The 1985 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over twenty roster rounds and four finals series matches between 30 March and 21 September 1985.
The League was known as the Winfield League under a commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with Winfield tobacco company and was to be the final season of the original TANFL (as it had been known since 1928) with the competition switching from a regional to statewide format from 1986.
The TANFL was also the governing body of the sport within Tasmania and it was liquidated in January 1986 to form the TFL Statewide League.
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 John Bennett |
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 Boyer Oval Queenborough Oval |
1985 TANFL Premiership Season. | |
Premiers | Glenorchy 10.15 (75) v Clarence 10.11 (71) |
Minor Premier | Clarence (5th) |
Wooden Spooner | Hobart (13th) |
Grand Final attendance | 16,561 at North Hobart Oval |
Total Roster Series attendance | 96,259 for 60 matches at 1,604 |
Total Finals Series attendance | 36,202 for 4 matches at 9,050 |
Total aggregate attendance | 132,461 for 64 matches at 2,069 |
Foster's NFL Shield (Saturday, 4 May 1985)
Foster's NFL Shield (Saturday, 25 May 1985)
Foster's NFL Shield (Saturday, 30 June 1985)
Interstate Match (Sunday, 9 June 1985)
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
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1 | Clarence | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2539 | 1794 | 141.5 | 68 |
2 | Glenorchy | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2636 | 1901 | 138.7 | 56 |
3 | New Norfolk | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2367 | 2055 | 115.2 | 52 |
4 | North Hobart | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 2134 | 2463 | 86.6 | 32 |
5 | Sandy Bay | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 2135 | 2645 | 80.7 | 24 |
6 | Hobart | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1916 | 2859 | 67.0 | 8 |
(Saturday, 30 March 1985)
(Saturday, 6 April & Monday, 8 April 1985)
(Saturday, 13 April 1985)
(Saturday, 20 April 1985)
(Saturday, 27 April & Sunday, 28 April 1985)
(Saturday, 11 May 1985)
(Saturday, 18 May 1985)
(Saturday, 1 June 1985)
(Saturday, 8 June 1985)
(Saturday, 15 June 1985)
(Saturday, 22 June 1985)
(Saturday, 29 June 1985)
(Saturday, 6 July 1985)
(Saturday, 13 July 1985)
(Saturday, 20 July 1985)
(Saturday, 27 July 1985)
(Saturday, 3 August 1985)
Note: Wayne Fox (New Norfolk) kicks his 100th goal for the season.
(Saturday, 10 August 1985)
(Saturday, 17 August 1985)
(Saturday, 24 August 1985)
(Saturday, 31 August 1985)
(Saturday, 7 September 1985)
(Saturday, 14 September 1985)
(Saturday, 21 September 1985)
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