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.

1 Teams
2 Results
3 All-Australian team
4 Tassie Medal
5 Reference

[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

Ted Whitten

Game One

Team	Score
VFL	20.30 (150)
Tasmania	12.17 (89)

Game Three

Team	Score
West Australia	24.23 (167)
Tasmania	10.6 (66)

Game Five

Team	Score
South Australia	15.17 (107)
Tasmania	14.16 (100)

Game Two

Team	Score
South Australia	16.13 (109)
West Australia	15.17 (107)

Game Four

Team	Score
VFL	21.22 (148)
South Australia	13.12 (90)

Game Six

Team	Score
West Australia	15.14 (104)
VFL	14.11 (95)

[edit] All-Australian team

In 1961 the All-Australian team was picked based on the Brisbane Carnival.

Jack Clarke

1961 All-Australian Team Brisbane Carnival
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