RIFLE SHOOTING.
THE VICTORIAN RIFLE MEETING. United Press . Association— By Elect-io T elegraph— Copyright. (Received November 23, 10.16 a.m.) MELBOURNE, November 23.
The King's Prize was won by War-rant-officer Raven, of the British rifle team, with a score of 314 points. Sergeant Ommundsen, of the British team, was second with 309 points, and Edwards (Sydney) was third with 808 points. The championship aggregate was won by Lake, of j /Adelaide, who scored 579 points. Edwards (Sydney) was second with 572 points, and Ommundsen (British team) third with 571 points. (The members of the British rifle team have been shooting very well since the Empire meeting .at Sydney, and at the Tasmanian rifle competitions, held a fortnight ago, they practically swept the boards. Warrantofficer Raven, who has won the King's Prize at the Victorian meeting, waa third in the contest for the King's Match at Sydney. Lake, the winner of the aggregate prize a# Melbourne, is probably "tlie best all-round marksman that Australia has produced.)
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9092, 23 November 1907, Page 4
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