1968 TANFL season

The 1968 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 6 April and 21 September 1968.

1968 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 Robins
Sandy Bay Seagulls
Stadiums North Hobart Oval
Bellerive Oval
KGV Park
TCA Ground
Boyer Oval
Queenborough Oval
1968 TANFL Premiership Season.
Premiers New Norfolk 14.13 (97) v Nth Hobart 9.14 (68)
Minor Premier New Norfolk (4th)
Wooden Spoon Hobart (4th)
Grand Final attendance 19,236 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance 221,276 for 60 matches at 3,688
Total Finals Series attendance 56,493 for 4 matches at 14,123
Total aggregate attendance 277,769 for 64 matches at 4,340

Participating Clubs

1968 TANFL Club Coaches

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

(Saturday, 28 September 1968)

State Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 28 September 1968)

  • Scottsdale 16.15 (111) v East Devonport 11.10 (76) – Att: 7,659 at York Park

State Grand Final

(Saturday, 5 October 1968)

  • New Norfolk: 1.4 (10) | 3.10 (28) | 5.11 (41) | 9.13 (67)
  • Scottsdale: 1.0 (6) | 3.4 (22) | 6.9 (45) | 7.12 (54)
  • Attendance: 11,329 at North Hobart Oval

Intrastate Matches

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 11 May 1968)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 15 June 1968)

Interstate Match

(Saturday, 29 June 1968)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL
  • John Mills (Clarence) – 49
  • Graeme "Harry" Dwyer (Nth Hobart) – 40
  • Ben Nusteling (New Norfolk) – 40
  • David Collins (Nth Hobart) – 39

Medal Winners
  • Bob Lucas (Clarence) – William Leitch Medal
  • Bill Patmore (Nth Hobart) & Wayne Hayes (Glenorchy) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • S.Appleby (Buckingham) & A.Caudwell (Nth Hobart) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
  • John Devine (Nth Hobart) – Lefroy Medal (Best player in Interstate match)
  • Roger Steele (Sandy Bay) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best player in Intrastate matches)

1968 TANFL Ladder
Team Played Won Lost Draw For Against Percentage Points
New Norfolk 20127116171460110.75%50
North Hobart 20128016151435112.54%48
Clarence 20118116201442112.34%46
Glenorchy 20911016051591100.88%36
Sandy Bay 2081111489168988.16%32
Hobart 2061311458178781.59%26

Round 1

(Saturday, 6 April 1968)

Round 2

(Saturday, 13 April & Monday, 15 April 1968)

Note: North Hobart Football Club's record home attendance.

Round 3

(Saturday, 20 April 1968)

Round 4

(Thursday, 25 April & Saturday, 27 April 1968)

Round 5

(Saturday, 4 May 1968)

Round 6

(Saturday, 18 May 1968)

Round 7

(Saturday, 25 May 1968)

Round 8

(Saturday, 1 June 1968)

Round 9

(Saturday, 8 June & Monday, 10 June 1968)

Round 10

(Saturday, 15 June 1968)

Round 11

(Saturday, 22 June 1968)

  • Nth Hobart 17.10 (112) v Sandy Bay 8.5 (53) – Att: 4,319 at North Hobart Oval
  • Glenorchy 13.14 (92) v Clarence 11.15 (81) – Att: 3,614 at KGV Park
  • Hobart 13.9 (87) v New Norfolk 12.15 (87) – Att: 2,045 at TCA Ground

Round 12

(Saturday, 29 June 1968)

Round 13

(Saturday, 6 July 1968)

Round 14

(Saturday, 13 July 1968)

  • Clarence 19.18 (132) v Hobart 11.6 (72) – Att: 3,440 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Norfolk 19.9 (123) v Sandy Bay 5.8 (38) – Att: 2,206 at Boyer Oval
  • Nth Hobart 11.15 (81) v Glenorchy 10.10 (70) – Att: 3,895 at KGV Park

Round 15

(Saturday, 20 July 1968)

Round 16

(Saturday, 27 July 1968)

Round 17

(Saturday, 3 August 1968)

Round 18

(Saturday, 10 August 1968)

Round 19

(Saturday, 17 August 1968)

Round 20

(Saturday, 24 August 1968)

  • Clarence 11.19 (85) v Sandy Bay 10.7 (67) – Att: 5,665 at North Hobart Oval
  • Nth Hobart 11.14 (80) v New Norfolk 11.10 (76) – Att: 3,121 at Boyer Oval
  • Glenorchy 21.14 (140) v Hobart 7.6 (48) – Att: 2,447 at KGV Park

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 31 August 1968)

  • Clarence: 4.1 (25) | 9.4 (58) | 12.7 (79) | 17.14 (116)
  • Glenorchy: 2.1 (13) | 5.2 (32) | 7.4 (46) | 9.8 (62)
  • Attendance: 11,736 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 7 September 1968)

  • Nth Hobart: 5.3 (33) | 10.5 (65) | 12.8 (80) | 18.13 (121)
  • New Norfolk: 1.7 (13) | 3.8 (26) | 7.13 (55) | 9.14 (68)
  • Attendance: 11,172 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 14 September 1968)

  • New Norfolk: 3.4 (22) | 4.11 (35) | 7.14 (56) | 7.18 (60)
  • Clarence: 0.4 (4) | 1.6 (12) | 2.6 (18) | 6.11 (47)
  • Attendance: 14,347 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

(Saturday, 21 September 1968)

  • New Norfolk: 3.4 (22) | 4.6 (30) | 10.11 (71) | 14.13 (97)
  • Nth Hobart: 1.3 (9) | 3.7 (25) | 4.9 (33) | 9.14 (68)
  • Attendance: 19,236 at North Hobart Oval

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

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