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1957 TANFL season

The 1957 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over eighteen (18) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 13 April and 28 September 1957.

New Town District Football Club relocated from the New Town Oval to KGV Park in Glenorchy from this season and absorbed the already existing Glenorchy Rovers club that was participating in the Southern District Football Association at that time, the name change to Glenorchy District Football Club was approved by the TANFL on 8 April 1957.

The KGV Memorial Park (as it was then known) was extensively renovated and opened for use for TANFL football on 4 May by Glenorchy Municipal Council Warden, Mr J.E Percey and by Mr Eric O'Brien, the oldest surviving player from the Glenorchy Rovers team of 1886.

Participating Clubs

1957 TANFL Club Coaches

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA)

  • Glenorchy 9.11 (65) v Macalburn 9.4 (58) – New Town Oval

State Grand Final

(Saturday, 5 October 1957)

  • Longford: 3.8 (26) | 5.11 (41) | 10.13 (73) | 14.16 (100)
  • Nth Hobart: 0.1 (1) | 7.4 (46) | 10.5 (65) | 12.7 (79)
  • Attendance: 12,500 at York Park

Intrastate Matches

Intrastate Match (Monday, 17 June 1957)

Interstate Matches

Interstate Match (Saturday, 20 July 1957)

Interstate Match (Saturday, 27 July 1957)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

  • Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) – 67
  • Noel Clarke (North Hobart) – 66
  • Stuart Spencer (Clarence) – 54
  • Joe Brown (New Norfolk) – 44
  • Brian Eade (Glenorchy) – 43

Medal Winners

  • Trevor Leo (Hobart) – William Leitch Medal
  • Bruce Burn (Clarence) & Alan Gould (North Hobart) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • Russell Newell (Clarence) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
  • Paddy Cooper (North Hobart) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best TANFL player in Intrastate match)

1957 TANFL Ladder

Round 1

(Saturday, 13 April. Saturday, 20 April & Monday, 22 April 1957)

Round 2

(Saturday, 27 April 1957)

Round 3

(Saturday, 4 May 1957)

  • Nth Hobart 12.24 (96) v Clarence 10.12 (72) – Att: 5,387 at North Hobart Oval
  • Hobart 12.8 (80) v Glenorchy 10.14 (74) – Att: 2,665 at KGV Park *
  • Sandy Bay 14.12 (96) v New Norfolk 13.16 (94) – Att: 2,258 at Boyer Oval

<small>Note: First official TANFL match played at KGV Park.</small>

Round 4

(Saturday, 11 May 1957)

  • Hobart 17.13 (115) v Sandy Bay 13.13 (91) – Att: 3,642 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Norfolk 13.17 (95) v Clarence 10.12 (72) – Att: 1,760 at Bellerive Oval
  • Glenorchy 12.9 (81) v Nth Hobart 8.14 (62) – Att: 3,751 at KGV Park

Round 5

(Saturday, 18 May 1957)

  • New Norfolk 16.12 (108) v Nth Hobart 14.13 (97) – Att: 4,191 at North Hobart Oval
  • Glenorchy 20.14 (134) v Sandy Bay 15.20 (110) – Att: 3,371 at KGV Park
  • Hobart 12.12 (84) v Clarence 10.20 (80) – Att: 1,829 at Bellerive Oval

Round 6

(Saturday, 25 May 1957)

Round 7

(Saturday, 1 June 1957)

  • Sandy Bay 12.9 (81) v North Hobart 10.17 (77) – Att: 5,283 at North Hobart Oval
  • Glenorchy 13.19 (97) v Clarence 12.12 (84) – Att: 3,191 at KGV Park
  • New Norfolk 16.15 (111) v Hobart 8.11 (59) – Att: 2,040 at Boyer Oval

Round 8

(Saturday, 8 June 1957)

Round 9

(Saturday, 15 June 1957)

Round 10

(Saturday, 22 June 1957)

Round 11

(Saturday, 29 June 1957)

  • Nth Hobart 15.10 (100) v Hobart 11.20 (86) – Att: 4,500 at North Hobart Oval
  • Glenorchy 15.7 (97) v New Norfolk 13.8 (86) – Att: 3,232 at KGV Park
  • Clarence 14.14 (98) v Sandy Bay 10.8 (68) – Att: 2,440 at Bellerive Oval

Round 12

(Saturday, 6 July 1957)

Round 13

(Saturday, 13 July 1957)

  • Nth Hobart 18.21 (129) v Clarence 11.11 (77) – Att: 5,215 at North Hobart Oval
  • Hobart 12.10 (82) v Glenorchy 9.12 (66) – Att: 2,882 at KGV Park
  • Sandy Bay 15.11 (101) v New Norfolk 14.12 (96) – Att: 2,395 at Boyer Oval

Round 14

(Saturday, 3 August 1957)

Round 15

(Saturday, 10 August 1957)

  • Nth Hobart 10.21 (81) v New Norfolk 12.6 (78) – Att: 3,159 at North Hobart Oval
  • Glenorchy 15.16 (106) v Sandy Bay 13.12 (90) – Att: 2,086 at KGV Park
  • Clarence 8.11 (59) v Hobart 5.9 (39) – Att: 1,226 at Bellerive Oval

Round 16

(Saturday, 17 August 1957)

Round 17

(Saturday, 24 August 1957)

  • Nth Hobart 20.25 (145) v Sandy Bay 8.9 (57) – Att: 5,031 at North Hobart Oval
  • Glenorchy 13.13 (91) v Clarence 12.16 (88) – Att: 1,820 at KGV Park
  • Hobart 16.14 (110) v New Norfolk 10.17 (77) – Att: 1,630 at Boyer Oval

Round 18

(Saturday, 31 August 1957)

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 7 September 1957)

  • Hobart: 2.3 (15) | 6.9 (45) | 9.10 (64) | 18.13 (121)
  • Sandy Bay: 5.5 (35) | 9.8 (62) | 14.11 (95) | 15.14 (104)
  • Attendance: 8,460 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 14 September 1957)

  • Nth Hobart: 1.5 (11) | 2.11 (23) | 8.12 (60) | 12.13 (85)
  • Glenorchy: 0.2 (2) | 1.2 (8) | 2.3 (15) | 2.4 (16)
  • Attendance: 7,764 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 21 September 1957)

  • Glenorchy: 4.2 (26) | 10.7 (67) | 13.12 (90) | 16.17 (113)
  • Hobart: 4.3 (27) | 7.6 (48) | 11.8 (74) | 15.9 (99)
  • Attendance: 9,842 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

(Saturday, 28 September 1957)

  • Nth Hobart: 0.6 (6) | 5.9 (39) | 8.10 (58) | 11.15 (81)
  • Glenorchy: 1.5 (11) | 1.8 (14) | 7.14 (56) | 9.15 (69)
  • Attendance: 16,363 at North Hobart Oval

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