RIFLE SHOOTING.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8389, 30 March 1907, Page 6

RIFLE SHOOTING.

MASTERTON v. TINUI. A match Was fired on the Opaki Range, yesterday afternoon, between the Masterton and Tinui troops of the Masterton Mounted Rifles, and resulted in a win for the Tinui troop by 25 points. The scores were as follow :

FAIRVIEW v. MAURICEVILLE

A match was lired at Mauriceville, yesterday, between the Fairview and Mauriceville Rifle Clubs. The teams consisted of eight men each, and the ranges used were the 200 yards and 300 yards. Rain fell for some time during the match, and this combined with the strong wind that was blowing militated against good scores being registered. The match resulted in a win for Mauriceville by 20 points, the aggregate scores being:— Mauriceville, 489 points: Fairview, 469 points'* The visitors were hospiably entertained at lunch by the home team.

T1NUI. 200 500 600 Yds. Yds. Yds. Tl. Corporal Schofield 25 23 20—68 Trooper Bellis 24 18 24— Trocper Schofield 20 22 22—64 Sergeant Schofield 22 18 16—56 Trooper Dixon 19 15 19—53 Trooper Bannister ■ 15 18 8—41 Trooper Bovey 19 12 8—39 Trooper Bell 15 8 13-36 Total • •• ... 423 MASTERTON. 200 500 600 Yds. Yds. Yds. Tl. Captain McKillop 24 19 18—61 Trooper Entwhistle 23 18 15—56 Sergt-.Major Collier 19 20 16—55 Sergeant Welch 24 15 15—54 Trooper Hood 20 21 13—54 Trooper Field 17 15 12—44 Lieut. Whittaker 23 17 3—43 Corporal Bannister 18 13 0—31 Total .. 398