THE BISLEY MEETING
. KOLAPORE CUP. WON BY GREAT BRITAIN. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, July 22. Shooting at the 303 yds range of the Kolapore Cup Australia and Groat, Britain tied with 258 points each, Canada put on 256, India 255, Guernsey 253, and South Africa 250, At tho end of the second range the scores were :—Great Britain 529, Canada 520, Australia 519, Guernsey 514, India 510, South Africa 495. The final scores were f Great Britain,., 7SO Australia 777 Cinada ..." ... 777 India 756 South Africa 749 Guernsey 749 TheTe was a fresh variable wind at the start, but before the 500 yds range (second distance) commenced the sky became overcast. Edwards placed a bull on the wrong target. Australia won tho special colonial prize of £50.
The scores in the competition for tho Kolapore Cup (seven shots at 300, 500, and 600 yds) last year were Mother Country, 761 points; South Africa, 750; Canada, 746; Guernsey 725; India, 724.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15824, 24 July 1913, Page 7
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