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1961 Brisbane Carnival

Field	Value
name	1961 Brisbane Carnival
sport	Australian football
location	Brisbane, Australia
start_date	15 July 1961
end_date	23 July 1961
teams	4
commissioner	Australian National Football Council
format	Round Robin
current_champion
final_champion	Western Australia
previous	[1958](1958-melbourne-carnival)
next	[1966](1966-hobart-carnival)

The 1961 Brisbane Carnival was the 15th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition. It was the last carnival to be held in Queensland.

It was one of the most competitive carnivals to have been played, with the traditional carnival powerhouse Victoria going down to Western Australia in the final game to give Western Australia its first carnival victory since 1921. Despite Victoria comfortably accounting for South Australia, the Western Australians narrowly lost their game to South Australia. Tasmania, who traditionally struggle, lost all games but got within seven points of the South Australians. With Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria all finishing on 2 wins and a loss, Western Australia won the championship due to a superior percentage.

In 2014, the Western Australian team from this carnival was inducted as a whole into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Teams

Although the carnival took place in Brisbane, no Queensland team competed in the tournament. The four teams were Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania.

South Australian Squad

Players: John Abley (Port Adelaide); Barrie Barbary (North Adelaide); Fred Bills (West Torrens); Jeff Bray (West Adelaide); John Cahill (Port Adelaide); Ken Eustice (West Adelaide); Paul Garnett (West Adelaide); Ian Hannaford (Port Adelaide); John Halbert (); Neville Hayes (Port Adelaide); Lindsay Head (West Torrens); Bill Herron (Glenelg); Frank Hogan (West Adelaide); Dick Jackson (South Adelaide); Geoff Kingston (West Torrens); Neil Kerley (West Adelaide), captain; Don Lindner (North Adelaide); Theo "Hank" Lindner (North Adelaide); Trevor Obst (Port Adelaide); Des Panizza (South Adelaide); Jeff Potter (Port Adelaide); Don Roach (West Adelaide); Bob Shearman (West Torrens); and Bill Wedding (Norwood). Coach: Fos Williams.

Tasmanian Squad

Players: Trevor Anthony (East Devonport); John Archer (Launceston); Darrel Baldock (Latrobe), captain; Ted Banks (Clarence); Roger Browning (New Norfolk); Arthur Cole (Hobart); Neil Conlan (Devonport); John Fitzallen (Longford); Dale Flint (Sandy Bay); Don Gale (Burnie); Rex Geard (Sandy Bay); Ivan Hayes (Longford); Len Lawson (Latrobe); "Casey" Lawrence (Longford); Trevor Leo (Hobart); Rex Lethborg (Scottsdale); Ron Marney (Glenorchy); Peter Marquis (North Hobart); Stan Morcom (City-South); Colin Moore (North Hobart); John Noble (North Hobart); Garth Smith (Ulverstone); Murray Steele (Sandy Bay); Kevin Symons (Burnie); and Bob Withers (North Launceston), vice-captain. Coach: Jack Metherell.

Victorian Squad

Players: Owen Abrahams (); Frank Adams (); Allen Aylett (North Melbourne); Ron Barassi (); Terry Callan (Geelong); Brian Dixon (); Brian Gray (Collingwood); John Heriot (South Melbourne); John James (); Graeme MacKenzie (); Hugh Mitchell (Essendon); Ian Mort (Hawthorn); Kevin Murray (); John Nicholls (); Lance Oswald (St Kilda); John Peck (Hawthorn); Neil Roberts (St Kilda); John Schultz (Footscray); Fred Swift (); Jim Taylor (South Melbourne); Noel Teasdale (North Melbourne); Ken Turner (Collingwood); and Ted Whitten (Footscray).

Coach: Len Smith ().

Western Australian Squad

Players: Malcolm Atwell (); Ken Bagley (); Dinny Barron (Subiaco); Neville Beard (Perth); Haydn Bunton Jr. (), captain; Derek Chadwick (); Jack Clarke (); John Colgan (); Lorne Cook (); John Dethridge (); Joe Fanchi (); Graham Farmer (); Ray Gabelich (); John Gerovich (); Bob Graham (); Ken Holt (); Denis Marshall (); Barry Metcalfe (); Les Mumme (); Con Regan (); Norm Rogers (); Keith Slater (); Ray Sorrell (); John Todd (), vice captain; John Turnbull (); and Don Williams (). Coach: Jack Sheedy, ().

Results

Points table

All-Australian team

In 1961 the All-Australian team was picked based on the Brisbane Carnival. Ron Barassi was named as captain. West Australian ruckman Jack Clarke became the first person to be named in four All Australian teams.

Tassie Medal

Brian Dixon of the VFL won the Tassie Medal after beating East Fremantle's Jack Clarke by one vote.

Player	State	Votes received	Total
Brian Dixon	Victoria	3,3,2	8
Jack Clarke	Western Australia	3,3,1	7
Allen Aylett	Victoria	3,2	5
Darrel Baldock	Tasmania	3,1	4
Don Lindner	South Australia	2,1	3
Graham Farmer	Western Australia	2	2
Frank Adams	Victoria	2	2
Neil Kerley	South Australia	2	2
Colin Moore	Tasmania	1	1
Derek Chadwick	Western Australia	1	1
Bob Withers	Tasmania	1	1

Footnotes

References

(24 July 1961). "Rules Reign by Victoria Ended". [[The Canberra Times]].
Carter, Ron. (24 July 1961). "W.A. Triumphs over Victoria. Wins Carnival Title". The Age.
Butler, Steve. (26 October 2014). "The drought breakers: 1961 footy champions".
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rAUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6984%2C2722896 Carter, Ron, Victoria Look Set for Easy Victory in Title Series Match, ''The Age'' (Wednesday, 19 July 1961), p.16.]
[http://pathartnett.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1961-Tas-team-pats-site.jpg Tasmanian Representative Team Photos (Team Squad: Team to Play Victoria Football Association on Monday, 12 June 1961)]: note that L. Ranson ([[Scottsdale Football Club. Scottsdale]]) did not take part in the Brisbane Carnival.
[https://collection.australiansportsmuseum.org.au/objects/5852/black-and-white-photograph-of-the-victorian-football-league-representative-team-brisbane-1961#&gid=1&pid=1 Black and white photograph of the Victorian Football League Representative Team, Brisbane 1961 (Registration no.1987.1559), ''Australian Sports Museum''.]
Selected, but withdrew due to injury.
[https://wais.org.au/hallofchampions/1961-western-australian-state-football-team WA Hall of Champions: 1961 Western Australian State Football Team, ''Western Australian Institute of Sport''.]
[https://au.news.yahoo.com/the-drought-breakers-1961-champions-25352444.html Butler, Steve, "The Drought Breakers: 1961 Champions", ''Yahoo News'', 26 October 2014.]
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=saZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hLoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1641%2C3555200 Match Report (on p.18).]
Carter, Ron. (24 July 1961). "All Australian Team Surprise". [[The Age]].
(24 July 1961). "Dixon wins Tassie Medal". The Age.

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