SHOOTING AT BISLEY.
AUSTRALIANS’ SUCCESS
Received Julv 23, 12.5 p.m. LONDON, July 22.
The scores at Bisley in the Empire match, 500 yards, were as follow; Australia 385, South Africa 378, Canada 368," Mother Country 373, India 359.
A thunderstorm broke and at the finish the light was so bad that the bull’s-eye was invisible during the last few shots. Australia finished while the light was good. The total scores for the two ranges were: Australia 762, South Africa 749, Mother Country 738, Canada 729, India 710.—Reuter.
Received July 23, 12.30 p.m. LONDON, July 22,
At Bisley, in the Empire match, the scores at the end of 600 yards were: Australia 1138. South Africa 1123. Canada 1100, Mother Country 1093, India 1054.—A. and N.Z. cable. WINNER OF THE AGGREGATE. LONDON, July 21. Sergeant Bacon, of the Royal Marines, won the Bisley grand aggregate with the score 634. Private C’addcn, with 632, was second.—A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1075, 23 July 1924, Page 5
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