This was a year of great note as the schools changed their boats to outrigger fours with sliding seats. This equipment is largely the same as is used today.
The race was conducted on the Barwon on 5th & 6th October and a two crew final was required. Geelong Grammar won in what was the last win for that school until 1914.
Scotch College gained a new coach, the great Alex Sloan. A B Sloan coached 20 crews from 1898 to 1909 and from 1918 to 1925. His crews won seven times including the famous dead heat of 1919. He was a great rower stroking many Victorian crews. His family continued the tradition with his grand child of the same name, racing for Scotch, Victoria and Australia.
Officials
Starter: Mr M C Shannon
Umpire: Mr M C Shannon
Judge: Mr H P Douglas
Time: 6:50
Margin: 3 lengths
1st Geelong Grammar - Bow: D C Smith, 2: R Whitehead, 3: O Calvert, Str: H D K Macartney, Cox: E R White, Cch: A F Garrard
2nd Melbourne Grammar - Bow: L N Rainey, 2: B C Merrillees, 3: H C Gordon, Str: J C Cockrill, Cox: F Yait, Cch: A J Evans
Other crews competing were:
Scotch College - Bow: Edwin H Muir, 2: John A Fraser, 3: Collin McKenzie, Str: John T Graham, Cox: John S Smith, Cch: Alexander B Sloan
Wesley College - Bow: J H Looney, 2: B Soutith, 3: Y Brown, Str: A J Pearce, Cox: E Jones, Cch: H J Hughes
E1: 1st GGS, 2nd SC, Margin: 1 1/2 lengths
E2: 1st
MGS, 2nd WC, Margin: 4 lengths
Time: NTT
1st Geelong Grammar