1914 Sydney Carnival

Third annual Australian Rules football national competition August 2020 December 2017 1914 Sydney Carnival Australian football Sydney, Australia 5 August 1914 15 August 1914 6 Australian National Football Council Round-robin Victoria 1911 1921 400 New South Wales vs South Australia from Saturday Referee and the Arrow 15 August 1914 pg 3.png New South Wales vs South Australia at the SCG Victoria vs Western Australia at the Sydney Australian Football Carnival from Referee 12 August 1914 pg 16.png Victoria vs Western Australia at the SCG 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. Ultimately, the event made a loss, drawing at the gate enough to cover approximately half of its operating expenses. thumb|200px|Enthusiast's Letter to the EditorThe Herald, 21 September 1934.'Enthusiast', "Best Ever in Victoria (Letter to the Editor)", The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 22 September 1934), p. 30. thumb|Victorian team winners of the Sydney Carnival Teams Six teams competed at the Carnival.Gillett, Rodney (2021), "1914 ANFC Carnival in Sydney", New South Wales Australian Football History Society, 11 November 2021. New South Wales 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,Frederick Roy McGargill, New South Wales Australian Football History Society. He changed his name, post-First World War, to Frederick Roy Blackeby (see: Funeral Notice: Blackeby, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Saturday, 20 December 1958), p.48). 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.'Centre Forward', "On the Ball: Australasian Football Carnival", The Sydney Sportsman, (Wednesday, 2 August 1914), p.7.'Old-Timer', "Notable Players of the Australian Game in Sydney Since 1903", Saturday Referee Globe Pictorial: Issued as a Supplement to the Saturday Referee, (Saturday, 1 August 1914), pp.2-3.5 August 1914: New South Wales v. Queensland, New South Wales Australian Football History Society.8 August 1914: New South Wales v. Tasmania, New South Wales Australian Football History Society.10 August 1914: New South Wales v. South Australia, New South Wales Australian Football History Society."NSW had trouble raising a team with a number of selected players unable to get time off work. Several of their selected eighteen were not of a representative standard." 11 August 1914: New South Wales v. VFL, New South Wales Australian Football History Society. Queensland 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. South Australia 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. Tasmania 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).E.K.B., ""Lest We Forget": Wartime Footballers: Some Never Came Back: Carnival Team and—War", The (Launceston) Examiner, (Monday, 25 April 1932), p. 3.War was declared on 4 August 1914, and Aulsebrook, Bailey, Goddard, Hanigan, Margetts, Pugh, Randall, Whitney, enlisted immediately the team had returned to Tasmania (Sports Shorts, The (Launceston) Saturday Evening Express, (Saturday, 27 April 1946), p. 6). Four of those who enlisted died in service: Gerald Gilbert Stanley Aulsebrook (1395) (), () died in Malta of wounds received in action at Gallipoli; Cecil Herbert Hanigan (1157) (), () was killed in action, at Gallipoli; Ivor Stephen Margetts () () was killed in action, in France; and James Pugh (253) () () was killed in action, in France. thumb|140px|right|George Heinz, votedVictoria's best player Victoria 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). West Australia Smith, Hebbard, Robinson, Dan Scullion,Later (c.1913), he gave "Scullin" as his family name. Hurley, Daly, Sullivan, Slattery, Eddy (Goldfields),The National Game: The Fifteen: Selectors choose team that gives satisfaction, The Westralian Worker, (Friday, 10 July 1914), p.7.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57782011 The Goldfields Nine. The Sunday Times Perth 12 July 1914 25 November 2014 2 National Library of AustraliaThe National Game: Goldfields Footballers for the East, The Westralian Worker, (Friday, 31 July 1914), p.6.The National Game: W.A. Team now on Water: Opens campaign against South Australia on Wednesday, The Westralian Worker, (Friday, 31 July 1914), p.6. Burns, Limb, Sellars, Doig, Tapping, Youlden, Truscott, Thomas, McIntosh, Cain, Tomkins, Fisher, Oakley, Matson, Mose (Coastal League).http://www.wafooty.com.au/download/d/WJAdw8oLeOCMry9FDbCB84hoIDavl3RwBn4cKLgIw0k WA State Games 1904–1950 Umpires Jack Elder from Victoria, Henry "Ivo" Crapp from West Australia, S.F. Carter from South Australia, and L.J. Pitcher (New South Wales).http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45290934 The Teams The Barrier Miner Broken Hill, NSW 5 August 1914 25 November 2014 6 National Library of AustraliaLeslie John Pitcher (1889-1943): Leslie John Pitcher, New South Wales Australian Football History Society; World War One Service Record: Corporal Leslie John Pitcher (4877), National Archives of Australia; Deaths: Pitcher, The Age, (Saturday, 6 March 1943), p. 8. Results 1914 Sydney Carnival Wednesday, 5 August (12:45pm) New South Wales 13.15 (93) H Queensland 2.4 (16) Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, NSW Australian Football Carnival 6 August 1914 9 Wednesday, 5 August (3:00pm) South Australia 12.16 (88) H Western Australia 12.11 (83) Sydney Cricket Ground Thursday, 6 August (3:00pm) Victoria 28.20 (188) H Tasmania 8.9 (57) Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, NSW Australian Football Carnival 7 August 1914 12 Friday, 7 August (3:00pm) South Australia 32.18 (210) H Queensland 2.9 (21) Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, NSW Australian Football Carnival 8 August 1914 16 Saturday, 8 August (1:30pm) New South Wales 15.14 (104) H Tasmania 5.13 (43) Sydney Cricket Ground 8,000 C-R) The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, NSW Australian Carnival 10 August 1914 5 Saturday, 8 August (3:00pm) Victoria 13.16 (94) H Western Australia 11.14 (80) Sydney Cricket Ground 8,000 Monday, 10 August (1:30pm) Tasmania 15.17 (107) H Queensland 4.5 (29) Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, NSW Australian Football Carnival 11 August 1914 10 Monday, 10 August (3:30pm) South Australia 16.20 (106) H New South Wales 10.3 (63) Sydney Cricket Ground Tuesday, 11 August (1:30pm) Western Australia 33.31 (229) H Queensland 6.5 (41) Sydney Cricket Ground Referee Sydney, NSW Australian Football Carnival 12 August 1914 12 Tuesday, 11 August (3:00pm) Victoria 24.20 (164) H New South Wales 4.7 (31) Sydney Cricket Ground Wednesday, 12 August (3:00pm) South Australia 18.23 (131) H Tasmania 5.7 (37) Sydney Cricket Ground The Farmer and Settler Sydney, NSW The Football Carnival 14 August 1914 4 Thursday, 13 August (1:30pm) Western Australia 29.14 (188) H Tasmania 12.8 (80) Sydney Cricket Ground The Ballarat Star Ballarat, VIC Football Carnival, Sydney 14 August 1914 8 Thursday, 13 August (3:00pm) Victoria 28.22 (190) H Queensland 4.3 (27) Sydney Cricket Ground Saturday, 15 August (12:40pm) Western Australia 23.24 (162) H New South Wales 8.10 (58) Sydney Cricket Ground 12,000 C-R) The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, NSW Australian – the Carnival Games 17 August 1914 4 Saturday, 15 August (3:00pm) Victoria 11.11 (77) H South Australia 5.10 (44) Sydney Cricket Ground 12,000 Ladder main WDL Q 1914 Sydney Carnival ladder true none 4 2 VIC Victoria SA South Australia WA Western Australia NSW New South Wales TAS Tasmania QUE Queensland 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 #CCFFCC A complete The Register Adelaide, SA Carnival Football 17 August 1914 7 Other awards and events 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.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120282930 Criticism of the Carnival Players The Referee Sydney 19 August 1914 25 November 2014 12 National Library of Australia The winners were: George Heinz (Victoria) John W. Robertson (South Australia) Albert Tapping (Western Australia) Ralph Robertson (New South Wales) Jack Pennicott (Tasmania)http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120276750 Australian Rules Star With Expeditionary Force The Referee Sydney 25 November 1914 25 November 2014 13 National Library of Australia P.W. Jones (Queensland).http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41417116 Carnival Memories The West Australian Perth 4 August 1937 24 November 2014 10 National Library of Australia Nipper Truscott William "Nipper" Truscott Additional events held as part of the carnival included a series of junior and schoolboys' representative matches, played in timeslots not occupied by senior matches, as well as a goalkicking competition and a long-distance kicking competition, in both of which the best Australian rules football players in each discipline faced off against rugby league star Dally Messenger.The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, NSW Australian Football Carnival 15 August 1914 16 In the goalkicking competition, Herbert Limb (Western Australia) won the preliminary round amongst the Australian rules footballers. Messenger then defeated Limb in the final. In the distance kicking competition, Dave McNamara (Victoria) won with a distance of 67yds 8in from a place kick (before later kicking 76 yards in an out-of-competition kick); Alex Robinson (Western Australia) was second with a distance of 65 yards. Notes References http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/1914_sydney_carnival.htm 1914 Sydney Carnival Full Points Footy https://web.archive.org/web/20110828182841/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/1914_sydney_carnival.htm 28 August 2011 usurped http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120282930 Stirring Finish to the Australian Football Carnival in Sydney The Referee Sydney 19 August 1914 25 November 2014 12 http://australianfootball.com/articles/view/Interstate%2Bcarnival%2Bmemories/297 Interstate carnival memories Nipper Truscott William "Nipper" Truscott Category:Australian rules interstate football Sydney Carnival, 1914 Category:August 1914 in sports Category:1910s in Sydney Category:Australian rules football competitions in New South Wales Category:Sports competitions in Sydney