1966 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1966 season of the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (currently known as the Tasmanian State League).

It featured eighteen rounds. New Norfolk were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Hobart were the premiers, with John Watts as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1966 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 58

Team Details

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

Season Results

Premiers: Hobart
Runners-Up: Glenorchy
Minor Premiers: New Norfolk

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
New Norfolk	1st	15	-0-	3	60	137.4%	1,635	1,190	239	201	163	212
Hobart	2nd	11	-0-	7	44	104.4%	1,578	1,511	220	258	215	221
Glenorchy	3rd	10	-0-	8	40	114.8%	1,450	1,263	203	232	179	189
Clarence	4th	10	-0-	8	40	102.1%	1,395	1,366	198	207	190	226
Sandy Bay	5th	6	-0-	12	24	85.9%	1,308	1,522	182	216	214	238
North Hobart	6th	2	-0-	16	8	70.8%	1,244	1,758	171	218	252	246

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Hobart	1st	Premiers
Glenorchy	2nd	Runners-Up
New Norfolk	3rd	Defeated by Glenorchy (Preliminary Final)
Clarence	4th	Defeated by Glenorchy (Semi Final)
Sandy Bay	5th	Did not qualify for finals
North Hobart	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	02/04/1966	2:01 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	49	-	67	4,266
SAT	02/04/1966	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	74	-	52	5,282
SAT	02/04/1966	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	102	-	95	4,132

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	1	-0-	0	4	142.3%	74	52
Sandy Bay	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	136.7%	67	49
Hobart	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	107.4%	102	95
North Hobart	4th	0	-0-	1	0	93.1%	95	102
Glenorchy	5th	0	-0-	1	0	73.1%	49	67
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	1	0	70.3%	52	74

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/04/1966	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	71	-	98	6,147
SAT	09/04/1966	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	84	-	85	3,187
MON	11/04/1966	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	85	-	112	7,704

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	2	-0-	0	8	120.5%	200	166
Sandy Bay	2nd	1	-0-	1	4	112.7%	151	134
Glenorchy	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	105.9%	161	152
Clarence	4th	1	-0-	1	4	96.7%	145	150
New Norfolk	5th	1	-0-	1	4	86.7%	137	158
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	2	0	84.1%	180	214

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/04/1966	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	86	-	85	6,263
SAT	16/04/1966	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	121	-	63	2,928
SAT	16/04/1966	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	75	-	50	3,618

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	3	-0-	0	12	113.9%	286	251
Sandy Bay	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	122.8%	226	184
New Norfolk	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	116.7%	258	221
Glenorchy	4th	1	-0-	2	4	103.4%	246	238
Clarence	5th	1	-0-	2	4	86.7%	195	225
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	3	0	72.5%	243	335

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/04/1966	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	89	-	116	2,915
SAT	23/04/1966	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	74	-	84	4,961
MON	25/04/1966	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	85	-	105	6,520

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	3	-0-	1	12	120.6%	374	310
Sandy Bay	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	120.2%	310	258
Hobart	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	102.2%	375	367
Clarence	4th	2	-0-	2	8	96.8%	300	310
Glenorchy	5th	1	-0-	3	4	96.5%	331	343
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	4	0	75.7%	317	419

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/04/1966	2:01 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	55	-	79	3,100
SAT	30/04/1966	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	92	-	71	2,987
SAT	30/04/1966	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	136	-	104	5,594

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	4	-0-	1	16	108.5%	511	471
New Norfolk	2nd	3	-0-	2	12	110.3%	429	389
Sandy Bay	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	105.1%	414	394
Clarence	4th	3	-0-	2	12	102.9%	392	381
Glenorchy	5th	2	-0-	3	8	103.0%	410	398
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	5	0	75.9%	388	511

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/05/1966	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	125	-	48	3,302
SAT	07/05/1966	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	64	-	77	4,322
SAT	07/05/1966	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	Queenborough Oval	72	-	79	4,134

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	5	-0-	1	20	109.9%	588	535
New Norfolk	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	126.8%	554	437
Glenorchy	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	104.0%	489	470
Sandy Bay	4th	3	-0-	3	12	102.7%	486	473
Clarence	5th	3	-0-	3	12	87.0%	440	506
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	6	0	76.9%	452	588

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/05/1966	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	119	-	66	2,979
SAT	14/05/1966	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	94	-	26	3,293
SAT	14/05/1966	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	114	-	59	6,052

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	5	-0-	2	20	134.7%	668	496
Hobart	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	100.0%	654	654
Glenorchy	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	117.5%	583	496
Clarence	4th	4	-0-	3	16	97.7%	559	572
Sandy Bay	5th	3	-0-	4	12	92.8%	545	587
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	7	0	70.1%	478	682

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/05/1966	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	62	-	64	3,635
SAT	28/05/1966	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	TCA Ground	93	-	112	4,161
SAT	28/05/1966	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	68	-	104	4,132

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	6	-0-	2	24	136.9%	772	564
Glenorchy	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	118.0%	695	589
Hobart	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	97.5%	747	766
Clarence	4th	4	-0-	4	16	97.6%	621	636
Sandy Bay	5th	4	-0-	4	16	93.8%	609	649
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	8	0	69.5%	546	786

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/06/1966	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	65	-	95	5,989
SAT	04/06/1966	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	104	-	46	3,279
SAT	04/06/1966	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	117	-	98	2,880

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	7	-0-	2	28	143.6%	876	610
Glenorchy	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	120.8%	790	654
Sandy Bay	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	97.2%	726	747
Hobart	4th	5	-0-	4	20	91.1%	793	870
Clarence	5th	4	-0-	5	16	93.8%	686	731
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	9	0	71.3%	644	903

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
THU	09/06/1966	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	TCA Ground	107	-	97	2,204
THU	09/06/1966	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	81	-	93	2,649
SAT	11/06/1966	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	74	-	81	4,125

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	8	-0-	2	32	139.9%	957	684
Glenorchy	2nd	6	-0-	4	24	117.6%	864	735
Hobart	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	93.1%	900	967
Sandy Bay	4th	5	-0-	5	20	96.4%	823	854
Clarence	5th	5	-0-	5	20	95.9%	779	812
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	10	0	72.8%	725	996

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/07/1966	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	78	-	81	3,247
SAT	02/07/1966	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	81	-	74	4,351
SAT	02/07/1966	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	107	-	72	1,896

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	9	-0-	2	36	136.2%	1,038	762
Glenorchy	2nd	7	-0-	4	28	116.8%	945	809
Hobart	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	96.9%	1,007	1,039
Clarence	4th	5	-0-	6	20	96.0%	857	893
Sandy Bay	5th	5	-0-	6	20	95.9%	897	935
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	11	0	72.3%	797	1,103

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/07/1966	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	TCA Ground	97	-	61	2,998
SAT	09/07/1966	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	91	-	72	3,445
SAT	09/07/1966	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	89	-	103	3,282

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	10	-0-	2	40	134.1%	1,141	851
Hobart	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	100.4%	1,104	1,100
Glenorchy	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	113.0%	1,017	900
Sandy Bay	4th	5	-0-	7	20	95.0%	986	1,038
Clarence	5th	5	-0-	7	20	92.7%	918	990
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	11	4	75.6%	888	1,175

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/07/1966	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	92	-	86	2,852
SAT	16/07/1966	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	134	-	50	2,561
SAT	16/07/1966	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	70	-	85	2,996

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	11	-0-	2	44	141.5%	1,275	901
Glenorchy	2nd	8	-0-	5	32	112.5%	1,109	986
Hobart	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	99.8%	1,190	1,192
Clarence	4th	6	-0-	7	24	94.6%	1,003	1,060
Sandy Bay	5th	5	-0-	8	20	94.0%	1,056	1,123
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	12	4	71.7%	938	1,309

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/07/1966	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	50	-	42	2,489
SAT	23/07/1966	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	76	-	45	2,860
SAT	23/07/1966	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	41	-	34	2,140

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	11	-0-	3	44	135.1%	1,320	977
Hobart	2nd	9	-0-	5	36	102.3%	1,266	1,237
Glenorchy	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	111.1%	1,151	1,036
Clarence	4th	7	-0-	7	28	95.6%	1,053	1,102
Sandy Bay	5th	5	-0-	9	20	93.6%	1,090	1,164
North Hobart	6th	2	-0-	12	8	72.9%	979	1,343

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/07/1966	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	104	-	61	2,456
SAT	30/07/1966	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	51	-	32	5,431
SAT	30/07/1966	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	61	-	59	2,512

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	12	-0-	3	48	135.9%	1,371	1,009
Hobart	2nd	9	-0-	6	36	102.1%	1,325	1,298
Glenorchy	3rd	8	-0-	7	32	108.8%	1,183	1,087
Clarence	4th	8	-0-	7	32	99.5%	1,157	1,163
Sandy Bay	5th	6	-0-	9	24	94.1%	1,151	1,223
North Hobart	6th	2	-0-	13	8	71.9%	1,040	1,447

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/08/1966	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	68	-	43	3,145
SAT	06/08/1966	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	66	-	99	2,924
SAT	06/08/1966	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	Queenborough Oval	52	-	102	3,242

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	13	-0-	3	52	136.8%	1,439	1,052
Hobart	2nd	10	-0-	6	40	104.4%	1,424	1,364
Glenorchy	3rd	9	-0-	7	36	112.8%	1,285	1,139
Clarence	4th	8	-0-	8	32	97.5%	1,200	1,231
Sandy Bay	5th	6	-0-	10	24	90.8%	1,203	1,325
North Hobart	6th	2	-0-	14	8	71.5%	1,106	1,546

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/08/1966	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	104	-	48	2,702
SAT	13/08/1966	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	78	-	86	5,001
SAT	13/08/1966	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	88	-	48	2,302

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	14	-0-	3	56	138.8%	1,527	1,100
Glenorchy	2nd	10	-0-	7	40	117.0%	1,389	1,187
Hobart	3rd	10	-0-	7	40	103.6%	1,502	1,450
Clarence	4th	9	-0-	8	36	98.2%	1,286	1,309
Sandy Bay	5th	6	-0-	11	24	88.5%	1,251	1,413
North Hobart	6th	2	-0-	15	8	69.9%	1,154	1,650

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/08/1966	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	109	-	57	2,379
SAT	20/08/1966	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	61	-	76	5,281
SAT	20/08/1966	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	90	-	108	2,700

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	15	-0-	3	60	137.4%	1,635	1,190
Hobart	2nd	11	-0-	7	44	104.4%	1,578	1,511
Glenorchy	3rd	10	-0-	8	40	114.8%	1,450	1,263
Clarence	4th	10	-0-	8	40	102.1%	1,395	1,366
Sandy Bay	5th	6	-0-	12	24	85.9%	1,308	1,522
North Hobart	6th	2	-0-	16	8	70.8%	1,244	1,758

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
New Norfolk	1st	15	-0-	3	60	137.4%	1,635	1,190	239	201	163	212
Hobart	2nd	11	-0-	7	44	104.4%	1,578	1,511	220	258	215	221
Glenorchy	3rd	10	-0-	8	40	114.8%	1,450	1,263	203	232	179	189
Clarence	4th	10	-0-	8	40	102.1%	1,395	1,366	198	207	190	226
Sandy Bay	5th	6	-0-	12	24	85.9%	1,308	1,522	182	216	214	238
North Hobart	6th	2	-0-	16	8	70.8%	1,244	1,758	171	218	252	246

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/08/1966	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	88	-	66	12,303
SAT	03/09/1966	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	69	-	80	12,432

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/09/1966	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	60	-	71	13,486

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/09/1966	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	74	-	73	16,699

Final Round 3 Ladder

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

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