1950 TANFL season

The 1950 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 15 April and 7 October 1950.
On 7 August 1950, the TANFL admitted the Clarence and New Norfolk District Football Clubs' as permanent members of the TANFL competition after they were admitted as probationary members in 1947.

1950 TANFL Premiership Season
General Information
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
Hobart Tigers
New Norfolk Eagles
New Town Magpies
North Hobart Robins
Sandy Bay Seagulls
Stadiums North Hobart Oval
TCA Ground
New Town Oval
Queenborough Oval
Bellerive Oval
Boyer Oval
1950 TANFL Premiership Season.
Premiers Hobart 11.12 (78) v New Town 11.10 (76)
Minor Premier Hobart (2nd)
Wooden Spooner Clarence (3rd)
Grand Final attendance 12,697 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance 134,793 for 45 matches at 2,995
Total Finals Series attendance 35,919 for 4 matches at 8,980
Total aggregate attendance 170,712 for 49 matches at 3,484

Participating Clubs

1950 TANFL Club Coaches

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)

Note: Macalburn were affiliated to Hobart, Buckingham were affiliated to New Town.

State Grand Final

(Saturday, 14 October 1950)

Intrastate Matches

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 29 July 1950)

Inter-Association Match (Saturday, 29 July 1950)

Interstate Matches

See – 1950 Australian National Football Carnival
Australian National Football Carnival (Wednesday, 19 July 1950)

Australian National Football Carnival (Saturday, 22 July 1950)

Australian National Football Carnival (Monday, 24 July 1950)

Australian National Football Carnival (Wednesday, 26 July 1950)

Interstate Match (Sunday, 30 July 1950)

Exhibition Match (Saturday, 29 July 1950)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

Medal Winners

1950 TANFL Ladder

Team Played Won Lost Draw For Against Percentage Points
Hobart 20155016561256131.85%60
North Hobart 20137016431400117.36%52
New Town 20128017691582111.82%60
Sandy Bay 201010016091533104.96%40
New Norfolk 2091101492152897.64%36
Clarence 2011901232210258.61%4

Round 1

(Saturday, 15 April 1950)

Round 2

(Saturday, 22 April 1950)

Round 3

(Saturday, 29 April 1950)

Round 4

(Saturday, 6 May 1950)

Round 5

(Saturday, 13 May 1950)

Round 6

(Saturday, 20 May 1950)

Round 7

(Saturday, 27 May 1950)

Round 8

(Saturday, 3 June 1950)

Round 9

(Saturday, 17 June 1950)

Round 10

(Saturday, 24 June 1950)

Round 11

(Saturday, 1 July 1950)

Round 12

(Saturday, 8 July 1950)

Round 13

(Saturday, 15 July 1950)

Round 14

(Saturday, 22 July 1950)

Note: Bernie Waldron kicked a then Hobart Football Club record of 14 goals in this match, later breaking the record again on 30 August 1952.

Round 15

(Saturday, 5 August 1950)

Round 16

(Saturday, 12 August 1950)

Round 17

(Saturday, 19 August 1950)

Round 18

(Saturday, 26 August 1950)

Round 19

(Saturday, 2 September 1950)

Round 20

(Saturday, 9 September 1950)

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 16 September 1950)

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 23 September 1950)

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 30 September 1950)

Grand Final

(Saturday, 7 October 1950)

References

All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury newspaper.
Ken Pinchin: "A Century Of Tasmanian Football" (1979) - Tasmanian Football League, Hobart, Tasmania.