Creedmoor and
the International Matches

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In the latter part of the 19th century the Creedmoor Rifle Range, Long Island, New York, USA, was the venue for a number of international long range rifle matches that received widespread public interest and much press coverage. The Palma Trophy Team Match, still run today, was first held at Creedmoor on 13-14 September 1876 (although the trophy was then known as the Centennial Trophy) and competed for by Australia, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, and the United States. Ranges shot at were 800, 900 and 1,000 yards, with muzzle loading and breech loading black powder rifles used by the teams of eight. Today the team numbers have increased to 16 members, but the distances shot at are unchanged.

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Events and Competing Nations

The Marksmen

Nation	Name	1874	1875	1876	1876	1877	1880	1880
America	Allen, I. L.
	Blydenburgh, C. E.
	Bodine, Col. J.
	Brown, F. H.
	Bruce, L. C.
	Clark, H. F.
	Coleman, R. C.
	Dakin, Gen. T. S.
	Dudley,
	Farrow, W. M.
	Farwell, W. B.
	Fisher, H.
	Fulton, H.
	Gerrish, W.
	Gildersleeve, Col.
	Hepburn, L. L.
	Hyde, F.
	Jackson, Capt. W. H.
	Jewell, Maj. H. S.
	Laird,
	Rathbone, R.
	Rockwell, H. T.
	Scott, Dr. S. I.
	Weber, L.
	Yale, G.W.

Nation	Name	1874	1875	1876	1876	1877	1880	1880
Australia	Draper, T. T
	Gee, D.
	King, H. J.
	Lynch, J. S.
	Slade, J. J.
	Sleep, J. T.
	Smith, J. M. G.
	Wardil, B. J.

Nation	Name	1874	1875	1876	1876	1877	1880	1880
Canada	Adam, J.
	Bell, A.
	Cotton, W. H.
	Cruit, W.
	Disher, G.
	Mason, J. J.
	Gibson, J. M.
	Murison, G.

Nation	Name	1874	1875	1876	1876	1877	1880	1880
Great Britain	Baker, Lieut.
	Evans, H. S. W.
	Fenton, Lieut. G.
	Fenton, Lieut. Col. J.
	Ferguson, Sergt.
	Godsal, Lieut.
	Halford, Sir. H. St.John
	Humphry, A. P.
	Joynt, W. R.
	Millner, J. K.
	Rigby, W.
	Young, S. S.

Nation	Name	1874	1875	1876	1876	1877	1880	1880
Ireland	Dyas, H.
	Fenton, G.
	Goff, W.G.D.
	Hamilton, Dr. J. B.
	Johnson, E.
	Joynt, W. R.
	Milner, J. K.
	M'Kenna, J.
	Pollock, J.
	Rigby, J.
	Rigby, W.
	Walker, Capt.
	Ward, A.
	Wilson, J.
	Young, S. S.

Nation	Name	1874	1875	1876	1876	1877	1880	1880
Scotland	Boyd, M.
	Clark, W.
	Fraser, D.
	McVittie, R.
	Mitchell, J.
	Rae, P.
	Thorburn, N.
	Whitelaw, T.

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