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1912-10-07 Elocution

7th October, 1912

Held in the Coliseum

Recital "Ode to Wellington" (Tennyson) - Gentlemen Under 21

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Hugh	Cushing	Creswick	Victoria	60.00	1st
Edgar	Davey	Ballarat	Victoria	59.00	2nd
W. R.	Scilley	Elwood	Victoria	56.00	3rd

Impromptu Reading - Ladies and Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Louie	Dunn	North Fitzroy	Victoria	88.00	1st
M. Isabel	Hutchins	South Yarra	Victoria	78.00	2nd
James	Harrison	Melbourne	Victoria	71.00	3rd

Prepared Reading "After Trafalgar" (W. H. Fitchett) - Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Hector E.	McMurtrie	Fitzroy	Victoria	73.00	1st
James	Harrison	Melbourne	Victoria	71.00	2nd
R. R.	Haverfield	Melbourne	Victoria	70.00	Equal 3rd
Robert	Cranston	Geelong	Victoria	70.00	Honourable Mention
W. R.	Whittingham	Carlton	Victoria	70.00	Honourable Mention

Oratorical Display - Gentlemen who have never won a First Prize

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
James	Harrison	Melbourne	Victoria	74.00	1st
Robert	Cranston	Geelong	Victoria	69.00	2nd
Norman	Reid	Ballarat	Victoria	66.00	3rd
Phillip R.	Skewes	Coburg	Victoria	65.00	Honourable Mention

Oratorical Display - Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Hector E.	McMurtrie	Fitzroy	Victoria	85.00	1st
James	Harrison	Melbourne	Victoria	82.00	2nd
G. Gordon	Swann	Adelaide	South Australia	80.00	3rd
R. R.	Haverfield	Melbourne	Victoria	78.00	Honourable Mention

Champion Character Recital - Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
James	Harrison	Melbourne	Victoria	98.00	1st
Andrew G.	Millett	North Fitzroy	Victoria	85.00	2nd
Vernon	Sheldrie	Glenferrie	Victoria	83.00	3rd
Hector E.	McMurtrie	Fitzroy	Victoria	81.00	Honourable Mention