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

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 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

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 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

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 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Cananore* 1st
North Hobart 2nd
New Town 3rd
* : right to challenge

Final Round 2

Final (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

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Cananore* 1st
North Hobart 2nd
New Town 3rd
* : right to challenge