# 1930 Adelaide Carnival

The 1930 Adelaide Carnival was the seventh edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition. It was held from 30 July to 9 August and was the second carnival to be hosted by the South Australia city of Adelaide.
All six states contested the carnival, which was staged as a full round-robin amongst the states. All fifteen matches were played at Adelaide Oval. For the third consecutive time, the carnival was won by Victoria, which was undefeated. South Australia, whose sole loss came against Victoria in the final match of the carnival, came second. Western Australia was third and New South Wales was fourth, after the former narrowly defeated the latter in the latter's final game – New South Wales' strong performances were considered the surprise of the tournament, and were put down to the inclusion for the first time in many years of Broken Hill-based players in the team. Queensland finished last, and was winless for the fourth time in four carnival appearances.
As often occurred at interstate carnivals, overuse of the ground and untimely rain resulted in the surface degenerating to a mudheap by the end of the carnival. Crowds were less than hoped, with the carnival making a loss of £200–300, which the ANFC put down to rain and the onset of the Great Depression. The carnival's leading goalkicker was Victoria's Bill Mohr, who kicked 35 goals, including 16 in one match against Queensland.

## Squads
### Victoria

Victoria Carnival Squad :
* Carlton: C. Davey, C. Martyn
* Collingwood: A. Collier, H. Collier, G. Clayden, S. Coventry (c), H. Rumney
* Essendon: K. Forbes, J. W. Vosti
* Fitzroy: J. Cashman, C. Chapman
* Footscray: A. Hopkins, A. Morrison
* Geelong: J. Carney, R. Hickey, G. Todd (vc)
* Hawthorn: S. Stewart
* North Melbourne: C. Cameron, J. Lewis
* Richmond: M. Hunter, J. Titus
* St Kilda: W. Mohr, F. Phillips
* South Melbourne: H. Clarke

### Western Australia

Western Australian Carnival Squad :
* Claremont: K. Hough, R. Lovegrove, G. Moloney
* East Fremantle: G. Bee, C. Jarvis, Woods
* East Perth: J. Guhl, W. Thomas, J. Walsh, A. Western
* Perth: Johnson, R. Lucas, A. Shepherd
* South Fremantle: R. Doig, R. Edgar, G. White
* Subiaco: B. Diggins, J. Leonard, T. Outridge (c), S. Penberthy
* West Perth: E. Flemming, J. Gordon, F. Hopkins, J. McDiarmid (vc), W. McGarry

### South Australia

South Australian Carnival Squad :
* Glenelg: J. Handby (vc), J. Owens, L. Sallis
* North Adelaide: D. Conrad, K. Farmer, H. Fleet, P. Furler
* Norwood: W. Scott (c), G. Barbary, H. Krome, A. G. Lill
* Port Adelaide: L. Dayman, V. Johnson, T. Quinn, T. Waye
* South Adelaide: F. J. Tully
* Sturt: V. Bateman, H. Johnston, W. Martin, E. W. Sims, C. L. Whitehead
* West Adelaide: C. Bennett, J. Connell, H. Solomon
* West Torrens: R. Osborn

### Tasmania

Tasmanian Carnival Squad :
* Hobart: A. Leitch (c), Billett, Edwards, Bloomfield, Roberts, Maddock, Rait, McKay, Jelley, Evans, Hay, Dalton, Cole, Exton, Burrows.
* Launceston: Cazaly (vc), Ryan, Nash, Joolen, Clarke, Bickford, Stott
* North-West Coast: Acheson, Blake, Brumby.

### New South Wales

New South Wales Carnival Squad :
* Eastern Suburbs: F. Linney, S. Milton, S. Organ (vc), F. Piper, F. Pratt
* Newtown: D. Ayres, H. Finch, L. Hastie
* North Broken Hill: C. Holmes, H. Proud
* North Shore: H. V. London, D. Elliman (c)
* St George: M. Tobiason
* South Broken Hill: G. Cherry
* South Sydney: J. Hayes
* Sydney: W. R. McKoy, L. McKoy, E. McGuire
* West Broken Hill: C. Bates, F. Cliff, E. Pell, L. Prior

### Queensland

Queensland Carnival Squad :
* Brisbane Valley: J. Condon (vc), E. Cummins, H. Eakins, C. Etream, J. Kennedy, J. Kerr, P. Marsh, A. Smith
* Mayne: N. Clayton, F. Deane, E. Hadwen, T. Hadwen, C. Ryan, V. Ryan, E. Wawby
* South Brisbane: W. Becker, A. Nicholson (c)
* Windsor: H. Green, E. Hall, L. Milburn, G. Oswald, L. Phillips, G. Turner, W. Vidgen

## Results

| | 1930 Adelaide Carnival | 1930 Adelaide Carnival | 1930 Adelaide Carnival | |
| Wednesday, 30 July (12:30pm) | New South Wales 21.12 (138) | def. | Queensland 7.20 (62) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 12,600 (C-R)) |
| Wednesday, 30 July (3:00pm) | South Australia 16.10 (106) | def. | Western Australia 12.10 (82) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 12,600) |
| Thursday, 31 July (3:00pm) | Victoria 22.20 (154) | def. | Tasmania 7.8 (50) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,066) |
| Friday, 1 August (3:00pm) | South Australia 19.18 (132) | def. | Queensland 5.3 (33) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,415) |
| Saturday, 2 August (12:30pm) | New South Wales 18.15 (123) | def. | Tasmania 6.12 (48) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 16,131 (C-R)) |
| Saturday, 2 August (3:00pm) | Victoria 10.10 (70) | def. | Western Australia 9.8 (62) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 16,131) |
| Monday, 4 August (12:30pm) | Tasmania 18.13 (121) | def. | Queensland 10.16 (76) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,491 (C-R)) |
| Monday, 4 August (3:00pm) | South Australia 24.16 (160) | def. | New South Wales 10.16 (76) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,491) |
| Tuesday, 5 August (12:30pm) | Western Australia 24.17 (161) | def. | Queensland 16.9 (105) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,300 (C-R)) |
| Tuesday, 5 August (3:00pm) | Victoria 27.20 (182) | def. | New South Wales 9.10 (64) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,300) |
| Wednesday, 6 August (3:00pm) | South Australia 15.22 (112) | def. | Tasmania 5.11 (41) | Adelaide Oval |
| Thursday, 7 August (12:30pm) | Victoria 31.26 (212) | def. | Queensland 10.7 (67) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,507 C-R) |
| Thursday, 7 August (3:00pm) | Western Australia 8.9 (57) | def. | New South Wales 7.8 (50) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,507) |
| Saturday, 9 August (12:30pm) | Western Australia 20.6 (126) | def. | Tasmania 10.7 (67) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 32,700 C-R) |
| Saturday, 9 August (3:00pm) | Victoria 12.15 (77) | def. | South Australia 7.5 (47) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 32,700) |

### Ladder

1930 Adelaide Carnival ladder :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
| 1 | Victoria | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 702 | 290 | 70.77 | 10 |
| 2 | South Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 557 | 315 | 63.88 | 8 |
| 3 | Western Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 488 | 396 | 55.20 | 6 |
| 4 | New South Wales | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 448 | 509 | 46.81 | 4 |
| 5 | Tasmania | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 327 | 589 | 35.70 | 2 |
| 6 | Queensland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 343 | 764 | 30.98 | 0 |

## Goalkickers

| Ranking | Player | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Bill Mohr | 35 | Victoria |
| 2 | Alan Rait | 27 | Tasmania |
| 3 | Jack Titus | 22 | Victoria |
| 4 | Frank Hopkins | 19 | Western Australia |
| 4 | George Moloney | 19 | Western Australia |