1965 TANFL season

Australian rules football season

Australian rules football season
  • Clarence Kangaroos
  • Glenorchy Magpies
  • Hobart Tigers
  • New Norfolk Eagles
  • North Hobart Robins
  • Sandy Bay Seagulls
PremiersGlenorchyMinor premiersGlenorchyAttendanceMatches played61Total attendance292,932 (4,802 per match)
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The 1965 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 3 April and 18 September 1965.

Participating Clubs

  • Clarence District Football Club
  • Glenorchy District Football Club
  • Hobart Football Club
  • New Norfolk District Football Club
  • North Hobart Football Club
  • Sandy Bay Football Club

1965 TANFL Club Coaches

  • Geoff Frier (Clarence)
  • Bobby Parsons (Glenorchy)
  • Mal Pascoe (Hobart)
  • Trevor Leo (New Norfolk)
  • Dick Grimmond (North Hobart)
  • Rex Geard (Sandy Bay)

TANFL Reserves Grand Final

TANFL Under-19's Grand Final

(Saturday, 25 September 1965)

State Grand Final

(Saturday, 25 September 1965)

  • Glenorchy: 0.7 (7) | 8.10 (58) | 10.13 (73) | 11.16 (82)
  • Scottsdale: 1.4 (10) | 4.7 (31) | 7.8 (50) | 9.8 (62)
  • Attendance: 13,762 at North Hobart Oval

Note: Glenorchy (TANFL guernsey) and Scottsdale (NTFA guernsey) wore alternate strips due to a guernseys clash.

Intrastate Matches

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 1 May 1965)

  • TANFL 18.10 (118) v NWFU 14.19 (103) – Att: 10,000 at West Park Oval

Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 5 June 1965)

Inter-Association Match (Saturday, 26 June 1965)

Interstate Match

Interstate Match (Saturday, 26 June 1965)

Interstate Matches (Sunday, 18 July 1965)

  • Victorian FA 12.11 (83) v Tasmania 11.10 (76) – Att: 10,000 at Toorak Park, Melbourne.

Leading Goalkickers: TANFL

Medal Winners

  • Burnie Payne (Hobart) – William Leitch Medal
  • Ken Latham (New Norfolk) – George Watt Medal (Reserves)
  • Royce Hart (Clarence) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's)
  • Max McMahon (Glenorchy) & Danny Jones (Sandy Bay) – Weller Arnold Medal (Best player/s in Intrastate matches)

1965 TANFL Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Glenorchy 19 12 6 1 1350 1326 101.8 50
2 New Norfolk 19 12 7 0 1597 1320 121.0 48
3 North Hobart 19 10 8 1 1444 1424 101.4 42
4 Hobart 19 10 9 0 1423 1452 98.0 40
5 Clarence 19 8 11 0 1464 1466 99.9 32
6 Sandy Bay 19 4 15 0 1437 1717 83.7 16
Source: [citation needed]

Round 1

(Saturday, 3 April 1965)

Round 2

(Saturday, 10 April 1965)

Round 3

(Saturday, 17 April & Monday, 19 April 1965)

Round 4

(Saturday, 24 April 1965)

Round 5

(Saturday, 1 May 1965)

Round 6

(Saturday, 8 May 1965)

Round 7

(Saturday, 15 May 1965)

Round 8

(Saturday, 22 May 1965)

Round 9

(Saturday, 29 May 1965)

Round 10

(Saturday, 12 June & Monday, 14 June 1965)

Round 11

(Saturday, 19 June 1965)

Round 12

(Saturday, 3 July 1965)

Round 13

(Saturday, 10 July 1965)

  • Nth Hobart 14.16 (100) v Sandy Bay 14.15 (99) – Att: 3,913 at North Hobart Oval
  • New Norfolk 16.13 (109) v Hobart 13.17 (95) – Att: 3,522 at TCA Ground
  • Glenorchy 12.17 (89) v Clarence 10.4 (64) – Att: 3,901 at KGV Park

Round 14

(Saturday, 17 July 1965)

Round 15

(Saturday, 24 July 1965)

Round 16

(Saturday, 31 July 1965)

Round 17

(Saturday, 7 August 1965)

Round 18

(Saturday, 14 August 1965)

Round 19

(Saturday, 21 August 1965)

Note: Peter Hudson (New Norfolk) kicks his 100th goal for the season.

First Semi Final

(Saturday, 28 August 1965)

  • Nth Hobart: 4.5 (29) | 6.7 (43) | 9.13 (67) | 11.14 (80)
  • Hobart: 3.4 (22) | 6.5 (41) | 9.8 (62) | 10.12 (72)
  • Attendance: 11,085 at North Hobart Oval

Second Semi Final

(Saturday, 4 September 1965)

  • Glenorchy: 5.6 (36) | 6.13 (49) | 8.18 (66) | 10.20 (80)
  • New Norfolk: 1.2 (8) | 1.12 (18) | 2.14 (26) | 5.16 (46)
  • Attendance: 14,438 at North Hobart Oval

Preliminary Final

(Saturday, 11 September 1965)

  • Nth Hobart: 3.2 (20) | 5.6 (36) | 9.8 (62) | 15.8 (98)
  • New Norfolk: 6.4 (40) | 11.4 (70) | 12.7 (79) | 15.7 (97)
  • Attendance: 13,730 at North Hobart Oval

Grand Final

(Saturday, 18 September 1965)

  • Glenorchy: 3.3 (21) | 5.7 (37) | 6.8 (44) | 10.15 (75)
  • Nth Hobart: 4.1 (25) | 5.1 (31) | 5.8 (38) | 6.8 (44)
  • Attendance: 18,548 at North Hobart Oval

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

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