SHOOTING AT BISLEY
AUSTRALIAN RIFLEMAN’S SUCCESS. CANADA WINS KOLAPORE CUP. London, July 12. At Bisley, Mr Boxall Chapman, of the Australian Flying Corps, made 34 and 34 in the two stages of the St. George match, and stands twelfth in the hundred who partake in the final stage on Saturday. Canada won the Kolapore Cup with a score of 1138. Great Britain was second with 1125.—A. and N.Z. THRILLING DUEL AT BISLEY. (Rec. 7.0 p.m.) London, July 13. There was an unprecedented duel at the Service Rifle Competition at Bisley, between Lieutenant MacGregor (Canada) and A. G. Fulton, of England. They tied in the competition for the Tinies Cup and then fired three shots each to decide the winner. All were bulls, whereupon they fired shot for shot until one dropped a point. MacGregor and Fulton both registered seventeen bulls apiece in succession. MacGregor scored the eighteenth bull and Fulton only an inner.—A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 20229, 14 July 1927, Page 5
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