1937 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1937 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. Lefroy were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Adjusted Final Three Challenge system. Lefroy were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1937 TANFL Season
Teams: 4
Rounds: 15
Finals System: Adjusted Final Three Challenge System
Matches: 32

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Cananore
Lefroy
New Town		Basil McCormack
North Hobart		Cecil Pettiona

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Lefroy	1st	11	-1-	3	54	110.1%	1,315	1,194	189	181	168	186
North Hobart	2nd	8	-1-	6	44	120.6%	1,316	1,091	189	182	154	167
New Town	3rd	8	-2-	5	40	108.6%	1,241	1,143	175	191	163	165
Cananore	4th	1	-0-	14	6	69.8%	1,026	1,470	145	156	213	192

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/05/1937		New Town v Cananore	TCA Ground	112	-	55
SAT	01/05/1937		North Hobart v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	79	-	64

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Town	1st	1	-0-	0	4	203.6%	112	55
Lefroy	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	81.0%	64	79
North Hobart	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	123.4%	79	64
Cananore	4th	0	-0-	1	0	49.1%	55	112

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/05/1937		Lefroy v Cananore	TCA Ground	82	-	64
SAT	08/05/1937		New Town v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	78	-	67

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Town	1st	2	-0-	0	8	155.7%	190	122
Lefroy	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	102.1%	146	143
North Hobart	3rd	0	-0-	2	0	102.8%	146	142
Cananore	4th	0	-0-	2	0	61.3%	119	194

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
WED	12/05/1937		North Hobart v Cananore	TCA Ground	85	-	65
SAT	15/05/1937		Lefroy v New Town	North Hobart Oval	118	-	101

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Lefroy	1st	3	-0-	0	12	108.2%	264	244
New Town	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	121.3%	291	240
North Hobart	3rd	1	-0-	2	4	111.6%	231	207
Cananore	4th	0	-0-	3	0	65.9%	184	279

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/05/1937		Lefroy v North Hobart	TCA Ground	100	-	99
SAT	22/05/1937		New Town v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	102	-	58

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Lefroy	1st	4	-0-	0	16	106.1%	364	343
New Town	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	131.9%	393	298
North Hobart	3rd	1	-0-	3	4	107.5%	330	307
Cananore	4th	0	-0-	4	0	63.5%	242	381

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/05/1937		Lefroy v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	114	-	92
SAT	29/05/1937		North Hobart v New Town	TCA Ground	63	-	63

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Lefroy	1st	5	-0-	0	20	109.9%	478	435
New Town	2nd	3	-1-	1	14	126.3%	456	361
North Hobart	3rd	1	-1-	3	6	106.2%	393	370
Cananore	4th	0	-0-	5	0	67.5%	334	495

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/06/1937		North Hobart v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	127	-	100
MON	07/06/1937		New Town v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	98	-	85

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Lefroy	1st	5	-0-	1	20	105.6%	563	533
New Town	2nd	4	-1-	1	18	124.2%	554	446
North Hobart	3rd	2	-1-	3	10	110.6%	520	470
Cananore	4th	0	-0-	6	0	69.8%	434	622

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/06/1937		Cananore v New Town	TCA Ground	83	-	93
SAT	12/06/1937		Lefroy v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	99	-	64

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Lefroy	1st	6	-0-	1	24	110.9%	662	597
New Town	2nd	5	-1-	1	22	122.3%	647	529
North Hobart	3rd	2	-1-	4	10	102.6%	584	569
Cananore	4th	0	-0-	7	0	72.3%	517	715

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/06/1937		Lefroy v Cananore	TCA Ground	83	-	46
SAT	19/06/1937		New Town v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	85	-	71

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Lefroy	1st	7	-0-	1	28	115.9%	745	643
New Town	2nd	6	-1-	1	26	122.0%	732	600
North Hobart	3rd	2	-1-	5	10	100.2%	655	654
Cananore	4th	0	-0-	8	0	70.6%	563	798

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/06/1937		New Town v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	57	-	57
SAT	26/06/1937		North Hobart v Cananore	TCA Ground	120	-	58

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Lefroy	1st	7	-1-	1	30	114.6%	802	700
New Town	2nd	6	-2-	1	28	120.1%	789	657
North Hobart	3rd	3	-1-	5	14	108.8%	775	712
Cananore	4th	0	-0-	9	0	67.6%	621	918

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/07/1937		New Town v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	66	-	51
SAT	17/07/1937		North Hobart v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	95	-	61

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Town	1st	7	-2-	1	34	120.8%	855	708
Lefroy	2nd	7	-1-	2	30	108.6%	863	795
North Hobart	3rd	4	-1-	5	20	112.5%	870	773
Cananore	4th	0	-0-	10	0	68.3%	672	984

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/07/1937		Lefroy v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	87	-	72
SAT	24/07/1937		North Hobart v New Town	TCA Ground	87	-	43

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Lefroy	1st	8	-1-	2	36	109.6%	950	867
New Town	2nd	7	-2-	2	34	113.0%	898	795
North Hobart	3rd	5	-1-	5	26	117.3%	957	816
Cananore	4th	0	-0-	11	0	69.5%	744	1,071

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/08/1937		New Town v Lefroy	TCA Ground	88	-	70
SAT	07/08/1937		North Hobart v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	95	-	49

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Town	1st	8	-2-	2	40	114.0%	986	865
Lefroy	2nd	8	-1-	3	36	106.8%	1,020	955
North Hobart	3rd	6	-1-	5	32	121.6%	1,052	865
Cananore	4th	0	-0-	12	0	68.0%	793	1,166

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/08/1937		Cananore v New Town	TCA Ground	100	-	84
SAT	21/08/1937		Lefroy v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	89	-	72

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Lefroy	1st	9	-1-	3	42	108.0%	1,109	1,027
New Town	2nd	8	-2-	3	40	110.9%	1,070	965
North Hobart	3rd	6	-1-	6	32	117.8%	1,124	954
Cananore	4th	1	-0-	12	6	71.4%	893	1,250

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/08/1937		Lefroy v Cananore	TCA Ground	110	-	72
SAT	28/08/1937		North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	82	-	76

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Lefroy	1st	10	-1-	3	48	110.9%	1,219	1,099
New Town	2nd	8	-2-	4	40	109.5%	1,146	1,047
North Hobart	3rd	7	-1-	6	38	117.1%	1,206	1,030
Cananore	4th	1	-0-	13	6	71.0%	965	1,360

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/09/1937		Cananore v North Hobart	TCA Ground	61	-	110
SAT	04/09/1937		Lefroy v New Town	North Hobart Oval	96	-	95

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Lefroy	1st	11	-1-	3	54	110.1%	1,315	1,194
North Hobart	2nd	8	-1-	6	44	120.6%	1,316	1,091
New Town	3rd	8	-2-	5	40	108.6%	1,241	1,143
Cananore	4th	1	-0-	14	6	69.8%	1,026	1,470

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/09/1937		North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	89	-	74

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/09/1937		Lefroy v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	114	-	69

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