The City v Country Patriotic Match was a one-off all-star game between two representative sides organised by the South Australian National Football League, following the cancellation of an interstate match between South Australia and Victoria in 1940.[1][2] Admission to the ground was set at ninepence and 1 6 to the grandstand, children threepence and sixpence, with profits donated to the Navy League of Australia.[3]
| 1940 SANFL Patriotic All-Stars | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 3 August 1940 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Adelaide Oval | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 5,592 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Stan Jacquier | |||||||||||||||
The match was played on 3 August 1940 at Adelaide Oval, between the Country Team (Country) and the Metropolitan Team (City). City won the match by 27 points.[4][5]
Teams
editThe teams were selected from SANFL footballers by the State football selectors; C. McArthur, T.R.L. Alderman, and Sergeant C.L Shea of the 2nd A.I.F.[3]
Country Team
editColours: Red and Black
Colin Smith (West Adelaide) was initially selected as Vice Captain but dropped out of the team on the day of the match, along with J. Reilly (North Adelaide) and Jack Furniss (North Adelaide), who were replaced with Jack Oatey, Angus Strauss and Theo Chynoweth.[4]
Metropolitan Team
editColours: Blue and White
| No. | Name | SANFL club |
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| 1 | Bob Quinn (c) | Port Adelaide |
| 2 | Tom Warhurst Sr. (vc) | Norwood |
| 3 | Patrick Connolly | Norwood |
| 5 | Max Lowe | Sturt |
| 6 | James Templeton | South Adelaide |
| 7 | Jack Skelley | Port Adelaide |
| 8 | Colin Aamodt | North Adelaide |
| 11 | Ken Farmer | North Adelaide |
| 12 | Robert Thatcher | West Adelaide |
| 14 | Stan Cox | West Torrens |
| 15 | Arthur Lance | Sturt |
| 16 | Ralph Green | Sturt |
| 18 | Bob McLean | Port Adelaide |
| 19 | Maxwell Carmichael | Port Adelaide |
| 20 | Allan Reval | Port Adelaide |
| 21 | Donald Budarick | West Adelaide |
| 24 | Marcus Boyall | Glenelg |
| 25 | Mel Brock | Glenelg |
| 26 | Horace Blight | West Torrens |
Lionel Bennetts (North Adelaide) dropped out of the originally selected team, to be replaced by Mel Brock (Glenelg)[4]
Best on ground award
editWhilst there was no official award presented for the player judged best afield, Jack Oatey's performance was singled out in multiple accounts as the best performed player in the game.[6][7]
Scorecard
edit| City v Country Patriotic Match for Navy | |||||
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| Saturday, 3 August 1940 | Metropolitan Team | def. | Country Team | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,592) | Report |
| 4.5 (29) 13.8 (86) 20.8 (128) 23.14 (152) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
5.6 (36) 6.11 (47) 15.16 (106) 17.23 (125) |
Umpires: Stan Jacquier | ||
| Farmer 8 Quinn 5 McLean, Blight 4 Brock, Thatcher 1 |
Goals | Schultz 7 Halliday 5 Dangerfield 2 Rusby, Dawes, Oatey 1 | |||
| Quinn, Cox, McLean, Boyall, Brock | Best | Oatey, Dangerfield, Halliday, Schumann, Reynolds, Schultz, Bagshaw | |||
| Warhurst | Injuries | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Superior Footballer - City or Country?". Vol. 30, no. 1546. Adelaide. The Sport. 2 August 1940. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Allan, Robert (31 July 1940). "Rucks Likely to Win for City Team". No. 1889. Melbourne. Sporting Globe. p. 9. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ a b Rover (21 July 1940). "Country v City Football Match - Teams for game in aid of Navy League". Vol. LXXXIII, no. 25, 523. Adelaide. The Advertiser. p. 16. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Footballers Play for Navy League Funds - City beats Country in match at Adelaide Oval". Vol. LXXXIII, no. 25, 533. Adelaide. The Advertiser. 5 August 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "Rucks Lead City to Victory". South Australian Football Budget. 65 (6). Adelaide: 13. 19 May 1990.
- ^ T.J.K. (16 August 1940). "Oatey's Fine Game Against City". Vol. LXXXIII, no. 25, 543. The Advertiser. p. 9. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ "City Side Victorious". Vol. 30, no. 1547. Adelaide. The Sport. 9 August 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 25 April 2020.