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.
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.
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 Power 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 Queenborough Oval Devonport Oval West Park Oval Youngtown Memorial Ground Windsor Park |
1997 TFL Statewide League Season. | |
Premiers | Clarence 20.9 (129) v Burnie Dockers 18.14 (122) |
Minor Premier | Burnie Dockers (1st) |
Wooden Spooners | Hobart (14th) |
Grand Final attendance | 9,053 at North Hobart Oval |
Total Roster Series attendance | 108,463 for 99 matches at 1,095 |
Total Finals Series attendance | 19,720 for 6 matches at 3,286 |
Total aggregate attendance | 128,183 for 105 matches at 1,220 |
Interstate Match (Saturday, 21 June 1997)
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
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1 | Burnie Dockers | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2108 | 1065 | 197.9 | 64 |
2 | Clarence | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2186 | 1273 | 171.7 | 60 |
3 | Devonport Power | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1932 | 1240 | 155.8 | 56 |
4 | Glenorchy | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1811 | 1242 | 145.8 | 52 |
5 | New Norfolk | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1741 | 1427 | 122.0 | 44 |
6 | North Launceston | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1752 | 1507 | 116.3 | 28 |
7 | South Launceston | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1206 | 1559 | 77.4 | 28 |
8 | North Hobart | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1482 | 1641 | 90.3 | 24 |
9 | Launceston | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1426 | 1907 | 74.8 | 20 |
10 | Sandy Bay | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1266 | 1833 | 69.1 | 20 |
11 | Hobart | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 720 | 2918 | 24.7 | 0 |
(Saturday, 12 April 1997)
(Saturday, 19 April & Sunday, 20 April 1997)
(Saturday, 26 April 1997)
(Saturday, 3 May & Sunday, 4 May 1997)
(Saturday, 10 May & Sunday, 11 May 1997)
(Saturday, 17 May & Sunday, 18 May 1997)
(Saturday, 24 May & Sunday, 25 May 1997)
(Saturday, 31 May & Sunday, 1 June 1997)
(Saturday, 7 June & Sunday, 8 June 1997)
Note: Burnie records the greatest margin of victory in TFL history of 237 points.
(Saturday, 14 June 1997)
(Saturday, 22 June 1997)
(Saturday, 28 June & Sunday, 29 June 1997)
(Saturday, 5 July & Sunday, 6 July 1997)
(Saturday, 12 July 1997)
(Saturday, 19 July & Sunday, 20 July 1997)
(Saturday, 26 July & Sunday, 27 July 1997)
Note: Final TFL match ever staged at Queenborough Oval.
(Saturday, 2 August & Sunday, 3 August 1997)
(Saturday, 9 August 1997)
(Saturday, 16 August 1997)
Note: Sandy Bay Football Club's final match in its history.
(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.
(Sunday, 31 August 1997)
(Saturday, 30 August 1997)
(Saturday, 6 September 1997)
(Sunday, 7 September 1997)
(Sunday, 14 September 1997)
(Saturday, 20 September 1997)
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury, Launceston Examiner and North West Advocate publications.
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