1972 TANFL Season

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

Premiership Details

Name: 1972 Tasmanian Australian National Football League Season
Known As: 1972 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 64

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
Sandy Bay		Rod Olsson

Premiership 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

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

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

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	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

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 1 Ladder

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

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 2 Ladder

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

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

Final Round 3 Ladder

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

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