1971 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1971 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. Clarence were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Sandy Bay were the premiers, with Rod Olsson as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1971 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 65

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Clarence	Bellerive Oval
Glenorchy	KGV Oval	Raymond Sprigg
Hobart
New Norfolk	Boyer Oval
North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	John Devine
Sandy Bay		Rod Olsson

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Clarence	1st	14	-0-	6	56	110.5%	2,045	1,851	295	275	263	273
New Norfolk	2nd	13	-0-	7	52	111.0%	1,954	1,760	280	274	255	230
Sandy Bay	3rd	12	-0-	8	48	114.8%	2,169	1,889	311	303	267	287
Glenorchy	4th	9	-0-	11	36	99.8%	1,939	1,943	278	271	277	281
North Hobart	5th	7	-0-	13	28	83.3%	1,687	2,024	239	253	290	284
Hobart	6th	5	-0-	15	20	84.2%	1,746	2,073	242	294	293	315

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/04/1971	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	90	-	87	3,819
SAT	03/04/1971	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	61	-	119	4,534
SAT	03/04/1971	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	118	-	88	3,679

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	1	-0-	0	4	195.1%	119	61
Sandy Bay	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	134.1%	118	88
Clarence	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	103.4%	90	87
Glenorchy	4th	0	-0-	1	0	96.7%	87	90
Hobart	5th	0	-0-	1	0	74.6%	88	118
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	1	0	51.3%	61	119

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/04/1971	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	108	-	109	3,043
SAT	10/04/1971	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	165	-	137	4,700
MON	12/04/1971	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	87	-	112	6,931

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	2	-0-	0	8	156.1%	231	148
Sandy Bay	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	125.8%	283	225
Clarence	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	88.9%	177	199
North Hobart	4th	1	-0-	1	4	74.9%	170	227
Glenorchy	5th	0	-0-	2	0	87.8%	224	255
Hobart	6th	0	-0-	2	0	86.3%	196	227

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/04/1971	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	TCA Ground	104	-	71	3,340
SAT	17/04/1971	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	100	-	81	2,857
SAT	17/04/1971	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	75	-	119	5,423

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	3	-0-	0	12	144.5%	331	229
Sandy Bay	2nd	3	-0-	0	12	134.0%	402	300
Hobart	3rd	1	-0-	2	4	100.7%	300	298
Clarence	4th	1	-0-	2	4	81.8%	248	303
North Hobart	5th	1	-0-	2	4	70.8%	245	346
Glenorchy	6th	0	-0-	3	0	85.9%	305	355

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/04/1971	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	169	-	104	4,781
SAT	24/04/1971	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	101	-	94	3,316
SAT	24/04/1971	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	102	-	70	3,469

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	4	-0-	0	16	144.8%	433	299
Sandy Bay	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	107.9%	506	469
Clarence	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	102.5%	417	407
Hobart	4th	1	-0-	3	4	92.5%	370	400
Glenorchy	5th	1	-0-	3	4	90.4%	406	449
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	3	4	75.8%	339	447

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/05/1971	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	87	-	46	2,971
SAT	01/05/1971	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	103	-	99	4,251
SAT	01/05/1971	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	107	-	86	2,799

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	4	-0-	1	16	127.8%	519	406
Sandy Bay	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	110.5%	613	555
Clarence	3rd	2	-0-	3	8	101.2%	516	510
Glenorchy	4th	2	-0-	3	8	99.6%	493	495
North Hobart	5th	2	-0-	3	8	81.0%	442	546
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	4	4	85.4%	416	487

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/05/1971	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	125	-	94	3,913
SAT	08/05/1971	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	85	-	96	3,602
SAT	08/05/1971	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	73	-	70	2,317

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	5	-0-	1	20	124.4%	592	476
Sandy Bay	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	110.8%	709	640
Clarence	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	106.1%	641	604
Glenorchy	4th	2	-0-	4	8	94.7%	587	620
North Hobart	5th	2	-0-	4	8	82.7%	512	619
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	5	4	85.9%	501	583

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/05/1971	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	125	-	112	3,580
SAT	15/05/1971	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	88	-	103	3,475
SAT	15/05/1971	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	134	-	106	3,853

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	5	-0-	2	20	117.4%	680	579
Sandy Bay	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	107.3%	821	765
Clarence	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	107.5%	744	692
Glenorchy	4th	3	-0-	4	12	97.3%	712	732
North Hobart	5th	3	-0-	4	12	89.1%	646	725
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	6	4	84.7%	607	717

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/05/1971	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	130	-	139	4,189
SAT	22/05/1971	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	TCA Ground	98	-	132	3,106
SAT	22/05/1971	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	146	-	56	3,383

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	6	-0-	2	24	117.8%	967	821
New Norfolk	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	115.5%	819	709
Clarence	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	110.9%	876	790
Glenorchy	4th	3	-0-	5	12	96.7%	842	871
North Hobart	5th	3	-0-	5	12	80.6%	702	871
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	7	4	83.0%	705	849

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/06/1971	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	50	-	83	3,111
SAT	05/06/1971	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	110	-	91	1,777
SAT	05/06/1971	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	71	-	90	6,656

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	6	-0-	3	24	113.9%	1,038	911
Clarence	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	112.2%	966	861
New Norfolk	3rd	6	-0-	3	24	111.1%	910	819
North Hobart	4th	4	-0-	5	16	85.2%	785	921
Glenorchy	5th	3	-0-	6	12	93.5%	892	954
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	7	8	86.7%	815	940

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/06/1971	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	95	-	75	3,620
SAT	12/06/1971	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	60	-	105	3,544
SAT	12/06/1971	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	83	-	82	2,086

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	7	-0-	3	28	113.4%	1,061	936
New Norfolk	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	110.2%	993	901
Sandy Bay	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	112.7%	1,120	994
Glenorchy	4th	4	-0-	6	16	98.3%	997	1,014
North Hobart	5th	4	-0-	6	16	84.6%	860	1,016
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	8	8	83.7%	875	1,045

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/06/1971	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	131	-	89	3,561
SAT	19/06/1971	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	119	-	118	3,569
SAT	19/06/1971	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	166	-	58	2,431

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	7	-0-	4	28	122.2%	1,286	1,052
New Norfolk	2nd	7	-0-	4	28	108.9%	1,111	1,020
Clarence	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	107.8%	1,150	1,067
Glenorchy	4th	5	-0-	6	20	102.3%	1,128	1,103
North Hobart	5th	5	-0-	6	20	86.3%	979	1,134
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	9	8	77.0%	933	1,211

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/06/1971	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	85	-	36	1,393
SAT	26/06/1971	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	75	-	57	2,875
SAT	26/06/1971	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	Queenborough Oval	67	-	62	2,201

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	8	-0-	4	32	121.5%	1,353	1,114
New Norfolk	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	110.1%	1,186	1,077
Clarence	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	105.7%	1,207	1,142
Glenorchy	4th	5	-0-	7	20	101.7%	1,190	1,170
North Hobart	5th	5	-0-	7	20	83.3%	1,015	1,219
Hobart	6th	3	-0-	9	12	81.6%	1,018	1,247

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/07/1971	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	83	-	79	2,582
SAT	03/07/1971	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	125	-	57	2,110
SAT	03/07/1971	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	62	-	78	3,970

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	9	-0-	4	36	121.7%	1,431	1,176
New Norfolk	2nd	9	-0-	4	36	115.6%	1,311	1,134
Clarence	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	105.7%	1,290	1,221
Glenorchy	4th	5	-0-	8	20	96.3%	1,247	1,295
North Hobart	5th	5	-0-	8	20	83.0%	1,077	1,297
Hobart	6th	3	-0-	10	12	82.5%	1,097	1,330

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/07/1971	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	114	-	91	4,555
SAT	10/07/1971	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	94	-	60	1,963
SAT	10/07/1971	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	63	-	68	3,852

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	10	-0-	4	40	117.7%	1,405	1,194
Sandy Bay	2nd	9	-0-	5	36	118.0%	1,522	1,290
Clarence	3rd	9	-0-	5	36	107.0%	1,404	1,312
Glenorchy	4th	6	-0-	8	24	96.8%	1,315	1,358
North Hobart	5th	5	-0-	9	20	83.5%	1,140	1,365
Hobart	6th	3	-0-	11	12	81.3%	1,157	1,424

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/07/1971	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	127	-	81	2,242
SAT	17/07/1971	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	82	-	129	3,865
SAT	17/07/1971	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	135	-	96	3,079

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	10	-0-	5	40	119.6%	1,657	1,386
New Norfolk	2nd	10	-0-	5	40	112.9%	1,501	1,329
Clarence	3rd	10	-0-	5	40	110.0%	1,533	1,394
Glenorchy	4th	7	-0-	8	28	100.2%	1,442	1,439
North Hobart	5th	5	-0-	10	20	81.8%	1,222	1,494
Hobart	6th	3	-0-	12	12	79.8%	1,238	1,551

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/07/1971	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	82	-	136	5,231
SAT	24/07/1971	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	TCA Ground	159	-	95	2,179
SAT	24/07/1971	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	137	-	81	1,903

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	11	-0-	5	44	116.2%	1,638	1,410
Clarence	2nd	11	-0-	5	44	113.1%	1,669	1,476
Sandy Bay	3rd	10	-0-	6	40	113.4%	1,752	1,545
Glenorchy	4th	7	-0-	9	28	96.8%	1,524	1,575
North Hobart	5th	5	-0-	11	20	79.9%	1,303	1,631
Hobart	6th	4	-0-	12	16	84.9%	1,397	1,646

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	31/07/1971	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	106	-	62	4,057
SAT	31/07/1971	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	107	-	112	2,630
SAT	31/07/1971	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	84	-	95	2,624

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	12	-0-	5	48	115.4%	1,775	1,538
Sandy Bay	2nd	11	-0-	6	44	112.8%	1,864	1,652
New Norfolk	3rd	11	-0-	6	44	112.1%	1,700	1,516
Glenorchy	4th	7	-0-	10	28	96.7%	1,631	1,687
Hobart	5th	5	-0-	12	20	86.2%	1,492	1,730
North Hobart	6th	5	-0-	12	20	80.4%	1,387	1,726

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/08/1971	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	100	-	83	3,866
SAT	07/08/1971	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	94	-	64	3,020
SAT	07/08/1971	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	97	-	107	2,801

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	13	-0-	5	52	115.7%	1,875	1,621
Sandy Bay	2nd	11	-0-	7	44	111.5%	1,961	1,759
New Norfolk	3rd	11	-0-	7	44	109.6%	1,764	1,610
Glenorchy	4th	8	-0-	10	32	98.5%	1,725	1,751
North Hobart	5th	6	-0-	12	24	82.0%	1,494	1,823
Hobart	6th	5	-0-	13	20	86.1%	1,575	1,830

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/08/1971	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	78	-	103	1,741
SAT	14/08/1971	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	99	-	74	3,367
SAT	14/08/1971	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	136	-	43	4,000

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	13	-0-	6	52	109.2%	1,918	1,757
Sandy Bay	2nd	12	-0-	7	48	116.4%	2,097	1,802
New Norfolk	3rd	12	-0-	7	48	110.6%	1,867	1,688
Glenorchy	4th	8	-0-	11	32	97.2%	1,799	1,850
North Hobart	5th	7	-0-	12	28	84.0%	1,593	1,897
Hobart	6th	5	-0-	14	20	85.5%	1,653	1,933

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/08/1971	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	127	-	94	3,928
SAT	21/08/1971	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	TCA Ground	93	-	140	1,809
SAT	21/08/1971	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	87	-	72	5,670

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	14	-0-	6	56	110.5%	2,045	1,851
New Norfolk	2nd	13	-0-	7	52	111.0%	1,954	1,760
Sandy Bay	3rd	12	-0-	8	48	114.8%	2,169	1,889
Glenorchy	4th	9	-0-	11	36	99.8%	1,939	1,943
North Hobart	5th	7	-0-	13	28	83.3%	1,687	2,024
Hobart	6th	5	-0-	15	20	84.2%	1,746	2,073

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/08/1971	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	118	-	109	10,265
SAT	04/09/1971	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	117	-	114	12,777

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/09/1971	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	98	-	98	8,857
SAT	18/09/1971	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	112	-	122	13,765

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/09/1971	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	112	-	121	20,364

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