MORE PHENOMENAL SHOOTING.

Evening Post, Volume LIV, Issue 20, 23 July 1897, Page 5

MORE PHENOMENAL SHOOTING.

TWO AUSTRALIANS CLOSE UP FOR THE GRAPHIC CUP. (Received July 23, 10 a.m.)

London, 22nd July. In shooting off the; tie for the bronze medal awarded for the highest score in the first stage of the Queen's Prize Match, Sergeant Hall (? Hill) bea.t Sergept Scott. The tie for the remaining nine places among the 300 who are to take part in the final stages of this competition ' has been fired off by the 100 men who scored 93' in the first stage. These included Ballinger and Williams, of Wellington, and Simpson, of Kai?,poi, as well as Hamilton, of Queensland. No more colonials, however, succeeded in qualifying. Howe and Hawthorne (Wellington), King (Oaraaru), Richardson (Duuedin), and Harris (Little River) will, therefore, be the New Zealaud representatives at the 800 yds and 900 yds ranges. Later details show that of the 1900 competitors'in the first stage of the St. George's Vase match 13 men tied, with scores of 69 out of a possible 70. Scores of 67 and upwards were made by 83 competitors, who are included in the 100 qualified to shoot for the second stage. Of the New Zealanders, King (Oamaru) made 67, and Howe (Wellington) and Richardson (Dunedin) 66 each. In the Martin's Cup match Harris (Little River) and Simpson (Kaiapoi) won £2 each. Lieutenant Clemeuce, of the First Middlesex Regiment, won the Daily Graphic 50guinea Cup after an exciting contest with Lieutenant Kelly, of Victoria, and Private Mitchell, of Adelaide.