1956 Perth Carnival

1956 Perth Carnival

Tournament information
Sport	Australian football
Location	Perth, Australia
Dates	11 June 1956–23 June 1956
Format	Round Robin
Teams	5
Final champion
Victoria

The 1956 Perth Carnival was the 13th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition. It took place from 11 to 23 June at Subiaco Oval, Perth.

Five teams automatically qualified for the carnival as a result of their finishing positions at the 1953 Adelaide Carnival: two Victorian teams Victoria (VFL) and Victoria (VFA), the hosts Western Australia, South Australia &. Tasmania, which had finished last at the 1953 Carnival, qualified only after defeating the winners of the lower division, the Australian Amateurs, in a playoff at North Hobart Oval on 10 July 1954, by the score of 16.21 (117) to 9.10 (64).[1]

Victoria finished the fortnight unbeaten while Tasmania equaled their best performance ever by finishing third.

Results

Game One Team Score South Australia 16.14 (110) Victoria (VFA) 11.10 (76) Game Three Team Score Victoria (VFL) 21.17 (143) Victoria (VFA) 3.5 (23) Game Five Team Score Tasmania 27.22 (184) Victoria (VFA) 12.12 (84) Game Seven Team Score Western Australia 22.20 (152) Victoria (VFA) 9.15 (69) Game Nine Team Score Tasmania 10.20 (80) South Australia 8.19 (67)

Game Two Team Score Western Australia 14.19 (103) Tasmania 11.14 (80) Game Four Team Score Western Australia 11.9 (75) South Australia 9.10 (64) Game Six Team Score Victoria (VFL) 14.27 (111) South Australia 9.7 (61) Game Eight Team Score Victoria (VFL) 22.19 (151) Tasmania 14.6 (90) Game Ten Team Score Victoria (VFL) 20.17 (137) Western Australia 9.19 (73)

All-Australian team

In 1956 the All-Australian team was picked based on the performances at the Perth Carnival.

1956 All-Australian Team Perth Carnival
Name	State/League	Club
John Abley	South Australia	Port Adelaide
Haydn Bunton, Jr	South Australia	North Adelaide
Stan Costello	South Australia	West Adelaide
Lindsay Head	South Australia	West Torrens
Geoff Long	Tasmania	City
Barry Strange	Tasmania	New Town
Frank Johnson	Victoria (VFA)	Port Melbourne (captain)
Ron Barassi	Victoria	Melbourne
John Chick	Victoria	Carlton
Jack Clarke	Victoria	Essendon
Bill Hutchison	Victoria	Essendon
Peter Pianto	Victoria	Geelong
Des Rowe	Victoria	Richmond
Ted Whitten	Victoria	Footscray
Roy Wright	Victoria	Richmond
Jack Clarke	Western Australia	East Fremantle
Graham Farmer	Western Australia	East Perth
John Gerovich	Western Australia	South Fremantle
Keith Harper	Western Australia	Perth
Cliff Hillier	Western Australia	South Fremantle

Tassie Medal

Ruckman Graham Farmer won the Tassie Medal, making it four wins out of five in carnivals for Western Australian players.

Ranking	Player	Votes
1	Graham Farmer	6	Western Australia
2	Ron Barassi	4	Victoria
	Peter Pianto	4	Victoria

Goalkicking

Ranking	Player	Goals	Team
1	Jock Spencer	17	Victoria
2	Noel Clarke	15	Tasmania
3	John Gerovich	13	Western Australia
4	Lindsay Head	12	South Australia

References

1. Flanker (12 July 1954). "Tasmania easily retains senior status in rugged match with amateurs". The Advocate. Burnie, Tas. p. 10.

• 1956 Perth Carnival page on Full Points Footy^[usurped]