The 1908 Championship of Australia was an Australian rules football match that took place on 3 October 1908 at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, South Australia. It was the fifth edition of the Championship of Australia and the second since it came back the year prior.
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| Date | 3 October 1908 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Adelaide Oval | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 13,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | A Hickey | |||||||||||||||
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The championship was contested by the premiers of the VFL, Carlton and the premiers of the SAFL, West Adelaide in a single match played in front of 13,000, was won by West Adelaide by a margin of 29 points, giving West Adelaide its first Championship of Australia title.[1]
Match details edit
| Championship of Australia | |||||
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| 3 October 1908 | West Adelaide | def. | Carlton | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 13,000) | |
| 2.3 (15) 7.4 (46) 9.5 (59) 12.9 (81) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
2.1 (13) 3.2 (20) 7.7 (49) 7.10 (52) |
Umpires: A Hickey | ||
| J McCarthy 5 W Dowling, W Price 2 J Daly, T Leahy, T Moore 1 |
Goals | V Gardiner, F Elliott 2 H Kelly, J Flynn, R McGregor 1 | |||
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