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1926-10-20 Elocution

20th October, 1926

Held in the Coliseum

Recitation - Ladies under 21 years - "Ginevra" (Rogers)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Phyllis	Moran	East St Kilda	Victoria	96.00	1st
Irene	Mitchell	Prahran	Victoria	93.00	2nd
Pauline	McFarlane	South Geelong	Victoria	90.00	3rd
Dorothy	Sykes	Elwood	Victoria	89.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Gentlemen who have never won a First Prize at South Street Competitions - "Henry of Navarre" (Macaulay)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Keith	Hall	Geelong	Victoria	99.00	1st
Colin	Binks	St Kilda	Victoria	93.00	2nd
David	Benjamin	Adelaide	South Australia	92.00	3rd
T. Bernard	Lamble	South Melbourne	Victoria	91.00	Honourable Mention
Norman	Heymanson	Gardenvale	Victoria	91.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Gentlemen - Open - "Claude Malnotte's Defence" (Lytton)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Frank	Part	Torrensville	South Australia	95.00	1st
Keith	Hall	Geelong	Victoria	92.00	2nd
Frank E.	Lang	South Hawthorn	Victoria	91.00	3rd
Eric	Kirke	Elwood	Victoria	89.00	Honourable Mention

Character Recital (In Costume) - Not Humorous - Gentlemen Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Jack	Hall	St Kilda	Victoria	86.00	1st
Eric	Kirke	Elwood	Victoria	85.00	2nd
Norman	Blackler	East Brunswick	Victoria	84.00	3rd
William	Kennell	Gardenvale	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention

Impromptu Conversation - Lady and Gentleman - Time limit 7 minutes One minute allowed after being handed subject

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Stephen Dunks & Gwen Hone	Adelaide	South Australia	85.00	1st
Bernard Lamble & Kathleen B Metcalf	Kyneton	Victoria	79.00	2nd
Eric Kirke & Edith Fennell	Elwood	Victoria	78.00	3rd
William Kennell & Mona Pepyat	Gardenvale	Victoria	76.00	Honourable Mention