1911 Adelaide Carnival

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South Australia's Victorious 1911 Carnival Side

	Back Row (L-R): S.Hosking (Port Adelaide), M.Jones (South Adelaide), D.Low (West Torrens), G.Oakley (West Adelaide), Art Conlin (West Adelaide), A.Job (South Adelaide)
	Third Row (L-R): A.Taylor (West Torrens), R.Head (West Adelaide), T.Leahy (North Adelaide), F.Hansen (Port Adelaide), L.Lewis (Norwood), P.Robin (Norwood)
	Second Row (L-R): H.Oliver (Port Adelaide), A.Thomas (official), E.Renfrey (Sturt - captain), J.Tredrea (South Adelaide - vice captain), J.Hodge (official), H.Cumberland (Sturt)
	Front Row (L-R): W.Dowling (West Adelaide), E.Johns (North Adelaide), A.Congear (Port Adelaide)
	Absent: Alex Conlin (West Adelaide), J.McCarthy (official)

Of the seven teams which had competed in Melbourne all bar Queensland and New Zealand took part in the Adelaide carnival.  In Queensland's case the absence was to be only temporary: they would re-appear at Sydney in 1914.  As for the kiwis, however, despite the fact that they retained their AFC membership, and indeed sent a delegate to Adelaide to take part in discussions on the future of the game, there were to be no further carnival appearances.

In almost every respect the 1911 Adelaide carnival was a resounding success.  In contrast to Melbourne 3 years earlier most matches were well attended and, overall, the tournament returned a significant financial profit.  The standard of football produced was also higher than in Melbourne, and although South Australia had far and away the strongest team on view and won all of its matches with consummate ease, most games involving the other 4 states were highly competitive.

The vast improvements shown by both Tasmania and New South Wales over their performances of 3 years ago were particularly noteworthy.  Tasmania kicked the carnival's only 100 points plus score, achieved the largest margin of victory, and recorded an excellent win over Western Australia.  New South Wales, although winless, put in creditable displays against both the Western Australians and the VFL.

After South Australia's electrifying 2nd half display to overcome the VFL in the carnival decider the Victorians presented their conquerors with an urn containing 'the ashes of Victorian football'.  Little did anyone realise that South Australia would not again defeat its arch nemesis at a carnival until the inception, nearly three quarters of a century later, of the state of origin concept.  Clearly those 'ashes' had phoenix-like properties!

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