The 1979 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 (4) finals series matches between 7 April and 22 September 1979.
This was the centenary season of the Tasmanian Football League, the finals series was sponsored by the Winfield tobacco company to the tune of A$10,000.
The Grand Final of this year set an all-time record football match attendance in Tasmania of 24,968 patrons, this was also a single-day sporting record attendance in the state of Tasmania for twenty five years until it was broken when a crowd of 30,150 attended Symmons Plains Raceway in Northern Tasmania for a V8 Supercar Championship event in 2004.
Participating Clubs
1979 TANFL Club Coaches
TANFL Reserves Grand Final
TANFL Under-19's Grand Final
TANFL Under-17's Grand Final
- Hobart 13.10 (88) v Glenorchy 9.7 (61) â New Town Oval
Interstate Matches
TFL Centenary Interstate Match (Monday, 18 June 1979)
See: 1979 Perth State of Origin Carnival
Section One Qualifying Match (Thursday, 4 October 1979)
- Tasmania 17.20 (122) v Queensland 13.12 (90) at Perth Oval
Semi Final 1 (Saturday, 6 October 1979)
- Western Australia 23.33 (171) v Tasmania 9.10 (64) - Att: 15,186 at Subiaco Oval
3rd Place Playoff (Monday, 8 October 1979)
- South Australia 22.20 (152) v Tasmania 17.11 (113) - Att: 30,876 at Subiaco Oval
Intrastate Matches
Jubilee Shield (Wednesday, 25 April 1979)
Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 26 May 1979)
Leading Goalkickers: TANFL
- Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) â 179 (TFL Record)
- Paul Courto (Hobart) â 71
- L.Barwick (Nth Hobart) â 53
- Michael Elliot (Sandy Bay) â 48
Medal Winners
- Peter Hudson (Glenorchy) â William Leitch Medal
- Noel Bester (New Norfolk) â George Watt Medal (Reserves)
- Mark Kreune (Clarence) â V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
- Gary Webster (Nth Hobart) â D.R Plaister Medal (Under-17's)
- Murray Dickson (Hobart) & Scott Brain (Hobart) â Weller Arnold Medal (Best TANFL player in Intrastate Matches)
1979 TANFL Ladder
Round 1
(Saturday, 7 April 1979)
Round 2
(Saturday, 14 April & Monday, 16 April 1979)
Round 3
(Saturday, 21 April 1979)
Round 4
(Saturday, 28 April 1979)
- Glenorchy 17.19 (121) v Sandy Bay 6.7 (43) â Att: 3,144 at North Hobart Oval
- Nth Hobart 20.18 (138) v Hobart 14.16 (100) â Att: 1,356 at TCA Ground
- Clarence 15.8 (98) v New Norfolk 12.12 (84) â Att: 2,077 at Boyer Oval
Round 5
(Saturday, 5 May 1979)
Round 6
(Saturday, 12 May 1979)
- Sandy Bay 10.19 (79) v Nth Hobart 6.12 (48) â Att: 2,323 at North Hobart Oval
- Hobart 16.9 (105) v Clarence 13.17 (95) â Att: 1,681 at TCA Ground
- Glenorchy 18.9 (117) v New Norfolk 13.17 (95) â Att: 1,718 at Boyer Oval
Round 7
(Saturday, 19 May 1979)
Round 8
(Saturday, 26 May 1979)
Round 9
(Saturday, 2 June 1979)
Round 10
(Saturday, 9 June & Sunday, 10 June 1979)
- Glenorchy 23.17 (155) v Clarence 7.9 (51) â Att: 4,142 at North Hobart Oval
- Sandy Bay 15.20 (110) v Hobart 15.15 (105) â Att: 864 at TCA Ground
- New Norfolk 14.22 (106) v Nth Hobart 6.14 (50) â Att: 1,140 at Boyer Oval (Sunday)
Round 11
(Saturday, 23 June 1979)
Round 12
(Saturday, 30 June 1979)
<small>Note: Peter Hudson kicks all-time TANFL record of 18 goals in this match and kicks his 100th goal for the season.</small>
Round 13
(Saturday, 7 July & Sunday, 8 July 1979)
Round 14
(Saturday, 14 July 1979)
Round 15
(Saturday, 21 July 1979)
Round 16
(Saturday, 28 July 1979)
Round 17
(Saturday, 4 August 1979)
Round 18
(Saturday, 11 August 1979)
<small>Note: Peter Hudson kicks second highest TANFL goal total of all-time (to that stage) with 16.4.</small>
Round 19
(Saturday, 18 August 1979)
Round 20
(Saturday, 25 August 1979)
First Semi Final
(Saturday, 1 September 1979)
- Sandy Bay: 3.3 (21) | 9.7 (61) | 14.12 (96) | 18.12 (120)
- Nth Hobart: 1.0 (6) | 4.3 (27) | 5.8 (38) | 6.13 (49)
- Attendance: 5,629 at North Hobart Oval
Second Semi Final
(Saturday, 8 September 1979)
- Glenorchy: 4.4 (28) | 8.5 (53) | 12.7 (79) | 19.8 (122)
- Clarence: 3.4 (22) | 5.7 (37) | 8.11 (59) | 11.12 (78)
- Attendance: 10,282 at North Hobart Oval
Preliminary Final
(Saturday, 15 September 1979)
- Clarence: 3.3 (21) | 5.9 (39) | 7.16 (58) | 10.19 (79)
- Sandy Bay: 0.2 (2) | 1.3 (9) | 4.6 (30) | 9.6 (60)
- Attendance: 8,428 at North Hobart Oval
Grand Final
(Saturday, 22 September 1979)
- Clarence: 3.4 (22) | 9.6 (60) | 10.8 (68) | 12.11 (83)
- Glenorchy: 4.7 (31) | 6.8 (44) | 10.13 (73) | 11.14 (80)
- Attendance: 24,968 at North Hobart Oval (Including 2,683 pre-sold tickets) <small>(Tasmanian Record)</small>
References
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.