| 1940 SANFL Patriotic All-Stars | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 3 August 1940 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Adelaide Oval | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 5,592 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Stan Jacquier | |||||||||||||||
TheCity v Country Patriotic Match was a one-offall-star game between tworepresentative sides organised by theSouth Australian National Football League, following the cancellation of aninterstate 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 theNavy League of Australia.[3]
The match was played on 3 August 1940 atAdelaide Oval, between the Country Team (Country) and the Metropolitan Team (City). City won the match by 27 points.[4][5]
The teams were selected fromSANFL footballers by the State football selectors; C. McArthur, T.R.L. Alderman, and Sergeant C.L Shea of the2nd A.I.F.[3]
Colours: 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) andJack Furniss (North Adelaide), who were replaced with Jack Oatey, Angus Strauss and Theo Chynoweth.[4]
Colours: Blue and White
Lionel Bennetts (North Adelaide) dropped out of the originally selected team, to be replaced byMel Brock (Glenelg)[4]
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]
| 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 | ||||