1996 TFL Statewide League season

1996 TFL Statewide League Club Coaches

• Peter German (Burnie Dockers)
• Grant Fagan (Clarence)
• Andy Goodwin (Devonport)
• Paul Hamilton (Glenorchy)
• Wayne Petterd & Gary Williamson (Hobart)
• Michael Lockman (Launceston)
• Darren Dennemann (New Norfolk)
• Ricky Hanlon (North Hobart)
• Wes Lewis (North Launceston)
• Lance Spaulding (Sandy Bay)
• Peter Curran (South Launceston)

TFL Statewide League Reserves Grand Final

• Burnie Dockers 12.9 (81) v Clarence 9.20 (74) – North Hobart Oval

TFL Statewide League Colts (Under-19's) Grand Final

• Devonport 17.18 (120) v Nth Hobart 9.10 (64) – North Hobart Oval

Leading Goalkickers: TFL Statewide League

• Justin Plapp (Burnie Dockers) – 98
• Jason Gibson (Nth Launceston) – 92
• Ken Rainsford (Launceston) – 68
• Chris McGurk (Devonport) – 59

Medal Winners

• Danny Noonan (Clarence) – William Leitch Medal
• Daniel Hulm (Clarence) – Darrel Baldock Medal (Best player in TFL Grand Final)
• Brent Thomas (Launceston) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
• Brent Dickson (Hobart) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)

Interstate Matches

Interstate Match (Saturday, 1 June 1996)

• VFL 15.18 (108) v Tasmania 13.8 (86) – Att: 35,612 at Melbourne Cricket Ground (Double Header)

Round 1

(Saturday, 6 April & Monday, 8 April 1996)

• Sandy Bay 13.7 (85) v Sth Launceston 12.8 (80) – Att: 762 at North Hobart Oval
• Clarence 19.16 (130) v Nth Launceston 19.5 (119) – Att: 1,097 at York Park
• Devonport 15.9 (99) v Nth Hobart 4.8 (32) – Att: 1,038 at Devonport Oval
• New Norfolk 10.10 (70) v Glenorchy 9.9 (63) – Att: 1,974 at KGV Football Park (Monday)
• Burnie Dockers 25.10 (160) v Launceston 8.13 (61) – Att: 963 at Windsor Park (Monday)
• Bye: Hobart.

Round 2

(Saturday, 13 April & Sunday, 14 April 1996)

• Clarence 20.16 (136) v Nth Hobart 8.6 (54) – Att: 1,291 at Bellerive Oval
• New Norfolk 14.15 (99) v Devonport 13.9 (87) – Att: 1,474 at Boyer Oval
• Burnie Dockers 19.12 (126) v Glenorchy 4.10 (34) – Att: 1,273 at West Park Oval
• Sandy Bay 15.18 (108) v Hobart 14.9 (93) – Att: 1,121 at TCA Ground (Sunday)
• Sth Launceston 20.10 (130) v Nth Launceston 17.7 (109) – Att: 1,286 at Youngtown Memorial Ground (Sunday)
• Bye: Launceston.

Round 3

(Saturday, 20 April & Sunday, 21 April 1996)

• Sth Launceston 12.21 (93) v Nth Hobart 11.8 (74) – Att: 748 at North Hobart Oval
• Glenorchy 12.21 (93) v Launceston 4.13 (37) – Att: 897 at KGV Football Park
• New Norfolk 13.12 (90) v Clarence 12.16 (88) – Att: 1,897 at Bellerive Oval
• Nth Launceston 10.17 (77) v Hobart 5.13 (43) – Att: 910 at York Park
• Burnie Dockers 14.12 (96) v Devonport 10.10 (70) – Att: 3,093 at Devonport Oval (Sunday)
• Bye: Sandy Bay.

Round 4

(Thursday, 25 April & Saturday, 27 April 1996)

• Hobart 15.11 (101) v Nth Hobart 8.15 (63) – Att: 1,204 at North Hobart Oval (Anzac Day)
• Nth Launceston 13.16 (94) v Sandy Bay 12.3 (75) – Att: 813 at North Hobart Oval
• New Norfolk 19.17 (131) v Sth Launceston 8.9 (57) – Att: 1,572 at Boyer Oval
• Launceston 14.13 (97) v Devonport 11.10 (76) – Att: 680 at York Park
• Burnie Dockers 17.10 (112) v Clarence 11.16 (82) – Att: 2,622 at West Park Oval
• Bye: Glenorchy.

Round 5

(Saturday, 4 May 1996)

• Sandy Bay 12.14 (86) v Nth Hobart 9.12 (66) – Att: 1,005 at North Hobart Oval
• Clarence 17.19 (121) v Launceston 15.10 (100) – Att: 1,243 at Bellerive Oval
• New Norfolk 13.19 (97) v Hobart 7.13 (55) – Att: 1,420 at Boyer Oval
• Burnie Dockers 20.14 (134) v Sth Launceston 13.9 (87) – Att: 1,211 at York Park
• Glenorchy 15.9 (99) v Devonport 12.12 (84) – Att: 1,086 at Devonport Oval
• Bye: Nth Launceston.

Round 6

(Saturday, 11 May & Sunday, 12 May 1996)

• Burnie Dockers 18.13 (121) v Hobart 13.8 (86) – Att: 828 at North Hobart Oval
• Clarence 14.12 (96) v Glenorchy 12.10 (82) – Att: 1,674 at KGV Football Park
• Nth Launceston 25.13 (163) v Nth Hobart 7.9 (51) – Att: 779 at York Park
• New Norfolk 12.8 (80) v Sandy Bay 8.14 (62) – Att: 1,148 at North Hobart Oval (Sunday)
• Launceston 15.7 (97) v Sth Launceston 9.9 (63) – Att: 861 at Windsor Park (Sunday)
• Bye: Devonport.

Round 7

(Saturday, 18 May 1996)

• Launceston 17.12 (114) v Hobart 10.16 (76) – Att: 724 at TCA Ground
• Clarence 17.6 (108) v Devonport 8.16 (64) – Att: 1,077 at Bellerive Oval
• Nth Launceston 19.7 (121) v New Norfolk 11.8 (74) – Att: 1,411 at Boyer Oval
• Glenorchy 22.15 (147) v Sth Launceston 6.2 (38) – Att: 710 at Youngtown Memorial Ground
• Burnie Dockers 25.13 (163) v Sandy Bay 12.6 (78) – Att: 1,799 at West Park Oval
• Bye: Nth Hobart.

Round 8

(Saturday, 25 May & Sunday, 26 May 1996)

• Sandy Bay 17.13 (115) v Launceston 13.9 (87) – Att: 955 at Queenborough Oval
• Hobart 11.17 (83) v Glenorchy 9.15 (69) – Att: 1,242 at KGV Football Park
• Nth Launceston 27.12 (174) v Burnie Dockers 8.10 (58) – Att: 2,557 at York Park
• Devonport 12.9 (81) v Sth Launceston 13.3 (81) – Att: 1,126 at Devonport Oval
• New Norfolk 23.16 (154) v Nth Hobart 8.10 (58) – Att: 1,304 at North Hobart Oval (Sunday)
• Bye: Clarence.

Note: As of 2013, the game at Devonport Oval is the most recent drawn match in the TFL or TSL.

Round 9

(Saturday, 8 June, Sunday, 9 June & Monday, 10 June 1996)

• Devonport 14.11 (95) v Hobart 8.7 (55) – Att: 762 at North Hobart Oval
• Glenorchy 11.20 (86) v Sandy Bay 3.5 (23) – Att: 988 at KGV Football Park
• Burnie Dockers 19.21 (135) v Nth Hobart 6.6 (42) – Att: 1,372 at West Park Oval
• Clarence 15.18 (108) v Sth Launceston 16.6 (102) – Att: 693 at York Park (Sunday)
• Nth Launceston 17.10 (112) v Launceston 11.8 (74) – Att: 1,569 at York Park (Monday)
• Bye: New Norfolk.

Round 10

(Saturday, 15 June 1996)

• Launceston 17.12 (114) v Nth Hobart 15.9 (99) – Att: 559 at North Hobart Oval
• Clarence 21.13 (139) v Hobart 7.11 (53) – Att: 1,081 at Bellerive Oval
• Burnie Dockers 17.10 (112) v New Norfolk 15.10 (100) – Att: 1,444 at Boyer Oval
• Nth Launceston 19.9 (123) v Glenorchy 9.12 (66) – Att: 1,137 at York Park
• Devonport 14.13 (97) v Sandy Bay 10.11 (71) – Att: 1,201 at Devonport Oval
• Bye: Sth Launceston.

Round 11

(Saturday, 22 June & Sunday, 23 June 1996)

• Hobart 17.10 (112) v Sth Launceston 12.11 (83) – Att: 614 at TCA Ground
• Glenorchy 19.10 (124) v Nth Hobart 11.11 (77) – Att: 939 at KGV Football Park
• New Norfolk 21.9 (135) v Launceston 13.11 (89) – Att: 770 at Windsor Park
• Devonport 11.11 (77) v Nth Launceston 10.8 (68) – Att: 2,122 at Devonport Oval (Sunday)
• Clarence 18.19 (127) v Sandy Bay 11.8 (74) – Att: 1,058 at North Hobart Oval (Sunday)
• Bye: Burnie Dockers.

Round 12

(Saturday, 29 June & Sunday, 30 June 1996)

• Devonport 19.17 (131) v Nth Hobart 11.10 (76) – Att: 602 at North Hobart Oval
• Nth Launceston 14.8 (92) v Clarence 11.13 (79) – Att: 1,450 at Bellerive Oval
• Sth Launceston 13.12 (90) v Sandy Bay 5.6 (36) – Att: 451 at Youngtown Memorial Ground
• Launceston 14.9 (93) v Burnie Dockers 13.13 (91) – Att: 955 at West Park Oval
• New Norfolk 13.10 (88) v Glenorchy 12.11 (83) – Att: 1,591 at Boyer Oval (Sunday)
• Bye: Hobart.

Round 13

(Saturday, 6 July & Sunday, 7 July 1996)

• Sandy Bay 21.12 (138) v Hobart 16.9 (105) – Att: 871 at Queenborough Oval
• Glenorchy 13.18 (96) v Burnie Dockers 10.12 (72) – Att: 1,540 at KGV Football Park
• Devonport 15.17 (107) v New Norfolk 4.11 (35) – Att: 960 at Devonport Oval
• Clarence 22.10 (142) v Nth Hobart 10.12 (72) – Att: 870 at North Hobart Oval (Sunday)
• Nth Launceston 13.15 (93) v Sth Launceston 9.6 (60) – Att: 2,016 at York Park (Sunday)
• Bye: Launceston.

Round 14

(Saturday, 13 July & Sunday, 14 July 1996)

• Nth Launceston 14.11 (95) v Hobart 8.6 (54) – Att: 663 at North Hobart Oval
• Sth Launceston 14.13 (97) v Nth Hobart 8.8 (56) – Att: 544 at Youngtown Memorial Ground
• Glenorchy 16.13 (109) v Launceston 10.10 (70) – Att: 798 at Windsor Park
• Clarence 19.19 (133) v New Norfolk 4.7 (31) – Att: 1,676 at Boyer Oval (Sunday)
• Burnie Dockers 10.13 (73) v Devonport 6.11 (47) – Att: 5,078 at West Park Oval (Sunday)
• Bye: Sandy Bay.

Round 15

(Saturday, 20 July & Sunday, 21 July 1996)

• Clarence 12.12 (84) v Burnie Dockers 11.6 (72) – Att: 1,511 at Bellerive Oval
• Nth Launceston 18.19 (127) v Sandy Bay 12.9 (81) – Att: 726 at York Park
• New Norfolk 19.9 (123) v Sth Launceston 13.8 (86) – Att: 665 at Youngtown Memorial Ground
• Devonport 37.9 (231) v Launceston 10.6 (66) – Att: 1,591 at Devonport Oval
• Hobart 11.16 (82) v Nth Hobart 10.7 (67) – Att: 1,125 at North Hobart Oval (Sunday)
• Bye: Glenorchy.

Round 16

(Saturday, 27 July & Sunday, 28 July 1996)

• New Norfolk 12.21 (93) v Hobart 13.6 (84) – Att: 1,694 at North Hobart Oval
• Glenorchy 15.11 (101) v Devonport 10.9 (69) – Att: 1,018 at KGV Football Park
• Clarence 13.14 (92) v Launceston 7.12 (54) – Att: 497 at York Park
• Burnie Dockers 22.22 (154) v Sth Launceston 8.5 (53) – Att: 1,448 at West Park Oval
• Nth Hobart 15.14 (104) v Sandy Bay 13.9 (87) – Att: 705 at North Hobart Oval (Sunday)
• Bye: Nth Launceston.

Round 17

(Saturday, 3 August & Sunday, 4 August 1996)

• Nth Launceston 16.13 (109) v Nth Hobart 5.4 (34) – Att: 645 at North Hobart Oval
• New Norfolk 17.10 (112) v Sandy Bay 4.5 (29) – Att: 886 at Boyer Oval
• Burnie Dockers 14.18 (102) v Hobart 0.5 (5) – Att: 808 at West Park Oval *
• Clarence 11.6 (72) v Glenorchy 8.5 (53) – Att: 1,318 at Bellerive Oval (Sunday)
• Launceston 14.7 (91) v Sth Launceston 7.8 (50) – Att: 617 at York Park (Sunday)
• Bye: Devonport.

Note: Hobart becomes the first TFL club to record a goalless match since Clarence at KGV in 1958.

Round 18

(Saturday, 10 August 1996)

• Burnie Dockers 18.16 (124) v Sandy Bay 4.9 (33) – Att: 590 at North Hobart Oval
• Sth Launceston 12.6 (78) v Glenorchy 10.6 (66) – Att: 764 at KGV Football Park
• Nth Launceston 20.14 (134) v New Norfolk 12.5 (77) – Att: 1,341 at York Park
• Launceston 17.15 (117) v Hobart 9.10 (64) – Att: 399 at Windsor Park *
• Clarence 19.8 (122) v Devonport 8.6 (54) – Att: 1,390 at Devonport Oval
• Bye: Nth Hobart.

Note: Official attendance of 399 is the lowest recorded attendance in the history of Statewide League football.

Round 19

(Saturday, 17 August & Sunday, 18 August 1996)

• Hobart 10.18 (78) v Glenorchy 9.10 (64) – Att: 1,173 at North Hobart Oval
• New Norfolk 14.17 (101) v Nth Hobart 1.3 (9) – Att: 841 at Boyer Oval
• Launceston 9.10 (64) v Sandy Bay 3.8 (26) – Att: 402 at Windsor Park
• Devonport 14.7 (91) v Sth Launceston 7.7 (49) – Att: 678 at Youngtown Memorial Ground (Sunday)
• Burnie Dockers 10.13 (73) v Nth Launceston 6.4 (40) – Att: 2,531 at West Park Oval (Sunday)
• Bye: Clarence.

Round 20

(Saturday, 24 August & Sunday, 25 August 1996)

• Burnie Dockers 24.20 (164) v Nth Hobart 10.9 (69) – Att: 548 at North Hobart Oval
• Clarence 20.16 (136) v Sth Launceston 12.12 (84) – Att: 1,001 at Bellerive Oval
• Nth Launceston 19.22 (136) v Launceston 8.5 (53) – Att: 1,088 at York Park
• Devonport 16.16 (112) v Hobart 6.5 (41) – Att: 1,082 at Devonport Oval
• Glenorchy 19.18 (132) v Sandy Bay 4.10 (34) – Att: 782 at North Hobart Oval (Sunday)
• Bye: New Norfolk.

Round 21

(Saturday, 31 August & Sunday, 1 September 1996)

• Devonport 19.9 (123) v Sandy Bay 7.9 (51) – Att: 992 at North Hobart Oval
• Nth Launceston 15.15 (105) v Glenorchy 14.15 (99) – Att: 1,012 at KGV Football Park
• Launceston 24.11 (155) v Nth Hobart 7.10 (52) – Att: 486 at Windsor Park
• Burnie Dockers 17.19 (121) v New Norfolk 12.12 (84) – Att: 1,924 at West Park Oval
• Clarence 35.17 (227) v Hobart 5.4 (34) – Att: 804 at North Hobart Oval (Sunday) *
• Bye: Sth Launceston.

Note: This match was Hobart's 1000th TANFL/TFL match (the club's 1,016th senior match overall).

Round 22

(Saturday, 7 September & Sunday, 8 September 1996)

• Glenorchy 33.15 (213) v Nth Hobart 11.8 (74) – Att: 837 at North Hobart Oval
• Clarence 19.19 (133) v Sandy Bay 5.8 (38) – Att: 2,243 at Bellerive Oval
• New Norfolk 19.12 (126) v Launceston 14.9 (93) – Att: 867 at Boyer Oval
• Sth Launceston 16.16 (112) v Hobart 2.12 (24) – Att: 490 at York Park
• Nth Launceston 17.11 (113) v Devonport 9.11 (65) – Att: 1,509 at York Park (Sunday)
• Bye: Burnie Dockers.

Elimination Final

(Sunday, 15 September 1996)

• Devonport: 4.1 (25) | 9.3 (57) | 16.4 (100) | 20.5 (125)
• New Norfolk: 3.2 (20) | 9.5 (59) | 11.9 (75) | 13.10 (88)
• Attendance: 2,045 at North Hobart Oval

Qualifying Final

(Sunday, 15 September 1996)

• Nth Launceston: 6.1 (37) | 7.1 (43) | 10.10 (70) | 11.12 (78)
• Burnie Dockers: 3.2 (20) | 4.5 (29) | 6.5 (41) | 9.11 (65)
• Attendance: 3,006 at West Park Oval

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 21 September 1996)

• Clarence Roos: 5.2 (32) | 9.7 (61) | 11.11 (77) | 18.15 (123)
• Nth Launceston: 1.5 (11) | 3.8 (26) | 8.13 (61) | 10.14 (74)
• Attendance: 2,100 at North Hobart Oval

First Semi Final

(Sunday, 22 September 1996)

• Burnie Dockers: 8.2 (50) | 11.6 (72) | 15.9 (99) | 18.9 (117)
• Devonport Blues: 3.5 (23) | 9.6 (60) | 12.8 (80) | 13.9 (87)
• Attendance: 5,322 at West Park Oval

Preliminary Final

(Sunday, 29 September 1996)

• Burnie Dockers: 3.3 (21) | 5.5 (35) | 11.7 (73) | 14.9 (93)
• Nth Launceston: 2.5 (17) | 4.7 (31) | 5.9 (39) | 10.12 (72)
• Attendance: 2,061 at York Park

Grand Final

(Saturday, 5 October 1996) (ABC-TV highlights: 1996 TFL Grand Final)

• Clarence Roos: 3.4 (22) | 7.10 (52) | 12.14 (86) | 14.17 (101)
• Burnie Dockers: 2.3 (15) | 4.5 (29) | 7.9 (51) | 10.14 (74)
• Attendance: 12,352 at North Hobart Oval

Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury, Launceston Examiner and North West Advocate publications.