1928 Australian University Championships— Murray River Mannum SA

1st Sydney University - Kenneth A Flavelle

1st University of Western Australia - Bow: Con P O'Brien, 2: Ken P Rae, 3: Victor R C Brown, 4: Hugh MacLean Wilson, 5: Frank R Somerville, 6: Rupert G Wright, 7: Howard Vincent Reilly, Str: Otto F Fry, Cox: John Campbell, Cch: James Chute, Emerg: J D Costello
2nd Melbourne University - Bow: A A Lee, 2: Alexander (Lex) L Rentoul, 3: Richard Geoffrey C de Crespigny, 4: R J D Turnbull, 5: R Officer, 6: H Lindsay Yuncken, 7: W Balcombe Griffiths, Str: Arthur Rex Mayhew Johnson, Cox: J S Harris, Cch: E C H Taylor
3rd Adelaide University - Bow: Thomas Harvey Johnston, 2: Ronald Barrington Knight, 3: Gronwy Lewis Morris, 4: Cedric Alfred Neal Smith, 5: Sholto John Douglas, 6: R B Lees, 7: John Lionel Hayward, Str: William Matheson Morgan, Cox: D Scott Young, Cch: Stan T Facy 
4th University of Tasmania - Bow: C M Archer, 2: A Smithies, 3: Harold Neil Smith, 4: S H Bastow, 5: Geoffery Forbes Sorrell, 6: M F Sorrell, 7: Stanley Darling, Str: R A Scott, Cox: C A S Page, Cch: H K Goyen 
5th Sydney University - Bow: F Russell, 2: Eden Love, 3: T Menier, 4: Edward Pilkington, 5: P Morey, 6: Robert Cecil Dence, 7: Bryan M Carson, Str: Robert B Brown, Cox: R Manwaring, Cch: William (Bill) J Middleton
6th University of Queensland - Bow: Edmond Rowlands Behne, 2: Norman Smith, 3: James Alfred Andrew Pollock, 4: James Patrick McGrath, 5: Alan Iain Forbes MacKillop, 6: Charles Newton Barton, 7: Archibald Perry Douglas, Str: Thomas Reginald Groom, Cox: Rhys Harold Jones, Cch: Arthur H Watson 
(Late change in this crew due to the illness of the three man N S Corrigan. McKillop entered the crew in the five seat and Pollock moved from five seat to three seat: SMH Monday 4th Jun 1928.)

The winning Western Australian crew contained only one member from the victorious 1927 crew. To add to their issues, their normal coach was in jail! The services of Jim Shute were obtained, an old Albert Park oarsman.