"KING'S HUNDRED."
Legless Soldier Secures a Trophy. FINALS AT BISLEY. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 12 noon.) RUGBY, July 21. Ninety-nine men and one woman formed the "King's Hundred" in this year's contest for the King's Prize at Bisley. The woman was Miss Marjorie Foster, who won this event, greatest shooting contest iu the Empire, in 1930, the only occasion on which it was ever won by one of her sex. The male competitors included five who had previously won the prize, as well as Lieutenant Sutherland, who lost both legs in the war. He had to be wheeled to the firing points in an invalid's chair. Lieutenant Sutherland won the St. George's challenge vase, given for 15 shots at 900 yards, after two tie shoots.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 171, 22 July 1935, Page 7
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