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1946 TANFL season

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1946 TANFL premiership season
Teams
PremiersSandy Bay
Minor premiersNew Town
Attendance
Matches played33
Total attendance105,186 (3,187 per match)
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The 1946 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over fifteen roster rounds and three finals series matches between 4 May and 28 September 1946.

Participating clubs

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1946 TANFL Club Coaches

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  • Noel Gray Sr & Ron Savage (Hobart)
  • Brian Kelly (New Town)
  • Arthur O'Brien & Dinny Kelleher (North Hobart)
  • Lance Collins (Sandy Bay)

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

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TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

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State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)

  • Buckingham 5.5 (35) v South East 2.4 (16) – New Town Oval

Note: Buckingham were aligned with New Town, South East were aligned with Sandy Bay.

State Grand Final

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(Saturday, 5 October 1946)

  • Sandy Bay: 3.6 (24) | 5.7 (37) | 11.9 (75) | 13.13 (91)
  • Nth Launceston: 2.1 (13) | 6.8 (44) | 10.9 (69) | 12.13 (85)
  • Attendance: 7,852 at North Hobart Oval

Intrastate Matches

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Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 8 June 1946)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 29 June 1946)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 20 July 1946)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 10 August 1946)

Inter-Association Match (Saturday, 29 June 1946)

  • TANFL 16.19 (115) v Huon FA 14.15 (99) – Att: 700 at Franklin Football Ground

Inter-Association Match (Saturday, 10 August 1946)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

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  • Alf Cook (New Town) – 58

Medal winners

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  • Ernie Pilkington (Sandy Bay) – William Leitch Medal
  • Alan Hughes (Macalburn) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)

1946 TANFL Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 New Town 15 9 4 2 1462 1124 130.1 40
2 North Hobart 15 9 5 1 1153 1054 109.4 38
3 Sandy Bay 15 8 6 1 1375 1172 117.3 34
4 Hobart 15 2 13 0 991 1631 60.8 8
Source: [citation needed]

Round 1

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(Saturday, 4 May 1946)

Round 2

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(Saturday, 11 May 1946)

Round 3

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(Saturday, 18 May 1946)

Round 4

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(Saturday, 25 May 1946)

Round 5

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(Saturday, 1 June 1946)

Note: Hobart Football Club's maiden TANFL victory.

Round 6

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(Monday, 10 June 1946)

Round 7

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(Saturday, 15 June & Monday, 17 June 1946)

Round 8

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(Saturday, 22 June 1946)

Round 9

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(Saturday, 6 July 1946)

Round 10

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(Saturday, 13 July 1946)

Round 11

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(Saturday, 27 July 1946)

Round 12

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(Saturday, 3 August 1946)

Round 13

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(Saturday, 17 August 1946)

Round 14

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(Saturday, 31 August 1946)

Note: This round was postponed by one week due to inclement weather conditions.

Round 15

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(Saturday, 7 September 1946)

Note: Alf Cook (New Town) scores 14 goals, second highest individual total of all time to 1946.

Semi-final

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(Saturday, 14 September 1946)

  • Sandy Bay: 1.3 (9) | 6.9 (45) | 9.14 (68) | 12.18 (90)
  • Nth Hobart: 4.2 (26) | 4.5 (29) | 7.10 (52) | 10.13 (73)
  • Attendance: 6,900 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

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(Saturday, 21 September 1946)

  • Sandy Bay: 1.7 (13) | 6.9 (45) | 10.14 (74) | 17.19 (121)
  • New Town: 1.4 (10) | 5.8 (38) | 11.13 (79) | 15.19 (109)
  • Attendance: 9,400 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

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(Saturday, 28 September 1946)

  • Sandy Bay: 1.3 (9) | 4.9 (33) | 7.10 (52) | 12.16 (88)
  • New Town: 1.4 (10) | 1.10 (16) | 4.16 (40) | 5.16 (46)
  • Attendance: 12,500 at North Hobart Oval

Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury publications.