International Riflemen:
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Creedmoor and the
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S.S. Young (1844-1901)

1877: Reserve member of the Great Britain team at Creedmoor, USA.
1880: Member of the Great Britain team at Wimbledon, England.

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Paper, 15 September 1877
"Major S.S. Young is an officer in the English Rifle Brigade. He first shot at Wimbledon as a member of the Irish eight in 1873, and in 1875 led with 200 points. This year his score was 199."

Book: The Three Rifles - Major Stamford Sheridan Young. London, UK, (2nd edition) 1878. Reprinted by W.S.Curtis (Publishers) Ltd., 1997. ISBN 0 948216 15 8

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