Extracurricular Match Listings: 1941 to 1950

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KEY TO CATEGORIES:  
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:  
ADV 'The Advertiser'
AGE 'The Age'
ARFT Australian Rules Football In Tasmania by John Stoward
CTF A Century Of Tasmanian Football 1879-1979 by Ken Pinchin
CHC 'The Circular Head Chronicle'
D2 Diehards 1946-2000 by Ken Spillman
DE Dave Eastman
EG 'The Essendon Gazette'
FF60 'Footy Flashbacks 1960'
GR Gravel Rash: 100 Years Of Goldfields Football by Les Everett
HER 'The Herald'
LEX 'The Launceston Examiner'
MER 'The Mercury'
NGNC The National Game In The National Capital by Barbara Marshall
NLFC North Launceston Football Club 1899-1990 by Ron Williams
NSWAR New South Wales Australian Football League Annual Reports
OES Celebrating 100 Years Of Tradition by Jack Lee
RS Ross Smith
SAFB 'The South Australian Football Budget'
SFS2 The South Fremantle Story 1900-1975 Volume 2 by Frank Harrison and Jack Lee
TNS The North Story by Gerard Dowling
WG The Winter Game by Robert Pascoe

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ABBREVIATION CHECKLIST:
BHFL Broken Hill Football League NWFU North Western Football Union (Tasmania)
CANFL Canberra Australian National Football League QFA Queenstown Football Association
CANFL2 Canberra Australian National Football League 2nd Team SA XVIII South Australian Eighteen
CGVFL Central Goulburn Valley Football League SA2 South Australian 2nd Team
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 WA2 Western Australian 2nd Team

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

QUICK LINKS:-   1941    1942   1943   1944    1945    1946    1947    1948    1949    1950    Non-First Class Games Of Note

Year Venue Category Home Team G B Pts Visiting Team G B Pts Comments Source(s)
1941 Hobart IL TANFL 14 15 99 NTFA 14 9 93 - RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1941 Launceston IL NTFA 10 20 80 TANFL 15 14 104 - RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1941 Canberra Other CANFL 19 12 126 Combined Services 13 10 88 A match to raise patriotic funds. NGNC
1941 Canberra ILC CANFL Not given South Sydney Not given - NGNC
1941 Sydney Other New South Wales 5 15 45 RAAF 16 13 109 - NSWAR
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1942 Sydney Other New South Wales 13 21 99 Combined Services 16 18 114 - NSWAR
1942 Launceston Other Northern Tasmania 14 11 95 Southern Tasmania 8 18 66 - RS, LEX
1942 Launceston Other Northern Tasmania 15 20 110 Brighton Camp 7 8 50 According to MER, at least ¾ of the players involved in this match had senior, first class experience. RS, LEX, MER
1942 Melbourne Other Essendon 24 18 162 Combined Services 20 15 135 Played at Carlton.  Dick Reynolds kicked 8 goals and Ted Leehane 7 for Essendon which had won flag the previous week. RS, AGE, HER
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1943 Launceston Other Southern Tasmania 7 29 71 Northern Tasmania 7 15 57 - RS, LEX
1943 Hobart Other Northern Tasmania 13 11 89 Southern Tasmania 14 18 102 - RS, LEX
   
1944 Hobart Other Southern Tasmania 17 11 113 Northern Tasmania 11 11 77 Jack Metherall kicked 7 goals for Southern Tasmania. RS, LEX
1944 Launceston Other Northern Tasmania 8 13 61 Southern Tasmania 10 13 73 - RS, LEX
1944 Launceston Other Northern Tasmania 16 12 108 North West Tasmania 18 14 122 - RS, LEX
1944 Hobart Other Tasmanian Services 8 5 53 Richmond 30 32 212 Jack Titus kicked 16 goals for the Tigers who lost this year's VFL grand final to Fitzroy. RS, MER
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1945 Hobart IL TANFL 17 14 116 NTFA 17 11 113 Crowd 5,000 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1945 Launceston IL NTFA 19 16 130 TANFL 17 15 117 Crowd almost 9,000 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1945 Burnie IL NWFU 24 19 163 TANFL 16 14 110 - ARFT, CTF
1945 Launceston IL NTFA 22 13 145 NWFU 11 13 79 Crowd 5,000 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1945 Devonport IL NWFU 18 12 120 NTFA 16 16 112 - RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1945 Launceston Other Northern Tasmania 15 21 111 RAAF (HQ no. 1) 19 13 127 Northern Tasmania comprised players from the NTFA and NWFU, plus A.Hodgson from the Lyell Football Association.  R.Todd kicked 8 goals for RAAF. RS, LEX
1945 Sydney SvC New South Wales 10 18 78 St Kilda 4 24 48 Saints finished last in the VFL this year. NSWAR
1945 Kalgoorlie LC GNFL 15 15 105 Swan Districts 11 17 83 Swans came 4th in the WANFL. GR
1945 Stanley LC Circular Head FA 11 10 76 APPM 11 11 77 APPM won this year's NWFU premiership. RS, CHC
1945 Queenstown LC QFA 13 14 92 Sandy Bay 9 13 67 Sandy Bay came 2nd in the TANFL.  Johnson (QFA) kicked 6 goals. RS, MER
1945 Campbell Town LC Midlands FA 8 11 59 City 14 18 102 City finished 3rd in the NTFA. RS, MER
1945 Adelaide SvC SA XVIII 2 18 30 Richmond 11 10 76 A curtain raiser to the SANFL grand final. FF60
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1946 Hobart IL TANFL 15 14 104 NWFU 13 13 91 Crowd 6,000 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1946 Burnie IL NWFU 13 21 99 TANFL 15 22 112 - ARFT, CTF
1946 Launceston IL NTFA 14 9 93 TANFL 12 11 83 Crowd 9,000+ RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1946 Hobart IL TANFL 17 12 114 NTFA 8 3 51 Crowd almost 9,000 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1946 Launceston IL NTFA 13 13 91 NWFU 8 18 66 - RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1946 Latrobe IL NWFU 16 12 108 NTFA 16 10 106 Crowd 5,000 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1946 Launceston IC Williamstown 16 11 107 Camberwell 13 16 94 Crowd 3,600 RS, LEX
1946 Burnie IC Burnie 11 12 78 Sandy Bay 16 14 110 - RS, LEX
1946 Wynyard IC Wynyard 10 15 75 New Town 9 12 66 - RS, LEX
1946 Sydney SvC New South Wales 21 14 140 Richmond 35 19 229 Richmond finished 5th in this year's VFL. NSWAR
1946 Sydney SvC New South Wales 18 16 124 Perth 22 15 147 Perth came 5th this year. NSWAR
1946 Ballarat IC Ballarat 11 6 72 Richmond 26 19 175 - 100YO
1946 Kalgoorlie LC GNFL 12 19 91 West Perth 14 28 112 West Perth finished as runner-up this season. GR
1946 Kalgoorlie LC GNFL 12 12 84 South Fremantle 9 13 67 South came 4th this year. GR
1946 Kalgoorlie ILC GNFL 10 10 70 Collingwood 17 23 125 Collingwood finished 3rd in the VFL. GR
1946 Perth IIC East Fremantle 9 10 64 Collingwood 11 16 82 This was the undefeated WANFL premier's only loss for the year. WG
1946 Casterton IC Casterton 12 7 79 Essendon 21 16 142 Watched by 5,000 spectators.  Essendon had just won the VFL flag. EG
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1947 Canberra SvC CANFL2 10 8 68 East Fremantle 21 21 147 The first choice CANFL side was participating in the Hobart carnival at this time. NGNC
1947 Launceston IL NTFA 10 9 69 NWFU 12 7 79 Crowd 6,000 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1947 Burnie IL NWFU 17 15 117 NTFA 15 7 97 Crowd 5,000 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1947 Hobart IL TANFL 17 13 115 NTFA 14 19 103 Crowd 10,138 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1947 Launceston IL NTFA 14 10 94 TANFL 15 9 99 Crowd 11,000 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1947 Hobart IL TANFL 18 14 122 NWFU 16 15 111 - ARFT, CTF
1947 Devonport IL NWFU 9 13 67 TANFL 13 14 92 - ARFT, CTF
1947 Kalgoorlie LC GNFL 12 15 87 East Fremantle 20 19 139 Old Easts came 4th in the WANFL this year. GR
1947 Sydney SvC New South Wales 8 11 59 Subiaco 11 10 76 These two matches took place on consecutive days. NSWAR
1947 Sydney SvC New South Wales 12 6 78 East Fremantle 15 11 101 NSWAR
1947 Not given Other Southern Riverina Not given Subiaco Not given Southern Riverina won by 1 point. D2
1947 Not given Other Northern Riverina Not given Subiaco Not given Northern Riverina won by 14 points. D2
1947 Wagga IIC Wagga Not given Subiaco Not given Subiaco won by 22 points. D2
1947 Melbourne IIC Carlton 20 15 135 Subiaco 12 8 80 Carlton won the VFL flag this year, while Subi came last in the WANFL. D2
1947 Adelaide IC Melbourne 17 14 116 Carlton 10 16 76