All competing teams had 18 players, with no reserves.
New South Wales Jack Sheehan (coach); Clement "Stumpy" Clark,
Frederick "Snowy" Davies, Charlie "Mustard" Kean, George S. Knott, Samuel George "Sam" Organ, and
Raymond Samuel "Ray" Usher of Eastern Suburbs;
Douglas Rupert Gordon "Doug" Ayres, Horrie Finch, Arthur "Chubby" Gloster (captain), Eric William Justice, and
Robert "Bobby" Smith of Newtown; Albert "Bert" McLean, and Hedley Clive Rooke of North Shore; Roy Pembroke Skelton, of Railway; Frank Cawsey, Harold John "Nugget" Green,
Jack Hayes, Joe Smith, and Clifford "Snowy" Stanford of South Sydney; Emmett Joseph McGuire, and William Robert "Bill" McKoy of Sydney; and three players from the Riverina: Jack Dunn, of Ganmain; Ignatius Patrick "Nace" Kane, of Holbrook; and Walter Thomas Longmire, of
Corowa.
South Australia Managed by Mr. C.F. Young, the secretary of the
North Adelaide Football Club, the players were
Bruce McGregor (captain), from West Adelaide;
Walter Scott (vice-captain), from Norwood; Gordon Barbary,
Jim Handby, and
Jack Owens, from Glenelg; Bert Hawke, Edward "Boy" Morris, Raymond Munn, and William James "Billy" Thomas, from
North Adelaide;
Alick Lill, and Ernest William Charles Wadham, from Norwood;
Peter Bampton,
Victor Johnson,
Clifford Keal, and
Ernest Warden Gordon "Punch" Mucklow, from Port Adelaide;
Alfred Ryan, and William George "Bill" Oliver, from South Adelaide;
Norman Barron,
Horrie Riley, and
Charlie Whitehead, from
Sturt; and Len "Buck" Ashby, Ernest John Hine, and Tom Kempster, from West Torrens.
Tasmania Frank Burridge, of Burnie;
Jack Charlesworth (captain-coach),
Horrie Gorringe,
Fred Pringle, and
Alan Scott of
Cananore; Derek Bloomfield, and Keith Roberts of New Town; Albert "Alby" Bonnitcha, and Stan Felmingham of North Hobart; H.O. "Nip" Smith, of Penguin;
Harry Pollock, of Ulverstone; Fred Aherne, Hector Brooks, Jack Dunn, Dick Freeman, Max Hay, Max Hislop, Fred Peacock, Hector Smith, J. Lewis,
James Archibald "Snowy" Atkinson, T. Atcheson, D. Adams, and E. Foley.
Victoria The Victorian squad was:
Alex Duncan of Carlton;
Ted Baker,
Gordon Coventry, and
Syd Coventry of Collingwood;
Garnet Campbell,
Allan Geddes,
Frank Maher, and
Greg Stockdale of Essendon;
Jack Moriarty of Fitzroy;
George Jerram and
Arthur Rayson of Geelong;
Bert Chadwick,
Bob Corbett,
Dick Taylor,
Ivor Warne-Smith, and
Herbert White of Melbourne;
Dave Walsh of North Melbourne;
Jack Baggott,
Donald Don,
Basil McCormack, and
George Rudolph of Richmond; and
Bill Berryman, and
Martin Brown of South Melbourne.
Two Victorian teams The weaker Victorian team — the centre of the controversy (on the grounds that only four of the team's players had appeared in either of Victoria's two earlier Carnival matches) — made up of
Frank Maher of Essendon (captain);
Gordon Coventry of Collingwood;
Garnet Campbell,
Joe Harrison, and
Greg Stockdale of Essendon;
Gordon Hellwig, and
Len Wigraft of Fitzroy;
Charlie Gaudion,
Alby Outen, and
Roy Thompson of Footscray;
Ted Pool of Hawthorn;
Tommy McConville of Melbourne;
Leo Dwyer, and
Bill Russ of North Melbourne;
Percy Bentley, and
Tom O'Halloran of Richmond; and
Martin Brown, and
Austin Robertson of South Melbourne, played against New South Wales on Friday, 19 August, the day before the State's final match against West Australia. The full-strength Victorian team that played against West Australia on Saturday, 20 August, contained only two of those (Greg Stockdale and Gordon Coventry) who had played the day before;
George Todd of Geelong, and Greg Stockdale of Essendon, replaced the injured Donald Don and Arthur Rayson (respectively) in the (well rested) full-strength side that had played against Tasmania five days earlier. ==Western Australia==