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[7]
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[8]
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[9]
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][10]
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][11]
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)) [12]
Wednesday, 30 July (3:00pm) South Australia 16.10 (106) def. Western Australia 12.10 (82) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 12,600) [13]
Thursday, 31 July (3:00pm) Victoria 22.20 (154) def. Tasmania 7.8 (50) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 3,066) [14]
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)) [15]
Saturday, 2 August (3:00pm) Victoria 10.10 (70) def. Western Australia 9.8 (62) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 16,131) [15]
Monday, 4 August (12:30pm) Tasmania 18.13 (121) def. Queensland 10.16 (76) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,491 (C-R)) [16]
Monday, 4 August (3:00pm) South Australia 24.16 (160) def. New South Wales 10.16 (76) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,491) [16]
Tuesday, 5 August (12:30pm) Western Australia 24.17 (161) def. Queensland 16.9 (105) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,300 (C-R)) [17]
Tuesday, 5 August (3:00pm) Victoria 27.20 (182) def. New South Wales 9.10 (64) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 2,300) [17]
Wednesday, 6 August (3:00pm) South Australia 15.22 (112) def. Tasmania 5.11 (41) Adelaide Oval [18]
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) [19]
Saturday, 9 August (3:00pm) Victoria 12.15 (77) def. South Australia 7.5 (47) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 32,700) [19]

Ladder
1930 Adelaide Carnival ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
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. Essendon's Paddy Walsh was selected in the Victorian team, but had been forced to withdraw because he could not get leave from his employment as a fireman (Disappointed, but Contented, The Sporting Globe, (Wednesday, 30 July 1930), p.9.)
  8. "Kudex" (7 July 1930). "Carnival side". The Daily News. Perth, WA. p. 5.
  9. "Football: S.A. Carnival Team". Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW. 21 July 1930. p. 1.
  10. "Tasmanian Carnival Team". Western Mail. Perth, WA. 17 July 1930. p. 21.
  11. "Football – Carnival in Adelaide". Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW. 28 July 1930. p. 1.
  12. Steve McKee (31 July 1930). "N.S.W. snappy and clever". The Register News-Pictorial. Adelaide, SA. p. 15.
  13. 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.
  14. "Rover" (1 August 1930). "Runaway victory – Tasmania outclassed". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. p. 18.
  15. "Victoria's tenacity tells". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 4 August 1930. p. 14.
  16. "Rover" (5 August 1930). "Carnival games". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. p. 12.
  17. "Football carnival at a glance". The Register News-Pictorial. Adelaide, SA. 6 August 1930. p. 22.
  18. "Carnival football". The Advertiser. Adelaide, SA. 7 August 1930. p. 5.
  19. "Victoria regains the Ashes". The Mercury. Hobart, TAS. 18 August 1924. p. 11.
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