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1972 TANFL season

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1972 TANFL premiership season
Teams
PremiersSandy Bay
Minor premiersSandy Bay
4th minor premiership
Attendance
Matches played64
Total attendance247,430 (3,866 per match)
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The 1972 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 finals series matches between 1 April and 16 September 1972.

Participating Clubs

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1972 TANFL Club Coaches

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TANFL Reserves Grand Final

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TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

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  • Not Available.

State Preliminary Final

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(Saturday, 23 September 1972)

  • Latrobe: 12.14 (86)
  • Sandy Bay: 4.8 (32)

State Grand Final

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(Saturday, 30 September 1972)

  • City-South: 4.2 (26) | 6.3 (39) | 8.7 (55) | 14.14 (98)
  • Latrobe: 3.2 (20) | 6.9 (45) | 8.12 (60) | 8.14 (62)
  • Attendance: 10,551 at York Park

State Trial Matches

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Trial Match One (Saturday, 22 April 1972)

Trial Match Two (Saturday, 29 April 1972)

Trial Match Three (Saturday, 27 May 1972)

Interstate Matches

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See: 1972 Australian National Football Carnival


Match One (Saturday, 17 June 1972)

Match Three (Wednesday, 21 June 1972)

  • Western Australia 17.23 (125) v Tasmania 12.7 (79) – Att: N/A at Subiaco Oval

Match Five (Saturday, 24 June 1972)

  • South Australia 22.24 (156) v Tasmania 9.12 (66) – Att: N/A at Subiaco Oval

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

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  • Darryl Sutton (Glenorchy) – 73
  • John Richmond (Clarence) – 58
  • Tony Wilton (New Norfolk) – 48
  • Chris Saunders (Sandy Bay) – 46

Medal Winners

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  • Ricky Graham (New Norfolk) – William Leitch Medal
  • Garry Rogers (Hobart) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • Leigh McConnon (Nth Hobart) & Gary Whittle (Hobart) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)

1972 TANFL Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Sandy Bay 20 15 5 0 2115 1608 131.5 60
2 New Norfolk 20 14 6 0 2029 1764 115.0 56
3 Hobart 20 10 10 0 1864 1858 100.3 40
4 Clarence 20 9 11 0 1929 1838 105.0 36
5 Glenorchy 20 9 11 0 1997 1962 101.8 36
6 North Hobart 20 3 17 0 1494 2392 62.5 12
Source: [citation needed]

Round 1

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(Saturday, 1 April & Monday, 3 April 1972)

Round 2

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(Saturday, 8 April 1972)

Round 3

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(Saturday, 15 April 1972)

Round 4

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(Tuesday, 25 April & Saturday, 29 April 1972)

Round 5

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(Saturday, 6 May 1972)

Round 6

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(Saturday, 13 May 1972)

Round 7

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(Saturday, 20 May 1972)

Round 8

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(Saturday, 27 May 1972)

Round 9

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(Saturday, 3 June 1972)

Round 10

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(Saturday, 10 June & Monday, 12 June 1972)

Round 11

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(Saturday, 17 June 1972)

Round 12

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(Saturday, 24 June 1972)

Round 13

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(Saturday, 1 July 1972)

Round 14

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(Saturday, 8 July 1972)

Round 15

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(Saturday, 15 July 1972)

Round 16

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(Saturday, 22 July 1972)

Round 17

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(Saturday, 29 July 1972)

Round 18

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(Saturday, 5 August 1972)

Round 19

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(Saturday, 12 August 1972)

Round 20

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(Saturday, 19 August 1972)

First Semi Final

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(Saturday, 26 August 1972)

  • Hobart: 4.4 (28) | 7.11 (53) | 11.13 (79) | 13.16 (94)
  • Clarence: 1.3 (9) | 3.5 (23) | 9.8 (62) | 14.8 (92)
  • Attendance: 12,628 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

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(Saturday, 2 September 1972)

  • Sandy Bay: 5.4 (34) | 8.8 (56) | 14.14 (98) | 17.22 (124)
  • New Norfolk: 4.2 (26) | 9.3 (57) | 13.5 (83) | 15.8 (98)
  • Attendance: 10,466 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

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(Saturday, 9 September 1972)

  • New Norfolk: 2.7 (19) | 4.11 (35) | 9.13 (67) | 11.14 (80)
  • Hobart: 4.3 (27) | 5.6 (36) | 7.12 (54) | 10.16 (76)
  • Attendance: 10,993 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

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(Saturday, 16 September 1972)

  • Sandy Bay: 5.2 (32) | 9.5 (59) | 13.7 (85) | 18.9 (117)
  • New Norfolk: 2.2 (14) | 3.7 (25) | 5.10 (40) | 10.14 (74)
  • Attendance: 17,304 at North Hobart Oval

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