RIFLE SHOOTING

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 210, 31 May 1920, Page 5

RIFLE SHOOTING

ENGLISH TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA. (Rec. May 30, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 28. Lieut.-Colonel P. Richardson will command tho rifle team for Australia, Forty well-known sTiots, including several gold and silver medallists, aro in the Bisley trials.-Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. • . (Rec. May 30, 11.30 p.m.) London, May 2D.

The following riflemen have been selected to visit Australia: Lieut.-Colonel Richardson (commandant), Major Munro, Adjutant A. Gavrod, Captain W. Gray, Lieutenant A. Martin, F. Morton, H. Northcotc, Major E. Pamll, Major Pixlev, A. Rowland, J. A. Smith, Captain T. Smith, ]?. C. Thompson, and H. T. Wood. , . . Thirty-three candidates competed at Bisley for inclusion in tho team, over ranges of 300 to .1000 yards. LieutColonel Richardson, interviewed, said he was satisfied he had got a lino team together, drawn from tho Navy, Army and Air Force. The team will sail m the Demosthenes, via tho Capo. on. August 11, and will finish tho tour at tho end of November. Mr. Wallace attended the tests. Ho and Lieut.-Colonel Richardson will complete tho itinerary as soon as Mr. Wallace receives the date for tho Federal match at Adelaide. Garrod is the team's squadron leader. Reservo members aro: J. L. Dewnr, Captain H. Douglas, Petty Officer W. Cray, E. M'Cue. —Aus.-N.15. Cablo Assn.