1950 TANFL season

The 1950 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 15 April and 7 October 1950.
On 7 August 1950, the TANFL admitted the Clarence and New Norfolk District Football Clubs' as permanent members of the TANFL competition after they were admitted as probationary members in 1947.

1950 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
Participating Clubs Clarence Kangaroos
Hobart Tigers
New Norfolk Eagles
New Town Magpies
North Hobart Robins
Sandy Bay Seagulls
Stadiums North Hobart Oval
TCA Ground
New Town Oval
Queenborough Oval
Bellerive Oval
Boyer Oval
1950 TANFL Premiership Season.
Premiers Hobart 11.12 (78) v New Town 11.10 (76)
Minor Premier Hobart (2nd)
Wooden Spooner Clarence (3rd)
Grand Final attendance 12,697 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance 134,793 for 45 matches at 2,995
Total Finals Series attendance 35,919 for 4 matches at 8,980
Total aggregate attendance 170,712 for 49 matches at 3,484

Participating Clubs

1950 TANFL Club Coaches

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)

  • Macalburn 9.12 (66) v Buckingham 6.3 (39) – New Town Oval.

Note: Macalburn were affiliated to Hobart, Buckingham were affiliated to New Town.

State Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 7 October 1950)

  • Nth Launceston: 0.1 (1) | 6.5 (41) | 9.5 (59) | 14.16 (100)
  • Ulverstone: 4.3 (27) | 5.4 (34) | 7.8 (50) | 8.8 (56)
  • Attendance: 4680 at York Park

State Grand Final

(Saturday, 14 October 1950)

  • Nth Launceston: 7.2 (44) | 7.3 (45) | 12.4 (76) | 14.9 (93)
  • Hobart Tigers: 4.1 (25) | 5.5 (35) | 5.9 (39) | 8.10 (58)
  • Attendance: 10,006 at North Hobart Oval

Intrastate Matches

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 29 July 1950)

Inter-Association Match (Saturday, 29 July 1950)

  • Huon FA 16.8 (104) v TANFL 12.12 (84) – Att: 1,130 at Franklin Oval

Interstate Matches

See – 1950 Australian National Football Carnival
Australian National Football Carnival (Wednesday, 19 July 1950)

  • Tasmania 14.7 (91) v Victorian FA 9.15 (69) – Att: N/A at Brisbane Exhibition Ground

Australian National Football Carnival (Saturday, 22 July 1950)

  • Sth Australia 13.14 (92) v Tasmania 8.11 (59) – Att: N/A at Brisbane Exhibition Ground

Australian National Football Carnival (Monday, 24 July 1950)

  • Victoria 16.11 (107) v Tasmania 8.7 (55) – Att: N/A at Brisbane Exhibition Ground

Australian National Football Carnival (Wednesday, 26 July 1950)

  • Western Australia 11.12 (78) v Tasmania 11.5 (71) – Att: N/A at Brisbane Exhibition Ground

Interstate Match (Sunday, 30 July 1950)

Exhibition Match (Saturday, 29 July 1950)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL
  • Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) – 83
  • Bernie Waldron (Hobart) – 67
  • J.Cooper (Clarence) – 47
  • Bobby Parsons (New Town) – 47
  • Albert Park (New Town) – 41

Medal Winners
  • Warren Smart (Sandy Bay) – William Leitch Medal
  • R.Toulmin (Sandy Bay) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • John Chick (Glenorchy) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)

1950 TANFL Ladder
Team Played Won Lost Draw For Against Percentage Points
Hobart 20155016561256131.85%60
North Hobart 20137016431400117.36%52
New Town 20128017691582111.82%60
Sandy Bay 201010016091533104.96%40
New Norfolk 2091101492152897.64%36
Clarence 2011901232210258.61%4

Round 1

(Saturday, 15 April 1950)

  • Nth Hobart 10.14 (74) v Sandy Bay 11.3 (69) – Att: 3,386 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Town 9.13 (67) v Hobart 8.14 (62) – Att: 2,989 at New Town Oval
  • Clarence 11.6 (72) v New Norfolk 7.8 (50) – Att: 1,427 at Boyer Oval

Round 2

(Saturday, 22 April 1950)

  • Nth Hobart 13.15 (93) v Clarence 11.8 (74) – Att: 2,964 at North Hobart Oval
  • Sandy Bay 15.14 (104) v New Town 11.12 (78) – Att: 2,528 at New Town Oval
  • Hobart 8.17 (65) v New Norfolk 2.6 (18) – Att: 1,612 at TCA Ground

Round 3

(Saturday, 29 April 1950)

  • Hobart 4.13 (37) v Sandy Bay 3.10 (28) – Att: 5,619 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Town 21.15 (141) v Clarence 10.9 (69) – Att: 1,974 at New Town Oval
  • Nth Hobart 15.21 (111) v New Norfolk 6.5 (41) – Att: 1,483 at Boyer Oval

Round 4

(Saturday, 6 May 1950)

Round 5

(Saturday, 13 May 1950)

Round 6

(Saturday, 20 May 1950)

Round 7

(Saturday, 27 May 1950)

Round 8

(Saturday, 3 June 1950)

Round 9

(Saturday, 17 June 1950)

  • Sandy Bay 7.19 (61) v New Norfolk 6.11 (47) – Att: 1,988 at North Hobart Oval
  • Nth Hobart 10.14 (74) v New Town 8.9 (57) – Att: 3,138 at New Town Oval
  • Hobart 13.17 (95) v Clarence 13.4 (82) – Att: 975 at Bellerive Oval

Round 10

(Saturday, 24 June 1950)

Round 11

(Saturday, 1 July 1950)

  • Sandy Bay 14.13 (97) v Nth Hobart 10.14 (74) – Att: 3,250 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Town 13.21 (99) v Hobart 8.18 (66) – Att: 2,973 at New Town Oval
  • New Norfolk 15.14 (104) v Clarence 7.12 (54) – Att: 995 at Bellerive Oval

Round 12

(Saturday, 8 July 1950)

Round 13

(Saturday, 15 July 1950)

Round 14

(Saturday, 22 July 1950)

Note: Bernie Waldron kicked a then Hobart Football Club record of 14 goals in this match, later breaking the record again on 30 August 1952.

Round 15

(Saturday, 5 August 1950)

  • Hobart 4.8 (32) v Nth Hobart 1.11 (17) – Att: 2,027 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Norfolk 14.1 (85) v New Town 10.18 (78) – Att: 1,069 at New Town Oval
  • Sandy Bay 17.10 (112) v Clarence 7.13 (55) – Att: 586 at Bellerive Oval

Round 16

(Saturday, 12 August 1950)

Round 17

(Saturday, 19 August 1950)

  • New Norfolk 15.10 (100) v Hobart 9.17 (71) – Att: 5,136 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Town 14.19 (103) v Sandy Bay 12.7 (79) – Att: 1,783 at New Town Oval
  • Nth Hobart 15.15 (105) v Clarence 8.14 (62) – Att: 759 at Bellerive Oval

Round 18

(Saturday, 26 August 1950)

Round 19

(Saturday, 2 September 1950)

  • Hobart 9.14 (68) v Clarence 8.7 (55) – Att: 855 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Town 15.14 (104) v Nth Hobart 9.14 (68) – Att: 1,988 at New Town Oval
  • Sandy Bay 17.15 (117) v New Norfolk 12.13 (85) – Att: 1,878 at Queenborough Oval

Round 20

(Saturday, 9 September 1950)

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 16 September 1950)

  • New Town: 3.5 (23) | 11.11 (77) | 13.14 (92) | 20.19 (139)
  • Sandy Bay: 1.5 (11) | 2.7 (19) | 4.11 (35) | 7.11 (53)
  • Attendance: 8,313 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 23 September 1950)

  • Hobart: 3.2 (20) | 5.9 (39) | 8.13 (61) | 11.15 (81)
  • Nth Hobart: 1.7 (13) | 2.7 (19) | 4.10 (34) | 6.14 (50)
  • Attendance: 7,489 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 30 September 1950)

  • New Town: 4.6 (30) | 7.9 (51) | 10.15 (75) | 12.16 (88)
  • Nth Hobart: 1.4 (10) | 2.6 (18) | 4.8 (32) | 9.9 (63)
  • Attendance: 7,420 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

(Saturday, 7 October 1950)

  • Hobart: 3.4 (22) | 6.6 (42) | 11.10 (76) | 11.12 (78)
  • New Town: 4.2 (26) | 7.5 (47) | 8.10 (58) | 11.10 (76)
  • Attendance: 12,697 at North Hobart Oval
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References

All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury newspaper.
Ken Pinchin: "A Century Of Tasmanian Football" (1979) - Tasmanian Football League, Hobart, Tasmania.

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