1940 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1940 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 captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1940 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 Eric Zschech
New Town Gordon Abbott
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 10 -0- 5 46 116.2% 1,431 1,232 201 225 174 188
Cananore 2nd 8 -0- 7 38 105.9% 1,387 1,310 200 187 185 200
Lefroy 3rd 6 -0- 9 32 85.4% 1,296 1,517 182 204 213 239
New Town 4th 6 -0- 9 28 95.9% 1,303 1,358 182 211 193 200

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

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 27/04/1940 Cananore v Lefroy TCA Ground 117 - 84
SAT 27/04/1940 North Hobart v New Town North Hobart Oval 103 - 82

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Cananore 1st 1 -0- 0 4 139.3% 117 84
North Hobart 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 125.6% 103 82
New Town 3rd 0 -0- 1 0 79.6% 82 103
Lefroy 4th 0 -0- 1 0 71.8% 84 117

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1940 Lefroy v North Hobart TCA Ground 109 - 107
SAT 04/05/1940 New Town v Cananore North Hobart Oval 84 - 80

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Cananore 1st 1 -0- 1 4 117.3% 197 168
North Hobart 2nd 1 -0- 1 4 109.9% 210 191
New Town 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 90.7% 166 183
Lefroy 4th 1 -0- 1 4 86.2% 193 224

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1940 Cananore v North Hobart TCA Ground 114 - 99
SAT 11/05/1940 Lefroy v New Town North Hobart Oval 134 - 80

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Cananore 1st 2 -0- 1 8 116.5% 311 267
Lefroy 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 107.6% 327 304
North Hobart 3rd 1 -0- 2 4 101.3% 309 305
New Town 4th 1 -0- 2 4 77.6% 246 317

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1940 Cananore v Lefroy North Hobart Oval 132 - 81
SAT 18/05/1940 North Hobart v New Town TCA Ground 89 - 78

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Cananore 1st 3 -0- 1 12 127.3% 443 348
North Hobart 2nd 2 -0- 2 8 103.9% 398 383
Lefroy 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 93.6% 408 436
New Town 4th 1 -0- 3 4 79.8% 324 406

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1940 Cananore v New Town TCA Ground 72 - 59
SAT 25/05/1940 North Hobart v Lefroy North Hobart Oval 98 - 53

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Cananore 1st 4 -0- 1 16 126.5% 515 407
North Hobart 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 113.8% 496 436
Lefroy 3rd 2 -0- 3 8 86.3% 461 534
New Town 4th 1 -0- 4 4 80.1% 383 478

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1940 New Town v Lefroy TCA Ground 80 - 75
SAT 01/06/1940 North Hobart v Cananore North Hobart Oval 91 - 81

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Cananore 1st 4 -0- 2 16 119.7% 596 498
North Hobart 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 113.5% 587 517
Lefroy 3rd 2 -0- 4 8 87.3% 536 614
New Town 4th 2 -0- 4 8 83.7% 463 553

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1940 North Hobart v New Town North Hobart Oval 116 - 34
MON 17/06/1940 Cananore v Lefroy North Hobart Oval 100 - 92

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 5 -0- 2 20 127.6% 703 551
Cananore 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 118.0% 696 590
Lefroy 3rd 2 -0- 5 8 88.0% 628 714
New Town 4th 2 -0- 5 8 74.3% 497 669

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1940 New Town v Cananore North Hobart Oval 112 - 68
SAT 29/06/1940 North Hobart v Lefroy TCA Ground 122 - 77

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 6 -0- 2 24 131.4% 825 628
Cananore 2nd 5 -0- 3 20 108.8% 764 702
New Town 3rd 3 -0- 5 12 82.6% 609 737
Lefroy 4th 2 -0- 6 8 84.3% 705 836

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1940 New Town v Lefroy North Hobart Oval 121 - 64
SAT 06/07/1940 North Hobart v Cananore TCA Ground 123 - 73

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 7 -0- 2 28 135.2% 948 701
Cananore 2nd 5 -0- 4 20 101.5% 837 825
New Town 3rd 4 -0- 5 16 91.1% 730 801
Lefroy 4th 2 -0- 7 8 80.4% 769 957

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1940 Lefroy v Cananore North Hobart Oval 89 - 82
SAT 13/07/1940 New Town v North Hobart TCA Ground 91 - 73

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 7 -0- 3 28 128.9% 1,021 792
New Town 2nd 5 -0- 5 22 93.9% 821 874
Cananore 3rd 5 -0- 5 20 100.5% 919 914
Lefroy 4th 3 -0- 7 14 82.6% 858 1,039

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1940 Cananore v New Town TCA Ground 118 - 114
SAT 27/07/1940 Lefroy v North Hobart North Hobart Oval 65 - 58

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 7 -0- 4 28 125.9% 1,079 857
Cananore 2nd 6 -0- 5 26 100.9% 1,037 1,028
New Town 3rd 5 -0- 6 22 94.3% 935 992
Lefroy 4th 4 -0- 7 20 84.1% 923 1,097

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1940 Cananore v North Hobart North Hobart Oval 128 - 21
SAT 03/08/1940 New Town v Lefroy TCA Ground 104 - 71

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Cananore 1st 7 -0- 5 32 111.1% 1,165 1,049
North Hobart 2nd 7 -0- 5 28 111.7% 1,100 985
New Town 3rd 6 -0- 6 28 97.7% 1,039 1,063
Lefroy 4th 4 -0- 8 20 82.8% 994 1,201

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1940 Lefroy v Cananore TCA Ground 87 - 67
SAT 10/08/1940 North Hobart v New Town North Hobart Oval 90 - 82

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 8 -0- 5 34 111.5% 1,190 1,067
Cananore 2nd 7 -0- 6 32 108.5% 1,232 1,136
New Town 3rd 6 -0- 7 28 97.2% 1,121 1,153
Lefroy 4th 5 -0- 8 26 85.3% 1,081 1,268

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1940 Cananore v New Town North Hobart Oval 92 - 79
SAT 17/08/1940 North Hobart v Lefroy TCA Ground 146 - 102

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 9 -0- 5 40 114.3% 1,336 1,169
Cananore 2nd 8 -0- 6 38 109.0% 1,324 1,215
New Town 3rd 6 -0- 8 28 96.4% 1,200 1,245
Lefroy 4th 5 -0- 9 26 83.7% 1,183 1,414

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1940 Lefroy v New Town North Hobart Oval 113 - 103
SAT 24/08/1940 North Hobart v Cananore TCA Ground 95 - 63

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 10 -0- 5 46 116.2% 1,431 1,232
Cananore 2nd 8 -0- 7 38 105.9% 1,387 1,310
Lefroy 3rd 6 -0- 9 32 85.4% 1,296 1,517
New Town 4th 6 -0- 9 28 95.9% 1,303 1,358

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
North Hobart 1st 10 -0- 5 46 116.2% 1,431 1,232 201 225 174 188
Cananore 2nd 8 -0- 7 38 105.9% 1,387 1,310 200 187 185 200
Lefroy 3rd 6 -0- 9 32 85.4% 1,296 1,517 182 204 213 239
New Town 4th 6 -0- 9 28 95.9% 1,303 1,358 182 211 193 200

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1940 Cananore v Lefroy North Hobart Oval 84 - 78

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Final (Grand Final)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1940 North Hobart v Cananore North Hobart Oval 116 - 59

Final Round 2 Ladder

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