ENGLISH BISLEY.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 859, 4 July 1910, Page 5

ENGLISH BISLEY.

THE EMPIRE MATCH. AUSTRALIANS IN GOOD FORM, BRITISH TEAM WINS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Coprriiht London, July 1. At the National Rifle Associa&m meeting at Bisley the Empire Match is being fired to-day. There are strong variable winds and rain. The teams taking part are representative of Great Britain, India, Singapore, Australia, and Canada. The Canadians are using the Ross rifle. The Australian team consists of Annstrong, Boyd, BuTgoyne, Cutler, Gorry, Grany, Hallegan, and Williams. [Armstrong and Williams, are Victorians, Boyd and A. Cutler New South Welshmen, Burgoyne a South Australian, Gorry and Grany Queonslanders, and Hallegan a West Australian.] FIRST STAGE. London, July L In the first stage of the Empire Match tho scores were:— Britain „..._-. 1439 Australia 1,136 Canada .. 1,128 Australia was third at the 200 yards range, but after the firing at 500 yards wont up to second place. The'scores of the Australians werar— Armstrong ™ ..... 14fi Grant „ _— 141 Boyd - 141 Gorry — 143 I Cutler - 141' Williams _ 141 Burgoyne 140 Hallegan 136 (Rec. July 3, 5.5 p.m.) London, July 2. In tho Empire Match, Singapore scored 1091, and India 10G4. Torrential rain fell several, times. Armstrong, Grant, and Williams made possibles at 200 yards, and Boyd tho possible at 500. Tho highest individual scorer was Wallingford, a Britisher (148). Armstrong, of the Australians, came next. (Rec. July 4, 0.40 a.m.) London, July 3. A terrific rainstorm swept the ranges while the 900 yards range was being fired. A further heavy rain squall during the firing of the 1000 yards disconcerted the overseas riflemen. Boyd missed five times at the 900 yards range. The British team won the Empire Match with an aggregate score of 2177; Canada made 2105; Australia, 2045; India, 1973; Singapore, 1972. Major Paine, commanding the Australians, hoped that a British team would defend the trophy at the Australian.meeting next year. He declared that the storm at the 900 yards rango had detroyed the Australians' chances.

THE PREVIOUS MATCH. ■ The Empire Match is a six-range contest at 200, 500, GOO, SCO, 900 and 1000 yards, ten shots at each range. It. was last fired in New Zealand, in March last, when the Islanders defeated the Australian team by 111 points. A. Cutler and O. E. Boyd, mentioned in the above cable, were both in New Zealand in March last with the New South Wales riflemen, and took part ia the Empire Match at the championship rifle meeting at Trentham. Cutter's aggregate in the Empire Match was 256— 12 points below his brother, W. H. Cutler, who headed the New South Welshmen's list of aggregates. Boyd came third with 247. The total aggregate scores of the competing teams were: New Zealand, 2043; Australia, 1932. Boyd, who ia reported to have made the possible at 500 yards, was in very good form at Trentham, and got within i points of the possible at 1000 yards. Neither Cutler nor Boyd, however, fired into the Fifty in tfta championship series. Tricky Trentham was rather too much for the Australians, as they themselves admitted.

AUSTRALIAN CADETS. London, July X The Australian cadets have arrived safely, and are quartered at Kensington barracks.