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1970 TANFL season

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1970 TANFL season
Teams
PremiersClarence
Minor premiersSandy Bay
3rd minor premiership
Attendance
Matches played64
Total attendance254,507 (3,977 per match)
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The 1970 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 28 March and 12 September 1970.

Participating Clubs

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1970 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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(Sunday, 13 September 1970)

State Preliminary Final

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(Saturday, 26 September 1970)

State Grand Final

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(Saturday, 3 October 1970)

Interstate Matches

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Interstate Match (Monday, 15 June 1970) – (Article: 1970 Tasmania v WA Interstate Match)

Intrastate Matches

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Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 2 May 1970)

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 30 May 1970)

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

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  • Brent Palfreyman (Sandy Bay) & John Best (Clarence) – 65
  • Terry Mayne (Clarence) – 56
  • John Marshall (Nth Hobart) – 48
  • Michael Elliot (Sandy Bay) – 45

Medal Winners

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  • Roger Steele (Sandy Bay) – William Leitch Medal
  • Les Barratt (New Norfolk) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • K Edwards (New Norfolk) - Les Webb Trophy (Under-19's)
  • P. Dwyer (New Norfolk) & M Wiggins (Sandy Bay) – Vic Geard Medal (Under-17's)
  • Ricky Graham (New Norfolk) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best player in Intrastate matches)

1970 TANFL Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Sandy Bay 20 15 5 0 2151 1556 138.2 60
2 Clarence 20 13 6 1 2031 1687 120.4 54
3 New Norfolk 20 11 7 2 1734 1491 116.3 48
4 North Hobart 20 11 7 2 1772 1854 95.6 48
5 Glenorchy 20 3 15 2 1589 2079 76.4 16
6 Hobart 20 3 16 1 1384 1976 70.0 14
Source: [citation needed]

Round 1

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(Saturday, 28 March & Monday, 30 March 1970)

Round 2

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(Saturday, 4 April 1970)

Round 3

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(Saturday, 11 April 1970)

Round 4

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(Saturday, 18 April 1970)

Round 5

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(Saturday, 25 April 1970)

Round 6

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(Saturday, 2 May 1970)

Round 7

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(Saturday, 9 May 1970)

Round 8

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(Saturday, 16 May 1970)

Round 9

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(Saturday, 23 May 1970)

Round 10

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(Saturday, 6 June 1970)

Note: Record TANFL roster match attendance at Bellerive Oval.

Round 11

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(Saturday, 13 June 1970)

Round 12

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(Saturday, 20 June 1970)

Round 13

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(Saturday, 27 June 1970)

Round 14

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(Saturday, 4 July 1970)

Round 15

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(Saturday, 11 July 1970)

Round 16

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(Saturday, 18 July 1970)

Round 17

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(Saturday, 25 July 1970)

Round 18

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(Saturday, 1 August 1970)

Round 19

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(Saturday, 8 August 1970)

Note: North Hobart became the only TANFL team to draw consecutive matches

Round 20

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(Saturday, 15 August 1970)

First Semi Final

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(Saturday, 22 August 1970)

  • New Norfolk: 5.5 (35) | 13.9 (87) | 19.13 (127) | 27.15 (177)
  • Nth Hobart: 5.3 (33) | 5.6 (36) | 8.10 (58) | 14.13 (97)
  • Attendance: 11,607 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

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(Saturday, 29 August 1970)

  • Clarence: 2.5 (17) | 4.6 (30) | 8.9 (57) | 13.13 (91)
  • Sandy Bay: 3.1 (19) | 6.5 (41) | 8.5 (53) | 10.9 (69)
  • Attendance: 13,241 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

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(Saturday, 5 September 1970)

  • New Norfolk: 3.0 (18) | 7.4 (46) | 9.7 (61) | 13.9 (87)
  • Sandy Bay: 3.4 (22) | 4.5 (29) | 9.10 (64) | 11.13 (79)
  • Attendance: 12,827 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

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(Saturday, 12 September 1970)

  • Clarence: 5.8 (38) | 9.11 (65) | 13.14 (92) | 19.16 (130)
  • New Norfolk: 1.2 (8) | 3.5 (23) | 8.10 (58) | 10.15 (75)
  • Attendance: 24,413 at North Hobart Oval (All-time Tasmanian record until 1979)

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