BISLEY RIFLE MEETING
MASEFIELD IN KING’S HUNDRED (United Praia Association—By Eliotrio Talwrraph--Copyright) (Australian Press Association.—United Service) LONDON, 19th July. At tlie Empire rifle meeting at Tiisley, Australian Warrant Officer Boxall Chapman and the New Zealander, Captain W. Masefield, both scored 136. and are therefore included in the King’s hundred, who will shoot off for the King's Prize to-morrow.. The loaders are Captain Hansford and Private Garnet. (England) and Lieutenant-Colonel Blair (Canada), each with a score of 141. CANADIANS TIE FOR KING’S PRIZE • LONDON, 20th July. At Bisley for the King’s Prize. Colonel Blair and Lieutenant Burke, both Canadians, tied with scores of 2S.'i. Colonel Blair won in the shoot off. LONDON, 20th July. When Colonel Blair and Lieutenant Burke tied for the King’s Clip, the shoot-off was startml iminediatelv. They were allowed three-rounds with a sigbter. Each sighter scored a bull, followed by three bulls, and they were allowed three more. Blair scored three bulls. Burke began with a two, but the filial shot was an inner. Two others tied for third place with 282.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 22 July 1929, Page 6
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