1924 Hobart Carnival

December 2017 December 2017 1924 Hobart Carnival Australian football Hobart, Australia 6 August 1924 15 August 1924 6 Australian National Football Council Round Robin Victoria 1921 1927 The 1924 Hobart Carnival was the fifth Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition. It was held from 6–15 August and was the first carnival to be hosted by the Tasmanian city of Hobart. It was won by Victoria. After only three states had contested the 1921 Perth Carnival due to high travelling expenses, the 1924 Carnival was contested by all six states. The carnival was staged as a full round-robin amongst the states. All fifteen matches were played at North Hobart Oval. Since the weaker footballing states of Queensland and New South Wales were grouped together with the likes of Victoria, there were many one sided games. Queensland in particular was uncompetitive against the main states. Western Australia managed to kick a senior record 43 goals in one match against the Queenslanders, 23 of which were kicked by full-forward Bonny Campbell – also a senior record. Victoria's game against Queensland was described in the Tasmanian press as "one of the most farcial football matches ever witnessed in Hobart", with Victoria applying little defensive pressure (resulting in Queensland's highest score of the tournament), and making positional changes which resulted in all eighteen Victorian players scoring at least one goal. The best regarded match of the tournament, and ultimately the Championship-deciding match, was played on the first Saturday of the carnival between Victoria and Western Australia. Campbell (Western Australia) and Lloyd Hagger (Victoria) both scored seven goals. The Victorians won the encounter by eight points. The carnival was the biggest sporting event to have been held in Tasmania's history at that time. Huge crowds were drawn to the marquee days of the carnival, attracting visitors from all over Tasmania. The crowd of 15,687 which attended the first Saturday set a new record as the highest sporting crowd in the history of Tasmania, and the second Saturday drew more than 12,000. A gazetted half-holiday was observed on the opening Wednesday, and businesses also closed on the second Wednesday, resulting in crowds of around 10,000 on both days.The Register Adelaide, SA 22 August 1924 5 Notes on the carnival High mark Overall, the carnival drew 60,706 paying spectators across nine days, and took a carnival record £5823/1/– at the gate. The average tournament crowd was reduced by the Tuesday and Thursday matches played during the second week – which featured predictably one-sided affairs, did not feature Tasmania, and one of which was played in heavy rain – which each drew only a couple of hundred of spectators. As occurred at many carnivals, overuse of the ground and untimely heavy rain resulted in the condition of the playing surface degenerating to a bog by the end of the carnival. Results 1924 Hobart Carnival Wednesday, 6 August (12:30pm) New South Wales 16.22 (118) H Queensland 6.3 (39) North Hobart Oval 10,929 (C-R) Daily Telegraph Launceston, TAS Hobart's federal football carnival 7 August 1924 7 Wednesday, 6 August (3:00pm) Western Australia 16.11 (107) H South Australia 10.12 (72) North Hobart Oval 10,929 Thursday, 7 August (3:00pm) Victoria 13.16 (94) H Tasmania 7.13 (55) North Hobart Oval 8,000 Daily Telegraph Launceston, TAS Australian football carnival 8 August 1924 7 Friday, 8 August (3:00pm) South Australia 37.46 (268) H Queensland 4.2 (26) North Hobart Oval 861 Daily Telegraph Launceston, TAS Football carnival 9 August 1924 11 Saturday, 9 August (12:45pm) Tasmania 22.12 (144) H New South Wales 10.13 (73) North Hobart Oval 15,687 (C-R) The Mercury Hobart, TAS Australasian football carnival 11 August 1924 5 Saturday, 9 August (3:00pm) Victoria 15.13 (103) H Western Australia 14.11 (95) North Hobart Oval 15,687 Monday, 11 August (12:45pm) Tasmania 33.25 (223) H Queensland 3.7 (25) North Hobart Oval 1,717 (C-R) Daily Telegraph Launceston, TAS Australian football carnival 12 August 1924 7 Monday, 11 August (3:00pm) South Australia 18.15 (123) H New South Wales 9.12 (66) North Hobart Oval 1,717 Tuesday, 12 August (12:45pm) Western Australia 43.19 (277) H Queensland 2.1 (13) North Hobart Oval 350 (C-R) The Mercury Hobart, TAS Australian football carnival 11 August 1924 10W.A. full-forward Hugh "Bonny" Campbell scored a record 23 goals: W.A. Demoralise Queensland: H. Campbell's Brilliant Kicking: He Gets 23 Goals, The (Perth) Daily News, (Tuesday, 12 August 1924), p.8. Tuesday, 12 August (3:00pm) Victoria 14.26 (110) H New South Wales 4.6 (30) North Hobart Oval 350 Wednesday, 13 August (3:00pm) South Australia 11.10 (76) H Tasmania 3.10 (28) North Hobart Oval 9,889 The Mercury Hobart, TAS Australian football carnival 14 August 1924 5 Thursday, 13 August (12:45pm) Victoria 31.23 (209) H Queensland 17.12 (114) North Hobart Oval 447 C-R The Mercury Hobart, TAS Carnival drawing to a close 15 August 1924 10 Thursday, 13 August (3:00pm) Western Australia 37.21 (241) H New South Wales 9.12 (66) North Hobart Oval 447 Saturday, 15 August (12:45pm) Western Australia 13.5 (83) H Tasmania 5.14 (44) North Hobart Oval 12,876 C-R The Mercury Hobart, TAS Victoria regains the Ashes 18 August 1924 11 Saturday, 15 August (3:00pm) Victoria 17.16 (118) H South Australia 9.11 (65) North Hobart Oval 12,876 Ladder main WDL Q 1924 Hobart Carnival ladder true points n 4 2 VIC Victoria WA Western Australia SA South Australia TAS Tasmania NSW New South Wales QUE Queensland 5 0 0 634 390 4 1 0 747 295 3 2 0 604 340 2 3 0 487 351 1 4 0 345 509 0 5 0 217 1079 #CCFFCC A complete Goalkickers Ranking Player Goals Team1Bonny Campbell51Western Australia2Lloyd Hagger25Victoria3C. 'Chilla' Scott20Tasmania4Roy Bent17South Australia5Alfred Ryan16South Australia Squads Victoria Victoria Carnival Squad Paddy O'Brien (Captain) | Albert Chadwick (Vice-Captain) | Maurie Beasy | Ray Brew | Roy Cazaly | Norm Cockram | Goldie Collins | Alex Duncan | Ern Elliott | Tom Fitzmaurice | Carji Greeves | Lloyd Hagger | Norm McIntosh | Jack Moriarty | Jack O'Connell | Arthur Pink | Bill Shelton | Mark Tandy | Dick Taylor | Vic Thorp | Colin Watson | Len Wigraft | Ernie Wilson New South Wales New South Wales Carnival SquadThe Register Adelaide, SA 1 August 1911 8 New South Wales Carnival Team R. Ellis (Captain) Footnotes References http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/1924_hobart_carnival.htm Full Points Footy 1924 Hobart Carnival https://web.archive.org/web/20110828182844/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/1924_hobart_carnival.htm 28 August 2011 usurped http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/a_carnival_classic.htm Full Points Footy A Carnival Classic – VFL vs Western Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20110806054250/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/a_carnival_classic.htm 6 August 2011 usurped Category:Australian rules interstate football Hobart Carnival, 1924 Hobart Carnival Category:1920s in Tasmania Category:Australian rules football competitions in Tasmania Category:Sport in Hobart