1974 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1974 season of the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (currently known as the Tasmanian State League).

It featured twenty-one 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. Glenorchy were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. North Hobart were the premiers, with John Devine as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1974 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 21
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 67

Team Details

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

Season Results

Premiers: North Hobart
Runners-Up: Sandy Bay
Minor Premiers: Glenorchy

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Glenorchy 1st 12 -1- 8 50 109.7% 1,886 1,720 267 284 241 274
Sandy Bay 2nd 11 -1- 9 46 119.7% 1,953 1,632 276 297 233 234
North Hobart 3rd 10 -1- 10 42 100.8% 1,837 1,823 263 259 255 293
Clarence 4th 10 -1- 10 42 95.2% 1,777 1,866 251 271 267 264
Hobart 5th 9 -1- 11 38 92.6% 1,708 1,845 241 262 261 279
New Norfolk 6th 8 -1- 12 34 86.3% 1,733 2,008 243 275 284 304

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
North Hobart 1st Premiers
Sandy Bay 2nd Runners-Up
Glenorchy 3rd Defeated by North Hobart (Preliminary Final)
Clarence 4th Defeated by North Hobart (Semi Final)
Hobart 5th Did not qualify for finals
New Norfolk 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 06/04/1974 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay Bellerive Oval 62 - 113 3,146
SAT 06/04/1974 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk TCA Ground 113 - 139 1,884
SAT 06/04/1974 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 80 - 64 4,037

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 1 -0- 0 4 182.3% 113 62
North Hobart 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 125.0% 80 64
New Norfolk 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 123.0% 139 113
Hobart 4th 0 -0- 1 0 81.3% 113 139
Glenorchy 5th 0 -0- 1 0 80.0% 64 80
Clarence 6th 0 -0- 1 0 54.9% 62 113

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/04/1974 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 112 - 72 2,918
SAT 13/04/1974 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart Queenborough Oval 74 - 145 3,096
MON 15/04/1974 2:10 PM Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 106 - 81 4,498

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 2 -0- 0 8 163.0% 225 138
New Norfolk 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 135.7% 251 185
Hobart 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 99.5% 219 220
Sandy Bay 4th 1 -0- 1 4 90.3% 187 207
Glenorchy 5th 0 -0- 2 0 70.8% 136 192
Clarence 6th 0 -0- 2 0 65.3% 143 219

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1974 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 93 - 85 2,605
SAT 20/04/1974 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence Boyer Oval 74 - 85 1,925
SAT 20/04/1974 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 105 - 128 4,536

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 2 -0- 1 8 124.1% 330 266
New Norfolk 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 120.4% 325 270
Hobart 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 106.8% 347 325
Sandy Bay 4th 1 -0- 2 4 90.7% 272 300
Glenorchy 5th 1 -0- 2 4 82.7% 229 277
Clarence 6th 1 -0- 2 4 77.8% 228 293

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 25/04/1974 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 122 - 61 3,674
SAT 27/04/1974 2:10 PM Clarence v North Hobart Bellerive Oval 109 - 107 3,205
SAT 27/04/1974 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart North Hobart Oval 99 - 80 4,032

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Hobart 1st 2 -0- 2 8 116.5% 437 375
Sandy Bay 2nd 2 -0- 2 8 109.1% 394 361
Hobart 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 100.7% 427 424
New Norfolk 4th 2 -0- 2 8 98.5% 386 392
Glenorchy 5th 2 -0- 2 8 91.9% 328 357
Clarence 6th 2 -0- 2 8 84.3% 337 400

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1974 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence KGV Oval 108 - 109 3,224
SAT 04/05/1974 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 89 - 118 3,457
SAT 04/05/1974 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Hobart Queenborough Oval 150 - 68 2,779

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 3 -0- 2 12 126.8% 544 429
New Norfolk 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 104.8% 504 481
Clarence 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 87.8% 446 508
North Hobart 4th 2 -0- 3 8 106.7% 526 493
Glenorchy 5th 2 -0- 3 8 93.6% 436 466
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 3 8 86.2% 495 574

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1974 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart KGV Oval 88 - 107 4,123
SAT 11/05/1974 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk TCA Ground 101 - 111 1,692
SAT 11/05/1974 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence North Hobart Oval 122 - 48 3,684

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sandy Bay 1st 4 -0- 2 16 139.6% 666 477
New Norfolk 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 105.7% 615 582
North Hobart 3rd 3 -0- 3 12 109.0% 633 581
Clarence 4th 3 -0- 3 12 78.4% 494 630
Glenorchy 5th 2 -0- 4 8 91.4% 524 573
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 4 8 87.0% 596 685

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1974 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart Bellerive Oval 99 - 61 2,127
SAT 18/05/1974 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Glenorchy Boyer Oval 89 - 89 2,147
SAT 18/05/1974 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 101 - 77 5,105

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
New Norfolk 1st 4 -1- 2 18 104.9% 704 671
Sandy Bay 2nd 4 -0- 3 16 128.5% 743 578
North Hobart 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 111.6% 734 658
Clarence 4th 4 -0- 3 16 85.8% 593 691
Glenorchy 5th 2 -1- 4 10 92.6% 613 662
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 5 8 83.8% 657 784

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1974 2:10 PM Clarence v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 138 - 67 3,005
SAT 25/05/1974 2:10 PM Hobart v North Hobart TCA Ground 95 - 95 2,477
SAT 25/05/1974 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy Queenborough Oval 101 - 104 2,772

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Clarence 1st 5 -0- 3 20 96.4% 731 758
North Hobart 2nd 4 -1- 3 18 110.1% 829 753
New Norfolk 3rd 4 -1- 3 18 95.3% 771 809
Sandy Bay 4th 4 -0- 4 16 123.8% 844 682
Glenorchy 5th 3 -1- 4 14 94.0% 717 763
Hobart 6th 2 -1- 5 10 85.6% 752 879

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1974 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart KGV Oval 132 - 55 2,710
SAT 01/06/1974 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 92 - 108 4,651
SAT 01/06/1974 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk Queenborough Oval 134 - 111 2,071

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Clarence 1st 6 -0- 3 24 98.7% 839 850
Sandy Bay 2nd 5 -0- 4 20 123.3% 978 793
North Hobart 3rd 4 -1- 4 18 107.0% 921 861
Glenorchy 4th 4 -1- 4 18 103.8% 849 818
New Norfolk 5th 4 -1- 4 18 93.5% 882 943
Hobart 6th 2 -1- 6 10 79.8% 807 1,011

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1974 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart North Hobart Oval 54 - 76 2,734
SAT 15/06/1974 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 78 - 53 3,329
MON 17/06/1974 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence North Hobart Oval 90 - 73 5,784

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Clarence 1st 6 -0- 4 24 97.0% 912 940
North Hobart 2nd 5 -1- 4 22 109.0% 997 915
Glenorchy 3rd 5 -1- 4 22 105.4% 939 891
Sandy Bay 4th 5 -0- 5 20 118.4% 1,031 871
New Norfolk 5th 4 -1- 5 18 91.9% 936 1,019
Hobart 6th 3 -1- 6 14 83.2% 885 1,064

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1974 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay Bellerive Oval 18 - 76 2,473
SAT 22/06/1974 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart Boyer Oval 61 - 95 1,430
SAT 22/06/1974 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 55 - 77 4,442

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 6 -1- 4 26 107.4% 1,016 946
Sandy Bay 2nd 6 -0- 5 24 124.5% 1,107 889
Clarence 3rd 6 -0- 5 24 91.5% 930 1,016
North Hobart 4th 5 -1- 5 22 106.0% 1,052 992
New Norfolk 5th 4 -1- 6 18 89.5% 997 1,114
Hobart 6th 4 -1- 6 18 87.1% 980 1,125

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1974 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 101 - 88 2,722
SAT 29/06/1974 2:10 PM Hobart v Clarence TCA Ground 86 - 107 2,190
SAT 29/06/1974 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart Queenborough Oval 87 - 66 2,841

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 7 -1- 4 30 108.0% 1,117 1,034
Sandy Bay 2nd 7 -0- 5 28 125.0% 1,194 955
Clarence 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 94.1% 1,037 1,102
North Hobart 4th 5 -1- 6 22 103.6% 1,118 1,079
New Norfolk 5th 4 -1- 7 18 89.3% 1,085 1,215
Hobart 6th 4 -1- 7 18 86.5% 1,066 1,232

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1974 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 77 - 60 2,427
SAT 06/07/1974 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence Boyer Oval 104 - 66 1,210
SAT 06/07/1974 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 56 - 54 2,199

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 8 -1- 4 34 109.1% 1,194 1,094
Sandy Bay 2nd 7 -0- 6 28 121.5% 1,254 1,032
Clarence 3rd 7 -0- 6 28 91.5% 1,103 1,206
North Hobart 4th 6 -1- 6 26 103.6% 1,174 1,133
New Norfolk 5th 5 -1- 7 22 92.8% 1,189 1,281
Hobart 6th 4 -1- 8 18 87.0% 1,120 1,288

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1974 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy Bellerive Oval 47 - 78 1,880
SAT 20/07/1974 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay TCA Ground 33 - 71 1,682
SAT 20/07/1974 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 64 - 54 2,129

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 9 -1- 4 38 111.5% 1,272 1,141
Sandy Bay 2nd 8 -0- 6 32 124.4% 1,325 1,065
North Hobart 3rd 7 -1- 6 30 104.3% 1,238 1,187
Clarence 4th 7 -0- 7 28 89.6% 1,150 1,284
New Norfolk 5th 5 -1- 8 22 92.4% 1,243 1,345
Hobart 6th 4 -1- 9 18 84.8% 1,153 1,359

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1974 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart KGV Oval 90 - 76 2,937
SAT 14/09/1974 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart North Hobart Oval 89 - 74 1,997
SAT 14/09/1974 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence Queenborough Oval 81 - 100 2,605

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 10 -1- 4 42 111.9% 1,362 1,217
Sandy Bay 2nd 8 -0- 7 32 120.7% 1,406 1,165
Clarence 3rd 8 -0- 7 32 91.6% 1,250 1,365
North Hobart 4th 7 -1- 7 30 102.9% 1,314 1,277
New Norfolk 5th 6 -1- 8 26 93.9% 1,332 1,419
Hobart 6th 4 -1- 10 18 84.7% 1,227 1,448

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1974 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart Bellerive Oval 52 - 74 1,671
SAT 03/08/1974 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk KGV Oval 158 - 42 2,331
SAT 03/08/1974 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 61 - 139 3,010

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 11 -1- 4 46 120.7% 1,520 1,259
Sandy Bay 2nd 9 -0- 7 36 126.0% 1,545 1,226
Clarence 3rd 8 -0- 8 32 90.5% 1,302 1,439
North Hobart 4th 7 -1- 8 30 97.1% 1,375 1,416
New Norfolk 5th 6 -1- 9 26 87.1% 1,374 1,577
Hobart 6th 5 -1- 10 22 86.7% 1,301 1,500

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1974 2:10 PM Clarence v New Norfolk Queenborough Oval 111 - 79 1,322
SAT 10/08/1974 2:10 PM Hobart v North Hobart Boyer Oval 73 - 60 1,184
SAT 10/08/1974 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 110 - 81 4,822

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 11 -1- 5 46 116.9% 1,601 1,369
Sandy Bay 2nd 10 -0- 7 40 126.6% 1,655 1,307
Clarence 3rd 9 -0- 8 36 93.1% 1,413 1,518
North Hobart 4th 7 -1- 9 30 96.4% 1,435 1,489
Hobart 5th 6 -1- 10 26 88.1% 1,374 1,560
New Norfolk 6th 6 -1- 10 26 86.1% 1,453 1,688

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1974 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy TCA Ground 84 - 83 2,016
SAT 17/08/1974 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Sandy Bay Boyer Oval 65 - 51 1,312
SAT 17/08/1974 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 87 - 124 3,515

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 11 -1- 6 46 115.9% 1,684 1,453
Sandy Bay 2nd 10 -0- 8 40 124.3% 1,706 1,372
Clarence 3rd 10 -0- 8 40 95.8% 1,537 1,605
North Hobart 4th 7 -1- 10 30 94.4% 1,522 1,613
Hobart 5th 7 -1- 10 30 88.7% 1,458 1,643
New Norfolk 6th 7 -1- 10 30 87.3% 1,518 1,739

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1974 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 77 - 80 4,042
SAT 24/08/1974 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart Boyer Oval 61 - 117 1,732
SAT 24/08/1974 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Hobart Queenborough Oval 94 - 78 2,466

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 12 -1- 6 50 115.3% 1,764 1,530
Sandy Bay 2nd 11 -0- 8 44 124.1% 1,800 1,450
Clarence 3rd 10 -0- 9 40 95.8% 1,614 1,685
North Hobart 4th 8 -1- 10 34 97.9% 1,639 1,674
Hobart 5th 7 -1- 11 30 88.4% 1,536 1,737
New Norfolk 6th 7 -1- 11 30 85.1% 1,579 1,856

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1974 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart Boyer Oval 66 - 93 1,270
SAT 31/08/1974 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 111 - 80 3,755
SAT 31/08/1974 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence Queenborough Oval 94 - 94 2,783

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 12 -1- 7 50 112.4% 1,844 1,641
Sandy Bay 2nd 11 -1- 8 46 122.7% 1,894 1,544
Clarence 3rd 10 -1- 9 42 96.0% 1,708 1,779
North Hobart 4th 9 -1- 10 38 99.8% 1,750 1,754
Hobart 5th 8 -1- 11 34 90.3% 1,629 1,803
New Norfolk 6th 7 -1- 12 30 84.4% 1,645 1,949

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1974 2:10 PM Clarence v North Hobart Bellerive Oval 69 - 87 2,487
SAT 07/09/1974 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy TCA Ground 79 - 42 1,965
SAT 07/09/1974 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 88 - 59 1,562

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 12 -1- 8 50 109.7% 1,886 1,720
Sandy Bay 2nd 11 -1- 9 46 119.7% 1,953 1,632
North Hobart 3rd 10 -1- 10 42 100.8% 1,837 1,823
Clarence 4th 10 -1- 10 42 95.2% 1,777 1,866
Hobart 5th 9 -1- 11 38 92.6% 1,708 1,845
New Norfolk 6th 8 -1- 12 34 86.3% 1,733 2,008

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Glenorchy 1st 12 -1- 8 50 109.7% 1,886 1,720 267 284 241 274
Sandy Bay 2nd 11 -1- 9 46 119.7% 1,953 1,632 276 297 233 234
North Hobart 3rd 10 -1- 10 42 100.8% 1,837 1,823 263 259 255 293
Clarence 4th 10 -1- 10 42 95.2% 1,777 1,866 251 271 267 264
Hobart 5th 9 -1- 11 38 92.6% 1,708 1,845 241 262 261 279
New Norfolk 6th 8 -1- 12 34 86.3% 1,733 2,008 243 275 284 304

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1974 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 106 - 65 7,795
SUN 22/09/1974 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 86 - 105 7,850

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1974 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart North Hobart Oval 89 - 130 8,427

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/10/1974 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart North Hobart Oval 108 - 136 16,234

Final Round 3 Ladder

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