RIFLE SHOOTING.
THE BISLF.Y MEETING. PRINCE AS RIFLE SHOT. a.v camj«—peesb association—copyeight Received Julv 21, 10.5 a.m. LONDON, July 20. The Prince of Wales, visiting the Australians at Bislev, tried his skill at shooting the running doer. He scored 24 out of a possible of 30, whereupon lie remarked: “I’ve had‘a very kind marker.” —Sydney Sun Cable. At Bislev, the Australian Lieutenant Davies won the All Comers’ Aggregate Challenge Cup, with a score of 372. — Aus.-N.Z Cable Assn. At .the Bisley meeting. Private Burke (Canada) won the King’s Prize with a score of 250. Fulton (Britain) was second with 228. Captain Smith (South Africa) was bracketed third with. two Englishmen with scores of 227. Private Burke also won the bronze medal for the leading score in the first stage. The first stage of the St. George’s Cup was won hy Corporal Borland (Canada) with a possible 75. Matthews was third. The Queen Alexandra Prize (ten shots at • 500 yards) was won by C. S. C. Dewar, silver medallist, with a possible score of 50.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 July 1924, Page 7
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174RIFLE SHOOTING. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 July 1924, Page 7
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