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)
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

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	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

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	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

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 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
North Hobart	1st
Glenorchy	2nd
Sandy Bay	3rd
Clarence	4th

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 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
North Hobart	1st
Glenorchy	2nd
Sandy Bay	3rd
Clarence	4th

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

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
North Hobart	1st
Glenorchy	2nd
Sandy Bay	3rd
Clarence	4th

Links

Fixtures (TSL)

The information provided on this site does not necessarily align with the official record. The purpose of this site is to present its author's attempt to amalgamate a variety of sources of information on the VFL/AFL, VFA/VFL, SANFL, WAFL, TSL and other competitions to provide its users a unified view of the people (e.g. players, coaches, draftees and umpires), places, events (e.g. matches, drafts and awards) and other entities that have contributed to the rich history of Australian rules football.