| 1926 TANFL season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 4 |
| Premiers | Cananore 8th premiership |
| Leading goalkicker | J. Brain (Cananore – 64 goals) |
The 1926 TANFL season was the 45th season of the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in southern Tasmania.
Cananore won the TANFL premiership for the 8th time, defeating New Town in the grand final by 32 points.
In 1926, the roster matches were to feature three rounds played for 2 premiership points per win, then three rounds played for 4 premiership points per win – a scheduled total of 18 matches. Then, if necessary, the club with the most or equal-most premiership points would play a grand final against the club with best win–loss record, if that record was equal or better than that of the premiership points leader, to determine the premiers. [1]
After sixteen matches, the league opted to cancel Lefroy's and North Hobart's remaining two matches. [2] Then in the only remaining roster match, New Town 9.11 (65) defeated Cananore 7.16 (58) to tie the two clubs on points and force a grand final. [3]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cananore (P) | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 36 | Grand final |
| 2 | New Town | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 36 | |
| 3 | Lefroy | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 12 | |
| 4 | North Hobart | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
| 1926 TFL grand final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 9 October | Cananore | def. | New Town | North Hobart Oval (crowd: 10,000) | [5] |
| 3.1 (19) 7.3 (45) 10.6 (66) 14.8 (92) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.5 (23) 7.7 (49) 7.9 (51) 8.12 (60) | |||
| Ahearne 6, Ford 2, Gorringe 2, Pringle, R. Johns, Bowden | Goals | Friend 2, Moore 2, Rowe 2, Robertson, Mills | |||
| Ford, for fighting C. Lucas, for striking O'Brien E. Doolan, for striking Paul | Reports | Williams, for fighting | |||