1970 TANFL Season

This page displays the results for the 1970 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. Sandy Bay were the minor premiers.

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

Premiership Details

Name: 1970 Tasmanian Australian National Football League Season
Known As: 1970 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 64

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Clarence	Bellerive Oval	John Bingley
Glenorchy	KGV Oval	Graeme Gahan
Hobart
New Norfolk	Boyer Oval	Ricky Graham
North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	John Devine
Sandy Bay		Rod Olsson

Premiership Results

Premiers: Clarence
Runners-Up: New Norfolk
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	15	-0-	5	60	138.4%	2,150	1,553	311	284	213	275
Clarence	2nd	13	-1-	6	54	120.2%	2,026	1,685	289	292	242	233
New Norfolk	3rd	11	-2-	7	48	116.6%	1,732	1,486	244	268	211	220
North Hobart	4th	11	-2-	7	48	95.4%	1,769	1,854	253	251	263	276
Glenorchy	5th	3	-2-	15	16	75.8%	1,589	2,097	218	281	304	273
Hobart	6th	3	-1-	16	14	70.1%	1,384	1,975	194	220	276	319

Overall Premiership Results

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

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/03/1970	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	80	-	51	2,456
SAT	28/03/1970	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	70	-	138	6,375
MON	30/03/1970	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	66	-	167	5,440

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	1	-0-	0	4	253.0%	167	66
Sandy Bay	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	197.1%	138	70
New Norfolk	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	156.9%	80	51
Hobart	4th	0	-0-	1	0	63.8%	51	80
North Hobart	5th	0	-0-	1	0	50.7%	70	138
Glenorchy	6th	0	-0-	1	0	39.5%	66	167

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/04/1970	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	102	-	105	4,277
SAT	04/04/1970	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	TCA Ground	87	-	86	2,394
SAT	04/04/1970	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	51	-	46	4,208

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	2	-0-	0	8	162.9%	189	116
Clarence	2nd	1	-0-	1	4	157.3%	269	171
New Norfolk	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	123.5%	126	102
Hobart	4th	1	-0-	1	4	83.1%	138	166
North Hobart	5th	1	-0-	1	4	72.9%	175	240
Glenorchy	6th	0	-0-	2	0	59.8%	152	254

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/04/1970	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	100	-	100	2,804
SAT	11/04/1970	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	133	-	72	4,384
SAT	11/04/1970	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	117	-	129	4,875

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	2	-0-	1	8	138.2%	398	288
Sandy Bay	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	124.9%	306	245
North Hobart	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	98.7%	308	312
New Norfolk	4th	1	-1-	1	6	111.9%	226	202
Hobart	5th	1	-0-	2	4	70.2%	210	299
Glenorchy	6th	0	-1-	2	2	71.2%	252	354

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/04/1970	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	71	-	190	3,161
SAT	18/04/1970	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	83	-	123	3,953
SAT	18/04/1970	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	131	-	84	2,805

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	3	-0-	1	12	157.0%	496	316
Clarence	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	140.4%	521	371
New Norfolk	3rd	2	-1-	1	10	124.8%	357	286
North Hobart	4th	2	-0-	2	8	88.5%	392	443
Hobart	5th	1	-0-	3	4	69.4%	293	422
Glenorchy	6th	0	-1-	3	2	59.4%	323	544

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/04/1970	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	115	-	66	4,238
SAT	25/04/1970	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	TCA Ground	97	-	134	2,899
SAT	25/04/1970	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	140	-	95	4,020

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	4	-0-	1	16	152.5%	630	413
Clarence	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	145.5%	636	437
North Hobart	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	98.9%	532	538
New Norfolk	4th	2	-1-	2	10	105.5%	423	401
Hobart	5th	1	-0-	4	4	70.1%	390	556
Glenorchy	6th	0	-1-	4	2	61.1%	418	684

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/05/1970	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	80	-	109	2,188
SAT	02/05/1970	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	93	-	99	2,474
SAT	02/05/1970	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	154	-	85	2,405

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	5	-0-	1	20	157.4%	784	498
Clarence	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	131.1%	716	546
New Norfolk	3rd	3	-1-	2	14	105.7%	522	494
North Hobart	4th	3	-0-	3	12	89.2%	617	692
Glenorchy	5th	1	-1-	4	6	69.0%	527	764
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	5	4	73.7%	483	655

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/05/1970	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	83	-	103	2,295
SAT	09/05/1970	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	93	-	50	3,046
SAT	09/05/1970	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	72	-	70	5,734

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	5	-0-	2	20	141.1%	834	591
New Norfolk	2nd	4	-1-	2	18	113.1%	615	544
Clarence	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	127.2%	786	618
North Hobart	4th	4	-0-	3	16	90.4%	689	762
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	5	8	79.4%	586	738
Glenorchy	6th	1	-1-	5	6	70.4%	610	867

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/05/1970	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	122	-	106	5,597
SAT	16/05/1970	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	81	-	86	2,639
SAT	16/05/1970	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	127	-	75	2,469

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	5	-1-	2	22	119.9%	742	619
Sandy Bay	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	131.8%	940	713
Clarence	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	125.4%	908	724
North Hobart	4th	5	-0-	3	20	91.9%	775	843
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	6	8	80.9%	667	824
Glenorchy	6th	1	-1-	6	6	68.9%	685	994

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/05/1970	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	77	-	59	2,950
SAT	23/05/1970	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	99	-	91	5,349
SAT	23/05/1970	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	Queenborough Oval	123	-	96	2,640

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	6	-0-	3	24	131.4%	1,063	809
Clarence	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	125.8%	985	783
North Hobart	3rd	6	-0-	3	24	93.6%	874	934
New Norfolk	4th	5	-1-	3	22	116.0%	833	718
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	7	8	80.6%	726	901
Glenorchy	6th	1	-1-	7	6	69.9%	781	1,117

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/06/1970	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	79	-	91	5,157
SAT	06/06/1970	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	99	-	102	2,909
SAT	06/06/1970	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	133	-	51	3,511

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	7	-0-	3	28	139.1%	1,196	860
North Hobart	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	94.5%	976	1,033
New Norfolk	3rd	6	-1-	3	26	115.9%	924	797
Clarence	4th	6	-0-	4	24	121.7%	1,064	874
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	8	8	75.1%	777	1,034
Glenorchy	6th	1	-1-	8	6	72.2%	880	1,219

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/06/1970	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	75	-	120	2,265
SAT	13/06/1970	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	40	-	63	1,571
SAT	13/06/1970	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	88	-	77	4,691

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	8	-0-	3	32	95.9%	1,064	1,110
New Norfolk	2nd	7	-1-	3	30	117.9%	987	837
Sandy Bay	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	134.3%	1,273	948
Clarence	4th	7	-0-	4	28	124.8%	1,184	949
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	9	8	74.5%	817	1,097
Glenorchy	6th	1	-1-	9	6	71.3%	955	1,339

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/06/1970	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	119	-	76	4,311
SAT	20/06/1970	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	120	-	58	2,668
SAT	20/06/1970	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	51	-	109	2,582

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	8	-0-	4	32	138.3%	1,382	999
Clarence	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	127.1%	1,303	1,025
North Hobart	3rd	8	-0-	4	32	92.8%	1,140	1,229
New Norfolk	4th	7	-1-	4	30	109.7%	1,038	946
Glenorchy	5th	2	-1-	9	10	77.0%	1,075	1,397
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	10	8	71.9%	875	1,217

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/06/1970	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	88	-	71	2,488
SAT	27/06/1970	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	98	-	77	2,460
SAT	27/06/1970	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	90	-	106	5,270

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	9	-0-	4	36	126.4%	1,409	1,115
North Hobart	2nd	9	-0-	4	36	94.8%	1,238	1,306
Sandy Bay	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	133.2%	1,472	1,105
New Norfolk	4th	7	-1-	5	30	107.3%	1,109	1,034
Glenorchy	5th	3	-1-	9	14	79.2%	1,163	1,468
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	11	8	72.4%	952	1,315

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/07/1970	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	47	-	77	3,511
SAT	04/07/1970	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	TCA Ground	73	-	119	2,111
SAT	04/07/1970	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	86	-	49	1,885

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	10	-0-	4	40	128.6%	1,528	1,188
Sandy Bay	2nd	9	-0-	5	36	134.5%	1,549	1,152
North Hobart	3rd	9	-0-	5	36	92.5%	1,287	1,392
New Norfolk	4th	8	-1-	5	34	110.3%	1,195	1,083
Glenorchy	5th	3	-1-	10	14	78.3%	1,210	1,545
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	12	8	71.5%	1,025	1,434

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/07/1970	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	106	-	90	2,772
SAT	11/07/1970	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	TCA Ground	63	-	109	1,349
SAT	11/07/1970	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	108	-	53	2,458

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	11	-0-	4	44	127.9%	1,634	1,278
Sandy Bay	2nd	10	-0-	5	40	136.5%	1,658	1,215
North Hobart	3rd	10	-0-	5	40	96.5%	1,395	1,445
New Norfolk	4th	8	-1-	6	34	108.1%	1,285	1,189
Glenorchy	5th	3	-1-	11	14	76.4%	1,263	1,653
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	13	8	70.5%	1,088	1,543

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/07/1970	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	76	-	76	3,119
SAT	18/07/1970	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	139	-	27	1,324
SAT	18/07/1970	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	108	-	77	3,921

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	11	-1-	4	46	126.3%	1,710	1,354
Sandy Bay	2nd	11	-0-	5	44	136.7%	1,766	1,292
North Hobart	3rd	10	-0-	6	40	94.8%	1,472	1,553
New Norfolk	4th	9	-1-	6	38	117.1%	1,424	1,216
Glenorchy	5th	3	-2-	11	16	77.4%	1,339	1,729
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	14	8	66.3%	1,115	1,682

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/07/1970	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	TCA Ground	56	-	36	970
SAT	25/07/1970	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	35	-	56	4,025
SAT	25/07/1970	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	53	-	45	2,062

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	12	-1-	4	50	127.1%	1,766	1,389
Sandy Bay	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	136.1%	1,819	1,337
North Hobart	3rd	10	-0-	7	40	93.7%	1,507	1,609
New Norfolk	4th	9	-1-	7	38	115.8%	1,469	1,269
Glenorchy	5th	3	-2-	12	16	77.0%	1,375	1,785
Hobart	6th	3	-0-	14	12	68.2%	1,171	1,718

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/08/1970	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	99	-	115	4,717
SAT	01/08/1970	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	68	-	68	1,951
SAT	01/08/1970	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	82	-	65	2,225

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	13	-0-	5	52	134.7%	1,934	1,436
Clarence	2nd	12	-1-	5	50	124.0%	1,865	1,504
New Norfolk	3rd	10	-1-	7	42	116.3%	1,551	1,334
North Hobart	4th	10	-1-	7	42	93.9%	1,575	1,677
Glenorchy	5th	3	-2-	13	16	77.1%	1,440	1,867
Hobart	6th	3	-1-	14	14	69.4%	1,239	1,786

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/08/1970	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	86	-	77	2,329
SAT	08/08/1970	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	77	-	77	4,375
SAT	08/08/1970	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	Queenborough Oval	113	-	49	2,081

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	14	-0-	5	56	137.8%	2,047	1,485
Clarence	2nd	13	-1-	5	54	123.4%	1,951	1,581
New Norfolk	3rd	10	-2-	7	44	115.4%	1,628	1,411
North Hobart	4th	10	-2-	7	44	94.2%	1,652	1,754
Glenorchy	5th	3	-2-	14	16	75.2%	1,489	1,980
Hobart	6th	3	-1-	15	14	70.3%	1,316	1,872

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/08/1970	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	100	-	117	2,023
SAT	15/08/1970	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	104	-	75	2,420
SAT	15/08/1970	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	103	-	68	2,833

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	15	-0-	5	60	138.4%	2,150	1,553
Clarence	2nd	13	-1-	6	54	120.2%	2,026	1,685
New Norfolk	3rd	11	-2-	7	48	116.6%	1,732	1,486
North Hobart	4th	11	-2-	7	48	95.4%	1,769	1,854
Glenorchy	5th	3	-2-	15	16	75.8%	1,589	2,097
Hobart	6th	3	-1-	16	14	70.1%	1,384	1,975

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	15	-0-	5	60	138.4%	2,150	1,553	311	284	213	275
Clarence	2nd	13	-1-	6	54	120.2%	2,026	1,685	289	292	242	233
New Norfolk	3rd	11	-2-	7	48	116.6%	1,732	1,486	244	268	211	220
North Hobart	4th	11	-2-	7	48	95.4%	1,769	1,854	253	251	263	276
Glenorchy	5th	3	-2-	15	16	75.8%	1,589	2,097	218	281	304	273
Hobart	6th	3	-1-	16	14	70.1%	1,384	1,975	194	220	276	319

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/08/1970	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	177	-	97	11,607
SAT	29/08/1970	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	69	-	91	13,241

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/09/1970	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	79	-	87	12,827

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/09/1970	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	130	-	75	24,413

Final Round 3 Ladder

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

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