1941 TANFL season

**1941 TANFL premiership season**
General information

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	Charles Eady MLC
Participating clubs	Cananore Canaries Lefroy Blues New Town Magpies North Hobart Robins
Stadiums	North Hobart Oval TCA Ground
1941 TANFL Premiership Season
Premiers	Nth Hobart 12.17 (89) v Cananore 9.11 (65)
Minor premier	Nth Hobart
Wooden spooner	Lefroy
Grand Final attendance	4,034 at North Hobart Oval
Total roster series attendance	28,746 (approx) for 28 matches at 1,026 (approx)
Total finals series attendance	6,934 for 2 matches at 3,467
Total aggregate attendance	35,680 (approx) for 30 matches at 1,189 (approx)

The 1941 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania, over fourteen roster rounds and two finals series matches between 10 May and 20 September 1941.

This was the final season of pre-World War Two football, which resulted in most clubs struggling to field full squads of players due to enlistment in the military forces. In the off-season the TANFL considered instituting a competition for players too young to serve in the military,^[1] but it did not pursue the idea.^[2]

This was the final season of both Cananore and Lefroy Football Clubs, which both folded during the wartime cessation.

Participating clubs

1941 TANFL club coaches

J. Cashmore (Cananore)
K. Fraser (Lefroy)
Alf Sampson and E. Hanlon (stand-in) (New Town)
Jack Metherell (North Hobart)

TANFL reserves grand final

– Nth Hobart 7.4 (46) v Lefroy 2.6 (18) – North Hobart Oval

TANFL under-19s grand final

State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA) (Saturday, 13 September 1941)

– North West 5.5 (35) v Macalburn 4.6 (30) – New Town Oval

State grand final

(Saturday, 27 September 1941)

– Nth Hobart: 3.5 (23) | 5.8 (38) | 11.15 (81) | 13.18 (96)
– City: 4.2 (26) | 4.8 (32) | 6.12 (48) | 12.19 (91)
Attendance: 3,960 at North Hobart Oval

Intrastate matches

(Saturday, 7 June 1941)

– TANFL 14.15 (99) v NTFA 14.9 (93) – Att: 4,000 at North Hobart Oval

(Saturday, 28 June 1941)

– TANFL 15.14 (104) v NTFA 10.20 (80) – Att: 4,000 (approx) at York Park

Lightning premiership matches

TANFL Patriotic Effort Benefit (Saturday, 19 July 1941)

– Cananore 4.5 (29) v Lefroy 4.2 (26)
– Nth Hobart 2.8 (20) v New Town 3.1 (19)
– Cananore 5.2 (32) v Nth Hobart 3.4 (22)
Attendance: 3,000 (Approx) at North Hobart Oval

Note: All matches played in two short halves; a total of £132 was raised to help the war effort.

Red Cross & Comforts Fund Benefit (Queen of Sport) (Saturday, 6 September 1941)

– Nth Hobart 4.7 (31) v Lefroy 0.6 (6)
– Cananore 9.3 (57) v New Town 2.10 (22)
– Nth Hobart 8.12 (60) v Cananore 1.6 (12)
Attendance: 1,570 at North Hobart Oval

Note: A total of £99 through gate takings was raised for the Queen of Sport war fund.

Leading goalkickers: TANFL

Jack Metherell (North Hobart) – 64

Medal Winners

Max Abbott (North Hobart) – George Watt Memorial Medal
T. Williams (New Town) – Allan Watt Medal (seconds)
L. Tew (Buckingham) – V. A. Geard Medal (under-19s)

1941 TANFL ladder

Team	Played	Won	Lost	For	Against	Percentage	Points
North Hobart	14	12	2	1329	975	136.31%	48
Cananore	14	8	6	1184	1141	103.74%	32
New Town	14	5	9	1079	1188	90.82%	20
Lefroy	14	3	11	1054	1350	78.07%	12

Round 1

(Saturday, 10 May 1941)

– Nth Hobart 7.15 (57) v Cananore 6.17 (53) – Att: 1,000 (approx) at North Hobart Oval
– Lefroy 16.24 (120) v New Town 6.13 (49) – Att: 600 (approx) at TCA Ground

Round 2

(Saturday, 17 May 1941)

– Nth Hobart 18.15 (123) v Lefroy 6.9 (45) – Att: 1,700 (approx) at North Hobart Oval
– Cananore 14.13 (97) v New Town 10.11 (71) – Att: 630 at TCA Ground

Round 3

(Saturday, 24 May 1941)

– Nth Hobart 10.16 (76) v New Town 9.9 (63) – Att: 1,500 (approx) at North Hobart Oval
– Lefroy 12.8 (80) v Cananore 8.18 (66) – Att: 760 at TCA Ground

Round 4

(Saturday, 31 May 1941)

– Lefroy 9.20 (74) v New Town 9.11 (65) – Att: 567 at North Hobart Oval
– Nth Hobart 16.23 (119) v Cananore 13.10 (88) – Att: 700 (approx) at TCA Ground

Round 5

(Saturday, 14 June & Monday, 16 June 1941)

– Cananore 14.7 (91) v New Town 10.20 (80) – Att: 1,500 (approx) at North Hobart Oval (Saturday)
– Nth Hobart 14.18 (102) v Lefroy 11.12 (78) – Att: 2,000 (approx) at North Hobart Oval (Monday)

Round 6

(Saturday, 21 June 1941)

– Cananore 15.18 (108) v Lefroy 10.16 (76) – Att: 1,200 (approx) at North Hobart Oval
– Nth Hobart 19.26 (140) v New Town 7.14 (56) – Att: 800 at TCA Ground

Round 7

(Saturday, 5 July 1941)

– Cananore 7.8 (50) v Nth Hobart 4.12 (36) – Att: 520 at North Hobart Oval
– New Town 10.19 (79) v Lefroy 5.9 (39) – Att: 110 at TCA Ground

Round 8

(Saturday, 12 July 1941)

– Nth Hobart 14.17 (101) v Lefroy 9.11 (65) – Att: 1,000 at North Hobart Oval
– Cananore 13.17 (95) v New Town 13.16 (94) – Att: 600 (approx) at TCA Ground

Round 9

(Saturday, 26 July 1941)

– Nth Hobart 7.15 (57) v New Town 4.10 (34) – Att: 1,200 (approx) at North Hobart Oval
– Cananore 14.17 (101) v Lefroy 13.18 (96) – Att: 550 at TCA Ground

Round 10

(Saturday, 2 August 1941)

– New Town 9.10 (64) v Lefroy 5.19 (49) – Att: 740 at North Hobart Oval
– Nth Hobart 17.14 (116) v Cananore 12.17 (89) – Att: 1,300 at TCA Ground

Round 11

(Saturday, 9 August 1941)

– Cananore 18.8 (116) v New Town 12.16 (88) – Att: 966 at North Hobart Oval
– Nth Hobart 16.16 (112) v Lefroy 13.10 (88) – Att: 690 at TCA Ground

Round 12

(Saturday, 16 August 1941)

– Cananore 13.19 (97) v Lefroy 9.12 (66) – Att: 1,000 at North Hobart Oval
– New Town 15.13 (103) v Nth Hobart 12.14 (86) – Att: 800 (approx) at TCA Ground

Round 13

(Saturday, 23 August 1941)

– Nth Hobart 11.17 (83) v Cananore 9.12 (66) – Att: 1,600 (approx) at North Hobart Oval
– New Town 23.16 (154) v Lefroy 12.9 (81) – Att: 511 at TCA Ground*

Note: Alf Sampson (New Town) kicked a TANFL record of 15 goals in this match, also a record 8 goals in the 4th Quarter.

Round 14

(Saturday, 30 August 1941)

– Nth Hobart 18.21 (129) v Lefroy 14.13 (97) – Att: 2,101 at North Hobart Oval (Double-Header)*
– New Town 12.7 (79) v Cananore 10.7 (67) – Att: 2,101 at North Hobart Oval (Double-Header)

Note: This match was Lefroy Football Club's final TANFL match.

Semi Final

(Saturday, 13 September 1941)

– Cananore: 2.7 (19) | 6.9 (45) | 12.11 (83) | 15.13 (103)
– New Town: 3.2 (20) | 8.7 (55) | 8.11 (59) | 11.12 (78)
Attendance: 2,900 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

(Saturday, 20 September 1941)

– Nth Hobart: 3.1 (19) | 6.7 (43) | 7.13 (55) | 12.17 (89)
– Cananore: 4.2 (26) | 5.5 (35) | 8.9 (57) | 9.11 (65)
Attendance: 4,034 at North Hobart Oval*

Note: This was Cananore Football Club's final TANFL match.

References

↑ "FOOTBALL OPINIONS IN FAVOUR.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) (Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 24 February 1942. p. 6. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
↑ "FOOTBALL NO SENIOR ROSTER.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) (Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 10 March 1942. p. 6. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury publications.

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