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1914 Sydney Carnival

Third annual Australian Rules football national competition

Field	Value
name	1914 Sydney Carnival
sport	Australian football
location	Sydney, Australia
start_date	5 August 1914
end_date	15 August 1914
teams	6
administrator	Australian National Football Council
format	Round-robin
current_champion
final_champion	Victoria
previous	1911
next	1921

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.

Enthusiast's Letter to the Editor<br>''The Herald'', 21 September 1934.<ref>'Enthusiast', "Best Ever in Victoria (Letter to the Editor)", ''The (Melbourne) Herald'', (Saturday, 22 September 1934), p. 30.</ref>

Victorian team winners of the Sydney Carnival

Teams

Six teams competed at the Carnival.

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, 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.

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).

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, Hurley, Daly, Sullivan, Slattery, Eddy (Goldfields), Burns, Limb, Sellars, Doig, Tapping, Youlden, Truscott, Thomas, McIntosh, Cain, Tomkins, Fisher, Oakley, Matson, Mose (Coastal League).

Umpires

Jack Elder from Victoria, Henry "Ivo" Crapp from West Australia, S.F. Carter from South Australia, and L.J. Pitcher (New South Wales).

Results

Ladder

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. The winners were:

George Heinz (Victoria)
John W. Robertson (South Australia)
Albert Tapping (Western Australia)
Ralph Robertson (New South Wales)
Jack Pennicott (Tasmania)
P.W. Jones (Queensland).

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.

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

'Enthusiast', "Best Ever in Victoria (Letter to the Editor)", ''The (Melbourne) Herald'', (Saturday, 22 September 1934), p. 30.
[https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/1914-anfc-carnival-in-sydney Gillett, Rodney (2021), "1914 ANFC Carnival in Sydney", ''New South Wales Australian Football History Society'', 11 November 2021.]
[https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/person/9186 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).
[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168597806 '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.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page13118560 2]-[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page13118561 3].
[https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/game/10512 5 August 1914: New South Wales v. Queensland, ''New South Wales Australian Football History Society''.]
[https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/game/10532 8 August 1914: New South Wales v. Tasmania, ''New South Wales Australian Football History Society''.]
[https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/game/10544 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." [https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/game/10548 11 August 1914: New South Wales v. VFL, ''New South Wales Australian Football History Society''.]
[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51734437 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 ([http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article265060568 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) ([http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190229329]), ([https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1677504]) died in Malta of wounds received in action at Gallipoli; Cecil Herbert Hanigan (1157) ([http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10416758]), ([https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10240541]) was killed in action, at Gallipoli; Ivor Stephen Margetts ([http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article152776900]) ([https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P11012825]) was killed in action, in France; and James Pugh (253) ([http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242678929]) ([https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1653661]) was killed in action, in France.
Later (c.1913), he gave "Scullin" as his family name.
[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148136626 The National Game: The Fifteen: Selectors choose team that gives satisfaction, ''The Westralian Worker'', (Friday, 10 July 1914), p.7.]
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[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148135903 The National Game: Goldfields Footballers for the East, ''The Westralian Worker'', (Friday, 31 July 1914), p.6.]
[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148135864 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.]
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Leslie John Pitcher (1889-1943): [https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/person/20893 Leslie John Pitcher, ''New South Wales Australian Football History Society'']; [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8017782 World War One Service Record: Corporal Leslie John Pitcher (4877), ''National Archives of Australia'']; [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206850499 Deaths: Pitcher, ''The Age'', (Saturday, 6 March 1943), p. 8].
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