1982 TANFL season explained

**1982 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	Mr John Bennett
Participating Clubs	Clarence Kangaroos Glenorchy Magpies Hobart Tigers New Norfolk Eagles North Hobart Demons Sandy Bay Seagulls
Stadiums	North Hobart Oval Bellerive Oval KGV Football Park TCA Ground Boyer Oval Queenborough Oval
1982 TANFL Premiership Season.
Premiers	New Norfolk 13.9 (87) v Glenorchy 11.10 (76)
Minor Premiers	New Norfolk (5th)
Wooden Spoon	Hobart (10th)
Grand Final attendance	16,124 at North Hobart Oval
Total Roster Series attendance	123,616 for 60 matches at 2,060
Total Finals Series attendance	39,558 for 4 matches at 9,889
Total aggregate attendance	163,174 for 64 matches at 2,549

The 1982 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over twenty (20) roster rounds and four finals series matches between 3 April and 18 September 1982. The League was known as the Winfield League under a A$36,000 commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with the Winfield tobacco company.

Participating Clubs

1982 TANFL Club Coaches

Noel Leary (Clarence)
Garry Davidson (Glenorchy)
Bruce Greenhill (Hobart)
Robbie Dykes (New Norfolk)
John Thurley (North Hobart)
Gary Linton (Sandy Bay)

Midas Mufflers League (Reserves) Grand Final

(Saturday, 25 September 1982)

Note: Played one week after the senior Grand Final due to a drawn Preliminary Final.

CBA League (Under-19's) Grand Final

Clarence 16.18 (114) v Nth Hobart 6.11 (47) – North Hobart Oval

TANFL Fourths (Under-17's) Grand Final

Not Available.

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

Brett Stephens (Nth Hobart) – 92
Wayne Fox (New Norfolk) – 76
Andrew Vanderfeen (Clarence) – 49
Ricky Hanlon (New Norfolk) – 47

Medal Winners

Tony Martyn (Sandy Bay) – William Leitch Medal
Steven Strong (Hobart) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
Peter Sherwood (Sandy Bay) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
Mark Hall (New Norfolk) – D.R Plaister Medal (Under-17's)

Interstate Matches

Escort Shield (Sunday, 18 April 1982)

Tasmania 17.14 (116) v ACT 11.13 (79) – Att: 5,866 at North Hobart Oval

Escort Shield (Sunday, 2 May 1982)

Tasmania 20.10 (130) v New South Wales 11.19 (85) – Att: 7,704 at North Hobart Oval

Escort Shield (Sunday, 6 June 1982)

Tasmania 18.10 (118) v Queensland 14.19 (103) – Att: 3,100 at Chelmer Oval, Brisbane

1982 TANFL Ladder

Round 1

(Saturday, 3 April 1982)

New Norfolk 14.24 (108) v Hobart 8.18 (66) – Att: 2,147 at North Hobart Oval
Clarence 13.6 (84) v Sandy Bay 10.19 (79) – Att: 1,779 at Queenborough Oval
Nth Hobart 20.11 (131) v Glenorchy 13.10 (88) – Att: 1,935 at KGV Football Park

Round 2

(Saturday, 10 April & Monday, 12 April 1982)

Clarence 13.13 (91) v New Norfolk 10.8 (68) Att: 3,740 at North Hobart Oval
Nth Hobart 18.13 (121) v Sandy Bay 14.13 (97) - Att: 1,838 at Queenborough Oval
Glenorchy 12.13 (85) v Hobart 11.11 (77) - Att: 2,924 at North Hobart Oval (Monday)

Round 3

(Saturday, 17 April 1982)

Glenorchy 12.16 (88) v Sandy Bay 11.12 (78) – Att: 1,304 at Queenborough Oval
Clarence 15.15 (105) v Hobart 12.6 (78) – Att: 2,247 at Bellerive Oval
New Norfolk 16.17 (113) v Nth Hobart 8.17 (65) – Att: 1,845 at Boyer Oval

Round 4

(Saturday, 24 April 1982)

Clarence 23.18 (156) v Nth Hobart 18.13 (121) – Att: 3,078 at North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay 16.16 (112) v Hobart 12.12 (84) – Att: 969 at TCA Ground
Glenorchy 18.12 (120) v New Norfolk 9.14 (68) – Att: 3,052 at KGV Football Park

Round 5

(Saturday, 8 May 1982)

Nth Hobart 17.13 (115) v Hobart 11.7 (73) – Att: 1,904 at North Hobart Oval
Glenorchy 14.15 (99) v Clarence 10.12 (72) – Att: 2,724 at KGV Football Park
New Norfolk 21.22 (148) v Sandy Bay 10.5 (65) – Att: 1,387 at Boyer Oval

Round 6

(Saturday, 15 May 1982)

Nth Hobart 21.10 (136) v Glenorchy 20.15 (135) – Att: 3,049 at North Hobart Oval
New Norfolk 20.20 (140) v Hobart 12.14 (86) – Att: 1,273 at TCA Ground
Clarence 18.17 (125) v Sandy Bay 16.12 (108) – Att: 2,046 at Bellerive Oval

Round 7

(Saturday, 22 May 1982)

Nth Hobart 14.20 (104) v Sandy Bay 8.11 (59) – Att: 1,796 at North Hobart Oval
Glenorchy 23.14 (152) v Hobart 17.11 (113) – Att: 1,479 at KGV Football Park
Clarence 14.15 (99) v New Norfolk 9.10 (64) – Att: 2,334 at Bellerive Oval

Round 8

(Saturday, 29 May 1982)

New Norfolk 25.7 (157) v Nth Hobart 10.15 (75) – Att: 2,760 at North Hobart Oval
Hobart 27.14 (176) v Clarence 11.20 (86) – Att: 1,466 at TCA Ground
Glenorchy 12.16 (88) v Sandy Bay 13.9 (87) – Att: 1,650 at KGV Football Park

Round 9

(Saturday, 5 June 1982)

Hobart 19.13 (127) v Sandy Bay 17.13 (115) – Att: 1,594 at North Hobart Oval
Nth Hobart 11.11 (77) v Clarence 8.15 (63) – Att: 2,100 at Bellerive Oval
New Norfolk 21.24 (150) v Glenorchy 9.6 (60) – Att: 1,870 at Boyer Oval

Round 10

(Saturday, 12 June & Monday, 14 June 1982)

New Norfolk 13.19 (97) v Sandy Bay 13.10 (88) – Att: 1,731 at North Hobart Oval
Hobart 19.24 (138) v Nth Hobart 15.18 (108) – Att: 1,929 at TCA Ground
Glenorchy 20.9 (129) v Clarence 14.10 (94) – Att: 3,920 at North Hobart Oval (Monday)

Round 11

(Saturday, 19 June 1982)

Clarence 13.18 (96) v Sandy Bay 10.13 (73) – Att: 2,073 at North Hobart Oval
Nth Hobart 13.22 (100) v Glenorchy 12.20 (92) – Att: 2,626 at KGV Football Park
New Norfolk 23.17 (155) v Hobart 15.11 (101) – Att: 1,870 at Boyer Oval

Round 12

(Saturday, 26 June 1982)

Sandy Bay 14.8 (92) v Nth Hobart 8.5 (53) – Att: 2,016 at North Hobart Oval
Glenorchy 26.18 (174) v Hobart 13.15 (93) – Att: 1,573 at TCA Ground
Clarence 22.13 (145) v New Norfolk 7.13 (55) – Att: 2,416 at Boyer Oval

Round 13

(Saturday, 3 July 1982)

New Norfolk 16.11 (107) v Nth Hobart 12.15 (87) – Att: 1,997 at North Hobart Oval
Glenorchy 18.10 (118) v Sandy Bay 11.12 (78) – Att: 1,715 at Queenborough Oval
Clarence 17.13 (115) v Hobart 13.16 (94) – Att: 1,792 at Bellerive Oval

Round 14

(Saturday, 10 July 1982)

Nth Hobart 15.17 (107) v Clarence 15.14 (104) – Att: 2,499 at North Hobart Oval
Hobart 9.9 (63) v Sandy Bay 6.12 (48) – Att: 914 at TCA Ground
New Norfolk 19.16 (130) v Glenorchy 13.12 (90) – Att: 2,651 at KGV Football Park

Round 15

(Saturday, 17 July 1982)

Nth Hobart 16.20 (116) v Hobart 14.12 (96) – Att: 1,822 at North Hobart Oval
New Norfolk 22.14 (146) v Sandy Bay 8.5 (53) – Att: 1,210 at Boyer Oval
Glenorchy 11.19 (85) v Clarence 10.22 (82) – Att: 2,740 at Bellerive Oval

Round 16

(Saturday, 24 July 1982)

New Norfolk 17.19 (121) v Hobart 16.16 (112) – Att: 1,446 at North Hobart Oval
Glenorchy 13.13 (91) v Nth Hobart 9.14 (68) – Att: 2,906 at KGV Football Park
Clarence 18.8 (116) v Sandy Bay 13.10 (88) – Att: 1,616 at Bellerive Oval

Round 17

(Saturday, 31 July 1982)

Sandy Bay 18.19 (127) v Nth Hobart 17.7 (109) – Att: 1,520 at North Hobart Oval
Glenorchy 22.11 (143) v Hobart 8.18 (66) – Att: 1,566 at KGV Football Park
New Norfolk 20.15 (135) v Clarence 9.19 (73) – Att: 2,746 at Bellerive Oval

Round 18

(Saturday, 7 August 1982)

Clarence 21.16 (142) v Hobart 7.14 (56) – Att: 1,716 at North Hobart Oval
Glenorchy 21.13 (139) v Sandy Bay 16.7 (103) – Att: 1,761 at Queenborough Oval
New Norfolk 16.19 (115) v Nth Hobart 11.15 (81) – Att: 1,798 at Boyer Oval

Round 19

(Saturday, 14 August 1982)

Glenorchy 21.17 (143) v New Norfolk 17.17 (119) – Att: 3,319 at North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay 23.11 (149) v Hobart 14.9 (93) – Att: 915 at Queenborough Oval
Clarence 16.8 (104) v Nth Hobart 12.12 (84) – Att: 2,257 at Bellerive Oval

Round 20

(Saturday, 21 August 1982)

Glenorchy 27.14 (176) v Clarence 8.8 (56) – Att: 3,921 at North Hobart Oval
Nth Hobart 21.26 (152) v Hobart 13.22 (100) – Att: 1,234 at TCA Ground*
New Norfolk 14.20 (104) v Sandy Bay 11.14 (80) – Att: 1,104 at Queenborough Oval*

Note: This round marked the final matches (at the time) to be played at the TCA Ground and Queenborough Oval.