1963 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1963 season of the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (currently known as the Tasmanian State League).

It featured nineteen rounds. Sandy Bay were the minor premiers.

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

Season Details

Name: 1963 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 19
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 61

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Clarence	Bellerive Oval
Glenorchy	KGV Oval	John Chick
Hobart
New Norfolk	Boyer Oval	Trevor Leo
North Hobart	North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay		Rex Geard

Season Results

Premiers: Hobart
Runners-Up: Sandy Bay
Minor Premiers: Sandy Bay

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Sandy Bay	1st	12	-0-	7	48	120.9%	1,494	1,236	214	210	171	210
New Norfolk	2nd	12	-0-	7	48	116.7%	1,489	1,276	208	241	181	190
Hobart	3rd	11	-1-	7	46	111.8%	1,606	1,436	227	244	202	224
Clarence	4th	10	-0-	9	40	98.5%	1,357	1,378	189	223	191	232
North Hobart	5th	8	-1-	10	34	92.7%	1,239	1,336	173	201	188	208
Glenorchy	6th	3	-0-	16	12	67.9%	1,105	1,628	154	181	232	236

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Hobart	1st	Premiers
Sandy Bay	2nd	Runners-Up
New Norfolk	3rd	Defeated by Hobart (Preliminary Final)
Clarence	4th	Defeated by Hobart (Semi Final)
North Hobart	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	06/04/1963	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	97	-	75	4,891
SAT	06/04/1963	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	78	-	116	2,241
SAT	06/04/1963	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	55	-	61	3,651

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	1	-0-	0	4	148.7%	116	78
Clarence	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	129.3%	97	75
North Hobart	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	110.9%	61	55
Sandy Bay	4th	0	-0-	1	0	90.2%	55	61
Glenorchy	5th	0	-0-	1	0	77.3%	75	97
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	1	0	67.2%	78	116

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/04/1963	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	60	-	112	2,428
SAT	13/04/1963	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	82	-	91	3,970
MON	15/04/1963	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	53	-	65	6,358

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	2	-0-	0	8	126.6%	162	128
Hobart	2nd	1	-0-	1	4	117.2%	198	169
New Norfolk	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	108.0%	190	176
Sandy Bay	4th	1	-0-	1	4	102.1%	146	143
North Hobart	5th	1	-0-	1	4	95.0%	114	120
Glenorchy	6th	0	-0-	2	0	64.6%	135	209

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/04/1963	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	61	-	69	3,544
SAT	20/04/1963	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	74	-	74	3,984
SAT	20/04/1963	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	Queenborough Oval	83	-	85	2,792

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	2	-0-	1	8	113.2%	223	197
New Norfolk	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	109.3%	259	237
Hobart	3rd	1	-1-	1	6	111.9%	272	243
North Hobart	4th	1	-1-	1	6	96.9%	188	194
Sandy Bay	5th	1	-0-	2	4	100.4%	229	228
Glenorchy	6th	1	-0-	2	4	75.3%	220	292

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/04/1963	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	47	-	48	3,050
SAT	27/04/1963	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	TCA Ground	110	-	75	3,067
SAT	27/04/1963	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	75	-	66	3,845

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	3	-0-	1	12	110.2%	334	303
Hobart	2nd	2	-1-	1	10	120.1%	382	318
North Hobart	3rd	2	-1-	1	10	97.9%	236	241
Clarence	4th	2	-0-	2	8	97.1%	298	307
Sandy Bay	5th	1	-0-	3	4	97.4%	295	303
Glenorchy	6th	1	-0-	3	4	78.5%	267	340

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/05/1963	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	87	-	88	3,265
SAT	11/05/1963	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	92	-	69	4,243
SAT	11/05/1963	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	72	-	38	3,319

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	4	-0-	1	16	119.1%	406	341
Hobart	2nd	3	-1-	1	14	122.5%	474	387
North Hobart	3rd	2	-1-	2	10	87.5%	274	313
Sandy Bay	4th	2	-0-	3	8	98.2%	383	390
Clarence	5th	2	-0-	3	8	97.5%	385	395
Glenorchy	6th	1	-0-	4	4	77.8%	336	432

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/05/1963	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	55	-	114	2,921
SAT	18/05/1963	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	86	-	106	3,456
SAT	18/05/1963	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	93	-	75	3,948

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	5	-0-	1	20	119.9%	512	427
Hobart	2nd	3	-1-	2	14	113.6%	560	493
North Hobart	3rd	3	-1-	2	14	94.6%	367	388
Clarence	4th	3	-0-	3	12	110.9%	499	450
Sandy Bay	5th	2	-0-	4	8	94.8%	458	483
Glenorchy	6th	1	-0-	5	4	71.6%	391	546

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/05/1963	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	75	-	69	3,146
SAT	25/05/1963	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	63	-	75	3,546
SAT	25/05/1963	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	114	-	77	3,106

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	6	-0-	1	24	119.8%	587	490
Clarence	2nd	4	-0-	3	16	110.6%	574	519
Hobart	3rd	3	-1-	3	14	104.9%	637	607
North Hobart	4th	3	-1-	3	14	94.2%	436	463
Sandy Bay	5th	3	-0-	4	12	102.1%	572	560
Glenorchy	6th	1	-0-	6	4	73.1%	454	621

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/06/1963	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	55	-	90	3,887
SAT	01/06/1963	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	69	-	82	2,623
SAT	01/06/1963	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	89	-	97	3,324

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	6	-0-	2	24	115.2%	676	587
Clarence	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	110.4%	671	608
North Hobart	3rd	4	-1-	3	18	97.4%	518	532
Sandy Bay	4th	4	-0-	4	16	107.6%	662	615
Hobart	5th	3	-1-	4	14	102.5%	706	689
Glenorchy	6th	1	-0-	7	4	71.6%	509	711

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/06/1963	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	98	-	79	4,953
SAT	08/06/1963	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Boyer Oval	85	-	70	3,015
MON	10/06/1963	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	68	-	77	4,634

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	6	-0-	3	24	111.9%	769	687
New Norfolk	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	111.0%	746	672
Sandy Bay	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	109.1%	747	685
North Hobart	4th	4	-1-	4	18	96.2%	586	609
Hobart	5th	3	-1-	5	14	99.7%	785	787
Glenorchy	6th	2	-0-	7	8	75.2%	586	779

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/06/1963	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	57	-	80	2,669
SAT	15/06/1963	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	85	-	71	4,047
SAT	15/06/1963	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	68	-	76	4,222

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	7	-0-	3	28	111.9%	845	755
New Norfolk	2nd	6	-0-	4	24	107.9%	817	757
North Hobart	3rd	5	-1-	4	22	98.7%	671	680
Sandy Bay	4th	5	-0-	5	20	107.1%	815	761
Hobart	5th	4	-1-	5	18	102.5%	865	844
Glenorchy	6th	2	-0-	8	8	74.9%	643	859

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/06/1963	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	87	-	61	2,813
SAT	22/06/1963	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	67	-	77	3,698
SAT	22/06/1963	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	70	-	37	3,968

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	8	-0-	3	32	114.2%	932	816
Sandy Bay	2nd	6	-0-	5	24	110.9%	885	798
New Norfolk	3rd	6	-0-	5	24	106.0%	884	834
Hobart	4th	5	-1-	5	22	103.4%	942	911
North Hobart	5th	5	-1-	5	22	94.4%	708	750
Glenorchy	6th	2	-0-	9	8	74.4%	704	946

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/06/1963	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	TCA Ground	88	-	101	2,665
SAT	29/06/1963	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	76	-	49	2,094
SAT	29/06/1963	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	60	-	62	4,092

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	9	-0-	3	36	113.5%	994	876
Sandy Bay	2nd	7	-0-	5	28	111.3%	986	886
New Norfolk	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	108.7%	960	883
Hobart	4th	5	-1-	6	22	101.8%	1,030	1,012
North Hobart	5th	5	-1-	6	22	94.6%	768	812
Glenorchy	6th	2	-0-	10	8	73.7%	753	1,022

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/07/1963	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	58	-	89	3,547
SAT	06/07/1963	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	37	-	91	2,219
SAT	06/07/1963	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	63	-	67	3,995

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	9	-0-	4	36	109.0%	1,052	965
Sandy Bay	2nd	8	-0-	5	32	116.7%	1,077	923
New Norfolk	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	111.5%	1,049	941
Hobart	4th	6	-1-	6	26	102.0%	1,097	1,075
North Hobart	5th	5	-1-	7	22	94.5%	831	879
Glenorchy	6th	2	-0-	11	8	71.0%	790	1,113

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/07/1963	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	29	-	48	1,591
SAT	13/07/1963	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	79	-	26	3,186
SAT	13/07/1963	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	59	-	45	2,512

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	9	-0-	5	36	117.4%	1,136	968
Clarence	2nd	9	-0-	5	36	103.3%	1,078	1,044
New Norfolk	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	109.4%	1,094	1,000
Hobart	4th	7	-1-	6	30	106.8%	1,176	1,101
North Hobart	5th	6	-1-	7	26	96.8%	879	908
Glenorchy	6th	2	-0-	12	8	70.5%	819	1,161

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/07/1963	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	61	-	56	5,069
SAT	20/07/1963	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	TCA Ground	111	-	57	1,580
SAT	20/07/1963	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	66	-	60	2,720

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	10	-0-	5	40	103.5%	1,139	1,100
Sandy Bay	2nd	9	-0-	6	36	115.8%	1,192	1,029
New Norfolk	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	109.4%	1,160	1,060
Hobart	4th	8	-1-	6	34	111.1%	1,287	1,158
North Hobart	5th	6	-1-	8	26	96.4%	939	974
Glenorchy	6th	2	-0-	13	8	68.9%	876	1,272

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/07/1963	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	57	-	44	1,970
SAT	27/07/1963	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	103	-	76	3,285
SAT	27/07/1963	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	98	-	28	4,349

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	10	-0-	6	40	122.0%	1,290	1,057
Clarence	2nd	10	-0-	6	40	102.2%	1,183	1,157
Hobart	3rd	9	-1-	6	38	112.6%	1,390	1,234
New Norfolk	4th	9	-0-	7	36	106.3%	1,236	1,163
North Hobart	5th	6	-1-	9	26	90.2%	967	1,072
Glenorchy	6th	3	-0-	13	12	70.9%	933	1,316

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/08/1963	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	74	-	83	2,223
SAT	03/08/1963	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	113	-	21	2,060
SAT	03/08/1963	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	65	-	58	5,905

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	11	-0-	6	44	121.5%	1,355	1,115
New Norfolk	2nd	10	-0-	7	40	113.9%	1,349	1,184
Clarence	3rd	10	-0-	7	40	101.4%	1,257	1,240
Hobart	4th	9	-1-	7	38	111.5%	1,448	1,299
North Hobart	5th	7	-1-	9	30	91.6%	1,050	1,146
Glenorchy	6th	3	-0-	14	12	66.8%	954	1,429

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/08/1963	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	91	-	84	2,533
SAT	10/08/1963	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	71	-	47	5,691
SAT	10/08/1963	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	Queenborough Oval	94	-	52	2,367

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	12	-0-	6	48	124.2%	1,449	1,167
New Norfolk	2nd	11	-0-	7	44	115.4%	1,420	1,231
Hobart	3rd	10	-1-	7	42	111.3%	1,539	1,383
Clarence	4th	10	-0-	8	40	99.5%	1,304	1,311
North Hobart	5th	7	-1-	10	30	91.7%	1,134	1,237
Glenorchy	6th	3	-0-	15	12	66.1%	1,006	1,523

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/08/1963	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	53	-	67	3,186
SAT	17/08/1963	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	69	-	45	4,416
SAT	17/08/1963	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	105	-	99	2,330

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	12	-0-	7	48	120.9%	1,494	1,236
New Norfolk	2nd	12	-0-	7	48	116.7%	1,489	1,276
Hobart	3rd	11	-1-	7	46	111.8%	1,606	1,436
Clarence	4th	10	-0-	9	40	98.5%	1,357	1,378
North Hobart	5th	8	-1-	10	34	92.7%	1,239	1,336
Glenorchy	6th	3	-0-	16	12	67.9%	1,105	1,628

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Sandy Bay	1st	12	-0-	7	48	120.9%	1,494	1,236	214	210	171	210
New Norfolk	2nd	12	-0-	7	48	116.7%	1,489	1,276	208	241	181	190
Hobart	3rd	11	-1-	7	46	111.8%	1,606	1,436	227	244	202	224
Clarence	4th	10	-0-	9	40	98.5%	1,357	1,378	189	223	191	232
North Hobart	5th	8	-1-	10	34	92.7%	1,239	1,336	173	201	188	208
Glenorchy	6th	3	-0-	16	12	67.9%	1,105	1,628	154	181	232	236

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/08/1963	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	87	-	80	11,827
SAT	31/08/1963	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	101	-	69	13,325

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/09/1963	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	90	-	91	12,434

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/09/1963	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	49	-	64	14,498

Final Round 3 Ladder

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

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