1961 TANFL season

The 1961 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 1 April and 16 September 1961.

1961 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
Glenorchy Magpies
Hobart Tigers
New Norfolk Eagles
North Hobart Robins
Sandy Bay Seagulls
Stadiums North Hobart Oval
Bellerive Oval
KGV Park
TCA Ground
Boyer Oval
Queenborough Oval
1961 TANFL Premiership Season.
Premiers Nth Hobart 16.12 (108) v Glenorchy 11.6 (72)
Minor Premier Nth Hobart
Wooden Spooner New Norfolk (4th)
Grand Final attendance 15,217 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance 173,145 for 60 matches at 2,886
Total Finals Series attendance 43,263 for 4 matches at 10,816
Total aggregate attendance 216,408 for 64 matches at 3,381

Participating clubs

1961 TANFL Club Coaches

  • Stuart Spencer & Geoff Frier (Stand-In) (Clarence)
  • John Chick (Glenorchy)
  • Mal Pascoe (Hobart)
  • Athol Webb (New Norfolk)
  • Peter Marquis (North Hobart)
  • Stan Booth (Sandy Bay)

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)

  • Lindisfarne 9.18 (72) v Glenorchy 8.2 (50) – New Town Oval

State Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 23 September 1961)

State Grand Final

(Saturday, 30 September 1961)

  • Nth Hobart: 1.0 (6) | 8.4 (52) | 9.4 (58) | 13.8 (86)
  • Cooee: 2.1 (13) | 2.4 (16) | 5.9 (39) | 8.10 (58)
  • Attendance: 8,000 at West Park Oval

Intrastate Matches

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 6 May 1961)

  • TANFL 13.13 (91) v NWFU 6.23 (59) – Att: 8,500 at West Park Oval

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 24 June 1961)

Interstate Matches

See: 1961 Australian National Football Carnival

Match One (Sunday, 16 July 1961)

Match Three (Wednesday, 19 July 1961)

Match Five (Saturday, 22 July 1961)

Interstate Match (Monday, 12 June 1961)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

  • Noel Clarke (Nth Hobart) – 74

Medal Winners

  • Roger Browning (New Norfolk) – William Leitch Medal
  • Barry Beckett (Sandy Bay) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • Ian Stewart (Macalburn) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
  • John Noble (Nth Hobart) – Lefroy Medal (Best player in Interstate matches)
  • Peter Marquis (Nth Hobart) & Dale Flint (Sandy Bay) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best player/s in Intrastate matches)

1961 TANFL Ladder

Team Played Won Lost Draw For Against Percentage Points
North Hobart 20137015501220127.05%52
Glenorchy 20128014391296111.02%48
Clarence 20119013621353100.66%44
Sandy Bay 20109114711200122.59%42
Hobart 2091101503164591.37%36
New Norfolk 2041511107161069.13%18

Round 1

(Saturday, 1 April & Monday, 3 April 1961)

Round 2

(Saturday, 8 April 1961)

Round 3

(Saturday, 15 April 1961)

Round 4

(Saturday, 22 April 1961)

Round 5

(Saturday, 29 April 1961)

Round 6

(Saturday, 6 May 1961)

Round 7

(Saturday, 13 May 1961)

Round 8

(Saturday, 20 May 1961)

Round 9

(Saturday, 27 May 1961)

Round 10

(Saturday, 3 June 1961)

Round 11

(Saturday, 10 June 1961)

Round 12

(Saturday, 17 June 1961)

Round 13

(Saturday, 1 July 1961)

Round 14

(Saturday, 8 July 1961)

Round 15

(Saturday, 15 July 1961)

Round 16

(Saturday, 22 July 1961)

Round 17

(Saturday, 29 July 1961)

Round 18

(Saturday, 5 August 1961)

Round 19

(Saturday, 12 August 1961)

Round 20

(Saturday, 19 August 1961)

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 26 August 1961)

  • Sandy Bay: 2.3 (15) | 5.5 (35) | 6.8 (44) | 11.11 (77)
  • Clarence: 2.2 (14) | 7.4 (46) | 8.9 (57) | 8.10 (58)
  • Attendance: 8,859 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 2 September 1961)

  • Nth Hobart: 3.3 (21) | 5.7 (37) | 9.9 (63) | 11.10 (76)
  • Glenorchy: 2.1 (13) | 4.2 (26) | 5.2 (32) | 10.6 (66)
  • Attendance: 8,922 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 9 September 1961)

  • Glenorchy: 3.3 (21) | 6.6 (42) | 9.10 (64) | 13.13 (91)
  • Sandy Bay: 1.2 (8) | 8.4 (52) | 8.6 (54) | 9.8 (62)
  • Attendance: 10,265 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

(Saturday, 16 September 1961)

  • Nth Hobart: 5.4 (34) | 9.6 (60) | 13.9 (87) | 16.12 (108)
  • Glenorchy: 2.1 (13) | 5.3 (33) | 6.5 (41) | 11.6 (72)
  • Attendance: 15,217 at North Hobart Oval

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

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