EXHIBITION RIFLE MEETING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8367, 25 February 1907, Page 5

EXHIBITION RIFLE MEETING.

TEAMS MATCH. WON BY GREEN ISLAND RIFLES (DUNEDIN). By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, February 24. The final day's shooting was devoted to the Champion Teams and Weekly Press Cadet Shield. The weather was dull and heavy in the morning, but brightened' up later. The glaring sun and great heat upset some of the scores. There were thirty entries in , the Teams' Match, which was fired in two sections. At the close of the 200 yds the leading teams were: —Hawke's Bay Mounted Rifles 167. Opaki No. 1, 162, Linwood No. 1, 161 All others were close up. McCormick, of Hawke's Bay, scor;-d the only possible. At the clojse of i the 500 yds Hawke's Bay were lead ,ing, the best scores being:—Hawke's Bay. 324, Linwood 320, Green Island and' Weber 316. At the 600 yds Green Island finished first, with a total of 465, Weber next with 463. For Hawke's Bay McCormick put up 25 Well wood 28, McMurray 26. For Linwood P. Jack made 26, King 32, Gee 23. The last two men of the Hawke's Bay team had to get 63 to win and Linwood 65. F. Humphries, finishing with four bulls-eyes, got 31. Hyde finished with two inners and scored 31, tying with Green Island for the total. T. Jack finished first of the Linwood pair and scored 25. All interest had now gone out of the match, which was won by Green Island on the count. The following were the scores:— CHAMPION TEAMS MATCH, 200 yds, 500 yds, and 600 yds; Watkinson Shield and £3B. Green Island Rifles (Private I W. Crimp 97, Private F. I Crimp 95, Corporal Geddes 92, Sergeant Ci'imp 92, Private Leece) 85) . .., , 465 Hawke's Bay Mounted Rifles (Sergeant Humphries 97, Sergeant-Major Hyde 94, Private Wellwood 93, Sergeant McCormick 91, Private McMurray 90) ... 465 Weber 463 Karori No. 2 ... 462 Christchurch Club No. 1 ... 454 Palmerston North Rifles ... 454 Opaki No. 1 ... 453 Linwood Rifles No. 1 ... 453 Karori No. 1 ... 451 Riversdale ... 449 Studhplme Mounted Rifles ... 448 Wanganui Rifles ... 447 Bannockburn Rifles ... 446 Southland Mounted Rifles ... 445 Taranaki Rifles ... 445 Christchurch Engineers No. 1 ... 444 Christchurch Engineers No. 2 ... 442 Timaru Port Guards ... 442 Chorlton ... 438 South Canterbury Mounted Rifles 437 Linwood Rifles No. 2 ... 434 Christchurch City-Guards ... 434 Timaru Rifles ... 434 Wainui ... 434 Opaki No. 2 ... 427 Christchurch Club No. 2 ... 422 Hastings Rifles ... 411 Waimakiriri Mounted' Rifles ... 392 Hawera Mounted Rifles ... 392 Christchurch Highlanders ... 390 Christchurch City Rifles ... 376 Five teams entered for the Weekly Press Shield Public School Cadets' Competition, with the following result:—Waimate, 1,040;' Kaiapoi, 762; Ashburton, 690;- Woolston, 608; Richmond, 569.

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