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1948-10-27 Brass Solo and Party Contests

27th October, 1948

Held in the Alfred Hall

Eb Bass Solo -Open

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
William	Whateley	Yallourn	Victoria	89.00	1st
Reginald	Maddigan	Kensington	South Australia	87.00	Equal 2nd
Edward	Ryan	Queenscliff	Victoria	87.00	Equal 2nd
Reginald	Martin	Clifton Hill	Victoria	86.00	3rd

Bb Bass Solo - Open

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
H.	Young	Preston	Victoria	90.00	1st
Keith	Smith	Yallourn	Victoria	88.00	2nd
V.	Wakefield	Essendon	Victoria	85.00	3rd
W.	Higginbotham	Queenscliff	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention

Bb Baritone Solo - Open

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
H. A.	Kennedy	Queenscliff	Victoria	91.00	1st
F.	Miller	Preston	Victoria	90.00	2nd
R.	Fletcher	Hawthorn	Victoria	89.00	3rd
H.	Philpott	South Melbourne	Victoria	87.00	Honourable Mention

Bb Euphonium Solo - Open

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
E.	Ellis	Preston	Victoria	95.00	1st
Cyril	Creed	Hawthorn	Victoria	94.00	Equal 2nd
John	Mawson	East Camberwell	Victoria	94.00	Equal 2nd
Ian	Murray	South Melbourne	Victoria	93.00	3rd
Harold	Hewson	Glenunga	South Australia	91.00	Honourable Mention

Bb Tenor Trombone Solo - Open

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Fred	Myers	Hawthorn	Victoria	95.00	1st
George	Thorne	Kew	Victoria	94.00	2nd
Ron	Thomas	Brunswick	Victoria	93.00	3rd
Len	Ryan	Bendigo	Victoria	92.00	Honourable Mention
Alan	Mewett	East Prahran	Victoria	92.00	Honourable Mention

Duet for any Two Instruments - Open

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
E. Ellis and L. Toombs	Preston	Victoria	87.00	1st
B. F. Kirby and A. E. McCabe	Kew	Victoria	86.00	2nd
Percy Lyell and Keith Bulman	Preston and Carlton	Victoria	85.00	3rd

Eb Soprano Solo - Open

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Percy	Lyell	West Preston	Victoria	93.00	1st
Bob	Grant	Kiama	New South Wales	91.00	2nd
Sidney	Leaney	Mortlake	Victoria	90.00	3rd
Utah	Lambert	Footscray	Victoria	89.00	Honourable Mention

First Prize winner in all Solo Sections (Open and Juvenile) - Peppard and Wright Trophy

1st E. Ellis, Preston Victoria

2nd Fred Myers, Hawthorn Victoria

2nd Percy Lyell, West Preston Victoria

Honourable Mention H. A. Kennedy, Queenscliff Victoria

Quartette for any Four Instruments - Open

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Hopetoun Band	Bendigo	Victoria	91.00	1st
Hawthorn No 3	Hawthorn	Victoria	90.00	2nd
H. Tierney, J. Homer , L. Toombs , E. Ellis	Preston	Victoria	85.00	3rd
J. Caldwell, A. Withers , A. Foley , E. Sincock	Preston	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention