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

TANFL reserves grand final

TANFL under-19s grand final

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

State grand final

(Saturday, 27 September 1941)

Intrastate matches

(Saturday, 7 June 1941)

(Saturday, 28 June 1941)

Lightning premiership matches

TANFL Patriotic Effort Benefit (Saturday, 19 July 1941)

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)

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

Leading goalkickers: TANFL

Medal Winners

1941 TANFL ladder

Team Played Won Lost Draw For Against Percentage Points
North Hobart 1412201329975136.31%48
Cananore 1486011841141103.74%32
New Town 145901079118890.82%20
Lefroy 1431101054135078.07%12

Round 1

(Saturday, 10 May 1941)

Round 2

(Saturday, 17 May 1941)

Round 3

(Saturday, 24 May 1941)

Round 4

(Saturday, 31 May 1941)

Round 5

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

Round 6

(Saturday, 21 June 1941)

Round 7

(Saturday, 5 July 1941)

Round 8

(Saturday, 12 July 1941)

Round 9

(Saturday, 26 July 1941)

Round 10

(Saturday, 2 August 1941)

Round 11

(Saturday, 9 August 1941)

Round 12

(Saturday, 16 August 1941)

Round 13

(Saturday, 23 August 1941)

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)

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

Semi Final

(Saturday, 13 September 1941)

Grand Final

(Saturday, 20 September 1941)

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

References

  1. "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.
  2. "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.
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