Extracurricular Match Listings: 1951 to 1955

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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'
ARFT Australian Rules Football In Tasmania by John Stoward
CA Champions Of Australia by Max Sayer
CTF A Century Of Tasmanian Football 1879-1979 by Ken Pinchin
DE Dave Eastman
GADV 'Geelong Advertiser'
GR Gravel Rash: 100 Years Of Goldfields Football by Les Everett
LEX 'The Launceston Examiner'
MER 'The Mercury'
MS Max Sayer
OES Celebrating 100 Years Of Tradition by Jack Lee
RS Ross Smith
SAFMG 2006 South Australian Football Media Guide
SFS2 The South Fremantle Story 1900-1975 Volume 2 by Frank Harrison and Jack Lee
WA 'The West Australian'

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ABBREVIATION CHECKLIST:
GNFL Goldfields National Football League  QFA Queenstown Football Association
HFA Huon Football Association (Tasmania) SA2 South Australian 2nd Team
NTFA Northern Tasmanian Football Association TANFL Tasmanian Australian National Football League
NWFU North Western Football Union (Tasmania) 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:-   1951    1952    1953    1954    1955   Non-First Class Games Of Note

Year Venue Category Home Team G B Pts Visiting Team G B Pts Comments Source(s)
1951 Hobart IL TANFL 15 23 113 NTFA 13 14 92 Crowd 8,886 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1951 Launceston IL NTFA 10 19 79 TANFL 14 10 94 Crowd 11,300 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1951 Burnie IL NWFU 17 13 115 TANFL 23 12 150 - ARFT, CTF
1951 Hobart IL TANFL 19 18 132 NWFU 13 16 94 - ARFT, CTF
1951 Devonport IL NWFU 4 6 30 NTFA 9 20 74 Crowd 4,500 RS, LEX, ARFT
1951 Launceston IL NTFA 11 14 80 NWFU 9 9 63 Crowd 3,500 RS, LEX, ARFT
1951 Queenstown IL QFA 14 13 97 TANFL 15 12 102 - CTF
1951 Hobart IL TANFL 12 15 87 HFA 12 22 94 - CTF
1951 Huonville IL HFA 11 14 80 TANFL 9 9 63 - CTF
1951 Hobart ILC TANFL 13 4 82 Essendon 20 18 138 - CTF
1951 Fremantle IIC South Fremantle 22 9 141 Collingwood 15 12 102 South came 2nd in the WANFL this year, while Collingwood were 3rd in the VFL. SFS2
1951 Kalgoorlie LC GNFL 15 14 104 Perth 19 10 124 Perth came 3rd in the WANFL. GR
1951 Adelaide IIC Port Adelaide 6 18 54 Geelong 8 14 62 A clash of premiers, watched by 24,964 spectators at Adelaide Oval. CA
1951 Adelaide IIC West Torrens 11 13 79 Footscray 8 11 59 Both teams finished 4th in their respective leagues.  Match played at Weigal Oval. CA
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1952 Hobart IL TANFL 13 12 90 NTFA 13 15 93 Crowd 7,063 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1952 Launceston IL NTFA 9 14 68 TANFL 13 16 94 Crowd 7,675 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1952 Devonport IL NWFU 4 8 32 TANFL 10 17 77 - ARFT
1952 Hobart IL TANFL 19 17 131 NWFU 12 12 84 - ARFT, CTF
1952 Burnie IL NWFU 12 13 85 NTFA 12 18 90 Crowd 6,114 RS, LEX, ARFT
1952 Launceston IL NTFA 18 5 113 NWFU 10 21 81 Crowd 5,493.  ARFT gives NTFA's score as 18.15 (123). RS, LEX, ARFT
1952 Huonville IL HFA 11 12 78 TANFL 10 18 78 - CTF
1952 Queenstown IL QFA 10 7 67 NTFA 9 13 67 Crowd 1,000 RS, LEX
1952 Hobart IC Carlton 13 12 90 South Melbourne 8 15 63 Crowd 4,000.  Carlton came 4th and South 5th in this year's VFL. CTF
1952 Kalgoorlie LC GNFL 26 25 191 East Fremantle 15 12 102 East Fremantle came 5th in the WANFL. GR
1952 Adelaide SvC SA2 16 15 111 East Fremantle 11 10 76 - OES
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1953 Hobart IL TANFL 17 18 120 NWFU 19 13 127 This was the NWFU's first ever win in Hobart. CTF, ARFT
1953 Burnie IL NWFU 13 21 99 TANFL 9 28 82 - CTF, ARFT
1953 Hobart IL TANFL 12 19 91 NTFA 12 19 91 Crowd 10,362 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1953 Launceston IL NTFA 16 16 112 TANFL 15 16 106 Crowd 5,732 RS, LEX, ARFT, CTF
1953 Devonport IL NWFU 12 13 85 NTFA 7 13 55 Crowd approximately 8,000 RS, LEX, ARFT
1953 Launceston IL NTFA 21 17 143 NWFU 18 11 119 Crowd 4,186.  NTFA's R. Chitty, aged 40, kicked 7 goals. RS, LEX, ARFT
1953 Hobart IL TANFL 12 18 90 HFA 12 9 81 - CTF
1953 Hobart ILC TANFL 8 13 61 Geelong 17 24 126 Geelong were runners-up in the VFL.  The TANFL side included 6 Geelong players. DE/MER, CTF
1953 Burnie ILC NWFU 10 14 74 Hawthorn 19 19 133 Hawthorn came last in the VFL this year. DE/LEX
1953 Perth IIC South Fremantle 19 16 130 Footscray 11 18 84 South were premiers, and Footscray finished 3rd this year. SFS2
1953 Fremantle LC East Fremantle 7 11 53 GNFL 7 14 56 East Fremantle finished 3rd in the WANFL. OES
1953 Perth SvC WA2 15 10 100 North Melbourne 17 10 112 North came 7th in this year's VFL. OES
1953 Perth SvC WA2 17 18 120 North Melbourne 18 11 119 - OES
1953 Melbourne IC Collingwood 9 13 67 Fitzroy 4 19 43 A fund-raiser for St Vincent's Hospital, played under lights at the Showgrounds. DE/AGE
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1954 Hobart IL TANFL 19 14 128 NWFU 12 13 85 - CTF, ARFT
1954 Hobart IL TANFL 7 11 53 NTFA 8 14 62 Crowd 8,069 RS, LEX, CTF, ARFT
1954 Launceston IL NTFA 15 13 103 TANFL 13 6 84 Crowd 10,000.  J.Leedham kicked 8 goals for the losers. RS, LEX, CTF, ARFT
1954 Devonport IL NWFU 21 11 137 TANFL 11 12 78 - CTF, ARFT
1954 Burnie IL NWFU 22 15 147 NTFA 12 13 85 Crowd 7,000 RS, LEX, ARFT
1954 Launceston IL NTFA 14 15 99 NWFU 10 15 75 Crowd 9,000 RS, LEX, ARFT
1954 Geeveston IL HFA 14 16 100 TANFL 11 16 82 - CTF
1954 Queenstown IL QFA 15 12 102 TANFL 8 14 62 - CTF
1954 Hobart IIC Hobart 10 8 68 South Adelaide 9 20 74 Hobart were TANFL premiers, while South came 7th in the SANFL. CTF
1954 Adelaide SvC SA2 8 6 54 South Fremantle 8 13 61 South Fremantle were premiers this year. SFS2
1954 Adelaide SvC SA2 9 12 66 Collingwood 12 15 87 Collingwood came 7th in the VFL. DE/ADV
1954 Melbourne IIC Collingwood 7 20 62 South Fremantle 12 10 82 - SFS2
1954 Adelaide IIC Port Adelaide 8 11 59 Richmond 15 16 106 Port were premiers, while Richmond finished 5th. CA
1954 Adelaide IIC Sturt 13 11 89 South Melbourne 17 17 119 Sturt came 6th this year, and South Melbourne 10th.. SAFMG
1954 Perth IIC South Fremantle 14 9 93 Carlton 10 14 74 Carlton came 8th in the VFL. SFS2
1954 Wangaratta Other North Eastern XVIII 7 10 52 Melbourne 20 19 139 An end of season match.  Melbourne had just lost the VFL grand final to Footscray. DE/AGE
1954 Brisbane Other Queensland XVIII 15 9 99 Essendon 19 22 136 Played in October.  Eight Queensland goals contributed by Victorian 'guests'. DE/AGE
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1955 Burnie IL NWFU 14 10 94 TANFL 13 12 90 - CTF, ARFT
1955 Hobart IL TANFL 19 16 130 NTFA 16 22 118 Crowd 8,711.  M.Griffiths kicked 8 goals for the victors. RS, LEX, CTF, ARFT
1955 Hobart IL TANFL 13 25 103 NWFU 15 18 108 - CTF, ARFT
1955 Launceston IL NTFA 9 13 67 TANFL 15 11 101 Crowd 6,304 RS, LEX, CTF, ARFT
1955 Launceston IL NTFA 13 18 96 NWFU 19 16 130 Crowd 7,605 RS, LEX, CTF, ARFT
1955 Devonport