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The Australian Rules Football Carnival, Hobart 1924, The gold…
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Melbourne
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12-Nov-2020
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The Australian Rules Football Carnival, Hobart 1924, The gold medal awarded to 'Goldie' Collins, who was part of the winning team from Victoria. The final match - to determine the winner - was a close fought affair between Victoria and Western Australia, with the V.F.L. team winning narrowly by 8 points. The 1924 Hobart Carnival was the fifth Australian National Football Carnival, an interstate competition. It was held from 6?15 August and was the first carnival to be hosted by the Tasmanian city of Hobart. After only three states had contested the 1921 Perth Carnival due to high travelling expenses, the 1924 Carnival was contested by all six states. The carnival was staged as a full round-robin amongst the states. All fifteen matches were played at North Hobart Oval. The carnival was the biggest sporting event to have been held in Tasmania's history at that time. Huge crowds were drawn to the marquee days of the carnival, attracting visitors from all over Tasmania. The crowd of 15,687 which attended the first Saturday set a new record as the highest sporting crowd in the history of Tasmania, and the second Saturday drew more than 12,000. Goldsmith 'Goldie' Collins was one of three brothers who played for Fitzroy. He played in 64 senior games for the club including the 1922 Premiership side. He won the club's best and fairest award, the Mitchell Medal, in 1923.
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