Wimbledon: John Rigby.

Wimbledon Common

Shooting Range

1864

                           Courtesy The London Illustrated News July 1864.

This being the year John Rigby won " Wimbledon 1864 Prize" refer to:
Great British Gunmakers Messrs Rigby 1760-1869 by D.H.L.Back. pages 156-158.

      Three years later Ireland would send their first team to compete at this venue.

                                    Dave Stroud ramrodantiques.co.uk