1972 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1972 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 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: 1972 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 Raymond Sprigg
Hobart
New Norfolk Boyer Oval
North Hobart North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay Rod Olsson

Season Results

Premiers: Sandy Bay
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 60 131.5% 2,115 1,608 307 273 229 234
New Norfolk 2nd 14 -0- 6 56 115.0% 2,028 1,764 292 276 251 258
Hobart 3rd 10 -0- 10 40 100.3% 1,864 1,858 266 268 262 286
Clarence 4th 9 -0- 11 36 105.0% 1,930 1,838 274 286 260 278
Glenorchy 5th 9 -0- 11 36 102.0% 2,003 1,964 289 269 282 272
North Hobart 6th 3 -0- 17 12 62.2% 1,494 2,402 204 270 348 314

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/04/1972 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart Bellerive Oval 88 - 58 3,364
SAT 01/04/1972 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 68 - 121 6,157
MON 03/04/1972 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 94 - 112 5,369

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 1 -0- 0 4 177.9% 121 68
Clarence 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 151.7% 88 58
New Norfolk 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 119.1% 112 94
Glenorchy 4th 0 -0- 1 0 83.9% 94 112
Hobart 5th 0 -0- 1 0 65.9% 58 88
North Hobart 6th 0 -0- 1 0 56.2% 68 121

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 149 - 103 5,731
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart Boyer Oval 109 - 85 2,671
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Hobart Queenborough Oval 157 - 62 3,409

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 2 -0- 0 8 213.8% 278 130
Clarence 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 147.2% 237 161
New Norfolk 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 123.5% 221 179
Glenorchy 4th 0 -0- 2 0 75.5% 197 261
North Hobart 5th 0 -0- 2 0 66.5% 153 230
Hobart 6th 0 -0- 2 0 49.0% 120 245

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy TCA Ground 95 - 126 2,468
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Sandy Bay Boyer Oval 93 - 81 2,983
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 68 - 154 5,182

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Clarence 1st 3 -0- 0 12 170.7% 391 229
New Norfolk 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 120.8% 314 260
Sandy Bay 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 161.0% 359 223
Glenorchy 4th 1 -0- 2 4 90.7% 323 356
Hobart 5th 0 -0- 3 0 58.0% 215 371
North Hobart 6th 0 -0- 3 0 57.6% 221 384

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
TUE 25/04/1972 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart KGV Oval 132 - 38 3,492
TUE 25/04/1972 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 107 - 116 3,795
SAT 29/04/1972 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 50 - 67 6,724

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 4 -0- 0 16 117.2% 430 367
Sandy Bay 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 156.0% 426 273
Clarence 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 149.0% 441 296
Glenorchy 4th 2 -0- 2 8 115.5% 455 394
Hobart 5th 0 -0- 4 0 66.1% 322 487
North Hobart 6th 0 -0- 4 0 50.2% 259 516

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM Clarence v New Norfolk Bellerive Oval 98 - 121 3,889
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 100 - 89 3,210
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy Queenborough Oval 101 - 130 3,700

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 5 -0- 0 20 118.5% 551 465
Sandy Bay 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 130.8% 527 403
Clarence 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 129.3% 539 417
Glenorchy 4th 3 -0- 2 12 118.2% 585 495
North Hobart 5th 1 -0- 4 4 59.3% 359 605
Hobart 6th 0 -0- 5 0 70.0% 411 587

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1972 2:10 PM Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 91 - 117 3,494
SAT 13/05/1972 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Glenorchy Boyer Oval 83 - 74 3,209
SAT 13/05/1972 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart Queenborough Oval 148 - 77 2,738

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 6 -0- 0 24 117.6% 634 539
Sandy Bay 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 140.6% 675 480
Clarence 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 129.1% 656 508
Glenorchy 4th 3 -0- 3 12 114.0% 659 578
North Hobart 5th 1 -0- 5 4 57.9% 436 753
Hobart 6th 0 -0- 6 0 71.3% 502 704

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence KGV Oval 74 - 103 4,564
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay TCA Ground 110 - 87 2,285
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 103 - 114 3,131

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 7 -0- 0 28 116.5% 748 642
Clarence 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 130.4% 759 582
Sandy Bay 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 129.2% 762 590
Glenorchy 4th 3 -0- 4 12 107.6% 733 681
Hobart 5th 1 -0- 6 4 77.4% 612 791
North Hobart 6th 1 -0- 6 4 62.2% 539 867

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM Clarence v North Hobart Bellerive Oval 119 - 66 2,845
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart KGV Oval 113 - 78 2,263
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 66 - 121 4,343

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 7 -0- 1 28 106.7% 814 763
Clarence 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 135.5% 878 648
Sandy Bay 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 134.6% 883 656
Glenorchy 4th 4 -0- 4 16 111.5% 846 759
Hobart 5th 1 -0- 7 4 76.3% 690 904
North Hobart 6th 1 -0- 7 4 61.4% 605 986

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart Boyer Oval 128 - 43 1,882
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 127 - 126 3,489
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence Queenborough Oval 96 - 84 4,781

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 8 -0- 1 32 116.9% 942 806
Sandy Bay 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 132.3% 979 740
Clarence 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 129.3% 962 744
Glenorchy 4th 4 -0- 5 16 109.7% 972 886
North Hobart 5th 2 -0- 7 8 65.8% 732 1,112
Hobart 6th 1 -0- 8 4 71.0% 733 1,032

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1972 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 93 - 118 3,568
SAT 10/06/1972 2:10 PM Hobart v North Hobart TCA Ground 103 - 56 1,902
MON 12/06/1972 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence North Hobart Oval 90 - 105 7,030

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 8 -0- 2 32 113.3% 1,032 911
Sandy Bay 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 131.7% 1,097 833
Clarence 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 127.9% 1,067 834
Glenorchy 4th 4 -0- 6 16 106.1% 1,065 1,004
Hobart 5th 2 -0- 8 8 76.8% 836 1,088
North Hobart 6th 2 -0- 8 8 64.9% 788 1,215

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1972 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk KGV Oval 89 - 126 2,652
SAT 17/06/1972 2:10 PM Hobart v Clarence TCA Ground 130 - 87 2,533
SAT 17/06/1972 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 51 - 188 3,366

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 9 -0- 2 36 115.8% 1,158 1,000
Sandy Bay 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 145.4% 1,285 884
Clarence 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 119.7% 1,154 964
Glenorchy 4th 4 -0- 7 16 102.1% 1,154 1,130
Hobart 5th 3 -0- 8 12 82.2% 966 1,175
North Hobart 6th 2 -0- 9 8 59.8% 839 1,403

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1972 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy Bellerive Oval 87 - 101 2,403
SAT 24/06/1972 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart Boyer Oval 147 - 47 1,301
SAT 24/06/1972 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Hobart North Hobart Oval 65 - 85 3,701

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 10 -0- 2 40 124.6% 1,305 1,047
Sandy Bay 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 139.3% 1,350 969
Clarence 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 116.5% 1,241 1,065
Glenorchy 4th 5 -0- 7 20 103.1% 1,255 1,217
Hobart 5th 4 -0- 8 16 84.8% 1,051 1,240
North Hobart 6th 2 -0- 10 8 57.2% 886 1,550

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy TCA Ground 125 - 76 2,547
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 97 - 87 2,786
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk Queenborough Oval 107 - 93 2,808

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 10 -0- 3 40 121.1% 1,398 1,154
Sandy Bay 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 137.2% 1,457 1,062
Clarence 3rd 7 -0- 6 28 114.3% 1,328 1,162
Glenorchy 4th 5 -0- 8 20 99.2% 1,331 1,342
Hobart 5th 5 -0- 8 20 89.4% 1,176 1,316
North Hobart 6th 3 -0- 10 12 60.0% 983 1,637

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay Bellerive Oval 109 - 129 3,330
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk TCA Ground 95 - 80 2,645
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 94 - 118 3,337

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 10 -0- 4 40 135.4% 1,586 1,171
New Norfolk 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 118.3% 1,478 1,249
Clarence 3rd 7 -0- 7 28 111.3% 1,437 1,291
Glenorchy 4th 6 -0- 8 24 100.9% 1,449 1,436
Hobart 5th 6 -0- 8 24 91.0% 1,271 1,396
North Hobart 6th 3 -0- 11 12 61.4% 1,077 1,755

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 68 - 72 2,822
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence Boyer Oval 117 - 99 1,824
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 79 - 138 3,251

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 11 -0- 4 44 133.8% 1,658 1,239
New Norfolk 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 118.3% 1,595 1,348
Clarence 3rd 7 -0- 8 28 109.1% 1,536 1,408
Hobart 4th 7 -0- 8 28 95.5% 1,409 1,475
Glenorchy 5th 6 -0- 9 24 100.6% 1,517 1,508
North Hobart 6th 3 -0- 12 12 61.1% 1,156 1,893

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart Bellerive Oval 53 - 74 2,372
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 106 - 109 2,147
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart Queenborough Oval 87 - 64 1,305

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 12 -0- 4 48 133.9% 1,745 1,303
New Norfolk 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 116.7% 1,701 1,457
Hobart 3rd 8 -0- 8 32 97.1% 1,483 1,528
Clarence 4th 7 -0- 9 28 107.2% 1,589 1,482
Glenorchy 5th 7 -0- 9 28 100.7% 1,626 1,614
North Hobart 6th 3 -0- 13 12 61.6% 1,220 1,980

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence KGV Oval 133 - 91 2,700
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay TCA Ground 56 - 82 2,801
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 59 - 89 1,590

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 13 -0- 4 52 134.4% 1,827 1,359
New Norfolk 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 118.1% 1,790 1,516
Glenorchy 3rd 8 -0- 9 32 103.2% 1,759 1,705
Hobart 4th 8 -0- 9 32 95.6% 1,539 1,610
Clarence 5th 7 -0- 10 28 104.0% 1,680 1,615
North Hobart 6th 3 -0- 14 12 61.8% 1,279 2,069

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1972 2:01 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk Queenborough Oval 83 - 114 2,793
SAT 05/08/1972 2:10 PM Clarence v North Hobart Bellerive Oval 109 - 72 2,042
SAT 05/08/1972 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart North Hobart Oval 91 - 95 4,974

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 13 -0- 5 52 129.7% 1,910 1,473
New Norfolk 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 119.1% 1,904 1,599
Hobart 3rd 9 -0- 9 36 96.1% 1,634 1,701
Clarence 4th 8 -0- 10 32 106.0% 1,789 1,687
Glenorchy 5th 8 -0- 10 32 102.8% 1,850 1,800
North Hobart 6th 3 -0- 15 12 62.0% 1,351 2,178

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1972 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart KGV Oval 67 - 65 2,097
SAT 12/08/1972 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart Boyer Oval 79 - 73 1,922
SAT 12/08/1972 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence North Hobart Oval 106 - 49 4,305

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 14 -0- 5 56 132.5% 2,016 1,522
New Norfolk 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 118.6% 1,983 1,672
Glenorchy 3rd 9 -0- 10 36 102.8% 1,917 1,865
Hobart 4th 9 -0- 10 36 95.9% 1,707 1,780
Clarence 5th 8 -0- 11 32 102.5% 1,838 1,793
North Hobart 6th 3 -0- 16 12 63.1% 1,416 2,245

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1972 2:10 PM Clarence v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 92 - 45 4,333
SAT 19/08/1972 2:10 PM Hobart v North Hobart TCA Ground 157 - 78 2,016
SAT 19/08/1972 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy Queenborough Oval 99 - 86 3,668

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 15 -0- 5 60 131.5% 2,115 1,608
New Norfolk 2nd 14 -0- 6 56 115.0% 2,028 1,764
Hobart 3rd 10 -0- 10 40 100.3% 1,864 1,858
Clarence 4th 9 -0- 11 36 105.0% 1,930 1,838
Glenorchy 5th 9 -0- 11 36 102.0% 2,003 1,964
North Hobart 6th 3 -0- 17 12 62.2% 1,494 2,402

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1972 2:10 PM Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 94 - 92 12,628
SAT 02/09/1972 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 124 - 98 10,466

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1972 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart North Hobart Oval 80 - 76 10,993

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1972 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 117 - 74 17,304