SHOOTING AT BISLEY
THE KING’S PRIZE Prws Association— By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, July. 20. At Bisley Armourer-sergeant F. 8* French, formerly of the Hertfordshire Yeomany, won the King’s Prize, scoring 289 points. THE LAST STAGE (BritMr Official Wireless.) "RUGBY, July 21. (Received July 22, at noon.) Ninety-nine men and one woman fired at the Bisley rifle meeting in the last stage of the competition for the King’* . Prize. The woman was Miss Marjorie Foster, who won the event in 1930, the only time that it was ever captured by one of her sex. The male competitor* included five who had previously won. the prize as well as Lieutenant Sutherland, who lost both legs in the war and had to be wheeled to the firing points in an invalid chair. Sutherland won th* St, George’s Challenge Vase, given fof IS shots at 900yds, after two tie shoots.
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Evening Star, Issue 22087, 22 July 1935, Page 6
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