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) 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: 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

Season Fixture

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

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 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 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