1956 Australian University Championships— Lower Yarra River, Melbourne VIC
The Championships were conducted over a 2 1/4 mile course on the Lower Yarra on 2nd June 1956 and was won by Melbourne University for the seventh successive time.
The event boasted a record field of seven crews for the first time with the NSW University of Technology, later known as University of New South Wales, racing for the first time. No sculling event appears to have been conducted.
A full copy of the 1956 regatta program can be found through this link.
Organising Committee - Melbourne University Boat Club
President: R J Jelbart
Captain: J R Colville
Hon. Sec: S N Johns
Jury
Starter: Norman W Cairnes
Umpire: Chalie Saleh
Judge: Robert R Aitken
Timekeeper: Alec McLeish
Men's Eight
Time: 13mins 7 secs
Margin: 4 lengths
1st Melbourne University - Bow: Jon A Goodsall, 2: John R Colville, 3: E Michael H Hilditch, 4: Robert L Simpson, 5: J M (Kim) Jelbart. 6: Ian W McMillan, 7: John W Michie, Str: Ian E Douglas, Cox: John F H New, Emerg: L Hart, Cch: Lloyd S Williams
2nd University of Western Australia - Bow: Peter Stallwood, 2: Rod Hollingsworth, 3: Rory Argyle, 4: Ian Rutledge, 5: Barry Purser, 6: Jerry Collis-Bird, 7: Mick Carrigg, Str: Barry Ninham, Cox: Hugh Knox, Cchs: Gordon Barratt-Hill and Dick Gard, Emerg: Dick Thompson
3rd University of Queensland - Bow: M Blth, 2: L Andrews, 3: G Osbaldiston, 4: A Newsome, 5: J Snelling, 6: J Hutchinson, 7: E McKeague, Str: N Thomas, Cox: Tom Jack, Emergs: P Cooper & C Dowzer, Cch: R Day
4th
Sydney University - Bow: J M Burgess, 2: D J Goode, 3: C R Laverty, 4: A S Bishop, 5: B J Lloyd, 6: E J Rowland, 7: B D Shepherd, Str: H M Canvin, Cox: S J Wilcox, Emerg: R D MacDonald, Cch: P J North
5th NSW University of Technology - Bow: J R Argue, 2: J Wood, 3: R F Brown, 4: B H Sorensen, 5: R C Kennedy, 6: D S Brewer, 7: B Hatfield, Str: G W Dixon, Cox: H Issacs, Cch: J R Budge
6th
University of Tasmania - Bow: C Wright, 2: G W Eastman, 3: J E Shirley, 4: R H Purden, 5: J J Rose, 6: R B McCulloch, 7: N Murray, Str: M M Bryden, Cox: M Page, Emerg: J M Dunn, Cch: J Thureau
7th Adelaide University - Bow: Christopher John Cooper, 2: Geoffrey Graeme Northcote, 3: Graeme Sorby Adams, 4: Geoffrey Noel Butterworth, 5: Jonathan Yeatman Hancock, 6: Timothy George Calvert Murrell, 7: J C Hanrahan, Str: Robert Charles Gill, Cox: Edward Robert Pocock, Emergs: R H Burnell & G Burfield. Cch: John Salisbury Jose
Sources
Regatta program
Steve Roll has undertaken some excellent research on crew names using university sources.