THE KING’S PRIZE.
SHOOTING AT BISLEY. LONDON, July 18. Birney won the King’s Prize at Bisley with an aggregate of 283. His scores in the final stage at 900 and 1000 yards, 15 shots at each range, were 72 and 08. When firing started at 1000 yards the leaders were three Britons, three Australians and three Canadians. Birney is a cadet officer, aged 23, who was competing for tho King’s Prize for the first time. Lieutenant J. Smith, of the territorial artillery, was second with 281. Like Birney he learnt shooting while at Cambridge University.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 195, 19 July 1937, Page 7
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95THE KING’S PRIZE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 195, 19 July 1937, Page 7
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