THE KING'S PRIZE.
ANNUAL MATCH AT BISLEY..
WIN FOR SERGEANT FULTON. (Received July ]!J, 7.45 p.m.) LONDON, July IS. In the annu.nl rifle shooting match at Bisley Sergeant A. G. Fulton won the King's Prizo with a score of 285. He is the first to wi.i it. three times.
Dr. Kelly, formerly of London University, with 280, was second. Squadron-Leader 0. W. Hill, AirCommodore Kingsford Smith's friendly rival in flying to Australia, won the St. George's Challenge Vase, the Dragon Cup, and the Gold Cross after a tie at tho shoot of 900 yards.
The King's Prizo last year was --won by Miss Marjorie Foster (South London Rifle Club), of Frimley, Surrey, with a score of 280. Sergeant Fultor., then Private Fulton, Queen's Westminsters, won in 1912, with 335, and in 1926, with 286.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20929, 20 July 1931, Page 9
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