1969 Adelaide Carnival

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The 1969 Adelaide Carnival was the 17th Australian rules football interstate carnival and the last to be held in South Australia. Instead of 'Carnival', it was also known as the Australian National Football Championships.

Four teams competed in the carnival, South Australia, the VFL, Tasmania and Western Australia. The VFL finished on top of the table after winning all of their games. Peter Hudson kicked 17 goals in the carnival, the next best was Austin Robertson with 15.

Contents

[edit] Squads

Victorian Carnival Side
Coach: Ron Barassi
Captain: John Nicholls | Kevin Bartlett | Peter Bedford | Barry Bourke | George Bisset | Barry Davis | Ross Dillon | Darryl Gerlach | Daryl Griffiths | Royce Hart | Peter Hudson | Alex Jesaulenko | Bob Keddie | Sam Kekovich | Bob Murray | Kevin Murray | John 'Sam' Newman | John Newnham | Peter Steward | David Thorpe | Peter Walker | Terry Waters | Ricky Watt | Fred Way


South Australian Carnival Side
Coach: Fos Williams
Captain: John Cahill | Brenton Adcock | John Birt | Keith Chessell | Brian Colbey | Peter Darley | Robert Day | Ron Elleway | Ken Eustice | Jim Forsyth | Darryl Hicks | Harry Kernahan | Peter Marker | Craig McKellar | Graham Molloy | Philip 'Sandy' Nelson | Damien Nygaard | Robert Oatey | Jack Pannenburg | Keith Pattinson | John Phillips | Fred Phillis | Rodney Pope | Barrie Robran | Rick Schoff


Western Australian Carnival Side
Coach: Malcolm Atwell
Captain: Mal Brown | Paddy Astone | Greg Brehaut | Barry Cable | Tony Casserly | Derek Chadwick | Pat Dalton | Dave Dyson | Peter Eakins | Graham Farmer | Bob Graham | Peter Manning | John McIntosh | Ian Miller | Graham Melrose | Chris Mitchell | Brian Roberts | Austin Robertson | Graham Scott | Brian Sierakowski | Bradley Smith | Peter Stephen | John Turnbull | Bill Walker | John Wynne


Tasmanian Carnival Side
Coach: Trevor Leo
Captain: John Devine | Darrel Baldock | John Burns | Bob Cheek | Phillip Dell | Kerry Doran | Alby Dunn | Ray Groom | Ron Hall | Barry Hay | Philip Lade | Graeme Lee | Ted Lees | Bob Lucas | Bob Lynch | Graeme Mackey | Max McMahon | John Neal | Ben Nusteling | Alf Oldenhof | Burnie Payne | Kevin Pelham | John Richmond | Paul Vinar | Graeme Wise

[edit] Results

Game One

Team Score
VFL 23.21 (159)
Tasmania 10.26 (86)

Game Three

Team Score
South Australia 21.22 (148)
Tasmania 12.18 (90)

Game Five

Team Score
Western Australia 28.24 (192)
Tasmania 12.7 (79)

Game Two

Team Score
South Australia 15.17 (107)
Western Australia 14.11 (95)

Game Four

Team Score
VFL 21.18 (144)
Western Australia 14.13 (97)

Game Six

Team Score
VFL 15.11 (101)
South Australia 8.9 (57)

[edit] All-Australian team

In 1969 the All-Australian team was picked based on the Adelaide Carnival.

1969 All-Australian Team

Adelaide Carnival

Name State/League Club
John Cahill South Australia Port Adelaide
Brian Colbey South Australia Glenelg
Peter Darley South Australia South Adelaide
Graham Molloy South Australia Norwood
Rick Schoff South Australia Sturt
Royce Hart Victoria Richmond
Peter Hudson Victoria Hawthorn
Alex Jesaulenko Victoria Carlton
Bob Keddie Victoria Hawthorn
Bob Murray Victoria St Kilda
John 'Sam' Newman Victoria Geelong
John Nicholls Victoria Carlton (captain)
Peter Steward Victoria North Melbourne
Terry Waters Victoria Collingwood
Ricky Watt Victoria Collingwood
Greg Brehaut Western Australia Perth
Barry Cable Western Australia Perth
Peter Eakins Western Australia Subiaco
John McIntosh Western Australia Claremont
Bill Walker Western Australia Swan Districts

[edit] Tassie Medal

Peter Eakins of Western Australia and Graham Molloy of South Australia won the Tassie Medal after both tallying four votes.

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