1938 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1938 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. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. North Hobart were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Adjusted Final Three Challenge system. North Hobart were the premiers, with Jack Metherell as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1938 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		Jack Metherell

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
North Hobart	1st	11	-0-	4	52	139.6%	1,498	1,073	209	244	151	167
Lefroy	2nd	9	-0-	6	44	109.6%	1,433	1,308	200	233	177	246
Cananore	3rd	7	-0-	8	32	100.9%	1,415	1,403	201	209	195	233
New Town	4th	3	-0-	12	16	66.3%	1,104	1,666	151	198	238	238

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/05/1938		Lefroy v Cananore	TCA Ground	121	-	103
SAT	07/05/1938		North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	112	-	74

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	1	-0-	0	4	151.4%	112	74
Lefroy	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	117.5%	121	103
Cananore	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	85.1%	103	121
New Town	4th	0	-0-	1	0	66.1%	74	112

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/05/1938		Cananore v New Town	North Hobart Oval	110	-	71
SAT	14/05/1938		North Hobart v Lefroy	TCA Ground	81	-	76

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	2	-0-	0	8	128.7%	193	150
Cananore	2nd	1	-0-	1	4	110.9%	213	192
Lefroy	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	107.1%	197	184
New Town	4th	0	-0-	2	0	65.3%	145	222

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/05/1938		Lefroy v New Town	North Hobart Oval	123	-	83
SAT	21/05/1938		North Hobart v Cananore	TCA Ground	118	-	115

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	3	-0-	0	12	117.4%	311	265
Lefroy	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	119.9%	320	267
Cananore	3rd	1	-0-	2	4	105.8%	328	310
New Town	4th	0	-0-	3	0	66.1%	228	345

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/05/1938		Lefroy v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	127	-	90
SAT	28/05/1938		North Hobart v New Town	TCA Ground	168	-	36

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	4	-0-	0	16	159.1%	479	301
Lefroy	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	125.2%	447	357
Cananore	3rd	1	-0-	3	4	95.7%	418	437
New Town	4th	0	-0-	4	0	51.5%	264	513

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/06/1938		Cananore v New Town	TCA Ground	117	-	101
SAT	04/06/1938		North Hobart v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	97	-	64

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	5	-0-	0	20	157.8%	576	365
Lefroy	2nd	3	-0-	2	12	112.6%	511	454
Cananore	3rd	2	-0-	3	8	99.4%	535	538
New Town	4th	0	-0-	5	0	57.9%	365	630

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/06/1938		North Hobart v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	76	-	58
MON	13/06/1938		New Town v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	90	-	152

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	6	-0-	0	24	154.1%	652	423
Lefroy	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	121.9%	663	544
Cananore	3rd	2	-0-	4	8	96.6%	593	614
New Town	4th	0	-0-	6	0	58.2%	455	782

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/06/1938		Cananore v Lefroy	TCA Ground	109	-	75
SAT	18/06/1938		North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	89	-	46

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	7	-0-	0	28	158.0%	741	469
Lefroy	2nd	4	-0-	3	16	113.0%	738	653
Cananore	3rd	3	-0-	4	12	101.9%	702	689
New Town	4th	0	-0-	7	0	57.5%	501	871

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/08/1938		Cananore v New Town	North Hobart Oval	127	-	69
SAT	27/08/1938		Lefroy v North Hobart	TCA Ground	94	-	84

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	7	-0-	1	28	146.5%	825	563
Lefroy	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	112.9%	832	737
Cananore	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	109.4%	829	758
New Town	4th	0	-0-	8	0	57.1%	570	998

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/07/1938		New Town v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	86	-	72
SAT	09/07/1938		North Hobart v Cananore	TCA Ground	82	-	84

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	7	-0-	2	28	140.2%	907	647
Lefroy	2nd	5	-0-	4	20	109.8%	904	823
Cananore	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	108.7%	913	840
New Town	4th	1	-0-	8	4	61.3%	656	1,070

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/07/1938		North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	114	-	39
SAT	30/07/1938		Lefroy v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	92	-	58

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	8	-0-	2	34	148.8%	1,021	686
Lefroy	2nd	6	-0-	4	26	113.1%	996	881
Cananore	3rd	5	-0-	5	20	104.2%	971	932
New Town	4th	1	-0-	9	4	58.7%	695	1,184

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/08/1938		Lefroy v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	77	-	66
SAT	06/08/1938		New Town v Cananore	TCA Ground	115	-	93

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	8	-0-	3	34	142.5%	1,087	763
Lefroy	2nd	7	-0-	4	32	113.3%	1,073	947
Cananore	3rd	5	-0-	6	20	101.6%	1,064	1,047
New Town	4th	2	-0-	9	10	63.4%	810	1,277

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/08/1938		Cananore v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	101	-	62
SAT	13/08/1938		New Town v Lefroy	TCA Ground	99	-	70

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	8	-0-	4	34	133.0%	1,149	864
Lefroy	2nd	7	-0-	5	32	109.3%	1,143	1,046
Cananore	3rd	6	-0-	6	26	105.0%	1,165	1,109
New Town	4th	3	-0-	9	16	67.5%	909	1,347

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/09/1938		Lefroy v Cananore	TCA Ground	105	-	71
SAT	03/09/1938		North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	99	-	65

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	9	-0-	4	40	134.3%	1,248	929
Lefroy	2nd	8	-0-	5	38	111.7%	1,248	1,117
Cananore	3rd	6	-0-	7	26	101.8%	1,236	1,214
New Town	4th	3	-0-	10	16	67.4%	974	1,446

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/09/1938		Cananore v New Town	North Hobart Oval	90	-	77
SAT	10/09/1938		North Hobart v Lefroy	TCA Ground	138	-	55

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	10	-0-	4	46	140.9%	1,386	984
Lefroy	2nd	8	-0-	6	38	103.8%	1,303	1,255
Cananore	3rd	7	-0-	7	32	102.7%	1,326	1,291
New Town	4th	3	-0-	11	16	68.4%	1,051	1,536

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/09/1938		Lefroy v New Town	North Hobart Oval	130	-	53
SAT	17/09/1938		North Hobart v Cananore	TCA Ground	112	-	89

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	11	-0-	4	52	139.6%	1,498	1,073
Lefroy	2nd	9	-0-	6	44	109.6%	1,433	1,308
Cananore	3rd	7	-0-	8	32	100.9%	1,415	1,403
New Town	4th	3	-0-	12	16	66.3%	1,104	1,666

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/09/1938		Lefroy v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	119	-	109

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/10/1938		North Hobart v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	93	-	81

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