1979 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1979 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. Glenorchy were the minor premiers.

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

Season Details

Name: 1979 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 Jack Rough
Hobart
New Norfolk Boyer Oval
North Hobart North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay Graeme Mackey

Season Results

Premiers: Clarence
Runners-Up: Glenorchy
Minor Premiers: Glenorchy

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Glenorchy 1st 18 -0- 2 72 186.1% 2,661 1,430 386 345 200 230
Clarence 2nd 14 -0- 6 56 107.6% 1,807 1,679 252 295 237 257
Sandy Bay 3rd 10 -0- 10 40 94.7% 1,507 1,591 211 241 213 313
North Hobart 4th 9 -0- 11 36 79.4% 1,699 2,139 237 277 306 303
New Norfolk 5th 6 -0- 14 24 87.5% 1,669 1,908 231 283 271 282
Hobart 6th 3 -0- 17 12 73.5% 1,657 2,253 228 289 318 345

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/04/1979 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart Bellerive Oval 86 - 59 1,885
SAT 07/04/1979 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk KGV Oval 141 - 95 2,435
SAT 07/04/1979 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 69 - 52 2,080

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 1 -0- 0 4 148.4% 141 95
Clarence 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 145.8% 86 59
North Hobart 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 132.7% 69 52
Sandy Bay 4th 0 -0- 1 0 75.4% 52 69
Hobart 5th 0 -0- 1 0 68.6% 59 86
New Norfolk 6th 0 -0- 1 0 67.4% 95 141

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/04/1979 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Sandy Bay Boyer Oval 50 - 95 1,346
SAT 14/04/1979 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 96 - 90 2,911
MON 16/04/1979 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 87 - 114 3,653

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 2 -0- 0 8 140.1% 255 182
North Hobart 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 116.2% 165 142
Sandy Bay 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 123.5% 147 119
Clarence 4th 1 -0- 1 4 113.5% 176 155
Hobart 5th 0 -0- 2 0 73.0% 146 200
New Norfolk 6th 0 -0- 2 0 61.4% 145 236

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1979 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart KGV Oval 200 - 57 3,412
SAT 21/04/1979 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart North Hobart Oval 100 - 89 1,475
SAT 21/04/1979 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence Queenborough Oval 36 - 79 1,771

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 3 -0- 0 12 190.4% 455 239
Clarence 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 133.5% 255 191
North Hobart 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 64.9% 222 342
Sandy Bay 4th 1 -0- 2 4 92.4% 183 198
New Norfolk 5th 1 -0- 2 4 75.4% 245 325
Hobart 6th 0 -0- 3 0 78.3% 235 300

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/04/1979 2:10 PM Hobart v North Hobart TCA Ground 100 - 138 1,356
SAT 28/04/1979 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence Boyer Oval 84 - 98 2,077
SAT 28/04/1979 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 43 - 121 3,144

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 4 -0- 0 16 204.3% 576 282
Clarence 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 128.4% 353 275
North Hobart 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 81.4% 360 442
New Norfolk 4th 1 -0- 3 4 77.8% 329 423
Sandy Bay 5th 1 -0- 3 4 70.8% 226 319
Hobart 6th 0 -0- 4 0 76.5% 335 438

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1979 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy Bellerive Oval 95 - 82 3,095
SAT 05/05/1979 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 113 - 74 2,221
SAT 05/05/1979 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Hobart Queenborough Oval 86 - 69 1,307

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 4 -0- 1 16 174.5% 658 377
Clarence 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 125.5% 448 357
North Hobart 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 91.7% 473 516
Sandy Bay 4th 2 -0- 3 8 80.4% 312 388
New Norfolk 5th 1 -0- 4 4 75.2% 403 536
Hobart 6th 0 -0- 5 0 77.1% 404 524

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1979 2:10 PM Hobart v Clarence TCA Ground 105 - 95 1,681
SAT 12/05/1979 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Glenorchy Boyer Oval 95 - 117 1,718
SAT 12/05/1979 2:10 PM North Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 48 - 79 2,323

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 5 -0- 1 20 164.2% 775 472
Clarence 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 117.5% 543 462
North Hobart 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 87.6% 521 595
Sandy Bay 4th 3 -0- 3 12 89.7% 391 436
Hobart 5th 1 -0- 5 4 82.2% 509 619
New Norfolk 6th 1 -0- 5 4 76.3% 498 653

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1979 2:10 PM Clarence v North Hobart Bellerive Oval 130 - 62 2,514
SAT 19/05/1979 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart KGV Oval 181 - 51 2,270
SAT 19/05/1979 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 102 - 64 1,936

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 6 -0- 1 24 182.8% 956 523
Clarence 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 128.4% 673 524
Sandy Bay 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 98.6% 493 500
North Hobart 4th 4 -0- 3 16 80.4% 583 725
New Norfolk 5th 1 -0- 6 4 74.4% 562 755
Hobart 6th 1 -0- 6 4 70.0% 560 800

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1979 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay Bellerive Oval 86 - 52 2,539
SAT 26/05/1979 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk TCA Ground 95 - 62 942
SAT 26/05/1979 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 63 - 119 2,554

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 7 -0- 1 28 183.4% 1,075 586
Clarence 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 131.8% 759 576
Sandy Bay 3rd 4 -0- 4 16 93.0% 545 586
North Hobart 4th 4 -0- 4 16 76.5% 646 844
Hobart 5th 2 -0- 6 8 76.0% 655 862
New Norfolk 6th 1 -0- 7 4 73.4% 624 850

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1979 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Clarence KGV Oval 87 - 114 1,430
SAT 02/06/1979 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 117 - 94 2,051
SAT 02/06/1979 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Glenorchy Queenborough Oval 37 - 117 1,505

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 8 -0- 1 32 191.3% 1,192 623
Clarence 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 131.7% 873 663
North Hobart 3rd 5 -0- 4 20 81.3% 763 938
Sandy Bay 4th 4 -0- 5 16 82.8% 582 703
Hobart 5th 2 -0- 7 8 76.5% 749 979
New Norfolk 6th 1 -0- 8 4 73.8% 711 964

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1979 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence North Hobart Oval 155 - 51 4,142
SAT 09/06/1979 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay TCA Ground 105 - 110 864
SUN 10/06/1979 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart Boyer Oval 106 - 50 1,140

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 9 -0- 1 36 199.9% 1,347 674
Clarence 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 113.0% 924 818
Sandy Bay 3rd 5 -0- 5 20 85.6% 692 808
North Hobart 4th 5 -0- 5 20 77.9% 813 1,044
New Norfolk 5th 2 -0- 8 8 80.6% 817 1,014
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 8 8 78.4% 854 1,089

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1979 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart Bellerive Oval 97 - 61 1,539
SAT 23/06/1979 2:10 PM Glenorchy v New Norfolk KGV Oval 93 - 72 2,215
SAT 23/06/1979 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart Queenborough Oval 107 - 81 1,415

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 10 -0- 1 40 193.0% 1,440 746
Clarence 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 116.2% 1,021 879
Sandy Bay 3rd 6 -0- 5 24 89.9% 799 889
North Hobart 4th 5 -0- 6 20 77.7% 894 1,151
New Norfolk 5th 2 -0- 9 8 80.3% 889 1,107
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 9 8 77.2% 915 1,186

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1979 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Hobart TCA Ground 189 - 67 1,067
SAT 30/06/1979 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 89 - 64 1,455
SAT 30/06/1979 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v New Norfolk Queenborough Oval 84 - 61 819

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 11 -0- 1 44 200.4% 1,629 813
Clarence 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 112.1% 1,085 968
Sandy Bay 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 92.9% 883 950
North Hobart 4th 6 -0- 6 24 80.9% 983 1,215
New Norfolk 5th 2 -0- 10 8 79.8% 950 1,191
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 10 8 71.4% 982 1,375

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1979 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 63 - 62 2,287
SAT 07/07/1979 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Hobart Boyer Oval 136 - 74 909
SUN 08/07/1979 2:10 PM Glenorchy v North Hobart KGV Oval 91 - 51 2,619

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 12 -0- 1 48 199.1% 1,720 864
Clarence 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 111.5% 1,148 1,030
Sandy Bay 3rd 7 -0- 6 28 93.3% 945 1,013
North Hobart 4th 6 -0- 7 24 79.2% 1,034 1,306
New Norfolk 5th 3 -0- 10 12 85.8% 1,086 1,265
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 11 8 69.9% 1,056 1,511

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1979 2:10 PM Clarence v New Norfolk Bellerive Oval 110 - 87 1,681
SAT 14/07/1979 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 103 - 52 2,293
SAT 14/07/1979 2:10 PM North Hobart v Hobart North Hobart Oval 102 - 96 1,461

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 13 -0- 1 52 199.0% 1,823 916
Clarence 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 112.6% 1,258 1,117
Sandy Bay 3rd 7 -0- 7 28 89.3% 997 1,116
North Hobart 4th 7 -0- 7 28 81.0% 1,136 1,402
New Norfolk 5th 3 -0- 11 12 85.3% 1,173 1,375
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 12 8 71.4% 1,152 1,613

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1979 2:01 PM Glenorchy v Clarence KGV Oval 120 - 89 3,055
SAT 21/07/1979 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay TCA Ground 75 - 103 885
SAT 21/07/1979 2:10 PM North Hobart v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 95 - 107 1,335

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 14 -0- 1 56 193.3% 1,943 1,005
Clarence 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 108.9% 1,347 1,237
Sandy Bay 3rd 8 -0- 7 32 92.4% 1,100 1,191
North Hobart 4th 7 -0- 8 28 81.6% 1,231 1,509
New Norfolk 5th 4 -0- 11 16 87.1% 1,280 1,470
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 13 8 71.5% 1,227 1,716

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1979 2:10 PM Clarence v Hobart North Hobart Oval 83 - 69 1,420
SAT 28/07/1979 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Glenorchy Boyer Oval 71 - 115 1,738
SAT 28/07/1979 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart Queenborough Oval 131 - 68 1,484

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 15 -0- 1 60 191.3% 2,058 1,076
Clarence 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 109.5% 1,430 1,306
Sandy Bay 3rd 9 -0- 7 36 97.8% 1,231 1,259
North Hobart 4th 7 -0- 9 28 79.2% 1,299 1,640
New Norfolk 5th 4 -0- 12 16 85.2% 1,351 1,585
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 14 8 72.0% 1,296 1,799

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1979 2:10 PM Hobart v Glenorchy TCA Ground 93 - 180 1,356
SAT 04/08/1979 2:10 PM New Norfolk v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 72 - 45 1,003
SAT 04/08/1979 2:10 PM North Hobart v Clarence North Hobart Oval 100 - 114 2,670

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 16 -0- 1 64 191.4% 2,238 1,169
Clarence 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 109.8% 1,544 1,406
Sandy Bay 3rd 9 -0- 8 36 95.9% 1,276 1,331
North Hobart 4th 7 -0- 10 28 79.8% 1,399 1,754
New Norfolk 5th 5 -0- 12 20 87.3% 1,423 1,630
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 15 8 70.2% 1,389 1,979

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1979 2:10 PM Hobart v New Norfolk TCA Ground 77 - 80 531
SAT 11/08/1979 2:10 PM North Hobart v Glenorchy North Hobart Oval 75 - 189 1,154
SAT 11/08/1979 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v Clarence Queenborough Oval 83 - 55 759

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 17 -0- 1 68 195.1% 2,427 1,244
Clarence 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 107.4% 1,599 1,489
Sandy Bay 3rd 10 -0- 8 40 98.1% 1,359 1,386
North Hobart 4th 7 -0- 11 28 75.9% 1,474 1,943
New Norfolk 5th 6 -0- 12 24 88.0% 1,503 1,707
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 16 8 71.2% 1,466 2,059

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1979 2:10 PM Clarence v New Norfolk North Hobart Oval 89 - 79 1,850
SAT 18/08/1979 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Sandy Bay KGV Oval 123 - 67 2,620
SAT 18/08/1979 2:10 PM Hobart v North Hobart TCA Ground 109 - 113 1,000

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 18 -0- 1 72 194.5% 2,550 1,311
Clarence 2nd 13 -0- 6 52 107.7% 1,688 1,568
Sandy Bay 3rd 10 -0- 9 40 94.5% 1,426 1,509
North Hobart 4th 8 -0- 11 32 77.3% 1,587 2,052
New Norfolk 5th 6 -0- 13 24 88.1% 1,582 1,796
Hobart 6th 2 -0- 17 8 72.5% 1,575 2,172

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1979 2:10 PM Clarence v Glenorchy Bellerive Oval 119 - 111 2,972
SAT 25/08/1979 2:10 PM Hobart v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 82 - 81 1,297
SAT 25/08/1979 2:10 PM New Norfolk v North Hobart Boyer Oval 87 - 112 977

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenorchy 1st 18 -0- 2 72 186.1% 2,661 1,430
Clarence 2nd 14 -0- 6 56 107.6% 1,807 1,679
Sandy Bay 3rd 10 -0- 10 40 94.7% 1,507 1,591
North Hobart 4th 9 -0- 11 36 79.4% 1,699 2,139
New Norfolk 5th 6 -0- 14 24 87.5% 1,669 1,908
Hobart 6th 3 -0- 17 12 73.5% 1,657 2,253

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1979 2:10 PM Sandy Bay v North Hobart North Hobart Oval 120 - 49 5,629
SAT 08/09/1979 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence North Hobart Oval 122 - 78 10,282

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1979 2:10 PM Clarence v Sandy Bay North Hobart Oval 79 - 60 8,428

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1979 2:10 PM Glenorchy v Clarence North Hobart Oval 80 - 83 24,968