1976 TANFL season

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The 1976 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over seventeen (17) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 3 April and 11 September 1976.

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1976 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 R.T Butler
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
1976 TANFL Premiership Season.
PremiersSandy Bay 21.10 (136) v Glenorchy 5.9 (39)
Minor PremierSandy Bay (6th)
Wooden SpoonNth Hobart
Grand Final attendance10,881 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance96,865 for 51 matches at 1,899
Total Finals Series attendance31,368 for 4 matches at 7,842
Total aggregate attendance128,233 for 55 matches at 2,331

Participating Clubs

1976 TANFL Club Coaches

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

State Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 18 September 1976)

State Grand Final

(Saturday, 25 September 1976)

Interstate Matches

Interstate Match (Saturday, 12 June 1976)

Interstate Match (Sunday, 11 July 1976)

Intrastate Matches

Jubilee Shield – (Saturday, 15 May 1976)

Jubilee Shield – (Saturday, 29 May 1976)

Inter-Association Match – (Sunday, 16 May 1976)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

Medal Winners

1976 TANFL Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Sandy Bay 17152018751270147.660
2 Glenorchy 17116018471449127.544
3 Clarence 179801607162998.636
4 Hobart 1789017891699105.332
5 New Norfolk 1761101480176783.824
6 North Hobart 1721501186197060.28
Source: [ citation needed ]

Round 1

(Saturday, 3 April 1976)

Round 2

(Saturday, 10 April 1976)

Round 3

(Saturday, 17 April & Monday, 19 April 1976)

Round 4

(Saturday, 24 April 1976)

Round 5

(Saturday, 1 May 1976)

Round 6

(Saturday, 8 May 1976)

Round 7

(Saturday, 22 May 1976)

Round 8

(Saturday, 29 May 1976)

Round 9

(Saturday, 5 June 1976)

Round 10

(Monday, 14 June 1976)

Round 11

(Saturday, 19 June 1976)

Round 12

(Saturday, 26 June & Saturday, 3 July 1976)

Round 13

(Saturday, 10 July 1976)

Round 14

(Saturday, 17 July 1976)

Round 15

(Saturday, 24 July 1976)

Round 16

(Saturday, 31 July 1976)

Round 17

(Saturday, 14 August 1976)

Note: This round was postponed by one week on 7 August due to poor weather and ground conditions.

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 21 August 1976)

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 28 August 1976)

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 4 September 1976)

Grand Final

(Saturday, 11 September 1976)

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

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