The 1953 Adelaide Carnival was the 12th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition. It took place from 8 July to 18 July at Adelaide Oval.
Home state South Australia where joined by Western Australia, Tasmania, the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Victorian Football Association (VFA).
The VFL were the best performed side, finishing the carnival unbeaten.
A record crowd of 52,632 attended the game between South Australian and the VFL which would decide the Championship. South Australia, even though they had accounted for the VFL as recently as 1952, were no match on this occasion for their Victorian opponents and lost by 99 points. The VFA team performed admirably, defeating Tasmania and getting within 18 points of Western Australia and 33 points of the VFL.
Tasmania finished the carnival winless and had to play off against the Australian Amateurs team in order to re-qualify as an 'elite' team come the next carnival.
The youngest player at the carnival was 17 year-old Neil Conlan from Tasmania.
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