Tasmanian Football League
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The Tasmanian State League (TSL) is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.
The league has a history which dates back to 1879 (giving it some claim to the title of the third oldest club football league in the world), but it was disbanded in 2001. However after long negotiations and discussions it was reinstated as a ten club competition in 2009.
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| General Information | |
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| Founded | 1879 in Hobart |
| Previous names | TFA, STFA, TANFL, TFL Statewide League, TSFL, SWL. |
| Participating clubs in 2009 | Burnie Dockers Clarence Kangaroos Devonport Magpies Glenorchy Magpies Hobart Tigers Lauderdale Bombers Launceston Blues North Hobart Demons North Launceston Bombers South Launceston Bulldogs |
| Stadiums | North Hobart Oval Aurora Stadium Bellerive Oval KGV Oval Devonport Oval West Park Oval TCA Ground Lauderdale Oval Windsor Park Youngtown Oval |
| 2009 TSL Premiership Season. | |
| Premiers | Clarence 15.11 (101) v Glenorchy 14.11 (95) |
| Grand Final attendance | 7,534 at Bellerive Oval |
| Darrel Baldock Medalist | Brett Geappen (Clarence) |
| Minor Premiers | Glenorchy |
| Wooden spoon | Sth Launceston |
| Tassie Medalist | Kurt Heazlewood (Devonport) |
| Leading Goalkicker | Brad Dutton (Clarence) - 75 |
| Total Home and Away Series attendance | Not Counted. |
| Average Home and Away Series attendance | Not Counted. |
| Total Finals Series attendance | 13,000 |
[edit] History Of The Tasmanian Football League
[edit] District Football
In 1944 TANFL directors met to discuss restructuring of the league which was scheduled to return in 1945 after three seasons in recession due to World War Two.
The clubs would represent their various districts rather than being individual clubs.
Two new clubs (Hobart & Sandy Bay) would join North Hobart and New Town at the expense of Cananore and Lefroy who went out of existence during the World War Two cessation.
In 1947 the TANFL voted to include a further two clubs (Clarence - formed in 1903 & New Norfolk - formed in 1878) from the South Eastern District Football Association.
In 1957 New Town Football Club would amalgamate with already existing local club Glenorchy Rovers and relocate itself to King George V Park at Glenorchy.
This era would be the strongest era for the league with a succession of star players in its ranks, record crowds and huge public support.
From 1979-1985 the TANFL would be known as the Winfield League under a naming-rights sponsorship arrangement with a tobacco company.
[edit] Going Statewide And Its Eventual Demise
At the end of the 1985 TANFL season, after many years of discussions, and after numerous pushes by administrators stretching back to the mid-70's it was decided upon to restructure the competition into a statewide format.
The six former TANFL clubs would welcome famous northern club, the North Launceston Robins and its longtime NTFA rival East Launceston Demons into the now eight-team Cascade-Boags TFL Statewide League for season 1986.
Its early steps into a statewide competition were rocky, the concept was treated with disdain by many southern fans and with great suspicion by northern football supporters.
North Launceston continued to field a side in the NTFA whilst playing in the TFL and East Launceston lasted only seven rounds into the new season before announcing it would merge with NTFA club City-South on 26 May 1986 to become the South Launceston Bulldogs for the remainder of 1986 and beyond.
In 1987 the Devonport Football Club joined the league and adopted the emblem Blues and a navy blue playing strip owing to a clash with Glenorchy.
In the same year the Cooee Football Club from the North West Football Union (NWFU) gazumped the Burnie Tigers from the same Association and joined the TFL and rebranded itself as the Burnie Hawks - starting a serious war between the two clubs that would damage both and later lead to them merging in 1993.
After a period of sustained growth, a healthy standard of football, strong crowd attendances and great public interest from 1987-1990, the bubble burst for the league when the Recession of late-1990 hit Australia - and Tasmania in particular - very hard.
After many years of overspending on players, new recruits and coaches from interstate, attendances and club memberships began to fall noticeably by 1991 - many clubs found themselves in financial difficulties and had to start cost-cutting to survive.
Players were starting to trickle away to rival country leagues for more money and as a result, the playing standard had started to drop.
The lopsided nature of the competition began to cause embarrassment for the TFL, South Launceston had been uncompetitive since it was founded and the admission of the Launceston Football Club (founded 1875) from the NTFL in 1994 was a PR disaster for the League as it was consistently thrashed in every match in its first two season and garnered poor attendances for its entire tenure at TFL level.
Hobart - after a very successful 1986-1992 period - were beginning to unravel, and in 1997 would go through the season winless, North Hobart winning only one game in 1996 and New Norfolk winning one game in 1998 - both after periods of finals football - would show that the writing was on the wall for the league.
Between 1989 and 1994 Hobart, Sandy Bay, Glenorchy, Burnie Hawks and New Norfolk had all faced financial ruin at some point and in the ensuing years would be joined by North Hobart, Devonport and the Burnie Dockers - a merged entity of the old Burnie Hawks and NTFL club Burnie Tigers that joined forces in 1995 - in a battle to stay afloat under burgeoning debts, increasing costs and dwindling attendances.
In 1997 the TFL had rapidly started to implode as a jaded football public voted with its feet and stayed away from TFL football as the saturation coverage of AFL football on television increased, the playing standard continued to fall and fans grew tired of the constant talk of mergers.
At the end of the 1997 season it was announced that the Hobart Football Club would merge with North Hobart and Sandy Bay Football Clubs' to field a merged entity from 1998.
However, the mood of the fans from all three clubs was of widespread anger towards the TFL and the proposal was dropped a short time later.
North Hobart opted to field a stand alone club in the 1998 roster, Hobart decided to leave the TFL and joined the SFL (the club would not be granted a licence to participate in the TFL in any case) and Sandy Bay Football Club, by then insolvent, was wound up by its directors and went out of existence in late 1997.
At the same time, South Launceston and Launceston Football Clubs could see the future of the TFL as extremely shaky and both promptly pulled out of the competition and rejoined the NTFL in 1998.
In 1998 the league then decided to re-brand the TFL as the TSFL Chickenfeed Super League and rebrand some of the clubs under commercial names in order to win back fans - the concept was not a winner and was widely scoffed at by club supporters.
North Launceston would now be known as the Northern Bombers, North Hobart would end 118-years of tradition and rename themselves as the 'Hobart' Demons, New Norfolk would change their name to the Derwent Eagles to go with the Devonport Blues who changed their identity to Devonport Power in 1996 to cash in on Port Adelaide's entry to the AFL that year.
To the surprise (and dismay) of many in the football world, a newly formed club - known as the Southern Districts Football Club (Southern Cats) was given a license to join the TFL in 1998.
Many believed the Southern Cats were a re-branded Sandy Bay as it had the same playing list, mostly the same supporters and same colours (albeit in a different style) - the Cats, with no notable home base and no particular culture had some brief moments of success, winning the Coca Cola Challenge pre-season cup in 1999 but midway through that season the club would be wound up by administrators and close down.
In 2000 the league was once again re-branded (this time as the SWL) and despite reasonably strong crowd attendances amongst the top three teams, the clubs below them were struggling to garner more than a few hundred people to matches.
Players were flooding away to other competitions (both country and interstate) for better pay and better competition and the credibility and prestige the league had in years past had become tarnished in the eyes of the football public.
Northern Bombers and Clarence met at York Park under lights in front of 5,625-people during the season - a statewide league roster match attendance record - but only a few months later the same two clubs would do battle in the Grand Final on a wet Saturday afternoon again at York Park in front of just 6,124-people (compare this with 24,413 people at the 1970 Grand Final - about 50% of the combined population of the two regions involved, nearly 40 years later.)
This was the first TFL Grand Final to be held away from North Hobart Oval since 1921 and the crowd was the lowest since the Hobart v North Hobart Grand Final of 1960 which was played in appalling conditions, and was the second lowest Grand Final attendance in almost 70-years.
In December 2000 the Burnie Dockers announced that they would be pulling out of the Statewide League, the TFL and its directors were about to be sued by the clubs for restraint of trade and the decision was made to wind up the Tasmanian Football League after 122-years.
[edit] Disbandment
The league disbanded due to a dwindling of clubs able to financially cope and fell under the umbrella of Football Tasmania (which was soon renamed AFL Tasmania).
Three regional leagues absorbed the clubs from the Statewide League. This was represented by the 2 main North/South leagues and subsidiary regional leagues which underpinned the Tasmanian Devils VFL team, created in 2001 which was owned and funded by the Australian Football League and administered by AFL Tasmania.
[edit] Tasmanian State League Returns in 2009
After a hiatus of eight years, AFL Tasmania announced plans for a return of the Tasmanian State League in 2009.
The concept attracted widespread public and media debate on the return of a statewide competition, with many in the football world hesitant over such a move due to the perilous financial position most of the participating clubs were left in after the previous competition was disbanded in 2000.
Many believed the push for a return of the league was a direct result of the media and the Tasmanian State Government's strong campaign in getting a Tasmanian team admitted into the AFL.
Under the AFL Tasmania plan, ten (10) clubs were invited to join the competition.
Clarence, Glenorchy, Hobart and North Hobart along with former Southern Amateur club Lauderdale in the South.
North Launceston, South Launceston and Launceston from the North and Devonport and Burnie Dockers from the North West Coast.
The response from many clubs was initially luke-warm at best with many concerned at the lack of detail in the AFL Tasmania plan and the rushed decision-making process of the move.
Ulverstone Football Club from the North West Coast bowed to pressure from its playing list and some factional groups within the club to put in a submission to join the TSL in 2009.
Despite a membership vote narrowly ending in favour of joining, the Robins had missed the AFL Tasmania enforced deadline and were initially to be included in the 2010 TSL Roster, however the remaining clubs (most notably its closest and most bitter rival Devonport) exerted considerable pressure upon the League not to alter the current makeup of teams for a period of ten years, therefore Ulverstone were excluded for joining.
SFL Premier League club Kingborough also lobbied AFL Tasmania to be included in the competition, but their case for inclusion was dismissed by the game's governing body due to their inadequate facilities and poor standard Kingston Beach Oval headquarters.
Former TFL club New Norfolk (1947-1999) was not invited to join the league because of their poor financial plight.
Also, as a result of the new competition getting off the ground, the Tasmanian Devils were removed from the VFL.
On Monday 8 December 2008, the Wrest Point Tasmanian State League was launched at Wrest Point Casino in Hobart.
On April 4 2009, the opening match of the reformed TSL competition took place at King George V Park between the reigning premiers of the SFL Premier League, Glenorchy and reigning NTFL premier Launceston and resulted in a 21-point triumph to the Blues.
The inaugral TSL Grand Final was held at Bellerive Oval on 19 September between old rivals Glenorchy and Clarence resulting in a thrilling 6-point victory to the Roos in front of 7,534 fans.
[edit] 2009 Ladder
| Tasmanian State League | Wins | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenorchy | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1937 | 1268 | 152.76% | 56 |
| Burnie Dockers | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1850 | 1280 | 144.53% | 56 |
| Clarence | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1836 | 1384 | 132.66% | 52 |
| Devonport | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1462 | 1264 | 115.66% | 40 |
| Launceston | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1494 | 1281 | 116.63% | 36 |
| North Hobart | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1584 | 1585 | 99.94% | 36 |
| North Launceston | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1429 | 1765 | 80.96% | 32 |
| Hobart | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1201 | 1639 | 73.28% | 24 |
| Lauderdale | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1113 | 1608 | 69.22% | 16 |
| South Launceston | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1044 | 1876 | 55.65% | 12 |
FINALS
| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Elimination | Devonport | 10 | 6 | 66 | Launceston | 3 | 11 | 29 |
| 2nd Elimination | Clarence | 14 | 20 | 104 | North Hobart | 8 | 13 | 61 |
| 1st Semi | Clarence | 15 | 15 | 105 | Devonport | 7 | 10 | 52 |
| 2nd Semi | Glenorchy | 25 | 15 | 165 | Burnie Dockers | 14 | 10 | 94 |
| Preliminary | Clarence | 16 | 7 | 103 | Burnie Dockers | 15 | 10 | 100 |
| Grand Final | Clarence | 15 | 11 | 101 | Glenorchy | 14 | 11 | 95 |
[edit] Clubs
[edit] Tasmanian State Football League Clubs: 2009
2009- 
- Burnie Dockers Football Club.
2009- 
- Clarence District Football Club.
2009- 
- Devonport Football Club.
2009- - Glenorchy District Football Club.
2009- 
- Hobart Football Club.
2009- 
- Lauderdale Football Club.
2009- 
- Launceston Football Club.
2009- 
- North Hobart Football Club.
2009- - North Launceston Football Club.
2009- 
- South Launceston Football Club.
[edit] Jumpers
[edit] TANFL/TFL Statewide League Clubs: 1945-2000
1945-1997 - Hobart Football Club.
1881-1998 - North Hobart Football Club.
1999-2000 - Hobart Demons Football Club.
1945-1956 
- New Town District Football Club.
1957-2000 - Glenorchy District Football Club.
1947-2000 - Clarence District Football Club.
1947-1997 
- New Norfolk District Football Club.
1998-1999 
- Derwent Eagles Football Club.
1945-1997 
- Sandy Bay Football Club.
1998-1999 
- Southern Districts Football Club.
1986-1986 
- East Launceston Football Club.
1986-1997 - South Launceston Football Club.
1986-1997 - North Launceston Football Club.
1998-2000 - Northern Bombers Football Club.
1993-1997 
- Launceston Football Club.
1987-1994 
- Burnie Hawks Football Club.
1995-2000 
- Burnie Dockers Football Club.
1987-1996 - Devonport Blues Football Club.
1997-2000 
- Devonport Power Football Club.
[edit] TFA/STFA/TANFL Clubs: 1879-1941
1908-1941 
- Cananore Football Club.
1898-1941 
- Lefroy Football Club.
1879-1885 
- Cricketers Football Club.
1906-1907 
- Derwent Football Club.
1921-1941 
- New Town District Football Club.
1876-1896 - Railway Football Club.
1897-1897 - South Hobart Football Club.
1898-1905 
- Wellington Football Club.
1880-1894 - Holebrook Football Club.
1887-1887 
- Union Football Club.
1898-1898 
- Summerton Football Club.
1879-1896 
- City Football Club.
1893-1907 
- Kingston Football Club.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Wilson Bailey Trophy Winners
Was presented to the best & fairest player in the TFL/TANFL from 1927 until 1929. It was replaced by the William Leitch Medal in 1930.
1927 - K.Roberts (New Town)
1928 - G.Cole (New Town)
1929 - A.Leitch (New Town)
[edit] George Watt Medalists
Was Presented to the best & fairest player in the TANFL 1935 until 1939. It replaced the William Leitch Medal although it ended up being replaced by it in 1940
1935 - L.Powell (North Hobart)
1936 - E.Zschech (Lefroy)
1937 - L.Pye (North Hobart) & - E.Zschech (Lefroy)
1938 - L.Pye (North Hobart)
1939 - E.Zschech (Lefroy)
[edit] William Leitch Medal
Main article: William Leitch Medal
The William Leitch medal was presented to the best & fairest player in the TANFL/TFL Statewide League from 1930-1934 and 1940-2000.
[edit] Tassie Medalists
Presented to the best & fairest player in the Tasmanian State League from 2009.
2009 - K.Heazlewood (Devonport)
[edit] A History Of Grand Finals: 1879-2000 & 2009
[edit] TFA Grand Finals: 1879-1886
1879 - - City declared premier.
1880 - - Cricketers declared premier.
1881 - - Railway declared premier.
1882 - - Railway 6 goals v Cricketers 0.
1883 - - Railway 2.10 (22) v Cricketers 2.9 (21)
1884 - - Cricketers declared premier.
1885 - - Holebrook 3.12 (30) v Railway 2.16 (28)
1886 - - City 6.16 (52) v Railway 0.9 (9)
[edit] STFA Grand Finals: 1887-1905
1887 - - Railway 5.3 (33) v City 1.9 (15)
1888 - - City 4.15 (39) v Railway 3.6 (24)
1889 - - Railway declared premier.
1890 - - Holebrook 3.11 (29) v Railway 2.7 (19)
1891 - - Holebrook declared premier.
1892 - - City 3.9 (27) v Holebrook 2.9 (21)
1893 - - Railway 8.17 (65) v Holebrook 7.6 (48)
1894 - - Railway 2.5 (17) v City 0.4 (4)
1895 - - Railway 4.3 (27) v City 2.4 (16)
1896 - - Railway 10.5 (65) v North Hobart 2.5 (17)
1897 - - Hobart (City) 1.3 (9) v North Hobart 0.6 (6)
1898 - - Lefroy 8.17 (65) v Wellington 3.5 (23)
1899 - - Lefroy 4.7 (31) v Wellington 2.8 (20)
1900 - - Wellington 7.8 (50) v Lefroy 5.6 (36)
1901 - - Lefroy 11.12 (78) v Wellington 3.8 (26)
1902 - - North Hobart 4.11 (35) v Lefroy 2.6 (18)
1903 - - Wellington declared premier.
1904 - - Wellington declared premier.
1905 - - North Hobart declared premier.
[edit] TFL Grand Finals: 1906-1927
1906 - - Derwent declared premier.
1907 - - Lefroy declared premier.
1908 - - North Hobart 2.7 (19) v Lefroy 1.9 (15) - Att: - Upper Cricket Ground
1909 - - Cananore 3.11 (29) v Lefroy 0.6 (6) - Att: - at Upper Cricket Ground
1910 - - Cananore declared premier.
1911 - - Cananore 9.6 (60) v Lefroy 6.8 (44) - Att: - at Upper Cricket Ground
1912 - - Lefroy 6.12 (48) v North Hobart 3.12 (30) - Att: - at Upper Cricket Ground
1913 - - Cananore 10.13 (73) v Lefroy 4.12 (36) - Att: - at Upper Cricket Ground
1914 - - North Hobart 7.11 (53) v Cananore 4.11 (35) - Att: 5,000 at Upper Cricket Ground
1915 - - Lefroy 6.12 (48) v Cananore 3.5 (23) - Att: - at Upper Cricket Ground
1916 - 
- TFL Suspended due to World War One.
1917 - - TFL Suspended due to World War One.
1918 - - TFL Suspended due to World War One.
1919 - - TFL Suspended due to influenza epidemic.
1920 - - North Hobart 10.12 (72) v Lefroy 6.16 (52) - Att: 8,000 at Upper Cricket Ground
1921 - - Cananore 6.18 (54) v North Hobart 4.5 (29) - Att 7,000 at Upper Cricket Ground
1922 - - Cananore 9.12 (66) v North Hobart 8.8 (56) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1923 - - North Hobart 10.9 (69) v New Town 7.6 (48) - Att: 6,000 at North Hobart Oval
1924 - - Lefroy 8.3 (51) v Cananore 4.11 (35) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1925 - - Cananore 15.14 (104) v North Hobart 7.9 (51) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1926 - - Cananore 14.8 (92) v New Town 8.12 (60) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1927 - - Cananore 13.10 (88) v Lefroy 7.16 (58) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
[edit] TANFL Grand Finals: 1928-1985 [1]
1928 - - North Hobart declared premier.
1929 - - North Hobart 9.15 (69) v Lefroy 7.12 (54) - Att: 10,020 at North Hobart Oval
1930 - - Lefroy 14.11 (95) v North Hobart 10.17 (77) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1931 - - Cananore 9.12 (66) v North Hobart 9.12 (66) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1931 - - Cananore 8.9 (57) v North Hobart 7.12 (54) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval (Replay)
1932 - - North Hobart 16.15 (111) v Cananore 9.5 (59) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1933 - - Cananore 16.12 (108) v North Hobart 8.16 (64) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1934 - - North Hobart 11.22 (88) v Lefroy 9.10 (64) - Att: 3,640 at North Hobart Oval
1935 - - New Town 18.9 (117) v North Hobart 15.13 (103) - Att: 6,021 at North Hobart Oval
1936 - - North Hobart 13.9 (87) v Lefroy 11.17 (83) - Att: 7,433 at North Hobart Oval
1937 - - Lefroy 17.12 (114) v North Hobart 9.15 (69) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1938 - - North Hobart 13.15 (93) v Lefroy 11.15 (81) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1939 - - North Hobart 10.9 (69) v Cananore 6.11 (47) - Att: 5,078 at North Hobart Oval
1940 - - North Hobart 18.8 (116) v Cananore 7.17 (59) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1941 - - North Hobart 12.17 (89) v Cananore 9.11 (65) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1942 - - TANFL Suspended due to World War Two.
1943 - - TANFL Suspended due to World War Two.
1944 - - TANFL Suspended due to World War Two.
1945 - - North Hobart 10.17 (77) v Sandy Bay 7.5 (47) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1946 - - Sandy Bay 12.16 (88) v New Town 5.16 (46) - Att: 12,500 at North Hobart Oval
1947 - - North Hobart 13.7 (85) v Hobart 10.9 (69) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1948 - - New Town 11.15 (81) v North Hobart 9.11 (65) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1949 - - New Town 10.8 (68) v Hobart 4.11 (35) - Att: 15,086 at North Hobart Oval
1950 - - Hobart 11.12 (78) v New Town 11.10 (76) - Att: 12,697 at North Hobart Oval
1951 - - New Town 20.14 (134) v North Hobart 9.9 (63) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1952 - - Sandy Bay 14.9 (93) v Hobart 11.9 (75) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1953 - - New Town 16.18 (114) v Sandy Bay 15.13 (103) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1954 - - Hobart 12.10 (82) v New Town 10.12 (72) - Att: 11,461 at North Hobart Oval
1955 - - New Town 15.11 (101) v Hobart 8.18 (66) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1956 - - New Town 8.7 (55) v North Hobart 7.10 (52) - Att: 12,000 at North Hobart Oval
1957 - - North Hobart 11.15 (81) v Glenorchy 9.15 (69) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1958 - - Glenorchy 15.15 (105) v Sandy Bay 11.11 (77) - Att: 15,463 at North Hobart Oval
1959 - - Hobart 9.14 (68) v New Norfolk 2.9 (21) - Att: 10,103 at North Hobart Oval
1960 - - Hobart 6.7 (43) v North Hobart 6.3 (39) - Att: 6,001 at North Hobart Oval
1961 - - North Hobart 16.12 (108) v Glenorchy 11.6 (72) - Att: 15,000 at North Hobart Oval
1962 - - North Hobart 10.12 (72) v Clarence 7.15 (57) - Att: 19,311 at North Hobart Oval
1963 - - Hobart 10.4 (64) v Sandy Bay 6.13 (49) - Att: 14,498 at North Hobart Oval
1964 - - Sandy Bay 11.11 (77) v New Norfolk 9.11 (65) - Att: 20,775 at North Hobart Oval
1965 - - Glenorchy 10.15 (75) v North Hobart 6.8 (44) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1966 - - Hobart 10.14 (74) v Glenorchy 11.7 (73) - Att: 16,699 at North Hobart Oval
1967 - - North Hobart 11.12 (78) v Glenorchy 8.16 (64) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1968 - - New Norfolk 14.13 (97) v North Hobart 9.14 (68) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1969 - - North Hobart 19.15 (129) v Clarence 17.15 (117) - Att: 19,425 at North Hobart Oval
1970 - 
- Clarence 19.16 (130) v New Norfolk 10.15 (75) - Att: 24,413 at North Hobart Oval
1971 - - Sandy Bay 18.13 (121) v Clarence 16.16 (112) - Att: 20,364 at North Hobart Oval
1972 - - Sandy Bay 18.9 (117) v New Norfolk 10.14 (74) - Att: 17,304 at North Hobart Oval
1973 - - Hobart 11.19 (85) v Sandy Bay 10.5 (65) - Att: 14,720 at North Hobart Oval
1974 - - North Hobart 21.10 (136) v Sandy Bay 15.18 (108) - Att: 16,234 at North Hobart Oval
1975 - - Glenorchy 15.16 (106) v Sandy Bay 10.7 (67) - Att: 15,449 at North Hobart Oval
1976 - - Sandy Bay 21.10 (136) v Glenorchy 5.9 (39) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1977 - - Sandy Bay 19.9 (123) v Glenorchy 5.14 (44) - Att: 12,960 at North Hobart Oval
1978 - - Sandy Bay 11.14 (80) v Glenorchy 9.15 (69) - Att: 18,662 at North Hobart Oval
1979 - - Clarence 12.11 (83) v Glenorchy 11.14 (80) - Att: 24,968 at North Hobart Oval
1980 - - Hobart 14.9 (93) v Glenorchy 7.16 (58) - Att: 17,111 at North Hobart Oval
1981 - - Clarence 15.23 (113) v New Norfolk 13.10 (88) - Att: 22,193 at North Hobart Oval
1982 - - New Norfolk 13.9 (87) v Glenorchy 11.10 (76) - Att: 16,124 at North Hobart Oval
1983 - - Glenorchy 28.19 (187) v New Norfolk 14.11 (95) - Att: 17,900 at North Hobart Oval
1984 - - Clarence 13.13 (91) v Glenorchy 9.11 (65) - Att: 14,664 at North Hobart Oval
1985 - - Glenorchy 10.15 (75) v Clarence 10.11 (71) - Att: 16,561 at North Hobart Oval
[edit] TFL Statewide Grand Finals: 1986-2000
1986 - - Glenorchy 14.20 (104) v Sandy Bay 9.18 (72) - Att: 16,111 at North Hobart Oval
1987 - - North Hobart 23.20 (158) v Glenorchy 16.10 (106) - Att: 17,094 at North Hobart Oval
1988 - - Devonport 15.7 (97) v Glenorchy 8.6 (54) - Att: 17,878 at North Hobart Oval
1989 - - North Hobart 18.22 (130) v Hobart 16.4 (100) - Att: 16,528 at North Hobart Oval
1990 - - Hobart 19.16 (130) v North Launceston 10.12 (72) - Att: 15,633 at North Hobart Oval
1991 - - North Hobart 12.14 (86) v North Launceston 8.12 (60) - Att: 13,112 at North Hobart Oval
1992 - - North Hobart 16.12 (108) v Hobart 10.13 (73) - Att: 11,967 at North Hobart Oval
1993 - - Clarence 19.12 (126) v North Launceston 17.15 (117) - Att: 13,102 at North Hobart Oval
1994 - - Clarence 13.13 (91) v New Norfolk 8.5 (53) - Att: 14,230 at North Hobart Oval
1995 - - North Launceston 9.11 (65) v Clarence 7.13 (55) - Att: 9,448 at North Hobart Oval
1996 - - Clarence 14.17 (101) v Burnie Dockers 10.14 (74) - Att: 12,352 at North Hobart Oval
1997 - - Clarence 20.9 (129) v Burnie Dockers 18.14 (122) - Att: 9,053 at North Hobart Oval
1998 - - Northern Bombers 14.16 (100) v Clarence 6.15 (51) - Att: 9,638 at North Hobart Oval
1999 - - Glenorchy 15.9 (99) v Northern Bombers 7.11 (53) - Att: 10,777 at North Hobart Oval
2000 - - Clarence 15.15 (105) v Northern Bombers 8.8 (56) - Att: 6,124 at York Park
[edit] TSL Grand Finals: 2009-Present
2009 - - Clarence 15.11 (101) v Glenorchy 14.11 (95) - Att: 7,534 at Bellerive Oval
[edit] TANFL/TFL Tasmanian State Premiers
The Tasmanian State Premiership took place between the reigning TFL/TANFL premier, the premier from the NTFA and from the early 1950s the premier of the NWFU.
1904 - - Wellington 4.16 (40) v North Launceston 3.5 (23) - Att: - at NTCA Ground
1909 - - Cananore 6.10 (46) v Launceston 2.6 (18) - Att: - at NTCA Ground
1910 - - Cananore 7.14 (56) v City 4.5 (29) - Att: 3,000 at Upper Cricket Ground
1911 - - Cananore 16.18 (114) v North Launceston 1.4 (10) - Att: - at NTCA Ground
1912 - - Lefroy 8.9 (57) v North Launceston 4.10 (34) - Att: - at Upper Cricket Ground
1913 - - Cananore defeated Launceston on forfeit.
1914 - - North Hobart 8.18 (66) v City 4.9 (33) - Att: 5,000 at Upper Cricket Ground
1920 - - North Hobart 7.8 (50) v Launceston 2.14 (26) - Att: 5,000 at NTCA Ground
1921 - - Cananore 13.14 (92) v City 8.8 (56) - Att: 8,000 at Upper Cricket Ground
1922 - - Cananore 28.22 (190) v City 9.8 (62) - Att: - at York Park
1923 - - North Hobart 20.13 (133) v North Launceston 18.8 (116) - Att: 8,000 at North Hobart Oval
1924 - - Lefroy 6.3 (39) v Launceston 5.5 (35) - Att: 6,000 at York Park
1925 - - Cananore 20.17 (137) v North Launceston 9.12 (66) - Att: 6,000 at North Hobart Oval
1926 - - Cananore 7.10 (52) v Launceston 5.20 (50) - Att: - at York Park
1927 - - Cananore 12.20 (92) v North Launceston 10.15 (75) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1929 - - North Hobart 11.12 (78) v Launceston 9.15 (69) - Att: 6,000 at North Hobart Oval
1931 - - Cananore 7.7 (49) v North Launceston 7.6 (48) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1936 - - North Hobart 9.7 (61) v Launceston 6.8 (44) - Att: - at York Park
1939 - - North Hobart 13.13 (91) v City 12.13 (85) - Att: 5,800 at North Hobart Oval
1940 - - North Hobart 16.20 (116) v Launceston 9.6 (60) - Att: - at York Park
1941 - - North Hobart 13.18 (96) v City 12.19 (91) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1945 - - North Hobart 12.12 (84) v Launceston 11.11 (77) - Att: - at York Park
1946 - - Sandy Bay 13.13 (91) v North Launceston 12.13 (85) - Att: 8,000 at North Hobart Oval
1948 - - New Town 16.9 (105) v North Launceston 16.7 (103) - Att: 8,387 at North Hobart Oval
1956 - - New Town 14.15 (99) v Ulverstone 10.11 (71) - Att: 7,692 at North Hobart Oval
1958 - - Glenorchy 7.11 (53) v Burnie Tigers 6.11 (47) - Att: 7,000 at Devonport Oval
1959 - - Hobart 14.11 (95) v Burnie Tigers 9.14 (68) - Att: 13,223 at North Hobart Oval
1961 - - North Hobart 13.8 (86) v Cooee 8.10 (58) - Att: - at West Park
1962 - - North Hobart 11.10 (76) v Burnie Tigers 9.10 (64) - Att: 7,640 at North Hobart Oval
1965 - - Glenorchy 11.16 (82) v Scottsdale 9.8 (62) - Att: 13,762 at North Hobart Oval
1967 - - North Hobart v Wynyard - (Match abandoned) - Att: 8,289 at West Park
1968 - - New Norfolk 9.13 (67) v Scottsdale 7.12 (54) - Att: 11,395 at North Hobart Oval
1969 - - North Hobart 26.20 (176) v Launceston 6.13 (49) - Att: 10,371 at York Park
1971 - - Sandy Bay 12.14 (86) v Latrobe 8.17 (65) - Att: 11,629 at North Hobart Oval
1975 - - Glenorchy 18.24 (132) v North Launceston 16.12 (108) - Att: 8,654 at North Hobart Oval
[edit] TANFL Winfield Statewide Cup
The 1980 Winfield Statewide Cup was a round-robin statewide tournament that took place between the top 21 clubs in Tasmania from the TANFL, the NTFA and the NWFU.
1980 - - Hobart 9.21 (75) - Clarence 7.4 (46) - Att: 5,961 at North Hobart Oval
[edit] TFA Leading Goalkicker: 1879-1886
1879 - - W.Cundy (Railway) - 7
1880 - - W.Cundy (Railway) - 7
1881 - - P.Butler (City) - 7
1882 - - A.Stuart (Holebrook) - 6
1883 - - E.Burgess (Cricketers) - 13
1884 - - E.Burgess (Cricketers) - 10
1885 - - K.Burn (Railway) - 14
1886 - - J.Dunlop (City) - 7
[edit] STFA Leading Goalkicker: 1887-1905
1887 - - K.Burn (Railway) - 11
1888 - - T.Barlow (Holebrook) - 6
1889 - - C.Richards (Railway) - 9
1890 - - T.Adkisson (Railway) - 9
1891 - - S.Howe (Holebrook) - 9
1892 - - S.Howe (Holebrook) - 9
1893 - - J.Vimpany (Railway) - 12
1894 - - G.Wright (Railway) - 12
1895 - - C.Guest (City) - 21
1896 - - G.Somers (North Hobart) - 13
1897 - No Records Available
1898 - - W.Abel (Lefroy) - 11
1899 - - W.Facy (Lefroy) - 16
1900 - - J.Ayres (Wellington) - 10
1901 - - R.Hawson (Lefroy) - 18
1902 - - W.Lee (Wellington) - 8
1903 - - A.Walton (North Hobart) - 18
1904 - - G.Somers (Wellington) - 11
1905 - - T.Mills (North Hobart) - 15
[edit] TFL Leading Goalkicker: 1906-1927
1906 - - T.Mills (North Hobart) - 13
1907 - - W.Lee (North Hobart) - 14
1908 - - G.Cook (North Hobart) - 24
1909 - - F.Burton (Cananore) - 11
1910 - - C.Ward (Cananore) - 16
1911 - - C.Ward (Cananore) - 24
1912 - - A.Jones (Lefroy) - 17
1913 - - G.Badernach (Cananore) - 13
1914 - - S.Russell (North Hobart) - 26
1915 - - A.Ringrose (Lefroy) - 18
1916 - - TFL Suspended due to World War One.
1917 - - TFL Suspended due to World War One.
1918 - - TFL Suspended due to World War One.
1919 - - TFL Suspended due to influenza epidemic.
1920 - - W.Jack (North Hobart) - 25
1921 - - R.Manson (Lefroy) - 42
1922 - - R.Manson (Lefroy) - 41
1923 - - L.Stevens (North Hobart) - 26
1924 - - J.Brain (Cananore) - 47
1925 - - F.Ahearne (Cananore) - 50
1926 - - J.Brain (Cananore) - 64
1927 - - F.Ahearne (Cananore) - 45
[edit] TANFL Leading Goalkicker: 1928-1985
1928 - - H.Smith (New Town) - 46
1929 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 92
1930 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 112
1931 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 85
1932 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 102
1933 - - D.Kenna (New Town) - 55
1934 - - T.Heathorn (Lefroy) - 101
1935 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 84
1936 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 98
1937 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) - 62
1938 - - T.Richardson (North Hobart) - 75
1939 - - Jack Metherell (North Hobart) - 61
1940 - - Jack Metherell (North Hobart) - 69
1941 - - Jack Metherell (North Hobart) - 64
1942 - - TFL Suspended due to World War Two.
1943 - - TFL Suspended due to World War Two.
1944 - - TFL Suspended due to World War Two.
1945 - - E.Collis (North Hobart) - 54
1946 - - A.Cook (New Town) - 58
1947 - - L.Collins (Sandy Bay) - 50
1948 - - Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) - 57
1949 - - A.Park (New Town) - 73
1950 - - Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) - 83
1951 - - J.Cooper (Clarence) - 42
1952 - - Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) - 66
1953 - - Bernie Waldron (Hobart) - 47
1954 - - Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) - 68
1955 - - Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) - 88
1956 - - Noel Clarke (North Hobart) - 51
1957 - - Noel Clarke (North Hobart) - 69
1958 - - P.Cooper (North Hobart) - 45
1959 - - Mal Pascoe (Hobart) - 75
1960 - - Mal Pascoe (Hobart) - 57
1961 - - Noel Clarke (North Hobart) - 74
1962 - - David Collins (North Hobart) - 77
1963 - - Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) - 79
1964 - - Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) - 86
1965 - - Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) - 110
1966 - - Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) - 103
1967 - - David Collins (North Hobart) - 58
1968 - - John Mills (Clarence) - 49
1969 - - Brent Palfreyman (Sandy Bay) - 51
1970 - - Brent Palfreyman (Sandy Bay) - 67
1971 - - Terry Mayne (Clarence) - 74
1972 - - Darryl Sutton (Glenorchy) - 73
1973 - - Rod Adams (Sandy Bay) - 96
1974 - - Frank Ogle (Glenorchy) - 55
1975 - - Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) - 76
1976 - - Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) - 133
1977 - - Col Smith (Hobart) - 49
1978 - - Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) - 153
1979 - - Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) - 179
1980 - - Paul Courto (Hobart) - 86
1981 - - Andrew Vanderfeen (Clarence) - 66
1982 - - Brett Stephens (North Hobart) - 92
1983 - - Wayne Fox (New Norfolk) - 135
1984 - - Wayne Fox (New Norfolk) - 93
1985 - - Wayne Fox (New Norfolk) - 130
[edit] TFL Statewide League Leading Goalkicker: 1986-2000
1986 - - Wayne Fox (Hobart) - 105
1987 - - Paul Dac (New Norfolk) - 80, - Wayne Fox (Hobart) - 80 & - Steve McQueen (North Hobart) - 80
1988 - - Chris Reynolds (Devonport) - 111
1989 - - Shane Fell (Glenorchy) - 114
1990 - - Paul Dac (New Norfolk) - 103
1991 - - Paul Dac (New Norfolk) - 133
1992 - - Byron Howard (North Hobart) - 92
1993 - - Keith Robinson (Hobart) - 76
1994 - - Paul Dac (Clarence) - 94
1995 - - Byron Howard (North Hobart) - 104
1996 - - Justin Plapp (Burnie Dockers) - 98
1997 - - Byron Howard (North Hobart) - 70
1998 - - Ken Rainsford (Devonport) - 94
1999 - - Adam Aherne (Northern Bombers) - 68
2000 - - Scott Allen (Clarence) - 80
[edit] TSL Leading Goalkicker: 2009-Present
2009 - - Brad Dutton (Clarence) - 75
[edit] TANFL & TFL Records
- All-Time Individual Games Record Holder: TANFL/TFL Statewide League
315 - - Bob Lahey (Sandy Bay).
- All-Time Record No. Premierships As Coach: TANFL
6 - - Jack Metherell (North Hobart) in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945 & 1947.
4 - - Paul Sproule (Sandy Bay & Hobart) in 1976, 1977, 1978 & 1980.
- All-Time Record No. Premierships As Coach: TFL Statewide League
3 - - Grant Fagan (Clarence) in 1996, 1997 & 2000.
- Club Record Score: TANFL
39.17 (251) - - New Norfolk v Clarence 11.12 (78) - 14 July 1983 at Boyer Oval.
- Club Record Score: TFL Statewide League
47.14 (296) - - North Launceston v South Launceston 10.8 (68) - July 1995 at York Park.
37.24 (246) - - North Hobart v South Launceston 2.5 (17) - 3 May 1991 at North Hobart Oval.
38.16 (244) - - Clarence v Devonport Power 4.4 (28) - 17 August 1999 at Bellerive Oval
38.15 (243) - - North Hobart v New Norfolk 11.11 (77) - 5 August 1989 at Boyer Oval.
- Highest Losing Score: TANFL/TFL Statewide League
24.10 (154) - - New Norfolk v Glenorchy 26.11 (167) - 8 September 1983 at North Hobart Oval.
- Record Quarter Score: TANFL/TFL Statewide League
16.3 (99) - - Glenorchy v Hobart 5.4 (34) - (4th Qtr) - 25 August 1983 at KGV Park.
16.2 (98) - - New Norfolk v Clarence 0.2 (2) - (4th Qtr) - 14 July 1983 at Boyer Oval.
- Record Lowest Score: TANFL/TFL Statewide League
0.1 (1) - - Hobart v Burnie Dockers 35.28 (238) - 8 June 1997 at North Hobart Oval.
0.5 (5) - - Hobart v Burnie Dockers 14.18 (102) - 8 August 1996 at West Park Oval.
1.3 (9) - - North Hobart v New Norfolk 14.17 (101) - 22 August 1996 at Boyer Oval.
- Record Individual Goalkicker (History): TANFL/TFL
1049 - - Wayne Fox
(Glenorchy, New Norfolk, Hobart, South Launceston & Sandy Bay) from 1975-1991.
994 - - Peter Hudson (New Norfolk & Glenorchy) from 1963-1966, 1975-1976 & 1978-1981.
847 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) from 1927-1932 & 1935-1937.
- Record Individual Goalkicker (Season): TANFL
179 - - Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) - 1979.
- Record Individual Goalkicker (Season): TFL Statewide League
133 - - Paul Dac (New Norfolk) - 1991.
- Record Individual Goalkicker (Match): TANFL
18.2 - - Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) v Hobart - 1979 at TCA Ground.
- Record Individual Goalkicker (Match): TFL Statewide League
16.9 - - Simon Byrne (Glenorchy) v Launceston - 1995 at Windsor Park.
16.3 - - Ken Rainsford (Launceston) v Hobart - 3 May 1997 at North Hobart Oval.
15.6 - - Mark Williams (Devonport) v South Launceston - 18 August 1990 at Devonport Oval.
- Record Individual Goalkicker (Grand Final): TANFL
10 - - Alan Rait (North Hobart) v Cananore - 1932 at North Hobart Oval.
10 - - Terry Mayne (Clarence) v New Norfolk - 1970 at North Hobart Oval.
- Record Individual Goalkicker (Preliminary Final): TANFL
10 - - Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) v Clarence - 1976 at North Hobart Oval.
- Record Individual Goalkicker (2nd Semi Final): TANFL
11 - - David Garlick (Clarence) v New Norfolk - 1981 at North Hobart Oval.
10 - - Tony Browning (New Norfolk) v North Hobart - 1970 at North Hobart Oval
- Record Individual Goalkicker (1st Semi Final): TANFL
14 - - Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) v Hobart - 29 August 1981 at North Hobart Oval.
13 - - Wayne Ling (Clarence) v Hobart - 1976 at North Hobart Oval.
12 - - Darryl Sutton (North Hobart) v New Norfolk - 1 September 1984 at North Hobart Oval.
- Record Greatest Winning Margin: TANFL
173-points - - New Norfolk v Clarence (251-78) - 14 July 1983 at Boyer Oval.
- Record Greatest Winning Margin: TFL Statewide League
237-points - - Burnie Dockers v Hobart (238-1) - 8 June 1997 at North Hobart Oval.
- Record Roster Match Attendance: TANFL
8,760 - - Hobart v New Town - 14 June 1949 at North Hobart Oval.
- Record Roster Match Attendance: TFL Statewide League
5,625 - - Northern Bombers v Clarence - June 2000 at York Park
5,423 - - Burnie Hawks v Devonport Blues - 23 April 1988 at West Park.
5,075 - - Clarence v North Hobart - 13 June 1987 at Bellerive Oval.
4,697 - - Clarence v New Norfolk - 28 July 1990 at Bellerive Oval
- Top Five Finals Match Attendances: TANFL
24,968 - - Clarence v Glenorchy - 1979 TANFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.
24,413 - - Clarence v New Norfolk - 1970 TANFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.
22,193 - - Clarence v New Norfolk - 1981 TANFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.
20,775 - - Sandy Bay v New Norfolk - 1964 TANFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.
20,364 - - Sandy Bay v Clarence - 1971 TANFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.
- Top Five Finals Match Attendances: TFL Statewide League
17,878 - - Devonport Blues v Glenorchy - 1988 TFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.
17,094 - - North Hobart v Glenorchy - 1987 TFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.
16,528 - - North Hobart v Hobart - 1989 TFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.
16,111 - - Glenorchy v Sandy Bay - 1986 TFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.
15,633 - - Hobart v North Launceston - 1990 TFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Statistics from the Mercury newspaper
[edit] External links
- 2008 Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame Inductions
- AFL Southern Tasmania
- Northern Tasmanian Football League
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