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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 27, 1989.

BISLEY MEETING

FIRST STAGE OF THE "KING'S"

Nine Former Gold Medallists

ANGLO-SCOT WINS BRONZE MEDAL

Bisley Camp, July 13. With a score of 103 out of a possible 105 over the three ranges (200, 500, and 600 yards), R. D. Grieg, who enters as Lance-Cor- poral, late Winchester College O.T.C., won the Bronze Medal, which is the only trophy given in the first stage of the King's Prize. It is a notable success, because last year Grieg won the Silver Medal, which is awarded to the leading competitor at the second stages, writes a correspondent.

He is the seventh man in the long history of the N.R.A. to have won both the Bronze and Silver Medals. It must be added that there are other cases of men win- ning more than one medal, but this fact does not detract from Greig's great shooting. To-day he was heartened in his effort by receiving a telegram about noon telling him that he had passed his final

ex- amination for admission as a char- tered accountant.

Although born in England Greig can be claimed as an Anglo-Scot, as he has a long ancestry connected with Fife. On this claim to Scottish na- tionality he

in was included

the North Country teams for the Nation- al Trophy and the Mackinnon Cup last year. Before that he joined the British team which took part in the tour to Australia and South Africa at the end of 1937 and in the early months of 1938, and he distinguished himself by putting on the biggest to- tal ever made by a Mother Country representative in the shoot for the Empire Trophy. He was thus large ly instrumental in recovering from Australia the prize that had been tak en from this country only a few months earlier.

To-day's shooting brought us to the first approach to the peak of Bisley, The King's Prize is the most coveted of all Imperial rifle shooting trophies It is open only to British subjects who are past or present members of His Majesty's Forces or of the Forces of any British-protected State. With the recognition of several new units since the beginning of this year, the .door has been opened more widely, and it is to be hoped that in more normal years this will lead to a considerable increase in the number of entrants. This stage of the King's, fired 200, 500, and 600 yards (seven rounds at each), is an eliminating round to decide the King's Three Hundred who will fire in the second stage on Fri- day at 300, 500, and 600 yards (ten shots at

each. On Saturday, the King's Hundred who emerge from these two severe tests will fight for final at 900 and 1000 yards, with fif-

teen shots at each distance.

at

of 101, and 20 of 100, with a tail of 91 scorers of 96 ia, and 87 men with scores of 95 to shoot-off for 39 places,

Nine former gold medallists took part in the King's to-day. These were A. G. Fulton, winner in 1912, 1926, and 1981; Capt. J. A. Barlow (1984 A. Chale (1928), Miss M. E. Foster and 1938), Capt. C. H. Vernon (1927),

(1980), C. F. H. Bayley (1932), D. E. Woods (1988), F. S. French (1935), and D. L. Birney (1937). Of these, Hall and Bayley did not qualify, and Fulton and Vernon will have shoot-off for the chance of a place, the others being well in. In addition to Miss Foster, there were seven wo- men entrants, which makes a record, but only one, Miss Blanche Badcock, Miss joins her in the second stage. Foster had a total of 98, and Miss LAWN BOWLS LEAGUE

Badcock 97.

Conditions were a rather 'tricky straight face on,

to

excellent except for wind which but jumped

blew from

Take Part

Every muscle tensed, arms out- stretched, S. B. Brinkley, of Yale, clears the bar and gives us the best-of-the-week action study. (Fox Copyright).

C.C.C.

WIN

K.C.C.

T. Fabel.

A. Madar W. Hobbs J. M. Jack 24 (Skip)

First-Class Averages

The following_are_first-class cricket. averages to July 16.

BATTING

(Qualification: 14 innings; average 36.)

W. R. Ham-

mond

Hutton.

Not Highest Inns. Out. Runs. Inne, Aver.

25 5 1631 302 81.55

29 2 1787 280* 64.33

Compton (D.) 81 3 1780 181 63.57 Sutcliffe

24 3 1273 Hardstaffe 27 6 1169

Iddon

Paynter Gimblett Timma Langridge

(Jas.).

Dollery

234* 60.61

125* 55.38

30 7 1232

217* 53.56

30 3 1385 222 51.29 29 3 1301 129 50.08 26 4 1080 120* 49.09

7

27 5 1063 161 48.31. 24 3 1007 177 47.95 C. H. Palmer 17 2 711 132 47.40 Davies (E.).. 27 2 1176

287* 47.04

G. F. H. Heane 27 3 1121 138 46.70

Oldfield

Arnold

Nichols

Barber

Keeton

Avery

Brookes

30 2 1305 25 3 1024 18. 1 26 1 1101

147* 46,60

96* 46.54

787

161 46.29

187 44.04

O'Connor

31 1 1309

194 43.63

31 4 1171

169* 43.37

34 2 1385

120 43.28 ·

·28 3 1047

179* 41.88

28. 5 943 27 6 840

146 41.00 128*.40.00

134 39.80

212* 39.29

Lee (F. S.).. 29 8 1020 Parker

155* 39.23

29 .€

896

111* 38.95

13' Ames

4

Leyland

24 3

Edrich

27.0

Cooper

34 2

Harris

28 2

22 Crapp

26 5

E. D. R. Eagar 23 3 796 Gibbons

34 3 1218

left to right and produced the figh- tail diversion which has been the chief At the Valley yesterday, Craigen- Fagg difficulty during the past three days. The gower C. C. beat Kowloon Cricket Fishlock light was good, but there were per- Club by 8 shots in the continued Third iods when the targets were slightly Division. Lawn Bowls League game. obscured by mirage. On the whole, C.C.C. however, one could hardly have wish-E. Kerrison ed for a better day. This was speed-E. McNay ily shown in the morning when seven- W. J. Penny teen possibles were returned at 200 G. S. Ladd yards range.. At 500 yards it seem- (Skip) ed to the easier, as twenty cards with G. R. Payne full score came in. In was not pos- F. Petersen sible to get a proper idea of the scor- C. W. Lam ing at 600 yards, but with the wind J. Pau

(Skip) dropping one could see a fine return of bulls on the signalling frames, al-S. R. Solina though naturally at his difficult dis- F. X. Delgado tance the scoring fell away somewhat. A. B. Hamson

A.. E. S. Alves

(Skip)

Totals

"TIMES" TROPHY

T. Hunter A. Hempsey .A. Wright

W. W. Hirst

17 (Skip)

W. Naef

G. E. Taylor A. W. Ramsey

T. W. Carr (Skip)

21

62

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TO-DAY'S MATCHES

19

54

Another big competition to-day was the Times, ten shots at 200 yards. This is also a part of the Grand and All

The following is to-day's programme Comers Aggregates. Four men tied of matches in the Lawn Bowls Cham- for first place with the full score of pionship:. 50 and shot off in the evening. After

OPEN SINGLES (FIRST ROUND) them in the X Section were sixteen.

At Kowloon F.C.

v J, H. Gelling men who had dropped only one point, L. R. Whant and the list was completed by forty-N. A. E. Mackay v A. K. Minu

At Kowloon Docks R.C. one scores of 47, twenty 47s being

This

T. A. Madar v C. S. Rosselet counted out.

was below last

S. M. White v W. J. Howard year's scoring, when eleven men made

At Craigengower C.C. the Possible followed by twenty-two

B. Basto

v F. Goodwin · 49s. Seventy-one, 48s were in and six counted out.

On top of the above heavy pro- gramme we have had the overload of four ties which were fired off this

Santall Langridge (John). Dyson

892 177 38.78 814 180* 38;76,

1026

118 38.00

1207-184* 37.71

976

788

196 37.53 89* 37.52

19 2 636 156 37.41

31 0 1141 160 36.80 28 3 918 120 36.72

Not out.

BOWLING

(Qualification: 30 wickets: average 23.)

0. M. R. W. Aver.. Copson

404.2 56 1336 108 12.37 Verity..... 556.6 159 1507 114.18.21. Bowes

526.7.107.1921.90 14.67... Goddard 538.7 97 1881 128 14.69 Lewis

164.7 35 489 30 16.30 Wright 331.6 40 13894 84 16.59 Watt (Kent) 336 48 1072 56 19.14 Pope (A. V.) 3422 43 1175 61 19.26 Mitchell 184.2 12 659 34 19.38 Smith (J.).. 451.4 86 1233 03 19.57 Langridge

....

evening. The first of these was for POLICE-RECREIO "B" Hollies 3822 81 1568

the Times Cup, in which four men took part. This was won by Bombar- dier W. D. Doe, of the Anti-Aircraft, R.A., who put all of his three shots into the bull for second place.

There

GAME TO-MORROW.

(James). 284.1 36 1004 51 19.68 Pope (G. H.) 318 48 1088 55 19.78 S. Pether 191.4 34 622 931 20.06

51 413.3 66 1347 234.6 88 739 394.3 61 1325 462 44 1875 275 55 1029 297.4 38 1236 409.3 49 1503

Todd Smailes Nichols Sims

Robinson

Smith (R.)..

Police Recreation Club and Mayer

was an interesting -contest between The First Division Lawn Bowls game Butler two Scots, J. G. Proudfoot, late. 7th between Royal Scots, and Captain H. St. G. Club de Recreio "B", which was stop- Gover Maxwell. Their first three shots ran ped owing to rain last Saturday will Hazell

18 be completed to-morrow at the Police Wellard 4, 5, and 4, giving them a level each. Then with his extra shot Club. Proudfoot clinched it by putting on a

bull against Maxwell's inner. A. H. Vicars, the fourth man, made only a magpie and two inners.

In the St. George's tie there was another close run. Three men were concerned in this Cpl. H. D. White- head, Queen's Div. Rifles, Canada; A.

Perks

Pollard

68 20.11 60 20.40 36 20.52 64 20.70 90 20.83

49 21,00

58 21,31 68 22.10

329.6 56 1131 51 22.17 463.6 28 1987 89 22.32

236.1 42 783

574.5 .91 1911

35 22.37 85 22.48 622.5 61 2033 89 22.84 405.4 50 1486 €5 22.88

West Indies Averages

meyer

BATTING

Not Highest Inns. Out. Runs, Inns. Aver.

BOWLING

0. M. R. W. Aver.

9 2

}

G.. Headley... 282 126* 40.28 L. N. Constan-

tine

5 1 12 1 12.00

18 0

947 ENTRIES FOR THE KING'S

There were 947 entries this year, compared with 1108 last year. Pro- bably the doyen was "Armourer Sgt. J. MacCallum, who has shot constantly since he first came to the old Wimble R, Johnson, Royal Corps of Signals; G. Headley ... 21 8 1449 284* 96.60 don ranges in 1888. He won the and C. W. Harvey, late Herts Yeo-E. A. V. Wil- Bronze Medal in 1927 and the Grand manry. With a bull and two inners liams Aggregate in 1903, after having been each Johnson and Whitehead again led, J. B. Stoll- the runner-up with the Silver Cross Harvey following out with a bull, an in 1902. He has been in the King's unfortunate magpie, and an inner, J. E. D. Sealy 23 0 final eighteen times, and to-day he Firing again shot by shot, Johnson R. S. Grant.. 22 4 made another good bid for a re-appear and Whitehead put on two bulls each, G. Gomez. 19 2 453

total of 97, but, when it came to the third round, K. H. Weekes 17 1 ance by putting on a

362 which gives him a place in the Three only Whitehead could hold the

L. N...Constan----

liams Hundred.

tral mark, Johnson falling away to

tino the inner by a narrow margin.

21 2 421

L. G. Hylton.. 63 22.15 ER

J. H. Cameron 21 2 418 100 21.89 T. Johnson.. By putting on the extra point, White-V. H. Stoll-

E. A. Martin- head wing, the Bronzer Medal, which meyer

11 1 218 78* 21.80 260 104 20.40

...dale 144

Sealy 55 18.00 J. E,

V. H. Stoll-

It was Inte to-night when the final Ilete came out. Following: Greig's leading score came three of 102 four of 101, and twenty scores of 100 Ac- cording to the official returns 107,inen with scores of 95 will have hoot off to-morrow for 48 place the general level, this scoring is much on a level with last year, when F. Je Garridge, R.E, won the medal with 104, followed by 11 zer* * 108, 20

cen-

the only prize awarded, in the first H. P. Bayley 15 2 stage for the Hundred who will be L. G. Hylton 12.3 shooting in the second stage on Satur-E. A. Martin- day. This is his first year at Bisley. dale

18 3 He has shot for six years in the Do I. Barrow 18. minion of Canada meeting at Ottawa C. B. Clarke.. 15 6 before qualifying to become a member Johnson of the Canadian Bisley-team..

770 181 581

324.4 47 1212 73 16.60 687 117 35.38 J. H. Cameron 219.6 40 642 31 · 20.70

33.73 05. 32.27 C. B. Clarke. 240 20 1029 40 25.72 65 26.64 E, A. V. Wil- 64 22.62

39 14.06 26% 12.58

92.4 12 362 18 27.84 238.1 21 919 31 29.64 91.2 16 801 10 30.10

296.7 29 1210 161

81.25

32.20