1950 TANFL Season

This page displays the results for the 1950 season of the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (currently known as the Tasmanian State League).

It featured twenty rounds in a quadruple round-robin format. Hobart were the minor premiers.

The premiership ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Hobart were the premiers.

Premiership Details

Name: 1950 Tasmanian Australian National Football League Season
Known As: 1950 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 64

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Clarence	Bellerive Oval	Jack Bennett
Hobart
New Norfolk	Boyer Oval
New Town	New Town Oval	Roy Cazaly
North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	Vern Rae
Sandy Bay		Jack Rogers

Premiership Results

Premiers: Hobart
Runners-Up: New Town
Minor Premiers: Hobart

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Hobart	1st	15	-0-	5	60	131.8%	1,656	1,256	228	288	175	206
North Hobart	2nd	13	-0-	7	52	117.4%	1,643	1,400	230	263	198	212
New Town	3rd	12	-0-	8	48	111.8%	1,769	1,582	246	293	225	232
Sandy Bay	4th	10	-0-	10	40	105.0%	1,609	1,533	228	241	216	237
New Norfolk	5th	9	-0-	11	36	97.6%	1,492	1,528	218	184	208	280
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	19	4	58.6%	1,232	2,102	172	200	300	302

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Hobart	1st	Premiers
New Town	2nd	Runners-Up
North Hobart	3rd	Defeated by New Town (Preliminary Final)
Sandy Bay	4th	Defeated by New Town (Semi Final)
New Norfolk	5th	Did not qualify for finals
Clarence	6th	Did not qualify for finals

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/04/1950	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	50	-	72	1,427
SAT	15/04/1950	2:10 PM	New Town v Hobart	New Town Oval	67	-	62	2,989
SAT	15/04/1950	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	74	-	69	3,386

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	1	-0-	0	4	144.0%	72	50
New Town	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	108.1%	67	62
North Hobart	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	107.2%	74	69
Sandy Bay	4th	0	-0-	1	0	93.2%	69	74
Hobart	5th	0	-0-	1	0	92.5%	62	67
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	1	0	69.4%	50	72

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/04/1950	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	65	-	18	1,612
SAT	22/04/1950	2:10 PM	New Town v Sandy Bay	New Town Oval	78	-	104	2,528
SAT	22/04/1950	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	93	-	74	2,964

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	2	-0-	0	8	116.8%	167	143
Hobart	2nd	1	-0-	1	4	149.4%	127	85
Sandy Bay	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	113.8%	173	152
Clarence	4th	1	-0-	1	4	102.1%	146	143
New Town	5th	1	-0-	1	4	87.3%	145	166
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	2	0	49.6%	68	137

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/04/1950	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	41	-	111	1,483
SAT	29/04/1950	2:10 PM	New Town v Clarence	New Town Oval	141	-	69	1,974
SAT	29/04/1950	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	28	-	37	5,619

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	3	-0-	0	12	151.1%	278	184
Hobart	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	145.1%	164	113
New Town	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	121.7%	286	235
Sandy Bay	4th	1	-0-	2	4	106.3%	201	189
Clarence	5th	1	-0-	2	4	75.7%	215	284
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	3	0	44.0%	109	248

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/05/1950	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	TCA Ground	89	-	84	1,151
SAT	06/05/1950	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	114	-	74	4,270
SAT	06/05/1950	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	90	-	111	1,308

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	4	-0-	0	16	151.9%	392	258
Hobart	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	128.4%	253	197
New Town	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	103.2%	360	349
Sandy Bay	4th	1	-0-	3	4	97.0%	291	300
Clarence	5th	1	-0-	3	4	80.2%	299	373
New Norfolk	6th	1	-0-	3	4	65.1%	220	338

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/05/1950	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v New Town	Boyer Oval	84	-	44	1,628
SAT	13/05/1950	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	72	-	68	5,388
SAT	13/05/1950	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	TCA Ground	85	-	80	1,420

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	5	-0-	0	20	142.3%	464	326
Hobart	2nd	3	-0-	2	12	119.3%	321	269
Sandy Bay	3rd	2	-0-	3	8	98.9%	376	380
New Town	4th	2	-0-	3	8	93.3%	404	433
New Norfolk	5th	2	-0-	3	8	79.6%	304	382
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	4	4	82.8%	379	458

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/05/1950	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Town	TCA Ground	126	-	57	1,858
SAT	20/05/1950	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	125	-	54	1,954
SAT	20/05/1950	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	55	-	68	2,049

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	6	-0-	0	24	139.6%	532	381
Hobart	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	137.1%	447	326
New Norfolk	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	98.4%	429	436
Sandy Bay	4th	2	-0-	4	8	96.2%	431	448
New Town	5th	2	-0-	4	8	82.5%	461	559
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	5	4	74.3%	433	583

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/05/1950	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	61	-	113	1,270
SAT	27/05/1950	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	65	-	67	2,251
SAT	27/05/1950	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Town	North Hobart Oval	82	-	94	4,010

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	7	-0-	0	28	145.9%	645	442
Hobart	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	131.5%	514	391
New Norfolk	3rd	3	-0-	4	12	98.2%	494	503
New Town	4th	3	-0-	4	12	86.6%	555	641
Sandy Bay	5th	2	-0-	5	8	94.6%	513	542
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	6	4	71.0%	494	696

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/06/1950	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Town	Bellerive Oval	79	-	143	1,002
SAT	03/06/1950	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	125	-	41	4,236
SAT	03/06/1950	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	71	-	84	2,086

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	8	-0-	0	32	159.4%	770	483
Hobart	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	129.4%	598	462
New Town	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	96.9%	698	720
New Norfolk	4th	3	-0-	5	12	85.2%	535	628
Sandy Bay	5th	2	-0-	6	8	93.3%	584	626
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	7	4	68.3%	573	839

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/06/1950	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	82	-	95	975
SAT	17/06/1950	2:10 PM	New Town v North Hobart	New Town Oval	57	-	74	3,138
SAT	17/06/1950	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	61	-	47	1,988

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	9	-0-	0	36	156.3%	844	540
Hobart	2nd	7	-0-	2	28	127.4%	693	544
New Town	3rd	4	-0-	5	16	95.1%	755	794
Sandy Bay	4th	3	-0-	6	12	95.8%	645	673
New Norfolk	5th	3	-0-	6	12	84.5%	582	689
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	8	4	70.1%	655	934

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/06/1950	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	133	-	59	3,861
SAT	24/06/1950	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v New Town	North Hobart Oval	72	-	78	1,909
SAT	24/06/1950	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	73	-	64	1,314

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	9	-0-	1	36	134.2%	903	673
Hobart	2nd	8	-0-	2	32	137.0%	826	603
New Town	3rd	5	-0-	5	20	96.2%	833	866
Sandy Bay	4th	4	-0-	6	16	97.4%	718	737
New Norfolk	5th	3	-0-	7	12	85.3%	654	767
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	9	4	71.4%	719	1,007

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/07/1950	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	54	-	104	995
SAT	01/07/1950	2:10 PM	New Town v Hobart	New Town Oval	99	-	66	2,973
SAT	01/07/1950	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	74	-	97	3,250

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	9	-0-	2	36	126.9%	977	770
Hobart	2nd	8	-0-	3	32	127.1%	892	702
New Town	3rd	6	-0-	5	24	100.0%	932	932
Sandy Bay	4th	5	-0-	6	20	100.5%	815	811
New Norfolk	5th	4	-0-	7	16	92.3%	758	821
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	10	4	69.6%	773	1,111

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/07/1950	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	80	-	56	1,331
SAT	08/07/1950	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	80	-	43	1,888
SAT	08/07/1950	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Town	Queenborough Oval	82	-	78	2,680

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	10	-0-	2	40	130.0%	1,057	813
Hobart	2nd	9	-0-	3	36	128.2%	972	758
Sandy Bay	3rd	6	-0-	6	24	100.9%	897	889
New Town	4th	6	-0-	6	24	99.6%	1,010	1,014
New Norfolk	5th	4	-0-	8	16	90.3%	814	901
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	11	4	68.5%	816	1,191

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/07/1950	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	TCA Ground	123	-	98	3,704
SAT	15/07/1950	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	81	-	80	1,492
SAT	15/07/1950	2:10 PM	New Town v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	130	-	97	1,787

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	10	-0-	3	40	127.9%	1,095	856
North Hobart	2nd	10	-0-	3	40	127.2%	1,137	894
New Town	3rd	7	-0-	6	28	102.6%	1,140	1,111
Sandy Bay	4th	6	-0-	7	24	98.3%	995	1,012
New Norfolk	5th	5	-0-	8	20	91.2%	895	981
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	12	4	69.1%	913	1,321

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/07/1950	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	TCA Ground	126	-	33	1,118
SAT	22/07/1950	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	86	-	57	1,504
SAT	22/07/1950	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	59	-	76	3,257

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	11	-0-	3	44	137.3%	1,221	889
North Hobart	2nd	10	-0-	4	40	123.3%	1,196	970
New Town	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	103.9%	1,216	1,170
Sandy Bay	4th	6	-0-	8	24	95.8%	1,052	1,098
New Norfolk	5th	6	-0-	8	24	94.5%	981	1,038
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	13	4	65.4%	946	1,447

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/08/1950	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	55	-	112	586
SAT	05/08/1950	2:10 PM	New Town v New Norfolk	New Town Oval	78	-	85	1,069
SAT	05/08/1950	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	17	-	32	2,027

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	12	-0-	3	48	138.3%	1,253	906
North Hobart	2nd	10	-0-	5	40	121.1%	1,213	1,002
New Town	3rd	8	-0-	7	32	103.1%	1,294	1,255
Sandy Bay	4th	7	-0-	8	28	101.0%	1,164	1,153
New Norfolk	5th	7	-0-	8	28	95.5%	1,066	1,116
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	14	4	64.2%	1,001	1,559

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/08/1950	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	93	-	70	4,694
SAT	12/08/1950	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	141	-	38	1,074
SAT	12/08/1950	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	74	-	90	1,582

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	13	-0-	3	52	137.9%	1,346	976
North Hobart	2nd	11	-0-	5	44	121.1%	1,303	1,076
New Norfolk	3rd	8	-0-	8	32	104.6%	1,207	1,154
New Town	4th	8	-0-	8	32	101.2%	1,364	1,348
Sandy Bay	5th	7	-0-	9	28	99.6%	1,238	1,243
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	15	4	61.1%	1,039	1,700

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/08/1950	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	62	-	105	759
SAT	19/08/1950	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	100	-	71	5,136
SAT	19/08/1950	2:10 PM	New Town v Sandy Bay	New Town Oval	103	-	79	1,783

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	13	-0-	4	52	131.7%	1,417	1,076
North Hobart	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	123.7%	1,408	1,138
New Norfolk	3rd	9	-0-	8	36	106.7%	1,307	1,225
New Town	4th	9	-0-	8	36	102.8%	1,467	1,427
Sandy Bay	5th	7	-0-	10	28	97.8%	1,317	1,346
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	16	4	61.0%	1,101	1,805

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/08/1950	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Town	Bellerive Oval	34	-	133	726
SAT	26/08/1950	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	121	-	47	4,329
SAT	26/08/1950	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	79	-	60	1,185

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	13	-0-	5	52	129.0%	1,529	1,185
Hobart	2nd	13	-0-	5	52	127.9%	1,477	1,155
New Town	3rd	10	-0-	8	40	109.5%	1,600	1,461
New Norfolk	4th	9	-0-	9	36	100.6%	1,354	1,346
Sandy Bay	5th	8	-0-	10	32	99.3%	1,396	1,406
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	17	4	58.6%	1,135	1,938

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/09/1950	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	55	-	68	855
SAT	02/09/1950	2:10 PM	New Town v North Hobart	New Town Oval	104	-	68	1,988
SAT	02/09/1950	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	117	-	85	1,878

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	14	-0-	5	56	127.7%	1,545	1,210
North Hobart	2nd	13	-0-	6	52	123.9%	1,597	1,289
New Town	3rd	11	-0-	8	44	111.4%	1,704	1,529
Sandy Bay	4th	9	-0-	10	36	101.5%	1,513	1,491
New Norfolk	5th	9	-0-	10	36	98.4%	1,439	1,463
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	18	4	59.3%	1,190	2,006

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/09/1950	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	111	-	46	1,468
SAT	09/09/1950	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v New Town	Boyer Oval	53	-	65	1,371
SAT	09/09/1950	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	96	-	42	1,572

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	15	-0-	5	60	131.8%	1,656	1,256
North Hobart	2nd	13	-0-	7	52	117.4%	1,643	1,400
New Town	3rd	12	-0-	8	48	111.8%	1,769	1,582
Sandy Bay	4th	10	-0-	10	40	105.0%	1,609	1,533
New Norfolk	5th	9	-0-	11	36	97.6%	1,492	1,528
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	19	4	58.6%	1,232	2,102

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Hobart	1st	15	-0-	5	60	131.8%	1,656	1,256	228	288	175	206
North Hobart	2nd	13	-0-	7	52	117.4%	1,643	1,400	230	263	198	212
New Town	3rd	12	-0-	8	48	111.8%	1,769	1,582	246	293	225	232
Sandy Bay	4th	10	-0-	10	40	105.0%	1,609	1,533	228	241	216	237
New Norfolk	5th	9	-0-	11	36	97.6%	1,492	1,528	218	184	208	280
Clarence	6th	1	-0-	19	4	58.6%	1,232	2,102	172	200	300	302

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/09/1950	2:10 PM	New Town v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	139	-	53	8,313
SAT	23/09/1950	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	81	-	50	7,489

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Hobart	1st
North Hobart	2nd
New Town	3rd
Sandy Bay	4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/09/1950	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	63	-	88	7,420

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Hobart	1st
New Town	2nd
North Hobart	3rd
Sandy Bay	4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/10/1950	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	78	-	76	12,697

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Hobart	1st
New Town	2nd
North Hobart	3rd
Sandy Bay	4th

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