Australian rules football season
Australian rules football season
1954 TANFL season Teams Premiers Hobart Minor premiers Hobart 5th minor premiership Matches played 49 Total attendance 138,943 (2,836 per match)
The 1954 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL ) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart , Tasmania over fifteen (15) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 17 April and 18 September 1954.
Hobart Football Club began playing their home fixtures at North Hobart Oval from this season due to a dispute between them, the TANFL and the Tasmanian Cricket Association and its (at that time) more financially influential co-tenant, the Hobart Greyhound Racing Club (HGRC) over the high rental costs incurred to use the TCA Ground for football.
Owing to the dispute between all parties the ground did not host any TANFL fixtures until Hobart resumed playing home matches there in 1961.
Participating Clubs
1954 TANFL Club Coaches
TANFL Reserves Grand Final
TANFL Under-19's Grand Final
State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)
State Preliminary Final
(Saturday, 25 September 1954)
State Grand Final
(Saturday, 2 October 1954)
City : 1.6 (12) | 5.10 (40) | 7.13 (55) | 9.16 (70)
Hobart: 2.3 (15) | 3.3 (21) | 5.5 (35) | 6.10 (46)
Attendance : 6,951 at York Park
Intrastate Matches
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 12 June 1954)
Jubilee Shield (Monday, 14 June 1954)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 3 July 1954)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 31 July 1954)
Inter-Association Match (Sunday, 13 June 1954)
Inter-Association Match (Sunday, 31 July 1954)
Huon FA 14.16 (100) v TANFL II 11.16 (82) – Att : 1,200 at Geeveston Oval.
Interstate Matches
Interstate Match (Saturday, 10 July 1954)
Leading Goalkickers: TANFL
Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) – 68
Max Griffiths (New Town) – 42
E.Griggs (New Town) – 40
L.Sutton (North Hobart) – 37
Les McClements (Clarence) – 37
Medal Winners
Bruce Roe (New Norfolk) – William Leitch Medal
M.Cleary (North Hobart) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
Ray Young (New Norfolk) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
C.Moore (North Hobart) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best TANFL player in Intrastate Matches)
Gordon Bowman (Sandy Bay) – Lefroy Medal (Best Tasmanian player in Interstate Matches)
1954 TANFL Ladder
Round 1
(Saturday, 17 April & Monday, 19 April 1954)
Round 2
(Saturday, 24 April 1954)
Hobart 14.20 (104) v New Norfolk 7.10 (52) – Att : 2,026 at North Hobart Oval
Sandy Bay 23.18 (156) v New Town 19.14 (128) – Att : 3,017 at New Town Oval
Nth Hobart 12.23 (95) v Clarence 2.8 (20) – Att : 1,382 at Bellerive Oval
Round 3
(Saturday, 1 May 1954)
Round 4
(Saturday, 8 May 1954)
Round 5
(Saturday, 15 May 1954)
Sandy Bay 13.12 (90) v Nth Hobart 12.15 (87) – Att : 4,301 at North Hobart Oval
New Town 16.9 (105) v New Norfolk 11.17 (83) – Att : 1,576 at New Town Oval
Hobart 11.15 (81) v Clarence 9.17 (71) – Att : 1,069 at Bellerive Oval
Round 6
(Saturday, 22 May 1954)
Round 7
(Saturday, 29 May 1954)
Round 8
(Saturday, 5 June 1954)
Hobart 8.14 (62) v Sandy Bay 4.3 (27) – Att : 1,949 at North Hobart Oval
Nth Hobart 9.12 (66) v New Town 5.14 (44) – Att : 1,227 at New Town Oval
Clarence 8.12 (60) v New Norfolk 6.13 (49) – Att : 475 at Bellerive Oval
Round 9
(Saturday, 19 June 1954)
Nth Hobart 12.15 (87) v New Norfolk 12.15 (87) – Att : 1,708 at North Hobart Oval
Hobart 10.21 (81) v New Town 10.17 (77) – Att : 2,581 at New Town Oval
Clarence 10.15 (75) v Sandy Bay 9.15 (69) – Att : 1,617 at Bellerive Oval
Round 10
(Saturday, 26 June 1954)
Round 11
(Saturday, 17 July 1954)
Hobart 17.20 (122) v Nth Hobart 12.11 (83) – Att : 4,301 at North Hobart Oval
New Town 23.25 (163) v Clarence 6.12 (48) – Att : 1,353 at New Town Oval
Sandy Bay 17.12 (114) v New Norfolk 11.11 (77) – Att : 850 at Boyer Oval
Round 12
(Saturday, 24 July 1954)
Hobart 18.19 (127) v New Norfolk 11.12 (78) – Att : 1,096 at North Hobart Oval
New Town 16.17 (113) v Sandy Bay 7.10 (52) – Att : 3,384 at New Town Oval
Clarence 5.15 (45) v Nth Hobart 2.5 (17) – Att : 1,197 at Bellerive Oval
Round 13
(Saturday, 7 August 1954)
Round 14
(Saturday, 14 August 1954)
Round 15
(Saturday, 21 August 1954)
Nth Hobart 14.13 (97) v Sandy Bay 13.9 (87) – Att : 3,992 at North Hobart Oval
New Town 32.19 (211) v New Norfolk 6.12 (48) – Att : 941 at New Town Oval *
Hobart 16.23 (119) v Clarence 10.9 (69) – Att : 860 at Bellerive Oval
Note: New Town became the first club to score more than 200 points in a match since Lefroy in 1932, it took until 1979 for it to be broken again.
First Semi Final
(Saturday, 28 August 1954)
Nth Hobart: 2.3 (15) | 7.7 (49) | 10.11 (71) | 11.13 (79)
Sandy Bay: 2.6 (18) | 3.10 (28) | 7.11 (53) | 10.15 (75)
Attendance : 8,787 at North Hobart Oval
Second Semi Final
(Saturday, 4 September 1954)
Hobart: 4.3 (27) | 8.5 (53) | 12.13 (85) | 18.15 (123)
New Town: 5.1 (31) | 5.2 (32) | 10.7 (67) | 15.9 (99)
Attendance : 8,045 at North Hobart Oval
Preliminary Final
(Saturday, 11 September 1954)
New Town: 3.2 (20) | 7.9 (51) | 10.10 (70) | 12.12 (84)
Nth Hobart: 3.4 (22) | 5.10 (40) | 7.12 (54) | 8.13 (61)
Attendance : 10,481 at North Hobart Oval
Grand Final
(Saturday, 18 September 1954)
Hobart: 4.3 (27) | 6.7 (43) | 9.8 (62) | 12.10 (82)
New Town: 3.3 (21) | 4.4 (28) | 7.9 (51) | 10.12 (72)
Attendance : 11,461 at North Hobart Oval
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury publication.
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