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1951-10-11 Speech and Dramatic Art

11th October, 1951

Held in St. Paul's Hall, Victoria Street

27 Impromptu Reading - Boys and Girls - 16 to 18 years

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Rimon	Ashkar	Ballarat	Victoria	87.00	1st
Frank	Benjamin	Ballarat	Victoria	86.00	2nd
Robert	Walker	Greensborough	Victoria	85.00	3rd
Kevin	Drake	Ballarat	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention
Betty	Benjamin	Ballarat	Victoria		None
Alison	Holmes	Semaphore Park	South Australia		None
Pauline	Nickell	Bungaree	Victoria		None
Eleanor	Pope	Sandringham	Victoria		None
Elva	Stewart	West Brunswick	Victoria		None
Frank	Benjamin	Ballarat	Victoria		None
Pauline	Hollerhead	Adelaide	South Australia		None
Coral	Webb	Footscray	Victoria		None

29 Selection from Adam Lindsay Gordon - Boys and Girls - 16 years and under 18 years

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Robert	Walker	Greensborough	Victoria	90.00	1st
Lorraine	Liddy	Parkdale	Victoria	89.00	2nd
Eleanor	Pope	Sandringham	Victoria	87.00	3rd
Dawn	Clarke	Ballarat	Victoria	86.00	Honourable Mention
Coral	Webb	Footscray	Victoria	86.00	Honourable Mention
Alison	Holmes	Semaphore Park	South Australia		None
Lois	Taylor	Ballarat	Victoria		None
Frank	Benjamin	Ballarat	Victoria		None
Pauline	Hollerhead	Adelaide	South Australia		None
Elva	Stewart	West Brunswick	Victoria		None
Betty	Benjamin	Ballarat	Victoria		None

30 Oratorical Display - Boys and Girls Under 18 years

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Rimon	Ashkar	Ballarat	Victoria	90.00	1st
Robert	Walker	Greensborough	Victoria	89.00	2nd
Coral	Webb	Footscray	Victoria	86.00	3rd
Thomas	Dalgleish	Ballarat	Victoria	85.00	Honourable Mention
Kevin	Drake	Ballarat	Victoria	85.00	Honourable Mention
Frank	Benjamin	Ballarat	Victoria		None
Alison	Holmes	Semaphore Park	South Australia		None
Pauline	Hollerhead	Adelaide	South Australia		None
Elva	Stewart	West Brunswick	Victoria		None
Lorraine	Liddy	Parkdale	Victoria		None

Held in the Alfred Hall

3 Recitation - Open - Ladies "I have heard voices under the Early Stars" (Laurence Binyon)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Molly	Woods	West Footscray	Victoria	86.00	1st
Noela	Bartlett	Pimpinio	Victoria	85.00	2nd
Judith	Chappel	Rosanna	Victoria	84.00	3rd
Zoe	Caldwell	Balwyn	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention
Gwenyth	Cadwallader	Mordialloc	Victoria	83.00	Honourable Mention
Barbara	Toshack	Ballarat	Victoria		None
Dorothy	McQueen	Alphington	Victoria		None
Margaret	Lochhead	Ballarat	Victoria		None
Mavis	Phillips	Balaclava	Victoria		None
Margaret	Munro	Glen Iris	Victoria		None

1 Recitation - Open - Gentlemen "Docks" (Dorothy Wellesley)

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Robert	Schroeder	Oakleigh	Victoria	86.00	1st
James	Inglis	West Coburg	Victoria	84.00	2nd
Harry	Braidwood	Melbourne	Victoria	82.00	3rd

14 Champion Recital - Ladies and Gentlemen - Own Selection

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Zoe	Caldwell	Balwyn	Victoria	90.00	1st
Gwenyth	Cadwallader	Mordialloc	Victoria	89.00	2nd
Molly	Woods	West Footscray	Victoria	88.00	3rd
Judith	Chappel	Rosanna	Victoria	87.00	Honourable Mention
James	Inglis	West Coburg	Victoria	87.00	Honourable Mention
Robert	Schroeder	Oakleigh	Victoria	87.00	Honourable Mention
Margaret	Munro	Glen Iris	Victoria		None
Dorothy	McQueen	Alphington	Victoria		None
Noela	Bartlett	Pimpinio	Victoria		None
Mavis	Phillips	Balaclava	Victoria		None

15 Mime - Ladies and Gentlemen - 2 to 4 Performers

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Molly Woods and Party	West Footscray	Victoria	87.00	1st
Zoe Caldwell and Party	Balwyn	Victoria	86.00	2nd
Moia Foran's No 2 Party	Melbourne	Victoria	85.00	3rd
Mavis Phillips and Party	West footscray	Victoria	84.00	Honourable Mention
Wendy Nelson and Party	Glen Iris	Victoria		None
Moia Foran's No1 Party	Melbourne	Victoria		None
Gwenyth Cadwallader and Party	Mordialloc	Victoria		None
Eleanor Pope and Party	Sandringham	Victoria		None