Extracurricular Match Listings: 1936 to 1940

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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
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KEY TO SOURCES:  
ADVO 'The Advocate'
AGE 'The Age'
ARG 'The Argus'
CA Champions Of Australia by Max Sayer
CTF A Century Of Tasmanian Football 1879-1979 by Ken Pinchin
DE Dave Eastman
FF60 Football Flashbacks 1960 by Eric Gunton
GR Gravel Rash: 100 Years Of Goldfields Football by Les Everett
LEX 'The Launceston Examiner'
MER 'The Mercury'
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
SAAFL Official SAAFL website at www.saafl.asn.au
SAFB 'South Australian Football Budget'
SFS1 The South Fremantle Story 1900-1975 Volume 1 by Frank Harrison and Jack Lee
VFLAR Victorian Football League Annual Reports

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ABBREVIATION CHECKLIST:
BdFL Bendigo Football League SAAFL South Australian Amateur Football League
BHFL Broken Hill Football League SANFL South Australian National Football League
CANFL Canberra Australian National Football League SFL Sydney Football League
GNFL Goldfields National Football League  TANFL Tasmanian Australian National Football League
HFA Huon Football Association (Tasmania) VAFA Victorian Amateur Football Association
NTFA Northern Tasmanian Football Association VFL Victorian Football League
NWFU North Western Football Union (Tasmania) WA Western Australia
SA South Australia WA2 Western Australian 2nd Team
SA2 South Australian 2nd Team WDFL Western District Football League

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

QUICK LINKS:-   1936    1937    1938    1939    1940    Non-First Class Games Of Note

Year Venue Category Home Team G B Pts Visiting Team G B Pts Comments Source(s)
1936 Launceston IL NTFA 11 14 80 TANFL 7 17 49 - CTF
1936 Hobart IL TANFL 16 11 107 NTFA 12 13 85 Alan Rait (TANFL) kicked 8 goals. CTF, RS, MER
1936 Huonville IL HFA 16 5 101 TANFL 9 16 70 - CTF
1936 Hobart IL TANFL 10 13 73 HFA 11 10 76 - CTF
1936 Hobart ILC TANFL 12 13 85 East Perth 10 15 75 The Royals won this year's WANFL premiership. CTF
1936 Launceston ILC NTFA 10 11 71 East Perth 7 16 58 RS, MER
1936 Hobart IIC North Hobart 12 13 85 Carlton 20 19 139 'Soapy' Vallence kicked 9 of Carlton's goals.. RS, MER
1936 Sydney IIC Newtown 11 10 76 Kalgoorlie City 15 15 105 Newtown won the SFL premiership this year. GR
1936 Ulverstone ILC NWFU 15 18 108 Lefroy 15 9 99 This appears to have been the first in a series of three annual challenge matches. RS, ADVO
1936 Brisbane SvC Queensland 6 15 51 North Broken Hill 13 8 86 - RS, LEX
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1937 Hobart IL TANFL 11 20 86 NTFA 13 8 86 - CTF
1937 Launceston IL NTFA 11 4 70 TANFL 11 13 79 - CTF
1937 Hobart IL TANFL 9 19 73 HFA 9 8 62 - CTF
1937 Huonville IL HFA 16 14 110 TANFL 9 11 65 - CTF
1937 Burnie IL NWFU 15 10 100 NTFA 15 6 96 Fred Smith kicked 8 goals for the losing team. RS, MER
1937 Hobart ILC TANFL 28 23 191 South Broken Hill 13 15 93 - CTF
1937 Launceston ILC NTFA 18 16 124 South Broken Hill 9 11 65 - RS, MER
1937 Devonport IL NWFU 11 11 77 Circular Head FA 9 8 62 Played as a curtain raiser to the Collingwood-Geelong game..  RS, ADVO
1937 Devonport IC Collingwood 15 7 97 Geelong 12 14 86 Watched by a crowd of 10,000, which included then Australian Prime Minister, Joseph Lyons.  Gordon Coventry kicked 5 goals for Collingwood.  RS, ADV
1937 Ulverstone ILC NWFU 4 7 31 Lefroy 5 9 39 - RS, ADVO
1937 Adelaide SvL SA2 Not given BHFL Not given SA2 won by 5 points. SAFB
1937 Canberra SvL CANFL 11 15 81 VAFA 19 8 122 - NGNC
1937 Sydney SvC New South Wales 8 8 56 Melbourne 17 32 134 Melbourne came 3rd in the VFL this year. NSWAR
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1938 Launceston IL NTFA 2 23 35 TANFL 8 10 58 - CTF
1938 Hobart IL TANFL 10 17 77 NTFA 10 20 80 - CTF
1938 Cygnet IL HFA 9 16 70 TANFL 7 14 56 - CTF
1938 Hobart IL TANFL 17 17 119 HFA 7 14 56 - CTF
1938 Launceston IL NTFA 15 12 102 NWFU 12 12 84 - RS, MER
1938 Launceston IIC Launceston 13 6 84 North Melbourne 14 13 97 North came 9th in the VFL this year. RS, MER
1938 Launceston ILC NTFA 14 11 95 Essendon 17 9 111 The Reynolds brothers, Dick and Tom, played for Essendon. RS, MER
1938 Hobart IC Fitzroy 12 16 88 Essendon 12 15 87 10th placed VFL club Fitzroy and 7th placed Essendon in an exhibition match at North Hobart Oval. CTF
1938 Latrobe ILC NWFU 11 6 72 Lefroy 13 17 95 - RS, ADVO
1938 Adelaide LC SANFL 18 14 122 Port Adelaide 18 14 122 Played under lights at Wayville Showgrounds prior to the start of the season. FF60
1938 Kalgoorlie ILC GNFL 21 10 136 St Kilda 21 25 151 The GNFL side led 21.7 (133) to 14.15 (99) at the last change. GR
1938 Broken Hill SvL BHFL Not given SA2 Not given BHFL won by 40 points. SAFB
1938 Broken Hill ILC BHFL Not given East Fremantle Not given Won by BHFL by 5 points.  Old Easts won the WANFL flag this year. SAFB
1938 Perth SvC WA2 12 17 89 St Kilda 11 21 87 - DE/VFLAR
1938 Perth SvC WA2 20 16 136 St Kilda 13 14 92 OES has 18.14 to 12.17 DE/AGE, VFLAR

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1938 Bendigo LC BdFL 13 7 85 Melbourne 22 12 144 Played mid-season DE/VFLAR, AGE
1938 Ballarat IC Richmond 15 16 106 Geelong 14 13 97 Played mid-season DE/VFLAR
1938 Hamilton LC WDFL 13 14 92 Hawthorn 23 19 157 Played mid-season DE/VFLAR
1938 Melbourne Other Melbourne/St Kilda 7 19 61 East Fremantle 16 13 109 Played mid-week at the MCG. DE/VFLAR
1938 Melbourne SvL VFL Reserves 17 14 116 Queensland 8 4 52 Played at the MCG as a curtain-raiser to the VFL 1st semi final. DE/VFLAR
1938 Stawell IC Stawell 12 15 87 Fitzroy 18 12 120 An end of season match. DE/AGE
1938 Wangaratta IC Wangaratta 10 7 67 Collingwood 10 14 74 An end of season match. DE/AGE
1938 Sydney SvC New South Wales 9 11 65 East Fremantle 15 14 104 East Fremantle came 2nd in the WANFL in 1938. NSWAR
1938 Adelaide IIC South Adelaide 10 16 76 Carlton 10 22 82 An end of season premiers match. CA
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1939 Hobart IL TANFL 13 14 92 NTFA 9 23 77 - CTF, RS, MER
1939 Launceston IL NTFA 15 16 106 TANFL 9 12 66 - CTF
1939 Hobart IL TANFL 17 16 118 HFA 16 11 107 - CTF
1939 Franklin IL HFA 18 19 127 TANFL 14 16 100 - CTF
1939 Burnie IL NWFU 14 21 105 NTFA 11 16 82 - RS, MER
1939 Huonville ILC HFA 16 15 111 Collingwood 30 15 195 A midweek match. DE/VFLAR, MER
1939 Launceston ILC NTFA 11 17 83 Richmond 15 12 102 Jack Titus kicked 7 of Richmond's goals. RS, MER
1939 Hobart IC Richmond 20 8 128 Collingwood 18 10 118 Collingwood lost the 1939 VFL grand final, while Richmond came 4th. CTF
1939 Ballarat IC Essendon 19 14 128 Melbourne 10 7 67 Melbourne won the 1939 VFL premiership, while Essendon came 6th. DE/VFLAR
1939 Bendigo IC Fitzroy 12 19 91 Footscray 8 14 62 Fitzroy came 7th in this year's VFL competition, and Footscray finished 11th. DE/VFLAR
1939 Kalgoorlie LC GNFL 17 19 121 Claremont 15 12 102 Watched by a crowd of 5,000.  Claremont won the 1939 WANFL flag. GR
1939 Broken Hill ILC BHFL Not given Claremont Not given Won resoundingly by BHFL. SAFB
1939 Adelaide SvL SA2 19 14 128 BHFL 16 17 113 This was a strong SA team, captained by 'Bo' Morton, and including the likes of Jack Cockburn, Jack Broadstock, Bill McCallum and 'Bluey' Johnston. SAFB
1939 Kalgoorlie ILC GNFL 15 10 100 Port Adelaide 14 13 97 Port was SANFL premier this season. GR
1939 Perth SvC WA 25 17 167 Port Adelaide 10 4 64 - SFS1
1939 Canberra IC Carlton 15 8 98 Hawthorn 12 15 87 Exhibition match, watched by 4,000 (two thirds of the Canberra population). DE/VFLAR, NGNC
1939 Sydney SvC New South Wales 14 9 93 Carlton 19 19 133 The Blues came 5th in the VFL this year. NSWAR
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1940 Launceston IL NTFA 13 14 92 TANFL 13 25 103 - CTF
1940 Hobart IL TANFL 12 15 87 NTFA 10 18 78 - CTF
1940 Huonville IL HFA 3 13 31 TANFL 20 15 135 - CTF
1940 Hobart Other TANFL 24 24 168 Australian Infantry Forces 13 13 91 - CTF, RS
1940 Launceston Other NTFA 4 14 38 Australian Infantry Forces 11 3 69 - RS, MER
1940 Canberra Other CANFL 32 18 210  Combined Services 6 13 49 A special match arranged to raise patriotic funds. NGNC
1940 Sydney Other New South Wales 19 23 137 Australian Infantry Forces 16 12 108 - NSWAR, RS
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Non-First Class Games Of Note 

                  
1937 Kalgoorlie SvL GNFL 21 21 147 SA 18 12 120 The SA team, which was returning home from the Perth carnival, was forced to include two 'ring ins' because of the large number of players unavailable because of injury. GR
1938 Adelaide ILC SAAFL 15 10 100 Camberwell 22 18 150 (See footnote 1) SAAFL

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Footnotes

1.  The SAAFL was keen at this time to look at possible rule variations aimed at making the game more appealing to both spectators and players.  Accordingly, it arranged a special trial match against VFA club Camberwell, in which the VFA rules of the time were utilised.  Among the most significant variations from the standard rules of the time were: 

(1) the throw-pass delivered with both hands from below the shoulders;
(2) penalising a player who dropped the ball while being held;
(3) throwing the ball in when it went out-of-bounds; and
(4) awarding a free kick when a player was interfered with after disposal, the free kick to be taken at the place where the ball first touched the ground or was marked after being kicked.

The consensus of opinion after the match was the game was significantly improved by the implementation of all the rule variations, other than the throw pass, which appeared to reduce both the number of spectacular aerial contests, and the amount of intense physical contact.  Rules 2-4 were eventually adopted by the ANFC.

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