Extracurricular Match Listings: 1926 to 1930

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IIL Interstate inter-league match
IIC Interstate club vs. club match
ILC Interstate league versus club match
IL Inter-league match - same state
IC Club vs. club match - same state
LC League vs. club match - same state
SvL State vs. league
SvC State vs. club
Other Some other category, as described in the 'Comments' box

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KEY TO SOURCES:  
100YO 100 Years On 1893-1993: Centenary Ballarat Football League
ADVO 'The Advocate'
AGE 'The Age'
ARG 'The Argus'
BCOU 'Brisbane Courier'
CA Champions Of Australia by Max Sayer
CTF A Century Of Tasmanian Football 1879-1979 by Ken Pinchin
D1 Diehards 1896-1945 by Ken Spillman
DE Dave Eastman
FR 'Football Record'
GR Gravel Rash: 100 Years Of Goldfields Football by Les Everett
LEX 'The Launceston Examiner'
MER 'The Mercury'
NEADV 'North Eastern Advertiser'
NGNC The National Game In The National Capital by Barbara Marshall
NSWAR New South Wales Australian Football League Annual Reports
OES Celebrating 100 Years Of Tradition by Jack Lee
RS Ross Smith
SAFOOT 'SA Footballer'
SAFS The South Australian Football Story by Bernard Whimpress
SFS1 The South Fremantle Story 1900-1975 Volume 1 by Frank Harrison and Jack Lee

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ABBREVIATION CHECKLIST:
BdFL Bendigo Football League SA2 South Australian 2nd Team
BFL Ballarat Football League SAFA South Australian Football Association (Seconds)
BHFL Broken Hill Football League (formerly Barrier Football Association) SAFL South Australian Football League
CANFL Canberra Australian National Football League (new name for FTARFL from 1927) SANFL South Australian National Football League (name change for above in 1927)
FTARFL Federal Territory Australian Rules Football League (Canberra) TANFL Tasmanian Australian National Football League (name change for TFL from 1928)
GNFL Goldfields National Football (new name for Goldfields Football Association from 1926) TFL Tasmanian Football League
HFA Huon Football Association (Tasmania) VFL Victorian Football League
NEFU North East Football Union WA2 Western Australian 2nd Team
NSW New South Wales WAFL Western Australian Football League
NTFA Northern Tasmanian Football Association WARFL Wagga Australian Rules Football League
NWFU North Western Football Union (Tasmania) WDFA Wonthaggi District Football Association
OMFL Ovens and Murray Football League WFL Wimmera Football League
NWFU North Western Football Union (Tasmania)    

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PLEASE NOTE:  Results of all Tasmanian state premiership matches are recorded in the Chronology.

QUICK LINKS:-  1926    1927    1928    1929    1930    Non-First Class Games Of Note

Year Venue Category Home Team G B Pts Visiting Team G B Pts Comments Source(s)
1926 Launceston IL NTFA 12 12 84 TFL 18 6 114 Jack Brain kicked 7 goals, and 'Cocky' Ahearne 6, for TFL. CTF, RS, MER
1926 Hobart IL TFL 22 18 150 NTFA 9 5 59 - CTF
1926 Launceston IL NTFA 12 11 83 NWFU 10 15 75 Col Stokes kicked 8 goals for the NTFA. RS, MER
1926 Devonport IL NWFU 11 12 78 NTFA 9 12 66 - RS, MER
1926 Burnie IL NWFU 9 13 67 TFL 13 8 86 - CTF
1926 Hobart IL TFL 14 13 97 NWFU 10 19 79 - CTF
1926 Melbourne IIL VFL 15 13 103 TFL 5 11 41 Watched by a crowd of 18,886 at the MCG. CTF
1926 Hobart ILC TFL 6 12 48 Essendon 4 9 33 The Dons finished 3rd in the VFL this year. CTF
1926 Launceston ILC NTFA 5 9 39 Essendon 14 14 98 - RS, MER
1926 Hobart IIC New Town 12 8 80 Carlton 16 10 106 Carlton came 6th in the VFL in 1926. CTF
1926 Adelaide SvL SA2 Not given BHFL Not given Match won by SA2. SAFS, SAFOOT
1926 Adelaide IIC Port Adelaide Not given South Fremantle Not given SAFL runner up Port won by 1 point. SFS1
1926 Melbourne IIC Fitzroy Not given South Fremantle Not given Match won by Fitzroy (8th in VFL).  South came 5th in the WAFL this year. SFS1
1926 Geelong LC Geelong 16 15 111 BFL 11 9 75 Geelong finished 4th in the VFL this year. 100YO
1926 Ballarat IL BFL 14 16 100 VFL 10 15 75 - 100YO
1926 Not given SvL New South Wales Metropolis 14 18 102 FTARFL 10 10 70 - NGNC
1926 Bendigo IL BdFL 13 13 91 VFL 15 9 99 Played the same day as VFL B vs. NSW DE/ARG
1926 Scottsdale ILC NEFU 12 22 94 Essendon 19 9 123 Match umpired by Essendon coach Syd Barker.  Future Essendon player P.Walsh best for NEFU.  Crowd: 1,200. RS/NEADV, DE/ARG
1926 Albury IL OMFL 13 13 91 VFL 16 11 107 Both matches played the same day as VFL vs. TFL. DE/FR
1926 Horsham IL WFL 10 8 68 VFL 9 17 71 DE/FR
1926 Warrnambool Other Warrnambool District 10 11 71 Footscray 17 16 118 These were both end of season matches. DE/AGE, ARG
1926 Wonthaggi LC WDFA 5 14 44 Richmond 6 1 37 DE/AGE, ARG
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1927 Hobart IL TFL 13 12 90 NTFA 11 17 83 - CTF
1927 Launceston IL NTFA 9 11 65 TFL 18 9 117 The TFL's 'Cocky' Ahearne kicked 8 goals. CTF, RS, MER
1927 Hobart IL TFL 16 16 112 NWFU 8 12 60 - CTF
1927 Burnie IL NWFU 13 16 94 TFL 7 10 52 - CTF
1927 Burnie IL NWFU 10 26 85 NTFA 6 11 47 - RS, MER
1927 Launceston IL NTFA 7 13 55 NWFU 9 9 63 - RS, MER
1927 Hobart ILC TFL 10 13 73 Richmond 12 17 89 Richmond finished 2nd in the VFL this year. CTF
1927 Launceston ILC NTFA 12 8 80 Richmond 11 14 80 Col Stokes booted 6 of the NTFA's goals. RS, MER
1927 Huonville IL HFA 6 17 53 TFL 8 6 54 - CTF
1927 Hobart IL TFL 7 11 53 HFA 4 18 42 - CTF
1927 Hobart IC Cananore 12 20 92 Devonport 2 8 20 Cananore was TFL and state premier. RS, MER, CTF
1927 Longford IC Longford 12 19 91 North Hobart 12 14 86 - RS, LEX
1927 Sydney SvC New South Wales 7 8 50 Carlton 16 11 107 Carlton came 4th in the VFL this year. NSWAR
1927 Sydney SvL New South Wales 14 11 95 SAFA 10 11 71 - NSWAR
1927 Perth SvL WA2 7 12 54 Collingwood 13 9 87 The Magpies won this year's VFL pennant.  Len Metherell kicked 9 goals for WA2 in the 2nd game. SFS1, OES
1927 Perth SvL WA2 12 8 80 Collingwood 8 10 58 SFS1
1927 Adelaide IIC West Adelaide 9 12 66 Collingwood 14 10 94 West was SANFL premier in 1927. CA
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1928 Launceston IL NTFA 13 12 90 TFL 8 15 63 The TFL became known as the TANFL this year. CTF
1928 Hobart IL TFL 17 18 120 NTFA 7 10 52 Watched by a record intrastate match crowd of 14,000. CTF
1928 Burnie IL NWFU 7 11 53 TFL 9 20 74 - CTF
1928 Hobart IL TFL 19 22 136 NWFU 8 8 56 - CTF
1928 Launceston IL NTFA 16 11 107 NWFU 5 10 40 - RS, MER
1928 Latrobe IL NWFU 5 11 41 NTFA 12 12 84 - RS, MER
1928 Hobart ILC TFL 8 14 62 East Fremantle 7 12 54 Old Easts won the 1928 WAFL premiership. CTF
1928 Launceston ILC NTFA 9 4 58 East Fremantle 14 13 97 - RS, MER
1928 Burnie ILC NWFU 9 16 70 East Fremantle 22 15 147 East Fremantle's G.Bee kicked 9 goals. RS, ADVO
1928 Hobart ILC TFL 13 9 87 Carlton 15 13 103 The Blues were 4th on this year's VFL ladder. CTF
1928 Not given LC South Fremantle 11 13 79 GNFL 10 17 77 South finished 4th on the WAFL ladder this year. GR
1928 Not given LC South Fremantle 13 5 83 GNFL 11 12 78 GR
1928 Ballarat IL BFL 16 9 105 VFL 17 22 124 - 100YO
1928 Ballarat LC BFL 12 22 94 Geelong 15 17 107 The Cats finished 9th in the VFL this year. 100YO
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1929 Hobart IL TANFL 17 7 109 NTFA 10 23 83 Alan Rait kicked 8 goals for the victors. CTF, RS, MER
1929 Launceston IL NTFA 11 10 76 TANFL 6 10 46 - CTF
1929 Burnie IL NWFU 8 9 57 TANFL 13 21 99 - CTF
1929 Ulverstone IL NWFU 11 14 80 NTFA 15 14 104 - RS, MER
1929 Launceston IL NTFA 17 19 121 NWFU 2 12 24 J.Foley booted 7 goals for the NTFA. RS, MER
1929 Sydney SvL New South Wales 14 15 99 TANFL 15 8 98 This was a southern-based Tasmanian combination only, and hence not representative of the state as a whole. CTF
1929 Hobart ILC TANFL 11 16 82 Collingwood 16 9 105 Collingwood was VFL premier this year. CTF
1929 Hobart ILC TANFL 7 11 53 North Broken Hill 9 9 63 - CTF
1929 Launceston ILC NTFA 12 7 79 Collingwood 16 23 119 - RS, MER
1929 Launceston ILC NTFA 4 14 38 North Broken Hill 2 10 22 - RS, MER
1929 Not given LC South Fremantle