The 1937 Perth Carnival was the ninth edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 interstate competition.

Overview

Just like in the Perth Carnival of 1921 only South Australia and the VFL

Victorian Football League

The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...

 took a team to Western Australia.

Only one of the games was a blowout, with Western Australia handing South Australia their worst ever carnival loss, in a 116 point win. George Doig

George Doig

George Doig , was a full forward for the East Fremantle Football Club from 1933 to 1945.Born in Fremantle, Western Australia, George Doig's football career started in the South Suburban Football Competition in and around Fremantle. In one game in 1931 he kicked the whole score of his team - 26.21 -...

 kicked seven goals for the home side.

Despite the big loss, South Australia came close to upsetting Victoria and got within two points at the final siren. The last four scoring shots of the game where behinds to South Australia

The final game of the carnival would decide the overall winner and after going into the game as underdogs the VFL hung on against Western Australia at Subiaco Oval to win by eight points. The win was thanks largely to Victorian full-back Jack Regan

Jack Regan

Jack Regan was an Australian rules footballer, who played 196 games with the Collingwood Football Club.Regan was known as The Prince of Fullbacks. He was regarded by many as the greatest fullback of all time but, controversially, was denied a position in the Australian Football League's Team of...

 restricting Doig to just three goals. Other Victorian stars who took part in the carnival included Haydn Bunton

Haydn Bunton, Sr.

Haydn William Bunton was an Australian rules football player and coach. He is regarded by some historians and observers of Australian rules as its greatest-ever player.-Playing career:...

, Jack Dyer

Jack Dyer

John Raymond Dyer Sr. OAM , always known as Jack Dyer, was one of the colossal figures of Australian rules football during two distinct careers, firstly as a player and coach of the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League between 1931 and 1952, and later in the broadcast media for...

, Les Hardiman

Les Hardiman

Les 'Splinter' Hardiman was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL during the 1930s.Hardiman was nicknamed 'Splinter' and was a key position player for Geelong...

, Dick Harris

Dick Harris (Australian rules footballer)

Richard 'Dick' Harris was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League between 1934 and 1944 for the Richmond Football Club...

 and Keith Shea

Keith Shea

Keith Shea was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL during the 1930s.Shea was a half forward and played with Carlton from 1932 to 1937. He polled well in the Brownlow Medal, the closest he came to winning was in 1934 where he fell 2 votes short with an equal 3rd placing...

.

Results

Game One

Team	Score
Western Australia	25.15 (165)
South Australia	6.13 (49)

Game Two

Team	Score
VFL	15.25 (115)
South Australia	16.17 (113)

Game Three

Team	Score
VFL	14.13 (97)
Western Australia	13.11 (89)

Tassie Medal

The inaugural Tassie Medal

Tassie Medal

The Tassie Medal was awarded to the outstanding player at each Australian rules football Interstate Carnival or Australian interstate championship series held between 1937 and 1988 with the exception of the 1975 knock-out series....

 was awarded to East Perth's Mick Cronin.