1979 TANFL season

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The 1979 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 7 April and 22 September 1979.
This was the centenary season of the Tasmanian Football League, the finals series was sponsored by the Winfield tobacco company to the tune of A$10,000.
The Grand Final of this year set an all-time record football match attendance in Tasmania of 24,968 patrons, this was also a single-day sporting record attendance in the state of Tasmania for twenty five years until it was broken when a crowd of 30,150 attended Symmons Plains Raceway in Northern Tasmania for a V8 Supercar Championship event in 2004. (1)

1979 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 Don Fenton
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
1979 TANFL Premiership Season.
Premiers Clarence 12.11 (83) v Glenorchy 11.14 (80)
Minor Premiers Glenorchy
Wooden Spooners Hobart (9th)
Grand Final attendance 24,968 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance 111,643 for 60 matches at 1,860
Total Finals Series attendance 49,307 for 4 matches at 12,326
Total aggregate attendance 160,950 for 64 matches at 2,514

Participating Clubs[]

1979 TANFL Club Coaches[]

TANFL Reserves Grand Final[]

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final[]

TANFL Under-17's Grand Final[]

  • Hobart 13.10 (88) v Glenorchy 9.7 (61) – New Town Oval

Interstate Matches[]

TFL Centenary Interstate Match (Monday, 18 June 1979)

See: 1979 Perth State of Origin Carnival

Section One Qualifying Match (Thursday, 4 October 1979)

  • Tasmania 17.20 (122) v Queensland 13.12 (90) at Perth Oval

Semi Final 1 (Saturday, 6 October 1979)

  • Western Australia 23.33 (171) v Tasmania 9.10 (64) - Att: 15,186 at Subiaco Oval

3rd Place Playoff (Monday, 8 October 1979)

  • South Australia 22.20 (152) v Tasmania 17.11 (113) - Att: 30,876 at Subiaco Oval

Intrastate Matches[]

Jubilee Shield (Wednesday, 25 April 1979)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 26 May 1979)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL[]

  • Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) – 179 (TFL Record)
  • Paul Courto (Hobart) – 71
  • L.Barwick (Nth Hobart) – 53
  • Michael Elliot (Sandy Bay) – 48

Medal Winners[]

  • Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) – William Leitch Medal
  • Noel Bester (New Norfolk) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • Mark Kreune (Clarence) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
  • Gary Webster (Nth Hobart) – D.R Plaister Medal (Under-17's)
  • Murray Dickson (Hobart) & Scott Brain (Hobart) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best TANFL player in Intrastate Matches)

1979 TANFL Ladder[]

Team Played Won Lost Draw For Against Percentage Points
Glenorchy 20 18 2 0 2661 1430 186.08% 72
Clarence 20 14 6 0 1784 1679 106.25% 56
Sandy Bay 20 10 10 0 1507 1591 94.72% 40
North Hobart 20 9 11 0 1699 2139 79.42% 36
New Norfolk 20 6 14 0 1669 1885 88.54% 24
Hobart 20 3 17 0 1667 2253 73.54% 12

Round 1[]

(Saturday, 7 April 1979)

Round 2[]

(Saturday, 14 April & Monday, 16 April 1979)

  • Nth Hobart 14.12 (96) v Clarence 13.12 (90) – Att: 2,911 at North Hobart Oval
  • Sandy Bay 14.11 (95) v New Norfolk 6.14 (50) – Att: 1,346 at Boyer Oval
  • Glenorchy 15.24 (114) v Hobart 12.15 (87) – Att: 3,653 at North Hobart Oval (Monday)

Round 3[]

(Saturday, 21 April 1979)

Round 4[]

(Saturday, 28 April 1979)

  • Glenorchy 17.19 (121) v Sandy Bay 6.7 (43) – Att: 3,144 at North Hobart Oval
  • Nth Hobart 20.18 (138) v Hobart 14.16 (100) – Att: 1,356 at TCA Ground
  • Clarence 15.8 (98) v New Norfolk 12.12 (84) – Att: 2,077 at Boyer Oval

Round 5[]

(Saturday, 5 May 1979)

Round 6[]

(Saturday, 12 May 1979)

  • Sandy Bay 10.19 (79) v Nth Hobart 6.12 (48) – Att: 2,323 at North Hobart Oval
  • Hobart 16.9 (105) v Clarence 13.17 (95) – Att: 1,681 at TCA Ground
  • Glenorchy 18.9 (117) v New Norfolk 13.17 (95) – Att: 1,718 at Boyer Oval

Round 7[]

(Saturday, 19 May 1979)

Round 8[]

(Saturday, 26 May 1979)

  • Glenorchy 17.17 (119) v Nth Hobart 8.15 (63) – Att: 2,554 at North Hobart Oval
  • Hobart 13.17 (95) v New Norfolk 8.14 (62) – Att: 942 at TCA Ground
  • Clarence 12.14 (86) v Sandy Bay 7.10 (52) – Att: 2,539 at Bellerive Oval

Round 9[]

(Saturday, 2 June 1979)

Round 10[]

(Saturday, 9 June & Sunday, 10 June 1979)

  • Glenorchy 23.17 (155) v Clarence 7.9 (51) – Att: 4,142 at North Hobart Oval
  • Sandy Bay 15.20 (110) v Hobart 15.15 (105) – Att: 864 at TCA Ground
  • New Norfolk 14.22 (106) v Nth Hobart 6.14 (50) – Att: 1,140 at Boyer Oval (Sunday)

Round 11[]

(Saturday, 23 June 1979)

Round 12[]

(Saturday, 30 June 1979)

  • Nth Hobart 12.17 (89) v Clarence 8.16 (64) – Att: 1,455 at North Hobart Oval
  • Glenorchy 29.15 (189) v Hobart 9.13 (67) – Att: 1,067 at TCA Ground *
  • Sandy Bay 12.12 (84) v New Norfolk 8.13 (61) – Att: 819 at Queenborough Oval

Note: Peter Hudson kicks all-time TANFL record of 18 goals in this match and kicks his 100th goal for the season.

Round 13[]

(Saturday, 7 July & Sunday, 8 July 1979)

  • Clarence 8.15 (63) v Sandy Bay 8.14 (62) – Att: 2,287 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Norfolk 20.16 (136) v Hobart 10.14 (74) – Att: 909 at Boyer Oval
  • Glenorchy 12.19 (91) v Nth Hobart 6.15 (51) – Att: 2,619 at KGV Football Park (Sunday)

Round 14[]

(Saturday, 14 July 1979)

Round 15[]

(Saturday, 21 July 1979)

  • New Norfolk 15.17 (107) v Nth Hobart 14.11 (95) – Att: 1,335 at North Hobart Oval
  • Sandy Bay 14.19 (103) v Hobart 9.21 (75) – Att: 885 at TCA Ground
  • Glenorchy 17.18 (120) v Clarence 13.11 (89) – Att: 3,055 at KGV Football Park

Round 16[]

(Saturday, 28 July 1979)

  • Clarence 11.17 (83) v Hobart 9.15 (69) – Att: 1,420 at North Hobart Oval
  • Sandy Bay 20.11 (131) v Nth Hobart 9.14 (68) – Att: 1,484 at Queenborough Oval
  • Glenorchy 16.19 (115) v New Norfolk 10.11 (71) – Att: 1,738 at Boyer Oval

Round 17[]

(Saturday, 4 August 1979)

  • Clarence 16.18 (114) v Nth Hobart 15.10 (100) – Att: 2,670 at North Hobart Oval
  • Glenorchy 27.18 (180) v Hobart 13.15 (93) – Att: 1,356 at TCA Ground
  • New Norfolk 9.18 (72) v Sandy Bay 6.9 (45) – Att: 1,003 at KGV Football Park

Round 18[]

(Saturday, 11 August 1979)

  • Glenorchy 29.15 (189) v Nth Hobart 11.9 (75) – Att: 1,154 at North Hobart Oval *
  • New Norfolk 10.20 (80) v Hobart 10.17 (77) – Att: 531 at TCA Ground
  • Sandy Bay 12.11 (83) v Clarence 8.7 (55) – Att: 759 at Queenborough Oval

Note: Peter Hudson kicks second highest TANFL goal total of all-time (to that stage) with 16.4.

Round 19[]

(Saturday, 18 August 1979)

  • Clarence 13.11 (89) v New Norfolk 11.13 (79) – Att: 1,850 at North Hobart Oval
  • Nth Hobart 15.23 (113) v Hobart 15.19 (109) – Att: 1,000 at TCA Ground
  • Glenorchy 18.15 (123) v Sandy Bay 9.13 (67) – Att: 2,620 at KGV Football Park

Round 20[]

(Saturday, 25 August 1979)

  • Hobart 11.16 (82) v Sandy Bay 11.15 (81) – Att: 1,297 at North Hobart Oval
  • Clarence 18.11 (119) v Glenorchy 16.15 (111) – Att: 2,972 at Bellerive Oval
  • Nth Hobart 16.16 (112) v New Norfolk 13.9 (87) – Att: 977 at Boyer Oval

First Semi Final[]

(Saturday, 1 September 1979)

  • Sandy Bay: 3.3 (21) | 9.7 (61) | 14.12 (96) | 18.12 (120)
  • Nth Hobart: 1.0 (6) | 4.3 (27) | 5.8 (38) | 6.13 (49)
  • Attendance: 5,629 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final[]

(Saturday, 8 September 1979)

  • Glenorchy: 4.4 (28) | 8.5 (53) | 12.7 (79) | 19.8 (122)
  • Clarence: 3.4 (22) | 5.7 (37) | 8.11 (59) | 11.12 (78)
  • Attendance: 10,282 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final[]

(Saturday, 15 September 1979)

  • Clarence: 3.3 (21) | 5.9 (39) | 7.16 (58) | 10.19 (79)
  • Sandy Bay: 0.2 (2) | 1.3 (9) | 4.6 (30) | 9.6 (60)
  • Attendance: 8,428 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final[]

(Saturday, 22 September 1979)

  • Clarence: 3.4 (22) | 9.6 (60) | 10.8 (68) | 12.11 (83)
  • Glenorchy: 4.7 (31) | 6.8 (44) | 10.13 (73) | 11.14 (80)
  • Attendance: 24,968 at North Hobart Oval (Including 2,683 pre-sold tickets) (Tasmanian Record)

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

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