THE BISLEY MEETING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12027, 25 July 1902, Page 5

THE BISLEY MEETING.

KOLAPOKE CUP MATCH.

WON BY THE AUSTRALIANS.

A RECORD SCORE.

PROPOSED TEAK FOR

AUSTRALIA.

By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.

London, July 23. The Kolapore Cup was won by the Australian team with a score of 770, which is a record. The other scores Rhodesia, 758; Canada, 757; Motherland, 755; Guernsey, 748; Natal, 746; New Zealand, 744; India, 70S ; West Indies. 602.

At the 200 yds the Motherland led with a score of 263, New Zealand 262 and Canada 259 coming next.

At 500 yds Canada was first with 515, Australia 515, Rhodesia 511 and New Zealand 510 following in that order.

At 600 yds the Australians added the splendid total of 255, Todd and Carter making the possible and Whitehead (Victoria) 34. The victory was very popular. Lieutenant-General Hildyard warmly congratulated Lieutenant - Colonel Davies, the manager of the team. The individual scores of the winners were : Whitehead (Victoria), 101 Carter (Victoria), 99 Lake (South Australia), 98; Fargher (Victoria) and Ferguson (Queensland) 97 each ; Shaw (Queensland), 95 ; Todd (Victoria), 94; Sloane (Victoria), 89.

The following Australians are in the best 300 competitors for the first stage of the King's Prize:—Carter, Fargher and Whitehead, 97 each; Todd and Sloane, 96 each; Grummett, 95; Shaw and G-illiford, 94 each. The New Zealanders included are Wilson and Ballinger, 96 each.

(Received July 24, 4.15 p.m.)

London, July 23.

All the teams have accepted the Australians' offer to reshoot for the Mackinnon Cup on Monday.

Lieutenant-Colonel Davies is urging the National Rifle Association to send a team to Australia.

The competition for the Rajah of Kolapore's Imperial Challenge Gup, which carries with it the National Rifle Association's money prize of £80 and a silver bugle, given by John Dewar and Sons, is open to teams of eight men, one team of volunteers from the Mother Country, and one team from the militia or.volunteers of each British colony or dependency. The ranges are 200 yds, 500 yds, and 600 yds, seven shots at each distance, and the highest possible score 840 points. In winning with the splendid score of 770 points the Australians succeeded in establishing a fresh. record for the competition, which has been held annually sine© 1871. The merit of, their performance may be gathered from the fact that the team averaged about four and a-half points of a possible five (bull's-eye) for every shot fired. In 1897 the Victorian team won the cup with a score of 751, the New Zealanders on that occasion finishing second with 748 points, four points better than their score m this year's competition.