1926 TFL Season

These are the results for the 1926 season of the Tasmanian Football League (currently known as the Tasmanian State League).

It featured eighteen rounds (one of which went completely unplayed) in a sextuple round-robin format. Cananore were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a play-off due to the results of regular season. Cananore were the premiers, with Jack Charlesworth as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1926 TFL Season
Teams: 4
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Play-Off Necessary
Matches: 34

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Cananore
Lefroy
New Town		Max Hislop
North Hobart		Fred Williams

Season Results

Premiers: Cananore
Runners-Up: New Town
Minor Premiers: Cananore

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Cananore	1st	13	-0-	4	36	125.4%	1,413	1,127	202	201	155	197
New Town	2nd	11	-0-	6	36	101.8%	1,111	1,091	149	217	153	173
Lefroy	3rd	5	-0-	11	12	81.3%	945	1,163	133	147	164	179
North Hobart	4th	4	-0-	12	12	76.0%	1,073	1,411	153	155	198	223

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Cananore	1st	Premiers
New Town	2nd	Runners-Up
Lefroy	3rd	Did not qualify for finals
North Hobart	4th	Did not qualify for finals

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/05/1926		Cananore v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	107	-	61
SAT	01/05/1926		New Town v Lefroy	TCA Ground	57	-	40

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	1	-0-	0	2	175.4%	107	61
New Town	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	142.5%	57	40
Lefroy	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	70.2%	40	57
North Hobart	4th	0	-0-	1	0	57.0%	61	107

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/05/1926		Cananore v Lefroy	TCA Ground	112	-	46
SAT	08/05/1926		New Town v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	85	-	81

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	2	-0-	0	4	204.7%	219	107
New Town	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	117.4%	142	121
North Hobart	3rd	0	-0-	2	0	74.0%	142	192
Lefroy	4th	0	-0-	2	0	50.9%	86	169

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/05/1926		Cananore v New Town	TCA Ground	69	-	55
SAT	15/05/1926		Lefroy v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	56	-	38

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	3	-0-	0	6	177.8%	288	162
New Town	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	103.7%	197	190
Lefroy	3rd	1	-0-	2	2	68.6%	142	207
North Hobart	4th	0	-0-	3	0	72.6%	180	248

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/05/1926		Cananore v North Hobart	TCA Ground	117	-	103
SAT	22/05/1926		Lefroy v New Town	North Hobart Oval	66	-	54

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	4	-0-	0	8	152.8%	405	265
New Town	2nd	2	-0-	2	4	98.0%	251	256
Lefroy	3rd	2	-0-	2	4	79.7%	208	261
North Hobart	4th	0	-0-	4	0	77.5%	283	365

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/05/1926		Cananore v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	96	-	65
SAT	29/05/1926		North Hobart v New Town	TCA Ground	75	-	69

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	5	-0-	0	10	151.8%	501	330
New Town	2nd	2	-0-	3	4	96.7%	320	331
Lefroy	3rd	2	-0-	3	4	76.5%	273	357
North Hobart	4th	1	-0-	4	2	82.5%	358	434

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/06/1926		Cananore v New Town	North Hobart Oval	96	-	59
MON	07/06/1926		Lefroy v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	89	-	85

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	6	-0-	0	12	153.5%	597	389
Lefroy	2nd	3	-0-	3	6	81.9%	362	442
New Town	3rd	2	-0-	4	4	88.8%	379	427
North Hobart	4th	1	-0-	5	2	84.7%	443	523

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/06/1926		Cananore v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	109	-	78
SAT	12/06/1926		Lefroy v New Town	TCA Ground	90	-	77

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	7	-0-	0	14	151.2%	706	467
Lefroy	2nd	4	-0-	3	8	87.1%	452	519
New Town	3rd	2	-0-	5	4	88.2%	456	517
North Hobart	4th	1	-0-	6	2	82.4%	521	632

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/06/1926		Cananore v Lefroy	TCA Ground	60	-	25
SAT	26/06/1926		New Town v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	46	-	44

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	8	-0-	0	16	155.7%	766	492
Lefroy	2nd	4	-0-	4	8	82.4%	477	579
New Town	3rd	3	-0-	5	6	89.5%	502	561
North Hobart	4th	1	-0-	7	2	83.3%	565	678

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/07/1926		New Town v Cananore	TCA Ground	58	-	52
SAT	10/07/1926		North Hobart v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	53	-	33

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	8	-0-	1	16	148.7%	818	550
New Town	2nd	4	-0-	5	8	91.4%	560	613
Lefroy	3rd	4	-0-	5	8	80.7%	510	632
North Hobart	4th	2	-0-	7	4	86.9%	618	711

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/07/1926		Cananore v North Hobart	TCA Ground	101	-	41
SAT	17/07/1926		New Town v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	56	-	43

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	9	-0-	1	20	155.5%	919	591
New Town	2nd	5	-0-	5	12	93.9%	616	656
Lefroy	3rd	4	-0-	6	8	80.4%	553	688
North Hobart	4th	2	-0-	8	4	81.2%	659	812

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/08/1926		Cananore v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	62	-	59
SAT	14/08/1926		New Town v North Hobart	TCA Ground	96	-	54

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	10	-0-	1	24	150.9%	981	650
New Town	2nd	6	-0-	5	16	100.3%	712	710
Lefroy	3rd	4	-0-	7	8	81.6%	612	750
North Hobart	4th	2	-0-	9	4	78.5%	713	908

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/08/1926		Cananore v New Town	North Hobart Oval	51	-	39
SAT	21/08/1926		North Hobart v Lefroy	TCA Ground	74	-	70

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	11	-0-	1	28	149.8%	1,032	689
New Town	2nd	6	-0-	6	16	98.7%	751	761
Lefroy	3rd	4	-0-	8	8	82.8%	682	824
North Hobart	4th	3	-0-	9	8	80.5%	787	978

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/08/1926		New Town v Lefroy	TCA Ground	52	-	43
SAT	28/08/1926		North Hobart v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	87	-	64

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	11	-0-	2	28	141.2%	1,096	776
New Town	2nd	7	-0-	6	20	99.9%	803	804
North Hobart	3rd	4	-0-	9	12	83.9%	874	1,042
Lefroy	4th	4	-0-	9	8	82.8%	725	876

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/09/1926		Cananore v Lefroy	TCA Ground	67	-	60
SAT	11/09/1926		New Town v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	67	-	56

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	12	-0-	2	32	139.1%	1,163	836
New Town	2nd	8	-0-	6	24	101.2%	870	860
North Hobart	3rd	4	-0-	10	12	83.9%	930	1,109
Lefroy	4th	4	-0-	10	8	83.2%	785	943

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/09/1926		Lefroy v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	91	-	55
SAT	18/09/1926		New Town v Cananore	TCA Ground	78	-	48

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	12	-0-	3	32	132.5%	1,211	914
New Town	2nd	9	-0-	6	28	104.4%	948	908
Lefroy	3rd	5	-0-	10	12	87.8%	876	998
North Hobart	4th	4	-0-	11	12	82.1%	985	1,200

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/09/1926		Cananore v North Hobart	TCA Ground	144	-	88
SAT	25/09/1926		New Town v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	98	-	69

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	13	-0-	3	36	135.2%	1,355	1,002
New Town	2nd	10	-0-	6	32	107.1%	1,046	977
Lefroy	3rd	5	-0-	11	12	86.2%	945	1,096
North Hobart	4th	4	-0-	12	12	79.8%	1,073	1,344

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
CANCELLED			Cananore v Lefroy
CANCELLED			New Town v North Hobart

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	13	-0-	3	36	135.2%	1,355	1,002
New Town	2nd	10	-0-	6	32	107.1%	1,046	977
Lefroy	3rd	5	-0-	11	12	86.2%	945	1,096
North Hobart	4th	4	-0-	12	12	79.8%	1,073	1,344

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/10/1926		New Town v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	65	-	58
CANCELLED			Lefroy v North Hobart

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	13	-0-	4	36	132.4%	1,413	1,067
New Town	2nd	11	-0-	6	36	107.3%	1,111	1,035
Lefroy	3rd	5	-0-	11	12	86.2%	945	1,096
North Hobart	4th	4	-0-	12	12	79.8%	1,073	1,344

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Cananore	1st	13	-0-	4	36	125.4%	1,413	1,127	202	201	155	197
New Town	2nd	11	-0-	6	36	101.8%	1,111	1,091	149	217	153	173
Lefroy	3rd	5	-0-	11	12	81.3%	945	1,163	133	147	164	179
North Hobart	4th	4	-0-	12	12	76.0%	1,073	1,411	153	155	198	223

Final Round 1

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/10/1926		Cananore v New Town	North Hobart Oval	92	-	60

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Cananore	1st
New Town	2nd

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