Tournament information | |
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Sport | Australian football |
Location | Sydney, Australia |
Dates | 5 August 1914–15 August 1914 |
Administrator | Australian National Football Council |
Format | Round Robin |
Teams | 6 |
Final champion | |
Victoria | |
The 1914 Sydney Carnival was the third edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition. It was held between Wednesday 5 August and Saturday 15 August 1914. As in previous competitions, players could represent the state that they were playing in at the time. Victoria was the winning state, going undefeated through the competition.
The carnival, which was the first to take place in New South Wales, was contested by teams from each of the six states: Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, New South Wales and Queensland. Interest in the event was overshadowed by the declarations of war by Britain on Germany on 4 August, and the opening manoeuvres of World War I which followed. [1] Altogether, the event made a loss, drawing at the gate enough to cover approximately half of its operating expenses. [2]
Six teams competed at the Carnival. [4]
Walter Abotomey, Desmond Baird, Francis Ernest "Frank" Beaver, Reginald Horace Blackburn, John "Con" Cannon, Leslie Glen Clarke, Walter Davis, Albert Herbert "Bert" Ellis, Albert V. Erickson, John "Jack" Fisher, Walter Harris, Eric Emerson Hughes, Allan Raymond "Sacko" Jackson, William Henry Kumnick, Vincent "Bing" McCann, Harry A. McCullagh, Frederick Roy "Freddy Mack" McGargill, [5] Francis Leo "Frank" McDonald, Edward Alexander McFadden, Michael "Mick" McInerney, Frederick Arthur "Sailor" Meadows, James Howarth "Jim" Munro, Cornelius J. Murphy, Brutus E. "Bruce" O'Grady, George Parr, S.V. Peace, Andrew Thomas P. "Andy" Ratcliffe, Ralph "Robby" Robertson, Robert Sands, E. Stevens, R.W. Stevenson, Gerald Stewart, William "Billy" Thomas, E. Tyson, Albert Henry Vincent, William "Jack" Webb. Coach, Dick Condon; manager and assistant coach, Bill Strickland. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
D. Arnall, G. Beech, E. Bliss, E. Crouch, W. H. Cooke, A. J. Cowley, D. Duffy, W. East, A. Grieves, J. H. Hawke, P. W. Jones, C. Lawrence, S. McKinley, A. McPherson, A. C. McCaul, J. Minus, W. Maroney, D. Ogilvy, A. C. Roberts, A. E. Skuce, P. R. Willshire, G. Wilson, L. Wilson. [6]
W. Mayman, F. H. Golding, D. V. McDougall (Sturt), W. H. Oliver; J. C. Watson, F. G. Magor, J. W. Robertson, A. McFarlane, J. Ashley, A. Congear (Port Adelaide). F. H. Keen, J. J. Tredrea, F. M. Barry (South Adelaide), S. Patten, D. Low (West Torrens). A. Klose, E. Johns, T. Leahy, L. Thomas (North Adelaide), W. H. Dowling, J. R. Hanley, H. R. Head (West Adelaide), Manager, Mr. J. Hodge. [6]
E. Absolom, G. Aulsebrook (North Hobart), Roy Bailey (Lefroy) (captain), J. Barnett, W. Bastick, Lionel Bennison (Cananore), F. Burton, R. Coogan. R. Cooper, C. Dunn (vice-captain), J. Dunn, J. Flanagan, G. Goddard (Cananore), Cecil Hanigan (Cananore), W. Jack, Ivor Margetts (Lefroy), C. Morrison, J. Pennicott, J. "James" Pugh (City), E. Randall (Cananore), L. Russell, Alf Whitney (North Hobart). [6] [13] [14]
Alf Baud, Billy Dick, Harry Haughton (Carlton), Jack Green, Jim Jackson, Dick Lee (Collingwood), Cyril Gove, Percy Ogden (Essendon), George Holden, Jack Cooper, Wally Johnson (Fitzroy), Dick Grigg, George Heinz, Harry Marsham (Geelong), Dave McNamara, Wels Eicke, Billy Schmidt (St Kilda), Charlie Lilley (Melbourne), Les Charge, Bruce Sloss (South Melbourne), Jack Brake, Eric Woods (University), Hugh James (Richmond). [6]
Smith, Hebbard, Robinson, Dan Scullion, [15] Hurley, Daly, Sullivan, Slattery, Eddy (Goldfields), [16] [17] [18] [19] Burns, Limb, Sellars, Doig, Tapping, Youlden, Truscott, Thomas, McIntosh, Cain, Tomkins, Fisher, Oakley, Matson, Mose (Coastal League). [6] [20]
Jack Elder from Victoria, Henry "Ivo" Crapp from West Australia, S.F. Carter from South Australia, and L.J. Pitcher (New South Wales). [6] [21]
1914 Sydney Carnival | |||||
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Wednesday, 5 August (12:45pm) | New South Wales 13.15 (93) | def. | Queensland 2.4 (16) | Sydney Cricket Ground | [22] |
Wednesday, 5 August (3:00pm) | South Australia 12.16 (88) | def. | Western Australia 12.11 (83) | Sydney Cricket Ground | [22] |
Thursday, 6 August (3:00pm) | Victoria 28.20 (188) | def. | Tasmania 8.9 (57) | Sydney Cricket Ground | [23] |
Friday, 7 August (3:00pm) | South Australia 32.18 (210) | def. | Queensland 2.9 (21) | Sydney Cricket Ground | [24] |
Saturday, 8 August (1:30pm) | New South Wales 15.14 (104) | def. | Tasmania 5.13 (43) | Sydney Cricket Ground (crowd: 8,000 C-R)) | [25] |
Saturday, 8 August (3:00pm) | Victoria 13.16 (94) | def. | Western Australia 11.14 (80) | Sydney Cricket Ground (crowd: 8,000) | [25] |
Monday, 10 August (1:30pm) | Tasmania 15.17 (107) | def. | Queensland 4.5 (29) | Sydney Cricket Ground | [26] |
Monday, 10 August (3:30pm) | South Australia 16.20 (106) | def. | New South Wales 10.3 (63) | Sydney Cricket Ground | [26] |
Tuesday, 11 August (1:30pm) | Western Australia 33.31 (229) | def. | Queensland 6.5 (41) | Sydney Cricket Ground | [27] |
Tuesday, 11 August (3:00pm) | Victoria 24.20 (164) | def. | New South Wales 4.7 (31) | Sydney Cricket Ground | [27] |
Wednesday, 12 August (3:00pm) | South Australia 18.23 (131) | def. | Tasmania 5.7 (37) | Sydney Cricket Ground | [1] |
Thursday, 13 August (1:30pm) | Western Australia 29.14 (188) | def. | Tasmania 12.8 (80) | Sydney Cricket Ground | [28] |
Thursday, 13 August (3:00pm) | Victoria 28.22 (190) | def. | Queensland 4.3 (27) | Sydney Cricket Ground | [28] |
Saturday, 15 August (12:40pm) | Western Australia 23.24 (162) | def. | New South Wales 8.10 (58) | Sydney Cricket Ground (crowd: 12,000 C-R)) | [29] |
Saturday, 15 August (3:00pm) | Victoria 11.11 (77) | def. | South Australia 5.10 (44) | Sydney Cricket Ground (crowd: 12,000) | [29] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Pts |
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1 | Victoria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
2 | South Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
3 | Western Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
4 | New South Wales | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
5 | Tasmania | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
6 | Queensland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
At the completion of the tournament, the best player from each state was awarded a gold medal, also known as Referee Medals, named after the Sydney newspaper. [30] The winners were:
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