New Zealand Gazette – 1875 – No. 27

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✨ Military Firing Competition Results

340 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SEVENTH MATCH.

Ranges, 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 yards. Seven shots at each range. Targets at 200 and 300 yards, 6 x 4 feet ; centre,
2 feet ; bull's eye, 8 inches. At 400, 500, and 600 yards, 6 x 6 feet ; centre, 4 feet ; bull's eye, 2 feet. Highest
possible score, 140 points.

Prize.	Name.	200 yards.	300 yards.	400 yards.	500 yards.	600 yards.	Total.	Remarks.
£18	Skinner	...	...	26	21	23	22	19
£15	Elder	...	...	22	20	22	21	22
£12	Goldie	...	...	20	19	21	20	16
£9	Hoskin	...	...	23	19	23	20	16
£8	Fenton	...	...	21	17	23	21	18
£7	Gilbert	...	...	23	20	19	24	14
£6	McLaren	...	...	22	19	22	22	18
£5	Sykes	...	...	21	16	24	20	18
£5	McIlvride	...	...	21	21	22	21	16
£5	Armstrong	...	...	22	17	22	21	16

65 Competitors. Average, 87.75.

INFANTRY AGGREGATES, showing the result of the Firing in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th
Matches, for the purpose of awarding the Champion Belt.
Highest possible score, 428 points.

No.	Name.	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total.	Remarks.
1	Skinner	...	...	54	34	23	32	59	111
									1875; Gold Medal, and £50.
2	Elder	...	...	61	31	27	24	63	107
									and £35.
3	Wilson	...	...	69	31	31	32	56	98
4	Goldie	...	...	58	30	32	29	57	102
5	Hoskin	...	...	56	32	30	29	53	101
6	Armstrong	...	...	59	30	25	29	64	98
7	Gilbert	...	...	63	35	25	20	54	100
8	Blythe	...	...	65	37	25	20	62	90
9	Leigh	...	...	66	30	26	25	61	97
10	Sykes	...	...	60	28	23	26	57	103
11	Chase	...	...	63	34	25	23	57	94
12	Gallagher	...	...	63	33	18	31	54	95
13	Morley	...	...	64	29	21	30	56	90
14	McLeod	...	...	59	34	24	28	54	90
15	Partington	...	...	59	29	26	17	58	96
16	McIlvride	...	...	52	32	26	27	59	96
17	Christie	...	...	52	30	25	20	59	96
18	Blatch	...	...	58	34	26	29	46	89
19	Fenton	...	...	43	27	23	29	59	100
20	Sutton	...	...	60	32	17	26	48	97
21	Tomlinson	...	...	48	31	25	18	61	97
22	Campbell (Thames)	...	...	56	29	28	28	50	88
23	Richardson	...	...	54	33	26	24	56	83
24	Renouf	...	...	60	26	21	29	55	86
25	Munyard	...	...	55	25	22	24	55	95
26	Gordon	...	...	54	30	26	25	57	86
27	McLean	...	...	58	30	25	24	57	81
28	McLaren	...	...	31	33	30	31	57	100
29	Bassett	...	...	53	29	25	19	50	96
30	Purnell	...	...	44	22	26	16	57	92
31	Grant	...	...	62	22	26	17	53	85
32	Hamlin	...	...	51	30	27	17	56	86
33	Curtis	...	...	54	28	22	21	45	96
34	Dundas	...	...	49	31	29	24	44	93
35	Hay	...	...	47	29	25	27	46	90
36	Fox	...	...	56	30	22	32	50	84
37	Kingswell	...	...	43	27	26	22	49	95
38	Greer	...	...	61	25	17	15	56	89
39	Gascoigne	...	...	43	30	22	30	54	82
40	Brown	...	...	57	34	24	27	43	76
41	Murray (Thames)	...	...	40	32	23	23	55	87
42	Marshall	...	...	51	32	27	15	53	81
43	Soper	...	...	48	28	26	24	43	87
44	Chalklin	...	...	47	20	25	24	43	87
45	Bluck	...	...	47	20	20	24	44	78
46	Dey	...	...	52	30	24	28	48	91
47	Grundy	...	...	43	29	30	14	48	78
48	Burns	...	...	41	34	23	21	46	90
49	Stonebridge	...	...	61	29	19	23	48	77
50	Ryan	...	...	46	29	29	24	48	79
51	Murray (A. C.)	...	...	28	35	24	25	52	89
52	Heaphy	...	...	48	31	20	24	51	78
53	Johnston	...	...	54	29	23	20	43	81

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