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The 1973 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania, over nineteen (19) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 7 April and 15 September 1973.

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1973 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 O.B.E
Participating Clubs Clarence Kangaroos
Glenorchy Magpies
Hobart Tigers
New Norfolk Eagles
North Hobart Demons
Sandy Bay Seagulls
Stadiums North Hobart Oval
Bellerive Oval
KGV Football Park
TCA Ground
Boyer Oval
Queenborough Oval
1973 TANFL Premiership Season.
PremiersHobart 11.19 (85) v Sandy Bay 10.5 (65)
Minor PremierSandy Bay (5th)
Wooden SpoonerNth Hobart
Grand Final attendance14,720 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance155,803 for 57 matches at 2,733
Total Finals Series attendance40,936 for 4 matches at 10,234
Total aggregate attendance196,739 for 61 matches at 3,225

Participating Clubs

1973 TANFL Club Coaches

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

State Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 22 September 1973)

State Grand Final

(Saturday, 29 September 1973) (Licorice Gallery Article: 1973 State Grand Final) Archived 30 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine

Intrastate Matches

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 30 April 1973)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 26 May 1973)

Interstate Match

(Saturday, 2 June 1973)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

Medal Winners

1973 TANFL Ladder

TeamPlayedWonLostDrawForAgainstPercentagePoints
Sandy Bay 19190023151465158.02%76
Glenorchy 1910901761181796.97%40
Clarence 1910901762186093.66%40
Hobart 1971201676193986.44%28
New Norfolk 1961301653176993.44%24
North Hobart 1951401692200984.22%20

Round 1

(Saturday, 7 April 1973)

Round 2

(Saturday, 14 April 1973)

Round 3

(Saturday, 21 April. Monday, 23 April & Wednesday, 25 April 1973)

Round 4

(Saturday, 28 May 1973)

Round 5

(Saturday, 5 May 1973)

Round 6

(Saturday, 12 May 1973)

Round 7

(Saturday, 19 May 1973)

Round 8

(Monday, 4 June 1973)

Round 9

(Saturday, 9 June 1973)

Round 10

(Saturday, 16 June 1973)

Round 11

(Saturday, 23 June 1973)

Round 12

(Saturday, 30 June 1973)

Round 13

(Saturday, 7 July 1973)

Round 14

(Saturday, 14 July 1973)

Round 15

(Saturday, 21 July 1973)

Round 16

(Saturday, 28 July 1973)

Round 17

(Saturday, 4 August 1973)

Round 18

(Saturday, 11 August 1973)

Round 19

(Saturday, 18 August 1973)

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 25 August 1973)

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 1 September 1973)

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 8 September 1973)

Grand Final

(Saturday, 15 September 1973)

Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.

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