| 1908 Melbourne Carnival | |
|---|---|
-_Souvenir_Programme.jpg) Newby's souvenir carnival programme | |
| Tournament details | |
| Country | Australia |
| City | Melbourne |
| Dates | August 1908 |
| Format | Round-robin |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Victoria |
The 1908 Melbourne Carnival was the inaugural Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian football interstate competition, held in Melbourne in August 1908. It was known at the time as the Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival because it was designed to commemorate 50 years of Australian football.
It was the first time in which all Australian states and New Zealand had competed together in the sport.
The winning team was presented with a silk pennant; and each member of the winning team received a gold championship medal.[1]
Although the 29 August final between Victoria and Western Australia was played in front of something like 15,000 spectators, it is certain that the crowd would have been considerably larger if it had not also been the first day of the American Fleet's eight-day visit to Melbourne.[2]