the results of the Team Matches :—Carbines, No. 2 team, Auckland Artillery, 362. £30; No. 1 team, Thames Navals, 353, £15; No. 1 team, Auckland Artillery, 34.2, £5. The other competing teams were—Wellington Artillery, 340: Wellington Navals, 338; Wellington Navals^SSO, Thames Navals, 324. —Eifles, No. 2 team Victoria Hifles, Auckland, 364, £30; No. 1 team, Victoria Eifles, Auckland, 355, £15; Thames Eangers, 319, £5. The other competing teams were the Wanganui Eifles, 318; No. 1 team, Auckland City Guards, 307 ; No. 2 team, Aacklaod City Guards, 307 ; Wanganui City Rifles, 307 ; Wairoa Eifles, 284.
The meeting closed at 6 o'clock this evening. The prizes are tolbe presented to-morrow night, and most of the Southern representatives leave for home on Thursday. Mr A. Woolley wins the Carbine Challenge Cup as the highest scorer in the winning team for carbines, and Sergeant Taylor, the Eifle Challenge Cup. '
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4730, 5 March 1884, Page 2
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199N.Z. Rifle Association. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4730, 5 March 1884, Page 2
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