1979 TANFL season

**1979 TANFL Premiership Season**
General Information
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 Don Fenton
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 ;
1979 TANFL Premiership Season.
Premiers	Clarence 12.11 (83) v Glenorchy 11.14 (80)
Minor Premiers	Glenorchy
Wooden Spooners	Hobart (9th)
Grand Final attendance	24,968 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance	111,643 for 60 matches at 1,860
Total Finals Series attendance	49,307 for 4 matches at 12,326
Total aggregate attendance	160,950 for 64 matches at 2,514

Last updated March 02, 2019

The 1979 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over twenty (20) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 7 April and 22 September 1979.
This was the centenary season of the Tasmanian Football League, the finals series was sponsored by the Winfield tobacco company to the tune of A$10,000.
The Grand Final of this year set an all-time record football match attendance in Tasmania of 24,968 patrons, this was also a single-day sporting record attendance in the state of Tasmania for twenty five years until it was broken when a crowd of 30,150 attended Symmons Plains Raceway in Northern Tasmania for a V8 Supercar Championship event in 2004. (1)

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'.

Participating Clubs

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.

1979 TANFL Club Coaches

Noel Leary (Clarence)
Jack Rough (Glenorchy)
Mal Pascoe (Hobart)
Hedley Thompson (New Norfolk)
John Chick (North Hobart)
Graeme Mackey (Sandy Bay)

Noel Leary is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1970s.

Malcolm L. "Mal" Pascoe is a former Australian rules footballer and coach.

John Chick is a former professional Canadian football defensive end who played eight seasons in the Canadian Football League, primarily with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. After signing with Saskatchewan in 2007, he was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player after the 2009 CFL season. He would help the team capture the Grey Cup twice, in 2007 and 2013. Chick has also spent time in the National Football League (NFL) with the Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars. Prior to playing professional football, Chick played college football for the Utah State Aggies. During his senior season with the Aggies, Chick recorded 12.5 quarterback sacks, good enough for fifth overall in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Chick also played for the Hamilton Tiger Cats and Edmonton Eskimos later in his career.

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

New Norfolk 10.15 (75) v Glenorchy 6.14 (50) – North Hobart Oval

North Hobart Oval is a sports venue in North Hobart, Tasmania, used for Australian rules football.

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

Clarence 14.15 (99) v Sandy Bay 8.14 (62) – North Hobart Oval

TANFL Under-17's Grand Final

Hobart 13.10 (88) v Glenorchy 9.7 (61) – New Town Oval

Interstate Matches

TFL Centenary Interstate Match (Monday, 18 June 1979)

Victoria 26.21 (177) v Tasmania 8.14 (62) – Att: 12,197 at North Hobart Oval

See: 1979 Perth State of Origin Carnival

Section One Qualifying Match (Thursday, 4 October 1979)

Tasmania 17.20 (122) v Queensland 13.12 (90) at Perth Oval

Semi Final 1 (Saturday, 6 October 1979)

Western Australia 23.33 (171) v Tasmania 9.10 (64) - Att: 15,186 at Subiaco Oval

3rd Place Playoff (Monday, 8 October 1979)

South Australia 22.20 (152) v Tasmania 17.11 (113) - Att: 30,876 at Subiaco Oval

Intrastate Matches

Jubilee Shield (Wednesday, 25 April 1979)

TANFL 21.21 (147) v NTFA 15.13 (103) – Att: 5,954 at North Hobart Oval

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 26 May 1979)

NWFU 13.13 (91) v TANFL 10.12 (72) – Att: 3,148 at Devonport Oval

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) – 179 (TFL Record)
Paul Courto (Hobart) – 71
L.Barwick (Nth Hobart) – 53
Michael Elliot (Sandy Bay) – 48

Medal Winners

Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) – William Leitch Medal
Noel Bester (New Norfolk) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
Mark Kreune (Clarence) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
Gary Webster (Nth Hobart) – D.R Plaister Medal (Under-17's)
Murray Dickson (Hobart) & Scott Brain (Hobart) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best TANFL player in Intrastate Matches)

1979 TANFL Ladder

Team	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Percentage	Points
Glenorchy	20	18	2	2661	1430	186.08%	72
Clarence	20	14	6	1784	1679	106.25%	56
Sandy Bay	20	10	10	1507	1591	94.72%	40
North Hobart	20	9	11	1699	2139	79.42%	36
New Norfolk	20	6	14	1669	1885	88.54%	24
Hobart	20	3	17	1667	2253	73.54%	12

Round 1

(Saturday, 7 April 1979)

Nth Hobart 9.15 (69) v Sandy Bay 7.10 (52) – Att: 2,080 at North Hobart Oval
Glenorchy 21.15 (141) v New Norfolk 14.11 (95) – Att: 2,435 at KGV Football Park
Clarence 12.14 (86) v Hobart 7.17 (59) – Att: 1,885 at Bellerive Oval

Round 2

(Saturday, 14 April & Monday, 16 April 1979)

Nth Hobart 14.12 (96) v Clarence 13.12 (90) – Att: 2,911 at North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay 14.11 (95) v New Norfolk 6.14 (50) – Att: 1,346 at Boyer Oval
Glenorchy 15.24 (114) v Hobart 12.15 (87) – Att: 3,653 at North Hobart Oval (Monday)

Round 3

(Saturday, 21 April 1979)

New Norfolk 14.16 (100) v Hobart 12.17 (89) – Att: 1,475 at North Hobart Oval
Clarence 10.19 (79) v Sandy Bay 5.6 (36) – Att: 1,771 at Queenborough Oval
Glenorchy 31.14 (200) v Nth Hobart 8.9 (57) – Att: 3,412 at KGV Football Park

Round 4

(Saturday, 28 April 1979)

Glenorchy 17.19 (121) v Sandy Bay 6.7 (43) – Att: 3,144 at North Hobart Oval
Nth Hobart 20.18 (138) v Hobart 14.16 (100) – Att: 1,356 at TCA Ground
Clarence 15.8 (98) v New Norfolk 12.12 (84) – Att: 2,077 at Boyer Oval

Round 5

(Saturday, 5 May 1979)

Nth Hobart 17.11 (113) v New Norfolk 10.14 (74) – Att: 2,221 at North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay 12.14 (86) v Hobart 10.9 (69) – Att: 1,307 at Queenborough Oval
Clarence 14.11 (95) v Glenorchy 10.22 (82) – Att: 3,095 at Bellerive Oval

Round 6

(Saturday, 12 May 1979)

Sandy Bay 10.19 (79) v Nth Hobart 6.12 (48) – Att: 2,323 at North Hobart Oval
Hobart 16.9 (105) v Clarence 13.17 (95) – Att: 1,681 at TCA Ground
Glenorchy 18.9 (117) v New Norfolk 13.17 (95) – Att: 1,718 at Boyer Oval

Round 7

(Saturday, 19 May 1979)

Sandy Bay 15.12 (102) v New Norfolk 8.16 (64) – Att: 1,936 at North Hobart Oval
Glenorchy 27.19 (181) v Hobart 7.9 (51) – Att: 2,270 at KGV Football Park
Clarence 18.22 (130) v Nth Hobart 9.8 (62) – Att: 2,514 at Bellerive Oval

Round 8

(Saturday, 26 May 1979)

Glenorchy 17.17 (119) v Nth Hobart 8.15 (63) – Att: 2,554 at North Hobart Oval
Hobart 13.17 (95) v New Norfolk 8.14 (62) – Att: 942 at TCA Ground
Clarence 12.14 (86) v Sandy Bay 7.10 (52) – Att: 2,539 at Bellerive Oval

Round 9

(Saturday, 2 June 1979)

Nth Hobart 17.15 (117) v Hobart 14.10 (94) – Att: 2,051 at North Hobart Oval
Glenorchy 16.21 (117) v Sandy Bay 5.7 (37) – Att: 1,505 at Queenborough Oval
Clarence 13.13 (91) v New Norfolk 13.9 (87) – Att: 1,430 at KGV Football Park

Round 10

(Saturday, 9 June & Sunday, 10 June 1979)

Glenorchy 23.17 (155) v Clarence 7.9 (51) – Att: 4,142 at North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay 15.20 (110) v Hobart 15.15 (105) – Att: 864 at TCA Ground
New Norfolk 14.22 (106) v Nth Hobart 6.14 (50) – Att: 1,140 at Boyer Oval (Sunday)

Round 11

(Saturday, 23 June 1979)

Sandy Bay 16.11 (107) v Nth Hobart 10.21 (81) – Att: 1,415 at Queenborough Oval
Glenorchy 13.15 (93) v New Norfolk 10.12 (72) – Att: 2,215 at KGV Football Park
Clarence 13.19 (97) v Hobart 8.13 (61) – Att: 1,539 at Bellerive Oval

Round 12

(Saturday, 30 June 1979)

Nth Hobart 12.17 (89) v Clarence 8.16 (64) – Att: 1,455 at North Hobart Oval
Glenorchy 29.15 (189) v Hobart 9.13 (67) – Att: 1,067 at TCA Ground *
Sandy Bay 12.12 (84) v New Norfolk 8.13 (61) – Att: 819 at Queenborough Oval

Note: Peter Hudson kicks all-time TANFL record of 18 goals in this match and kicks his 100th goal for the season.

Round 13

(Saturday, 7 July & Sunday, 8 July 1979)

Clarence 8.15 (63) v Sandy Bay 8.14 (62) – Att: 2,287 at North Hobart Oval
New Norfolk 20.16 (136) v Hobart 10.14 (74) – Att: 909 at Boyer Oval
Glenorchy 12.19 (91) v Nth Hobart 6.15 (51) – Att: 2,619 at KGV Football Park (Sunday)

Round 14

(Saturday, 14 July 1979)

Nth Hobart 15.12 (102) v Hobart 14.12 (96) – Att: 1,461 at North Hobart Oval
Glenorchy 14.19 (103) v Sandy Bay 7.10 (52) – Att: 2,293 at KGV Football Park
Clarence 16.14 (110) v New Norfolk 13.9 (87) – Att: 1,681 at Bellerive Oval

Round 15

(Saturday, 21 July 1979)

New Norfolk 15.17 (107) v Nth Hobart 14.11 (95) – Att: 1,335 at North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay 14.19 (103) v Hobart 9.21 (75) – Att: 885 at TCA Ground
Glenorchy 17.18 (120) v Clarence 13.11 (89) – Att: 3,055 at KGV Football Park

Round 16

(Saturday, 28 July 1979)

Clarence 11.17 (83) v Hobart 9.15 (69) – Att: 1,420 at North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay 20.11 (131) v Nth Hobart 9.14 (68) – Att: 1,484 at Queenborough Oval
Glenorchy 16.19 (115) v New Norfolk 10.11 (71) – Att: 1,738 at Boyer Oval

Round 17

(Saturday, 4 August 1979)

Clarence 16.18 (114) v Nth Hobart 15.10 (100) – Att: 2,670 at North Hobart Oval
Glenorchy 27.18 (180) v Hobart 13.15 (93) – Att: 1,356 at TCA Ground
New Norfolk 9.18 (72) v Sandy Bay 6.9 (45) – Att: 1,003 at KGV Football Park

Round 18

(Saturday, 11 August 1979)

Glenorchy 29.15 (189) v Nth Hobart 11.9 (75) – Att: 1,154 at North Hobart Oval *
New Norfolk 10.20 (80) v Hobart 10.17 (77) – Att: 531 at TCA Ground
Sandy Bay 12.11 (83) v Clarence 8.7 (55) – Att: 759 at Queenborough Oval

Note: Peter Hudson kicks second highest TANFL goal total of all-time (to that stage) with 16.4.

Round 19

(Saturday, 18 August 1979)

Clarence 13.11 (89) v New Norfolk 11.13 (79) – Att: 1,850 at North Hobart Oval
Nth Hobart 15.23 (113) v Hobart 15.19 (109) – Att: 1,000 at TCA Ground
Glenorchy 18.15 (123) v Sandy Bay 9.13 (67) – Att: 2,620 at KGV Football Park

Round 20

(Saturday, 25 August 1979)

Hobart 11.16 (82) v Sandy Bay 11.15 (81) – Att: 1,297 at North Hobart Oval
Clarence 18.11 (119) v Glenorchy 16.15 (111) – Att: 2,972 at Bellerive Oval
Nth Hobart 16.16 (112) v New Norfolk 13.9 (87) – Att: 977 at Boyer Oval

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 1 September 1979)

Sandy Bay: 3.3 (21) | 9.7 (61) | 14.12 (96) | 18.12 (120)
Nth Hobart: 1.0 (6) | 4.3 (27) | 5.8 (38) | 6.13 (49)
Attendance: 5,629 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 8 September 1979)

Glenorchy: 4.4 (28) | 8.5 (53) | 12.7 (79) | 19.8 (122)
Clarence: 3.4 (22) | 5.7 (37) | 8.11 (59) | 11.12 (78)
Attendance: 10,282 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 15 September 1979)

Clarence: 3.3 (21) | 5.9 (39) | 7.16 (58) | 10.19 (79)
Sandy Bay: 0.2 (2) | 1.3 (9) | 4.6 (30) | 9.6 (60)
Attendance: 8,428 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

(Saturday, 22 September 1979)

Clarence: 3.4 (22) | 9.6 (60) | 10.8 (68) | 12.11 (83)
Glenorchy: 4.7 (31) | 6.8 (44) | 10.13 (73) | 11.14 (80)
Attendance: 24,968 at North Hobart Oval (Including 2,683 pre-sold tickets) (Tasmanian Record)

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

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General Information

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 Don Fenton
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
1979 TANFL Premiership Season.
Premiers	Clarence 12.11 (83) v Glenorchy 11.14 (80)
Minor Premiers	Glenorchy
Wooden Spooners	Hobart (9th)
Grand Final attendance	24,968 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance	111,643 for 60 matches at 1,860
Total Finals Series attendance	49,307 for 4 matches at 12,326
Total aggregate attendance	160,950 for 64 matches at 2,514