Tasmanian Football League
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The Tasmanian Football League (TFL) is a defunct Australian rules football league from Tasmania, Australia.
| General Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1879 in Hobart | |
| Previous names | TFA, STFA & TANFL | |
| Participating clubs in 2000 | Burnie Dockers Clarence Kangaroos Devonport Power Glenorchy Magpies (North) Hobart Demons Northern Bombers | |
| Former clubs from 1986-1999 | Hobart Tigers Sandy Bay Seagulls New Norfolk Eagles South Launceston Bulldogs East Launceston Demons Launceston Raiders Burnie Hawks | |
| Stadiums | North Hobart Oval Aurora Stadium Bellerive Oval KGV Oval Devonport Oval West Park Oval | |
| 2000 Statewide League season. | ||
| Premiers | Clarence 15.15 (105) - Northern Bombers 8.8 (56) | |
| Grand Final attendance | 6,124 at York Park | |
| Darrel Baldock Medallist | Scott Allen - Clarence | |
| Minor Premiers | Northern Bombers | |
| Wooden spoon | Devonport Power | |
| William Leitch Medallist | Matthew Jones (Clarence), Darren Trevena (Nth Bombers) & Nathan Howard (Nth Bombers) | |
| Leading Goalkicker | Scott Allen (Clarence) - 80 | |
| Total Home and Away Series attendance | Not Available. | |
| Average Home and Away Series attendance | 1,000 (approx) | |
| Total Finals Series attendance | 13,000 | - --> |
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 1980-1985 the TANFL would be known as the Winfield League under a naming-rights sponsorship arrangement with a tobacco company.
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 twelve rounds into the new season before announcing it would merge with NTFA club City-South 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 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 1995.
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.
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.
Disbandment
The opportunistic Australian Football League stepped in and the TFL was rationalised and disbanded and fell under the umbrella of Football Tasmania (which was soon renamed AFL Tasmania). Four regional leagues replaced the Statewide League, consisting of 2 main North/South leagues and subsidiary regional leagues:
- SFL (AFL Southern Tasmania)
- SFL Regional League
- NTFL (Northern Tasmanian Football League)
Tasmanian State Football League Set To Return
After a hiatus of 8 years AFL Tasmania has announced plans for a return of the Tasmanian State Football League in 2009.
The concept has 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 believe the current push for a return of the league is 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, there will be ten (10) participating clubs.
Clarence, Glenorchy, North Hobart along with former Southern Amateur club Lauderdale and Hobart-Sandy Bay (a proposed merger of the Hobart & Sandy Bay Football Clubs) from 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 has been 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.
AFL Tasmania chief Dominic Baker stated in a media interview that the clubs had to agree to the plan by August 15 2008 or AFL Tasmania would turn its back on funding club football in Tasmania, instead funding the Tasmania Devils VFL side and the Tassie Mariners Under-18 team.
However, Southern clubs are still not easily convinced over the proposal with Glenorchy recently voting against joining, Clarence have expressed strong reservations in joining due to the lack of concrete information and also not wanting to be in a competition without their greatest rival (Glenorchy).
On July 28 Hobart held a meeting and rejected the current proposal, with the club deferring making a decision on joining until more information was furnished by AFL Tasmania and a log of claims by the club were thoroughly answered.
Former TFL club New Norfolk (1947-1999) were not invited to join the league because of their current financial plight.
Also, as a result of the new competition getting off the ground, the Tasmanian Devils were removed from the VFL.
Post-1945 TFL Clubs
1945-1997 
- Hobart Football Club.
1881-1998 
- North Hobart Football Club.
1999-2000 - Hobart Demons Football Club.
1957-2000 
- Glenorchy District Football Club.
1947-2000 
- Clarence District Football Club.
1947-1997 File:StKildaDesign.png - 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.
Pre-1945 TANFL Clubs & Their Colours
1908-1941 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore Football Club.
1898-1941 
- Lefroy Football Club.
1879-1885 
- Cricketers Football Club.
1906-1907 File:WodenDesign.png - Derwent Football Club.
1921-1941 File:WoodvilleDesign.png - New Town Football Club.
1945-1956 - New Town 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 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Union Football Club.
1898-1898 
- Summerton Football Club.
1879-1896 
- City Football Club.
Wilson Bailey Trophy Winners
Presented to the best & fairest player in the TFL/TANFL.
1927 File:WoodvilleDesign.png - K.Roberts (New Town)
1928 File:WoodvilleDesign.png - G.Cole (New Town)
1929 File:WoodvilleDesign.png - A.Leitch (New Town)
George Watt Medallists
Presented to the best & fairest player in the TANFL.
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)
William Leitch Medallists
Presented to the best & fairest player in the TANFL/TFL Statewide League
1930 File:ClaremontDesign.png - J.Billet (Cananore)
1931 File:ClaremontDesign.png - A.Collier (Cananore)
1932 - L.Pye (North Hobart) & File:ClaremontDesign.png - P.Burnell (Cananore)
1933 File:WoodvilleDesign.png - E.Hanlon (New Town) & - B.Edwards (North Hobart)
1934 - S.Sproule (North Hobart) & File:WoodvilleDesign.png - E.Hanlon (New Town)
1940 File:ClaremontDesign.png - G.Kilmartin (Cananore)
1941 - M.Abbott (North Hobart)
1945 - E.Reid (North Hobart)
1946 - E.Pilkington (Sandy Bay)
1947 - J.Sullivan (Hobart)
1948 File:StKildaDesign.png - J.Brown (New Norfolk)
1949 
- H.Yaxley (Clarence)
1950 - W.Smart (Sandy Bay)
1951 File:StKildaDesign.png - R.Garwood (New Norfolk)
1952 File:StKildaDesign.png - C.Busch (New Norfolk)
1953 - T.Cashion (Sandy Bay)
1954 File:StKildaDesign.png - B.Roe (New Norfolk)
1955 File:StKildaDesign.png - R.Garwood (New Norfolk)
1956 - R.Lewis (Sandy Bay)
1957 - T.Leo (Hobart)
1958 File:StKildaDesign.png - R.Garwood (New Norfolk)
1959 - M.Pascoe (Hobart) & - M.Steele (Sandy Bay)
1960 - S.Spencer (Clarence)
1961 File:StKildaDesign.png - R.Browning (New Norfolk)
1962 File:StKildaDesign.png - R.Browning (New Norfolk)
1963 - G.Whitton (Sandy Bay)
1964 - D.Sullivan (Hobart)
1965 - B.Payne (Hobart)
1966 - B.Payne (Hobart)
1967 - J.Richmond (Clarence), - S.Spencer (Clarence) & - N.Johnston (Glenorchy)
1968 - R.Lucas (Clarence)
1969 - R.Steele (Sandy Bay)
1970 - R.Steele (Sandy Bay)
1971 - R.Olsson (Sandy Bay)
1972 File:StKildaDesign.png - R.Graham (New Norfolk)
1973 - R.Olsson (Sandy Bay)
1974 File:StKildaDesign.png - T.Browning (New Norfolk)
1975 - T.Sprigg (Glenorchy)
1976 - T.Sorrell (Clarence)
1977 - M.Hawkins (North Hobart)
1978 - P.Hudson (Glenorchy)
1979 - P.Hudson (Glenorchy)
1980 - G.Linton (Glenorchy)
1981 File:StKildaDesign.png - R.Dykes (New Norfolk)
1982 - T.Martyn (Sandy Bay)
1983 - T.Martyn (Sandy Bay)
1984 - S.Wade (Hobart)
1985 File:StKildaDesign.png - G.Hunnibell (New Norfolk)
1986 - A.Bennett (Sandy Bay)
1987 - D.Code (Devonport Blues)
1988 - A.Fletcher (Glenorchy) & - M.Seddon (Sandy Bay)
1989 - S.Wade (Clarence)
1990 File:StKildaDesign.png - R.Hanlon (New Norfolk)
1991 - G.Williamson (Clarence)
1992 - J.Gibson (North Launceston)
1993 - D.Perry (North Hobart) & File:StKildaDesign.png - R.Peters (New Norfolk)
1994 - M.Maple (North Hobart)
1995 - D.Noonan (Clarence) & - G.Wiggins (Sandy Bay)
1996 - D.Noonan (Clarence)
1997 - F.Carelli (Devonport Power)
1998 - W.Weidemann (Devonport Power)
1999 - B.Atkin (Glenorchy)
2000 - M.Jones (Clarence), - D.Trevena (Nth Bombers) & - N.Howard (Nth Bombers)
A History Of Grand Finals: 1879-2000
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)
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.
TFL Grand Finals: 1906-1927
1906 File:WodenDesign.png - Derwent declared premier.
1907 - Lefroy declared premier.
1908 - North Hobart 2.7 (19) v Lefroy 1.9 (15) - Att: - Upper Cricket Ground
1909 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 3.11 (29) v Lefroy 0.6 (6) - Att: - at Upper Cricket Ground
1910 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore declared premier.
1911 File:ClaremontDesign.png - 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 File:ClaremontDesign.png - 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 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 6.18 (54) v North Hobart 4.5 (29) - Att 7,000 at Upper Cricket Ground
1922 File:ClaremontDesign.png - 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) - 6,000 at North Hobart Oval
1924 - Lefroy 8.3 (51) v Cananore 4.11 (35) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1925 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 15.14 (104) v North Hobart 7.9 (51) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1926 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 14.8 (92) v New Town 8.12 (60) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1927 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 13.10 (88) v Lefroy 7.16 (58) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
TANFL Grand Finals: 1928-1941
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 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 9.12 (66) v North Hobart 9.12 (66) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1931 File:ClaremontDesign.png - 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 File:ClaremontDesign.png - 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 File:WoodvilleDesign.png - 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: - 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: - 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.
TANFL Grand Finals: 1945-1985
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 File:StKildaDesign.png - 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: - 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: 15,984 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 3.14 (32) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1978 - Sandy Bay 11.14 (80) v Glenorchy 9.15 (69) - Att: - 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 File:StKildaDesign.png - 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: 14,991 at North Hobart Oval
1985 - Glenorchy 10.15 (75) v Clarence 10.11 (71) - Att: 16,561 at North Hobart Oval
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: 17,300 at North Hobart Oval
1988 - Devonport Blues 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: 16,563 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
Tasmanian State Grand Finals: 1904-1978
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
1905 - North Launceston 4.8 (32) v North Hobart 3.10 (28) - Att: 2,000 at NTCA Ground
1906 - North Launceston 6.25 (61) v North Hobart 4.10 (34) - Att: - at NTCA Ground
1909 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 6.10 (46) v Launceston 2.6 (18)
1910 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 7.14 (56) v City 4.5 (29)
1911 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 16.18 (114) v North Launceston 1.4 (10)
1912 - Lefroy 8.9 (57) v North Launceston 4.10 (34)
1913 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore defeated Launceston on forfeit.
1914 - North Hobart 8.18 (66) v City 4.9 (33)
1920 - North Hobart 7.8 (50) v Launceston 2.14 (26) - Att: 5,000 at NTCA Ground
1921 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 13.14 (92) v City 8.8 (56) - Att: - at Upper Cricket Ground
1922 File:ClaremontDesign.png - 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 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 20.17 (137) v North Launceston 9.12 (66) - Att: 6,000 at North Hobart Oval
1926 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 7.10 (52) v Launceston 5.20 (50) - Att: - at York Park
1927 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 12.20 (92) v North Launceston 10.15 (75) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1928 - City 9.10 (64) v North Hobart 3.14 (32) - Att: - at York Park
1929 - North Hobart 11.12 (78) v Launceston 9.15 (69) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1930 - City 14.10 (94) v Lefroy 5.6 (36) - Att: - at York Park
1931 File:ClaremontDesign.png - Cananore 7.7 (49) v North Launceston 7.6 (48) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1932 - City 7.14 (56) v North Hobart 7.6 (48) - Att - at York Park
1933 - Launceston 13.16 (94) v Cananore 12.13 (85) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1934 - Launceston 8.11 (59) v North Hobart 5.12 (42) - Att: - at York Park
1935 - Launceston 15.17 (107) v New Town 6.6 (42) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1936 - North Hobart 9.7 (61) v Launceston 6.8 (44) - Att: - at York Park
1937 - Launceston 16.9 (105) v Lefroy 12.12 (84) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1938 - Launceston 16.9 (105) v North Hobart 5.9 (39) - Att: - at York Park
1939 - North Hobart 13.13 (91) v City 12.13 (85) - Att: - 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
1947 - North Launceston 19.16 (130) v North Hobart 10.9 (69) - Att: - at York Park
1948 - New Town 16.9 (105) v North Launceston 16.7 (103) - Att: 8,387 at North Hobart Oval
1949 - North Launceston 13.17 (95) v New Town 8.7 (55) - Att: 11,000 at York Park
1950 - North Launceston 14.9 (93) v Hobart 8.10 (58) - Att: 10,000 at North Hobart Oval
1954 - City 9.16 (70) v Hobart 6.10 (46) Att: - at York Park
1955 - Ulverstone 19.12 (126) v Longford 12.13 (85) - Att: - at York Park
1956 - New Town 14.15 (99) v Ulverstone 10.11 (71) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1957 - Longford 14.16 (100) v North Hobart 12.7 (79) - Att: 12,546 at York Park
1958 - Glenorchy 7.11 (53) v Burnie Tigers 6.11 (47) - Att: - at Devonport Oval
1959 - Hobart 14.11 (95) v Burnie Tigers 9.14 (68) - Att: 13,223 at North Hobart Oval
1960 - City-South 15.17 (107) v Burnie Tigers 12.17 (89) - Att: - at York Park
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: - at North Hobart Oval
1963 - Burnie Tigers 8.25 (73) v North Launceston 6.13 (49) - Att: - at York Park
1964 File:WoodvilleDesign.png - Cooee 15.16 (106) v Scottsdale 14.14 (98) - Att: - at West Park
1965 - Glenorchy 11.16 (82) v Scottsdale 9.8 (62) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1966 - City-South 10.15 (75) v Hobart 9.13 (67) - Att: - at York Park
1967 - North Hobart v Wynyard - (Match abandoned) - Att: 8,289 at West Park
1968 File:StKildaDesign.png - 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: - at York Park
1970 - Latrobe 15.10 (100) v Clarence 9.11 (65) - Att: - at Devonport Oval
1971 - Sandy Bay 12.14 (86) v Latrobe 8.17 (65) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1972 - City-South 14.14 (98) v Latrobe 8.14 (62) - Att: 10,551 at York Park
1973 - Scottsdale 16.20 (116) v Cooee 15.13 (103) - Att: 8,269 at West Park
1975 - Glenorchy 18.24 (132) v North Launceston 16.12 (108) - Att: - at North Hobart Oval
1976 - Ulverstone 17.19 (121) v Launceston 10.14 (74) - Att: - at York Park
1978 File:WoodvilleDesign.png - Cooee 19.25 (139) v Sandy Bay 16.17 (113) - Att: - at West Park
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
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
TFL Leading Goalkicker: 1906-1927
1906 - - T.Mills (North Hobart) - 13
1907 - - W.Lee (North Hobart) - 14
1908 - - G.Cook (North Hobart) - 24
1909 - File:ClaremontDesign.png - F.Burton (Cananore) - 11
1910 - File:ClaremontDesign.png - C.Ward (Cananore) - 16
1911 - File:ClaremontDesign.png - C.Ward (Cananore) - 24
1912 - - A.Jones (Lefroy) - 17
1913 - File:ClaremontDesign.png - 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 - File:ClaremontDesign.png - J.Brain (Cananore) - 47
1925 - File:ClaremontDesign.png - F.Ahearne (Cananore) - 50
1926 - File:ClaremontDesign.png - J.Brain (Cananore) - 64
1927 - File:ClaremontDesign.png - F.Ahearne (Cananore) - 45
TANFL Leading Goalkicker: 1928-1985
1928 - File:WoodvilleDesign.png - 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 - File:WoodvilleDesign.png - 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 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) - 79
1964 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) - 86
1965 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) - 110
1966 - File:StKildaDesign.png - 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 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Wayne Fox (New Norfolk) - 135
1984 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Wayne Fox (New Norfolk) - 93
1985 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Wayne Fox (New Norfolk) - 130
TFL Statewide League Leading Goalkicker: 1986-2000
1986 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Wayne Fox (New Norfolk) - 105
1987 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Paul Dac (New Norfolk) - 80
1988 - - Wayne Fox (Hobart) - 110
1989 - - Shane Fell (Glenorchy) - 114
1990 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Paul Dac (New Norfolk) - 103
1991 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Paul Dac (New Norfolk) - 133
1992 - - Byron Howard (North Hobart) - 90
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
TANFL & TFL Records
- All-Time Individual Games Record Holder: TANFL/TFL Statewide League
312 - - Kevin Baker (Glenorchy) from 1957-1973
- All-Time Record No. Premierships As Coach: TANFL
6 - - Jack Metherell (North Hobart) in 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945 & 1947.
- 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) - File:StKildaDesign.png - 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
- Record Individual Goalkicker (History): TANFL/TFL
1049 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Wayne Fox
(Glenorchy, New Norfolk, Hobart, South Launceston & Sandy Bay) from 1975-1991.
994 - File:StKildaDesign.png - 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 - File:StKildaDesign.png - 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 - 1997 at North Hobart 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 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Tony Browning (New Norfolk) v North Hobart - 1968 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 - 1984 at North Hobart Oval.
- Record Greatest Winning Margin: TANFL
173-points - File:StKildaDesign.png - 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 - File:StKildaDesign.png - 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 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Clarence v New Norfolk - 1970 TANFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.
22,193 - File:StKildaDesign.png - Clarence v New Norfolk - 1981 TANFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.
20,775 - File:StKildaDesign.png - 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.
17,300 - - North Hobart v Glenorchy - 1987 TFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.
16,563 - - 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.