1965 TANFL season

The 1965 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over nineteen (19) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 3 April and 18 September 1965.

1965 TANFL Premiership Season
General Information
Founded 12 June 1879 in Hobart, Tasmania
Previous Names TFA (1879–1886)
STFA (1887–1896)
STFL (1897)
STFA (1898–1905)
TFL (1906–1927)
TANFL President Mr Merv McNeair O.B.E
Participating Clubs Clarence Kangaroos
Glenorchy Magpies
Hobart Tigers
New Norfolk Eagles
North Hobart Robins
Sandy Bay Seagulls
Stadiums North Hobart Oval
Bellerive Oval
KGV Football Park
TCA Ground
Boyer Oval
Queenborough Oval
1965 TANFL Premiership Season.
Premiers Glenorchy 10.15 (75) v North Hobart 6.8 (44)
Minor Premier Glenorchy
Wooden Spooner Sandy Bay (2nd)
Grand Final attendance 18,548 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance 235,131 for 57 matches at 4,125
Total Finals Series attendance 57,801 for 4 matches at 14,450
Total aggregate attendance 292,932 for 61 matches at 4,802 (Record)

Participating Clubs

1965 TANFL Club Coaches

  • Geoff Frier (Clarence)
  • Bobby Parsons (Glenorchy)
  • Mal Pascoe (Hobart)
  • Trevor Leo (New Norfolk)
  • Dick Grimmond (North Hobart)
  • Rex Geard (Sandy Bay)

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

(Saturday, 25 September 1965)

State Grand Final

(Saturday, 25 September 1965)

  • Glenorchy: 0.7 (7) | 8.10 (58) | 10.13 (73) | 11.16 (82)
  • Scottsdale: 1.4 (10) | 4.7 (31) | 7.8 (50) | 9.8 (62)
  • Attendance: 13,762 at North Hobart Oval

Note: Glenorchy (TANFL guernsey) and Scottsdale (NTFA guernsey) wore alternate strips due to a guernseys clash.

Intrastate Matches

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 1 May 1965)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 5 June 1965)

Inter-Association Match (Saturday, 26 June 1965)

Interstate Match

Interstate Match (Saturday, 26 June 1965)

Interstate Matches (Sunday, 18 July 1965)

  • Victorian FA 12.11 (83) v Tasmania 11.10 (76) – Att: 10,000 at Toorak Park, Melbourne.

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

  • Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) – 110

Medal Winners

  • Burnie Payne (Hobart) – William Leitch Medal
  • Ken Latham (New Norfolk) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • Royce Hart (Clarence) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
  • Max McMahon (Glenorchy) & Danny Jones (Sandy Bay) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best player/s in Intrastate matches)

1965 TANFL Ladder

Team Played Won Lost Draw For Against Percentage Points
Glenorchy 19126113501326101.05%50
New Norfolk 19127015971320120.99%48
North Hobart 19108114441424101.40%42
Hobart 1910901423145298.00%40
Clarence 1981101464146699.77%32
Sandy Bay 1941501437171783.66%16

Round 1

(Saturday, 3 April 1965)

Round 2

(Saturday, 10 April 1965)

Round 3

(Saturday, 17 April & Monday, 19 April 1965)

Round 4

(Saturday, 24 April 1965)

Round 5

(Saturday, 1 May 1965)

Round 6

(Saturday, 8 May 1965)

Round 7

(Saturday, 15 May 1965)

Round 8

(Saturday, 22 May 1965)

Round 9

(Saturday, 29 May 1965)

Round 10

(Saturday, 12 June & Monday, 14 June 1965)

Round 11

(Saturday, 19 June 1965)

Round 12

(Saturday, 3 July 1965)

Round 13

(Saturday, 10 July 1965)

  • Nth Hobart 14.16 (100) v Sandy Bay 14.15 (99) – Att: 3,913 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Norfolk 16.13 (109) v Hobart 13.17 (95) – Att: 3,522 at TCA Ground
  • Glenorchy 12.17 (89) v Clarence 10.4 (64) – Att: 3,901 at KGV Park

Round 14

(Saturday, 17 July 1965)

Round 15

(Saturday, 24 July 1965)

Round 16

(Saturday, 31 July 1965)

Round 17

(Saturday, 7 August 1965)

Round 18

(Saturday, 14 August 1965)

Round 19

(Saturday, 21 August 1965)

Note: Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) kicks his 100th goal for the season.

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 28 August 1965)

  • Nth Hobart: 4.5 (29) | 6.7 (43) | 9.13 (67) | 11.14 (80)
  • Hobart: 3.4 (22) | 6.5 (41) | 9.8 (62) | 10.12 (72)
  • Attendance: 11,085 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 4 September 1965)

  • Glenorchy: 5.6 (36) | 6.13 (49) | 8.18 (66) | 10.20 (80)
  • New Norfolk: 1.2 (8) | 1.12 (18) | 2.14 (26) | 5.16 (46)
  • Attendance: 14,438 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 11 September 1965)

  • Nth Hobart: 3.2 (20) | 5.6 (36) | 9.8 (62) | 15.8 (98)
  • New Norfolk: 6.4 (40) | 11.4 (70) | 12.7 (79) | 15.7 (97)
  • Attendance: 13,730 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

(Saturday, 18 September 1965)

  • Glenorchy: 3.3 (21) | 5.7 (37) | 6.8 (44) | 10.15 (75)
  • Nth Hobart: 4.1 (25) | 5.1 (31) | 5.8 (38) | 6.8 (44)
  • Attendance: 18,548 at North Hobart Oval

Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.

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