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1921-10-06 Elocution

6th October, 1921

Held in the Coliseum

Recitation "The Patriot" (Browning) - Gentlemen under 21

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
F.A.	Gunnell	Ovingham	South Australia	91.00	1st
Arnold	Hudson	North Carlton	Victoria	87.00	2nd
Jack	Hall	Geelong	Victoria	80.00	3rd
Dudley	Melrose	Bendigo	Victoria	79.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation "The Possibility of Man" (Wiilfred Campbell) - Open Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Harland	Brown	Elsternwick	Victoria	91.00	1st
Claude	Saunders	Adelaide	South Australia	89.00	2nd
George	McLeay	Adelaide	South Australia	88.00	3rd
Francis	Williams	Ballarat	Victoria	85.00	Honourable Mention
J.F.	O'Shea	Ballarat	Victoria	85.00	Honourable Mention

Champion Recital Own Selection - Ladies

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Kathleen	Hilfers	Adelaide	South Australia	95.00	1st
Jean	Stewart	St Kilda	Victoria	93.00	2nd
Eileen	Pasco-Webbe	North Fitzroy	Victoria	90.00	3rd
Vera	Coffey	Torrensville	South Australia	88.00	Honourable Mention

Musical Monologue Humorous Own Selection - Open Ladies or Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Ivy	Thomson	Richmond	Victoria	98.00	1st
Dulcie	Bland	Brighton	Victoria	97.00	2nd
Rita	Fleming	North Fitzroy	Victoria	95.00	3rd
Claude	Saunders	Adelaide	South Australia	93.00	Honourable Mention

Comedietta

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Dulcie Bland & Party	Melbourne	Victoria	95.00	1st
Rita Fleming & Party	Melbourne	Victoria	89.00	2nd
Rubi Ward & Party	Melbourne	Victoria	85.00	3rd
Rita Fleming & Party	Melbourne	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention

Held in the Athenaeum

Impromptu Speech - Gentlemen - Open

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
George	McLeay	Adelaide	South Australia	88.00	1st
G. H.	Burchett	Ballarat	Victoria	83.00	2nd
C. S.	Heading	Gordon	Victoria	82.00	Equal 3rd
Basil	Harford	Adelaide	South Australia	82.00	Equal 3rd
H. A.	Berry	Footscray	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention

Oration - "Australia a Nation"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Basil	Harford	Adelaide	South Australia	84.00	1st
J. F.	O'Shea	Ballarat	Victoria	83.00	2nd
G. H.	Burchett	Ballarat	Victoria	78.00	3rd
George	McLeay	Adelaide	South Australia	75.00	Honourable Mention

Teams' Debate - "Does War Promote or Retard the Development of Intellectual and Moral Character in the Soldiers"

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
G. H. Burchett and G.Holland	Ballarat	Victoria	223.00	1st
W. Knott and N. McNeil	Ballarat	Victoria	213.00	2nd
Elgar Debaters - H. W. R. Malseed and H. L. Hawkins	Box Hill	Victoria	206.00	3rd