1975 Knockout Carnival

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The 1975 Knockout Carnival was the 19th and last Australian rules football interstate carnival before State of Origin football arrived.

The carnival was due to take place in Melbourne but as it would have interrupted the 1975 VFL season the organisers made a shortened version. Just three games were to be played, with two semi finals and a final. The semis were played in Melbourne but the final, where the VFL defeated South Australia, was contested in Adelaide. The other two states who took part were Tasmania and Western Australia. Unlike with the previous carnivals no All-Australian team or Tassie Medalist was chosen.

[edit] Squads

Victorian Carnival Side
Coach: John Nicholls
Captain: Alex Jesaulenko \| Ross Abbey \| Stan Alves \| Kevin Bartlett \| Peter Bedford \| Malcolm Blight \| Phil Carman \| Gary Dempsey \| Glenn Elliott \| Ken Fletcher \| Keith Greig \| Gary Hardeman \| Warwick Irwin \| Wayne Judson \| Peter Knights \| Leigh Matthews \| Craig McKellar \| Kevin Morris \| Graham Moss \| Bruce Nankervis \| John Newman \| Kevin O'Keeffe \| Max Richardson \| Wayne Richardson \| Geoff Southby \| Greg Wells

Victorian Carnival Side

Coach: John Nicholls

South Australian Carnival Side
Coach: Neil Kerley
Captain: Russell Ebert \| Captain: Peter Marker \| Paul Bagshaw \| Greg Bennett \| Darrell Cahill \| Peter Carey \| Colin Casey \| Bill Cochrane \| Brian Colbey \| Graham Cornes \| Rick Davies \| Ross Dillon \| Phil Gallagher \| Michael Graham \| Max James \| Bob Keddie \| Bruce Light \| Colin MacVicar \| John McFarlane \| Sandy Nelson \| Barry Norsworthy \| Michael Nunan \| Wayne Phillis \| Barrie Robran \| Rod Seekamp \| Barry Stringer \| Michael Taylor \| Ken Whelan \| Greg Wild \| Peter Woite

South Australian Carnival Side

Coach: Neil Kerley

Western Australian Carnival Side
Coach: John Todd
Captain: Doug Green \| Ron Alexander \| Bob Beecroft \| Peter Burton \| Max George \| Dalton Gooding \| David Hollins \| Mick Jez \| John Lewis \| Stan Magro \| Gary Malarkey \| Gary McDonald \| Tony Morley \| Jeff Murray \| Stan Nowotny \| Leon O'Dwyer \| Brian Peake \| Garry Sidebottom \| Bill Valli \| Robert Wiley \| Kevin Worthington

Tasmanian Carnival Side
Coach: Darrel Baldock
Captain: Graeme Mackey \| Geoff Cayzer \| Robert Cheek \| Peter Daniel \| John Emin \| Carl Gaby \| Zigmont Haremza \| Rodney Hughes \| Steven Hywood \| Peter King \| Greg Lethborg \| Rod Mayne \| Leigh McConnon \| Donald McLeod \| David Morrison \| Bruce Neish \| Trevor Oakley \| Peter Ratcliffe \| Kim Saltmarsh \| Dennis Scanlon \| Darryl Shephard \| Trevor Sprigg \| Hugh Strahan \| Darryl Sutton \| Bruce Tschirpig