1968 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1968 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. New Norfolk were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. New Norfolk were the premiers, with Trevor Leo as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1968 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 Bob Parsons
Hobart John Watts
New Norfolk Boyer Oval Trevor Leo
North Hobart North Hobart Oval John Devine
Sandy Bay Ray Giblett

Season Results

Premiers: New Norfolk
Runners-Up: North Hobart
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 12 -1- 7 50 110.8% 1,618 1,460 231 232 209 206
North Hobart 2nd 12 -0- 8 48 112.5% 1,615 1,435 226 259 202 223
Clarence 3rd 11 -1- 8 46 112.3% 1,619 1,442 229 245 201 236
Glenorchy 4th 9 -0- 11 36 101.1% 1,606 1,589 230 226 220 269
Sandy Bay 5th 8 -1- 11 34 88.2% 1,489 1,689 213 211 244 225
Hobart 6th 6 -1- 13 26 81.4% 1,456 1,788 204 232 257 246

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/04/1968 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy Bellerive Oval 96 - 69 3,851
SAT 06/04/1968 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart Boyer Oval 88 - 79 2,126
SAT 06/04/1968 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 95 - 103 5,722

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Clarence 1st 1 -0- 0 4 139.1% 96 69
New Norfolk 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 111.4% 88 79
Sandy Bay 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 108.4% 103 95
North Hobart 4th 0 -0- 1 0 92.2% 95 103
Hobart 5th 0 -0- 1 0 89.8% 79 88
Glenorchy 6th 0 -0- 1 0 71.9% 69 96

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/04/1968 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 87 - 93 5,617
SAT 13/04/1968 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay TCA Ground 90 - 62 3,366
MON 15/04/1968 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 61 - 63 8,593

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Clarence 1st 2 -0- 0 8 122.3% 159 130
New Norfolk 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 109.0% 181 166
Hobart 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 112.7% 169 150
Sandy Bay 4th 1 -0- 1 4 89.2% 165 185
North Hobart 5th 0 -0- 2 0 94.0% 156 166
Glenorchy 6th 0 -0- 2 0 82.5% 156 189

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1968 2:10 PM Clarence v New Norfolk Bellerive Oval 74 - 88 3,791
SAT 20/04/1968 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 92 - 97 3,200
SAT 20/04/1968 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 116 - 73 4,894

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 3 -0- 0 12 112.1% 269 240
Clarence 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 106.9% 233 218
Sandy Bay 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 94.6% 262 277
North Hobart 4th 1 -0- 2 4 113.8% 272 239
Hobart 5th 1 -0- 2 4 91.0% 242 266
Glenorchy 6th 0 -0- 3 0 86.7% 248 286

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 25/04/1968 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart North Hobart Oval 65 - 68 7,381
THU 25/04/1968 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart KGV Oval 92 - 52 4,764
SAT 27/04/1968 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 71 - 54 5,595

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 4 -0- 0 16 115.6% 340 294
Clarence 2nd 2 -0- 2 8 104.2% 298 286
Hobart 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 93.7% 310 331
Sandy Bay 4th 2 -0- 2 8 90.8% 316 348
Glenorchy 5th 1 -0- 3 4 100.6% 340 338
North Hobart 6th 1 -0- 3 4 97.9% 324 331

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1968 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy TCA Ground 78 - 63 2,158
SAT 04/05/1968 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 57 - 55 3,404
SAT 04/05/1968 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence Queenborough Oval 61 - 68 2,675

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 4 -0- 1 16 112.5% 395 351
Clarence 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 105.5% 366 347
Hobart 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 98.5% 388 394
North Hobart 4th 2 -0- 3 8 98.7% 381 386
Sandy Bay 5th 2 -0- 3 8 90.6% 377 416
Glenorchy 6th 1 -0- 4 4 96.9% 403 416

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1968 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence North Hobart Oval 100 - 84 4,728
SAT 18/05/1968 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart Boyer Oval 87 - 70 2,317
SAT 18/05/1968 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart Queenborough Oval 68 - 67 3,155

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 5 -0- 1 20 114.5% 482 421
Clarence 2nd 3 -0- 3 12 100.7% 450 447
Hobart 3rd 3 -0- 3 12 95.2% 458 481
Sandy Bay 4th 3 -0- 3 12 92.1% 445 483
Glenorchy 5th 2 -0- 4 8 100.6% 503 500
North Hobart 6th 2 -0- 4 8 98.7% 448 454

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1968 2:10 PM Clarence v North Hobart Bellerive Oval 82 - 60 3,013
SAT 25/05/1968 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk KGV Oval 88 - 78 3,549
SAT 25/05/1968 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Hobart North Hobart Oval 116 - 101 3,069

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 5 -0- 2 20 110.0% 560 509
Clarence 2nd 4 -0- 3 16 104.9% 532 507
Sandy Bay 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 96.1% 561 584
Glenorchy 4th 3 -0- 4 12 102.2% 591 578
Hobart 5th 3 -0- 4 12 93.6% 559 597
North Hobart 6th 2 -0- 5 8 94.8% 508 536

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1968 2:10 PM Hobart v North Hobart TCA Ground 72 - 92 2,685
SAT 01/06/1968 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence North Hobart Oval 99 - 94 4,468
SAT 01/06/1968 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy Queenborough Oval 85 - 89 3,624

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 6 -0- 2 24 109.3% 659 603
Clarence 2nd 4 -0- 4 16 103.3% 626 606
Glenorchy 3rd 4 -0- 4 16 102.6% 680 663
Sandy Bay 4th 4 -0- 4 16 96.0% 646 673
North Hobart 5th 3 -0- 5 12 98.7% 600 608
Hobart 6th 3 -0- 5 12 91.6% 631 689

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1968 2:10 PM Hobart v Clarence TCA Ground 70 - 68 3,032
SAT 08/06/1968 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 98 - 88 5,464
MON 10/06/1968 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 81 - 74 6,724

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 6 -0- 3 24 106.6% 747 701
Sandy Bay 2nd 5 -0- 4 20 97.8% 744 761
Clarence 3rd 4 -0- 5 16 102.7% 694 676
Glenorchy 4th 4 -0- 5 16 101.3% 754 744
North Hobart 5th 4 -0- 5 16 99.9% 681 682
Hobart 6th 4 -0- 5 16 92.6% 701 757

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1968 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay Bellerive Oval 83 - 40 3,386
SAT 15/06/1968 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart North Hobart Oval 72 - 63 4,024
SAT 15/06/1968 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart Boyer Oval 73 - 70 2,565

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 7 -0- 3 28 106.4% 820 771
Clarence 2nd 5 -0- 5 20 108.5% 777 716
Glenorchy 3rd 5 -0- 5 20 102.4% 826 807
Sandy Bay 4th 5 -0- 5 20 92.9% 784 844
North Hobart 5th 4 -0- 6 16 99.5% 751 755
Hobart 6th 4 -0- 6 16 92.2% 764 829

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1968 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence KGV Oval 92 - 81 3,614
SAT 22/06/1968 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk TCA Ground 87 - 87 2,045
SAT 22/06/1968 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 112 - 53 4,319

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 7 -1- 3 30 105.7% 907 858
Glenorchy 2nd 6 -0- 5 24 103.4% 918 888
North Hobart 3rd 5 -0- 6 20 106.8% 863 808
Clarence 4th 5 -0- 6 20 106.2% 858 808
Sandy Bay 5th 5 -0- 6 20 87.6% 837 956
Hobart 6th 4 -1- 6 18 92.9% 851 916

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1968 2:10 PM Clarence v North Hobart Bellerive Oval 54 - 76 2,632
SAT 29/06/1968 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 64 - 67 3,616
SAT 29/06/1968 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Hobart Queenborough Oval 68 - 52 1,868

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 7 -1- 4 30 105.0% 971 925
Glenorchy 2nd 7 -0- 5 28 103.5% 985 952
North Hobart 3rd 6 -0- 6 24 108.9% 939 862
Sandy Bay 4th 6 -0- 6 24 89.8% 905 1,008
Clarence 5th 5 -0- 7 20 103.2% 912 884
Hobart 6th 4 -1- 7 18 91.8% 903 984

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1968 2:01 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 81 - 121 3,348
SAT 06/07/1968 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence Boyer Oval 65 - 73 2,795
SAT 06/07/1968 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 85 - 62 3,916

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 7 -1- 5 30 103.8% 1,036 998
North Hobart 2nd 7 -0- 6 28 110.8% 1,024 924
Glenorchy 3rd 7 -0- 6 28 99.3% 1,066 1,073
Sandy Bay 4th 7 -0- 6 28 94.2% 1,026 1,089
Clarence 5th 6 -0- 7 24 103.8% 985 949
Hobart 6th 4 -1- 8 18 90.3% 965 1,069

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1968 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart KGV Oval 70 - 81 3,895
SAT 13/07/1968 2:10 PM Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 72 - 132 3,440
SAT 13/07/1968 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Sandy Bay Boyer Oval 123 - 38 2,206

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 8 -1- 5 34 111.9% 1,159 1,036
North Hobart 2nd 8 -0- 6 32 111.2% 1,105 994
Clarence 3rd 7 -0- 7 28 109.4% 1,117 1,021
Glenorchy 4th 7 -0- 7 28 98.4% 1,136 1,154
Sandy Bay 5th 7 -0- 7 28 87.8% 1,064 1,212
Hobart 6th 4 -1- 9 18 86.3% 1,037 1,201

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1968 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy TCA Ground 94 - 72 2,054
SAT 20/07/1968 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 89 - 97 5,431
SAT 20/07/1968 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence Queenborough Oval 82 - 82 3,366

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 9 -1- 5 38 111.6% 1,256 1,125
North Hobart 2nd 8 -0- 7 32 109.4% 1,194 1,091
Clarence 3rd 7 -1- 7 30 108.7% 1,199 1,103
Sandy Bay 4th 7 -1- 7 30 88.6% 1,146 1,294
Glenorchy 5th 7 -0- 8 28 96.8% 1,208 1,248
Hobart 6th 5 -1- 9 22 88.8% 1,131 1,273

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1968 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy Bellerive Oval 107 - 90 3,138
SAT 27/07/1968 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 74 - 101 3,041
SAT 27/07/1968 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart Queenborough Oval 83 - 85 3,488

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 10 -1- 5 42 113.2% 1,357 1,199
North Hobart 2nd 9 -0- 7 36 108.9% 1,279 1,174
Clarence 3rd 8 -1- 7 34 109.5% 1,306 1,193
Sandy Bay 4th 7 -1- 8 30 89.1% 1,229 1,379
Glenorchy 5th 7 -0- 9 28 95.8% 1,298 1,355
Hobart 6th 5 -1- 10 22 87.7% 1,205 1,374

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1968 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay TCA Ground 90 - 50 1,622
SAT 03/08/1968 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Glenorchy Boyer Oval 45 - 48 1,654
SAT 03/08/1968 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 64 - 65 4,695

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 10 -1- 6 42 112.4% 1,402 1,247
Clarence 2nd 9 -1- 7 38 109.1% 1,371 1,257
North Hobart 3rd 9 -0- 8 36 108.4% 1,343 1,239
Glenorchy 4th 8 -0- 9 32 96.1% 1,346 1,400
Sandy Bay 5th 7 -1- 9 30 87.1% 1,279 1,469
Hobart 6th 6 -1- 10 26 90.9% 1,295 1,424

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1968 2:10 PM Clarence v New Norfolk Bellerive Oval 59 - 63 3,623
SAT 10/08/1968 2:10 PM Hobart v North Hobart TCA Ground 58 - 120 2,603
SAT 10/08/1968 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 69 - 58 3,888

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 11 -1- 6 46 112.2% 1,465 1,306
North Hobart 2nd 10 -0- 8 40 112.8% 1,463 1,297
Clarence 3rd 9 -1- 8 38 108.3% 1,430 1,320
Sandy Bay 4th 8 -1- 9 34 88.3% 1,348 1,527
Glenorchy 5th 8 -0- 10 32 95.6% 1,404 1,469
Hobart 6th 6 -1- 11 26 87.6% 1,353 1,544

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1968 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart Bellerive Oval 104 - 55 2,641
SAT 17/08/1968 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 72 - 62 4,890
SAT 17/08/1968 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk Queenborough Oval 74 - 77 3,187

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 12 -1- 6 50 111.7% 1,542 1,380
North Hobart 2nd 11 -0- 8 44 113.0% 1,535 1,359
Clarence 3rd 10 -1- 8 42 111.6% 1,534 1,375
Sandy Bay 4th 8 -1- 10 34 88.7% 1,422 1,604
Glenorchy 5th 8 -0- 11 32 95.1% 1,466 1,541
Hobart 6th 6 -1- 12 26 85.4% 1,408 1,648

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 24/06/1968 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 85 - 67 5,665
MON 24/06/1968 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart KGV Oval 140 - 48 2,447
MON 24/06/1968 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart Boyer Oval 76 - 80 3,121

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 12 -1- 7 50 110.8% 1,618 1,460
North Hobart 2nd 12 -0- 8 48 112.5% 1,615 1,435
Clarence 3rd 11 -1- 8 46 112.3% 1,619 1,442
Glenorchy 4th 9 -0- 11 36 101.1% 1,606 1,589
Sandy Bay 5th 8 -1- 11 34 88.2% 1,489 1,689
Hobart 6th 6 -1- 13 26 81.4% 1,456 1,788

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1968 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 116 - 62 11,736
SAT 07/09/1968 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart North Hobart Oval 68 - 121 11,172

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1968 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence North Hobart Oval 60 - 47 14,347

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1968 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 68 - 97 19,236