Time: 15.40.2
Margins: 2 1⁄2 and 3 lengths |
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1st WA – Bow: Jack Messer,
2: Don O’Brien, 3: Richard Child, 4: Ken Roberts, 5: Milton Francis,
6: Allan Hall, 7: Don Ross, Str: Robert Semple, Cox: Terry Scook, Emerg:
Kelvin Walmsley, Cch: E K (Eddy) Edwards, Mgr: Gordon M Andrews
2nd VIC – Bow: Don Christie, 2: Max
F Shaw, 3: John W Dartnell, 4: Warwick O Granowski, 5: Garth
O V Manton, 6: W Neville Howell, 7: Adrian C Monger, Str: Brian
J Doyle, Cox: Neil Hewitt, Coach: Norman W Cairnes, Emerg:
C Brian Dawes, Selectors: Robert R Aitken, Ron March & Coach,
Mgr: Stan R Jeffrey
3rd NSW – Bow: William Andrews, 2:
Peter M Evatt, 3: J Kenneway, 4: A John Rodgers, 5: Stuart
Mackenzie, 6: David Asimus, 7: Geoff Williamson, Str: David R Anderson,
Cox: Lionel Robberds, Emergs: Richard Browne & William
Rodgers, Cch: Jack A Goulding, Mgr: Eric C S Holford
4th QLD – Bow:
J Boyd, 2: N Reddacliff, 3: Brian Dorrough, 4: Fred Jacques, 5: K
Preston, 6: A Douglas, 7: Robert (Bob) Barrett, Str: Ray Green, Cox: Ron
Smithers, Cch: Harry Green, Emerg: Ron Green, Manager: J Bolster
5th TAS – Bow: L Moy, 2: D Hammond,
3: A Goss, 4: J Fitzgerald, 5: B Fisher, 6: H Wells, 7: R McQuilkin,
Str: Nimrod Greenwood, Cox: David Rattray, Emergs: R Stephenson & B
Law, Cchs: J Verney & Nimrod Greenwood, Mgr: C B Needham
6th SA – Bow:
R Lepley, 2: Graham Coldwell, 3: Doug K Wiles, 4: David Schier,
5: K Harris, 6: W D Fotherington, 7: Ian A Jamieson, Str: J
Tassie, Cox: B C Laughton, Emerg: R Simpson, Cch: Taufik (Toff)
K Qurban, Mgr: A McKinley
In the eights race, Victoria led all the way until a 1⁄4
mile to go when the Western Australia put on an almighty burst
to row through the Victorians and win comfortably. It was great
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Time: 8.03
Margins: 2 1⁄2, 3 and 3 lengths
Distance: 2000m |
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1st VIC – Bow: Robert
B Duncan, Str: Bruce D Dickson, Cox: R Trezise, Cch:
Harry R Duncan
2nd NSW – Bow: William
Rodgers, Str: Richard Browne, Cox: Lionel Robberds, Cch: Jack
Goulding
3rd TAS - Bow: Malcolm Plummer, Str: Max
Plummer, Cox: A Westbrook, cchs: A Campbell & J Verney
The coxed pair championship was a race between the specialist
Victorian crew and the reserves from the NSW crew. Rodgers
in the NSW crew had won this event in previous year. The Victorian
led from the start and prevailed by a comfortable margin.
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Distance: 3⁄4 Mile
Time: 4.00.0
Margin: Dead heat followed by 1 1/2 lengths in the re-row. |
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1st NSW – Bow: Noelene
Watson, 2: Margaret Agnew, 3: Hazel Horth, Str: Joan Scard,
Cox: Lionel Robberds, Cch: Ray Nicols
2nd VIC - 3: Judy Potter
3rd QLD – Bow: V Ward, 2: J Pearman, 3:
V Wright, Str: C Sexton, Cox & Cch: Mr Robert G Longmore
Two sensational races comprised the 1955 event. In
the first race there was a dead heat between NSW and Victoria which was not well received by the crowd. NSW
started well but were pegged back by Victoria. The crews
were never separated by more than half a length throughout
the race. Then in the last 100 yards, there was a great
struggle resulting in a dead heat. The Queensland crew
was not of the same standard of the other two crews. The NSW crew requested a re-row as they regarded themselves as fitter than the Victorians and one of the Victorians had collapsed after the first race. The
crews met again for a re row
the next day. In the re row, Victoria sprung a gate shortly
after the start and was thereafter never in the race. |
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