Tasmanian State Representative Games 1961
1961 Tasmanian State Representative Matches

Written by Greg Stock


Tasmanian tour to South Australia over the Queens Birthday holiday weekend.
Played: Saturday June 10 1961 Venue: Burne Oval, Port Pirie, South Australia
South Australian XI
K.Horvath (C.Adriaens), Charlie Di Bartolo, Denis Harlow, A.Franjic, B.Sutherland. J.Ferguson, B.Szabo, E.Marusic, Charlie Perkins, John Moriarty, H.Nieuwendyk
Goals: (Goalscorers Not Known)
2 - 0 Tasmania
(Lineup Not Known)

Attendance: 4,000

The second game of the Tasmanian tour to South Australia.
Played: Monday June 12 1961 Venue: Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide South Australia
South Australia
K.Horvath, Charlie Di Bartolo, Denis Harlow, Charlie Perkins, W.Graham, A.Balter, H.Nieuwendyk, E.Marusic, John Moriarty, D.Howlett, W.McLean
Goals: (Goalscorers Not Known)
2 - 1 Tasmania
(Lineup Not Known)
Goal: (Goalscorer Not Known)
Attendance: 3,100

Victoria came to Tasmania for a two game series over a weekend in July 1961.
Played: Saturday July 22 1961 Venue: South Hobart Oval, Hobart, Tasmania
Tasmania
Jim McDowall, Alan Hall, Jim Hunter (c), Tony Goodman, Egon Matthias, Fried Pieper, Danny Rawlins, John McKenna, Walter Worsey, Franz Hadorn, Walter Nikolai
Goals: Worsey 10' 67' 69'
3 - 3 Victoria
Norm Hobson, Jim Mantarakis, Alf Falzon, Vic Janczyk, G.Maruszkiewicz, Tony Vella, Frank Barbazza, Don Hodgson, Mike Jurecki, Jan Bons, Bill Copeland
Goals: Barbazza 3' Hodgson 24' 85'
Referee: Fred Ward
Attendance: 1,800
Coaches: Alex Sarfalvy (Tasmania), Mike de Bruyckere (Victoria)

The second match of the series played the very next day.
Played: Sunday July 23 1961 Venue: South Hobart Oval, Hobart, Victoria
Tasmania
Jim McDowall, Alan Hall, Jim Hunter (c), Terry Goodman, Egon Matthias, Fred Pieper, Danny Rawlins, Jim Dolliver, Walter Worsey, Franz Hadorn, Walter Nikolai
0 - 3 Victoria
Henryl Gronowski, Jim Mantarakis, Alf Falzon, Vic Janczyk, Frank Micic, Tony Vella, Frank Barbazza, Don Hodgson, Mike Jurecki, Jan Bons, Horst Zielinski
Goals: Jurecki 73' Hodgson, Zielinski
Referee: Fred Ward
Coaches: Alex Sarfalvy (Tasmania), Mike de Bruyckere (Victoria)