Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's trap, team

Men's team trap at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	Uxendon Shooting School Club
Dates	9–11 July
Competitors	24 from 3 nations
Medalists
Great Britain (GBR) Peter Easte, Alexander Maunder, Frank Moore, Charles Palmer, James Pike, John Postans  Canada (CAN) George Beattie, Walter Ewing, Mylie Fletcher, David McMackon, George Vivian, Arthur Westover  Great Britain (GBR) John Butt, Harold Creasey, Richard Hutton, William Morris, Gerald Skinner, George Whitaker

Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics
1000 yard free rifle	men
300 m free rifle	men
Team free rifle	men
Team military rifle	men
Stationary target small-bore rifle	men
Moving target small-bore rifle	men
Disappearing target small-bore rifle	men
Team small-bore rifle	men
Single-shot running deer	men
Double-shot running deer	men
Team single-shot running deer	men
Individual pistol	men
Team pistol	men
Individual trap	men
Team trap	men

The men's team trap shooting competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] Teams consisted of six shooters. Shooting was conducted in three rounds, with each shooter firing at 30 clay birds in the first, 25 in the second, and 50 in the third.

Great Britain entered two teams, with Canada and the Netherlands also entering a team each. Belgium, France, and Sweden initially registered teams, but their teams did not compete. The Dutch team was eliminated before the final round.

Results

Place	Nation	Shooter	Score
			Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR) #1	Team total	127	96	184	407
		Alexander Maunder	25	18	40	83
		James Pike	23	22	32	77
		Charles Palmer	25	12	34	71
		John Postans	16	14	31	61
		Frank Moore	22	15	23	60
		Peter Easte	16	15	24	55
2	Canada (CAN)	Team total	114	95	196	405
		Walter Ewing	24	19	38	81
		George Beattie	20	18	35	73
		Arthur Westover	22	15	35	72
		Mylie Fletcher	18	13	34	65
		George Vivian	18	12	28	58
		David McMackon	12	18	26	56
3	Great Britain (GBR) #2	Team total	106	84	182	372
		George Whitaker	15	18	37	70
		Gerald Skinner	17	16	30	63
		John Butt	19	12	31	62
		William Morris	18	12	32	62
		Harold Creasey	20	14	25	59
		Richard Hutton	17	12	27	56
4	Netherlands (NED)	Team total	Unknown		—	174
		John Wilson	Unknown		—	34
		Franciscus van Voorst tot Voorst	Unknown		—	34
		Cornelis Viruly	Unknown		—	28
		Eduardus van Voorst tot Voorst	Unknown		—	28
		Rudolph van Pallandt	Unknown		—	26
		Reindert de Favauge	Unknown		—	24

References

Sources

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Shooting 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 11 May 2006.