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Australian Championships (A Grade)

Thu 26 Jan 1922



Format: Set Test and Own Choice
Adjudicators: Harry Shugg
Venue: Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Position Band Conductor Music Set Test Draw Own Choice Draw Set Test Own Choice Total
2 Eastern Suburbs United (NSW) H. W. Webb Extracts from the Opera's of Wagner
Stiffelio [unknown arranger]
1 3 157 157 314
2 Leichhardt District (NSW) Ernest Kerry Extracts from the Operas of Weber
Beethoven's Works [arr. Owen] 1887
4 2 175 185 360
3 Hurstville Municipal (NSW) Stan Nichols Tannhäuser [unknown arranger]
Beethoven's Works [arr. Owen] 1887
2 5 150 152 302
D Newcastle Municipal (NSW) Beethoven's Works [arr. Gladney]
Oberon [unknown arranger]
3 1 186 189 375
D South Sydney Model (NSW) Beethoven's Works [arr. Owen] 1887
Tristan & Isolde
5 4 190 194 384

Two own choice selections, no set test.
No.1 points listed under Test
No.2 points listed under Own Choice

PROTESTS : The championship ended in turmoil with a number of protests lodged . The initial lodged by Newcastle against South Sydney who were alleged to have played a professional player . Upheld
The secretary of the Band Association of N S W (George Burges) immediately lodged a protest against the Newcastle band on the same grounds . Upheld
A further protest followed against Eastern Suburbs for breach of contest rules .
Leichhardt was then awarded the championship with Hurstville 2nd with no 3rd place .
South Sydney objected to Hurstville being awarded 2nd place on the grounds the Association allowed it to play a professional cornetist and also a protest had been lodged against Leichhardt
The protest against Eastern Suburbs and Leichhardt were dismissed
The Association under an avalanche of protests seriously considered declaring it a no contest . A final decision was made 1st Leichhardt District ; 2nd Eastern Suburbs United ; 3rd Hurstville Municipal





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