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1963 TANFL season

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1963 TANFL season
Teams
PremiersHobart
Minor premiersSandy Bay
2nd minor premiership
Attendance
Matches played61
Total attendance236,221 (3,872 per match)
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The 1963 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over nineteen (19) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 6 April and 14 September 1963.

Participating Clubs

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1963 TANFL Club Coaches

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  • Stuart Spencer (Clarence)
  • John Chick (Glenorchy)
  • Mal Pascoe (Hobart)
  • Trevor Leo (New Norfolk)
  • Darrell Eaton (North Hobart)
  • Rex Geard (Sandy Bay)

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

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TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

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State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)

  • Clarence 10.11 (71) v Glenorchy 6.8 (44) – New Town Oval

State Preliminary Final

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(Saturday, 28 September 1963)

  • Burnie Tigers: 7.2 (44) | 9.3 (57) | 15.7 (97) | 16.10 (106)
  • Hobart: 1.2 (8) | 6.9 (45) | 7.12 (54) | 11.17 (83)
  • Attendance: 6,500 at West Park Oval

Note: Burnie (NWFU guernsey) and Hobart (TANFL guernsey) wore alternate strips due to a guernsey clash.

State Grand Final

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(Saturday, 5 October 1963)

  • Burnie Tigers: 2.7 (19) | 6.14 (50) | 8.16 (64) | 8.25 (73)
  • Nth Launceston: 1.3 (9) | 1.4 (10) | 2.10 (22) | 6.13 (49)
  • Attendance: 6,490 at York Park

Intrastate Matches

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Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 4 May 1963)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 29 June 1963)

Inter-Association Match (Saturday, 4 May 1963)

Interstate Matches

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Interstate Match (Saturday, 1 June 1963)

Interstate Match (Saturday, 8 June 1963)

  • Tasmania 9.10 (64) v Western Australia 6.13 (49) – Att: 20,000 at Subiaco Oval

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

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Medal Winners

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  • Geoff Whitton (Sandy Bay) – William Leitch Medal
  • Dal Johnson (Glenorchy) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • Graham Glover (New Norfolk) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
  • R. Reid (Clarence) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best player in Intrastate matches)

1963 TANFL Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Sandy Bay 19 12 7 0 1494 1236 120.9 48
2 New Norfolk 19 12 7 0 1483 1276 116.2 48
3 Hobart 19 11 7 1 1606 1430 112.3 46
4 Clarence 19 10 9 0 1357 1374 98.8 40
5 North Hobart 19 8 10 1 1233 1336 92.3 34
6 Glenorchy 19 3 16 0 1105 1626 68.0 12
Source: [citation needed]

Round 1

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(Saturday, 6 April 1963)

Round 2

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(Saturday, 13 April & Monday, 15 April 1963)

Round 3

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(Saturday, 20 April 1963)

Round 4

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(Saturday, 27 April 1963)

Round 5

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(Saturday, 11 May 1963)

Round 6

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(Saturday, 18 May 1963)

  • Nth Hobart 13.15 (93) v Sandy Bay 11.9 (75) – Att: 3,948 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Norfolk 15.16 (106) v Hobart 13.8 (86) – Att: 3,456 at TCA Ground
  • Clarence 17.12 (114) v Glenorchy 7.13 (55) – Att: 2,921 at KGV Park

Round 7

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(Saturday, 25 May 1963)

Round 8

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(Saturday, 1 June 1963)

Round 9

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(Saturday, 8 June & Monday, 10 June 1963)

Round 10

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(Saturday, 15 June 1963)

Round 11

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(Saturday, 22 June 1963)

Round 12

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(Saturday, 29 June 1963)

Round 13

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(Saturday, 6 July 1963)

Round 14

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(Saturday, 13 July 1963)

Round 15

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(Saturday, 20 July 1963)

Round 16

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(Saturday, 27 July 1963)

Round 17

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(Saturday, 3 August 1963)

Round 18

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(Saturday, 10 August 1963)

Round 19

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(Saturday, 17 August 1963)

First Semi Final

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(Saturday, 24 August 1963)

  • Hobart: 4.1 (25) | 6.5 (41) | 12.6 (78) | 13.9 (87)
  • Clarence: 1.4 (10) | 5.9 (39) | 8.12 (60) | 10.20 (80)
  • Attendance: 11,827 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

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(Saturday, 31 August 1963)

  • Sandy Bay: 2.1 (13) | 7.7 (49) | 11.8 (74) | 15.11 (101)
  • New Norfolk: 4.2 (26) | 5.2 (32) | 7.9 (51) | 10.9 (69)
  • Attendance: 13,325 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

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(Saturday, 7 September 1963)

  • Hobart: 1.9 (15) | 3.13 (31) | 5.16 (46) | 12.19 (91)
  • New Norfolk: 1.2 (8) | 4.7 (31) | 9.11 (65) | 13.12 (90)
  • Attendance: 12,434 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

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(Saturday, 14 September 1963)

  • Hobart: 3.1 (19) | 4.1 (25) | 7.3 (45) | 10.4 (64)
  • Sandy Bay: 2.1 (13) | 2.7 (19) | 5.7 (37) | 6.13 (49)
  • Attendance: 14,498 at North Hobart Oval

Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.