SHOOTING AT BISLEY

Otago Witness, Issue 3672, 29 July 1924, Page 18

SHOOTING AT BISLEY

THE EMPIRE MATCH. LONDON, July 22. In the Empire Match the scores at 300 yards were as follows:—Australia, 377; South Africa, 371; Canada, 371; Mother Country, 365; India, 351. The scores at 500 yards were : Australia, 385; South Africa, 378; Canada, 368; Mother Country, 37-3 : 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 are:—Australia, 762; South Africa, 749; Mother Country, 738; Canada, 729; India, 710. The Canadian range scores do not agree with the totals. The scores at the end of the 600 yards shooting were: Australia, 1138; South Africa, 1123 ; Canada, 1100 ; Mother Country, 1093; India, 1064. The Australians’ shoot was a record for the first stage of the Empire Match. Shearen made the possible and Addison 49 at 600 yards. The South Africans’ score included two possibles at the same range. July 23. The scores at 800 yards were: Australia 1511, South Africa 1500, Mother Land 1473, Canada 1465, India 1421. The final scores were as follows:

Australia 2248 South Africa 2216 England 2181 Canada 2174 India 2088 The Australian score was a record and also Shearin’s individual score of 292. Though Australia dropped four points at the 800 yards range, the team pulled up eight points at 900 yards. The competition was then virtually a. foregone conclusion, and consequently the final range lacked thrill. It was soon evident from the consistency of the Australians at every mound that they would win very easily. Though the result was not a surprise, grpat enthusiasm was shown when it was anounced that they had won by 32 points. The Africans were the first to congratulate the winners. Sir Philip Richardson, in the name of the association, complimented the winners. He said the match had been remarkable from many aspects, especially in regard to the records made, of which Shearim’s feat in missing the bull’s eye only seven times was the most outstanding. It was remarkable that India’s aggregate was Australia’s winning score in 1909. The winners’ score of 2248 was easily a record. Lady Richardson handed over the trophy. Rifleman Blacklow responding. The individual scores at ICOO yards were as follows:—Bryant, 50; Channon, Shearim and Addison, 48; Cyte and Matthews, 47; M’Naughton, 41.