1952 TANFL season

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The 1952 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over fifteen (15) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 19 April and 27 September 1952.

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1952 TANFL Premiership Season
General Information
Founded12 June 1879 in Hobart, Tasmania
Previous NamesTFA (1879–1886)
STFA (1887–1896)
STFL (1897)
STFA (1898–1905)
TFL (1906–1927)
TANFL PresidentMr Merv McNeair
Participating Clubs Clarence Kangaroos
New Town Magpies
Hobart Tigers
New Norfolk Eagles
North Hobart Robins
Sandy Bay Seagulls
Stadiums North Hobart Oval
TCA Ground
New Town Oval
Bellerive Oval
Boyer Oval
Queenborough Oval
1952 TANFL Premiership Season.
PremiersSandy Bay 14.9 (93) v Hobart 11.9 (75)
Minor PremiersHobart (3rd)
Wooden SpoonerNew Norfolk (2nd)
Grand Final attendance11,086 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance93,864 for 45 matches at 2,086
Total Finals Series attendance30,417 for 4 matches at 7,604
Total aggregate attendance124,281 for 49 matches at 2,536

Participating Clubs

1952 TANFL Club Coaches

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)

Note: North West affiliated to North Hobart, Macalburn affiliated to Hobart.

Intrastate Matches

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 24 May 1952)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 14 June 1952)

Note: This match was a curtain raiser to a VFL Premiership fixture between Fitzroy and Melbourne.

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 5 July 1952)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 2 August 1952)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

Medal Winners

1952 TANFL Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Hobart 1513201560960162.552
2 New Town 15105014601127129.540
3 Sandy Bay 1587012961097118.132
4 Clarence 158701204123697.432
5 North Hobart 1541101028129279.616
6 New Norfolk 152130801163748.98
Source: [ citation needed ]

Round 1

(Saturday, 19 April 1952)

Round 2

(Saturday, 26 April 1952)

Round 3

(Saturday, 3 May 1952)

Round 4

(Saturday, 10 May 1952)

Round 5

(Saturday, 17 May 1952)

Round 6

(Saturday, 31 May 1952)

Round 7

(Saturday, 7 June & Monday, 9 June 1952)

Note: The Saturday match was switched from North Hobart to the TCA Ground due to poor ground conditions and inclement weather.

Round 8

(Saturday, 21 June 1952)

Round 9

(Saturday, 12 July 1952)

Note: This round was postponed on 28 June due to poor ground conditions and inclement weather.

Round 10

(Saturday, 19 July 1952)

Round 11

(Saturday, 26 July 1952)

Round 12

(Saturday, 9 August 1952)

Round 13

(Saturday, 16 August 1952)

Round 14

(Saturday, 23 August 1952)

Round 15

(Saturday, 30 August 1952)

Note: Bernie Waldron (Hobart) equals the TANFL record with 15.3, also a Hobart club record.

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 6 September 1952)

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 13 September 1952)

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 20 September 1952)

Grand Final

(Saturday, 27 September 1952)

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

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