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Some Stars of the '69 Adelaide Carnival |
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John Nicholls (VFL) - All Australian team captain |
Peter Eakins (WA) - joint Tassie Medallist |
Graham Molloy (SA) - joint Tassie Medallist |
Peter Steward (VFL) - All Australian team |
Brian Colbey (SA) - All Australian team |
The VFA's 11th hour exclusion from the 1969 Adelaide Carnival and a corresponding reduction in the number of matches involved did not deter near record aggregate numbers of spectators from attending, giving a perhaps spurious impression that interstate football was enjoying a boom period.
The opening day of the Carnival was outstanding, with a Darrel Baldock-inspired Tasmanian side performing creditably against the Big V, and Western Australia and South Australia producing a typically intense, high quality encounter. Thereafter, unfortunately, matters proceeded pretty much according to expectation, and in retrospect it is possible to infer that the barely challenged dominance of the VFL, particularly in the championship's decisive encounter against the host state, constituted something of a 'penultimate nail' in the coffin of the traditional, 7 to 10 day capital city hosted interstate Carnival. (The final nail would come at Perth 3 years hence when the gulf in standard between the VFL and the other states - almost always significant - would have become unbridgeable, the Vics having by that stage embellished their subservience to 'pressure football' with harmonious team skills of the highest order.)
| Points | |||||||
| Pld | Won | Lost | For | Ag | % | Pts | |
| Victorian Football League | 3 | 3 | 0 | 404 | 240 | 168.3 | 12 |
| South Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 312 | 286 | 109.1 | 8 |
| Western Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 384 | 330 | 116.4 | 4 |
| Tasmania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 255 | 499 | 51.1 | 0 |
| South Australia | John Cahill (Port Adelaide), Brian Colbey (Glenelg), Peter Darley (South Adelaide), Graham Molloy (Norwood), Rick Schoff (Sturt) |
| VFL | Royce Hart (Richmond), Peter Hudson (Hawthorn), Alex Jesaulenko (Carlton), Bob Keddie (Hawthorn), Bob Murray (St Kilda), John Newnham (Geelong), John Nicholls (Carlton - captain), Peter Steward (North Melbourne), Terry Waters (Collingwood), Ricky Watt (Collingwood) |
| Western Australia | Greg Brehaut (Perth), Barry Cable (Perth), Peter Eakins (Subiaco), John McIntosh (Claremont), Bill Walker (Swan Districts) |
| Placing | Player(s) | Votes |
| =1st | Peter Eakins (Western Australia) & Graham Molloy (South Australia) | 4 |
| =3rd | Alex Jesaulenko (VFL), Peter Steward (VFL), Bill Walker (Western Australia), Terry Waters (VFL) | 3 |
1969 Adelaide Carnival: Leading Goalkickers
P.Hudson (VFL) 17; A.Robertson (Western Australia) 15; D.Phillis (South Australia) 12
[All images are clickable.]
Graham Molloy (SA) is surrounded as he pounces on the ball during the match against WA on Day One. |
Molloy again, this time using team mate Peter Darley as a step ladder to enable him to outmark Tasmania's Paul Vinar (no. 8). |
Opposed by Brian Roberts, the VFL's John Nicholls takes a typically strong mark against WA. Barry Cable (WA) and Kevin Bartlett (VFL) look on. |
Royce Hart (VFL) looks up as WA's Peter Eakins rides piggy back on a team mate to win the tap against John Newman (no. 17). |
WA rover Bill Walker awaits the crumbs as team mate John McIntosh and Big V captain John Nicholls contest a ball up. |
Chris Mitchell (WA) appears to have the sit against VFL opponents John Newman (no. 17) and Peter Walker (no. 2). |
One of the all time classic rivalries in action: WA's Graham 'Polly' Farmer contests a ball up with John 'Big Nick' Nicholls (VFL). |
As usual, however apparently mitigating the circumstances, Tasmania's Darrel Baldock appears to have the ball on a string. |
John Nicholls and John Cahill toss the coin prior to the big SA-VFL clash. |
The SA cheer squad get behind their team in spectacular fashion during the Carnival decider. |
Alex Jesaulenko (VFL) contests with Brian Colbey (SA). Rick Schoff (SA) backs up. |
Big V defender Kevin Murray (no. 18) spoils Harry Kernahan (no. 16) from behind. Barrie Robran (no. 10) is too late on the scene. |
SA ruckman Harry Kernahan (no. 16) competes with John Nicholls of the VFL. Kevin Murray (no. 18) awaits developments. |
As Kernahan (SA - no. 16) and Newman (VFL - no. 17) contest a boundary throw in, VFL players Kevin Bartlett (no. 4) and Ricky Watt (no. 7) follow the flight of the ball. |
Ron Elleway (SA) effects a perfect spoil against VFL goalsneak Peter Hudson. The nearby onlookers are Kevin Bartlett (VFL) and Brenton Adcock (SA - no. 4). |
The spoils of victory - VFL and All Australian captain John Nicholls proudly displays the W.D. & H.O. Wills Championship Cup at the conclusion of the deciding match in the Carnival. |
