1983 TANFL Season

This page displays 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 premiership ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Glenorchy were the premiers, with Garry Davidson as the premiership coach.

Premiership Details

Name: 1983 Tasmanian Australian National Football League Season
Known As: 1983 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 65

Team Details

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

Premiership 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

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

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

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 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

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 1 Ladder

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

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 2 Ladder

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

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

Final Round 3 Ladder

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