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.
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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.
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