Australian football season
Australian rules football season
1969 TANFL season Teams Premiers Nth Hobart Minor premiers Nth Hobart Matches played 61 Total attendance 242,765 (3,980 per match)
The 1969 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL ) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart , Tasmania over nineteen (19) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 5 April and 13 September 1969.
Participating Clubs
Note: North Hobart officially changed their emblem from the Robins to Demons on 1 May 1969, previously they had also been referred to colloquially as the Redlegs.
1969 TANFL Club Coaches
TANFL Reserves Grand Final
TANFL Under-19's Grand Final
Glenorchy. (Scores unavailable)
TANFL Under-17's Grand Final
State Preliminary Final
(Saturday, 20 September 1969)
Note: North Hobart (TANFL guernsey) and Latrobe (NWFU guernsey) wore alternate strips due to a guernsey clash.
State Grand Final
(Saturday, 27 September 1969)
Nth Hobart: 4.3 (27) | 10.11 (71) | 16.15 (111) | 26.20 (176)
Launceston: 2.3 (15) | 3.6 (24) | 3.12 (30) | 6.13 (49)
Attendance : 10,371 at York Park
Intrastate Matches
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 26 April 1969)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 24 May 1969)
Interstate Matches
See: 1969 Australian Football Carnival
Match One (Saturday, 7 June 1969)
Match Three (Wednesday, 11 June 1969)
Match Five (Saturday, 14 June 1969)
Western Australia 28.24 (192) v Tasmania 12.7 (79) – Att : 51,000 at Adelaide Oval
Leading Goalkickers: TANFL
John Marshall (Nth Hobart) – 50
Brent Palfreyman (Sandy Bay) – 48
Kevin King (Clarence) – 47
Bob Smith (Nth Hobart) – 42
Medal Winners
Roger Steele (Sandy Bay) – William Leitch Medal
L.Pilkington (Sandy Bay) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
Robbie Dykes (Claremont) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
Burnie Payne (Hobart) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best player in Intrastate matches)
1969 TANFL Ladder
Round 1
(Saturday, 5 April & Monday, 7 April 1969)
Round 2
(Saturday, 12 April 1969)
Round 3
(Saturday, 19 April 1969)
Round 4
(Friday, 25 April & Saturday, 26 April 1969)
Round 5
(Saturday, 3 May 1969)
Note: North Hobart's first official match as the Demons, formerly the Robins.
Round 6
(Saturday, 10 May 1969)
Round 7
(Saturday, 17 May 1969)
Round 8
(Saturday, 31 May 1969)
Round 9
(Saturday, 7 June 1969)
Round 10
(Saturday, 14 June & Monday, 16 June 1969)
Round 11
(Saturday, 21 June 1969)
Round 12
(Saturday, 28 June 1969)
Round 13
(Saturday, 5 July 1969)
Round 14
(Saturday, 12 July 1969)
Round 15
(Saturday, 19 July 1969)
Round 16
(Saturday, 26 July 1969)
Round 17
(Saturday, 2 August 1969)
Round 18
(Saturday, 9 August 1969)
Round 19
(Saturday, 16 August 1969)
First Semi Final
(Saturday, 23 August 1969)
New Norfolk: 3.6 (24) | 7.10 (52) | 8.14 (62) | 13.15 (93)
Sandy Bay: 2.2 (14) | 3.9 (27) | 11.14 (80) | 13.14 (92)
Attendance : 9,695 at North Hobart Oval
Second Semi Final
(Saturday, 30 August 1969)
Nth Hobart: 8.2 (50) | 9.3 (57) | 17.6 (108) | 24.10 (154)
Clarence: 2.3 (15) | 4.8 (32) | 8.11 (59) | 10.13 (73)
Attendance : 12,461 at North Hobart Oval
Preliminary Final
(Saturday, 6 September 1969)
Clarence: 4.12 (36) | 11.17 (83) | 15.21 (111) | 17.23 (125)
New Norfolk: 3.3 (21) | 4.5 (29) | 8.5 (53) | 11.7 (73)
Attendance : 11,618 at North Hobart Oval
Grand Final
(Saturday, 13 September 1969)
Nth Hobart: 2.4 (16) | 8.10 (58) | 15.12 (102) | 19.15 (129)
Clarence: 3.4 (22) | 6.4 (40) | 12.7 (79) | 17.15 (117)
Attendance : 19,425 at North Hobart Oval
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.
Clubs
Seasons Grounds Honours