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.
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.
General Information | |
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Founded | 12 June 1879 in Hobart, Tasmania |
Previous Names | TFA (1879–1886) STFA (1887–1996) STFL (1897) STFA (1898–1905) TFL (1906–1927) TANFL (1928–1985) |
TFL President | Mr Roger Hampson |
Chief Commissioner | Mr Michael Kent |
Participating Clubs | Burnie Dockers Clarence Kangaroos Devonport Blues Glenorchy Magpies Hobart Tigers Launceston Raiders New Norfolk Eagles North Hobart Demons North Launceston Robins Sandy Bay Seagulls South Launceston Bulldogs |
Stadiums | North Hobart Oval KGV Football Park York Park Bellerive Oval Boyer Oval Devonport Oval West Park Oval Youngtown Memorial Ground Windsor Park Queenborough Oval TCA Ground |
1996 TFL Statewide League Season. | |
Premiers | Clarence 14.17 (101) v Burnie Dockers 10.14 (74) |
Minor Premier | Clarence (9th) |
Wooden Spooner | Nth Hobart |
Grand Final attendance | 12,352 at North Hobart Oval |
Total Roster Series attendance | 128,277 for 110 matches at 1,166 |
Total Finals Series attendance | 26,886 for 6 matches at 4,481 |
Total aggregate attendance | 155,163 for 116 matches at 1,337 |
Interstate Match (Saturday, 1 June 1996)
Team | Played | Won | Lost | Draw | For | Against | Percentage | Points |
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Clarence | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2356 | 1434 | 164.30% | 68 |
Burnie Dockers | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2263 | 1418 | 159.59% | 64 |
North Launceston | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2156 | 1501 | 143.64% | 60 |
New Norfolk | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1901 | 1671 | 113.76% | 56 |
Devonport | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1908 | 1485 | 128.48% | 46 |
Glenorchy | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1879 | 1497 | 125.52% | 40 |
Launceston | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1726 | 2027 | 85.15% | 36 |
South Launceston | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1573 | 1948 | 80.75% | 26 |
Sandy Bay | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1330 | 2087 | 63.73% | 20 |
Hobart | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1328 | 2095 | 63.39% | 20 |
North Hobart | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1229 | 2486 | 49.44% | 4 |
(Saturday, 6 April & Monday, 8 April 1996)
(Saturday, 13 April & Sunday, 14 April 1996)
(Saturday, 20 April & Sunday, 21 April 1996)
(Thursday, 25 April & Saturday, 27 April 1996)
(Saturday, 4 May 1996)
(Saturday, 11 May & Sunday, 12 May 1996)
(Saturday, 18 May 1996)
(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.
(Saturday, 8 June, Sunday, 9 June & Monday, 10 June 1996)
(Saturday, 15 June 1996)
(Saturday, 22 June & Sunday, 23 June 1996)
(Saturday, 29 June & Sunday, 30 June 1996)
(Saturday, 6 July & Sunday, 7 July 1996)
(Saturday, 13 July & Sunday, 14 July 1996)
(Saturday, 20 July & Sunday, 21 July 1996)
(Saturday, 27 July & Sunday, 28 July 1996)
(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.
(Saturday, 10 August 1996)
Note: Official attendance of 399 is the lowest recorded attendance in the history of Statewide League football.
(Saturday, 17 August & Sunday, 18 August 1996)
(Saturday, 24 August & Sunday, 25 August 1996)
(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).
(Saturday, 7 September & Sunday, 8 September 1996)
(Sunday, 15 September 1996)
(Sunday, 15 September 1996)
(Saturday, 21 September 1996)
(Sunday, 22 September 1996)
(Sunday, 29 September 1996)
(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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