1973 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1973 season of the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (currently known as the Tasmanian State League).

It featured nineteen rounds. 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. Sandy Bay were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Hobart were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1973 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 19
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 61

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

Season Results

Premiers: Hobart
Runners-Up: Sandy Bay
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	19	-0-	0	76	163.4%	2,315	1,417	335	305	196	241
Glenorchy	2nd	10	-0-	9	40	97.2%	1,766	1,817	249	272	259	263
Clarence	3rd	10	-0-	9	40	95.9%	1,745	1,820	245	275	257	278
Hobart	4th	7	-0-	12	28	84.9%	1,646	1,939	235	236	270	319
New Norfolk	5th	6	-0-	13	24	90.9%	1,612	1,774	220	292	252	262
North Hobart	6th	5	-0-	14	20	84.2%	1,692	2,009	238	264	288	281

Overall Premiership Results

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

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/04/1973	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	58	-	84	2,737
SAT	07/04/1973	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	97	-	94	3,468
SAT	07/04/1973	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	111	-	73	4,099

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	1	-0-	0	4	152.1%	111	73
Hobart	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	144.8%	84	58
North Hobart	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	103.2%	97	94
New Norfolk	4th	0	-0-	1	0	96.9%	94	97
Glenorchy	5th	0	-0-	1	0	69.0%	58	84
Clarence	6th	0	-0-	1	0	65.8%	73	111

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/04/1973	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	89	-	63	2,631
SAT	14/04/1973	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	161	-	118	2,924
SAT	14/04/1973	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	113	-	89	3,618

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Hobart	1st	2	-0-	0	8	139.2%	245	176
Sandy Bay	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	138.3%	224	162
Clarence	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	93.1%	162	174
North Hobart	4th	1	-0-	1	4	84.3%	215	255
New Norfolk	5th	0	-0-	2	0	84.4%	157	186
Glenorchy	6th	0	-0-	2	0	74.6%	147	197

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/04/1973	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	60	-	78	2,484
MON	23/04/1973	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	100	-	120	4,860
WED	25/04/1973	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	73	-	139	7,358

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	3	-0-	0	12	154.5%	363	235
Clarence	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	102.9%	282	274
Hobart	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	101.0%	318	315
Glenorchy	4th	1	-0-	2	4	87.5%	225	257
North Hobart	5th	1	-0-	2	4	84.0%	315	375
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	3	0	82.2%	217	264

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
MON	28/05/1973	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	113	-	69	3,358
MON	28/05/1973	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	73	-	125	2,414
MON	28/05/1973	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	133	-	56	2,249

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	4	-0-	0	16	170.4%	496	291
Clarence	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	115.2%	395	343
North Hobart	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	98.2%	440	448
Hobart	4th	2	-0-	2	8	90.4%	387	428
Glenorchy	5th	1	-0-	3	4	78.0%	298	382
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	4	0	68.8%	273	397

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/05/1973	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	84	-	67	2,495
SAT	05/05/1973	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	64	-	86	1,565
SAT	05/05/1973	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	74	-	84	4,298

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	5	-0-	0	20	158.9%	580	365
Clarence	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	116.8%	479	410
Hobart	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	96.1%	473	492
North Hobart	4th	2	-0-	3	8	96.6%	514	532
Glenorchy	5th	1	-0-	4	4	78.3%	365	466
New Norfolk	6th	0	-0-	5	0	69.8%	337	483

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/05/1973	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	67	-	173	4,941
SAT	12/05/1973	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	TCA Ground	114	-	98	2,135
SAT	12/05/1973	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	122	-	27	1,731

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	6	-0-	0	24	174.3%	753	432
Hobart	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	99.5%	587	590
Clarence	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	93.7%	546	583
North Hobart	4th	2	-0-	4	8	82.7%	541	654
New Norfolk	5th	1	-0-	5	4	90.0%	459	510
Glenorchy	6th	1	-0-	5	4	79.8%	463	580

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/05/1973	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	88	-	98	2,189
SAT	19/05/1973	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	68	-	42	1,820
SAT	19/05/1973	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	85	-	75	3,243

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	7	-0-	0	28	163.7%	851	520
Hobart	2nd	4	-0-	3	16	98.1%	662	675
Clarence	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	90.3%	588	651
North Hobart	4th	3	-0-	4	12	85.9%	626	729
New Norfolk	5th	2	-0-	5	8	95.5%	527	552
Glenorchy	6th	1	-0-	6	4	81.3%	551	678

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
MON	04/06/1973	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	118	-	84	2,296
MON	04/06/1973	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	97	-	84	2,896
MON	04/06/1973	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	116	-	46	2,717

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	8	-0-	0	32	170.8%	967	566
Clarence	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	96.1%	706	735
Hobart	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	89.5%	708	791
North Hobart	4th	3	-0-	5	12	83.8%	710	847
New Norfolk	5th	2	-0-	6	8	94.1%	611	649
Glenorchy	6th	2	-0-	6	8	85.0%	648	762

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/06/1973	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	TCA Ground	65	-	58	1,420
SAT	09/06/1973	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	72	-	102	1,762
SAT	09/06/1973	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	62	-	83	2,511

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	9	-0-	0	36	167.6%	1,069	638
Clarence	2nd	5	-0-	4	20	95.5%	764	800
Hobart	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	91.0%	773	849
Glenorchy	4th	3	-0-	6	12	88.7%	731	824
North Hobart	5th	3	-0-	6	12	83.0%	772	930
New Norfolk	6th	2	-0-	7	8	90.9%	683	751

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/06/1973	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	114	-	110	3,569
SAT	16/06/1973	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	TCA Ground	82	-	96	1,673
SAT	16/06/1973	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	125	-	68	2,444

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	10	-0-	0	40	169.1%	1,194	706
Clarence	2nd	5	-0-	5	20	95.6%	874	914
Hobart	3rd	5	-0-	5	20	90.5%	855	945
Glenorchy	4th	4	-0-	6	16	90.5%	845	934
New Norfolk	5th	3	-0-	7	12	93.5%	779	833
North Hobart	6th	3	-0-	7	12	79.6%	840	1,055

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/06/1973	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	85	-	132	2,841
SAT	23/06/1973	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	102	-	153	2,471
SAT	23/06/1973	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	128	-	104	2,762

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	11	-0-	0	44	167.6%	1,326	791
Hobart	2nd	6	-0-	5	24	96.3%	1,008	1,047
Clarence	3rd	5	-0-	6	20	91.7%	959	1,046
Glenorchy	4th	4	-0-	7	16	87.1%	947	1,087
North Hobart	5th	4	-0-	7	16	83.5%	968	1,159
New Norfolk	6th	3	-0-	8	12	91.9%	883	961

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/06/1973	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	112	-	116	1,693
SAT	30/06/1973	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	106	-	79	2,755
SAT	30/06/1973	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	Queenborough Oval	115	-	83	2,847

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	12	-0-	0	48	164.9%	1,441	874
Hobart	2nd	6	-0-	6	24	94.3%	1,087	1,153
Clarence	3rd	5	-0-	7	20	92.2%	1,071	1,162
North Hobart	4th	5	-0-	7	20	86.8%	1,074	1,238
New Norfolk	5th	4	-0-	8	16	93.1%	999	1,073
Glenorchy	6th	4	-0-	8	16	85.7%	1,030	1,202

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/07/1973	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	TCA Ground	67	-	118	1,988
SAT	07/07/1973	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	74	-	104	1,696
SAT	07/07/1973	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	90	-	96	3,400

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	13	-0-	0	52	165.7%	1,559	941
Clarence	2nd	6	-0-	7	24	93.2%	1,167	1,252
Hobart	3rd	6	-0-	7	24	90.8%	1,154	1,271
Glenorchy	4th	5	-0-	8	20	88.9%	1,134	1,276
North Hobart	5th	5	-0-	8	20	87.3%	1,164	1,334
New Norfolk	6th	4	-0-	9	16	91.2%	1,073	1,177

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/07/1973	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	119	-	88	2,772
SAT	14/07/1973	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	118	-	100	2,613
SAT	14/07/1973	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	120	-	75	2,771

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	14	-0-	0	56	165.3%	1,679	1,016
Clarence	2nd	7	-0-	7	28	96.0%	1,286	1,340
Glenorchy	3rd	6	-0-	8	24	91.0%	1,252	1,376
Hobart	4th	6	-0-	8	24	89.4%	1,242	1,390
North Hobart	5th	5	-0-	9	20	87.1%	1,264	1,452
New Norfolk	6th	4	-0-	10	16	88.5%	1,148	1,297

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/07/1973	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	112	-	93	3,371
SAT	21/07/1973	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	88	-	109	1,934
SAT	21/07/1973	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	111	-	88	2,247

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	15	-0-	0	60	162.1%	1,790	1,104
Clarence	2nd	7	-0-	8	28	95.0%	1,379	1,452
Glenorchy	3rd	7	-0-	8	28	92.9%	1,364	1,469
Hobart	4th	6	-0-	9	24	88.7%	1,330	1,499
New Norfolk	5th	5	-0-	10	20	90.8%	1,257	1,385
North Hobart	6th	5	-0-	10	20	86.5%	1,352	1,563

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/07/1973	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	62	-	105	3,344
SAT	28/07/1973	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	141	-	82	1,677
SAT	28/07/1973	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	134	-	76	3,086

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	16	-0-	0	64	163.1%	1,924	1,180
Glenorchy	2nd	8	-0-	8	32	96.0%	1,469	1,531
Clarence	3rd	7	-0-	9	28	91.7%	1,455	1,586
New Norfolk	4th	6	-0-	10	24	95.3%	1,398	1,467
Hobart	5th	6	-0-	10	24	86.8%	1,392	1,604
North Hobart	6th	5	-0-	11	20	84.2%	1,434	1,704

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/08/1973	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	109	-	127	3,260
SAT	04/08/1973	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	TCA Ground	108	-	97	1,347
SAT	04/08/1973	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	74	-	93	2,450

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	17	-0-	0	68	159.1%	2,051	1,289
Glenorchy	2nd	8	-0-	9	32	95.2%	1,578	1,658
Clarence	3rd	8	-0-	9	32	93.3%	1,548	1,660
Hobart	4th	7	-0-	10	28	88.2%	1,500	1,701
New Norfolk	5th	6	-0-	11	24	94.4%	1,472	1,560
North Hobart	6th	5	-0-	12	20	84.5%	1,531	1,812

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/08/1973	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	104	-	74	2,246
SAT	11/08/1973	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	95	-	72	2,370
SAT	11/08/1973	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	145	-	60	2,871

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	18	-0-	0	72	162.8%	2,196	1,349
Glenorchy	2nd	9	-0-	9	36	96.7%	1,673	1,730
Clarence	3rd	9	-0-	9	36	95.3%	1,652	1,734
Hobart	4th	7	-0-	11	28	84.5%	1,560	1,846
New Norfolk	5th	6	-0-	12	24	93.3%	1,544	1,655
North Hobart	6th	5	-0-	13	20	83.8%	1,605	1,916

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/08/1973	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	TCA Ground	86	-	93	2,229
SAT	18/08/1973	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	68	-	119	1,995
SAT	18/08/1973	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	87	-	93	2,868

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sandy Bay	1st	19	-0-	0	76	163.4%	2,315	1,417
Glenorchy	2nd	10	-0-	9	40	97.2%	1,766	1,817
Clarence	3rd	10	-0-	9	40	95.9%	1,745	1,820
Hobart	4th	7	-0-	12	28	84.9%	1,646	1,939
New Norfolk	5th	6	-0-	13	24	90.9%	1,612	1,774
North Hobart	6th	5	-0-	14	20	84.2%	1,692	2,009

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	19	-0-	0	76	163.4%	2,315	1,417	335	305	196	241
Glenorchy	2nd	10	-0-	9	40	97.2%	1,766	1,817	249	272	259	263
Clarence	3rd	10	-0-	9	40	95.9%	1,745	1,820	245	275	257	278
Hobart	4th	7	-0-	12	28	84.9%	1,646	1,939	235	236	270	319
New Norfolk	5th	6	-0-	13	24	90.9%	1,612	1,774	220	292	252	262
North Hobart	6th	5	-0-	14	20	84.2%	1,692	2,009	238	264	288	281

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/08/1973	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	106	-	110	8,256
SAT	01/09/1973	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	135	-	82	9,021

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/09/1973	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	101	-	122	8,939

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/09/1973	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	65	-	85	14,720

Final Round 3 Ladder

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

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