Melbourne won well on the 3 mile Parramatta River course from Sydney then Adelaide on 9th June 1906. For reasons not known, it was recorded as having been raced over slightly less than 3 miles.
This was to be the last year as stroke of the Melbourne crew for H J Whiting who had stroked the crew for the past 6 years. He was victorious on three occasions. He was also the Honorary Secretary of the Victorian Rowing Association at the same time.
N J Hargrave, who had coxed the Adelaide crew for the past two years, raced in the bow seat this year. He was a large cox at 9st 8lb in 1905 and a small oarsman at 10st in this competition.
Time: 15 mins 15 secs
Margin: 3 lengths
1st Melbourne University - Bow: J W Dunhill, 2: V R Bradbury, 3: Sydney James Campbell, 4: C Gordon
Shaw, 5: William Herbert Waters, 6: M Hurry, 7: Reginald J Lewis, Str: Henry Joseph Whiting, Cox: J Ward, Emerg: John Lang, Cch: Charles Donald
2nd Sydney University - Bow: Edward M Carter, 2: Grant Bramhall Lindermann, 3: James S Punch, 4: George Howatson, 5: Keith B Gaden, 6: Keith M Whiting, 7: Edwin A Brearly, Str: Archibald Morrison, Cox: Albert C Morris, Cchs: R B Fitzhardinge & E A Pearson
3rd Adelaide University - Bow: Nathaniel John Hargrave, 2: Bertram Stephen Penny, 3: Lancelot Waring Gill, 4: Herman Elkan, 5: Walter Rupert Reynell, 6: Roy Laidlaw Davidson, 7: Reginald Horton Wallmann, Str: John Ritchie Fullarton, Cox: Francis James Butler, Cchs: Rev H Girdlestone & A Nicholls
(W R Reynell was to be the SA Rholdes Scholar. The Sydney Morning Herald noted the coach as W H Savigny, the coach at Sydney Grammar School. He have have been called upon to "have a look at the crew" whilst in Sydney.)
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