New Zealand Gazette – 1875 – No. 27

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✨ Infantry Firing Competition Results

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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INFANTRY AGGREGATES, showing the result of the Firing, &c. continued.

No.	Name.	Matches.						Total.	Remarks.
		2	3	4	5	6	7
54	Morris	51	31	21	29	43	79	250
55	McKenzie	47	31	23	24	45	79	249
56	Clarke	38	30	16	30	52	79	245
57	Coleman	40	31	26	29	41	78	245
58	Rountree	45	32	17	16	57	74	241
59	Thompson	38	27	18	24	50	80	237
60	Martella	55	27	26	24	44	61	237
61	Robinson	41	27	24	19	43	83	237
62	Fairbrother	48	23	24	17	40	69	221
63	Campbell (А.С.)	40	29	24	17	31	67	208
64	McKee	38	29	17	10	35	71	200
65	Collard	...	...	...	...	...	...	144
66	Churton	...	...	...	...	...	...	136	} Arrived at the camp in time only
									for the Sixth Match.
67	Nelson	46	30	19	22	...	117	Absent when Sixth and Seventh
									Matches were fired.

Average 261-88.-107 shots fired by each Competitor. Average value per shot, 2.457/1000.
1874.-69 ” ” ” 2.551/1000.
1873.-57 ” ” ” 2.193/1000.

EIGHTH MATCH-(Skirmishing).

Targets, 6 x 2 feet; centre, 2 feet across. Competitors were formed into squads of equal strength, who fell in as
skirmishers in extended order, any position; a target being opposite to each at an unknown distance. They fired at
unknown distances, on sound of bugle; advancing or retiring, by word of command. Time allowed, 10 minutes. One
point for each hit added to the score.

Squad.	Captain.	Total Scores.	Average points per man.	Prize.
3	Captain Murray	459	32-78	1st, £15
1	Hamlin	433	30-93	2nd, £10
4	Sergeant-Major Grant	412	29-43
2	Captain Goldie	400	28-57
5	Sub-Lieutenant Hoskin	364	26.00

Average points per man, 30.87.
1874-Individual firing; average per man, 48.51.

NINTH MATCH-(North v. South.)

Between Representatives of the North and South Islands. The ten men on each side who made the
highest aggregate scores in the six Championship Matches.
Ranges, 200, 500, and 600 yards. Seven shots at each range. Targets at 200 yards, 6 x 4 feet; centre, 2 feet; bull's eye
8 inches square. At 500 and 600 yards, 6 x 6 feet; centre, 4 feet; bull's eye, 2 feet. Highest possible score, 840
points.

NORTH.

Name.	Score.	Scores in 1874.	Scores in 1873.	Scores in 1872.
Armstrong	61	61	69	63
Chase	56	59	64	58
Skinner	56	58	60	56
Elder	55	55	59	54
Gilbert	53	55	58	54
Hoskin	52	54	56	52
Blythe	47	49	55	51
Gallagher	50	43	54	51
Leigh	46	40	53	49
Sykes	45	36	44	43
Totals	521	510	572	531

SOUTH.

Name.	Score.	Scores in 1874.	Scores in 1873.	Scores in 1872.
Richardson	64	60	69	64
McLaren	58	57	65	64
Munyard	57	54	65	61
Goldie	53	52	62	60
Fox	50	49	60	58
Wilson	49	46	60	55
Sutton	49	44	58	52
Christie	45	44	54	47
Blatch	44	41	52	46
Tomlinson	40	41	52	43
Totals	509	488	597	550

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New Zealand Gazette – 1875 – No. 27

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

INFANTRY AGGREGATES, showing the result of the Firing, &c. continued.

EIGHTH MATCH-(Skirmishing).

NINTH MATCH-(North v. South.)

NORTH.

SOUTH.

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