1970 TANFL season

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The 1970 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over twenty (20) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 28 March and 12 September 1970.

1970 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 Demons
Sandy Bay Seagulls
Stadiums North Hobart Oval
Bellerive Oval
KGV Football Park
TCA Ground
Boyer Oval
Queenborough Oval
1970 TANFL Premiership Season.
Premiers Clarence 19.16 (130) v New Norfolk 10.15 (75)
Minor Premier Sandy Bay (3rd)
Wooden Spooner Hobart (6th)
Grand Final attendance 24,413 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance 192,419 for 60 matches at 3,207
Total Finals Series attendance 62,088 for 4 matches at 15,522
Total aggregate attendance 254,507 for 64 matches at 3,976

Participating Clubs[]

1970 TANFL Club Coaches[]

TANFL Reserves Grand Final[]

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final[]

(Sunday, 13 September 1970)

State Preliminary Final[]

(Saturday, 26 September 1970)

  • Clarence: 3.3 (21) | 10.4 (64) | 18.5 (113) | 19.6 (120)
  • Scottsdale: 5.4 (34) | 9.4 (58) | 12.5 (77) | 14.8 (92)
  • Attendance: 9,721 at North Hobart Oval

State Grand Final[]

(Saturday, 3 October 1970)

  • Latrobe: 4.2 (26) | 7.3 (45) | 10.7 (67) | 15.10 (100)
  • Clarence: 1.3 (9) | 6.7 (43) | 8.9 (57) | 9.11 (65)
  • Attendance: 9,778 at Devonport Oval

Interstate Matches[]

Interstate Match (Monday, 15 June 1970) – (Article: 1970 Tasmania v WA Interstate Match)

  • Tasmania 18.10 (118) v Western Australia 17.14 (116) – Att: 19,823 at North Hobart Oval

Intrastate Matches[]

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 2 May 1970)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 30 May 1970)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL[]

  • Brent Palfreyman (Sandy Bay) & John Best (Clarence) – 65
  • Terry Mayne (Clarence) – 56
  • John Marshall (Nth Hobart) – 48
  • Michael Elliot (Sandy Bay) – 45

Medal Winners[]

  • Roger Steele (Sandy Bay) – William Leitch Medal
  • Les Barratt (New Norfolk) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • K Edwards (New Norfolk) - Les Webb Trophy (Under-19's)
  • P. Dwyer (New Norfolk) & M Wiggins (Sandy Bay) – Vic Geard Medal (Under-17's)
  • Ricky Graham (New Norfolk) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best player in Intrastate matches)

1970 TANFL Ladder[]

Team Played Won Lost Draw For Against Percentage Points
Sandy Bay 20 15 5 0 2151 1556 138.24% 60
Clarence 20 13 6 1 2031 1687 120.39% 54
New Norfolk 20 11 7 2 1734 1491 116.29% 48
North Hobart 20 11 7 2 1772 1854 95.57% 48
Glenorchy 20 3 15 2 1589 2079 75.77% 16
Hobart 20 3 16 1 1384 1976 70.04% 14

Round 1[]

(Saturday, 28 March & Monday, 30 March 1970)

  • Sandy Bay 19.24 (138) v Nth Hobart 10.10 (70) – Att: 6,375 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Norfolk 12.8 (80) v Hobart 7.9 (51) – Att: 2,456 at Boyer Oval
  • Clarence 26.11 (167) v Glenorchy 9.12 (66) – Att: 5,440 at KGV Football Park (Monday)

Round 2[]

(Saturday, 4 April 1970)

  • Sandy Bay 6.15 (51) v New Norfolk 5.16 (46) – Att: 4,208 at North Hobart Oval
  • Nth Hobart 16.9 (105) v Clarence 15.12 (102) – Att: 4,277 at Bellerive Oval
  • Hobart 10.27 (87) v Glenorchy 13.8 (86) – Att: 2,394 at TCA Ground

Round 3[]

(Saturday, 11 April 1970)

Round 4[]

(Saturday, 18 April 1970)

  • Clarence 17.21 (123) v Hobart 13.5 (83) – Att: 3,953 at North Hobart Oval
  • Sandy Bay 30.10 (190) v Glenorchy 9.17 (71) – Att: 3,161 at KGV Football Park
  • New Norfolk 20.11 (131) v Nth Hobart 12.12 (84) – Att: 2,805 at Boyer Oval

Round 5[]

(Saturday, 25 April 1970)

  • Nth Hobart 22.8 (140) v Glenorchy 13.17 (95) – Att: 4,020 at North Hobart Oval
  • Clarence 17.13 (115) v New Norfolk 8.18 (66) – Att: 4,238 at Bellerive Oval
  • Sandy Bay 19.20 (134) v Hobart 14.13 (97) – Att: 2,899 at TCA Ground

Round 6[]

(Saturday, 2 May 1970)

Round 7[]

(Saturday, 9 May 1970)

  • Nth Hobart 10.12 (72) v Clarence 9.16 (70) – Att: 5,734 at North Hobart Oval
  • Hobart 15.13 (103) v Glenorchy 11.17 (83) – Att: 2,295 at KGV Football Park
  • New Norfolk 12.21 (93) v Sandy Bay 6.14 (50) – Att: 3,046 at Boyer Oval

Round 8[]

(Saturday, 16 May 1970)

  • Clarence 17.20 (122) v Sandy Bay 16.10 (106) – Att: 5,597 at North Hobart Oval
  • Nth Hobart 11.20 (86) v Hobart 12.9 (81) – Att: 2,639 at TCA Ground
  • New Norfolk 18.19 (127) v Glenorchy 11.9 (75) – Att: 2,469 at Boyer Oval

Round 9[]

(Saturday, 23 May 1970)

Round 10[]

(Saturday, 6 June 1970)

Note: Record TANFL roster match attendance at Bellerive Oval.

Round 11[]

(Saturday, 13 June 1970)

  • Nth Hobart 12.16 (88) v Sandy Bay 10.17 (77) – Att: 4,691 at North Hobart Oval
  • Clarence 17.18 (120) v Glenorchy 10.15 (75) – Att: 2,265 at KGV Football Park
  • New Norfolk 8.15 (63) v Hobart 6.4 (40) – Att: 1,571 at TCA Ground

Round 12[]

(Saturday, 20 June 1970)

  • Glenorchy 16.24 (120) v Hobart 9.4 (58) – Att: 2,668 at North Hobart Oval
  • Clarence 17.17 (119) v Nth Hobart 11.10 (76) – Att: 4,311 at Bellerive Oval
  • Sandy Bay 17.7 (109) v New Norfolk 7.9 (51) – Att: 2,582 at Boyer Oval

Round 13[]

(Saturday, 27 June 1970)

Round 14[]

(Saturday, 4 July 1970)

  • Sandy Bay 9.23 (77) v Glenorchy 6.11 (47) – Att: 3,511 at North Hobart Oval
  • Clarence 17.17 (119) v Hobart 11.7 (73) – Att: 2,111 at TCA Ground
  • New Norfolk 12.14 (86) v Nth Hobart 7.7 (49) – Att: 1,885 at Boyer Oval

Round 15[]

(Saturday, 11 July 1970)

  • Nth Hobart 16.12 (108) v Glenorchy 7.11 (53) – Att: 2,458 at North Hobart Oval
  • Clarence 16.10 (106) v Sandy Bay 13.12 (90) – Att: 2,772 at Bellerive Oval
  • Sandy Bay 15.19 (109) v Hobart 8.15 (63) – Att: 1,349 at TCA Ground

Round 16[]

(Saturday, 18 July 1970)

  • Glenorchy 11.10 (76) v Clarence 11.10 (76) – Att: 3,119 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Norfolk 20.19 (139) v Hobart 4.3 (27) – Att: 1,324 at Boyer Oval
  • Sandy Bay 16.12 (108) v Nth Hobart 12.5 (77) – Att: 3,921 at Queenborough Oval

Round 17[]

(Saturday, 25 July 1970)

  • Clarence 7.14 (56) v Nth Hobart 4.11 (35) – Att: 4,025 at North Hobart Oval
  • Hobart 7.14 (56) v Glenorchy 4.12 (36) – Att: 970 at TCA Ground
  • Sandy Bay 7.11 (53) v New Norfolk 6.9 (45) – Att: 2,062 at Queenborough Oval

Round 18[]

(Saturday, 1 August 1970)

  • New Norfolk 11.16 (82) v Glenorchy 9.11 (65) – Att: 2,225 at North Hobart Oval
  • Sandy Bay 18.7 (115) v Clarence 14.15 (99) – Att: 4,717 at Bellerive Oval
  • Hobart 10.8 (68) v Nth Hobart 10.8 (68) – Att: 1,951 at TCA Ground

Round 19[]

(Saturday, 8 August 1970)

Note: North Hobart became the only TANFL team to draw consecutive matches

Round 20[]

(Saturday, 15 August 1970)

  • Sandy Bay 15.13 (103) v Hobart 10.8 (68) – Att: 2,833 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Norfolk 15.14 (104) v Clarence 11.9 (75) – Att: 2,420 at Boyer Oval
  • Nth Hobart 17.15 (117) v Glenorchy 14.16 (100) – Att: 2,023 at KGV Football Park

First Semi Final[]

(Saturday, 22 August 1970)

  • New Norfolk: 5.5 (35) | 13.9 (87) | 19.13 (127) | 27.15 (177)
  • Nth Hobart: 5.3 (33) | 5.6 (36) | 8.10 (58) | 14.13 (97)
  • Attendance: 11,607 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final[]

(Saturday, 29 August 1970)

  • Clarence: 2.5 (17) | 4.6 (30) | 8.9 (57) | 13.13 (91)
  • Sandy Bay: 3.1 (19) | 6.5 (41) | 8.5 (53) | 10.9 (69)
  • Attendance: 13,241 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final[]

(Saturday, 5 September 1970)

  • New Norfolk: 3.0 (18) | 7.4 (46) | 9.7 (61) | 13.9 (87)
  • Sandy Bay: 3.4 (22) | 4.5 (29) | 9.10 (64) | 11.13 (79)
  • Attendance: 12,827 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final[]

(Saturday, 12 September 1970)

  • Clarence: 5.8 (38) | 9.11 (65) | 13.14 (92) | 19.16 (130)
  • New Norfolk: 1.2 (8) | 3.5 (23) | 8.10 (58) | 10.15 (75)
  • Attendance: 24,413 at North Hobart Oval (All-time Tasmanian record until 1979)

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

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