RIFLE SHOOTING
KING’S PRIZE AT BISLEY United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright , LONDON, July 17. A cadet officer named Birney won the King’s prize at Bisley, with an aggregate of of 283. His scores at 900 and 1000 yards were 72 and 78. When firing started at 1000 yards, the leaders were three Englishmen, three Australians and three Canadians. Birney is a cadet officer aged 23, who was competing in the King’s Prize for the first time. Lieutenant J. Smith, Territorial Artillery, was second with a score of 281. Like Birney he learned shooting while at Cambridge University.
McKinnon Cup At Bisley, Scotland won the McKinnon Cup, with an aggregate score of 1002. Canada was second with 996 and Australia third with 995.
England was fourth with 987; India 929, Wales 924, Ireland. 909, Guernsey 856.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20784, 20 July 1937, Page 8
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135RIFLE SHOOTING Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20784, 20 July 1937, Page 8
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