City v Country Patriotic Match

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
Country Team Metropolitan Team
17.23 (125) 23.14 (152)
1 2 3 4
Country 5.6 (36) 6.11 (47) 15.16 (106) 17.23 (125)
City 4.5 (29) 13.8 (86) 20.8 (128) 23.14 (152)
Date3 August 1940
StadiumAdelaide Oval
Attendance5,592
UmpiresStan 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

The 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

Colours: Red and Black

No. Name SANFL club
1 Jack Dawes (c) South Adelaide
3 Angus Strauss West Torrens
4 Vernon Richter Glenelg
6 Hartley Bagshaw Sturt
7 Lew Roberts Port Adelaide
8 Lawrence Rusby South Adelaide
11 Lyndsay Reynolds West Adelaide
12 Andrew Brown Port Adelaide
14 Ivan Dangerfield West Adelaide
16 Richard Halliday Glenelg
17 Claude Greening Port Adelaide
18 Harold Huxtable Norwood
20 Jim Hogan North Adelaide
21 Reginald Schumann Port Adelaide
22 Bruce Schultz Norwood
23 Jack Oatey Norwood
24 John Boyle South Adelaide
Theo Chynoweth West Adelaide
Ken Obst Port Adelaide

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

Colours: Blue and White

No. Name SANFL club
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

Whilst 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
City v Country Patriotic Match for Navy
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
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See also

References
  1. "Superior Footballer - City or Country?" (Vol. 30. No. 1546.). Adelaide. The Sport. 2 August 1940. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. Allan, Robert (31 July 1940). "Rucks Likely to Win for City Team" (1889). Melbourne. Sporting Globe. p. 9. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. '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.
  4. "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.
  5. "Rucks Lead City to Victory". South Australian Football Budget. Adelaide. 65 (6): 13. 19 May 1990.
  6. 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.
  7. "City Side Victorious" (Vol. 30 No. 1547). Adelaide. The Sport. 9 August 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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