List of former Australian rules football competitions in Tasmania: Difference

This is a list of former Australian rules football competitions in the Australian state of Tasmania.

Statewide competitions[edit]

Tasmanian State Premiership (1904–1978)[edit]

The Tasmanian State Premiership was an Australian rules football tournament which was competed originally between the reigning TFL/TANFL and NTFA premiers, with the NWFU joining in from 1954.
The State Premiership was finally abandoned after 1978 in favour of sending a combined Tasmanian team to play interstate.

Winfield Statewide Cup (1980)[edit]

The Winfield Statewide Cup was a football tournament held in 1980 between the top twenty-one (21) major football clubs across Tasmania from the three major footballing bodies across the state (at the time), the TANFL, the NTFA and the NWFU.

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The Amateurs controlled the two competitions (one in Hobart, the other in Launceston).^[1]

Northern Division[edit]

Commenced in 1931 with three clubs, Old Launcestionians, St Patricks and Associated Banks, in 1948 the competition became known as TAFL Northern Division.

Beauty Point and Beaconsfield clubs amalgamated in 1989 forming the Tamar Cats.
University and Mowbray clubs amalgamated in 1994.
Quandeine folded in 1982, Northern Districts folded in 2000.

Premiership Winners
▪︎1931 – St Patricks
▪︎1932 – St Patricks
▪︎1933 – Associated Banks
▪︎1934 – Churinga
▪︎1935 – St Patricks
▪︎1936 – St Patricks
▪︎1937 – Churinga
▪︎1938 – Churinga
▪︎1939 – Churinga
▪︎1940 – Churinga
▪︎1941 – Dark Blue Rovers
▪︎1942 – Competition suspended (World War Two)
▪︎1943 – Competition suspended (World War Two)
▪︎1944 – Competition suspended (World War Two)
▪︎1945 – Competition suspended (World War Two)
▪︎1946 – Mowbray
▪︎1947 – Mowbray
▪︎1948 – St Patricks
▪︎1949 – Mowbray
▪︎1950 – Mowbray
▪︎1951 – Old Launcestonians
▪︎1952 – Old Launcestonians
▪︎1953 – Old Launcestonians
▪︎1954 – St Patricks
▪︎1955 – St Patricks
▪︎1956 – St Patricks
▪︎1957 – Old Scotch
▪︎1958 – Old Launcestonians
▪︎1959 – Old Launcestonians
▪︎1960 – Old Launcestonians
▪︎1961 – Brooks Old Boys
▪︎1962 – Old Launcestonians
▪︎1963 – Brooks Old Boys
▪︎1964 – Old Launcestonians
▪︎1965 – Mowbray
▪︎1966 – Mowbray
▪︎1967 – Mowbray
▪︎1968 – Mowbray
▪︎1969 – Mowbray
▪︎1970 – Old Launcestonians
▪︎1971 – Old Launcestonians
▪︎1972 – Mowbray
▪︎1973 – Mowbray
▪︎1974 – Mowbray
▪︎1975 – Old Scotch
▪︎1976 – Old Scotch
▪︎1977 – Quandeine
▪︎1978 – Old Scotch
▪︎1979 – Quandeine
▪︎1980 – Old Scotch
▪︎1981 – Rocherlea
▪︎1982 – Old Launcestonians
▪︎1983 – Old Scotch
▪︎1984 – St Patricks
▪︎1985 – Rocherlea
▪︎1986 – Old Scotch
▪︎1987 – Northern Districts
▪︎1988 – Rocherlea 24.13 (157) d Hillwood 9.8 (62)
▪︎1989 – Longford 17.17 (119) d Rocherlea 11.12 (78)
▪︎1990 – Hillwood 12.14 (86) d Longford 10.10 (70)
▪︎1991 – Rocherlea 16.9 (105) d Longford 10.16 (76)
▪︎1992 – Hillwood 12.7 (79) d George Town 10.6 (66)
▪︎1993 – Tamar Cats 13.9 (87) d George Town 9.16 (70)
▪︎1994 – Uni-Mowbray d Tamar Cats
▪︎1995 – Uni-Mowbray 14.15 (99) d Rocherlea 10.6 (66)

Southern Division[edit]

Commenced in 1932 as Public Schools Old Boys Football Association it changed its name to TAFL Southern Division in 1947 when the two competitions merged administration.
The Old Scholars clubs formed an Old Scholars Division in 1981 and later broke away to form the Old Scholars FA in 1987.
Clemes College amalgamated with Friends School in January 1946.
Ogilvenians renamed OTOS after Ogilvie High School became a girls-only school in 1963, later combining with New Town High School to be known as NTOS until folding in 1995.
Richmond and Campania clubs were amalgamated between 1980-1990.
Mangalore renamed itself Brighton in 1996 when it joined the Southern FL.

Premiership Winners
▪︎1932 – Hutchins 11.14 (80) d St Virgils 5.9 (39)
▪︎1933 – St Virgils 13.14 (92) d Friends 13.13 (91)
▪︎1934 – Clemes 12.9 (81) d Hutchins 6.11 (47)
▪︎1935 – Hutchins 7.11 (53) d Clemes 6.12 (48)
▪︎1936 – Hutchins 15.13 (103) d Clemes 9.8 (62)
▪︎1937 – Friends 12.14 (86) d Hutchins 9.13 (67)
▪︎1938 – Hutchins 12.11 (83) d Friends 9.9 (63)
▪︎1939 – Friends 11.12 (78) d Hutchins 7.15 (57)
▪︎1940 – Hutchins 12.13 (85) d St Virgils 7.11 (53)
▪︎1941 – Competition suspended (World War Two)
▪︎1942 – Competition suspended (World War Two)
▪︎1943 – Competition suspended (World War Two)
▪︎1944 – Competition suspended (World War Two)
▪︎1945 – Competition suspended (World War Two)
▪︎1946 – Hutchins 9.18 (72) d St Virgils 8.15 (63)
▪︎1947 – St Virgils 13.9 (87) d Hutchins 11.13 (79)
▪︎1948 – OHA 14.8 (92) d St Virgils 10.13 (73)
▪︎1949 – University 14.8 (92) d Hutchins 11.19 (85)
▪︎1950 – St Virgils 11.9…