1968 TANFL season

1968 TANFL premiership season
Teams
PremiersNew Norfolk
Minor premiersNew Norfolk
4th minor premiership
Attendance
Matches played64
Total attendance277,769 (4,340 per match)
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The 1968 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 6 April and 21 September 1968.

Participating Clubs

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1968 TANFL Club Coaches

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TANFL Reserves Grand Final

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TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

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(Saturday, 28 September 1968)

State Preliminary Final

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(Saturday, 28 September 1968)

  • Scottsdale 16.15 (111) v East Devonport 11.10 (76) – Att: 7,659 at York Park

State Grand Final

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(Saturday, 5 October 1968)

  • New Norfolk: 1.4 (10) | 3.10 (28) | 5.11 (41) | 9.13 (67)
  • Scottsdale: 1.0 (6) | 3.4 (22) | 6.9 (45) | 7.12 (54)
  • Attendance: 11,329 at North Hobart Oval

Intrastate Matches

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Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 11 May 1968)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 15 June 1968)

Interstate Match

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(Saturday, 29 June 1968)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

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  • John Mills (Clarence) – 49
  • Graeme "Harry" Dwyer (Nth Hobart) – 40
  • Ben Nusteling (New Norfolk) – 40
  • David Collins (Nth Hobart) – 39

Medal Winners

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  • Bob Lucas (Clarence) – William Leitch Medal
  • Bill Patmore (Nth Hobart) & Wayne Hayes (Glenorchy) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • S.Appleby (Buckingham) & A.Caudwell (Nth Hobart) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
  • John Devine (Nth Hobart) – Lefroy Medal (Best player in Interstate match)
  • Roger Steele (Sandy Bay) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best player in Intrastate matches)

1968 TANFL Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 New Norfolk 20 12 7 1 1617 1460 110.8 50
2 North Hobart 20 12 8 0 1615 1435 112.5 48
3 Clarence 20 11 8 1 1620 1442 112.3 46
4 Glenorchy 20 9 11 0 1605 1591 100.9 36
5 Sandy Bay 20 8 11 1 1489 1689 88.2 32[a]
6 Hobart 20 6 13 1 1458 1787 81.6 26
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 2 points deducted?

Round 1

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(Saturday, 6 April 1968)

Round 2

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(Saturday, 13 April & Monday, 15 April 1968)

Note: North Hobart Football Club's record home attendance.

Round 3

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(Saturday, 20 April 1968)

Round 4

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(Thursday, 25 April & Saturday, 27 April 1968)

Round 5

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(Saturday, 4 May 1968)

Round 6

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(Saturday, 18 May 1968)

Round 7

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(Saturday, 25 May 1968)

Round 8

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(Saturday, 1 June 1968)

Round 9

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(Saturday, 8 June & Monday, 10 June 1968)

Round 10

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(Saturday, 15 June 1968)

Round 11

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(Saturday, 22 June 1968)

  • Nth Hobart 17.10 (112) v Sandy Bay 8.5 (53) – Att: 4,319 at North Hobart Oval
  • Glenorchy 13.14 (92) v Clarence 11.15 (81) – Att: 3,614 at KGV Park
  • Hobart 13.9 (87) v New Norfolk 12.15 (87) – Att: 2,045 at TCA Ground

Round 12

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(Saturday, 29 June 1968)

Round 13

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(Saturday, 6 July 1968)

Round 14

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(Saturday, 13 July 1968)

  • Clarence 19.18 (132) v Hobart 11.6 (72) – Att: 3,440 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Norfolk 19.9 (123) v Sandy Bay 5.8 (38) – Att: 2,206 at Boyer Oval
  • Nth Hobart 11.15 (81) v Glenorchy 10.10 (70) – Att: 3,895 at KGV Park

Round 15

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(Saturday, 20 July 1968)

Round 16

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(Saturday, 27 July 1968)

Round 17

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(Saturday, 3 August 1968)

Round 18

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(Saturday, 10 August 1968)

Round 19

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(Saturday, 17 August 1968)

Round 20

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(Saturday, 24 August 1968)

  • Clarence 11.19 (85) v Sandy Bay 10.7 (67) – Att: 5,665 at North Hobart Oval
  • Nth Hobart 11.14 (80) v New Norfolk 11.10 (76) – Att: 3,121 at Boyer Oval
  • Glenorchy 21.14 (140) v Hobart 7.6 (48) – Att: 2,447 at KGV Park

First Semi Final

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(Saturday, 31 August 1968)

  • Clarence: 4.1 (25) | 9.4 (58) | 12.7 (79) | 17.14 (116)
  • Glenorchy: 2.1 (13) | 5.2 (32) | 7.4 (46) | 9.8 (62)
  • Attendance: 11,736 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

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(Saturday, 7 September 1968)

  • Nth Hobart: 5.3 (33) | 10.5 (65) | 12.8 (80) | 18.13 (121)
  • New Norfolk: 1.7 (13) | 3.8 (26) | 7.13 (55) | 9.14 (68)
  • Attendance: 11,172 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

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(Saturday, 14 September 1968)

  • New Norfolk: 3.4 (22) | 4.11 (35) | 7.14 (56) | 7.18 (60)
  • Clarence: 0.4 (4) | 1.6 (12) | 2.6 (18) | 6.11 (47)
  • Attendance: 14,347 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

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(Saturday, 21 September 1968)

  • New Norfolk: 3.4 (22) | 4.6 (30) | 10.11 (71) | 14.13 (97)
  • Nth Hobart: 1.3 (9) | 3.7 (25) | 4.9 (33) | 9.14 (68)
  • Attendance: 19,236 at North Hobart Oval

Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.