List of Tasmanian Football League premierships explained

This is a list of premiership winners in the Tasmanian Football League.

TFL Grand Finals (1879–present)

Below is the complete list of champions since the first edition held by then "Tasmanian Football Association" (TFA) in 1879.[1]

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1879 City (1) (No final played)
1880 Cricketers [2] (1) (No final played)
1881 Railway (1) (No final played)
1882 Railway (2) 6 – 0 Cricketers
1883 Railway [3] (3) (No final played)
1884 Cricketers (2)(No final played)
1885 Holebrook (1) 5 – 3 City[4] n/a n/a
1886 City (2) 6.16 – 0.9 Railway n/an/a
1887 Railway (4) 5.3 – 1.9 City n/an/a
1888 City (3) 4.15 – 3.6 Railway n/a n/a
1889 Railway (5) (No final played)
1890 Holebrook (2) 3.11 – 2.7 Railway
1891 Holebrook (3) (No final played)
1892 City [5] [6] (4) (No final played)
1893 Railway (6) 8.17 – 7.6 Holebrook n/a n/a
1894 Railway (7) 2.5 – 0.4 City n/an/a
1895 Railway (8) 4.3 – 2.4 City n/an/a
1896 Railway [7] (9) (No final played)
1897 Hobart (City) (1) 1.3 (9) – 0.6 (6) n/a n/a
1898 Lefroy (1) 8.17 (65) – 3.5 (23) Wellington n/a n/a
1899 Lefroy (2) 4.7 (31) – 2.8 (20) Wellington n/a n/a
1900 Wellington (1) 7.8 (50) – 5.6 (36) n/an/a
1901 Lefroy (3) 11.12 (78) – 3.8 (26) Wellington n/an/a
1902 North Hobart (1) (No final played)
1903 Wellington (2)(No final played)
1904 Wellington (3)(No final played)
1905 North Hobart (2) (No final played)
1906 Derwent (1) (No final played)
1907 Lefroy (4) (No final played)
1908 North Hobart (3) 2.7 (19) – 1.9 (15) n/a
1909 Cananore [8] (1) (No final played)
1910 Cananore (2)(No final played)
1911 Cananore [9] (3)(No final played)
1912 Lefroy [10] (5) (No final played)
1913 Cananore (4)(No final played)
1914 North Hobart (4) 7.11 (53) – 4.11 (35) 5,000
1915 Lefroy (6) 6.12 (48) – 3.5 (23) n/a Upper Cricket Ground
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920 North Hobart (5) 10.12 (72) – 6.16 (52) 8,000
1921 Cananore (5) 6.18 (54) – 4.5 (29) 7,000 Upper Cricket Ground
1922 Cananore (6) 9.12 (66) – 8.8 (56) n/a North Hobart Oval
1923 North Hobart [11] (6) (No final played)
1924 Lefroy (7) 8.3 (51) – 4.11 (35) n/a North Hobart Oval
1925 Cananore [12] (7) (No final played)
1926 Cananore (8) 14.8 (92) – 8.12 (60) 10,000 North Hobart Oval
1927 Cananore (9) (No final played)
1928 North Hobart (7) (No final played)
1929 North Hobart (8) 9.15 (69) – 7.12 (54) 10,020 North Hobart Oval
1930 Lefroy (8) 14.11 (95) – 10.17 (77) 6,000 North Hobart Oval
1931 Cananore (10) 9.12 (66) – 9.12 (66) 10,009 North Hobart Oval
8.9 (57) – 7.12 (54) 10,083
1932 North Hobart (9) 16.15 (111) – 9.5 (59) 8,800 North Hobart Oval
1933 Cananore (11) 16.12 (108) – 8.16 (64) 6,500 North Hobart Oval
1934 North Hobart (10) 11.22 (88) –9.10 (64) 3,640 North Hobart Oval
1935 New Town (1) 18.9 (117) – 15.13 (103) North Hobart6,021 North Hobart Oval
1936 North Hobart (11) 13.9 (87) – 11.17 (83) 7,433 North Hobart Oval
1937 Lefroy (9) 17.12 (114) – 9.15 (69) 8,500 North Hobart Oval
1938 North Hobart (12) 13.15 (93) – 11.15 (81) 5,990 North Hobart Oval
1939 North Hobart (13) 10.9 (69) – 6.11 (47) 5,078 North Hobart Oval
1940 North Hobart (14) 18.8 (116) – 7.17 (59) 5,420 North Hobart Oval
1941 North Hobart (15) 12.17 (89) – 9.11 (65) 4,034 North Hobart Oval
1942
1943
1944
1945 North Hobart (16)10.17 (77) – 7.6 (48) 5,980
1946 Sandy Bay (1) 12.16 (88) – 5.16 (46) New Town12,500 North Hobart Oval
1947 North Hobart (17) 13.7 (85) – 10.9 (69) 11,396 North Hobart Oval
1948 New Town (2) 11.15 (81) – 9.11 (65) 12,236 North Hobart Oval
1949 New Town (3) 10.8 (68) – 4.11 (35) 15,086 North Hobart Oval
1950 Hobart (1) 11.12 (78) – 11.10 (76) 12,697 North Hobart Oval
1951 New Town (4) 20.14 (134) – 9.9 (63) North Hobart13,079 North Hobart Oval
1952 Sandy Bay (2) 14.9 (93) – 11.9 (75) 11,086 North Hobart Oval
1953 New Town (5) 16.18 (114) – 15.13 (103) 11,860 North Hobart Oval
1954 Hobart (2) 12.10 (82) – 10.12 (72) 11,461 North Hobart Oval
1955 New Town (6) 15.11 (101) – 8.18 (66) 13,429 North Hobart Oval
1956 New Town (7) 8.7 (55) – 7.10 (52) 12,182 North Hobart Oval
1957 North Hobart (18) 11.15 (81) – 9.15 (69) 16,363 North Hobart Oval
1958 Glenorchy (8) 15.15 (105) – 11.11 (77) 15,643 North Hobart Oval
1959 Hobart (3) 9.14 (68) – 2.9 (21)10,103 North Hobart Oval
1960 Hobart (4) 6.7 (43) – 6.3 (39) 6,001 North Hobart Oval
1961 North Hobart (19) 16.12 (108) – 11.6 (72) Glenorchy15,217 North Hobart Oval
1962 North Hobart (20)10.12 (72) – 7.15 (57) 19,311 North Hobart Oval
1963 Hobart (5) 10.4 (64) – 6.13 (49) 14,498 North Hobart Oval
1964 Sandy Bay (3) 11.11 (77) – 9.11 (65) 20,775 North Hobart Oval
1965 Glenorchy (9) 10.15 (75) – 6.8 (44) 18,548 North Hobart Oval
1966 Hobart (6) 10.14 (74) – 11.7 (73) 16,699 North Hobart Oval
1967 North Hobart (21) 11.12 (78) – 8.16 (64) 17,523 North Hobart Oval
1968 New Norfolk (1) 14.13 (97) – 9.14 (68) 19,236 North Hobart Oval
1969 North Hobart (22) 19.15 (129) – 17.15 (117) Clarence19,425 North Hobart Oval
1970 Clarence (1) 19.16 (130) – 10.15 (75) 24,413 North Hobart Oval
1971 Sandy Bay (4) 18.13 (121) – 16.16 (112) 20,364 North Hobart Oval
1972 Sandy Bay (5) 18.9 (117) – 10.14 (74) 17,304 North Hobart Oval
1973 Hobart (7) 11.19 (85) – 10.5 (65) 14,720 North Hobart Oval
1974 North Hobart (23) 21.10 (136) 15.18 (108)16,234 North Hobart Oval
1975 Glenorchy (10) 15.16 (106) – 10.7 (67) 15,449 North Hobart Oval
1976 Sandy Bay (6) 21.10 (136) – 5.9 (39) 10,881 North Hobart Oval
1977 Sandy Bay (7) 19.9 (123) – 5.14 (44) 12,960 North Hobart Oval
1978 Sandy Bay (8) 11.14 (80) – 9.15 (69) 18,662 North Hobart Oval
1979 Clarence (2) 12.11 (83) – 11.14 (80) 24,968 North Hobart Oval
1980 Hobart (8) 14.9 (93) – 7.16 (58) 17,111 North Hobart Oval
1981 Clarence (3) 15.23 (113) – 13.10 (88) 20,193 North Hobart Oval
1982 New Norfolk (2) 13.9 (87) – 11.10 (76) 16,124 North Hobart Oval
1983 Glenorchy (11) 28.19 (187) – 14.11 (95) 17,900 North Hobart Oval
1984 Clarence (4) 13.13 (91) – 9.11 (65) 14,664 North Hobart Oval
1985 Glenorchy (12) 10.15 (75) – 10.11 (71) 16,561 North Hobart Oval
1986 Glenorchy (13) 14.20 (104) – 9.18 (72) 16,111 North Hobart Oval
1987 North Hobart (24) 23.20 (158) – 16.10 (106) 17,094 North Hobart Oval
1988 Devonport (1) 15.7 (97) – 8.6 (54) Glenorchy17,878 North Hobart Oval
1989 North Hobart (25) 18.22 (130) – 16.4 (100) 16,528 North Hobart Oval
1990 Hobart (9) 19.16 (130) – 10.12 (72) 15,633 North Hobart Oval
1991 North Hobart (26) 12.14 (86) – 8.12 (60) 13,112 North Hobart Oval
1992 North Hobart (27) 16.12 (108) – 10.13 (73) 11,967 North Hobart Oval
1993 Clarence (5) 19.12 (126) – 17.15 (117) 13,102 North Hobart Oval
1994 Clarence (6) 13.13 (91) – 8.5 (53) 14,230 North Hobart Oval
1995 North Launceston (1) 9.11 (65) – 7.13 (55) 9,448 North Hobart Oval
1996 Clarence (7) 14.17 (101) – 10.14 (74) 12,352 North Hobart Oval
1997 Clarence (8) 20.9 (129) – 18.14 (122) 9,053 North Hobart Oval
1998 Northern Bombers (2) 14.16 (100) – 6.15 (51) 9,638 North Hobart Oval
1999 Glenorchy (14)15.9 (99) – 7.11 (53) 8,053 North Hobart Oval
2000 Clarence (9) 15.15 (105) – 8.8 (56) 6,124 York Park
2001 - 2008 Hiatus
2009 Clarence (10) 15.11 (101) – 14.11 (95) 7,534 Bellerive Oval
2010 Clarence (11) 15.13 (103) – 6.10 (46) 6,123 Bellerive Oval
2011 Launceston (1)12.14 (86) – 6.6 (42) 6,658 Aurora Stadium
2012 Burnie (1) 16.14 (110) – 9.8 (62) 5,569 Aurora Stadium
2013 South Launceston (1) 10.14 (74) – 9.11 (65) 5,904 Aurora Stadium
2014 North Launceston (3) 18.13 (121) – 10.2 (62) 5,842 Aurora Stadium
2015 North Launceston (4) 13.13 (91) – 11.13 (79) 5,978 Bellerive Oval
2016 Glenorchy (15) 9.6 (60) – 5.10 (40) 6,128 Aurora Stadium
2017 North Launceston (5) 21.22 (148) – 9.7 (61) 6,108 Aurora Stadium
2018 North Launceston (6) 7.21 (63) – 4.9 (33) 4,423 University of Tasmania Stadium
2019 North Launceston (7) 13.10 (88) – 9.5 (59) 4,692 Bellerive Oval
2020 Launceston (2) 8.4 (52) – 5.9 (39) 3,000 University of Tasmania Stadium
2021 Launceston (3) 12.5 (77) – 6.7 (43) 3,500 University of Tasmania Stadium
2022 Launceston (4) 16.14 (110) - 5.8 (38) - University of Tasmania Stadium
2023 Kingborough (1) 8.8 (56) - 5.11 (41) - North Hobart Oval
Notes

Premiers by club

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27 1902, 1905, 1908, 1914, 1920, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992
15 1935, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965, 1975, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2016
11 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1933
11 1970, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2010
9 1898, 1899, 1901, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1924, 1930, 1937
9 1950, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1966, 1973, 1980, 1990
Railway 91881, 1882, 1883, 1887, 1889, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1895
8 1946, 1952, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978
7 1995, 1998, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
City 4 1879, 1886, 1888, 1892
Holebrook 3 1885, 1890, 1891
Wellington 3 1900, 1903, 1904
3 2011, 2020, 2021
2 1968, 1982
Cricketers 2 1880, 1884
Hobart (City) 1 1897
Derwent 1 1906
1 1988
1 2012
1 2013
Notes

Other competitions

Tasmanian State Premiers

See main article: Tasmanian State Premiership. The Tasmanian State Premiership took place between the reigning TFL/TANFL premier, the premier from the Northern Tasmanian Football Association and from 1954, the premier of the North West Football Union.

Winfield Statewide Cup

The 1980 Winfield Statewide Cup was a round-robin statewide tournament that took place between the top 21 clubs in Tasmania from the TANFL, the NTFA and the NWFU.

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1980 9.21 (75) – 7.4 (46) 5,961 North Hobart Oval

Notes and References

  1. http://www.australianrulesfootball.com.au/pages/TSL Tasmanian State League
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  4. News: FOOTBALL. . . Hobart, Tas. . 12 October 1885 . 2 July 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: FOOTBALL. . . Hobart, Tas. . 2 September 1892 . 22 November 2011 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: FOOTBALL. . . Hobart, Tas. . 5 September 1892 . 22 November 2011 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  7. News: FOOTBALL. . . Hobart, Tas. . 14 September 1896 . 22 November 2011 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  8. News: FOOTBALL. . . Hobart, Tas. . 25 September 1909 . 21 November 2011 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  9. News: FOOTBALL. . . Hobart, Tas. . 28 August 1911 . 28 October 2014 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  10. News: FOOTBALL. LEFROY V. NORTH HOBART. . . Hobart, Tas. . 16 September 1912 . 28 October 2014 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  11. News: FOOTBALL. . . Hobart, Tas. . 24 September 1923 . 5 August 2011 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
  12. News: FOOTBALL. . . Hobart, Tas. . 18 September 1925 . 2 July 2015 . 10 . National Library of Australia.