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The Wills Trophy for Men's Scull, Australian University Championships

Australian Universities' Men's Sculling Championship

Year	Winner	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
1927	Kenneth A Flavelle, Sydney	Sydney R Bell, Melbourne
1928	Kenneth A Flavelle, Sydney	Row over
1929	Kenneth A Flavelle, Sydney	A Crothers, Melbourne
1930	No race
1931	No race
1932	No race
1933	No race
1934	No race
1935	No race
1936	No race
1937	R Reid, Queensland	Row over
1938	No race
1939	No race
1940	No race
1941	No race WWII
1942	No race WWII
1943	No race WWII
1944	No race WWII
1945	No race WWII
1946	No race
1947	No race
1948	No race
1949	No race
1950	No race
1951	No race
1952	B. Sundstrap, Sydney	P. Royce, Adelaide
1953	John Hunt, Melbourne	P Royce, Adelaide	P North, Sydney
1954	B. Adams, Sydney	Eddie Maslen, WA	Hugh F Smith, Melbourne
1955	No race - lack of entries
1956	No race - lack of entries
1957	Barry Ninham, WA	Lionel P. Robberds, Sydney
1958	William Hatfield, NSW	Jack Mulcahy, Melbourne
1959	William Hatfield, NSW	J. Hazard, Qld	Michael Kloster, Sydney
1960	Michael Wignall, Sydney	Dennis Durston, WA	Other placings unknown
1961	Raymond Troussolett, Tas	William Hatfield, NSW
1962	David Walker, WA	William Hatfield, NSW	Christopher Hazzard, Melbourne
1963	Allan Skinner, Sydney	Dally R. Messenger, Melbourne	G Toomey, NSW	J Dellahunty, Queensland
1964	Jack Bennett, Qld	John Yuille, WA	Gordon Rich, Sydney	Tasmania	NSW
1965	No race
1966	Peter H. Hoban, Monash	M.J. Reynolds, Qld	Kerry Jelbart, ANU	W Yuille, Western Australia	Christopher Morgan, Sydney
1967	Richard M. Reddel, Sydney	Kerry P. Jelbart, ANU	I C Porter, Melbourne	G M Minuzzo, Adelaide
1968	M.J. Reynolds, Qld	Islay R. Lee, Sydney	Robert Zahara, Melbourne	F Arndt, Western Australia
1969	M.J. Reynolds, Qld	Robert Drury, NSW	S F Shanasy, Melbourne	Richard M Reddel, Sydney	W E John, Monash
1970	RichardM. Reddel, Sydney	Peter H. Hoban, NSW	Robert Bleakley, Queensland
1971	Edward O. Hale, Tas	Islay R Lee, Sydney	Paul Rowe, NSW	Robert Bleakley, Queensland	A Griffiths, ANU
1972	Edward O. Hale, Tas	Peter H. Hoban, NSW	Flinders	Bill Brooks, Sydney
1973	Islay R. Lee, Sydney	George Larkins, WA	David Worthley, Monash	H E Mitchell, Flinders
1974	Robert J. Bleakley, Qld	Alexander Whitworth, Melbourne	Rowan Burrell, Sydney	John Fardy, NSW	Nick Newton, LaTrobe
1975	Edward O. Hale, Tas	Robert Brown, Sydney	Alex Whitworth Melbourne	Other placings unknown
1976	Peter Nevett, ANU	Ralph French, Qld	Charlie Rowe, Sydney	Robert Bleakley, Melbourne	David Schier, Tasmania	Mark Hebblewhite, Adelaide
1977	Peter Nevett, ANU	Mark Hebblewhite, Adelaide	David Schier, Tasmania	Neil McGill, Sydney	J Baillieu, Monash
1978	Chris Shinners, Sydney	J. Kettewell, Qld	Phil Mangelsdorf, Flinders	Roger Bade, Melbourne	B Edwards, UNSW
1979	Andrew Rigby, Melbourne	Chris Shinners, Sydney	Ralph French, Queensland
1980	Andrew Cassidy, Melbourne	J Ryan, Queensland	Rick Stacy, Macquarie	Other placings unknown
1981	Ian J. Waite, WA	Tim Drinkwater, Newcastle	Brett Cooper, NZ
1982	Jim Battersby, Sydney	Paul Reedy, Melbourne	Sam Golding, Deakin	Steve Norman, UNSW	Glen Baxter, Queensland
1983	Hugh McLean, Adelaide	Christopher White, Sydney	Monash
1984	Richard J. Powell, Qld	Richard McMahon, Melbourne	Gert Grigull, Woolongong
1985	Hamish McLashan, Melbourne	Sam Golding, Deakin	Gert Grigull, Woolongong
1986	Sam Golding, Deakin	Sydney	Flinders	Tasmania	Macquarie
1987	Ben Gier, ANU	Monash	Queensland	Melbourne
1988	Wayne Diplock, Qld	Melbourne	Tasmania
1989	Wayne Diplock, Queensland	N Weston, LaTrobe	P O'Farrell, ANU	New South Wales
1990	Wayne Diplock, Queensland	Sydney University Tech	Adelaide	LaTrobe	Sydney	New South Wales
1991	Alister McLachlan, Adelaide	James Lilley, Sydney	ANU
1992	Sam Golding, Monash	Alistair McLachlan, Adelaide	Anthony McGlynn, NSW
1993	Alistair McLachlan, Adelaide
1994	RMIT	Melbourne	ANU
1995	Richard Burton, Griffith	Sinclair Taylor, Sydney
1996	A. Kearns, GUGC
1997	Richard Roach, UTS	Sydney	Griffith	Melbourne	Canberra	Monash
1998	Tim Perkins, UWA	Stephen Stewart, UWS	Randall Baker, TUBC
1999	Michael Wiseman, Sydney
2000	Mitchell Punch, Canberra	Sam Golding, Melbourne	South Australia	unknown	Curtin Uni
2001	Luke Hennessy, ANU	Thomas Chapman, Sydney	Mitchell Punch, Canberra	Scott Brennan, Tasmania, Hobart	John Romyn, UTS	Al Taylor, Swinburne
2002	Mike Irvine, UTS	UWS	Queensland	Macquarie	Deakin	Sydney
2003	Western Sydney	Sydney	Queensland	UTS	Melbourne	ADFA
2004	Macquarie	Alistair Taylor, Swinburne	Tasmania-Hobart	Patrick Bird, Newcastle	Sydney	Melbourne
2005	James Chapman, UTS	Jackson Price, Griffith	Chris Riddell, Melbourne	Patrick Bird, Newcastle	Stuart Davies, Swinburne	Miles Foran, Sydney
2006	James Chapman, UTS	Matthew Bolt, AUBC	Edward Boyce, Western Sydney	Patrick Bird, Newcastle	Samuel Bailey, MUBC	Miles Foran, SUBC
2007	Kieran Kobelke, Coll of Phys Ed	Graham Kolb, Griffiths	Tom Larkins, Melbourne	Matthew May, Sydney	Charles Ohtomo. Queensland	Matthew Bolt, Adelaide
2008	Final not raced	David Wright, ANU - Heat 1 winner	Robert Lewis-Swan, Queensland heat 2 winner
2009	Danjels Reedman, Canberra	Samuel Conrad, Queensland	David Wright, ANU	Hugh McLeod, ACPE	Benjamin Smith, Macquarie
2010	Brendan Murray, Murdoch	Matthew Bolt, Adelaide	Zac Cleaver, Melbourne	Rhys Grant, Curtin	Liam James, UTS	Andrew Evans, Newcastle
2011	Finals cancelled
2012	Brendan Murphy, Murdoch	David Wright, ANU	Michael Poulter, Monash	Nathan Bowden, SA	Darcy Frawley, RMIT	Grant Adendorff, Curtin
2013	James Davies, Sydney	Alednader Lazarou, New South Wales	Conrad Bond, Newcastle	Robert Szewczak, Western Australia	George Ellis, Melbourne	Riley Owen, ANU
2014	John Linke, Melbourne	Luke Letcher, ANU	Nathan Bowden, SA	Angus Lillicrap, QUT	Connor Clark, Macquarie	James Kane, NSW
2015	Luke Letcher, ANU	David Bartholot, Sydney	Hugo Langsford, Adelaide	Harold Hickfuss, Queensland	Isaac Smith, Melbourne	James Waldersee, UTS

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The idea for this history originated from the Olympic Rowing and World Senior Rowing Championship histories written by Andrew Guerin and Margot Foster in 1991, 1992 & 1993 for the Australian team handbooks. Andrew Guerin developed and extended these histories to the current format in 2004 for publication in 2004 and then expanded the site.

Steve Roll has been an invaluable contributor to the website in locating errors and finding Christian names of rowers. His superb work is acknowledged.

© Andrew Guerin – 2004
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