The 1956 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 31 March and 8 September 1956.
The Tasmanian State League (TSL), colloquially known as the "Tasmanian Football League (TFL)" is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, or simply called Aussie rules, football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the oval-shaped ball between goal posts or between behind posts.
Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. With a population of approximately 225,000, it is the least populated Australian state capital city, and second smallest if territories are taken into account. Founded in 1804 as a British penal colony, Hobart, formerly known as Hobart Town or Hobarton, is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney, New South Wales. Prior to British settlement, the Hobart area had been occupied for possibly as long as 35,000 years, by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener tribe, a sub-group of the Nuennone, or South-East tribe. The descendants of these Aboriginal Tasmanians often refer to themselves as 'Palawa'.
General Information | |
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Founded | 12 June 1879 in Hobart, Tasmania |
Previous Names | TFA (1879–1886) STFA (1887-1896) STFL (1897) STFA (1898-1905) TFL (1906–1927) |
TANFL President | Mr Merv McNeair |
Participating Clubs | Clarence Kangaroos New Town Magpies Hobart Tigers New Norfolk Eagles North Hobart Robins Sandy Bay Seagulls |
Stadiums | North Hobart Oval New Town Oval Bellerive Oval Boyer Oval Queenborough Oval |
1956 TANFL Premiership Season. | |
Premiers | New Town 8.7 (55) v Nth Hobart 7.10 (52) |
Minor Premier | Nth Hobart |
Wooden Spooner | Clarence (5th) |
Grand Final attendance | 12,182 at North Hobart Oval |
Total Roster Series attendance | 128,821 for 45 matches at 2,863 |
Total Finals Series attendance | 39,047 for 4 matches at 9,761 |
Total aggregate attendance | 167,868 for 49 matches at 3,426 |
The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League, based in Bellerive, Tasmania.
The Glenorchy District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Tasmanian State League and the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia.
Hobart Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Hobart, Tasmania. They play their home fixtures at the TCA Ground on the Queens Domain, in Hobart and from 2014, the club has been a member of the Southern Football League after voting to withdraw from the Tasmanian State League at the end of the 2013 season after five seasons in that competition.
Rex Elvyn Garwood was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football in the Tasmanian Football League and first-class cricket for Tasmania during the 1950s.
John L. Leedham was an Australian rules footballer who is the vice captain of and ruck-rover in the official Tasmanian Football Team of the Century. He is also a 'legend' in the state's Football Hall of Fame.
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North Hobart Oval is a sports venue in North Hobart, Tasmania, used for Australian rules football.
State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)
(Saturday, 15 September 1956)
Attendance is the concept of people, individually or as a group, appearing at a location for a previously scheduled event. Measuring attendance is a significant concern for many organizations, which can use such information to gauge the effective ness of their efforts and to plan for future efforts.
(Saturday, 29 September 1956)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 28 April 1956)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 26 May 1956)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 23 June 1956)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 21 July 1956)
Inter-Association Match (Saturday, 21 July 1956)
See: 1956 Australian National Football Championships
Match Two (Thursday, 14 June 1956)
Match Five (Tuesday, 19 June 1956)
Match Eight (Thursday, 21 June 1956)
Match Nine (Saturday, 23 June 1956)
Team | Played | Won | Lost | Draw | For | Against | Percentage | Points |
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North Hobart | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1357 | 1036 | 130.98% | 48 |
Sandy Bay | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1230 | 1099 | 111.92% | 40 |
New Town | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1326 | 1210 | 109.59% | 32 |
New Norfolk | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1113 | 1161 | 95.87% | 32 |
Hobart | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1119 | 1289 | 86.81% | 16 |
Clarence | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 971 | 1401 | 69.31% | 12 |
(Saturday, 31 March. Monday, 2 April & Saturday 7 April 1956)
(Saturday, 14 April 1956)
(Saturday, 21 April 1956)
(Saturday, 5 May 1956)
(Saturday, 12 May 1957)
(Saturday, 19 May 1956)
(Saturday, 2 June & Monday, 4 June 1956)
(Saturday, 9 June 1956)
(Saturday, 16 June 1956)
(Saturday, 30 June 1956)
(Saturday, 7 July 1956)
(Saturday, 14 July 1956)
(Saturday, 28 July 1956)
(Saturday, 4 August 1956)
(Saturday, 11 August 1956)
Note: Final senior TANFL match staged at New Town Oval, New Town relocated to Glenorchy after this season, moving to KGV Park.
(Saturday, 18 August 1956)
(Saturday, 25 August 1956)
(Saturday, 1 September 1956)
(Saturday, 8 September 1956)
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.
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Owing to the dispute between all parties the ground did not host any TANFL fixtures until Hobart resumed playing home matches there in 1961.