1951 TANFL Season

This page displays the results for the 1951 season of the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (currently known as the Tasmanian State League).

It featured fifteen rounds in a triple round-robin format. New Town were the minor premiers.

The premiership ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. New Town were the premiers, with Roy Cazaly as the premiership coach.

Premiership Details

Name: 1951 Tasmanian Australian National Football League Season
Known As: 1951 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 15
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 49

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Clarence	Bellerive Oval
Hobart
New Norfolk	Boyer Oval	Arthur Olliver
New Town	New Town Oval	Roy Cazaly
North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	Len McCankie
Sandy Bay		Bert Lucas

Premiership Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
New Town	1st	9	-0-	6	36	120.9%	1,409	1,165	198	221	167	163
Hobart	2nd	9	-0-	6	36	106.5%	1,311	1,231	181	225	172	199
North Hobart	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	102.4%	1,202	1,174	169	188	166	178
New Norfolk	4th	7	-0-	8	28	98.3%	1,225	1,246	175	175	177	184
Clarence	5th	6	-2-	7	28	87.4%	1,141	1,305	162	169	180	225
Sandy Bay	6th	3	-2-	10	16	87.8%	1,197	1,364	171	171	194	200

Overall Premiership Results

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

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/04/1951	2:01 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	TCA Ground	111	-	82	1,997
SAT	14/04/1951	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Town	North Hobart Oval	88	-	85	3,312
SAT	14/04/1951	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	47	-	80	1,430

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	1	-0-	0	4	170.2%	80	47
Hobart	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	135.4%	111	82
Clarence	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	103.5%	88	85
New Town	4th	0	-0-	1	0	96.6%	85	88
Sandy Bay	5th	0	-0-	1	0	73.9%	82	111
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	1	0	58.8%	47	80

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/04/1951	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	77	-	69	1,226
SAT	21/04/1951	2:10 PM	New Town v Hobart	New Town Oval	75	-	87	1,811
SAT	21/04/1951	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	58	-	54	2,847

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	2	-0-	0	8	136.6%	138	101
Hobart	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	126.1%	198	157
Clarence	3rd	2	-0-	0	8	107.1%	165	154
New Town	4th	0	-0-	2	0	91.4%	160	175
Sandy Bay	5th	0	-0-	2	0	80.5%	136	169
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	2	0	73.9%	116	157

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/04/1951	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	73	-	86	2,659
SAT	28/04/1951	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v New Town	Boyer Oval	97	-	78	1,983
SAT	28/04/1951	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	81	-	83	3,674

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	3	-0-	0	12	128.7%	224	174
Clarence	2nd	3	-0-	0	12	105.5%	248	235
Hobart	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	111.5%	271	243
New Norfolk	4th	1	-0-	2	4	90.6%	213	235
New Town	5th	0	-0-	3	0	87.5%	238	272
Sandy Bay	6th	0	-0-	3	0	86.1%	217	252

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/05/1951	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	TCA Ground	71	-	63	3,719
SAT	12/05/1951	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	117	-	95	2,395
SAT	12/05/1951	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Town	Queenborough Oval	62	-	110	2,028

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	4	-0-	0	16	107.0%	319	298
North Hobart	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	117.1%	287	245
Hobart	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	114.8%	388	338
New Town	4th	1	-0-	3	4	104.2%	348	334
New Norfolk	5th	1	-0-	3	4	87.5%	308	352
Sandy Bay	6th	0	-0-	4	0	77.1%	279	362

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/05/1951	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	111	-	85	3,217
SAT	19/05/1951	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	92	-	83	1,837
SAT	19/05/1951	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	72	-	64	3,873

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	5	-0-	0	20	112.3%	430	383
North Hobart	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	116.2%	359	309
Hobart	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	105.3%	473	449
New Norfolk	4th	2	-0-	3	8	92.0%	400	435
New Town	5th	1	-0-	4	4	101.5%	412	406
Sandy Bay	6th	0	-0-	5	0	79.7%	362	454

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/06/1951	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Town	Bellerive Oval	70	-	120	2,068
SAT	02/06/1951	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	107	-	105	3,396
SAT	02/06/1951	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	128	-	69	1,748

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	5	-0-	1	20	112.6%	466	414
Clarence	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	99.4%	500	503
Hobart	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	93.9%	542	577
New Town	4th	2	-0-	4	8	111.8%	532	476
New Norfolk	5th	2	-0-	4	8	93.2%	505	542
Sandy Bay	6th	1	-0-	5	4	93.7%	490	523

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/06/1951	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	52	-	87	1,724
SAT	09/06/1951	2:10 PM	New Town v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	58	-	69	5,040
SAT	09/06/1951	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	52	-	84	4,318

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	6	-0-	1	24	105.8%	587	555
North Hobart	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	104.0%	518	498
Hobart	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	96.2%	611	635
New Town	4th	2	-0-	5	8	108.3%	590	545
Sandy Bay	5th	2	-0-	5	8	99.8%	574	575
New Norfolk	6th	2	-0-	5	8	88.6%	557	629

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/06/1951	2:10 PM	New Town v New Norfolk	New Town Oval	123	-	84	1,455
SAT	23/06/1951	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	103	-	81	2,518
SAT	23/06/1951	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	105	-	105	2,388

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	6	-1-	1	26	104.8%	692	660
North Hobart	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	107.3%	621	579
Hobart	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	93.8%	692	738
New Town	4th	3	-0-	5	12	113.4%	713	629
Sandy Bay	5th	2	-1-	5	10	99.9%	679	680
New Norfolk	6th	2	-0-	6	8	85.2%	641	752

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/07/1951	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	67	-	133	1,774
SAT	07/07/1951	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	50	-	46	964
SAT	07/07/1951	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Town	North Hobart Oval	68	-	74	3,732

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	7	-0-	2	28	116.7%	754	646
Clarence	2nd	6	-1-	2	26	95.7%	759	793
New Town	3rd	4	-0-	5	16	112.9%	787	697
Hobart	4th	4	-0-	5	16	93.7%	738	788
New Norfolk	5th	3	-0-	6	12	86.6%	691	798
Sandy Bay	6th	2	-1-	6	10	99.1%	747	754

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/07/1951	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	TCA Ground	99	-	77	1,267
SAT	14/07/1951	2:10 PM	New Town v North Hobart	New Town Oval	79	-	77	2,817
SAT	14/07/1951	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	71	-	80	2,045

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	7	-0-	3	28	114.6%	831	725
Clarence	2nd	6	-1-	3	26	93.7%	836	892
New Town	3rd	5	-0-	5	20	111.9%	866	774
Hobart	4th	5	-0-	5	20	96.8%	837	865
New Norfolk	5th	4	-0-	6	16	88.7%	771	869
Sandy Bay	6th	2	-1-	7	10	98.1%	818	834

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/07/1951	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	30	-	35	1,245
SAT	28/07/1951	2:10 PM	New Town v Clarence	New Town Oval	77	-	34	1,759
SAT	28/07/1951	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	42	-	88	2,145

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	8	-0-	3	32	114.7%	866	755
Clarence	2nd	6	-1-	4	26	89.8%	870	969
New Town	3rd	6	-0-	5	24	116.7%	943	808
Hobart	4th	6	-0-	5	24	102.0%	925	907
New Norfolk	5th	4	-0-	7	16	88.6%	801	904
Sandy Bay	6th	2	-1-	8	10	93.3%	860	922

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/08/1951	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Town	TCA Ground	82	-	73	2,317
SAT	04/08/1951	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	93	-	53	1,899
SAT	04/08/1951	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	106	-	76	1,608

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	8	-0-	4	32	109.4%	942	861
Hobart	2nd	7	-0-	5	28	102.8%	1,007	980
Clarence	3rd	6	-1-	5	26	86.9%	923	1,062
New Town	4th	6	-0-	6	24	114.2%	1,016	890
New Norfolk	5th	5	-0-	7	20	93.4%	894	957
Sandy Bay	6th	3	-1-	8	14	96.8%	966	998

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/08/1951	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	70	-	70	1,675
SAT	25/08/1951	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	112	-	77	2,080
SAT	25/08/1951	2:10 PM	New Town v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	115	-	86	2,283

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	8	-0-	5	32	105.9%	1,119	1,057
North Hobart	2nd	8	-0-	5	32	104.7%	1,019	973
New Town	3rd	7	-0-	6	28	115.9%	1,131	976
Clarence	4th	6	-2-	5	28	87.7%	993	1,132
New Norfolk	5th	5	-0-	8	20	91.4%	980	1,072
Sandy Bay	6th	3	-2-	8	16	97.0%	1,036	1,068

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/09/1951	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	99	-	102	1,439
SAT	01/09/1951	2:10 PM	New Town v Sandy Bay	New Town Oval	153	-	86	1,531
SAT	01/09/1951	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	80	-	76	2,777

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	9	-0-	5	36	104.8%	1,099	1,049
New Town	2nd	8	-0-	6	32	120.9%	1,284	1,062
Hobart	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	105.1%	1,218	1,159
Clarence	4th	6	-2-	6	28	88.2%	1,069	1,212
New Norfolk	5th	6	-0-	8	24	92.4%	1,082	1,171
Sandy Bay	6th	3	-2-	9	16	91.9%	1,122	1,221

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/09/1951	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	72	-	93	1,929
SAT	08/09/1951	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Town	North Hobart Oval	103	-	125	4,849
SAT	08/09/1951	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	75	-	143	934

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Town	1st	9	-0-	6	36	120.9%	1,409	1,165
Hobart	2nd	9	-0-	6	36	106.5%	1,311	1,231
North Hobart	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	102.4%	1,202	1,174
New Norfolk	4th	7	-0-	8	28	98.3%	1,225	1,246
Clarence	5th	6	-2-	7	28	87.4%	1,141	1,305
Sandy Bay	6th	3	-2-	10	16	87.8%	1,197	1,364

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
New Town	1st	9	-0-	6	36	120.9%	1,409	1,165	198	221	167	163
Hobart	2nd	9	-0-	6	36	106.5%	1,311	1,231	181	225	172	199
North Hobart	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	102.4%	1,202	1,174	169	188	166	178
New Norfolk	4th	7	-0-	8	28	98.3%	1,225	1,246	175	175	177	184
Clarence	5th	6	-2-	7	28	87.4%	1,141	1,305	162	169	180	225
Sandy Bay	6th	3	-2-	10	16	87.8%	1,197	1,364	171	171	194	200

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/09/1951	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	104	-	88	7,179
SAT	22/09/1951	2:10 PM	New Town v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	124	-	74	7,979

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/09/1951	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	73	-	86	7,070

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/10/1951	2:10 PM	New Town v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	134	-	63	13,079

Final Round 3 Ladder

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

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