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1908 Melbourne Carnival, the Glossary

The 1908 Melbourne Carnival was the inaugural Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition, held in Melbourne in August 1908.^[1]

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Alby Bahr

Alby Bahr (30 September 1881 – 14 November 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Norwood Football Club in the South Australian Football Association/League (SAFA/SAFL).

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Alexander Robinson (19 August 1886 – 4 October 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was an Australian politician, statesman and barrister who served as the second prime minister of Australia from 1903 to 1904, 1905 to 1908 and 1909 to 1910.

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Alfred Roy Le Messurier

Alfred Roy Le Messurier (19 February 1886 – 5 October 1946) was an Australian rules footballer and businessman.

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Algy Millhouse

Algernon Edward Millhouse (13 May 1887 – 1 October 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Alick Ogilvie

Thomas Alexander Ogilvie (7 January 1887 – 18 August 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the University Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian rules football, also called Australian football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground.

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In New South Wales, Australian rules football dates back to the colonial era in 1866, with organised competitions being continuous since the 1880s. 1908 Melbourne Carnival and Australian rules football in New South Wales are History of Australian rules football.

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In New Zealand, Australian rules football dates back to the 1860s, was home to the first club formed outside Australia in 1876 and was the first colony outside of Australia to take up the sport.

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In Queensland, Australian rules football dates back to the colonial era in 1866, with organised competitions being continuous since the 1900s. 1908 Melbourne Carnival and Australian rules football in Queensland are History of Australian rules football.

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Australian rules football has been played in Tasmania since the late 1860s. 1908 Melbourne Carnival and Australian rules football in Tasmania are History of Australian rules football.

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Barclay Bailes

Barclay 'Titch' Shrapnell Bailes (9 August 1883 – 24 September 1955), sometimes known as "Bark" Bailes, was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFA) in 1904, for Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1905 to 1909, and for Brighton in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), from 1910 to 1915.

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Bert Franks

Albert William "Gunga" Franks (11 March 1880 – 14 September 1951) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Bert Renfrey

Ethelbert Luxmore "Bert" Renfrey (5 May 1879 – 29 April 1940) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the South Australian Football Association, Victorian Football League and West Australian Football Association.

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Bill Busbridge

William Ethelbert Busbridge (31 January 1885 – 12 June 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the early days of the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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William George Goddard (24 February 1880 - 26 August 1939) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne, Carlton and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Bill Luff Sr.

William John Luff (15 January 1886 – 6 September 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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William Richard Orr (17 May 1883 – 6 June 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Bob Rahilly

Robert Alfred Rahilly (12 July 1887 – 9 December 1935) was an Australian rules football player.

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Con Hickey

Cornelius Michael "Con" Hickey (1866 – 27 October 1937) was an Australian rules football player and administrator for the Fitzroy Football Club, and administrator for the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Australian National Football Council (ANFC).

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Dave McNamara

David John McNamara or M'Namara (22 January 1887 – 15 August 1967) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Dick Condon

Richard Patrick Condon (19 March 1876 – 27 December 1946) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and Richmond in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL) across two decades in the 1890s and 1900s.

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Richard Gibson (13 July 1866 – 28 October 1943) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hotham/North Melbourne and South Melbourne, and later an umpire in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Walter Henry "Dick" Lee (19 March 1889 – 11 September 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL).

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The Fitzroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA).

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Francis Charlton "Diver" Dunne (13 August 1875 – 16 February 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL), South Fremantle in the West Australian Football Association (WAFA) and Sturt in the South Australian Football League (SAFL).

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George Bruce (5 August 1879 – 5 June 1928) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1900s.

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George Percival Dempster (28 August 1882 – 25 February 1960) was an Australian rules footballer for.

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George Le Hunte

Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte (20 August 1852 – 29 January 1925) was a British politician.

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George McLeod (22 August 1879 – 3 March 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Essendon during the early years of the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Governor of Victoria

The governor of Victoria is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in the Australian state of Victoria.

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H. C. A. Harrison

Henry Colden Antill Harrison (16 October 1836 – 2 September 1929) was an athlete and Australian rules footballer who played a leading role in pioneering the sport.

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Haka

Haka (singular haka, in both Māori and English) are a variety of ceremonial dances in Māori culture.

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Harvey Kelly

Harvey "Duff" Kelly (24 March 1883 – 30 July 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Hastings Woolley

Hastings Talbot Woolley (6 June 1884 – 3 February 1946) was an Australian cricketer.

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Henry "Tracker" Young (16 May 1873 – 9 January 1923) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Herbert Milne

Herbert "Boxer" Milne (8 February 1884 – 20 December 1930) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1900s.

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Hugh Purse

Hugh Landles Purse (2 October 1881 – 6 September 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Jack Chamberlain (sportsman)

John Aloysius Chamberlain (29 August 1884 – 1 April 1941) was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football, cricket and rugby union at a high level.

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Jack Gardiner

John Carlton Gardiner (8 May 1881 – 3 April 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Jack Mack

Jack Mack (14 March 1881 – 9 June 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

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Jack Tredrea

John J. Tredrea (1884 to 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the in the South Australian Football League.

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Jack Worrall

John Worrall (20 June 1861 – 17 November 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the VFA, and a Test cricketer.

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James Michael "Sorry" Tierney (27 November 1878 – 20 March 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) and the South Australian Football League (SAFL), mainly with the West Adelaide Football Club.

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James Seabrook Everett (20 July 1884 – 19 June 1968) was an Australian rules footballer who played with West Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

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Joe Littler

Harold Kennedy "Joe" Littler (17 July 1879 – 10 December 1956) was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Arthur Mueller "Joe" Pearce (28 January 1885 – 25 April 1915) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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John Woollard

John "Jack" Woollard (18 May 1880 – 18 July 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played at eight clubs across the South Australian Football League, West Australian Football League and Goldfields Football League.

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Locomotives Recreation Club

Locomotives Recreation Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Queensland Football League from 1905 to 1909.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as The 'G, is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria.

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Paddy Shea

Patrick Augustus Shea (17 March 1886 – 29 May 1954) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and also a first-class cricketer with Victoria.

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Phil Matson

Phillip Henry Matson (22 October 1884 – 13 June 1928) was a record-breaking swimmer, and both a highly successful player and coach of Australian rules football in the early 20th century, chiefly in Western Australia.

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Phonse Wood

Francis Alphonse Wood (24 September 1884 – 4 June 1976) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Premier of Victoria

The premier of Victoria is the head of government of the state of Victoria in Australia.

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Ralph Robertson (5 August 1882 – 11 May 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and had a noted career in New South Wales.

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Richard Townsend (sportsman)

Richard James Bruce Townsend (12 August 1886 – 17 January 1960) was an Australian sportsman who represented South Australia in both Australian rules football and cricket.

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Robert Henry Nash (22 April 1884 – 16 June 1958) was a leading Australian rules footballer who was captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), and captain-coach of the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

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Rod McGregor

Rod McGregor (19 October 1882 – 2 August 1962) was an Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club in the (then) Victorian Football League and, later, a broadcaster.

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Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.

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Sam Gravenall

Samuel Boyd Gravenall (18 July 1885 – 8 March 1948), variously known as "Sam Gravenall" and "Boyd Gravenall", was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Sinclair Dickson

James Sinclair Dickson (2 March 1884 – 3 January 1961) was an Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club.

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The South Australia state football team is the representative side of South Australia in the sport of Australian rules football. 1908 Melbourne Carnival and South Australia Australian rules football team are Australian rules interstate football.

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States and territories of Australia

The states and territories are the second level of government of Australia.

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Stewart Geddes

Stewart Drummond "Nip" Geddes (6 March 1879 – 6 May 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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The Examiner (Tasmania)

The Examiner is the daily newspaper of the city of Launceston and north-eastern Tasmania, Australia.

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Thomas Bent

Sir Thomas Bent (7 December 1838 – 17 September 1909) was an Australian politician and the 22nd premier of Victoria.

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Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael

Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, 1st Baron Carmichael, (18 March 1859 – 16 January 1926), known as Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, 11th Baronet, between 1891 and 1912, was a Scottish Liberal politician and colonial administrator.

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Thomas Joseph Leahy (13 January 1888 – 7 May 1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played 111 games with North Adelaide and 58 games with West Adelaide in the SAFL.

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Thomas James Wright (23 August 1882 – 12 December 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Valley Australian Football Club was an Australian rules club which played in the Queensland Football League and QANFL from 1905 to 1927.

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The Victoria Australian rules football team, known colloquially as the Big V, is the state representative side of Victoria, Australia, in the sport of Australian rules football. 1908 Melbourne Carnival and Victoria Australian rules football team are Australian rules interstate football.

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Viv Valentine

Vivian Guy Valentine (3 December 1887 – 7 August 1967) was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the Victorian Football League.

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Wally Johnson

Walter Simon Johnson (1 September 1887 – 9 October 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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The Western Australia Australian rules football team is the state representative side of Western Australia in the sport of Australian rules football. 1908 Melbourne Carnival and Western Australia Australian rules football team are Australian rules interstate football.

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William "Nipper" Truscott

William John "Nipper" Truscott Jr. (9 October 1886 in Lithgow, New South Wales – 20 June 1966 in East Fremantle, Western Australia) was an Australian sportsman.

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Wynnum Vikings Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the Brisbane seaside suburb of Wynnum, Queensland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Melbourne_Carnival

Also known as Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival, Jubilee of Australasian Football.

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1908 in Australian rules football

August 1908 sports events

International Australian rules football tournaments

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