1931 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1931 season of the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (currently known as the Tasmanian State League).

It featured fifteen rounds in a quintuple round-robin format. Cananore were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Adjusted Final Three Challenge system. Cananore were the premiers, with Albert Collier as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1931 TANFL Season
Teams: 4
Rounds: 15
Finals System: Adjusted Final Three Challenge System
Matches: 33

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Cananore		Albert Collier
Lefroy
New Town		Chris Bennett
North Hobart		Bruce McGregor

Season Results

Premiers: Cananore
Runners-Up: North Hobart
Minor Premiers: Cananore

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Cananore	1st	11	-0-	4	52	128.1%	1,077	841	149	183	116	145
North Hobart	2nd	10	-0-	5	48	119.7%	1,266	1,058	181	180	146	182
New Town	3rd	5	-1-	9	26	86.1%	1,001	1,163	139	167	160	203
Lefroy	4th	3	-1-	11	18	77.6%	976	1,258	130	196	177	196

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/05/1931		New Town v Lefroy	TCA Ground	87	-	69
SAT	02/05/1931		North Hobart v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	81	-	61

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	1	-0-	0	4	132.8%	81	61
New Town	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	126.1%	87	69
Lefroy	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	79.3%	69	87
Cananore	4th	0	-0-	1	0	75.3%	61	81

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/05/1931		Cananore v New Town	TCA Ground	75	-	64
SAT	09/05/1931		North Hobart v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	115	-	93

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	2	-0-	0	8	127.3%	196	154
New Town	2nd	1	-0-	1	4	104.9%	151	144
Cananore	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	93.8%	136	145
Lefroy	4th	0	-0-	2	0	80.2%	162	202

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/05/1931		Cananore v Lefroy	TCA Ground	124	-	76
SAT	16/05/1931		New Town v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	93	-	90

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	2	-0-	1	8	117.6%	260	221
North Hobart	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	115.8%	286	247
New Town	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	104.3%	244	234
Lefroy	4th	0	-0-	3	0	73.0%	238	326

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/05/1931		Cananore v North Hobart	TCA Ground	60	-	48
SAT	23/05/1931		Lefroy v New Town	North Hobart Oval	84	-	68

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	3	-0-	1	12	119.0%	320	269
North Hobart	2nd	2	-0-	2	8	108.8%	334	307
New Town	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	98.1%	312	318
Lefroy	4th	1	-0-	3	4	81.7%	322	394

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/05/1931		New Town v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	48	-	23
SAT	30/05/1931		North Hobart v Lefroy	TCA Ground	73	-	71

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	3	-0-	2	12	108.2%	343	317
North Hobart	2nd	3	-0-	2	12	107.7%	407	378
New Town	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	105.6%	360	341
Lefroy	4th	1	-0-	4	4	84.2%	393	467

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/06/1931		Cananore v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	72	-	42
MON	08/06/1931		North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	77	-	73

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	4	-0-	2	16	115.6%	415	359
North Hobart	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	107.3%	484	451
New Town	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	103.6%	433	418
Lefroy	4th	1	-0-	5	4	80.7%	435	539

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/06/1931		Cananore v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	80	-	62
SAT	13/06/1931		Lefroy v New Town	TCA Ground	77	-	77

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	5	-0-	2	20	117.6%	495	421
North Hobart	2nd	4	-0-	3	16	102.8%	546	531
New Town	3rd	3	-1-	3	14	103.0%	510	495
Lefroy	4th	1	-1-	5	6	83.1%	512	616

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/06/1931		Cananore v New Town	TCA Ground	81	-	57
SAT	27/06/1931		North Hobart v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	122	-	47

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	6	-0-	2	24	120.5%	576	478
North Hobart	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	115.6%	668	578
New Town	3rd	3	-1-	4	14	98.4%	567	576
Lefroy	4th	1	-1-	6	6	75.7%	559	738

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/07/1931		Cananore v Lefroy	TCA Ground	77	-	35
SAT	04/07/1931		North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	80	-	32

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	7	-0-	2	28	127.3%	653	513
North Hobart	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	122.6%	748	610
New Town	3rd	3	-1-	5	14	91.3%	599	656
Lefroy	4th	1	-1-	7	6	72.9%	594	815

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/07/1931		Cananore v North Hobart	TCA Ground	91	-	64
SAT	11/07/1931		Lefroy v New Town	North Hobart Oval	94	-	76

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	8	-0-	2	34	128.9%	744	577
North Hobart	2nd	6	-0-	4	24	115.8%	812	701
New Town	3rd	3	-1-	6	14	90.0%	675	750
Lefroy	4th	2	-1-	7	12	77.2%	688	891

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/07/1931		New Town v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	76	-	57
SAT	18/07/1931		North Hobart v Lefroy	TCA Ground	87	-	84

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	8	-0-	3	34	122.7%	801	653
North Hobart	2nd	7	-0-	4	30	114.5%	899	785
New Town	3rd	4	-1-	6	20	93.1%	751	807
Lefroy	4th	2	-1-	8	12	78.9%	772	978

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/07/1931		Cananore v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	59	-	26
SAT	25/07/1931		New Town v North Hobart	TCA Ground	76	-	72

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	9	-0-	3	40	126.7%	860	679
North Hobart	2nd	7	-0-	5	30	112.8%	971	861
New Town	3rd	5	-1-	6	26	94.1%	827	879
Lefroy	4th	2	-1-	9	12	77.0%	798	1,037

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/08/1931		Lefroy v New Town	TCA Ground	80	-	61
SAT	08/08/1931		North Hobart v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	79	-	69

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	9	-0-	4	40	122.6%	929	758
North Hobart	2nd	8	-0-	5	36	112.9%	1,050	930
New Town	3rd	5	-1-	7	26	92.6%	888	959
Lefroy	4th	3	-1-	9	18	80.0%	878	1,098

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/08/1931		Cananore v New Town	TCA Ground	73	-	54
SAT	15/08/1931		North Hobart v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	85	-	69

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	10	-0-	4	46	123.4%	1,002	812
North Hobart	2nd	9	-0-	5	42	113.6%	1,135	999
New Town	3rd	5	-1-	8	26	91.3%	942	1,032
Lefroy	4th	3	-1-	10	18	80.1%	947	1,183

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/08/1931		Cananore v Lefroy	TCA Ground	75	-	29
SAT	22/08/1931		North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	131	-	59

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	11	-0-	4	52	128.1%	1,077	841
North Hobart	2nd	10	-0-	5	48	119.7%	1,266	1,058
New Town	3rd	5	-1-	9	26	86.1%	1,001	1,163
Lefroy	4th	3	-1-	11	18	77.6%	976	1,258

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/09/1931		North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	115	-	102

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/09/1931		Cananore v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	66	-	66
SAT	19/09/1931		Cananore v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	57	-	54

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