1996 TFL Statewide League season

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1996 TFL Statewide League season
Teams
PremiersClarence
Minor premiersClarence
9th minor premiership
Attendance
Matches played116
Total attendance155,163 (1,338 per match)
  1995
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The 1996 TFL Statewide League premiership season was an Australian rules football competition, staged across Tasmania, Australia over twenty two roster rounds and six finals series matches between 6 April and 5 October 1996.

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This was the eleventh season of statewide football and the League was known as the Cascade-Boags Draught Super League under a dual commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with both Cascade Brewery in Hobart and Boag's Brewery in Launceston.

Participating Clubs

1996 TFL Statewide League Club Coaches

TFL Statewide League Reserves Grand Final

TFL Statewide League Colts (Under-19's) Grand Final

Leading Goalkickers: TFL Statewide League

Medal Winners

Interstate Matches

Interstate Match (Saturday, 1 June 1996)

1996 TFL Statewide League Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Clarence 20173023561434164.368
2 Burnie Dockers 20164022631418159.664
3 North Launceston 20155021561501143.660
4 New Norfolk 20146019011671113.856
5 Devonport 20118119081485128.546
6 Glenorchy 201010018791497125.540
7 Launceston 2091101726202785.236
8 South Launceston 2061311573194880.726
9 Sandy Bay 2051501330208763.720
10 Hobart 2051501328209563.420
11 North Hobart 2011901229248649.44
Source: [ citation needed ]

Round 1

(Saturday, 6 April & Monday, 8 April 1996)

Round 2

(Saturday, 13 April & Sunday, 14 April 1996)

Round 3

(Saturday, 20 April & Sunday, 21 April 1996)

Round 4

(Thursday, 25 April & Saturday, 27 April 1996)

Round 5

(Saturday, 4 May 1996)

Round 6

(Saturday, 11 May & Sunday, 12 May 1996)

Round 7

(Saturday, 18 May 1996)

Round 8

(Saturday, 25 May & Sunday, 26 May 1996)

Note: As of 2013, the game at Devonport Oval is the most recent drawn match in the TFL or TSL.

Round 9

(Saturday, 8 June, Sunday, 9 June & Monday, 10 June 1996)

Round 10

(Saturday, 15 June 1996)

Round 11

(Saturday, 22 June & Sunday, 23 June 1996)

Round 12

(Saturday, 29 June & Sunday, 30 June 1996)

Round 13

(Saturday, 6 July & Sunday, 7 July 1996)

Round 14

(Saturday, 13 July & Sunday, 14 July 1996)

Round 15

(Saturday, 20 July & Sunday, 21 July 1996)

Round 16

(Saturday, 27 July & Sunday, 28 July 1996)

Round 17

(Saturday, 3 August & Sunday, 4 August 1996)

Note: Hobart becomes the first TFL club to record a goalless match since Clarence at KGV in 1958.

Round 18

(Saturday, 10 August 1996)

Note: Official attendance of 399 is the lowest recorded attendance in the history of Statewide League football.

Round 19

(Saturday, 17 August & Sunday, 18 August 1996)

Round 20

(Saturday, 24 August & Sunday, 25 August 1996)

Round 21

(Saturday, 31 August & Sunday, 1 September 1996)

Note: This match was Hobart's 1000th TANFL/TFL match (the club's 1,016th senior match overall).

Round 22

(Saturday, 7 September & Sunday, 8 September 1996)

Elimination Final

(Sunday, 15 September 1996)

Qualifying Final

(Sunday, 15 September 1996)

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 21 September 1996)

First Semi Final

(Sunday, 22 September 1996)

Preliminary Final

(Sunday, 29 September 1996)

Grand Final

(Saturday, 5 October 1996) (ABC-TV highlights: 1996 TFL Grand Final)

Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury, Launceston Examiner and North West Advocate publications.

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