1961 Brisbane Carnival

December 2017 December 2017 1961 Brisbane Carnival Australian football Brisbane, Australia 15 July 1961 23 July 1961 4 Australian National Football Council Round Robin Western Australia 1958 1966 The 1961 Brisbane Carnival was the 15th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition. It was the last carnival to be held in Queensland. It was one of the most competitive carnivals to have been played, with the traditional carnival powerhouse Victoria going down to Western Australia in the final game to give Western Australia its first carnival victory since 1921.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130718205 Rules Reign by Victoria Ended The Canberra Times 24 July 1961 29 October 2014 16 National Library of Australia Despite Victoria comfortably accounting for South Australia, the Western Australians narrowly lost their game to South Australia. Tasmania, who traditionally struggle, lost all games but got within seven points of the South Australians. With Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria all finishing on 2 wins and a loss, Western Australia won the championship due to a superior percentage.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sqZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6525%2C3571808 W.A. Triumphs over Victoria. Wins Carnival Title Ron Carter 24 July 1961 The Age 20 29 July 2023 19 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20230729170512/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sqZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6525,3571808 live In 2014, the Western Australian team from this carnival was inducted as a whole into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/wafl/a/25352444/the-drought-breakers-1961-footy-champions/ The drought breakers: 1961 footy champions Steve Butler 26 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141028184935/https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/wafl/a/25352444/the-drought-breakers-1961-footy-champions/ 28 October 2014 Teams Although the carnival took place in Brisbane, no Queensland team competed in the tournament. The four teams were Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania. South Australian Squad Players: John Abley (Port Adelaide); Barrie Barbary (North Adelaide); Fred Bills (West Torrens); Jeff Bray (West Adelaide); John Cahill (Port Adelaide); Ken Eustice (West Adelaide); Paul Garnett (West Adelaide); Ian Hannaford (Port Adelaide); John Halbert (); Neville Hayes (Port Adelaide); Lindsay Head (West Torrens); Bill Herron (Glenelg); Frank Hogan (West Adelaide); Dick Jackson (South Adelaide); Geoff Kingston (West Torrens); Neil Kerley (West Adelaide), captain; Don Lindner (North Adelaide); Theo "Hank" Lindner (North Adelaide); Trevor Obst (Port Adelaide); Des Panizza (South Adelaide); Jeff Potter (Port Adelaide); Don Roach (West Adelaide); Bob Shearman (West Torrens); and Bill Wedding (Norwood).Coach: Fos Williams. Tasmanian Squad Players: Trevor Anthony (East Devonport); John Archer (Launceston); Darrel Baldock (Latrobe), captain; Ted Banks (Clarence); Roger Browning (New Norfolk); Arthur Cole (Hobart); Neil Conlan (Devonport); John Fitzallen (Longford); Dale Flint (Sandy Bay); Don Gale (Burnie); Rex Geard (Sandy Bay); Ivan Hayes (Longford); Len Lawson (Latrobe); "Casey" Lawrence (Longford); Trevor Leo (Hobart); Rex Lethborg (Scottsdale); Ron Marney (Glenorchy); Peter Marquis (North Hobart); Stan Morcom (City-South); Colin Moore (North Hobart); John Noble (North Hobart); Garth Smith (Ulverstone); Murray Steele (Sandy Bay); Kevin Symons (Burnie); and Bob Withers (North Launceston), vice-captain.Coach: Jack Metherell.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rAUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6984%2C2722896 Carter, Ron, Victoria Look Set for Easy Victory in Title Series Match, The Age (Wednesday, 19 July 1961), p.16. 12 June 2023 12 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230612231502/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rAUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6984,2722896 live Tasmanian Representative Team Photos (Team Squad: Team to Play Victoria Football Association on Monday, 12 June 1961) https://web.archive.org/web/20230322152312/https://pathartnett.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1961-Tas-team-pats-site.jpg 22 March 2023 : note that L. Ranson (Scottsdale) did not take part in the Brisbane Carnival. Victorian Squad Players: Owen Abrahams (); Frank Adams (); Allen Aylett (North Melbourne); Ron Barassi (); Terry Callan (Geelong); Brian Dixon (); Brian Gray (Collingwood); John Heriot (South Melbourne); John James (); Graeme MacKenzie (); Hugh Mitchell (Essendon); Ian Mort (Hawthorn); Kevin Murray (); John Nicholls (); Lance Oswald (St Kilda); John Peck (Hawthorn); Neil Roberts (St Kilda); John Schultz (Footscray); Fred Swift (); Jim Taylor (South Melbourne); Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne); Ken Turner (Collingwood); and Ted Whitten (Footscray). Coach: Len Smith ().https://collection.australiansportsmuseum.org.au/objects/5852/black-and-white-photograph-of-the-victorian-football-league-representative-team-brisbane-1961#&gid=1&pid=1 Black and white photograph of the Victorian Football League Representative Team, Brisbane 1961 (Registration no.1987.1559), Australian Sports Museum. 12 June 2023 12 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230612170428/https://collection.australiansportsmuseum.org.au/objects/5852/black-and-white-photograph-of-the-victorian-football-league-representative-team-brisbane-1961#&gid=1&pid=1 live Western Australian Squad Players: Malcolm Atwell (EP); Ken Bagley (SD); Dinny Barron (Subiaco); Neville Beard (Perth); Haydn Bunton Jr. (SD), captain; Derek Chadwick (EP); Jack Clarke (EF); John Colgan (SF);Selected, but withdrew due to injury. Lorne Cook (Cla); John Dethridge (Cla); Joe Fanchi (WP); Graham Farmer (EP); Ray Gabelich (WP); John Gerovich (SF); Bob Graham (EP); Ken Holt (EF); Denis Marshall (Cla); Barry Metcalfe (Cla); Les Mumme (Cla); Con Regan (EF); Norm Rogers (EF); Keith Slater (SD); Ray Sorrell (EF); John Todd (SF), vice captain; John Turnbull (SD); and Don Williams (WP).Coach: Jack Sheedy, (EP).https://wais.org.au/hallofchampions/1961-western-australian-state-football-team WA Hall of Champions: 1961 Western Australian State Football Team, Western Australian Institute of Sport. 11 June 2023 11 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230611210551/https://wais.org.au/hallofchampions/1961-western-australian-state-football-team/ live Butler, Steve, "The Drought Breakers: 1961 Champions", Yahoo News, 26 October 2014. Results Game 1 Saturday, 15 July Victoria 21.22 (148) H South Australia 13.12 (90) The Gabba Game 2 Sunday, 16 July Western Australia 24.23 (167) H Tasmania 10.6 (66) The Gabba 7,192 Match report Game 3 Wednesday, 19 July Western Australia 15.17 (107) A South Australia 16.13 (109) The Gabba Match report Game 4 Wednesday, 19 July Victoria 20.30 (150) H Tasmania 12.17 (89) The Gabba 4,746 Match report Game 5 Sunday, 23 July South Australia 15.17 (107) H Tasmania 14.16 (100) The Gabbahttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=saZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1641%2C3555200 Match Report (on p.18). 12 June 2023 12 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230612225430/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=saZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1641,3555200 live Game 6 Sunday, 23 July Western Australia 15.14 (104) H Victoria 14.11 (95) The Gabba 7,500 Match report Points table main WL Q true points y 4 0 WA Western Australia VIC Victorian SA South Australia TAS Tasmania 2 1 378 270 2 1 393 283 2 1 306 355 0 3 255 424 complete All-Australian team In 1961 the All-Australian team was picked based on the Brisbane Carnival. Ron Barassi was named as captain. West Australian ruckman Jack Clarke became the first person to be named in four All Australian teams.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sqZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3767%2C3572071 All Australian Team Surprise Ron Carter 24 July 1961 20 The Age 5 April 2016 19 September 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160405043323/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sqZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3767,3572071 live Note: This newspaper report incorrectly names Western Australia's Mal Atwell at full back, instead of South Australia's John Abley. 1961 All-Australian team Neil Kerley (SA, West Adelaide) John Abley (SA, Port Adelaide) John Schultz (Vic, Footscray) Ted Whitten (Vic, Footscray) Ray Gabelich (WA, West Perth) Bob Shearman (SA, West Torrens) Brian Dixon (Vic, Melbourne) John Halbert (SA, Sturt) John Todd (WA, South Fremantle) Don Roach (SA, West Adelaide) Don Lindner (SA, North Adelaide) Darrel Baldock (Tas, Latrobe) Graham Farmer (WA, East Perth) Geoff Kingston (SA, West Torrens) Bob Withers (Tas, North Launceston) Jack Clarke (WA, East Fremantle) Ron Barassi (Vic, Melbourne) (captain) Allen Aylett (Vic, North Melbourne) Ray Sorrell (WA, East Fremantle) Bill Wedding ( SA, Norwood) Tassie Medal Brian Dixon of the VFL won the Tassie Medal after beating East Fremantle's Jack Clarke by one vote.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sqZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3671%2C3571344 Dixon wins Tassie Medal 24 July 1961 The Age 20 Player State Votes received Total Brian Dixon Victoria 3,3,2 8 Jack Clarke Western Australia 3,3,1 7 Allen Aylett Victoria 3,2 5 Darrel Baldock Tasmania 3,1 4Don Lindner South Australia 2,1 3 Graham Farmer Western Australia 2 2 Frank Adams Victoria 2 2 Neil Kerley South Australia 2 2 Colin Moore Tasmania 1 1 Derek ChadwickWestern Australia 1 1 Bob Withers Tasmania 1 1 Footnotes References http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/1961_brisbane_carnival.htm 1961 Brisbane Carnival page Full Points Footy usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20110806062836/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/1961_brisbane_carnival.htm 6 August 2011 Category:Australian rules interstate football Brisbane Carnival, 1961 Category:July 1961 sports events in Australia Category:1960s in Brisbane Category:Australian rules football competitions in Queensland Category:Sports competitions in Brisbane