The 1911 Adelaide Carnival was the second edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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 interstate competition. It was the first carnival to take place in South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

 and the hosts won all of their four games, including a famous win against the Victorian team.

Teams

Aside from South Australia, the carnival hosted New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Tasmania

Tasmania

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, the VFL

Australian Football League

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 and Western Australia

Western Australia

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. Unlike in the 1908 Melbourne Carnival, all teams were grouped in the one section and played each other once.

Players

The winner of the carnival three years earlier, the VFL

Australian Football League

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 had a strong group of players which included Fred Baring

Fred Baring

Frederick Albert Baring was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the early 1900s. In 1997 he was named at fullback in Essendon's official Team of the Century....

, Alan Belcher

Alan Belcher (footballer)

Alan Belcher was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Essendon in the VFL. He was the brother of South Melbourne player Vic Belcher....

, Ernie Cameron

Ernie Cameron

Ernest J. "Ginger" Cameron was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL. He was a premiership player for the club in 1911.A rover, nicknamed "Ginger", he made his debut for Essendon in 1905...

, Jack Cooper

Jack Cooper (Australian rules footballer)

John Thomas "Jack" Cooper was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League .He died in action, whilst serving in the First AIF, during the Battle of Passchendaele....

, Bill Eason

Bill Eason

William "Bill" Eason was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong Football Club. He was the brother of Geelong great Alec Eason....

, George Heinz

George Heinz

George Heinz was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong, Melbourne and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League...

, Dick Lee

Dick Lee (footballer)

Walter Henry "Dick" Lee was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League ....

, Jock McHale

Jock McHale

James Francis "Jock" McHale, was an Australian rules football player and coach for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League in a marathon career that extended from 1903 to 1949....

 and Viv Valentine

Viv Valentine

Viv Valentine is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.Valentine made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 2 of the 1911 season....

.

South Australia, captained by Bert Renfrey

Bert Renfrey

Ethelbert Luxmore "Bert" Renfrey was an Australian rules footballer who played in the South Australian Football Association, Victorian Football League and West Australian Football Association....

, had five present and future Magarey Medal

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ists in Vic Cumberland

Vic Cumberland

Harold Vivian "Vic" Cumberland , also known as Harry Cumberland, was an Australian rules footballer in the VFL and the SANFL....

, Richard Head

Richard Head (footballer)

Henry Richard 'Dick' Head , was an Australian rules footballer who played 143 games with West Adelaide in the South Australian Football League ....

, Sampson Hosking

Sampson Hosking

Sampson 'Shine' Hosking was an Australian rules footballer who played with and coached Port Adelaide in the SAFL.Sampson started his league career in 1907 with Port Adelaide and by the time he retired in 1921 he had played 161 games and was a dual Magarey Medalist...

, Tom Leahy

Tom Leahy

Thomas Joseph Leahy was an Australian rules footballer who played 111 games with North Adelaide and 58 games with West Adelaide in the SAFL....

 and Dave Low

Dave Low

Dave Low was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Torrens in the SAFL.Originally from Broken Hill, Low was a defender and debuted for West Torrens in 1910. He finished second in the 1911 Magarey Medal count and won the Medal the following season, becoming the first specialist...

. Others in the side included Port Adelaide's Harold Oliver, Arthur Taylor from West Torrens and South Adelaide great Jack Tredrea.

Results

Game One Team Score VFL 13.18 (96) New South Wales 11.6 (72) Game Three Team Score VFL 8.22 (70) Tasmania 6.3 (39) Game Five Team Score South Australia 13.13 (91) Tasmania 3.6 (24) Game Seven Team Score Tasmania 15.11 (101) New South Wales 3.9 (27) Game Nine Team Score Tasmania 8.14 (62) Western Australia 8.9 (57)

Game Two Team Score South Australia 13.18 (96) Western Australia 3.5 (23) Game Four Team Score Western Australia 9.13 (67) New South Wales 8.18 (66) Game Six Team Score VFL 10.16 (76) Western Australia 8.8 (56) Game Eight Team Score South Australia 12.20 (92) New South Wales 2.9 (21) Game Ten Team Score South Australia 11.11 (77) VFL 5.4 (34)