1979 Perth State of Origin Carnival

Subiaco Oval

The 1979 Perth State of Origin Carnival was the 20th Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football competition. It was the first carnival to take place under the State of Origin format.

All of the Section One finals were played on Subiaco Oval, in October. Western Australia won the final, defeating Victoria. WA's captain, Brian Peake won the Tassie Medal as the tournament's best player.^[1]

Results

Section One

Game	Winning team	Winning team score	Losing team	Losing team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Qualification Play Off	Tasmania	17.20 (122)	Queensland	13.12 (90)	Perth Oval	-	4 October 1979
Semi Final 1	Western Australia	23.33 (171)	Tasmania	9.10 (64)	Subiaco Oval	-	6 October 1979
Semi Final 2	Victoria	25.30 (180)	South Australia	20.15 (135)	Subiaco Oval	15,186	6 October 1979
3rd Place Playoff	South Australia	22.20 (152)	Tasmania	17.11 (113)	Subiaco Oval	-	8 October 1979
Final	Western Australia	17.21 (123)	Victoria	16.12 (108)	Subiaco Oval	30,876	8 October 1979

Section Two

The ACT, coached by Kevin Delmenico, had only two players with VFL experience in their team - captain Kevin Neale and Fitzroy's Michael Conlan. Their only match was against Warren Roper's Queensland, who had failed to qualify for Section One. The Canberrans themselves had qualified for the Section Two Final by winning a play-off against the Australian Amateurs, New South Wales and Northern Territory earlier in the year.

Round	Winning team	Winning team score	Losing team	Losing team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Final	Queensland	23.13 (151)	ACT	18.12 (120)	Leederville Oval	-	7 October 1979 [2]

Section Two Qualifying

Round	Winning team	Winning team score	Losing team	Losing team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Qualifying Semi-Final	Australian Amateurs	27.17 (179)	Northern Territory	13.15 (93)	VFL Park	-	28 July 1979 [3]
Qualifying Semi-Final	Australian Capital Territory	22.12 (144)	New South Wales	19.21 (135)	Manuka Oval	-	29 July 1979 [4]
Qualifying Final	Australian Capital Territory	16.21 (117)	Australian Amateurs	16.15 (111)	Manuka Oval	-	5 August 1979 [5]

Squads

Section One

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South Australia[6]	Tasmania	Victoria[7] [8]	Western Australia
Coach: Neil Kerley Rick Davies (captain) Andy Bennett Malcolm Blight Neil Button Peter Carey Graham Cornes Russell Ebert Eddie Fry Phil Gallagher Michael Graham Glynn Hewitt Kym Hodgeman Max James Peter Jonas Dexter Kennedy Robbert Klomp Jim Lihou Bruce Lindsay Peter Meuret Geoff Morris Michael Nunan Greg Phillips Trevor Sorrell Michael Taylor Mark Williams	Coach: Barry Lawrence Peter Hudson (captain) Noel Carter Craig Davis Murray Dickson Kerry Good Steve Goulding Peter Hamilton Graham Hunnibell Des James Ian Marsh Tony Martyn Stephen Mount Robert Neal Tony Pickett Michael Roach Colin Robertson Robert Shaw Darryl Sutton Hedley Thompson Greg Towns Andrew Vanderfeen Michael Young	Coach: David Parkin Wayne Schimmelbusch (captain) Graeme Allan Kevin Bartlett Barry Breen David Clarke David Cloke Max Crow Gary Dempsey Bruce Doull Ian Dunstan Robert Flower Garry Foulds Wayne Harmes Warwick Irwin Kelvin Moore Peter Moore Bruce Nankervis Billy Picken Geoff Raines Barry Round Geoff Southby Kelvin Templeton Michael Tuck Michael Turner Garry Wilson	Coach: Barry Cable Brian Peake (captain) Ron Alexander Bob Beecroft Peter Bosustow Kevin Bryant Tony Buhagiar Peter Featherby Mike Fitzpatrick Ken Hunter Phil Kelly Stan Magro Gary Malarkey Graham Melrose Stephen Michael Ian Miller Bruce Monteath Graham Moss Keith Narkle Brian Peake Maurice Rioli Jim Sewell Garry Sidebottom Peter Spencer

Section Two

Queensland [2]	ACT [9][10][11]	Australian Amateurs [12]	New South Wales [9]	Northern Territory [13]
Coach: Warren Roper Barry Clarke (captain) Wayne Banfield Mal Gillespie Peter Ives Warren Jones Barry Karklis Petty Richie Rushbrook John Stackpoole Staff Thompson	Coach: Kevin Delmenico Kevin Neale (Captain) Bob Anderson Peter Ash David Bennett Jim Black Edney Blackaby Neil Bristow John Brock Mick Conlan Ron Davey Lindsay Fawns Tony Flaherty Robert Franklin Graham David Harriss Geoff Harrold Peter Kenny Robert Maiden John Manson Malcolm Manson John Miller Keith Miller Laurie Moloney Bill Quade John Rafferty Jimmy Richardson Peter Searle Robert Smith Mark Stewart Greg Whittle Stan Widera	Coach: Peter O'Donohue Ian Cordner (captain) Ross Haslam (vice-captain) Noel Annear Bruce Bourne Bryan Chute Simon Costello Joe Doolan Will Hamilton John Houghton Chris Hunter Glenn Hurst Pat McCann Richard O'Shannassy Bill Parousis Richard Pisarski Joe Pittorino Fiji Skorzewski Michael Sleeman Jim Smith David Steinepreis Greg Wade Greg Wright Ian Harrison Frank Marchesani	Coach: Allan Jeans Michael Browne Greg Carroll Wayne Carroll John Chamberlain Garry Colvin Evan Connick John Durnan John Gannon Richard Hamilton Ian Harry Victor Hugo R. Imrie Mark Newton Barry Nolan Ray O'Connor Gerald Peiper Laurie Pendrick Jim Prentice Brian Quade Harry Skreja Greg Smith Bruce Stewart	Coach: Bob Elix Tony Dragun (captain) Grant Boucher Robbie Cooper Joe Daby Billy Ellis John Green Hans Heystraten Peter Lauritsen Dennis Lew-Fatt Peter March Keith Nickels Alan Oates John Patterson John Pepperill Greg Peris Ian Smith Leslie Turner John Tye Gus Wanganeen Lance White

Honours

All-Australians

At the conclusion of the tournament, the best players were selected in the All-Australian team. It was the first All-Australian team named since 1972. Victoria had the most representatives chosen, with seven, with Western Australia and South Australia each having five players selected.^[14]

1979 All-Australian team
B:	Des James (Sandy Bay, Tas)	Gary Malarkey (Geelong, WA)	Kelvin Moore (Hawthorn, Vic)
HB:	Bruce Doull (Carlton, Vic)	Darryl Sutton (North Melbourne, Tas)	Ken Hunter (Claremont, WA)
C:	Michael Turner (Geelong, Vic)	Brian Peake (East Fremantle, WA) (captain)	Geoff Morris (West Adelaide, SA)
HF:	Peter Jonas (Central District, SA)	David Cloke (Richmond, Vic)	Graham Cornes (Glenelg, SA)
F:	Peter Carey (Glenelg, SA)	Michael Roach (Richmond, Tas)	Tony Buhagiar (East Fremantle, WA)
Foll:	Peter Moore (Collingwood, Vic)	Michael Tuck (Hawthorn, Vic)	Garry Wilson (Fitzroy, Vic) (vice-captain)
Int:	Kym Hodgeman (Glenelg, SA )	Bruce Monteath (Richmond, WA)
Coach:	Barry Cable (Western Australia

Leading goal-kickers

• Michael Roach (TAS) - 9 goals
• Richard Rushbrook (QLD) - 8 goals
• Tony Buhagiar (WA) - 7 goals
• Barry Clarke (QLD) - 7 goals
• Peter Hudson (TAS) - 7 goals
• Peter Spencer (WA) - 7 goals
• Garry Wilson (VIC) - 7 goals

Tassie Medalist

1. Brian Peake (WA) - 11 votes
2. Bruce Monteath (WA) - 7 votes
3. Robert Flower (Vic) - 6 votes
4. Kym Hodgeman (SA) - 5 votes
5. Ken Hunter (WA) - 4 votes
6. Bruce Lindsay - 3 votes
7. David Cloke (Vic) - 2 votes
8. Geoff Raines (Vic) - 2 votes
9. Kevin Bartlett (Vic) - 2 votes
10. Michael Roach (Tas) - 2 votes
11. Peter Jonas (SA) - 1 vote
12. Graham Cornes (SA) - 1 vote
13. Darryl Sutton (Vic) - 1 vote
14. Robert Shaw (Tas) - 1 vote

References

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8. Grant, Trevor (2 October 1979). "Kink guilty – out six". The Age.
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10. Bidmeade, Robert (6 August 1979). "Last-quarter changes pave way for ACT". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
11. Rollings, Barry (7 October 1979). "Davey only 'surprise' for ACT". The Canberra Times. pp. Sport:6–7. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
12. "Experienced Players in Amateurs Squad". The Canberra Times. 5 August 1979. p. Sport:3. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
13. Barfoot, Michael; Lee, David (December 1995). History of the NTFL (Online). Darwin: Northern Territory Football League. p. 148. ISBN 0-646-26754-X. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
14. Carter, Ron (9 October 1979). "Our seven make Australian team". The Age.