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 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
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

Season Fixture

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

Final Round 1

Semi Final

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

Final Round 2

Grand Final

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

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