1940 TANFL season
Appearance
1940 TANFL season | |
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Teams | 7 |
Premiers | North Hobart 14th premiership |
Minor premiers | North Hobart |
Wooden spooners | New Town |
William Leitch Medallist | Geoff Kilmartin (Cananore) |
Leading goalkicker | Jack Metherell (North Hobart − 69 goals) |
The 1940 TANFL season was the 59th season of the Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in southern Tasmania.[1][2]
North Hobart won the TSL premiership for the 14th time and the third year in a row, defeating Cananore by 57 points in the 1940 TANFL Grand Final.[3][4]
Ladder
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | North Hobart (P) | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 46 | Finals series | |||
2 | Cananore | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 38 | ||||
3 | Lefroy | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 32 | ||||
4 | New Town | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 28 |
Source: [5][6][7][8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals
[edit]Semi-final
[edit]Semi-final | |||||
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Saturday, 31 August | Cananore 13.6 (84) | def. | Lefroy 12.6 (78) | North Hobart Oval (crowd: 3,990) | [9][10][11] |
Grand Final
[edit]1940 TANFL Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 17 September (3:00 pm) | North Hobart | def. | Cananore | North Hobart Oval (crowd: 5,420) | [12][13][14] |
5.2 (32) 8.2 (50) 15.6 (96) 18.8 (116) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
2.6 (18) 6.10 (46) 6.10 (46) 7.17 (59) |
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Metherell 6, Pye 4, T. Richardson 3, Gray 2, Manson, Gorman, Jones | Goals | N. Richardson 2, Sproule, McDonald, Cooper, Tudor, Cook | |||
Abbott, Metherell, Pye, Challender, T. Richardson, Collis, Jones, Taylor, Andrews, Hooper, Loring, Goggins | Best | Watkins, Turner, Sproule, Gaunt, Lette, Haley, Cashman, McDonald, Geappen, Clothier, Cooper, Tudor, Kelly | |||
Awards
[edit]- Geoff Kilmartin (Cananore) won the William Leitch Medal as the TANFL's best and fairest player.[15][16]
- Jack Metherell (North Hobart) was the TANFL's leading goalkicker, finishing the season with 69 goals.[17][18]
- North Hobart won the Tasmanian State Premiership for the seventh time and the second year in a row, defeating Launceston (NTFA) by 56 points on 28 September 1940.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ Onlooker (3 February 1940). "J. Metherell Again Appointed". The Mercury. p. 17. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Lefroy At Full Strength For Match Tomorrow". The Mercury. 28 June 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "TASMANIA" (PDF). AFL.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "TFA / STFA / TFL Premiership Winners". Pat Hartnett - Tasmanian Football. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 22 October 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Victory For New Town May Give It Top Position". The Mercury. 9 August 1940. p. 8. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Minor Premiership Contestants". The Examiner. 19 August 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "NORTH HOBART AFTER PREMIERSHIP". The Examiner. 26 August 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "MINOR PREMIERSHIP". The Mercury. 26 August 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "SEMI-FINAL TO CANANORE". The Examiner. 2 September 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Hobart Semi-Final to Cananore". Advocate. 2 September 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP". The Mercury. 6 September 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "North Hobart Collect Their 3rd Consecutive Premiership". Voice. 7 September 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "NORTH HOBART EASILY". The Examiner. 9 September 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "North Hobart Takes Pennant". Advocate. 9 September 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Further Football". Old Virgilians Association. Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "2010 Great Club – Cananore/Hobart Football Club". AFL Tasmania Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Jack Metherell". Australian Football. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "44. Jack Metherell". AFL Tasmania Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "State Premiership to North Hobart". Advocate. 30 September 1940. p. 3. Retrieved 24 November 2024.