1985 TANFL Season

This page displays the results for the 1985 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. Clarence were the minor premiers.

The premiership ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Glenorchy were the premiers, with Danny Ling as the premiership coach.

Premiership Details

Name: 1985 Tasmanian Australian National Football League Season
Known As: 1985 TANFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 64

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Clarence	Bellerive Oval	Robert Shaw
Glenorchy	KGV Oval	Danny Ling
Hobart
New Norfolk	Boyer Oval	Graham Hunnibell
North Hobart	North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay		Tim Maxwell

Premiership Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Clarence	1st	17	-0-	3	68	141.5%	2,539	1,794	372	307	260	234
Glenorchy	2nd	14	-0-	6	56	138.6%	2,635	1,901	384	331	277	239
New Norfolk	3rd	13	-0-	7	52	114.7%	2,357	2,055	353	239	297	273
North Hobart	4th	8	-0-	12	32	86.7%	2,134	2,462	315	244	366	266
Sandy Bay	5th	6	-0-	14	24	80.7%	2,135	2,645	311	269	391	299
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	18	8	67.0%	1,916	2,859	279	242	423	321

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Glenorchy	1st	Premiers
Clarence	2nd	Runners-Up
North Hobart	3rd	Defeated by Clarence (Preliminary Final)
New Norfolk	4th	Defeated by North Hobart (Semi Final)
Sandy Bay	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	30/03/1985	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	154	-	77	1,901
SAT	30/03/1985	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	70	-	156	1,873
SAT	30/03/1985	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	Queenborough Oval	98	-	121	1,901

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Hobart	1st	1	-0-	0	4	222.9%	156	70
Glenorchy	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	200.0%	154	77
Clarence	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	123.5%	121	98
Sandy Bay	4th	0	-0-	1	0	81.0%	98	121
New Norfolk	5th	0	-0-	1	0	50.0%	77	154
Hobart	6th	0	-0-	1	0	44.9%	70	156

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/04/1985	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	131	-	143	1,480
SAT	06/04/1985	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	96	-	82	1,724
MON	08/04/1985	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	128	-	83	3,868

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	2	-0-	0	8	137.6%	249	181
North Hobart	2nd	1	-0-	1	4	143.4%	238	166
Glenorchy	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	115.6%	237	205
Sandy Bay	4th	1	-0-	1	4	95.6%	241	252
New Norfolk	5th	1	-0-	1	4	73.3%	173	236
Hobart	6th	0	-0-	2	0	67.2%	201	299

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/04/1985	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	141	-	112	2,010
SAT	13/04/1985	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	193	-	83	1,631
SAT	13/04/1985	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	112	-	132	2,054

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	3	-0-	0	12	133.1%	390	293
Glenorchy	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	149.3%	430	288
North Hobart	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	133.1%	370	278
Sandy Bay	4th	1	-0-	2	4	91.9%	353	384
New Norfolk	5th	1	-0-	2	4	75.6%	285	377
Hobart	6th	0	-0-	3	0	57.7%	284	492

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/04/1985	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	KGV Oval	59	-	121	1,104
SAT	20/04/1985	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	89	-	112	1,116
SAT	20/04/1985	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	76	-	121	2,573

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	4	-0-	0	16	145.2%	511	352
Glenorchy	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	151.4%	551	364
North Hobart	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	111.8%	446	399
Sandy Bay	4th	2	-0-	2	8	98.3%	465	473
New Norfolk	5th	1	-0-	3	4	76.5%	374	489
Hobart	6th	0	-0-	4	0	56.0%	343	613

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/04/1985	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	154	-	129	2,331
SAT	27/04/1985	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	170	-	51	1,347
SUN	28/04/1985	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	218	-	69	2,709

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	5	-0-	0	20	138.3%	665	481
Glenorchy	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	177.6%	769	433
North Hobart	3rd	2	-0-	3	8	104.0%	575	553
New Norfolk	4th	2	-0-	3	8	100.7%	544	540
Sandy Bay	5th	2	-0-	3	8	77.3%	534	691
Hobart	6th	0	-0-	5	0	50.3%	394	783

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/05/1985	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	97	-	69	1,440
SAT	11/05/1985	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	126	-	78	1,545
SAT	11/05/1985	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	KGV Oval	97	-	132	818

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	6	-0-	0	24	138.5%	762	550
Glenorchy	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	151.5%	847	559
New Norfolk	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	108.4%	670	618
North Hobart	4th	2	-0-	4	8	98.1%	672	685
Sandy Bay	5th	2	-0-	4	8	76.5%	603	788
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	5	4	59.8%	526	880

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/05/1985	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	93	-	101	2,585
SAT	18/05/1985	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	84	-	169	1,793
SAT	18/05/1985	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	Queenborough Oval	126	-	100	1,219

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	7	-0-	0	28	134.2%	863	643
Glenorchy	2nd	4	-0-	3	16	142.4%	940	660
New Norfolk	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	119.5%	839	702
Sandy Bay	4th	3	-0-	4	12	82.1%	729	888
North Hobart	5th	2	-0-	5	8	88.5%	756	854
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	6	4	62.2%	626	1,006

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/06/1985	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	KGV Oval	81	-	114	1,355
SAT	01/06/1985	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	154	-	77	1,986
SAT	01/06/1985	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	170	-	142	1,607

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	7	-0-	1	28	117.9%	940	797
Glenorchy	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	142.2%	1,054	741
New Norfolk	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	127.5%	993	779
North Hobart	4th	3	-0-	5	12	93.0%	926	996
Sandy Bay	5th	3	-0-	5	12	82.3%	871	1,058
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	7	4	63.1%	707	1,120

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/06/1985	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	159	-	107	1,301
SAT	08/06/1985	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	103	-	169	1,757
SAT	08/06/1985	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	99	-	100	1,279

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	8	-0-	1	32	121.6%	1,099	904
New Norfolk	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	124.5%	1,093	878
Glenorchy	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	127.1%	1,157	910
North Hobart	4th	4	-0-	5	16	99.6%	1,095	1,099
Sandy Bay	5th	3	-0-	6	12	83.8%	970	1,158
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	8	4	63.6%	814	1,279

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/06/1985	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	135	-	139	1,007
SAT	15/06/1985	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	64	-	130	2,124
SAT	15/06/1985	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	Queenborough Oval	57	-	168	1,189

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	9	-0-	1	36	127.0%	1,229	968
New Norfolk	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	121.6%	1,232	1,013
Glenorchy	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	137.0%	1,325	967
North Hobart	4th	4	-0-	6	16	94.3%	1,159	1,229
Sandy Bay	5th	3	-0-	7	12	77.5%	1,027	1,326
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	9	4	66.9%	949	1,418

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/06/1985	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Glenorchy	Boyer Oval	88	-	96	1,594
SAT	22/06/1985	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Hobart	KGV Oval	88	-	76	968
SAT	22/06/1985	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	40	-	100	1,266

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	10	-0-	1	40	131.8%	1,329	1,008
Glenorchy	2nd	7	-0-	4	28	134.7%	1,421	1,055
New Norfolk	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	119.0%	1,320	1,109
North Hobart	4th	5	-0-	6	20	95.6%	1,247	1,305
Sandy Bay	5th	3	-0-	8	12	74.8%	1,067	1,426
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	10	4	68.1%	1,025	1,506

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/06/1985	2:10 PM	Hobart v Clarence	KGV Oval	79	-	170	1,066
SAT	29/06/1985	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Sandy Bay	Boyer Oval	131	-	100	1,065
SAT	29/06/1985	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	85	-	128	1,976

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	11	-0-	1	44	137.9%	1,499	1,087
Glenorchy	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	135.9%	1,549	1,140
New Norfolk	3rd	8	-0-	4	32	120.0%	1,451	1,209
North Hobart	4th	5	-0-	7	20	93.0%	1,332	1,433
Sandy Bay	5th	3	-0-	9	12	75.0%	1,167	1,557
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	11	4	65.9%	1,104	1,676

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/07/1985	2:10 PM	Clarence v New Norfolk	Bellerive Oval	96	-	75	1,966
SAT	06/07/1985	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Hobart	KGV Oval	147	-	100	1,215
SAT	06/07/1985	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v North Hobart	Queenborough Oval	148	-	119	1,172

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	12	-0-	1	48	137.3%	1,595	1,162
Glenorchy	2nd	9	-0-	4	36	136.8%	1,696	1,240
New Norfolk	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	116.9%	1,526	1,305
North Hobart	4th	5	-0-	8	20	91.8%	1,451	1,581
Sandy Bay	5th	4	-0-	9	16	78.5%	1,315	1,676
Hobart	6th	1	-0-	12	4	66.0%	1,204	1,823

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/07/1985	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	Bellerive Oval	67	-	98	2,639
SAT	13/07/1985	2:10 PM	Hobart v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	119	-	88	865
SAT	13/07/1985	2:10 PM	North Hobart v New Norfolk	North Hobart Oval	72	-	97	1,358

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	12	-0-	2	48	131.9%	1,662	1,260
Glenorchy	2nd	10	-0-	4	40	137.3%	1,794	1,307
New Norfolk	3rd	9	-0-	5	36	117.9%	1,623	1,377
North Hobart	4th	5	-0-	9	20	90.8%	1,523	1,678
Sandy Bay	5th	4	-0-	10	16	78.2%	1,403	1,795
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	12	8	69.2%	1,323	1,911

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/07/1985	2:01 PM	New Norfolk v Hobart	Boyer Oval	183	-	73	965
SAT	20/07/1985	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Sandy Bay	KGV Oval	177	-	76	1,328
SAT	20/07/1985	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	87	-	118	1,861

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	13	-0-	2	52	132.1%	1,780	1,347
Glenorchy	2nd	11	-0-	4	44	142.5%	1,971	1,383
New Norfolk	3rd	10	-0-	5	40	124.6%	1,806	1,450
North Hobart	4th	5	-0-	10	20	89.6%	1,610	1,796
Sandy Bay	5th	4	-0-	11	16	75.0%	1,479	1,972
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	13	8	66.7%	1,396	2,094

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/07/1985	2:01 PM	Glenorchy v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	191	-	89	2,136
SAT	27/07/1985	2:10 PM	Clarence v Sandy Bay	Bellerive Oval	121	-	114	1,359
SAT	27/07/1985	2:10 PM	Hobart v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	122	-	159	1,120

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	14	-0-	2	56	130.1%	1,901	1,461
Glenorchy	2nd	12	-0-	4	48	146.9%	2,162	1,472
New Norfolk	3rd	10	-0-	6	40	115.5%	1,895	1,641
North Hobart	4th	6	-0-	10	24	92.2%	1,769	1,918
Sandy Bay	5th	4	-0-	12	16	76.1%	1,593	2,093
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	14	8	67.4%	1,518	2,253

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/08/1985	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	KGV Oval	73	-	152	2,858
SAT	03/08/1985	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	Boyer Oval	116	-	70	1,090
SAT	03/08/1985	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Hobart	North Hobart Oval	146	-	134	899

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	15	-0-	2	60	133.8%	2,053	1,534
Glenorchy	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	137.6%	2,235	1,624
New Norfolk	3rd	11	-0-	6	44	117.5%	2,011	1,711
North Hobart	4th	6	-0-	11	24	90.4%	1,839	2,034
Sandy Bay	5th	5	-0-	12	20	78.1%	1,739	2,227
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	15	8	68.9%	1,652	2,399

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/08/1985	2:10 PM	Hobart v Glenorchy	KGV Oval	71	-	160	1,086
SAT	10/08/1985	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v Clarence	Boyer Oval	116	-	113	1,557
SAT	10/08/1985	2:10 PM	North Hobart v Sandy Bay	North Hobart Oval	162	-	141	1,758

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	15	-0-	3	60	131.3%	2,166	1,650
Glenorchy	2nd	13	-0-	5	52	141.3%	2,395	1,695
New Norfolk	3rd	12	-0-	6	48	116.6%	2,127	1,824
North Hobart	4th	7	-0-	11	28	92.0%	2,001	2,175
Sandy Bay	5th	5	-0-	13	20	78.7%	1,880	2,389
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	16	8	67.3%	1,723	2,559

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/08/1985	2:10 PM	Clarence v Hobart	Bellerive Oval	164	-	94	1,097
SAT	17/08/1985	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v North Hobart	KGV Oval	78	-	83	1,844
SAT	17/08/1985	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v New Norfolk	Queenborough Oval	132	-	94	1,086

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	16	-0-	3	64	133.6%	2,330	1,744
Glenorchy	2nd	13	-0-	6	52	139.1%	2,473	1,778
New Norfolk	3rd	12	-0-	7	48	113.5%	2,221	1,956
North Hobart	4th	8	-0-	11	32	92.5%	2,084	2,253
Sandy Bay	5th	6	-0-	13	24	81.0%	2,012	2,483
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	17	8	66.7%	1,817	2,723

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/08/1985	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	Bellerive Oval	209	-	50	1,939
SAT	24/08/1985	2:10 PM	Hobart v New Norfolk	KGV Oval	99	-	136	952
SAT	24/08/1985	2:10 PM	Sandy Bay v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	123	-	162	1,547

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Clarence	1st	17	-0-	3	68	141.5%	2,539	1,794
Glenorchy	2nd	14	-0-	6	56	138.6%	2,635	1,901
New Norfolk	3rd	13	-0-	7	52	114.7%	2,357	2,055
North Hobart	4th	8	-0-	12	32	86.7%	2,134	2,462
Sandy Bay	5th	6	-0-	14	24	80.7%	2,135	2,645
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	18	8	67.0%	1,916	2,859

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Clarence	1st	17	-0-	3	68	141.5%	2,539	1,794	372	307	260	234
Glenorchy	2nd	14	-0-	6	56	138.6%	2,635	1,901	384	331	277	239
New Norfolk	3rd	13	-0-	7	52	114.7%	2,357	2,055	353	239	297	273
North Hobart	4th	8	-0-	12	32	86.7%	2,134	2,462	315	244	366	266
Sandy Bay	5th	6	-0-	14	24	80.7%	2,135	2,645	311	269	391	299
Hobart	6th	2	-0-	18	8	67.0%	1,916	2,859	279	242	423	321

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	31/08/1985	2:10 PM	New Norfolk v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	121	-	159	5,345
SAT	07/09/1985	2:10 PM	Clarence v Glenorchy	North Hobart Oval	102	-	137	6,567

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Glenorchy	1st
Clarence	2nd
North Hobart	3rd
New Norfolk	4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/09/1985	2:10 PM	Clarence v North Hobart	North Hobart Oval	137	-	115	7,729

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Glenorchy	1st
Clarence	2nd
North Hobart	3rd
New Norfolk	4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/09/1985	2:10 PM	Glenorchy v Clarence	North Hobart Oval	75	-	71	16,561

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Glenorchy	1st
Clarence	2nd
North Hobart	3rd
New Norfolk	4th

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