1914 Championship of Australia

The 1914 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 3 October 1914.

1914 Championship of Australia
Port Adelaide Carlton 9.16 (70) 5.6 (36)
1 2 3 4 PTA 2.4 (16) 5.6 (36) 6.9 (45) 9.16 (70) CAR 1.3 (9) 3.4 (22) 4.4 (28) 5.6 (36)
Date	Saturday, 3 October
Stadium	Adelaide Oval
Attendance	5,000
← 1913 1968 →

The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL, Carlton and the premiers of the SAFL, Port Adelaide.

The match was played at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, South Australia.

The match, played in front of 5,000, was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 34 points, giving Port Adelaide its record 4th Championship of Australia Title.[1]

This was the last Championship of Australia match to be held until 1968.

Teams

Port Adelaide were without the services of Ashley, Dunn and Cocks with their respective places taken by Wisdom, Middleton and Lincoln respectively.[2]

Port Adelaide B: William Boon Horace Pope Alex McFarlane HB: Jack Londrigan (c) John W. Robertson Henry Eaton C: Cuthbert Lincoln Harold Oliver (vc) Sampson Hosking HF: Joseph Watson Frank Magor Albert Chaplin F: Charles Andersen Joseph Middleton Angelo Congear Foll: Alan Maynard Leonard Wisdom William Drummond Int: Coach: Jack Londrigan

Carlton B: Paddy O'Brien Joe Andrews Harry Haughton (c) HB: Steve Leehane Dan Keily Andy McDonald C: Alf Baud Rod McGregor Ted Brown HF: Jack Lowe Andy O'Donnell Stanley McKenzie F: Charlie Fisher Athol Sharp Percy Daykin Foll: George Calwell George Topping Jimmy Morris Int: Coach: Norm Clark

Scorecard

	Championship of Australia
Wednesday, 3 October 1914	Port Adelaide	def.	Carlton	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,000)
	2.4 (16) 5.6 (36) 6.9 (45)  9.16 (70)	Q1 Q2 Q3  Final	1.3 (9) 3.3 (21) 4.4 (28)  5.6 (36)	Umpires: O'Connor
A Congear 4 J Watson 2 A Chaplin, W Drummond, L Wisdom 1		Goals	S McKenzie 2 A Baud, J Morris, A Sharp 1

References

1. "FOOTBALL AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP-PORT ADELAIDE VS CARLTON-HOME TEAM WINS A ROUGH MATCH". The Mail. 4 October 1914.
2. "FOOTBALL". The Mail (Adelaide). 3 (127). South Australia. 3 October 1914. p. 1 (7 P.M. EDITION.). Retrieved 25 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.