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The Twenty-sixth Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on July 12 and 13, 1884.
Thirty-eight ladies and twenty-two gentlemen shot at this meeting.
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The Twenty-second Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Taunton on July 23 and 24, 1884.
Mr. and Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey became Champion and Championess of the West.
Fifty ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot at this meeting.
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In the handicap match on July 25, the only good score was made by Mr. C. E. Nesham, 362.
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The Forty-first Grand National Archery Society's Meeting was held on August 6 and 7, 1884, on the Cricket-ground of St. Mark's School (Rev. Stephen Hawtray) at Windsor.
Mrs. Piers F. Legh won the Challenge bracer with 6-1/3 points. Miss Oakley won 1 point for score at 60 yards; and she and Miss B. Oakley divided the point for hits at 50 yards with Mrs. P. F. Legh.
Gentlemen100 Yards80 Yards60 YardsTotalsHitsScoreHitsScoreHitsScoreHitsScoreMajor C. H. Fisher753157136945257191941Mr. C. E. Nesham843407934345219208902Mr. H. Kendall642727335747223184852Mr. Gregson522187232643217167761Captain M. Allen642526628441213171749Mr. O. L. Clare13632297332736182172738Mr. N. Rattray512236225045211158684Mr. J. H. Bridges632356226839171164674Mr. Eyre W. Hussey492056123942228152672Mr. F. A. Govett732914919534144156630Mr. G. G. Hulme552095024243177148628Mr. C. J. Longman461586628040180152618Mr. T. T. S. Metcalfe52168552194422815161513Entered as Mr. Hindley.
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Mr. C. E. Nesham won the Champion's medal with 5 points. Major Fisher won the 2 points for gross score and the Spedding Challenge Cup, and 2 more points for score at 80 and at 60 yards. Mr. H. Kendall won the point for hits at 60 yards.
In the handicap match on August 8 Mrs. P. F. Legh scored 357, and Miss Legh 354; Mr. C. E. Nesham 482, Mr. H. Kendall 411, and Mr. Gregson 406.
Fifty-seven ladies and fifty gentlemen shot at this meeting. The weather was intensely hot.
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The Fifth Grand Northern Archery Meeting was held on the West Cliff Cricket-ground at Preston, in Lancashire, on August 27 and 28, 1884.
Mrs. Waithman and Mr. Gregson became Championess and Champion of the North.
Forty-four ladies and thirty-five gentlemen shot at this meeting.
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The Thirtieth Grand Leamington and Midland Archery Meeting was held in the Jephson Gardens on June 10and 11, 1885, when twenty-nine ladies and thirty-eight gentlemen shot.
Miss Legh scored 352 and Mr. Hussey 390 in the handicap match on June 12.
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The Twenty-seventh Grand Annual Crystal Palace Archery Meeting was held on the Cricket-ground on July 9 and 10, 1885, when forty-eight ladies and twenty-nine gentlemen shot.
Mr. Nesham acted as Hon. Secretary to the meeting.
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The Twenty-third Grand Western Archery Meeting was held at Weymouth on July 22 and 23, 1885, when forty-nine ladies and twenty-eight gentlemen shot.
Mr. and Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey became Champion and Championess of the West.
Mrs. Hussey and Mr. Nesham scored 367 and 530 respectively in the handicap match on July 24.
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The Forty-second Grand National Archery Meeting was held in the College-grounds at Great Malvern on July 29 and 30, 1885, when sixty-four ladies and fifty-one gentlemen shot.
Mrs. P. F. Legh became the Championess with 6 points, Miss Legh having 1 point for a tie on the gross hits, and 1 point for most hits at 50 yards.
Mr. Nesham won the Champion's medal for most points—7-1/2—and the Spedding memorial cup with the highest score. Major Fisher won 1 point for hits at 100 yards, and Mr. Perry-Keene won 1-1/2 points, having tied Mr. Nesham with 45 hits at 60 yards, and he won the point for highest score at 60 yards.
Mrs. Eyre W. Hussey and Mrs. P. F. Legh scored 374 and 371 respectively in the handicap match on July 31, and Mr. C. E. Nesham and Mr. Perry-Keene scored 462 and 402 on the same day.