1959 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1959 season of the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (currently known as the Tasmanian State League).

It featured eighteen rounds. North Hobart were the minor premiers.

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

Season Details

Name: 1959 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 58

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Clarence Bellerive Oval
Glenorchy KGV Oval Jack Rough
Hobart
New Norfolk Boyer Oval
North Hobart North Hobart Oval John Leedham
Sandy Bay Terry Cashion

Season Results

Premiers: Hobart
Runners-Up: New Norfolk
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 15 -0- 3 60 121.4% 1,762 1,451 253 244 205 221
Hobart 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 113.6% 1,794 1,579 254 270 227 217
Sandy Bay 3rd 7 -0- 11 28 95.0% 1,527 1,607 218 219 228 239
New Norfolk 4th 7 -0- 11 28 88.9% 1,448 1,628 208 200 227 266
Clarence 5th 7 -0- 11 28 87.8% 1,335 1,521 183 237 218 213
Glenorchy 6th 6 -0- 12 24 94.8% 1,444 1,524 202 232 213 246

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Hobart 1st Premiers
New Norfolk 2nd Runners-Up
North Hobart 3rd Defeated by New Norfolk (Preliminary Final)
Sandy Bay 4th Defeated by New Norfolk (Semi Final)
Clarence 5th Did not qualify for finals
Glenorchy 6th 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 28/03/1959 2:10 PM Clarence v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 92 - 64 6,695
MON 30/03/1959 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 74 - 83 6,857
SAT 04/04/1959 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart North Hobart Oval 88 - 116 7,351

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Clarence 1st 1 -0- 0 4 143.8% 92 64
North Hobart 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 131.8% 116 88
Glenorchy 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 112.2% 83 74
Hobart 4th 0 -0- 1 0 89.2% 74 83
Sandy Bay 5th 0 -0- 1 0 75.9% 88 116
New Norfolk 6th 0 -0- 1 0 69.6% 64 92

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/04/1959 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence KGV Oval 103 - 74 3,551
SAT 11/04/1959 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 86 - 159 4,248
SAT 11/04/1959 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart Boyer Oval 88 - 77 2,336

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 2 -0- 0 8 125.7% 186 148
Sandy Bay 2nd 1 -0- 1 4 122.3% 247 202
North Hobart 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 109.7% 193 176
Clarence 4th 1 -0- 1 4 99.4% 166 167
New Norfolk 5th 1 -0- 1 4 89.9% 152 169
Hobart 6th 0 -0- 2 0 66.1% 160 242

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/04/1959 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart Boyer Oval 84 - 91 2,328
SAT 18/04/1959 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 142 - 92 3,804
SAT 18/04/1959 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy Queenborough Oval 86 - 79 3,914

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 2 -0- 1 8 125.0% 335 268
Sandy Bay 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 118.5% 333 281
Glenorchy 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 113.2% 265 234
New Norfolk 4th 1 -0- 2 4 90.8% 236 260
Clarence 5th 1 -0- 2 4 83.5% 258 309
Hobart 6th 1 -0- 2 4 77.0% 251 326

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart Bellerive Oval 86 - 94 1,643
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 119 - 84 5,231
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk Queenborough Oval 93 - 101 2,355

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 3 -0- 1 12 129.0% 454 352
Sandy Bay 2nd 2 -0- 2 8 111.5% 426 382
Glenorchy 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 98.9% 349 353
New Norfolk 4th 2 -0- 2 8 95.5% 337 353
Hobart 5th 2 -0- 2 8 83.7% 345 412
Clarence 6th 1 -0- 3 4 85.4% 344 403

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay Bellerive Oval 71 - 135 1,412
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk KGV Oval 118 - 77 2,274
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 112 - 52 3,221

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 4 -0- 1 16 140.1% 566 404
Sandy Bay 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 123.8% 561 453
Glenorchy 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 108.6% 467 430
New Norfolk 4th 2 -0- 3 8 87.9% 414 471
Hobart 5th 2 -0- 3 8 75.8% 397 524
Clarence 6th 1 -0- 4 4 77.1% 415 538

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart KGV Oval 118 - 91 2,366
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence Boyer Oval 118 - 54 1,899
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 109 - 81 4,612

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 5 -0- 1 20 139.2% 675 485
Glenorchy 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 112.3% 585 521
Sandy Bay 3rd 3 -0- 3 12 114.2% 642 562
New Norfolk 4th 3 -0- 3 12 101.3% 532 525
Hobart 5th 2 -0- 4 8 76.0% 488 642
Clarence 6th 1 -0- 5 4 71.5% 469 656

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy Bellerive Oval 85 - 48 1,350
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 80 - 65 3,636
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Hobart Queenborough Oval 81 - 89 1,651

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 6 -0- 1 24 137.3% 755 550
Glenorchy 2nd 4 -0- 3 16 104.5% 633 606
Sandy Bay 3rd 3 -0- 4 12 111.1% 723 651
New Norfolk 4th 3 -0- 4 12 98.7% 597 605
Hobart 5th 3 -0- 4 12 79.8% 577 723
Clarence 6th 2 -0- 5 8 78.7% 554 704

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM Clarence v North Hobart Bellerive Oval 56 - 59 2,373
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 69 - 84 3,154
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 127 - 105 3,758

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 7 -0- 1 28 134.3% 814 606
Sandy Bay 2nd 4 -0- 4 16 112.1% 807 720
Glenorchy 3rd 4 -0- 4 16 101.7% 702 690
Hobart 4th 4 -0- 4 16 85.0% 704 828
New Norfolk 5th 3 -0- 5 12 95.9% 702 732
Clarence 6th 2 -0- 6 8 79.9% 610 763

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/06/1959 2:10 PM Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 139 - 33 2,313
SAT 13/06/1959 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Sandy Bay Boyer Oval 62 - 109 1,555
MON 15/06/1959 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 78 - 73 7,118

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 8 -0- 1 32 131.4% 892 679
Sandy Bay 2nd 5 -0- 4 20 117.1% 916 782
Hobart 3rd 5 -0- 4 20 97.9% 843 861
Glenorchy 4th 4 -0- 5 16 100.9% 775 768
New Norfolk 5th 3 -0- 6 12 90.8% 764 841
Clarence 6th 2 -0- 7 8 71.3% 643 902

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/06/1959 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 83 - 90 4,098
SAT 27/06/1959 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 92 - 88 4,855
SAT 27/06/1959 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence Queenborough Oval 51 - 70 1,924

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 9 -0- 1 36 128.3% 984 767
Sandy Bay 2nd 5 -0- 5 20 113.5% 967 852
Hobart 3rd 5 -0- 5 20 97.7% 931 953
Glenorchy 4th 4 -0- 6 16 100.0% 858 858
New Norfolk 5th 4 -0- 6 16 92.4% 854 924
Clarence 6th 3 -0- 7 12 74.8% 713 953

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM Clarence v New Norfolk Bellerive Oval 68 - 39 2,356
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 116 - 67 3,857
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart Queenborough Oval 56 - 90 2,014

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 10 -0- 1 40 130.5% 1,074 823
Hobart 2nd 6 -0- 5 24 102.6% 1,047 1,020
Sandy Bay 3rd 5 -0- 6 20 108.6% 1,023 942
Glenorchy 4th 4 -0- 7 16 95.0% 925 974
New Norfolk 5th 4 -0- 7 16 90.0% 893 992
Clarence 6th 4 -0- 7 16 78.7% 781 992

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence KGV Oval 67 - 52 3,247
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 116 - 75 3,647
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart Boyer Oval 83 - 107 1,871

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 11 -0- 1 44 130.4% 1,181 906
Hobart 2nd 7 -0- 5 28 106.2% 1,163 1,095
Sandy Bay 3rd 5 -0- 7 20 103.8% 1,098 1,058
Glenorchy 4th 5 -0- 7 20 96.7% 992 1,026
New Norfolk 5th 4 -0- 8 16 88.8% 976 1,099
Clarence 6th 4 -0- 8 16 78.7% 833 1,059

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1959 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart Boyer Oval 50 - 107 1,805
SAT 18/07/1959 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 101 - 97 3,238
SAT 18/07/1959 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy Queenborough Oval 70 - 59 3,008

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 12 -0- 1 48 127.8% 1,282 1,003
Hobart 2nd 8 -0- 5 32 110.9% 1,270 1,145
Sandy Bay 3rd 6 -0- 7 24 104.6% 1,168 1,117
Glenorchy 4th 5 -0- 8 20 95.9% 1,051 1,096
New Norfolk 5th 4 -0- 9 16 85.1% 1,026 1,206
Clarence 6th 4 -0- 9 16 80.2% 930 1,160

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1959 2:01 PM Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 115 - 59 3,292
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart KGV Oval 84 - 92 3,170
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk Queenborough Oval 51 - 98 1,807

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 13 -0- 1 52 126.4% 1,374 1,087
Hobart 2nd 9 -0- 5 36 115.0% 1,385 1,204
Sandy Bay 3rd 6 -0- 8 24 100.3% 1,219 1,215
Glenorchy 4th 5 -0- 9 20 95.5% 1,135 1,188
New Norfolk 5th 5 -0- 9 20 89.4% 1,124 1,257
Clarence 6th 4 -0- 10 16 77.6% 989 1,275

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay Bellerive Oval 74 - 70 1,956
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM Hobart v North Hobart North Hobart Oval 78 - 129 6,172
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Glenorchy Boyer Oval 80 - 74 2,736

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 14 -0- 1 56 129.0% 1,503 1,165
Hobart 2nd 9 -0- 6 36 109.8% 1,463 1,333
Sandy Bay 3rd 6 -0- 9 24 100.0% 1,289 1,289
New Norfolk 4th 6 -0- 9 24 90.5% 1,204 1,331
Glenorchy 5th 5 -0- 10 20 95.3% 1,209 1,268
Clarence 6th 5 -0- 10 20 79.0% 1,063 1,345

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart KGV Oval 86 - 99 3,049
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence Boyer Oval 82 - 69 2,525
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 76 - 90 3,439

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 14 -0- 2 56 125.8% 1,579 1,255
Hobart 2nd 10 -0- 6 40 110.1% 1,562 1,419
Sandy Bay 3rd 7 -0- 9 28 101.0% 1,379 1,365
New Norfolk 4th 7 -0- 9 28 91.9% 1,286 1,400
Glenorchy 5th 5 -0- 11 20 94.7% 1,295 1,367
Clarence 6th 5 -0- 11 20 79.3% 1,132 1,427

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy Bellerive Oval 82 - 31 1,755
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 120 - 75 3,172
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Hobart Queenborough Oval 73 - 124 1,917

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 15 -0- 2 60 127.7% 1,699 1,330
Hobart 2nd 11 -0- 6 44 113.0% 1,686 1,492
Sandy Bay 3rd 7 -0- 10 28 97.5% 1,452 1,489
New Norfolk 4th 7 -0- 10 28 89.5% 1,361 1,520
Clarence 5th 6 -0- 11 24 83.3% 1,214 1,458
Glenorchy 6th 5 -0- 12 20 91.5% 1,326 1,449

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM Clarence v North Hobart Bellerive Oval 121 - 63 2,421
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 118 - 75 1,800
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 108 - 87 3,212

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 15 -0- 3 60 121.4% 1,762 1,451
Hobart 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 113.6% 1,794 1,579
Sandy Bay 3rd 7 -0- 11 28 95.0% 1,527 1,607
New Norfolk 4th 7 -0- 11 28 88.9% 1,448 1,628
Clarence 5th 7 -0- 11 28 87.8% 1,335 1,521
Glenorchy 6th 6 -0- 12 24 94.8% 1,444 1,524

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 15 -0- 3 60 121.4% 1,762 1,451 253 244 205 221
Hobart 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 113.6% 1,794 1,579 254 270 227 217
Sandy Bay 3rd 7 -0- 11 28 95.0% 1,527 1,607 218 219 228 239
New Norfolk 4th 7 -0- 11 28 88.9% 1,448 1,628 208 200 227 266
Clarence 5th 7 -0- 11 28 87.8% 1,335 1,521 183 237 218 213
Glenorchy 6th 6 -0- 12 24 94.8% 1,444 1,524 202 232 213 246

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1959 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 64 - 87 9,264
SAT 05/09/1959 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 60 - 112 10,608

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1959 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 74 - 78 11,119

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/09/1959 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 68 - 21 10,013

Final Round 3 Ladder

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