b'45379379THE AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL CARNIVAL, HOBART 1924:The gold medal awarded to Goldie Collins, who was part of the winning team from Victoria. The final matchto 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 615 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 Tasmanias 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 clubs best & fairest award, the Mitchell Medal, in 1923. $2,0002,500380VICTORIAN FOOTBALL CLUB Membership badges and fobs: Sandhurst 1930, 1931, 1936 & 1937;Maryborough 1952 and East Ballarat 1947. (6 items). $300400381FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION HANDBOOKS (NON-VICTORIAN): with SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1933 Australian Rulesissued by Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1933 & 1936 Barossa & Light Football Association handbooks, 1946 Our National Game handbook, 1970 SANFL Laws of the Australian National Game of Football; NSW 1927 Australian Football League - Laws of the Game & undated (mid 1920s) Football League handbook; TASMANIA 1956 Queenstown Football Association official programme; WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1939 Constitution, Rules, Laws of the Game; condition variable, most are fine. (9) $200240 382ASSORTMENT OF FOOTBALL HANDBOOKS: with Saturday Morning Football League 1937, 1940, 1949 & 1950 editions of Rules & Fixtures; Melbourne Amateur Sunday Football Association 1957, 1959 & 1960 handbooks; various other publication incl 1964 Geelong FC Constitution and Rules, 1966 Cottees VFL & Ground Information Booklet, 1960 Embassy Football Diary & Daffodil peanut butterclub songs pamphlet.; also John Brown 1962 World of Sport Champions (2, sporting records & fixtures). (15 items) .$160200383383MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB: 1939 Members lapel badge.Melbourne defeated Collingwood in the 1939 Grand Final: 21.22 (148) to 14.11 (95). .$200250'