1930 Adelaide Carnival

The 1930 Adelaide Carnival was the seventh edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules 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.^[1] 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^[2] resulted in the surface degenerating to a mudheap by the end of the carnival.^[3] 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.^[4] The carnival's leading goalkicker was Victoria's Bill Mohr, who kicked 35 goals, including 16 in one match against Queensland.^[5]

Squads

Victoria

Victoria Carnival Squad[6]
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. Corney, 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[7]
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[8]
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[6][9]
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[6][10]
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[6]
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
Wednesday, 30 July (12:30pm)	New South Wales 21.12 (138)	def.	Queensland 7.20 (62)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 12,600 (C-R))	[11]
Wednesday, 30 July (3:00pm)	South Australia 16.10 (106)	def.	Western Australia 12.10 (82)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 12,600)	[12]
Thursday, 31 July (3:00pm)	Victoria 22.20 (154)	def.	Tasmania 7.8 (50)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,066)	[13]
Friday, 1 August (3:00pm)	South Australia 19.18 (132)	def.	Queensland 5.3 (33)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,415)	[2]
Saturday, 2 August (12:30pm)	New South Wales 18.15 (123)	def.	Tasmania 6.12 (48)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 16,131 (C-R))	[14]
Saturday, 2 August (3:00pm)	Victoria 10.10 (70)	def.	Western Australia 9.8 (62)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 16,131)	[14]
Monday, 4 August (12:30pm)	Tasmania 18.13 (121)	def.	Queensland 10.16 (76)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,491 (C-R))	[15]
Monday, 4 August (3:00pm)	South Australia 24.16 (160)	def.	New South Wales 10.16 (76)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,491)	[15]
Tuesday, 5 August (12:30pm)	Western Australia 24.17 (161)	def.	Queensland 16.9 (105)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,300 (C-R))	[16]
Tuesday, 5 August (3:00pm)	Victoria 27.20 (182)	def.	New South Wales 9.10 (64)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,300)	[16]
Wednesday, 6 August (3:00pm)	South Australia 15.22 (112)	def.	Tasmania 5.11 (41)	Adelaide Oval	[17]
Thursday, 7 August (12:30pm)	Victoria 31.26 (212)	def.	Queensland 10.7 (67)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,507 C-R)	[5]
Thursday, 7 August (3:00pm)	Western Australia 8.9 (57)	def.	New South Wales 7.8 (50)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 1,507)	[5]
Saturday, 9 August (12:30pm)	Western Australia 20.6 (126)	def.	Tasmania 10.7 (67)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 32,700 C-R)	[18]
Saturday, 9 August (3:00pm)	Victoria 12.15 (77)	def.	South Australia 7.5 (47)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 32,700)	[18]

Ladder

1930 Adelaide Carnival ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	Pct	PTS
1	Victoria	5	5	0	0	702	290	70.76	10
2	South Australia	5	4	1	0	557	315	63.87	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
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = percentage, PTS = Premiership points. Points and percentages are calculated by the South Australian method.								Source[4]

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

References

1. "The Football Carnival". Southern Cross. Adelaide, SA. p. 18.
2. "Carnival Football". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 2 August 1930. p. 11.
3. "Oval "Bad as in 1930 carnival"". The Mail. Adelaide, SA. 11 August 1951. p. 25.
4. "Rover" (11 August 1930). "Victoria too strong". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. p. 9.
5. "Exciting carnival match". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 8 August 1930. p. 8.
6. "Football invasion of Adelaide". The Daily News. Perth, WA. 25 July 1930. p. 8.
7. "Kudex" (7 July 1930). "Carnival side". The Daily News. Perth, WA. p. 5.
8. "Football: S.A. Carnival Team". Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW. 21 July 1930. p. 1.
9. "Tasmanian Carnival Team". Western Mail. Perth, WA. 17 July 1930. p. 21.
10. "Football – Carnival in Adelaide". Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW. 28 July 1930. p. 1.
11. Steve McKee (31 July 1930). "N.S.W. snappy and clever". The Register News-Pictorial. Adelaide, SA. p. 15.
12. Steve McKee (31 July 1930). "Hard bumping W.A. side kicks goal for goal for three quarters". The Register News-Pictorial. Adelaide, SA. p. 15.
13. "Rover" (1 August 1930). "Runaway victory – Tasmania outclassed". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. p. 18.
14. "Victoria's tenacity tells". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 4 August 1930. p. 14.
15. "Rover" (5 August 1930). "Carnival games". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. p. 12.
16. "Football carnival at a glance". The Register News-Pictorial. Adelaide, SA. 6 August 1930. p. 22.
17. "Carnival football". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 7 August 1930. p. 5.
18. "Victoria regains the Ashes". The Mercury. Hobart, TAS. 18 August 1924. p. 11.