1939 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1939 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. 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: 1939 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: Cananore
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	12	-0-	3	60	122.9%	1,559	1,269	219	245	177	207
Cananore	2nd	8	-0-	7	36	98.9%	1,224	1,238	170	204	178	170
Lefroy	3rd	6	-0-	9	28	100.7%	1,213	1,205	171	187	166	209
New Town	4th	4	-0-	11	20	80.5%	1,174	1,458	164	190	203	240

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/04/1939		Cananore v New Town	TCA Ground	133	-	95
SAT	29/04/1939		North Hobart v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	129	-	107

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Cananore	1st	1	-0-	0	4	140.0%	133	95
North Hobart	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	120.6%	129	107
Lefroy	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	82.9%	107	129
New Town	4th	0	-0-	1	0	71.4%	95	133

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/05/1939		North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	139	-	61
CANCELLED			Cananore v Lefroy

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	2	-0-	0	8	159.5%	268	168
Cananore	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	140.0%	133	95
Lefroy	3rd	0	-0-	2	0	82.9%	107	129
New Town	4th	0	-0-	2	0	57.4%	156	272

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/05/1939		New Town v Lefroy	TCA Ground	80	-	72
SAT	13/05/1939		North Hobart v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	102	-	90

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	3	-0-	0	12	143.4%	370	258
Cananore	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	113.2%	223	197
New Town	3rd	1	-0-	2	4	68.6%	236	344
Lefroy	4th	0	-0-	3	0	85.6%	179	209

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/05/1939		New Town v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	80	-	75
SAT	20/05/1939		North Hobart v Lefroy	TCA Ground	111	-	77

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	4	-0-	0	16	143.6%	481	335
Cananore	2nd	2	-0-	2	8	107.6%	298	277
New Town	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	75.4%	316	419
Lefroy	4th	0	-0-	4	0	80.0%	256	320

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/05/1939		Cananore v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	109	-	105
SAT	27/05/1939		North Hobart v New Town	TCA Ground	117	-	105

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	5	-0-	0	20	135.9%	598	440
Cananore	2nd	3	-0-	2	12	106.5%	407	382
New Town	3rd	2	-0-	3	8	78.5%	421	536
Lefroy	4th	0	-0-	5	0	84.1%	361	429

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/06/1939		Cananore v North Hobart	TCA Ground	88	-	82
SAT	03/06/1939		Lefroy v New Town	North Hobart Oval	79	-	47

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	5	-0-	1	20	128.8%	680	528
Cananore	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	106.7%	495	464
New Town	3rd	2	-0-	4	8	76.1%	468	615
Lefroy	4th	1	-0-	5	4	92.4%	440	476

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/06/1939		Lefroy v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	125	-	113
MON	12/06/1939		Cananore v New Town	North Hobart Oval	145	-	115

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	5	-0-	2	20	121.4%	793	653
Cananore	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	110.5%	640	579
Lefroy	3rd	2	-0-	5	8	95.9%	565	589
New Town	4th	2	-0-	5	8	76.7%	583	760

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/06/1939		Lefroy v Cananore	TCA Ground	98	-	69
SAT	17/06/1939		North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	85	-	52

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	6	-0-	2	24	124.5%	878	705
Cananore	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	104.7%	709	677
Lefroy	3rd	3	-0-	5	12	100.8%	663	658
New Town	4th	2	-0-	6	8	75.1%	635	845

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/07/1939		Cananore v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	95	-	75
SAT	01/07/1939		Lefroy v New Town	TCA Ground	79	-	52

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	6	-0-	3	24	119.1%	953	800
Cananore	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	106.9%	804	752
Lefroy	3rd	4	-0-	5	16	104.5%	742	710
New Town	4th	2	-0-	7	8	74.4%	687	924

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/07/1939		Lefroy v North Hobart	TCA Ground	71	-	75
SAT	08/07/1939		New Town v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	87	-	95

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	7	-0-	3	30	118.0%	1,028	871
Cananore	2nd	7	-0-	3	30	107.2%	899	839
Lefroy	3rd	4	-0-	6	16	103.6%	813	785
New Town	4th	2	-0-	8	8	76.0%	774	1,019

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/07/1939		Cananore v Lefroy	TCA Ground	101	-	64
SAT	15/07/1939		North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	163	-	91

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	8	-0-	3	36	123.8%	1,191	962
Cananore	2nd	8	-0-	3	36	110.7%	1,000	903
Lefroy	3rd	4	-0-	7	16	99.0%	877	886
New Town	4th	2	-0-	9	8	73.2%	865	1,182

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/07/1939		New Town v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	80	-	48
SAT	22/07/1939		North Hobart v Cananore	TCA Ground	69	-	54

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	9	-0-	3	42	124.0%	1,260	1,016
Cananore	2nd	8	-0-	4	36	108.4%	1,054	972
Lefroy	3rd	4	-0-	8	16	95.8%	925	966
New Town	4th	3	-0-	9	14	76.8%	945	1,230

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/08/1939		New Town v Cananore	TCA Ground	63	-	41
SAT	05/08/1939		North Hobart v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	106	-	91

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	10	-0-	3	48	123.4%	1,366	1,107
Cananore	2nd	8	-0-	5	36	105.8%	1,095	1,035
New Town	3rd	4	-0-	9	20	79.3%	1,008	1,271
Lefroy	4th	4	-0-	9	16	94.8%	1,016	1,072

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/08/1939		Lefroy v Cananore	TCA Ground	132	-	75
SAT	19/08/1939		New Town v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	108	-	122

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	11	-0-	3	54	122.5%	1,488	1,215
Cananore	2nd	8	-0-	6	36	100.3%	1,170	1,167
Lefroy	3rd	5	-0-	9	22	100.1%	1,148	1,147
New Town	4th	4	-0-	10	20	80.1%	1,116	1,393

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/08/1939		Lefroy v New Town	TCA Ground	65	-	58
SAT	26/08/1939		North Hobart v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	71	-	54

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	12	-0-	3	60	122.9%	1,559	1,269
Cananore	2nd	8	-0-	7	36	98.9%	1,224	1,238
Lefroy	3rd	6	-0-	9	28	100.7%	1,213	1,205
New Town	4th	4	-0-	11	20	80.5%	1,174	1,458

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/09/1939		Cananore v Lefroy	North Hobart Oval	67	-	61

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/09/1939		North Hobart v Cananore	North Hobart Oval	69	-	47

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