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1945-10-19 Elocution

19th October, 1945

Held in the Alfred Hall

Impromptu Reading - Ladies or Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Christian	Hesse	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	84.00	1st
Audrey	Sedgwick	North Richmond	South Australia	83.00	2nd
Lyn	Barrett	Shepparton	Victoria	82.00	3rd
Joyce	Sampson	Lock E.P.	South Australia	81.00	Honourable Mention

Oratorical Display - Boys or Girls under 18 years - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Alison	Muggridge	Essendon	Victoria	85.00	1st
W.	Dwyer	Ballarat	Victoria	84.00	2nd
Ron	Morgan	Ballarat	Victoria	83.00	Equal 3rd
Barry	O'Sullivan	Ballarat	Victoria	83.00	Equal 3rd
Christopher	Kellaway	Brunswick	Victoria	81.00	Honourable Mention
Lloyd	Evans	Ballarat	Victoria	81.00	Honourable Mention
Bruce	Porter	Carnegie	Victoria	81.00	Honourable Mention

Recital - Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Christian	Hesse	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	86.00	1st
Bernard	D'Arcy	Ballarat	Victoria	85.00	2nd
Sable	Grivell	Fullarton	South Australia	84.00	3rd
Lyn	Barrett	Shepparton	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention

Lyrical Recital - Ladies - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Doreen	Farnsworth	Yarraville	Victoria	83.00	1st
Joan	Wallace	Adelaide	South Australia	82.00	2nd
Audrey	Sedgwick	North Richmond	South Australia	81.00	3rd
Peggy	Dorfler	Hawthorn	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention
Gwenda	Collins	Surrey Hills	Victoria	80.00	Honourable Mention

Recitation - Gentlemen - Open "The Ballad of Sir Bors" (John Masefield)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lyn	Barrett	Shepparton	Victoria	81.00	1st
Bernard	D'Arcy	Ballarat	Victoria	80.00	2nd
Sable	Grivell	Fullarton	South Australia	79.00	3rd
Christian	Hesse	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	79.00	Honourable Mention

Shakespearian Recital - Ladies "Anthony and Cleopatra"

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Doreen	Farnsworth	Yarraville	Victoria	83.00	1st
Wilma	Dorfler	Hawthorn	Victoria	82.00	2nd
Peggy	Dorfler	Hawthorn	Victoria	81.00	3rd
Audrey	Sedgwick	North Richmond	South Australia	80.00	Honourable Mention
Pauline	Turner	Wagga Wagga	New South Wales	80.00	Honourable Mention

Character Recital - In Costume - Not Humorous - Gentlemen

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Sable	Grivell	Fullarton	South Australia	85.00	1st
Bernard	D'Arcy	Ballarat	Victoria	84.00	2nd
Christian	Hesse	Moonee Ponds	Victoria	83.00	3rd

Junior Play

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
"A Winter's Tale" - V. L. Trotman's Party	Melbourne	Victoria	86	1st
"Children in Uniform" - Geelong Junior Repertory	Geelong	Victoria	85	2nd
"Children in Uniform" - Geelong Junior Repertory	Geelong	Victoria	84	3rd
"Peter Pan" - Geelong Junior Repertory	Geelong	Victoria	81	Honourable Mention
"the Enchanted Tryst" - Miss Ivy Keates' Group	Yarraville	Victoria	81	Honourable Mention
"Something Nice Game" - Miss Ivy Keates' Group	Yarraville	Victoria	80	Honourable Mention

Character Recital - In Costume - Not Humorous - Ladies - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Wilma	Dorfler	Hawthorn	Victoria	90	1st
Doreen	Farnsworth	Yarraville	Victoria	89	2nd
Betty	Pearlman	Elwood	Victoria	88	3rd
Peggy	Dorfler	Hawthorn	Victoria	87	Honourable Mention