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Robin Hood Rifles Battalion Aggregate Prizes and Selection of Bisley Team

The Battalion Aggregate Competition was run through the season in four stages. The winner being decided by the best three scores made out of the four. The third stage was held in early June. As the Bisley Meeting followed in early July, this was also used as a selection shoot for those to be invited to take part in the Bisley Meeting. Selection was done on the basis of the aggregate of the best two scores out of the first three stages

Each stage consisted of 1 sighter and 7 to count at 200, 500, and 600 yards, the same conditions as for the King's Prize, with a maximum possible score of 105.

This report gives a full listing of the scores made on the day and the aggregates being considered for the Bisley Meeting. There are several very promising scores after 500 yards which were wrecked by the difficult conditions at 600 yards.

Nottingham Evening Post, Tuesday, 3rd June 1902

SHOOTING AT TRENT

Yesterday the third competition for the battalion aggregate prizes in connection with the Robin Hood Rifles took place on the Rifle Range at Trent. The weather throughout the day was fine and warm, but a rather tricky wind made havoc with a number of scores at the long distance. Private G. W. Comery, who headed the list last month with a fine total of 99 points, was again highest scorer with a score of 97 points, being closely followed by Quartermaster-Sergeant W. Comery with 96 points. There were 111 entries, as compared with 158 on the last shoot. Ranges, 200, 500, and 600 yards. Conditions as for first stage King's Prize. Scores:–

     200    500    600    Tl.
Private G.W. Comery 32 32 33 97
Quartermaster-Sergeant W. Comery 32 32 32 96
Corporal J.W. Hildyard 34 33 27 94
Sergeant-Instructor M. Watts 30 33 30 93
Colour-Sergeant A. Sibert 30 33 29 92
Sergeant T.G. Sewell 32 33 25 92
Major J. Ashworth 34 33 25 92
Lance-Sergeant T. Hughes 29 31 31 91
Sergeant G. Allsopp 33 27 31 91
Lance-Corporal W. Scott 33 31 27 91
Sergeant J. Coupe 32 31 27 90
Colour-Sergeant H. Tomkins 28 29 32 89
Corporal G. Smith 30 23 31 89
Sergeant J.W. Hall 28 33 28 89
Sergeant H. Smith 30 28 30 88
Sergeant J.H. Duckett 29 30 29 88
Colour-Sergeant F. Goodliffe 31 30 27 88
Lance-Corporal W. Ashby 30 32 26 88
Sergeant J.W. Smith 32 33 23 88
Sergeant T. Caunt 28 31 28 87
Corporal B.T. Fletcher 31 23 33 87
Private W.H. Stevenson 31 28 28 87
Sergeant-Major G. Hodgkinson 34 30 23 87
Private J. Lane 32 24 30 86
Captain P.M. Payne 28 30 27 85
Corporal J.T. Gillott 29 29 27 85
Sergeant T. Warsop 32 27 26 85
Colour-Sergeant F. Wilkinson 28 32 25 85
Lance-Corporal A. Poole 26 34 25 85
Colour-Sergeant R. Livesey 28 26 30 84
Sergeant J. Barnes 27 29 28 84
Private J. Astle 28 30 27 84
Private W.G. Packer 30 29 25 84
Corporal H.E. Warsop 34 32 18 84
Sergeant E.T. Derrick 25 32 26 83
Lance-Corporal Lewitt 30 28 25 83
Lance-Sergeant J.H. Lenton 30 28 25 83
Corporal W. Herrick 33 29 21 83
Sergeant J.G. Brex 31 27 25 83
Captain A. Poole 29 24 29 82
Lance-Corporal W.E. Thorpe 28 27 27 82
Sergeant G.H. Hurt 26 29 27 82
Private J.C. Banyard 25 32 24 81
Corporal L. Duckett 27 30 24 81
Lance-Corporal S. Drury 32 25 23 80
Colour-Sergeant F. Dominic 30 28 22 80
Private B.R. Smedley 31 28 21 80

The following are the shot-for-shot scores of the two highest on the list:–

PRIVATE G. W. COMERY
200 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 =32
500 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 =32
600 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 =33 =97
 
QUARTERMASTER-SERGEANT W. COMERY
200 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 =32
500 5 4 5 5 5 3 5 =32
600 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 =32 = 96

BISLEY COMPETITION.

The scores made in the above competition, together with those made in the two previous competitions, decide the team to represent the battalion in the King's and St. George's Competitions at the meeting of the National Rifle Association at Bisley in July. Conditions, two highest scores in the three competitions to decide the order of merit. It will be seen that the list is headed by Private G.W. Comery, a remarkable performance for a recruit of less than twelve months service. Scores:–

Private G.W. Comery 98 97 195
Sergeant J.H. Duckett 95 96 191
Quartermaster-Sergeant W. Comery 89 96 185
Corporal J.W. Hildyard 91 94 185
Sergeant G. Allsopp 93 91 184
Private W. Harrison 96 88 184
Sergeant J.R. Coupe 93 90 183
Lance-Corporal W. Ashby 92 88 180
Lance-Corporal W.E. Thorpe 89 91 180
Lance-Corporal L. Duckett 90 90 180
Sergeant J.W. Smith 91 88 179
Captain P.M. Payne 86 92 178
Sergeant T.G. Sewell 86 92 188
Colour-Sergeant A. Sibert 86 92 178
Sergeant H. Smith 90 88 178
Major J. Ashworth 84 92 176
Colour-Sergeant H. Tomkins 87 89 176
Private W.H. Stevenson 89 87 176
Sergeant T. Warsop 90 85 175
Sergeant J. Barnes 87 87 174
Corporal B.T. Fletcher 87 87 174
Lance-Corporal A. Poole 89 85 174
Sergeant S.H. Page 95 79 174
Corporal G. Smith 85 89 174
Corporal W.S. Lewitt 85 88 173
Lance-Sergeant T. Hughes 82 91 173
Lieutenant T.A. Clinch 86 86 172
Lance-Corporal W. Scott 80 91 171
Colour-Sergeant F. Goodliffe 83 88 171
Sergeant J.W. Hall 82 89 171
Colour-Sergeant J. Livesey 86 84 170
Corporal W. Herrick 86 83 169
Colour-Sergeant F. Wilkinson 84 85 169
Private J. Lane 82 86 168
Private B.R. Smedley 86 82 168
Captain A. Poole 85 82 167
Sergeant J.G. Brex 83 83 166
Sergeant T. Caunt 79 87 166
Lance-Sergeant W.J. Mack 87 78 165
Corporal H.E. Warsop 79 84 163

Transcript from Nottingham Evening Post 03/06/1902
British Library Newspaper Archive

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