The 1978 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 1978.
The competition's major sponsor for the 1978 season was
Hitachi.
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 D.A Burton |
Participating Clubs |
Clarence Kangaroos Glenorchy Magpies Hobart Tigers New Norfolk Eagles North Hobart Demons Sandy Bay Seagulls |
Stadiums |
North Hobart Oval Bellerive Oval KGV Football Park TCA Ground Boyer Oval Queenborough Oval |
1978 TANFL Premiership Season. | |
Premiers | Sandy Bay 11.14 (80) v Glenorchy 9.15 (69) |
Minor Premiers | Sandy Bay (8th) |
Wooden Spooners | Hobart (8th) |
Grand Final attendance | 18,662 at North Hobart Oval |
Total Roster Series attendance | 125,788 for 60 matches at 2,096 |
Total Finals Series attendance | 40,860 for 4 matches at 10,215 |
Total aggregate attendance | 166,648 for 64 matches at 2,603 |
(Saturday, 23 September 1978)
(Sunday, 1 October 1978)
Interstate Match (Tuesday, 25 April 1978)
Interstate Match (Sunday, 7 May 1978)
Interstate Match (Saturday, 10 June 1978)
Note: Includes 343 pre-sold family pass tickets.
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 29 April 1978)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 13 May 1978)
Team | Played | Won | Lost | Draw | For | Against | Percentage | Points |
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Sandy Bay | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2160 | 1248 | 173.07% | 64 |
Glenorchy | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2028 | 1635 | 127.21% | 56 |
New Norfolk | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1815 | 1907 | 95.17% | 36 |
North Hobart | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1741 | 1864 | 93.40% | 36 |
Clarence | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1460 | 1988 | 73.44% | 24 |
Hobart | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1541 | 2155 | 71.50% | 24 |
(Saturday, 1 April 1978)
(Saturday, 8 April 1978)
(Saturday, 15 April 1978)
(Saturday, 22 April. Sunday, 23 April & Tuesday, 25 April 1978)
(Saturday, 29 April 1978)
(Saturday, 6 May 1978)
(Saturday, 20 May 1978)
Note: Clarence captain-coach Eric Pascoe controversially calls for a head-count during the final quarter in order to stop Hobart's momentum.
(Saturday, 27 May & Sunday, 28 May 1978)
(Saturday, 3 June & Monday, 5 June 1978)
(Saturday, 17 June & Sunday, 18 June 1978)
(Saturday, 24 June 1978)
(Saturday, 1 July 1978)
(Saturday, 8 July 1978)
(Saturday, 15 July 1978)
(Saturday, 22 July & Sunday, 23 July 1978)
(Saturday, 29 July 1978)
(Saturday, 5 August & Sunday, 6 August 1978)
(Saturday, 12 August 1978)
(Saturday, 19 August 1978)
(Saturday, 26 August 1978)
Note: Peter Hudson held goalless for the only time in his TFL career and Clarence wear their traditional Maroon and white V playing jumper for the final time.
(Saturday, 2 September 1978)
(Sunday, 3 September 1978)
(Saturday, 9 September 1978)
(Saturday, 16 September 1978)
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury, Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) and North West Advocate publications.