1961 Brisbane Carnival
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The 1961 Brisbane Carnival was the 15th Australian rules football interstate carnival and the last to be held in Queensland. It was also known as the Australian Championships.
It was one of the most competitive carnivals to have been played, with the traditional carnival powerhouse in the VFL going down to Western Australia. Despite the VFL comfortably accounting for South Australia, the Western Australians lost their game to South Australia. Tasmania who traditionally struggled lost all games but got within seven points of the South Australians.
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[edit] Teams
Although the carnival took place in Brisbane, no Queensland team competed in the tournament. The four teams were the Victorian Football League (VFL), Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania.
[edit] Results
Game One
Game Three
Game Five
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Game Two
Game Four
Game Six
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[edit] All-Australian team
In 1961 the All-Australian team was picked based on the Brisbane Carnival.
1961 All-Australian Team
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Name | State/League | Club | |||||||
John Abley | South Australia | Port Adelaide | |||||||
John Halbert | South Australia | Sturt | |||||||
Neil Kerley | South Australia | West Adelaide | |||||||
Geoff Kingston | South Australia | West Torrens | |||||||
Don Lindner | South Australia | North Adelaide | |||||||
Don Roach | South Australia | West Adelaide | |||||||
Bob Shearman | South Australia | West Torrens | |||||||
Bill Wedding | South Australia | Norwood | |||||||
Darrel Baldock | Tasmania | Latrobe | |||||||
Bob Withers | Tasmania | North Launceston | |||||||
Allen Aylett | Victoria | North Melbourne | |||||||
Ron Barassi | Victoria | Melbourne (captain) | |||||||
Brian Dixon | Victoria | Melbourne | |||||||
John Schultz | Victoria | Footscray | |||||||
Ted Whitten | Victoria | Footscray | |||||||
Jack Clarke | Western Australia | East Fremantle | |||||||
Graham Farmer | Western Australia | East Perth | |||||||
Ray Gabelich | Western Australia | West Perth | |||||||
Ray Sorrell | Western Australia | East Fremantle | |||||||
John Todd | Western Australia | South Fremantle |
[edit] Tassie Medal
Brian Dixon of the VFL took home the Tassie Medal after beating East Fremantle's Jack Clarke by one vote.
[edit] Reference
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