The 1945 Tasmanian Australian National Football League ( TANFL) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over fifteen (15) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 5 May and 29 September 1945.
This was the first season of post-World War Two football and much work was undertaken by officials, members, supporters and players in re-establishing the competition after it was closed down at the end of the 1941 season due to the War.
This was also the first season of a new district-based competition, North Hobart and New Town would be joined by a new club from the Hobart district ( Hobart Football Club) who replaced Cananore and the newly formed Sandy Bay Football Club who would represent the Sandy Bay district as a replacement for the Lefroy Football Club.
General Information | |
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Founded | 12 June 1879 in Hobart, Tasmania |
Previous Names | TFA (1879–1886) STFA (1887–1896) STFL (1897) STFA (1887–1905) TFL (1906–1927) |
TANFL President | Mr Weller Arnold |
Participating Clubs |
Hobart Tigers New Town Magpies North Hobart Redlegs Sandy Bay Seagulls |
Stadiums |
North Hobart Oval New Town Oval Queenborough Oval |
1945 TANFL Premiership Season. | |
Premiers | Nth Hobart 10.17 (77) v Sandy Bay 7.6 (48) |
Minor Premier | Nth Hobart |
Wooden Spooner | Hobart (1st) |
Grand Final attendance | 5,980 at North Hobart Oval |
Total Roster Series attendance | 34,216 for 30 matches at 1,140 |
Total Finals Series attendance | 18,991 for 4 matches at 4,747 |
Total aggregate attendance | 53,207 for 34 matches at 1,565 |
State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)
Note: Macalburn were affiliated to Hobart, South East were affiliated to Sandy Bay.
(Saturday, 6 October 1945)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 9 June 1945)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 14 July 1945)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 18 August 1945)
Team | Played | Won | Lost | Draw | For | Against | Percentage | Points |
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North Hobart | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1481 | 1013 | 122.15% | 52 |
Sandy Bay | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1219 | 1118 | 109.03% | 34 |
New Town | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1201 | 1111 | 108.10% | 32 |
Hobart | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 807 | 1466 | 55.05% | 0 |
(Saturday, 5 May 1945)
(Saturday, 12 May 1945)
(Saturday, 19 May 1945)
(Saturday, 26 May 1945)
(Saturday, 2 June 1945)
(Saturday, 16 June & Monday, 18 June 1945)
(Saturday, 23 June 1945)
(Monday, 30 June 1945)
(Saturday, 7 July 1945)
(Saturday, 21 July 1945)
(Saturday, 28 July 1945)
(Saturday, 4 August 1945)
(Saturday, 11 August 1945)
(Saturday, 25 August 1945)
(Saturday, 1 September 1945)
(Saturday, 8 September 1945)
(Saturday, 15 September 1945)
(Saturday, 22 September 1945)
(Saturday, 29 September 1945)
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury publications.