{{Short description|Cricket ground in Victoria, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox cricket ground | ground_name = Deakin Reserve | nickname = formerly the Shepparton Recreation Reserve | country = Australia | image = | location = 20 Harold St, Shepparton, Australia | coordinates = {{coord|36|22|37.22|S|145|24|28.57|E|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:NL |display=inline,title}} | establishment = 1875 | seating_capacity = 2,000 seated, overall 15,000 | end1 = Nixon St end | end2 = Grandstand end | club1 = Shepparton FNC | year1 = 1879 | club2 = Shepparton United FNC | year2 = 1950 | club3 = Murray Bushrangers U/18 FC | year3 = 1993 | club4 = Central Park St. Brendan's CC | year4 = 1981 | club5 = Shepparton Sports Carnival | year5 = 1906-70 | date = | year = | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/1854.html Ground profile }}
'''Deakin Reserve''' is the main sports venue in the Goulburn Valley and is primarily a cricket and Australian Rules Football sports oval in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.
right|thumbnail|235 px|1969: Alfred Deakin Stamp
==History== [[File:Herb McKenley 1948.jpg|right|thumbnail|235px|Jamaican Olympic gold medal runner, Herb McKenley, ran in the 1954 carnival]] thumb|right|235px|Queen Elizabeth II, visited Deakin Reserve in 1954 This sports venue was originally known as the cricket reserve in its very early years,<ref>{{cite web |title=1887 - Our Cricket Reserve |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269069817 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=4 January 2025 |page=5 |date=26 August 1887}}</ref> then later known as the Shepparton Recreation Reserve, prior to being officially named the Deakin Reserve in 1947, in honour of former Victorian Water Supply Minister, former Federal politician and Australian Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin<ref>{{cite web |title=1947 - Deakin Reserve |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/173898934 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=4 January 2025 |page=1 |date=14 October 1947}}</ref> who was largely responsible for implementing the Goulburn Valley Irrigation Scheme.<ref>{{cite web |title=1903 - IRRIGATION IN THE GOULBURN VALLEY |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/237401104 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930) |access-date=9 January 2025 |page=13 |date=18 April 1903}}</ref>
In April 1875 a public meeting was called for in Shepparton for the purpose of appointing Trustees for the Shepparton Park and Recreation Grounds.<ref>{{cite web |title=1875 - ECHUCA SHIRE COUNCIL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115187146 |publisher=The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954; 1998 - 2002) |access-date=4 January 2025 |page=1 |date=10 April 1875}}</ref>
The first published mention of the cricket ground was in 1875, when the Shepparton Eleven had arranged a match against the Euroa Eleven and the Shepparton team "were practising hard on their local ground in the township".<ref>{{cite web |title=1875 - Shepparton |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71557059 |publisher=The North Eastern Ensign (Benalla, Vic. : 1872 - 1938) |access-date=4 January 2025 |page=2 |date=12 March 1875}}</ref>
Local Australian Rules Football teams, Shepparton and Shepparton Ramblers Football Club both used the Recreation Reserve as their home ground in the early 1890s.
In 1888, the Shepparton Cricket Club advertised for tenders for the erection of a sawn timber fence around the Shepparton Cricket and Recreation Reserve.<ref>{{cite web |title=1888 - Advertising |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269181919 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=4 January 2025 |page=2 |date=4 June 1888}}</ref>
In March 1899 a local committee was formed of the Shepparton Athletics Carnival, with Dr. E. Ken Herring as the chairman of the organising committee, featuring athletics and bicycling events, with the first carnival at the Shepparton Showgrounds in April 1899, but was later moved to Shepparton Recreation Reserve.<ref>{{cite web |title=1899 - The Sports Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269974561 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=4 January 2025 |page=3 |date=21 April 1899}}</ref>
In 1904, the Shepparton Shire Council approved and funded the erection of the first sports Pavilion on the Shepparton Recreation Reserve.<ref>{{cite web |title=1904 - Shepparton Shire Council: THE RECREATION RESERVE PAVILION |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/270023155 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=4 January 2025 |page=3 |date=29 November 1904}}</ref>
The original grandstand at the Reserve was erected in 1905<ref>{{cite web |title=1905 - Preparing for Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/270023503 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=4 January 2025 |page=3 |date=9 June 1905}}</ref> and the local Shepparton Athletics Carnival contributed financially to its erection.<ref>{{cite web |title=1904 - THE RECREATION RESERVE |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269837405 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=4 January 2025 |page=2 |date=22 March 1904}}</ref>
The eighth annual Shepparton Athletics Carnival was held at the Shepparton Recreation Reserve for the first time in 1906, with £325 in prize money offered.<ref>{{cite web |title=1906 - Shepparton Athletics Carnival Ad |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269988903 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=4 January 2025 |page=2 |date=19 January 1906}}</ref>
Construction of the Deakin Reserve Memorial Column and the installation of ornamental lights on the King George VI Memorial Gates, as well as bronze plaques was completed in December 1952.<ref>{{cite web |title=1952 - Deakin Reserve |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172855279 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=29 January 2025 |page=6 |date=12 December 1952}}</ref> These gates and plaques were officially opened by Victorian Premier, John McDonald and Mrs Herbert Brookes, daughter of former Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin.<ref>{{cite web |title=1952 - Opening Deakin Gate |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172854676 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=29 January 2025 |page=1 |date=7 November 1952}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1952 - Alfred Deakin's Idea of Life |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205430541 |publisher=The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) |access-date=29 January 2025 |page=3 |date=17 November 1952}}</ref>
When Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited Shepparton in 1954, an estimated 40,000 packed Deakin Reserve and the nearby streets for the Royal Reception.<ref>{{cite web |title=1954 - 80 years fell away |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26594820 |publisher=The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) |access-date=29 January 2025 |page=7 |date=6 March 1954}}</ref>
The first recorded international cricket match held on the ground came in 1962 when a Victoria Country Eleven side played the Marylebone Cricket Club, when the English cricket team in Australia in 1962–63<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/1854_misc.html|title=Other matches played on Deakin Reserve, Shepparton|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
A Youth Test match was held in December 1986 when Australia Under-19s played Indian Under-19s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/1854_ut.html|title=Youth Test Matches played on Deakin Reserve, Shepparton|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
A Youth One Day International was later held there in November 1997 when Australia Under-19s played Pakistan Under-19s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/1854_uo.html|title=Youth One-Day International Matches played on Deakin Reserve, Shepparton|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
A List A match was held there in the 2006–07 Ford Ranger Cup between Victoria and Western Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/1854_a.html|title=List A Matches played on Deakin Reserve, Shepparton|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
Australian Rules Football and netball are also played at the ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/ground/261391.html|title=Ground profile: Deakin Reserve|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref>
Since 1957, the Goulburn Valley Football League grand final has been played at the Deakin Reserve.
Deakin Reserve has hosted a number of VFL / AFL practices matches over the years, with the last of these being in March 2019 between Melbourne and Richmond.
==Shepparton Sports Carnival== right|thumbnail|235px|1905 Local Shepparton Wheelrace winner & world record breaking cyclist: Jackie Clark
The honour board below acknowledges former office bearers and winners of the Sheffield Handicap, later renamed the Shepparton Gift and the Shepparton Wheelrace, which was held at the Shepparton Recreation Reserve (Deakin Reserve) from 1906 onwards.
The Sheffield Handicap was run over 130 yards, while the main wheelrace distance was over two miles. The very first two-mile race in 1899 was a dead heat.
The Shepparton Wheelrace was later raced over one mile.
In fact, the very first sports carnival held in Shepparton was back in 1879 on the site of the Shepparton Railway Station, just a year before the railway line was opened.<ref>{{cite web |title=1934 - TOPICAL ITEMS FROM THE PAST: Shepparton Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/176795627 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=7 January 2025 |page=28 |date=19 March 1934}}</ref>
Over the many years of the carnival, the following sports took part, athletics, amateur and professional cycling, wood chopping, boxing, speed coursing (greyhound racing), fire brigade events, national dancing, fireworks, novelty attractions and a large betting ring.
In 1904, Shepparton cyclist, A J "Jackie" Clark won the famous Austral Wheel Race,<ref>{{cite web |title=1904 - AUSTRAL WHEEL RACE |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/270027371 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=4 |date=20 December 1904}}</ref> then in 1905 he won the Shepparton Wheelrace and Adelaide Wheelrace,<ref>{{cite web |title=1905 - ADELAIDE WHEEL RACE MEETING: WHEEL RACE WON BY CLARKE |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5038399 |publisher=The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) |access-date=13 January 2025 |page=8 |date=13 February 1905}}</ref> before heading over to Europe and America, to continue his riding career and set many world records along the way.<ref>{{cite web |title=1913 - CHAMPION CYCLIST, A. J CLARK, IN AMERICA |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/270228460 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=4 |date=10 November 1913}}</ref> Clark went onto win the Six Days of New York event in 1909 and 1911 and the Six Days of Berlin in 1913, just to name a few.
Prior to 1923, the annual carnival was held in February each year, then from 1923, the carnival was held on Foundation Day, one of the precursors of Australia Day, which was the last weekend in January.
By around 1930, the Shepparton Carnival was widely recognised as the premier sports carnival in northern Victoria by both athletes and patrons.<ref>{{cite web |title=1930 - Shepparton Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/171703713 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=4 |date=20 January 1930}}</ref>
In September, 1933, the Sports Carnival committee decided to suspend its annual carnival, due to be held in January, 1934, due to a financial loss at the previous three carnivals,<ref>{{cite web |title=1933 - Shepparton Abandons Sports |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/277066169 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) |access-date=7 January 2025 |page=32 |date=27 September 1933}}</ref> but after much public support the committee decided to go ahead with a carnival in January, 1934.<ref>{{cite web |title=1933 - Shepparton's Big Drive |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/181746487 |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) |access-date=7 January 2025 |page=15 |date=1 November 1933}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1934 - SPORT IN SHEPPARTON |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/176792857 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=7 January 2025 |page=1 |date=8 January 1934}}</ref>
At the carnival's annual general meeting in November, 1934 the carnival went into recess, after the fourth annual loss in a row, which wiped out the carnival's bank account reserves, due indirectly to the Great Depression which meant that there was no carnival in 1935 and 1936.<ref>{{cite web |title=1934 - Shepparton |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10993758 |website=Trove |publisher=The Argus |access-date=21 January 2025 |page=3 |date=15 November 1934}}</ref>
Then in July, 1936 an organising committee was reformed and the next carnival went ahead on the 1st January, 1937.<ref>{{cite web |title=1936 - Shepparton To Revive Its Sports Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/277304925 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) |access-date=8 January 2025 |page=31 |date=1 July 1936}}</ref>
International renown cyclists, Nino Borsari and Syd Cozens both rode at the 1937 Shepparton Carnival.
In an organised carnival boxing bout, 23 year old Percival Pettit died in the Mooroopna Hospital after being knocked out in a fight on the 1st January, 1938 at the sports carnival at the Shepparton Recreation Reserve.<ref>{{cite web |title=1938 - Goulburn Valley Stock and Property Journal (Vic. : 1916 - 1942) |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219770876 |publisher=Goulburn Valley Stock and Property Journal (Vic. : 1916 - 1942) |access-date=9 January 2025 |page=3 |date=5 January 1938}}</ref>
One of the biggest ever crowds at Deakin Reserve was at the 1948 Shepparton Athletics Carnival, where an estimated 10,000 patrons paid a record £920 on New Year's Day.<ref>{{cite web |title=1948 - £920 GATE MAKES ALL TIME CARNIVAL RECORD |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169556859 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=1 |date=2 January 1948}}</ref>
In 1951, Danish cyclist, Carl Jorgan Koblauch crashed heavily after winning the fifth heat of the Aces Half Mile Derby on New Year's Day at the Shepparton Sports Carnival and was pronounced dead at the Mooroopna Hospital.<ref>{{cite web |title=1951 - Danish Cyclist Had Pneumonia While Riding At Sports |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170012076 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=1 |date=19 January 1951}}</ref>
At the 1953 night session of the Shepparton Carnival, an estimated 15,000 spectators were present to watch crowd favourite and world champion cyclist, Sid Patterson.<ref>{{cite web |title=1953 - HUGE CROWD SEES OUTSTANDING NIGHT CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/173889133 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=11 January 2025 |page=1 |date=2 January 1953}}</ref>
In 1953, Geelong cyclist, Rex Kelly, 22 years of age, died in hospital, after crashing head first into an electric light pole in the third heat of the City Sprint at 3.16 pm, at the New Year's Day Sports Carnival at Deakin Reserve, after a fellow competitor punctured in front of him.<ref>{{cite web |title=1953 - CYCLIST DIES AFTER SMASH |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/266060859 |publisher=The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1955) |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=6 |date=2 January 1953}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1953 - CARNIVAL FATALITY ACCIDENT FINDING |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/117127386 |publisher=The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954; 1998 - 2002) |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=2 |date=19 January 1953}}</ref>
In 1958, local runner, Lance Watters won the Shepparton Gift and later won the Burramine Gift in 1961. Watters had also just started up the business, Watters Electrical in Shepparton in the late 1950's.
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" |- ! !! colspan=9 |Shepparton Athletic Carnival |- !Year!!President!!Secretary !!Treasurer!!Shepparton Gift<ref>{{cite web |title=1939 - PREVIOUS GIFT WINNERS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180256833 |website=Trove |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) |access-date=17 January 2025 |page=11 |date=20 December 1939}}</ref>!!Shepparton Wheelrace!!Venue!!Gate / Crowd!!Date |- | || || || || || || || || |- |1899||Dr E Ken Herring||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||A Walters ||G O'Callaghan & ||Showgrounds ||<ref>{{cite web |title=1899 - The Sports Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269974561/30320880 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=3 |date=21 April 1899}}</ref> ||19/04/1899 |- | || || || || ||W J Lindsay > ||(dead heat) || || |- |1900||Dr E Ken Herring||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||W J Hart ||H Symonds||Showgrounds ||<ref>{{cite web |title=1900 - Sports Results |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269185431 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=3 |date=6 April 1900}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1899 - SHEPPARTON SPORTS CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269182616 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=3 |date=28 November 1899}}</ref> ||04/04/1900 |- |1901||Dr E Ken Herring||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||Fred R Murray ||B Rolfe||Showgrounds ||<ref>{{cite web |title=1901 - The Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269951913 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=3 |date=15 February 1901}}</ref> ||13/02/1901 |- |1902||Dr E Ken Herring||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||J P O'Connell||W F Darcy||Showgrounds ||£69<ref>{{cite web |title=1902 - THE SHEPPARTON CARNIVAL. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269950594/30319596# |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=3 |date=14 February 1902}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1901 - Shepparton Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269954314 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=3 |date=13 December 1901}}</ref> ||12/02/1902 |- |1903||Dr E Ken Herring||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||Fred R Murray ||C E Burton ||Showgrounds ||£62<ref>{{cite web |title=1903 - SHEPPARTON CARNIVAL. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269997538# |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=11 January 2025 |page=3 |date=13 February 1903}}</ref>||11/02/1903 |- |1904||W R Banner ||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||A C P O'Brien||J Greenaway||Showgrounds ||£69<ref>{{cite web |title=1904 - CARNIVAL SPORTS. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269837235# |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=11 January 2025 |page=3 |date=12 February 1904}}</ref> ||10/02/1904 |- |1905||F W Fair ||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||A Maskell ||A J "Jackie" Clark<ref>{{cite web |author1=Clive Allen-Paisley |title=The Story of Jackie Clark (Kangaroo Rocket) |url=https://camperdownhistory.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Jackie-Clark-full-doc-by-Clive-Allen-Paisley.pdf |website=Camperdown History |access-date=12 January 2025}}</ref> ||Showgrounds||£90<ref>{{cite web |title=1905 - SHEPPARTON SPORTS CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/270025760 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=11 January 2025 |page=3 |date=17 February 1905}}</ref> ||15/02/1905 |- |1906||W McAbernethy ||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||Norm Oliver ||B S Joyce ||Recreation Reserve ||£260<ref>{{cite web |title=1906 - The Programme |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269989427 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=4 |date=16 February 1906}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1906 - Country Sports |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196316728 |publisher=The Age |access-date=11 January 2025 |page=8 |date=19 February 1906}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1906 - Shepparton Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186404570 |publisher=Numurkah Leader (Vic. : 1895 - 1948) |access-date=11 January 2025 |page=4 |date=16 February 1906}}</ref>||12&13/02/1906 |- |1907||W McAbernethy ||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||Fred R Murray ||A J Davies ||Recreation Reserve||£342<ref>{{cite web |title=1907 - Shepparton Sports Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269517409 |publisher=SHEPPARTON SPORTS CARNIVAL. |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=3 |date=15 February 1907}}</ref>||12&13/02/1907 |- |1908||D McAndrews ||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||H Kiley ||A J Davies ||Recreation Reserve||£335<ref>{{cite web |title=1908 - SHEPPARTON SPORTS CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269519129 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=3 |date=14 February 1908}}</ref>||11&12/02/1908 |- |1909||George V Furphy ||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||Wally Hartley||cancelled > rain<ref>{{cite web |title=1909 - Shepparton Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269983109 |publisher=Kyabram Free Press and Rodney and Deakin Shire Advocate (Vic. : 1894 - 1955) |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=3 |date=2 March 1909}}</ref>||Recreation Reserve||£270<ref>{{cite web |title=1909 - SHEPPARTON SPORTS CARNIVAL. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269967451 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=3 |date=26 February 1909}}</ref>||23&24/02/1909 |- |1910||F W Fair ||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||A A Taylor ||R Pyke ||Recreation Reserve||£349<ref>{{cite web |title=1910 - Shepparton Carnival Sports Gathering |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/270018974 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=3 |date=11 February 1910}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1910 - SHEPPARTON CARNIVAL. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/270020609 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=3 |date=22 February 1910}}</ref>||08&09/02/1910 |- |1911||W R Banner ||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||Archibald Clark<ref>{{cite web |title=1911 - THE PROGRAMME: PEDESTRIAN EVENTS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269527922 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=3 |date=10 February 1911}}</ref>||G L Crawford<ref>{{cite web |title=1911 - CYCLING EVENTS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269527921 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=3 |date=10 February 1911}}</ref> ||Recreation Reserve||£388<ref>{{cite web |title=1911 - SHEPPARTON CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269957137 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=3 |date=3 November 1911}}</ref>||07&08/02/1911 |- |1912||W H Allen ||John Stubbs|| ||R "Bob" Carnie<ref>{{cite web |title=1912 - THE WINNER OF "THE GIFT." |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269957217 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=3 |date=16 February 1912}}</ref>||T G Walcott<ref>{{cite web |title=1912 - Cycling Events |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269957211 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=3 |date=16 February 1912}}</ref> ||Recreation Reserve ||£415 / 12,000<ref>{{cite web |title=1912 - THE CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269957227 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=3 |date=16 February 1912}}</ref>||13&14/02/1912 |- |1913||J P Downing ||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||Wally Hartley ||L H Parkinson ||Recreation Reserve ||£465 / 14,000||11&12/02/1913<ref>{{cite web |title=1913 - PEDESTRIAN EVENTS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269956126 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=12 January 2025 |page=3 |date=13 February 1913}}</ref> |- |1914||J P Downing ||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||G H Best||Ernest Bainbridge||Recreation Reserve||£471 /||10&11/02/1914<ref>{{cite web |title=1914 - SHEPPARTON CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91358562 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=13 January 2025 |page=3 |date=12 February 1914}}</ref> |- |1915||W R Vincent ||John Stubbs||A Whitehead||L J Hume ||R Gardner ||Recreation Reserve||£384||12&13/02/1915<ref>{{cite web |title=1915 - Shepparton Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91364322 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=13 January 2025 |page=3 |date=15 February 1915}}</ref> |- |1916||M Haplin ||John Stubbs||T Corkill ||S Keane ||J G Atkins||Recreation Reserve||£311||08&09/02/1916<ref>{{cite web |title=1916 - SHEPPARTON SPORTS CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/121145999 |publisher=Shepparton News (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) |access-date=13 January 2025 |page=2 |date=10 February 1916}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1916 - SHEPPARTON SPORTS CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129954556 |publisher=Shepparton News (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) |access-date=13 January 2025 |page=4 |date=27 November 1916}}</ref> |- |1917||A Biggar ||John Stubbs||T Corkill ||R A Taylor ||J G Atkins||Recreation Reserve||£297||13&14/02/1917<ref>{{cite web |title=1917 - SHEPPARTON SPORTS CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/129958725 |publisher=Shepparton News (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) |access-date=13 January 2025 |page=4 |date=26 November 1917}}</ref> |- |1918||A Biggar ||John Stubbs||S H Drury ||1st:Stan Hawkins<ref>{{cite web |title=1918 - The Winner of the Gift |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91144130 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=3 |date=14 February 1918}}</ref>||P J Sheehan?||Recreation Reserve||£232 ||13/02/1913 |- | || || || ||2nd:John Beckwith<ref>{{cite web |title=1918 - J. W. Beckwith |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91144128 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=3 |date=14 February 1918}}</ref>||>(won on protest)<ref>{{cite web |title=1918 - Who was the winner |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91142801 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=3 |date=22 August 1918}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1918 - SHEPPARTON CARNIVAL COMMITTEE |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91143482 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=3 |date=9 December 1918}}</ref> || || || |- |1919|| ||John Stubbs|| ||Jim McNeil<ref>{{cite web |title=1919 - FROM MILER TO SPRINTER |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/222566523 |publisher=Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) |access-date=14 January 2025 |page=26 |date=22 November 1919}}</ref> || ||Recreation Reserve || ||16/04/1919<ref>{{cite web |title=1919 - SHEPPARTON CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155208910 |publisher=The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) |access-date=14 January 2025 |page=8 |date=17 April 1919}}</ref> |- |1920|| ||John Stubbs || ||G E Davis<ref>{{cite web |title=1920 - Shepparton Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/270680896 |publisher=Kyabram Guardian (Vic. : 1907 - 1930) |access-date=14 January 2025 |page=3 |date=13 February 1920}}</ref> ||L D Harris ||Recreation Reserve || ||10&11/02/1920<ref>{{cite web |title=1920 - Shepparton Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269542960 |publisher=Kyabram Free Press and Rodney and Deakin Shire Advocate (Vic. : 1894 - 1955) |access-date=14 January 2025 |page=3 |date=13 February 1920}}</ref> |- |1921||J Kendall ||John Stubbs||H B Lincoln||G Bond ||L C Stevens ||Recreation Reserve||£372 / 6,000||19&20/04/1921<ref>{{cite web |title=1921 - Shepparton Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174156377 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=14 January 2025 |page=3 |date=21 April 1921}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1921 - SHEPPARTON SPORTS CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174158815 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=14 January 2025 |page=6 |date=24 November 1921}}</ref> |- |1922||A W Sims ||John Stubbs||H B Lincoln||Les E G McLeod<ref>{{cite web |title=1922 - Shepparton Gift Winner |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/270705307 |publisher=Kyabram Guardian (Vic. : 1907 - 1930) |access-date=14 January 2025 |page=3 |date=21 February 1922}}</ref>|| ||Recreation Reserve || ||14&15/02/1922 |- |1923||J H Waltho ||John Stubbs|| ||Bert Love ||J Beasley ||Recreation Reserve||£453||29/01/1923<ref>{{cite web |title=1923 - Shepparton Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/179140227 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=15 January 2025 |page=3 |date=1 February 1923}}</ref> |- |1924||H B Lincoln ||John Stubbs||H Cecil Jacob||A C Klemm ||L C Stevens||Recreation Reserve||£453||28/01/1924<ref>{{cite web |title=1924 - SHEPPARTON’S CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174030755 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=3 |date=31 January 1924}}</ref> |- |1925||W T Daish ||John Stubbs||H Cecil Jacob||L H Kew Ming ||H A Hawkins ||Recreation Reserve||£504||26/01/1925<ref>{{cite web |title=1925 - J. H. Kew Ming Wins “Gift.” H. J. Kent “The Sprint.” |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/173259511 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=15 January 2025 |page=9 |date=29 January 1925}}</ref> |- |1926||A Henderson ||John Stubbs||A H Palmer ||Harry Simpson||J Beasley||Recreation Reserve||£505||01/02/1926<ref>{{cite web |title=1926 - Shepparton Sports Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/179498069 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=15 January 2025 |page=6 |date=4 February 1926}}</ref> |- |1927||J J Beattie ||John Stubbs||A H Palmer||H Nicholls||E Strang||Recreation Reserve||£570||31/01/1927<ref>{{cite web |title=1927 - The Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190010829 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=16 January 2025 |page=9 |date=3 February 1927}}</ref> |- |1928||J J Bettie ||John Stubbs||A H Palmer||T G Whitla||W Redman||Recreation Reserve||£605||30/01/1928<ref>{{cite web |title=1928 - SHEPPARTON’S 1928 CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/179172100 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=17 January 2025 |page=3 |date=2 February 1928}}</ref> |- |1929||B S Smith ||John Stubbs||A H Palmer||Alf Barton ||E H Simpson ||Recreation Reserve ||£578 ||28/01/1929<ref>{{cite web |title=1929 - The Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186945176 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=15 January 2025 |page=6 |date=29 January 1929}}</ref> |- |1930||A F Mackwood ||John Stubbs<ref>{{cite web |title=Mr John Stubbs - Obituary |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186102875 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=8 January 2025 |page=4 |date=20 April 1935}}</ref> ||A H Palmer ||H Rumney ||P Wells||Recreation Reserve ||£550<ref>{{cite web |title=1930 - Shepparton Carnival 1930 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/171703815# |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=5 |date=28 January 1930}}</ref> ||27/01/1930 |- |1931||John Gibbs ||John Stubbs||A H Palmer||M Maroney (Wang)||A Price ||Recreation Reserve||£322<ref>{{cite web |title=1931 - The Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/19187692 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=5 |date=27 January 1931}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1931 - SHEPPARTON SPORTS CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186776507 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=6 |date=16 November 1931}}</ref>||26/01/1931 |- |1932||John Gibbs ||John Stubbs||A H Palmer||T W Odgen ||W Clements ||Recreation Reserve||£389<ref>{{cite web |title=1932 - SHEPPARTON'S 1932 CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174047793/19185233# |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=11 January 2025 |page=5 |date=2 February 1932}}</ref> ||01/02/1932 |- |1933||T H Peart ||John Stubbs||A H Palmer||G L Evans ||H W Lygon ||Recreation Reserve||£254<ref>{{cite web |title=1933 - SHEPPARTON'S 1933 CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168641523 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=11 January 2025 |page=1 |date=2 February 1933}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1933 - SHEPPARTON CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/269682958 |publisher=Benalla Standard (Vic. : 1901 - 1940) |access-date=11 January 2025 |page=1 |date=7 February 1933}}</ref> ||01/02/1933 |- |1934|| ||John Stubbs|| ||J H Lester ||R J Moore ||Recreation Reserve||£350<ref>{{cite web |title=1934 - Carnival Proves More Successful |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/176793584/19286170# |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=7 January 2025 |page=3 |date=22 January 1934}}</ref> ||20/01/1934 |- |1935|| || || || || || ||In recess<ref>{{cite web |title=1934 - Shepparton Carnival Abandoned |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188622949 |publisher=Cobram Courier (Vic. : 1888 - 1954) |access-date=8 January 2025 |page=3 |date=22 November 1934}}</ref> || |- |1936||Cr J Riordan ||W S Clayton ||Percy H Anderson|| || || ||No carnival in '36 || |- |1937||G S A Gaylard ||Les J Hellier ||Percy H Anderson<ref>{{cite web |title=1937 - CHARITY CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/171892193 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=8 January 2025 |page=2 |date=6 September 1937}}</ref>||P Kiniry ||L Cutts ||Recreation Reserve ||£473<ref>{{cite web |title=1937 - Shepparton Carnival is Born Again to Greater Glory |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189078238/19290092 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=8 January 2025 |page=3 |date=4 January 1934}}</ref> ||01/01/1937 |- |1938||Joe E McMahon ||Les J Hellier<ref>{{cite web |title=1938 - HUSTLING HELLIER I A FINE ORGANISER |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180878983 |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) |access-date=21 January 2025 |page=10 |date=14 December 1938}}</ref> ||Percy H Anderson||Arthur Rosenow ||Harry Woolrich ||Recreation Reserve||£550<ref>{{cite web |title=1938 - Good Fields |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174995526 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=9 January 2025 |page=3 |date=3 January 1938}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1938 - SHEPPARTON CHARITY CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/176268257# |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=8 January 2025 |page=1 |date=13 July 1938}}</ref> ||01/01/1938 |- |1939||Joe McMahon<ref>{{cite web |title=1939 - Great All-Rounder Meet Joe McMahon |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180257109 |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) |access-date=18 January 2025 |page=10 |date=20 December 1939}}</ref> ||Les J Hellier ||Percy H Anderson||Paul Bell ||J Cremin||Recreation Reserve||£590<ref>{{cite web |title=1939 - LOCAL RUNNER SUCCESSFUL IN SHEPPARTON CHARITY CARNIVAL GIFT |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187748701 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=3 |date=6 January 1939}}</ref>||02/01/1939 |- |1940||Joe E McMahon ||Pat O'Connell<ref>{{cite web |title=1939 - PAT O’CONNELL IS IDEAL ORGANISER |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180256829 |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) |access-date=21 January 2025 |page=11 |date=20 December 1939}}</ref> ||Percy H Anderson||P W Buckley||Tassy Johnson ||Recreation Reserve||£475 / 3,000<ref>{{cite web |title=1940 - Carnival Back For Keeps |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188793799 |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) |access-date=11 January 2025 |page=10 |date=3 January 1940}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1940 - Buckley Squeezes Home In Shepparton Gift |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174609580# |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=6 January 2025 |page=4 |date=5 January 1940}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1940 - Charity Carnival On New Year's Day |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174617634 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=6 January 2025 |page=1 |date=21 October 1940}}</ref> ||01/01/1940 |- |1941||Lou J Michel<ref>{{cite web |title=1939 - A Big Force |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180256833# |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) |access-date=21 January 2025 |page=11 |date=20 December 1939}}</ref> ||Pat O'Connell || ||R A Archie Wright||L Solomons ||Recreation Reserve||£423<ref>{{cite web |title=1941 - Successful New Year's Day Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175187899/19183727 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=9 January 2025 |page=6 |date=6 January 1941}}</ref> ||01/01/1941 |- |1942|| || || || || || ||In recess > WW2<ref>{{cite web |title=1941 - CHARITY CARNIVAL OFF |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/175194360 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=9 January 2025 |page=1 |date=12 December 1941}}</ref> ||01/01/1942 |- |1943|| || || || || || ||In recess > WW2 || |- |1944||Lou J Michel ||Jim P Esson<ref>{{cite web |title=1938 - Men Who Matter at Shepparton |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180879377 |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) |access-date=18 January 2025 |page=10 |date=14 December 1938}}</ref> ||A L Bool || || ||||In recess > WW2<ref>{{cite web |title=1944 - Sports Carnival To Be Revived |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/171821540 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=9 January 2025 |page=1 |date=17 October 1944}}</ref> || |- |1945||Lou J Michel ||Jim P Esson ||A L Bool ||C B Wilson ||Bruce Opperman ||Recreation Reserve||£451<ref>{{cite web |title=1945 - Successful Revival of Shepparton Charity Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170424913/19180295 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=9 January 2025 |page=1 |date=2 January 1945}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1945 - Night Sports Revival At Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170428378 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=9 January 2025 |page=5 |date=24 August 1945}}</ref>||01/01/1945 |- |1946||Lou J Michel ||Jim P Esson ||A L Bool ||J M Scammell ||R Daldy ||Recreation Reserve ||£751<ref>{{cite web |title=1946 - SHEPPARTON CARNIVAL RESULTS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187166897 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=5 |date=4 January 1946}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1946 - £600 Programme Mooted For Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187171674 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=6 January 2025 |page=6 |date=20 August 1946}}</ref>||01/01/1946 |- |1947||Lou J Michel, MBE<ref>{{cite web |title=1952 - MICHEL Gets MBE |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/172848653 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=29 January 2025 |page=1 |date=4 January 1952}}</ref> ||Jim P Esson ||A L Bool ||D Barry Hall ||K Croft ||Recreation Reserve ||£823<ref>{{cite web |title=1947 - The Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/173892491/19245881# |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=6 January 2025 |page=3 |date=3 January 1947}}</ref>||01/01/1947 |- |1948||Cr L C Trevaskis||Jim P Esson||H T Donaldson ||Reg Letcher<ref>{{cite web |title=1948 - Reg. Letcher Wins Shepparton Gift |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/279325806 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) |access-date=17 January 2025 |page=12 |date=2 January 1948}}</ref> ||E Robinson||Deakin Reserve ||£920 / 10,000<ref>{{cite web |title=1948 - £920 GATE MAKES ALL TIME CARNIVAL RECORD |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169556859# |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=17 January 2025 |page=1 |date=2 January 1948}}</ref> ||01/01/1948<ref>{{cite web |title=1948 - SPORTS CARNIVAL PROFIT £405 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169558825 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=1 |date=16 April 1948}}</ref> |- |1949||Cr L C Trevaskis|| || ||Jim T Smith<ref>{{cite web |title=1949 - Horsham Gift To Smith Of Hawksburn |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/279556361 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) View title info |access-date=26 January 2025 |page=29 |date=11 April 1949}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1949 - THIRD GIFT WIN BY J. T. SMITH |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22723355 |publisher=The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) |access-date=26 January 2025 |page=14 |date=19 April 1949}}</ref> ||Norm Beitzel||Deakin Reserve||£925||01/01/1049<ref>{{cite web |title=1949 - Gate Takings £925 At Shepparton Sports Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188078322/19238955 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=1 |date=4 January 1949}}</ref> |- |1950||R A Wright ||Jim P Esson ||H T Donaldson||E Ted P Marantelli ||J J Walsh ||Deakin Reserve||£1090 / 10,000<ref>{{cite web |title=1950 - Greatest Country Carnival Staged |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/189064805/19344869 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=5 January 2025 |page=1 |date=3 January 1950}}</ref> ||01/01/1950 |- |1951||R A Wright ||Jim P Esson ||J Greening ||Tom Carney<ref>{{cite web |title=1951 - CARNEY 'FLYS' TO TAKE SHEPPARTON GIFT |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23052525 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=9 |date=12 January 1951}}</ref> || ||Deakin Reserve||£1042<ref>{{cite web |title=1951 - £650 Carnival Program |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170018563 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=5 |date=5 October 1951}}</ref> ||01/01/1951 |- |1952||W A Thompson||Jim P Esson ||J Greening ||R C Sampson<ref>{{cite web |title=1952 - Sampson's Gift at Shepparton |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MsJVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tr0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7142%2C124597 |website=Google |publisher=The Age |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=11 |date=2 January 1952}}</ref> ||Sid Patterson<ref>{{cite web |title=1952 - NEW RECORD TO SID PATTERSON |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/192589709 |publisher=Cobram Courier (Vic. : 1888 - 1954) |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=2 |date=10 January 1952}}</ref> ||Deakin Reserve || ||01/01/1952 |- |1953|| ||Jim P Esson || ||John Newman ||Vin Smith ||Deakin Reserve||£1602 / 15,000<ref>{{cite web |title=1953 - HUGE CROWD SEES OUTSTANDING NIGHT CARNIVAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/173889133 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=17 January 2025 |page=1 |date=1 January 1953}}</ref> ||01/01/1953<ref>{{cite web |title=1953 - Shepparton Sports |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/173889101 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=6 January 2025 |page=4 |date=2 January 1953}}</ref> |- |1954|| || || ||Eddie T Dunstan<ref>{{cite web |title=1954 - Shepparton |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206088976/19716574 |publisher=The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) |access-date=9 January 2025 |page=10 |date=2 January 1954}}</ref> ||Sid Patterson ||Deakin Reserve|| ||01/01/1954<ref>{{cite web |title=1954 - Sid Says |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/176552717 |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954) |access-date=9 January 2025 |page=5 |date=6 January 1954}}</ref> |- |1955|| || || ||Peter Nelson<ref>{{cite web |title=1955 - Country Carnival: Shepparton |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71687837 |publisher=The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) |access-date=9 January 2025 |page=17 |date=4 January 1955}}</ref> ||Hec Sutherland<ref>{{cite web |title=1955 - Hutchinson leads |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nrUUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8MQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7059%2C339418 |website=Google |publisher=The Age |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=14 |date=4 January 1955}}</ref> ||Deakin Reserve || ||03/01/1955 |- |1956|| || || ||W "Bill" R Mills<ref>{{cite web |title=1956 - Pro Running: Shepparton Gift |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72528369/6571146 |publisher=The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) |access-date=9 January 2025 |page=13 |date=3 January 1956}}</ref> ||Sid Patterson<ref>{{cite web |title=1956 - Mills, Patterson. Shepparton Stars |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P6YQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4904%2C167772 |website=Google |publisher=The Age |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=14 |date=3 January 1956}}</ref> ||Deakin Reserve|| ||02/01/1956 |- |1957|| || || || || ||Deakin Reserve || || |- |1958|| || || ||Lance Watters|| ||Deakin Reserve || ||01/01/1958<ref>{{cite web |title=1958 - Watters wins first gift |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CkwRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3695%2C149904 |website=Google |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 January 2025 |page=12 |date=2 January 1958}}</ref> |- |1959|| || || ||Alan Goodlet||D Burgess||Deakin Reserve || ||01/01/1959 |- |1960|| || || || ||Ron Petri<ref>{{cite web |title=1960 - Good double for Ron Petri |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u54UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Rq8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1857%2C165149 |website=Google |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 January 2025 |page=16 |date=2 January 1960}}</ref>|| || ||01/01/1960 |- |1961|| || || || ||Bill Toohey<ref>{{cite web |title=1961 - Toohey wins at Shepparton |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hzMTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ULsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4790%2C155614 |website=Google |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 January 2025 |page=13 |date=3 January 1961}}</ref>|| || ||02/01/1961 |- |1967|| || || ||Noel Pattison<ref>{{cite web |author1=Gus Underwood |title=2023 - Patto lived life in fast lane |url=http://www.sheppartonhrc.com.au/news.php?id=1797 |website=Shepparton Harness Racing Club |access-date=18 January 2025 |date=17 May 2023}}</ref>|| || || ||04/03/1967<ref>{{cite web |title=1967 - Dunbar wins 130 yards title |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=swgRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1905%2C1152222 |website=Google |publisher=The Age |access-date=26 January 2025 |page=19 |date=6 March 1967}}</ref> |- | || || || || || || || || |- |2023|| || || ||Jack Lacey<ref>{{cite web |title=2023 - 120m Men's Gift Final |url=https://x.com/VicAthLeague/status/1637000606664773632 |website=Twitter |publisher=Shepparton Gift / VAL |access-date=26 January 2025 |date=18 March 2023}}</ref> ||N/A ||Showgrounds|| ||18/03/2023 |- |2024|| || || ||Jared Oliver<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 - 120m Men's Gift Final |url=https://x.com/VicAthLeague/status/1751505832301461876 |website=Twitter / X |publisher=Shepparton Gift / VAL |access-date=26 January 2025 |date=28 January 2024}}</ref>||N/A ||Showgrounds|| ||28/01/2024 |- |2025|| || || ||Kevin Brittain ||N/A ||Showgrounds|| ||15/02/2025 |- |'''Year'''||'''President'''||'''Secretary'''||'''Treasurer'''||'''Shepparton Gift'''||'''Shepparton Wheelrace'''||'''Venue'''||'''Gate / Crowd'''||'''Date''' |- |}
;Life Members *19?? - John Stubbs *1931 - W R Banner<ref>{{cite web |title=1931 - Shepparton Carnival |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/186771068 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=5 |date=12 January 1931}}</ref> *1951 - L J Michel<ref>{{cite web |title=1951 - £650 Carnival Program |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170018563 |publisher=Shepparton Advertiser (Vic. : 1887 - 1953) |access-date=10 January 2025 |page=5 |date=5 October 1951}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/ground/261391.html Deakin Reserve] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/1854.html Deakin Reserve] at CricketArchive *[https://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/deakin-reserve/ Deakin Reserve] at AusStadiums *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221256423/ 1907 - Shepparton Sports Carnival - action photos] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188087216/ 1913 - Shepparton Gift winner: Wally Hartley action photo] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92054360/ 1914 - Rochester Brass Band - Group photo] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/222566523/ 1919 - Shepparton Gift winner: Jim McNeil photo] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/183012149/ 1931 - Shepparton Gift winner: Mick Maroney photo] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/223199007/23911327/ 1934 - Shepparton Sports Carnival - action photos] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168157163/ 1936 - Tandem Bike Riders: Misses Valda Unthank and Peggy Saker] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180257105#/ 1939 - Shepparton Sports Carnival: Newspaper preview & photos] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188078524/ 1949 - Shepparton Sports Carnival - action photos] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188078408/ 1949 - Shepparton Sports Carnival - Committee photo] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188087147/ 1949 - World Champion Cyclist: Sid Patterson photo] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/279906940/ 1954 - King George VI Memorial Gates photo, Deakin Reserve] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205708434/ 1954 - Queen Elizabeth photo at Deakin Reserve] *[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205708434/ 1954 - Duke of Edinburgh / Princee Phillip photo at Deakin Reserve] *[https://www.sheppnews.com.au/pics-from-the-past/pics-from-the-past-deakin-reserve/ 1957 - Goulburn Valley FL Grand Final photo] *[https://www.aflphotos.com.au/gallery/afl-2019-jlt-community-series-richmond-v-melbourne?sortby=Last%20Uploaded&search=&pg=7/ 2019 - JLT / AFL Richmond v Melbourne action photos]
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