Extracurricular Match Listings: 1941 to 1950

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 A charity fund-raiser, played at Kensington Oval. DE/ADV
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1948 Hobart IL TANFL 15 17 107 NTFA 16 19 115 Crowd 9,636 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1948 Launceston IL NTFA 18 18 126 TANFL 16 13 109 Crowd 10,000 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1948 Burnie IL NWFU 13 16 94 TANFL 10 17 77 - ARFT, CTF
1948 Hobart IL TANFL 15 16 106 NWFU 14 12 96 - ARFT, CTF
1948 Launceston IL NTFA 13 11 89 NWFU 11 12 78 Crowd almost 6,000 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1948 Devonport IL NWFU 16 6 102 NTFA 26 17 173 Crowd 9,000 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1948 Launceston ILC NTFA 11 11 77 East Perth 10 13 73 East Perth came 5th this year. RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1948 Hobart ILC TANFL 12 20 92 East Perth 14 17 107 - RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1948 Hobart IIC New Town 9 10 64 North Adelaide 11 15 81 New Town won both the local and state flags this year, while North came 5th in the SANFL. RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1948 Latrobe ILC NWFU 10 13 73 Melbourne 17 18 120 - RS, LEX
1948 Launceston IIC North Launceston 13 12 90 Collingwood 8 14 62 - NLFC
1948 Shepparton LC CGVFL 10 10 70 Melbourne 17 24 126 A mid-season match. DE/AGE
1948 Canberra SvC CANFL 12 12 84 South Fremantle 17 11 113 South were this year's WANFL premiers. SFS2, NGNC
1948 Sydney SvC New South Wales 15 11 101 South Fremantle 20 17 137 - SFS2, NSWAR
1948 Kalgoorlie LC GNFL 13 10 88 South Fremantle 16 8 104 Jack Broadstock best for the GNFL. GR
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1949 Launceston IL NTFA 19 5 119 TANFL 11 16 82 Crowd 11,700 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1949 Hobart IL TANFL 13 12 90 NTFA 16 12 108 Crowd 11,284 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1949 Devonport IL NWFU 13 13 91 TANFL 11 14 80 Crowd 6,500 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1949 Launceston IL NTFA 20 20 140 NWFU 8 10 58 Crowd 7,500 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1949 Burnie IL NWFU 11 9 75 NTFA 8 13 61 Some sources give NTFA's score as 9.12 (66) RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1949 Launceston ILC NTFA 19 20 134 Claremont 9 9 63 Claremont finished 6th this year. RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1949 Hobart IIC North Hobart 11 15 81 Prahran 15 19 109 - RS, LEX
1949 Perth SvC WA2 15 19 109 Richmond 13 12 90 Richmond came 6th in the VFL this year. OES
1949 Perth SvC WA2 8 12 60 Richmond 18 13 121 - OES (AGE gives WA2 score as 8.13)
1949 Kalgoorlie LC GNFL 11 6 72 Claremont 11 14 80 - GR
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1950 Hobart IL TANFL 17 12 114 NTFA 6 13 49 This special, two day competition was arranged in order to assist the Tasmanian state selectors to pick a team for the Brisbane carnival. RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1950 Hobart IL NWFU 10 21 81 QFA 3 17 35 ARFT, CTF
1950 Hobart IL NTFA 27 14 176 QFA 8 9 57 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1950 Hobart IL TANFL 18 18 126 NWFU 6 17 53 ARFT, CTF
1950 Launceston IL NTFA 17 17 119 TANFL 12 10 82 Crowd 8,500 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1950 Huonville IL HFA 16 8 104 TANFL 12 12 84 - CTF
1950 Launceston IIC North Launceston 9 13 67 Melbourne 21 13 139 - DE
1950 Hobart ILC TANFL 9 17 71 Melbourne 19 24 138 Melbourne finished 4th in the VFL. CTF
1950 Canberra SvC CANFL 11 25 91 North Broken Hill 13 16 94 - NGNC
1950 Canberra SvL CANFL 7 6 48 VAFA 16 22 118 - NGNC
1950 Adelaide SvC SA2 12 19 91 Carlton 11 12 78 Carlton came 8th in the VFL this year. SAFB
1950 Adelaide SvC SA2 17 19 121 Richmond 8 13 61 Richmond finished 6th this season. SAFB
1950 Perth SvC WA2 12 16 88 South Melbourne 7 14 56 South finished 11th this year. OES
1950 Perth SvC WA2 12 13 85 South Melbourne 14 10 94 - OES
1950 Kalgoorlie LC GNFL 9 21 75 East Fremantle 32 16 208 Crowd 3,000.  Old Easts came 4th this year. GR
1950 Albany LC Great Southern 9 7 61 South Fremantle 32 27 219 - SFS2
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Non-First Class Games Of Note 

                 
1946 Hobart IIC Footscray 13 16 94 Port Adelaide 12 14 86 Crowd 6,000.  Footscray came 4th in the VFL, and Port 2nd in the SANFL this year.  Bob Hank of West Torrens guested for Port. RS, LEX
1946 Launceston Other North Launceston 18 33 141 Penguin/Yeoman 8 8 56 - RS, LEX
1946 Ballarat Other Ballarat/East Ballarat 11 12 78 West Perth 12 20 92 - 100YO
1948 Melbourne Other Collingwood/Fitzroy 10 20 80 South Fremantle 20 14 134 - SFS2

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