1983 TANFL Season

These are the results for the 1983 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. Glenorchy were the premiers, with Garry Davidson as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1983 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 65

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Clarence	Bellerive Oval
Glenorchy	KGV Oval	Garry Davidson
Hobart
New Norfolk	Boyer Oval	Robbie Dykes
North Hobart	North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay		Paul Sproule

Season Results

Premiers: Glenorchy
Runners-Up: New Norfolk
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	133.6%	2,614	1,956	386	298	278	288
New Norfolk	2nd	12	-0-	8	48	129.6%	2,413	1,862	352	301	273	224
Sandy Bay	3rd	12	-0-	8	48	109.8%	1,990	1,813	284	286	260	253
Clarence	4th	10	-0-	10	40	100.0%	2,160	2,159	310	300	310	299
North Hobart	5th	4	-0-	16	16	73.2%	1,870	2,556	266	274	371	330
Hobart	6th	4	-0-	16	16	72.1%	1,810	2,511	257	268	363	333

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/04/1983	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	140	-	73	3,113
SAT	02/04/1983	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	197	-	52	1,385
MON	04/04/1983	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	151	-	77	3,061

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	1	-0-	0	4	378.8%	197	52
Sandy Bay	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	196.1%	151	77
Glenorchy	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	191.8%	140	73
Clarence	4th	0	-0-	1	0	52.1%	73	140
North Hobart	5th	0	-0-	1	0	51.0%	77	151
Hobart	6th	0	-0-	1	0	26.4%	52	197

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/04/1983	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	76	-	153	2,358
SAT	09/04/1983	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	KGV Oval	142	-	70	1,124
SAT	09/04/1983	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	108	-	135	2,620

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	2	-0-	0	8	273.4%	350	128
Glenorchy	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	151.9%	275	181
Sandy Bay	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	122.2%	259	212
Hobart	4th	1	-0-	1	4	72.7%	194	267
Clarence	5th	0	-0-	2	0	50.9%	149	293
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	2	0	50.2%	147	293

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/04/1983	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	96	-	70	1,393
SAT	16/04/1983	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	141	-	71	1,945
SAT	16/04/1983	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	85	-	142	2,069

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	3	-0-	0	12	246.7%	491	199
Glenorchy	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	107.5%	346	322
Hobart	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	86.1%	290	337
Sandy Bay	4th	1	-0-	2	4	106.8%	329	308
Clarence	5th	1	-0-	2	4	77.0%	291	378
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	3	0	53.3%	232	435

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/04/1983	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	221	-	61	2,614
SAT	23/04/1983	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	199	-	100	2,304
MON	25/04/1983	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	69	-	32	1,462

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	3	-0-	1	12	195.1%	523	268
Glenorchy	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	129.1%	545	422
Sandy Bay	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	117.1%	398	340
Clarence	4th	2	-0-	2	8	116.6%	512	439
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	2	8	62.9%	351	558
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	4	0	52.4%	332	634

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/04/1983	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	122	-	97	1,966
SAT	30/04/1983	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	93	-	59	1,612
SAT	30/04/1983	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	70	-	118	2,483

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	4	-0-	1	16	188.4%	616	327
Glenorchy	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	128.5%	667	519
Clarence	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	123.8%	630	509
Sandy Bay	4th	2	-0-	3	8	102.2%	468	458
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	3	8	65.9%	448	680
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	5	0	53.8%	391	727

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/05/1983	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	123	-	74	3,022
SAT	07/05/1983	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	75	-	119	1,486
SAT	07/05/1983	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	82	-	118	1,722

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	5	-0-	1	20	182.8%	735	402
Clarence	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	129.2%	753	583
Glenorchy	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	115.4%	741	642
Sandy Bay	4th	3	-0-	3	12	108.5%	586	540
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	4	8	65.5%	523	799
North Hobart	6th	0	-0-	6	0	56.0%	473	845

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/05/1983	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	117	-	98	2,096
SAT	21/05/1983	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	121	-	103	2,564
SAT	21/05/1983	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	106	-	95	1,648

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	6	-0-	1	24	169.5%	856	505
Glenorchy	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	115.9%	858	740
Clarence	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	121.6%	856	704
Sandy Bay	4th	3	-0-	4	12	104.1%	684	657
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	5	8	68.3%	618	905
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	6	4	61.6%	579	940

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/05/1983	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	122	-	110	1,916
SAT	28/05/1983	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	143	-	107	2,863
SAT	28/05/1983	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	127	-	105	1,352

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
New Norfolk	1st	6	-0-	2	24	148.6%	963	648
Glenorchy	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	118.2%	1,001	847
Clarence	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	120.1%	978	814
Sandy Bay	4th	4	-0-	4	16	106.4%	811	762
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	6	8	70.1%	723	1,032
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	7	4	64.9%	689	1,062

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/06/1983	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	KGV Oval	102	-	108	1,254
SAT	11/06/1983	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	97	-	103	1,468
SAT	11/06/1983	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	87	-	181	2,076

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	7	-0-	2	28	126.6%	1,182	934
New Norfolk	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	141.1%	1,060	751
Clarence	3rd	6	-0-	3	24	118.6%	1,086	916
Sandy Bay	4th	5	-0-	4	20	106.4%	914	859
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	7	8	72.4%	825	1,140
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	8	4	62.4%	776	1,243

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
MON	13/06/1983	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	87	-	115	1,847
MON	13/06/1983	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	KGV Oval	75	-	99	1,420
MON	13/06/1983	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	108	-	155	1,282

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	8	-0-	2	32	127.0%	1,281	1,009
New Norfolk	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	141.4%	1,215	859
Clarence	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	113.8%	1,173	1,031
Sandy Bay	4th	6	-0-	4	24	108.8%	1,029	946
Hobart	5th	2	-0-	8	8	72.6%	900	1,239
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	9	4	63.2%	884	1,398

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/06/1983	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	146	-	74	2,981
SAT	18/06/1983	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	66	-	151	1,282
SAT	18/06/1983	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	97	-	91	1,695

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	9	-0-	2	36	131.8%	1,427	1,083
New Norfolk	2nd	7	-0-	4	28	126.8%	1,281	1,010
Sandy Bay	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	108.6%	1,126	1,037
Clarence	4th	6	-0-	5	24	105.9%	1,247	1,177
Hobart	5th	3	-0-	8	12	80.5%	1,051	1,305
North Hobart	6th	1	-0-	10	4	65.2%	975	1,495

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/06/1983	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	116	-	94	1,598
SAT	25/06/1983	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	KGV Oval	80	-	123	992
SAT	25/06/1983	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	58	-	69	1,928

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	10	-0-	2	40	131.1%	1,496	1,141
New Norfolk	2nd	7	-0-	5	28	122.1%	1,375	1,126
Clarence	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	107.2%	1,363	1,271
Sandy Bay	4th	7	-0-	5	28	107.1%	1,184	1,106
Hobart	5th	3	-0-	9	12	79.2%	1,131	1,428
North Hobart	6th	2	-0-	10	8	69.7%	1,098	1,575

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/07/1983	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	53	-	90	1,102
SAT	02/07/1983	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	85	-	97	1,543
SAT	02/07/1983	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	67	-	54	1,757

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	11	-0-	2	44	129.9%	1,593	1,226
Sandy Bay	2nd	8	-0-	5	32	109.9%	1,274	1,159
New Norfolk	3rd	7	-0-	6	28	119.4%	1,460	1,223
Clarence	4th	7	-0-	6	28	105.9%	1,417	1,338
Hobart	5th	3	-0-	10	12	78.0%	1,184	1,518
North Hobart	6th	3	-0-	10	12	71.5%	1,165	1,629

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/07/1983	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	140	-	39	1,562
SAT	09/07/1983	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	125	-	70	2,391
SAT	09/07/1983	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	62	-	126	1,986

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	12	-0-	2	48	132.6%	1,718	1,296
New Norfolk	2nd	8	-0-	6	32	123.4%	1,586	1,285
Clarence	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	113.1%	1,557	1,377
Sandy Bay	4th	8	-0-	6	32	104.0%	1,336	1,285
Hobart	5th	3	-0-	11	12	73.8%	1,223	1,658
North Hobart	6th	3	-0-	11	12	70.4%	1,235	1,754

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/07/1983	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	116	-	90	1,568
SAT	16/07/1983	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	144	-	91	1,404
SAT	16/07/1983	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	85	-	106	2,411

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	13	-0-	2	52	132.3%	1,834	1,386
New Norfolk	2nd	9	-0-	6	36	125.7%	1,730	1,376
Clarence	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	113.7%	1,663	1,462
Sandy Bay	4th	8	-0-	7	32	102.2%	1,421	1,391
Hobart	5th	3	-0-	12	12	74.0%	1,313	1,774
North Hobart	6th	3	-0-	12	12	69.9%	1,326	1,898

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/07/1983	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	71	-	97	2,700
SAT	23/07/1983	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	89	-	114	1,209
SAT	23/07/1983	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	68	-	113	1,734

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	14	-0-	2	56	132.5%	1,931	1,457
New Norfolk	2nd	10	-0-	6	40	125.9%	1,844	1,465
Clarence	3rd	9	-0-	7	36	111.2%	1,734	1,559
Sandy Bay	4th	9	-0-	7	36	105.1%	1,534	1,459
Hobart	5th	3	-0-	13	12	74.3%	1,402	1,888
North Hobart	6th	3	-0-	13	12	69.3%	1,394	2,011

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/07/1983	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	137	-	134	2,457
SAT	30/07/1983	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	251	-	78	1,985
SAT	30/07/1983	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	101	-	112	1,403

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	15	-0-	2	60	130.0%	2,068	1,591
New Norfolk	2nd	11	-0-	6	44	135.8%	2,095	1,543
Sandy Bay	3rd	9	-0-	8	36	104.5%	1,668	1,596
Clarence	4th	9	-0-	8	36	100.1%	1,812	1,810
Hobart	5th	4	-0-	13	16	76.1%	1,514	1,989
North Hobart	6th	3	-0-	14	12	70.4%	1,495	2,123

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/08/1983	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	89	-	125	1,604
SAT	06/08/1983	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	121	-	100	4,946
SAT	06/08/1983	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	107	-	74	1,192

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	16	-0-	2	64	129.5%	2,189	1,691
New Norfolk	2nd	11	-0-	7	44	131.9%	2,195	1,664
Sandy Bay	3rd	10	-0-	8	40	106.3%	1,775	1,670
Clarence	4th	9	-0-	9	36	98.2%	1,901	1,935
Hobart	5th	4	-0-	14	16	75.8%	1,588	2,096
North Hobart	6th	4	-0-	14	16	73.2%	1,620	2,212

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/08/1983	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	KGV Oval	100	-	190	1,344
SAT	13/08/1983	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	74	-	91	2,189
SAT	13/08/1983	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	143	-	200	2,862

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	17	-0-	2	68	130.3%	2,389	1,834
New Norfolk	2nd	11	-0-	8	44	129.3%	2,269	1,755
Sandy Bay	3rd	11	-0-	8	44	107.0%	1,866	1,744
Clarence	4th	10	-0-	9	40	102.8%	2,091	2,035
Hobart	5th	4	-0-	15	16	73.8%	1,688	2,286
North Hobart	6th	4	-0-	15	16	73.1%	1,763	2,412

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/08/1983	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	69	-	124	2,267
SAT	20/08/1983	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	KGV Oval	122	-	225	1,660
SAT	20/08/1983	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	107	-	144	2,053

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenorchy	1st	18	-0-	2	72	133.6%	2,614	1,956
New Norfolk	2nd	12	-0-	8	48	129.6%	2,413	1,862
Sandy Bay	3rd	12	-0-	8	48	109.8%	1,990	1,813
Clarence	4th	10	-0-	10	40	100.0%	2,160	2,159
North Hobart	5th	4	-0-	16	16	73.2%	1,870	2,556
Hobart	6th	4	-0-	16	16	72.1%	1,810	2,511

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/08/1983	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	106	-	106	5,230
SAT	03/09/1983	11:00 AM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	108	-	101	10,921
SAT	03/09/1983	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	167	-	154	10,921

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/09/1983	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	149	-	96	7,348

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/09/1983	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	187	-	95	17,900

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