Competition: | ntfl |
Year: | 1974–75 |
Premiers: | No premiership awarded |
Minor Premiers: | Nightcliff |
Mpcount: | 5 |
Prevseason: | 1973–74 |
Nextseason: | 1975–76 |
The 1974–75 NTFL season was the 54th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in the Northern Territory. The season was curtailed after round 11 after Cyclone Tracy made landfall on 25 December (Christmas Day) 1974.[1]
Nightcliff, who were sitting on the top of the ladder prior to the season's abandonment, were awarded the minor premiership, with no premiership awarded.[2] Tracy's impact saw many club records lost.[3]
At a public meeting convened by the Director of Emergency Services, a sporting and entertainment committee was formed, and the Darwin Football Association (DFA) was established as an interim competition.[3] All six NTFL clubs were part of the DFA, with Hunter Harrison serving as president and Peter Atkinson serving as secretary.[3] [4]
Five home-and-away rounds were played, along with a three-week finals series.[3] Nightcliff defeated Darwin by six points in the 1975 DFA Grand Final, in what was the competition's only season.[5]