1953 Adelaide Carnival

The 1953 Adelaide Carnival was the 12th Australian rules football interstate carnival and was billed as the 'Australian Football Championship'. It took place from July 8 to July 18 at Adelaide Oval.

Home state South Australia where joined by Western Australia, Tasmania, the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

The VFL were the best performed side, finishing the carnival unbeaten.

A record crowd of 52,632 attended the game between South Australian and the VFL which would decide the Championship. South Australia, even though they had accounted for the VFL as recently as 1952, were no match on this occasion for their Victorian opponents and lost by 99 points. The VFA team performed admirably, defeating Tasmania and getting within 18 points of Western Australia and 33 points of the VFL.

Tasmania finished the carnival winless and had to play off against the Australian Amateurs team in order to re-qualify as an 'elite' team come the next carnival.

Results

Game Five
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Game Two

Game Eight

All-Australian team

The inaugural All-Australian team was named in 1953, based on the performances at the Adelaide Carnival.

Reference

* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/1953_adelaide_carnival.htm 1953 Adelaide Carnival page on Full Points Footy]