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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
Bert	Thomas	Hawthorn	Victoria		None
William	Thomson	Alphington	Victoria		None
Edward	Ryan	Queenscliff	Victoria		None

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
L	Kyle	Preston	Victoria		None
Don	Palmer	East Kew	Victoria		None

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
Paul	Woollard	Hawthorn	Victoria		None
Allan	Mee	Warrnambool	Victoria		None
Vincent	Fryer	East Kew	Victoria		None
C	Loughnan	Queenscliff	Victoria		None
A	Simmons	Bentleigh	Victoria		None

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
Charles S	Osborn	Nedlands	Western Australia		None
Roy	Bushby	Launceston	Tasmania		None
L	Toombs	Preston	Victoria		None
E	Russell	Preston	Victoria		None
James	Fletcher	Hawthorn	Victoria		None
Max	Walker	Stawell	Victoria		None
Frank	Alcock	Brunswick	Victoria		None

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
H Niven & Ron Thomas	Brunswick	Victoria		None
No 1 Group	Hawthorn	Victoria		None
Kevin Jacques & Henry Philpott	South Melbourne	Victoria		None
S Hampton & L Dawson	Bathurst	New South Wales		None
Victor Sykes & John Ellis	South Melbourne	Victoria		None
A Mewett & Jack Brodie	East Preston	Victoria		None
Cyril Creed & Richard Fletcher	Hawthorn	Victoria		None
George Thorne & James Fletcher	Hawthorn	Victoria		None
Leonard O'Dyer & Don Palmer	Hawthorn/Kew	Victoria		None
Kevin Morgan & Ray Clarey	Bentleigh/Caulfield	Victoria		None
Frederick Woollard & Paul Woollard	Hawthorn	Victoria		None
Alec Leffanne & Frank Green	Reservior/Sth Yarra	Victoria		None
Bert Thomas & William Thomson	Hawthorn/Alphington	Victoria		None
Kevin Grahame & Colin Green	Chelsea	Victoria		None

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
J	Hill	Cessnock	New South Wales		None
Arthur	Harris	Maryborough	Victoria		None
J	McLeod	Tirrikiba	New South Wales		None

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