The 1947 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 19 April and 27 September 1947.
The TANFL introduced two new teams into the district-based competition, New Norfolk (founded in 1878) and Clarence (founded in 1884) were both introduced from the Southern District Football Association for a two year trial period.
There was also a two week break in mid-season to allow for the 1947 Australian National Football Championships to be played, all Carnival matches were staged at North Hobart Oval.
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 Weller Arnold |
Participating Clubs | Clarence Kangaroos New Town Magpies Hobart Tigers New Norfolk Eagles North Hobart Robins Sandy Bay Seagulls |
Stadiums | North Hobart Oval Bellerive Oval TCA Ground Boyer Oval Queenborough Oval |
1947 TANFL Premiership Season. | |
Premiers | Nth Hobart 13.7 (85) v Hobart 10.9 (69) |
Minor Premier | Nth Hobart |
Wooden Spooner | New Norfolk (1st) |
Grand Final attendance | 11,396 at North Hobart Oval |
Total Roster Series attendance | 109,631 for 45 matches at 2,436 |
Total Finals Series attendance | 34,661 for 4 matches at 8,665 |
Total aggregate attendance | 144,292 for 49 matches at 2,945 |
Contents |
State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)
Note: Buckingham were affiliated to New Town, South East were affiliated to Sandy Bay.
(Saturday, 4 October 1947)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 10 May 1947)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 7 June 1947)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 21 June 1947)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 12 July 1947)
Team | Played | Won | Lost | Draw | For | Against | Percentage | Points |
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North Hobart | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1180 | 966 | 122.15% | 44 |
Hobart | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1187 | 985 | 120.51% | 44 |
Sandy Bay | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1421 | 1131 | 125.64% | 40 |
New Town | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1132 | 1028 | 110.12% | 36 |
Clarence | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 942 | 1158 | 81.35% | 12 |
New Norfolk | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 838 | 1369 | 61.21% | 4 |
(Saturday, 19 April 1947)
Note: Clarence Football Club's maiden TANFL victory, also first TANFL match at Bellerive Oval.
(Saturday, 26 April 1947)
Note: First TANFL match staged at Boyer Oval (built by ANM Limited in 1945).
(Saturday, 3 May 1947)
(Saturday, 17 May 1947)
(Saturday, 24 May 1947)
(Saturday, 31 May 1947)
(Saturday, 14 June 1947)
(Monday, 16 June 1947)
(Saturday, 28 June 1947)
(Saturday, 5 July 1947)
(Saturday, 19 July 1947)
Note: New Norfolk District Football Club's maiden TANFL victory.
(Saturday, 26 July 1947)
(Saturday, 16 August 1947)
(Saturday, 23 August 1947)
(Saturday, 30 August 1947)
(Saturday, 6 September 1947)
(Saturday, 13 September 1947)
(Saturday, 20 September 1947)
(Saturday, 27 September 1947)
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury publications.
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