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.
General Information | |
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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 |
State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)
(Saturday, 23 September 1961)
(Saturday, 30 September 1961)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 6 May 1961)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 24 June 1961)
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)
Team | Played | Won | Lost | Draw | For | Against | Percentage | Points |
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North Hobart | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1550 | 1220 | 127.05% | 52 |
Glenorchy | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1439 | 1296 | 111.02% | 48 |
Clarence | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1362 | 1353 | 100.66% | 44 |
Sandy Bay | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1471 | 1200 | 122.59% | 42 |
Hobart | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1503 | 1645 | 91.37% | 36 |
New Norfolk | 20 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1107 | 1610 | 69.13% | 18 |
(Saturday, 1 April & Monday, 3 April 1961)
(Saturday, 8 April 1961)
(Saturday, 15 April 1961)
(Saturday, 22 April 1961)
(Saturday, 29 April 1961)
(Saturday, 6 May 1961)
(Saturday, 13 May 1961)
(Saturday, 20 May 1961)
(Saturday, 27 May 1961)
(Saturday, 3 June 1961)
(Saturday, 10 June 1961)
(Saturday, 17 June 1961)
(Saturday, 1 July 1961)
(Saturday, 8 July 1961)
(Saturday, 15 July 1961)
(Saturday, 22 July 1961)
(Saturday, 29 July 1961)
(Saturday, 5 August 1961)
(Saturday, 12 August 1961)
(Saturday, 19 August 1961)
(Saturday, 26 August 1961)
(Saturday, 2 September 1961)
(Saturday, 9 September 1961)
(Saturday, 16 September 1961)
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.