1997 TFL Statewide League season

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1997 TFL Statewide League season
Teams
Premiers Clarence
Minor premiersBurnie Dockers
1st minor premiership
Attendance
Matches played105
Total attendance128,183 (1,221 per match)
  1996
1998  

The 1997 TFL Statewide League premiership season was an Australian rules football competition, staged across Tasmania, Australia over twenty roster rounds and six finals series matches between 12 April and 20 September 1997.

Contents

This was the twelfth 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.

At the conclusion of this season four clubs left the competition owing to severe financial problems.

Hobart, in debt to the tune of $450,000, were already advised by TFL executives that they would not be granted a renewed licence to continue on in the TFL after this season and decided to join the SFL from 1998, both South Launceston and Launceston continued to find onfield success minimal and were also servicing large debts that looked likely to continue to grow and promptly pulled out of the competition and rejoined the NTFL from 1998 whilst Sandy Bay, unable to find a merger partner, was wound up at season's end and became defunct.

Participating Clubs

1997 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, 21 June 1997)

1997 TFL Statewide League Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Burnie Dockers 18162021081065197.964
2 Clarence 18153021861273171.760
3 Devonport Power 18144019321240155.856
4 Glenorchy 18135018111242145.852
5 New Norfolk 18117017411427122.044
6 North Launceston 18711017521507116.328
7 South Launceston 1871101206155977.428
8 North Hobart 1861201482164190.324
9 Launceston 1851301426190774.820
10 Sandy Bay 1851301266183369.120
11 Hobart 180180720291824.70
Source: [ citation needed ]

Round 1

(Saturday, 12 April 1997)

Round 2

(Saturday, 19 April & Sunday, 20 April 1997)

Round 3

(Saturday, 26 April 1997)

Round 4

(Saturday, 3 May & Sunday, 4 May 1997)

Round 5

(Saturday, 10 May & Sunday, 11 May 1997)

Round 6

(Saturday, 17 May & Sunday, 18 May 1997)

Round 7

(Saturday, 24 May & Sunday, 25 May 1997)

Round 8

(Saturday, 31 May & Sunday, 1 June 1997)

Round 9

(Saturday, 7 June & Sunday, 8 June 1997)

Note: Burnie records the greatest margin of victory in TFL history of 237 points.

Round 10

(Saturday, 14 June 1997)

Round 11

(Saturday, 22 June 1997)

Round 12

(Saturday, 28 June & Sunday, 29 June 1997)

Round 13

(Saturday, 5 July & Sunday, 6 July 1997)

Round 14

(Saturday, 12 July 1997)

Round 15

(Saturday, 19 July & Sunday, 20 July 1997)

Round 16

(Saturday, 26 July & Sunday, 27 July 1997)

Note: Final TFL match ever staged at Queenborough Oval.

Round 17

(Saturday, 2 August & Sunday, 3 August 1997)

Round 18

(Saturday, 9 August 1997)

Round 19

(Saturday, 16 August 1997)

Note: Sandy Bay Football Club's final match in its history.

Round 20

(Saturday, 23 August 1997)

Note: Hobart, Launceston & Sth Launceston Football Club's all play their final TFL matches.
North Launceston play their final match as the Robins, the club becomes known as 'Northern Bombers' the following year.

Elimination Final

(Sunday, 31 August 1997)

Qualifying Final

(Saturday, 30 August 1997)

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 6 September 1997)

Second Semi Final

(Sunday, 7 September 1997)

Preliminary Final

(Sunday, 14 September 1997)

Grand Final

(Saturday, 20 September 1997)

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