# 1911 Adelaide Carnival

The 1911 Adelaide Carnival was the second edition of the Australasian Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition. It took place from 2 to 12 August at Adelaide Oval.
A crowd of 20,000 witnessed South Australia convincingly defeat Victoria in the final to win the championship.

## Organisation

Home state South Australia was joined by teams representing Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and New South Wales. Two teams which had competed in the 1908 Melbourne Carnival – Queensland and New Zealand – did not send teams in 1911.
The five teams competed in a single division, each playing the others once. The state with the best record from those games would win the tournament; or, if two teams shared the best record, a final would have been staged. All games were played at Adelaide Oval.
The carnival made a small profit, taking £1,100 at the gate across six days of play, compared with the visiting teams' expenses of £1,025.

## Squads
### Victoria

Victoria Carnival Squad :
* Manager: T. Fleming Cooke
* Carlton: T. A. Clancy, V. S. Gardiner, E. Jamieson, V. G. Valentine, J. Wells
* Collingwood: W. H. Lee, J. F. McHale (vice-capt.), E. M. Rowell, J. M. Sadler, J. Sharp
* Essendon: F. A. Baring, A. Belcher, E. J. Cameron, D. Smith
* Fitzroy: J. Cooper, G. Holden
* Geelong: W. Eason (capt.), R. R. Grigg, G. V. Heinz
* Richmond: B. V. Herbert, L. Incigneri
* St Kilda: R.B. Pierce
* University: G. S. Elliott, D. Greenham.
Sharp was not selected in the original squad, but was called up due to injuries and absences in the primary squad. Sharp was in Adelaide because Collingwood and North Adelaide played an exhibition match during the week of the carnival.

### Western Australia

Western Australian Carnival Squad :
* Boulder City: J. Baker, H. Denton, H. Gavin, R. Hebbard, T. Puddy
* East Fremantle: W. Craig, C. Doig, E. Riley, A. Strang
* North Fremantle: P. Matson, G. Toohey
* Mines Rovers: A. Daykin, W. Mayman, W. Truscott
* Perth: W.D. Moffat, C. Waugh, T. R. Willoughby
* Railways: A. J. Aldridge, W. Smith, G. Tyson
* South Fremantle: E. Ralston
* Warriors: W. Tremberth
* West Perth: G. Balme, G. Barnes.
The Western Australian chose its squad from an even split of twelve players from the West Australian Football League and twelve players from the Goldfields Football League.

### South Australia

South Australian Carnival Squad :
* Managers: J. Hodge (Port Adelaide), A. C. Thomas (Sturt)
* North Adelaide: E. Johns, T. Leahy
* Norwood: L. A. Lewis, P. Robin
* Port Adelaide: A. Congear, F. J. Hansen, S. Hosking, H. W. Oliver
* South Adelaide: A. Job, E. Jones, J. J. Treadrea (vice-capt.)
* Sturt: H. V. Cumberland, E. L. Renfrey (capt.)
* West Adelaide: A. Conlin, W. Dowling, G. Oakley, H. R. Read
* West Torrens: S. D. Geddes, D. Low, A. Taylor.

### Tasmania

Tasmanian Carnival Squad :
* TFL (Hobart): E. Absolom, R. Bailey, T. Bastick, L. Bennison, C. Bryan, T. Carroll, C. Dunn, C. Edwards, J. Gardiner (capt.), H. Hay, P. Jory, H. Kelly, G. Morrissey, J. Mulross, J. Pennicott, B. Reardon, H. Reid, E. Russell, E.J. Tudor.
* NTFA (Launceston): G. Challis, R.H.P. Hutchinson, M. S. McKenzie, A. D. Tynan, H. Webster.

### New South Wales

New South Wales Carnival Squad :
* Manager: E.W. Butler
* Broken Hill: J. Lord
* East Sydney: J. Ashley, H. Welsh
* Newtown: J. Dawson, H.P. Hortin, A. Provan
* North Broken Hill: A. Beck, J. Incoll, A. Matheson, R. Monroe, A. Pincombe
* North Shore: R. Robertson (capt.), H. Teague
* Paddington: F. Beaver, G. Parr
* South Broken Hill: C. Zeugofsge
* Sydney: J. Lynch, F.R. McCargill , W. Muggivan, R. Pascoe, A. Vincent (vice-capt.)
* West Broken Hill: J. Yuill
* Y.M.C.A.: T. Dickson, R. Ellis, P. McCann, A. Rial.
The New South Wales squad comprised seventeen players from Sydney and eight players from Broken Hill.

## Results
### Matches
#### Saturday 2 August

| | Day 1 | Day 1 | Day 1 | |
| Wednesday, 2 August (2:45pm) | Victoria 13.18 (96) | def. | New South Wales 11.6 (72) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,000) |

#### Saturday 5 August

| | Day 2 | Day 2 | Day 2 | |
| Saturday, 5 August (1:15pm) | Victoria 8.22 (70) | def. | Tasmania 6.3 (39) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 18,000 (C-R)) |
| Saturday, 5 August (3:15pm) | South Australia 13.18 (96) | def. | Western Australia 3.5 (23) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 18,000) |

#### Monday 7 August

| | Day 3 | Day 3 | Day 3 | |
| Monday, 7 August (1:15pm) | Western Australia 9.13 (67) | def. | New South Wales 8.18 (66) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500 (C-R)) |
| Monday, 7 August (3:15pm) | South Australia 13.13 (91) | def. | Tasmania 3.6 (24) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,500) |

#### Wednesday 9 August

| | Day 4 | Day 4 | Day 4 | |
| Wednesday, 9 August (1:15pm) | South Australia 12.20 (92) | def. | New South Wales 2.9 (21) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000 (C-R)) |
| Wednesday, 9 August (3:00pm) | Victoria 10.15 (75) | def. | Western Australia 8.9 (57) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,000) |

#### Thursday 10 August

| | Day 5 | Day 5 | Day 5 | |
| Thursday, 10 August (3:00pm) | Tasmania 15.11 (101) | def. | New South Wales 3.9 (27) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 300) |

#### Saturday 12 August

| | Day 6 | Day 6 | Day 6 | |
| Saturday, 12 August (1:00pm) | Tasmania 8.14 (62) | def. | Western Australia 8.9 (57) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 20,000 (C-R)) |
| Saturday, 12 August (3:00pm) | South Australia 11.11 (77) | def. | Victoria 5.4 (34) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 20,000) |

### Ladder

1911 Adelaide Carnival ladder :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pts |
| 1 | South Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 356 | 102 | 8 |
| 2 | Victoria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 275 | 245 | 6 |
| 3 | Tasmania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 225 | 245 | 4 |
| 4 | Western Australia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 204 | 299 | 2 |
| 5 | New South Wales | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 186 | 356 | 0 |

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Football Carnival – Final Arrangements". Observer. Adelaide, SA. 24 June 1911. p. 22.
* 1 2 3 4 "The End of the Carnival". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 14 August 1911. p. 9.
* ↑ "Australasian carnival – tournament this week". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 31 July 1911. p. 5.
* ↑ 1911 Victoria Carnival Team photograph at: The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 12 August 1911), p.31.
* ↑ "Football carnival – Australasian Council". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 9 August 1911. p. 11.
* ↑ "Jubilee Carnival Team". Kalgoorlie Western Argus. Kalgoorlie, WA. 11 July 1911. p. 39.
* ↑ "The Inter-State Football Team". The West Australian. Perth, WA. 4 July 1911. p. 7.
* ↑ "Football – Australian Game – the Inter-State Team". The West Australian. Perth, WA. 18 July 1911. p. 4.
* ↑ 1911 Western Australia Carnival Team photograph at: The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 12 August 1911), p.31.
* ↑ "The Carnival team – the Selectors' Choice". Daily Herald. Adelaide, SA. 29 July 1911. p. 4.
* ↑ "The South Australian team". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 5 August 1911. p. 17.
* ↑ 1911 South Australia Carnival Team photograph at: The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 12 August 1911), p.31.
* ↑ "Australasian Football Carnival – The Tasmanian Team". The Mercury. Hobart, TAS. 26 July 1911. p. 6.
* ↑ "Alteration to Tasmanian team". The Register. Adelaide, SA. 1 August 1911. p. 8.
* ↑ 1911 Tasmania Carnival Team photograph at: The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 12 August 1911), p.31.
* ↑ "New South Wales Carnival Team". The Register. Adelaide, SA. 1 August 1911. p. 8.
* ↑ 1911 New South Wales Carnival Team photograph at: The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 12 August 1911), p.31.
* ↑ "The Football Carnival – Victoria v. New South Wales". The Mercury. Hobart, TAS. 3 August 1911. p. 5.
* 1 2 "Football Carnival – the official opening". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 7 August 1911. p. 9.
* 1 2 "The Football Carnival". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 8 August 1911. p. 10.
* 1 2 "Football Carnival – South Australia versus New South Wales". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 10 August 1911. p. 12.
* ↑ "Football Carnival – Australasian Council". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 11 August 1911. p. 12.