1969 TANFL season

The 1969 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 5 April and 13 September 1969.

1969 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/Demons
Sandy Bay Seagulls
Stadiums North Hobart Oval
Bellerive Oval
KGV Football Park
TCA Ground
Boyer Oval
Queenborough Oval
1969 TANFL Premiership Season.
Premiers Nth Hobart 19.15 (129) v Clarence 17.15 (117)
Minor Premier Nth Hobart
Wooden Spooner Hobart (5th)
Grand Final attendance 19,425 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance 189,566 for 57 matches at 3,326
Total Finals Series attendance 53,199 for 4 matches at 13,300
Total aggregate attendance 242,765 for 61 matches at 3,980

Participating Clubs

Note: North Hobart officially changed their emblem from the Robins to Demons on 1 May 1969, previously they had also been referred to colloquially as the Redlegs.

1969 TANFL Club Coaches

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

  • Glenorchy. (Scores unavailable)

State Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 20 September 1969)

Note: North Hobart (TANFL guernsey) and Latrobe (NWFU guernsey) wore alternate strips due to a guernsey clash.

State Grand Final

(Saturday, 27 September 1969)

  • Nth Hobart: 4.3 (27) | 10.11 (71) | 16.15 (111) | 26.20 (176)
  • Launceston: 2.3 (15) | 3.6 (24) | 3.12 (30) | 6.13 (49)
  • Attendance: 10,371 at York Park

Intrastate Matches

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 26 April 1969)

  • NWFU 21.17 (143) v TANFL 16.15 (111) – Att: 8,114 at West Park Oval

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 24 May 1969)

Interstate Matches

See: 1969 Australian Football Carnival
Match One (Saturday, 7 June 1969)

Match Three (Wednesday, 11 June 1969)

Match Five (Saturday, 14 June 1969)

  • Western Australia 28.24 (192) v Tasmania 12.7 (79) – Att: 51,000 at Adelaide Oval

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

  • John Marshall (Nth Hobart) – 50
  • Brent Palfreyman (Sandy Bay) – 48
  • Kevin King (Clarence) – 47
  • Bob Smith (Nth Hobart) – 42

Medal Winners

  • Roger Steele (Sandy Bay) – William Leitch Medal
  • L.Pilkington (Sandy Bay) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • Robbie Dykes (Claremont) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
  • Burnie Payne (Hobart) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best player in Intrastate matches)

1969 TANFL Ladder

Team Played Won Lost Draw For Against Percentage Points
North Hobart 19154018691684110.99%60
Clarence 19136017961435125.16%52
Sandy Bay 19109016741649101.52%40
New Norfolk 19910016911526110.81%36
Glenorchy 1961301640186987.74%24
Hobart 1941501478208570.89%20

Round 1

(Saturday, 5 April & Monday, 7 April 1969)

Round 2

(Saturday, 12 April 1969)

Round 3

(Saturday, 19 April 1969)

Round 4

(Friday, 25 April & Saturday, 26 April 1969)

Round 5

(Saturday, 3 May 1969)

Note: North Hobart's first official match as the Demons, formerly the Robins.

Round 6

(Saturday, 10 May 1969)

Round 7

(Saturday, 17 May 1969)

Round 8

(Saturday, 31 May 1969)

Round 9

(Saturday, 7 June 1969)

Round 10

(Saturday, 14 June & Monday, 16 June 1969)

Round 11

(Saturday, 21 June 1969)

Round 12

(Saturday, 28 June 1969)

Round 13

(Saturday, 5 July 1969)

Round 14

(Saturday, 12 July 1969)

Round 15

(Saturday, 19 July 1969)

Round 16

(Saturday, 26 July 1969)

Round 17

(Saturday, 2 August 1969)

Round 18

(Saturday, 9 August 1969)

Round 19

(Saturday, 16 August 1969)

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 23 August 1969)

  • New Norfolk: 3.6 (24) | 7.10 (52) | 8.14 (62) | 13.15 (93)
  • Sandy Bay: 2.2 (14) | 3.9 (27) | 11.14 (80) | 13.14 (92)
  • Attendance: 9,695 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 30 August 1969)

  • Nth Hobart: 8.2 (50) | 9.3 (57) | 17.6 (108) | 24.10 (154)
  • Clarence: 2.3 (15) | 4.8 (32) | 8.11 (59) | 10.13 (73)
  • Attendance: 12,461 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 6 September 1969)

  • Clarence: 4.12 (36) | 11.17 (83) | 15.21 (111) | 17.23 (125)
  • New Norfolk: 3.3 (21) | 4.5 (29) | 8.5 (53) | 11.7 (73)
  • Attendance: 11,618 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

(Saturday, 13 September 1969)

  • Nth Hobart: 2.4 (16) | 8.10 (58) | 15.12 (102) | 19.15 (129)
  • Clarence: 3.4 (22) | 6.4 (40) | 12.7 (79) | 17.15 (117)
  • Attendance: 19,425 at North Hobart Oval

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

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