1961 TANFL season
Australian rules football season
The 1961 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL ) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart , Tasmania over twenty (20) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 1 April and 16 September 1961.
Participating clubs
1961 TANFL Club Coaches
Stuart Spencer & Geoff Frier (Stand-In) (Clarence)
John Chick (Glenorchy)
Mal Pascoe (Hobart)
Athol Webb (New Norfolk)
Peter Marquis (North Hobart)
Stan Booth (Sandy Bay)
TANFL Reserves Grand Final
TANFL Under-19's Grand Final
State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)
Lindisfarne 9.18 (72) v Glenorchy 8.2 (50) – New Town Oval
State Preliminary Final
(Saturday, 23 September 1961)
State Grand Final
(Saturday, 30 September 1961)
Nth Hobart: 1.0 (6) | 8.4 (52) | 9.4 (58) | 13.8 (86)
Cooee: 2.1 (13) | 2.4 (16) | 5.9 (39) | 8.10 (58)
Attendance : 8,000 at West Park Oval
Intrastate Matches
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 6 May 1961)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 24 June 1961)
Interstate Matches
See: 1961 Australian National Football Carnival
Match One (Sunday, 16 July 1961)
Match Three (Wednesday, 19 July 1961)
Match Five (Saturday, 22 July 1961)
Interstate Match (Monday, 12 June 1961)
Leading Goalkickers: TANFL
Noel Clarke (Nth Hobart) – 74
Medal Winners
Roger Browning (New Norfolk) – William Leitch Medal
Barry Beckett (Sandy Bay) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
Ian Stewart (Macalburn) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
John Noble (Nth Hobart) – Lefroy Medal (Best player in Interstate matches)
Peter Marquis (Nth Hobart) & Dale Flint (Sandy Bay) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best player/s in Intrastate matches)
1961 TANFL Ladder
Team
Played
Won
Lost
Draw
For
Against
Percentage
Points
North Hobart
20
13
7
0
1550
1220
127.05%
52
Glenorchy
20
12
8
0
1439
1296
111.02%
48
Clarence
20
11
9
0
1362
1353
100.66%
44
Sandy Bay
20
10
9
1
1471
1200
122.59%
42
Hobart
20
9
11
0
1503
1645
91.37%
36
New Norfolk
20
4
15
1
1107
1610
69.13%
18
Round 1
(Saturday, 1 April & Monday, 3 April 1961)
Round 2
(Saturday, 8 April 1961)
Round 3
(Saturday, 15 April 1961)
Round 4
(Saturday, 22 April 1961)
Round 5
(Saturday, 29 April 1961)
Round 6
(Saturday, 6 May 1961)
Round 7
(Saturday, 13 May 1961)
Round 8
(Saturday, 20 May 1961)
Round 9
(Saturday, 27 May 1961)
Round 10
(Saturday, 3 June 1961)
Round 11
(Saturday, 10 June 1961)
Round 12
(Saturday, 17 June 1961)
Round 13
(Saturday, 1 July 1961)
Round 14
(Saturday, 8 July 1961)
Round 15
(Saturday, 15 July 1961)
Round 16
(Saturday, 22 July 1961)
Round 17
(Saturday, 29 July 1961)
Round 18
(Saturday, 5 August 1961)
Round 19
(Saturday, 12 August 1961)
Round 20
(Saturday, 19 August 1961)
First Semi Final
(Saturday, 26 August 1961)
Sandy Bay: 2.3 (15) | 5.5 (35) | 6.8 (44) | 11.11 (77)
Clarence: 2.2 (14) | 7.4 (46) | 8.9 (57) | 8.10 (58)
Attendance : 8,859 at North Hobart Oval
Second Semi Final
(Saturday, 2 September 1961)
Nth Hobart: 3.3 (21) | 5.7 (37) | 9.9 (63) | 11.10 (76)
Glenorchy: 2.1 (13) | 4.2 (26) | 5.2 (32) | 10.6 (66)
Attendance : 8,922 at North Hobart Oval
Preliminary Final
(Saturday, 9 September 1961)
Glenorchy: 3.3 (21) | 6.6 (42) | 9.10 (64) | 13.13 (91)
Sandy Bay: 1.2 (8) | 8.4 (52) | 8.6 (54) | 9.8 (62)
Attendance : 10,265 at North Hobart Oval
Grand Final
(Saturday, 16 September 1961)
Nth Hobart: 5.4 (34) | 9.6 (60) | 13.9 (87) | 16.12 (108)
Glenorchy: 2.1 (13) | 5.3 (33) | 6.5 (41) | 11.6 (72)
Attendance : 15,217 at North Hobart Oval
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.
TANFL/TFL Statewide League/TSL seasons