1961 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1961 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. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. North Hobart were the minor premiers.

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

Season Details

Name: 1961 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 64

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Clarence Bellerive Oval
Glenorchy KGV Oval John Chick
Hobart
New Norfolk Boyer Oval
North Hobart North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay Stan Booth

Season Results

Premiers: North Hobart
Runners-Up: Glenorchy
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 13 -0- 7 52 127.3% 1,552 1,219 217 250 165 229
Glenorchy 2nd 12 -0- 8 48 111.1% 1,440 1,296 200 240 176 240
Clarence 3rd 11 -0- 9 44 100.7% 1,362 1,353 188 234 187 231
Sandy Bay 4th 10 -1- 9 42 112.3% 1,471 1,310 203 253 180 230
Hobart 5th 9 -0- 11 36 91.2% 1,501 1,646 208 253 232 254
New Norfolk 6th 4 -1- 15 18 68.8% 1,108 1,610 153 190 229 236

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/04/1961 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence Boyer Oval 61 - 87 3,073
SAT 01/04/1961 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 85 - 94 5,522
MON 03/04/1961 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 41 - 80 5,900

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 1 -0- 0 4 195.1% 80 41
Clarence 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 142.6% 87 61
Hobart 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 110.6% 94 85
North Hobart 4th 0 -0- 1 0 90.4% 85 94
New Norfolk 5th 0 -0- 1 0 70.1% 61 87
Glenorchy 6th 0 -0- 1 0 51.3% 41 80

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/04/1961 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart Bellerive Oval 72 - 96 2,937
SAT 08/04/1961 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 71 - 80 3,808
SAT 08/04/1961 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk Queenborough Oval 49 - 49 2,095

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hobart 1st 2 -0- 0 8 121.0% 190 157
Sandy Bay 2nd 1 -1- 0 6 143.3% 129 90
Clarence 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 101.3% 159 157
Glenorchy 4th 1 -0- 1 4 80.1% 121 151
New Norfolk 5th 0 -1- 1 2 80.9% 110 136
North Hobart 6th 0 -0- 2 0 89.7% 156 174

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1961 2:10 PM Clarence v North Hobart Bellerive Oval 94 - 65 2,782
SAT 15/04/1961 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 61 - 58 4,002
SAT 15/04/1961 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Hobart Queenborough Oval 98 - 99 2,816

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hobart 1st 3 -0- 0 12 113.3% 289 255
Clarence 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 114.0% 253 222
Sandy Bay 3rd 1 -1- 1 6 120.1% 227 189
New Norfolk 4th 1 -1- 1 6 88.1% 171 194
Glenorchy 5th 1 -0- 2 4 84.4% 179 212
North Hobart 6th 0 -0- 3 0 82.5% 221 268

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1961 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay Bellerive Oval 62 - 43 2,871
SAT 22/04/1961 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart KGV Oval 69 - 62 3,347
SAT 22/04/1961 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 45 - 56 3,772

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Clarence 1st 3 -0- 1 12 118.9% 315 265
Hobart 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 108.3% 351 324
New Norfolk 3rd 2 -1- 1 10 95.0% 227 239
Glenorchy 4th 2 -0- 2 8 90.5% 248 274
Sandy Bay 5th 1 -1- 2 6 107.6% 270 251
North Hobart 6th 0 -0- 4 0 82.1% 266 324

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1961 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy Bellerive Oval 72 - 64 4,309
SAT 29/04/1961 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart Boyer Oval 98 - 95 2,661
SAT 29/04/1961 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 79 - 74 3,775

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Clarence 1st 4 -0- 1 16 117.6% 387 329
New Norfolk 2nd 3 -1- 1 14 97.3% 325 334
Hobart 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 105.7% 446 422
Glenorchy 4th 2 -0- 3 8 90.2% 312 346
Sandy Bay 5th 1 -1- 3 6 104.2% 344 330
North Hobart 6th 1 -0- 4 4 86.7% 345 398

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1961 2:10 PM Hobart v North Hobart TCA Ground 59 - 130 2,117
SAT 06/05/1961 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence North Hobart Oval 68 - 85 3,868
SAT 06/05/1961 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy Queenborough Oval 88 - 97 2,087

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Clarence 1st 5 -0- 1 20 118.9% 472 397
New Norfolk 2nd 3 -1- 2 14 93.8% 393 419
Glenorchy 3rd 3 -0- 3 12 94.2% 409 434
Hobart 4th 3 -0- 3 12 91.5% 505 552
North Hobart 5th 2 -0- 4 8 103.9% 475 457
Sandy Bay 6th 1 -1- 4 6 101.2% 432 427

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1961 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart KGV Oval 86 - 71 3,622
SAT 13/05/1961 2:10 PM Hobart v Clarence TCA Ground 80 - 69 3,591
SAT 13/05/1961 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 85 - 117 3,061

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Clarence 1st 5 -0- 2 20 113.4% 541 477
Glenorchy 2nd 4 -0- 3 16 98.0% 495 505
Hobart 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 94.2% 585 621
New Norfolk 4th 3 -1- 3 14 89.2% 478 536
Sandy Bay 5th 2 -1- 4 10 107.2% 549 512
North Hobart 6th 2 -0- 5 8 100.6% 546 543

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 20/08/1961 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk KGV Oval 109 - 53 3,318
SUN 20/08/1961 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay TCA Ground 73 - 88 2,629
SUN 20/08/1961 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 49 - 67 4,180

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Clarence 1st 6 -0- 2 24 115.6% 608 526
Glenorchy 2nd 5 -0- 3 20 108.2% 604 558
Hobart 3rd 4 -0- 4 16 92.8% 658 709
Sandy Bay 4th 3 -1- 4 14 108.9% 637 585
New Norfolk 5th 3 -1- 4 14 82.3% 531 645
North Hobart 6th 2 -0- 6 8 97.5% 595 610

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1961 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 68 - 100 4,809
SAT 27/05/1961 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart Boyer Oval 32 - 71 2,037
SAT 27/05/1961 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence Queenborough Oval 68 - 63 3,715

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Clarence 1st 6 -0- 3 24 113.0% 671 594
Glenorchy 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 112.5% 704 626
Sandy Bay 3rd 4 -1- 4 18 108.8% 705 648
Hobart 4th 4 -0- 5 16 89.7% 726 809
New Norfolk 5th 3 -1- 5 14 78.6% 563 716
North Hobart 6th 3 -0- 6 12 103.7% 666 642

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1961 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy Bellerive Oval 76 - 80 4,008
SAT 03/06/1961 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 125 - 66 2,227
SAT 03/06/1961 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart Queenborough Oval 50 - 52 2,304

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 7 -0- 3 28 111.7% 784 702
Clarence 2nd 6 -0- 4 24 110.8% 747 674
Hobart 3rd 5 -0- 5 20 97.3% 851 875
Sandy Bay 4th 4 -1- 5 18 107.9% 755 700
North Hobart 5th 4 -0- 6 16 103.8% 718 692
New Norfolk 6th 3 -1- 6 14 74.8% 629 841

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1961 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 71 - 65 3,563
SAT 10/06/1961 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence Boyer Oval 43 - 48 1,768
SAT 10/06/1961 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 114 - 66 3,535

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 8 -0- 3 32 111.5% 855 767
Clarence 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 110.9% 795 717
North Hobart 3rd 5 -0- 6 20 109.8% 832 758
Hobart 4th 5 -0- 6 20 92.7% 917 989
Sandy Bay 5th 4 -1- 6 18 106.4% 820 771
New Norfolk 6th 3 -1- 7 14 75.6% 672 889

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1961 2:10 PM Hobart v Clarence TCA Ground 59 - 43 1,556
SAT 17/06/1961 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 86 - 49 2,397
SAT 17/06/1961 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk Queenborough Oval 75 - 46 867

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 8 -0- 4 32 106.0% 904 853
Clarence 2nd 7 -0- 5 28 108.0% 838 776
North Hobart 3rd 6 -0- 6 24 113.8% 918 807
Hobart 4th 6 -0- 6 24 94.6% 976 1,032
Sandy Bay 5th 5 -1- 6 22 109.5% 895 817
New Norfolk 6th 3 -1- 8 14 74.5% 718 964

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1961 2:10 PM Clarence v North Hobart Bellerive Oval 38 - 50 2,512
SAT 01/07/1961 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 54 - 72 2,852
SAT 01/07/1961 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Glenorchy Boyer Oval 62 - 55 1,595

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 8 -0- 5 32 104.8% 959 915
North Hobart 2nd 7 -0- 6 28 114.6% 968 845
Clarence 3rd 7 -0- 6 28 106.1% 876 826
Sandy Bay 4th 6 -1- 6 26 111.0% 967 871
Hobart 5th 6 -0- 7 24 93.3% 1,030 1,104
New Norfolk 6th 4 -1- 8 18 76.5% 780 1,019

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1961 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay Bellerive Oval 55 - 77 1,604
SAT 08/07/1961 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart KGV Oval 65 - 45 1,335
SAT 08/07/1961 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 98 - 37 1,810

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 9 -0- 5 36 106.7% 1,024 960
North Hobart 2nd 8 -0- 6 32 120.9% 1,066 882
Sandy Bay 3rd 7 -1- 6 30 112.7% 1,044 926
Clarence 4th 7 -0- 7 28 103.1% 931 903
Hobart 5th 6 -0- 8 24 92.0% 1,075 1,169
New Norfolk 6th 4 -1- 9 18 73.1% 817 1,117

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1961 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence North Hobart Oval 41 - 57 2,790
SAT 15/07/1961 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk TCA Ground 52 - 31 1,190
SAT 15/07/1961 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart Queenborough Oval 71 - 57 2,121

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 9 -0- 6 36 104.7% 1,065 1,017
Sandy Bay 2nd 8 -1- 6 34 113.4% 1,115 983
North Hobart 3rd 8 -0- 7 32 117.8% 1,123 953
Clarence 4th 8 -0- 7 32 104.7% 988 944
Hobart 5th 7 -0- 8 28 93.9% 1,127 1,200
New Norfolk 6th 4 -1- 10 18 72.5% 848 1,169

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1961 2:10 PM Clarence v New Norfolk Bellerive Oval 111 - 81 1,953
SAT 22/07/1961 2:10 PM Hobart v North Hobart TCA Ground 39 - 74 1,973
SAT 22/07/1961 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 36 - 45 4,227

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 10 -0- 6 40 105.4% 1,110 1,053
North Hobart 2nd 9 -0- 7 36 120.7% 1,197 992
Clarence 3rd 9 -0- 7 36 107.2% 1,099 1,025
Sandy Bay 4th 8 -1- 7 34 112.0% 1,151 1,028
Hobart 5th 7 -0- 9 28 91.5% 1,166 1,274
New Norfolk 6th 4 -1- 11 18 72.6% 929 1,280

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1961 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart North Hobart Oval 93 - 71 3,223
SAT 29/07/1961 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart KGV Oval 49 - 57 3,087
SAT 29/07/1961 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Sandy Bay Boyer Oval 16 - 57 1,230

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 10 -0- 7 40 120.5% 1,254 1,041
Clarence 2nd 10 -0- 7 40 108.8% 1,192 1,096
Glenorchy 3rd 10 -0- 7 40 104.4% 1,159 1,110
Sandy Bay 4th 9 -1- 7 38 115.7% 1,208 1,044
Hobart 5th 7 -0- 10 28 90.5% 1,237 1,367
New Norfolk 6th 4 -1- 12 18 70.7% 945 1,337

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1961 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk KGV Oval 98 - 29 1,702
SAT 05/08/1961 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 99 - 35 6,552
SAT 05/08/1961 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Hobart Queenborough Oval 85 - 88 1,913

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 11 -0- 7 44 125.7% 1,353 1,076
Glenorchy 2nd 11 -0- 7 44 110.4% 1,257 1,139
Clarence 3rd 10 -0- 8 40 102.7% 1,227 1,195
Sandy Bay 4th 9 -1- 8 38 114.2% 1,293 1,132
Hobart 5th 8 -0- 10 32 91.3% 1,325 1,452
New Norfolk 6th 4 -1- 13 18 67.9% 974 1,435

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1961 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy TCA Ground 90 - 118 2,928
SAT 12/08/1961 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart Boyer Oval 58 - 89 999
SAT 12/08/1961 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence North Hobart Oval 93 - 68 3,929

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 12 -0- 7 48 127.2% 1,442 1,134
Glenorchy 2nd 12 -0- 7 48 111.9% 1,375 1,229
Sandy Bay 3rd 10 -1- 8 42 115.5% 1,386 1,200
Clarence 4th 10 -0- 9 40 100.5% 1,295 1,288
Hobart 5th 8 -0- 11 32 90.1% 1,415 1,570
New Norfolk 6th 4 -1- 14 18 67.7% 1,032 1,524

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1961 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy Bellerive Oval 67 - 65 2,287
SAT 19/08/1961 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart Boyer Oval 76 - 86 929
SAT 19/08/1961 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 110 - 85 3,501

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 13 -0- 7 52 127.3% 1,552 1,219
Glenorchy 2nd 12 -0- 8 48 111.1% 1,440 1,296
Clarence 3rd 11 -0- 9 44 100.7% 1,362 1,353
Sandy Bay 4th 10 -1- 9 42 112.3% 1,471 1,310
Hobart 5th 9 -0- 11 36 91.2% 1,501 1,646
New Norfolk 6th 4 -1- 15 18 68.8% 1,108 1,610

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1961 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 58 - 77 8,859
SAT 02/09/1961 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 76 - 66 8,922

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1961 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 91 - 62 10,265

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1961 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 108 - 72 15,217