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1874: Member of the Irish team at Creedmoor, USA.
1875: Member of the Irish team at Dollymount, Ireland.
New York Mercury, 27 September 1874 (Quoted in "Irish Riflemen
in America" by A.B. Leech. Stamford: London 1875)
"Mr. Wilson is a Belfast Merchant, and is about 26 years old. He
is medium height, and dark complexion."
Harper's Weekly, 17 July 1875
"Mr Wilson is a merchant of Belfast. He is of medium stature, of
dark, swarthy complexion, with black hair and side whiskers, and is
twenty-seven years of age. In shooting he lies face downward, and, though
slightly built, holds his gun very steady. He was second in the list
of scores in the International match of 1874."
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