List of former Australian rules football competitions in Tasmania

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This is a list of former Australian rules football competitions in the Australian state of Tasmania.

Statewide competitions[]

Tasmanian State Premiership (1904–1978)[]

Main article: Tasmanian State Premiership
Hobart's banner reads "We're Back!" prior to the 1980 Winfield Statewide Cup final.

The Tasmanian State Premiership was an Australian rules football tournament which was competed originally between the reigning TFL/TANFL and NTFA premiers, with the NWFU joining in from 1954. The State Premiership was finally abandoned after 1978 in favour of sending a combined Tasmanian team to play interstate.

Winfield Statewide Cup (1980)[]

Main article: Winfield Statewide Cup

The Winfield Statewide Cup was a football tournament held in 1980 between the top twenty-one (21) major football clubs across Tasmania from the three major footballing bodies across the state (at the time), the TANFL, the NTFA and the NWFU.

Tasmanian Amateur Football League (1931–1995)[]

The Amateurs controlled the two competitions (one in Hobart, the other in Launceston).

Northern Division[]

Commenced in 1931 with three clubs, Old Launcestions, St Patricks and Associated Banks, in 1948 the competition became known as Northern Division.

Premiers

Southern Division[]

Commenced in 1932 as Public Schools Old Boys Football Association it changed its name to TAFL Southern Division in 1947 when the two competitions merged administration.

Premiers

Local Competitions[]

Associated Youth Clubs (1949–1975)[]

Clubs included Cambridge, Canes, Cascades, Chigwell, Lachlan, Metropolitan, Moonah, Nettlefolds, New Town Methodist, Railway, South West, Warrane, West Hobart

This competition disbanded then reorganized themselves into the Southern Tasmanian Football Association (1976–1986)

PREMIERS

Bellerive Football Association (1903)[]

Clubs included Bellerive and Union. Lasted one season

Premiers

  • 1903 Bellerive

Beaconsfield Football Association (?-1914)[]

The Beaconsfield Football association began before the end of the 19th century and was made up of teams from the town of Beaconsfield. The league was forced into recess in 1915 because of the first world war. After the war the league was not resurfaced because of the demise of the towns goldmine and its population.

Teams in the competition included Stars, Rovers, and Battery

Premiers

  • 1904 - Stars 4.8 (32) d Rovers 1.6 (12)
  • 1905 - Imperial
  • 1906 -
  • 1907 -
  • 1908 -
  • 1909 - Battery d Rovers by 12 Points
  • 1910 -
  • 1911 -
  • 1912 - Stars 9.7 (61) d Rovers 5.17 (47)
  • 1913 -
  • 1914 - Stars

Bothwell District Football Association[]

(Also known as the Southern Tasmanian Country Football Association)

Clubs included Montacute, Dennistoun, Ouse, Bothwell, and Ellendale.

Premiers

  • 1934 Dennistoun defeated Montacute

Bream Creek Football Association[]

Competing Teams Unknown. A Bream Creek combined side played a combined Tasmanian Football Association side in 1927.

Brighton Football Association[]

Formed in 1922.[1] Clubs over the ensuing period included Bridgewater, Broadmarsh, Kempton, Brighton, Bagdad and Bothwell

Premiers

  • 1922 Brighton declared premiers (on points)
  • 1929 Brighton 9.13.67 defeated Bothwell 5.8.38 (Brighton's captain/coach in the game was the legendary Tasmanian Footballer Horrie Gorringe)
  • 1930 Bothwell are premiers

Buckingham Football Association[]

The Buckingham football association was most likely based around the Hobart suburb of New Town.
Clubs included Newtown United, Fitzroy, and Maypole Rovers.

Central Association (1923–1949)[]

Teams included Deloraine, Westbury, Bracknell, Meander, Mole Creek, Kimberley, Longford and Dunorlan.

Premiers:

  • 1944 – Deloraine 7.7 (49) d Westbury 7.6 (48)
  • 1945 – Bracknell 6.16 (52) d Deloraine 7.8 (50)
  • 1946 – Meander 7.15 (57) d Mole Creek 7.12 (54)
  • 1947 – Meander 15.18 (108) d Kimberley 10.8 (68)
  • 1948 – Mole Creek 9.17 (71) d Meander 4.19.43
  • 1949 – Mole Creek 13.12 (90) d Meander 4.6 (30)

Central Football Association[]

Clubs included Lefroy Juniors, Carlton, and Newtown Juniors.

Premiers

  • 1934 Lefroy Juniors

Channel Football Association (1908–1928)[]

A forerunner to the Kingborough Football Association Clubs included Gordon, Kettering, Kingston (1908), Margate, Sandfly and Woodbridge.
Member clubs competed for the Warren Shield.

Premiers

  • 1908 - Sandfly
  • 1920 - Woodbridge 5.7 (37) d Kettering 0.5 (5)
  • 1921 - Gordon 4.10 (34) d Woodbridge 3.6 (24)
  • 1922 - Gordon 2.13 (25) d Kettering 2.8 (20)
  • 1923 -
  • 1924 - Sandfly 7.7 (49) d Woodbridge 3.3 (21)
  • 1925 - Woodbridge
  • 1926 - Woodbridge
  • 1927 - Woodbridge
  • 1928 - Sandfly 7.7 (49) d Kettering 5.3 (33)

Channel Junior Football Association[]

Clubs included Snug, Margate, and Kingston.

Chudleigh Football Association (1926–1939)[]

Clubs included Chudleigh, Cressy, Dairy Plains, Kimberley, Meander, Mole Creek, Red Hills.

Premiers

City and Suburban Football Association[]

Clubs included Cressy Rovers, Timms Bridge, Blundstones and New Town Gymnasium.

City Football Association[]

Clubs included Gray Brothers, Derwent United, Neptune Oils, Standfast, Maypole Rovers, Lindisfarne, and Bellerive Juniors.

Premiers

  • 1933 - Derwent United 8.5 (53) d Gray Brothers 5.10 (40)
  • 1934 - Gray Brothers 13.8 (86) d Lindisfarne 7.5.47

Clare Street Football Association[]

Clubs included Carlton Rovers, Risdon Rovers, Union Rovers, IXL Juniors, Swan Street, North Hobart Rovers, New Town Wanderers, City Rovers, South United and YMCA.

Premiers

  • 1921 - South United 3.3 (21) d YMCA 2.4 (16)
  • 1922 - City Rovers d Union Rovers by 6 points
  • 1923 -
  • 1924 - Union Rovers 7.3 (45) d Carlton Rovers 3.8 (26)
  • 1925 - Carlton Rovers 6.15 (51) d Union Rovers 4.14 (38)
  • 1926 - Carlton Rovers 7.9 (51) d Union Rovers 2.14 (26)

Clarence Football Association[]

Clubs included Lindisfarne (-1948), IXL, Bellerive, Cambridge and Aikens.

Clarence Sub District Football Association[]

Clubs included Canes, Gadsdens, Clarence Colts, Lindisfarne, Sandfly, South Hobart, Montagu Bay, Forcett, Sorell, Ralphs Bay and Warrane.

Premiers

  • 1948 - Sandfly v Canes (Result Unknown)
  • 1949 - South Hobart d Sandfly
  • 1950 - Forcett d South Hobart
  • 1951 - South Hobart d Sorell
  • 1952 - Sorell 11.12 (78) d Forcett 5.15 (45)
  • 1953 - Competition in Recess
  • 1954 - Competition in Recess
  • 1955 - Competition in Recess
  • 1956 - Competition in Recess
  • 1957 - Warrane d Forcett
  • 1958 - Canes d Ralphs Bay

Coastal Rovers Football Association[]

Clubs included Pioneer, Winnaleah, Weldborough, North Derby, Moorina and Gladstone.

Premiers

  • 1934 - Pioneer 9.18 (72) d Moorina 8.7 (55)
  • 1935 - Pioneer 25.22 (172) d North Derby 7.8 (50)
  • 1936 - Pioneer 6.19 (55) d Moorina 7.11 (53)

Cullenswood Football Association[]

Competing clubs included Mt Nicholas, Cornwall, Avoca, Jubilee, St Marys, Fingal and Mangana.

Premiers

  • 1932 - Mt Nicholas
  • 1933 - Mt Nicholas
  • 1934 - Cornwall
  • 1935 - St Marys

Deloraine Football Association (1950–1983)[]

Clubs included: Chudleigh, Elizabeth Town, Hagley, Meander, Mole Creek, Red Hills

Premiers

Denison Football Association[]

Clubs included Derwent, Glebe Juniors, Lindisfarne and Rialannah (Mt Nelson).
Premiers

  • 1914 - Derwent

Derby Football Association[]

Clubs included North and City.
The two clubs participated for the Diggers Cup.

Premiers

  • 1933 - North 5.16 (46) d City 5.12 (42)

Derwent Football Association[]

Clubs included Fitzroy, Cananore, Lefroy Juniors, Crescent, Bellerive, Imperials, Union, New Town, Holebrook,[2] Standfast, East Hobart and Trinity.

Premiers

  • 1902 - Fitzroy
  • 1903 - Lefroy Juniors
  • 1904 - Cananore
  • 1905 - Crescent
  • 1906 - Imperials
  • 1907 - Bellerive
  • 1908 - Crescent

Derwent Juniors Football Association[]

Clubs included Imperials, Lefroy Juniors, Cananore Juniors, and Bellerive.

Derwent Valley Football Association (1933–1954)[]

Clubs included: Australian Newsprint Mills (ANM), Bothwell, Bronte, Butlers Gorge, Hamilton, Lachlan, Lower Derwent, Molesworth, Ouse, Plenty, Rosegarland, Upper Derwent, Westerway.

East Coast Football Association (1909–1958)[]

Clubs included Buckland, Nugent, Orford, Runnymede, Swansea, Spring Bay, Cranbrook, Triabunna, Sorell, Buckland-Orford, Woodsdale, Nugent, Copping, and Forcett. The ECFA folded at the completion of the 1958 season.

Premiers

  • 1909 - Runnymede
  • 1910 - Runnymede
  • 1914 - Buckland
  • 1923 - Swansea
  • 1924 - Swansea d Spring Bay
  • 1926 - Spring Bay
  • 1928 - Spring Bay
  • 1945 - Triabunna v Nugent (Result Unknown)
  • 1946 - Spring Bay 8.7 (55) d Copping 4.14 (38)
  • 1947 - Triabunna d Buckland by 18 points.
  • 1948 - Buckland-Orford 10.11 (71) d Triabunna 9.12 (66)
  • 1949 - Swansea d Triabunna by 10 points.
  • 1950 - Triabunna 9.10 (64) d Buckland-Orford 6.17 (53)
  • 1951 - Swansea 6.24 (60) d Triabunna 6.20 (56)
  • 1952 - Triabunna 19.8 (122) d Swansea 8.20 (68)
  • 1953 - Swansea d Triabunna by 45 points.
  • 1954 - Sorell d Swansea.
  • 1955 - Swansea 12.9 (81) dTriabunna 7.11 (53)
  • 1956 - Swansea 10.15 (75) d Triabunna 10.10 (70)
  • 1957 - Swansea 10.15 (75) d Triabunna 9.9 (63)
  • 1958 - Swansea

Best and Fairest

  • 1955 - Phil McConnon (Triabunna)
  • 1956 - Phil McConnon (Triabunna)
  • 1957 - Phil McConnon (Triabunna)

East Coast Union Football Association[]

Competing clubs included St Marys, St Helens and Union Rovers.

East Devon Football Association (1905-?)[]

Formed in 1905. Clubs included Moriarty, Sassafras, Harford and Latrobe.

East Tamar Football Association (1946–1969)[]

Clubs included George Town, Hillwood, Karoola, Lebrina, Lefroy *, Lilydale, Newstead, Rocherlea, St Leonards.

  • Not to be confused with Lefroy Football Club that participated in the Tasmanian Football League from 1898–1941.

Premiers

Merged with the West Tamar Football Association after the construction of the Batman Bridge over the Tamar River in 1968.

Eastern Football Association[]

Competing clubs included Fingal and St Helens.

Emu Bay Football League (1942)[]

Formed in 1942 and lasted just that season.
Premiers

  • 1942 Emu Bay

Esk Football Association (1926–1983)[]

Clubs included: Cressy, Bishopsbourne, Deloraine, Evandale, Hagley, Poatina, Perth, Westbury

Premiers

  • 1930 - Longford Juniors.
  • 1931 - Bracknell 5.8 (38) d Longford Juniors 5.4 (34)
  • 1932 - Cressy 9.15 (69) d Bracknell 5.13 (43)
  • 1933 - Evandale 11.15 (81) d Bracknell 9.12 (66)
  • 1934 - Cressy 11.13 (79) d Evandale 5.12 (42)
  • 1935 - Cressy 8.9 (57) d Evandale 6.7 (43)
  • 1936 - Cressy 8.12 (60) d Perth 6.13 (49)
  • 1937 - Bracknell 6.11 (47) d Longford Juniors 6.7 (43)
  • 1938 - Bracknell 10.11 (71) d Longford Juniors 8.12 (60)
  • 1939 - Bracknell 9.11 (65) d Cressy 4.8 (32)
  • 1940 - Bracknell 14.17 (101) d Cressy 7.11 (53)
  • 1945 - Perth 7.8 (50) d Cressy 7.7 (49)
  • 1946 - Bracknell 11.18 (84) d Cressy 7.10 (52)
  • 1947 - Longford Juniors 12.12 (84) d Bishopsbourne 10.5 (65)
  • 1948 - Bishopsbourne 10.11 (71) d Cressy 8.8 (56)
  • 1949 - Bracknell 12.10 (82) d Cressy 6.3 (39)
  • 1950 - Hagley 7.4 (46) d Bishopsbourne 4.14 (38)
  • 1951 - Hagley 11.8 (74) d Cressy 6.16 (52)
  • 1952 - Hagley 10.15 (75) to Perth 10.7 (67)
  • 1953 - Hagley 11.10 (76) d Perth 11.8 (74)
  • 1954 - Hagley 11.10 (76) d Cressy 9.13 (67)
  • 1955 - Evandale 8.8 (56) d Cressy 5.8 (38)
  • 1956 - Bracknell 14.10 (94) d Evandale 6.7 (43)
  • 1957 - Bracknell 14.7 (91) d Hagley 7.11 (53)
  • 1958 - Evandale 12.20 (92) d Hagley 12.10 (82)
  • 1959 - Bracknell 13.14 (92) d Cressy 6.12 (48)
  • 1960 - Bracknell 13.9 (87) d Cressy 6.8 (44)
  • 1961 - Bracknell 16.28 (124) d Poatina 8.15 (63)
  • 1962 - Bracknell 9.10 (64) d Poatina 8.9 (57)
  • 1963 - Bracknell 11.14 (80) d Poatina 11.13 (79)
  • 1964 - Bracknell 12.19 (91) d Perth 6.4 (40)
  • 1965 - Bracknell 9.6 (60) d Cressy 8.6 (54)
  • 1966 - Westbury 12.15 (87) d Cressy 12.12 (84)
  • 1967 - Cressy 8.9 (57) d Westbury 8.4 (52)
  • 1968 - Deloraine 6.16 (52) d Cressy 7.6 (48)
  • 1969 - Cressy 12.8 (80) d Bracknell 7.14 (56)
  • 1970 - Evandale 8.16 (64) d Perth 5.12 (42)
  • 1971 - Perth 11.11 (77) d Deloraine 10.8 (68)
  • 1972 - Westbury 6.21 (57) d Cressy 4.6 (30)
  • 1973 - Deloraine 13.9 (87) d Evandale 8.12 (60)
  • 1974 - Evandale 10.18 (78) d Cressy 9.9 (63)
  • 1975 - Deloraine 8.6 (54) d Evandale 5.9 (39)
  • 1976 - Deloraine 10.12 (72) d Perth 7.14 (56)
  • 1977 - Bracknell 12.21 (93) d Westbury 11.8 (74)
  • 1978 - Deloraine 11.8 (74) d Bracknell 6.9 (45)
  • 1979 - Deloraine 19.12 (126) d Perth 9.11 (65)
  • 1980 - Westbury 7.19 (61) d Bracknell 8.11 (59)
  • 1981 - Westbury 11.6 (72) d Bracknell 10.10 (70)
  • 1982 - Bracknell 17.7 (109) d Deloraine 13.9 (87)
  • 1983 - Perth 12.15 (87) d Deloraine 11.8 (74)

Competition merged with the Deloraine FA to form the Esk-Deloraine Football Association.

Esk-Deloraine Football Association (1984–1997)[]

All clubs joined Northern Tasmanian Football Association in 1998.

Premiers

Esperance Football Association(1930–1967)[]

Clubs included Dover, Raminea, Southport and Glendevie.
Premiers

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