HUTCHINS
Current Affiliation: Old Scholars Football Association (OSFA) since 1987
Formed: 1932
Colours: Magenta and black
Senior Premierships: Public School Old Boys Football Association (PSOBFA) - 1932, 1935-6, 1938, 1940, 1946 (6 total); Tasmanian Amateur Football League Southern Division (TAFLSD) - 1961, 1963-4, 1983 (4 total); TAFL State Championship (Conder Shield) - 1935-6, 1946, 1961, 1963, 1983 (6 total); TAFLSD Old Scholars Division - 1981, 1983 (2 total); OSFA - 2000, 2002-3, 2006-7 (5 total)
Senior Competition Best and Fairest Awards: PSOBFA Best and Fairest - A.Walsh 1932; B.Chesterman 1934; J.Page 1935; N.Swan 1939 (4 total); Walter Howard Medal - Emerson Rodwell 1948 & 1949; Ken Cossum 1950; Brent Palfreyman 1964; Michael Cook 1983 (4 Medallists/5 Medals); Peter Fitzgerald Medal - Adam Palfreyman 1999 & 2006; Grant Joyce 2000; Jamie Harris 2003 & 2007 (4 Medallists/5 Medals)
Hutchins Football Club began life in 1932 as a member of the newly formed Old Scholars Football Association and reached the grand final on debut, beating St Virgil's by 41 points, 11.14 (80) to 5.9 (39). Between 1934 and 1947 the club contested every OSFA grand final, a total of nine in succession allowing for a five year break for the war. Five of those grand finals were won, and three were backed up with state titles. However, after scoring a 3 point win over St Virgil's in the 1946 grand final Hutchins would have to endure a fifteen season premiership drought, broken in 1961 by means of a 13.9 (87) to 8.14 (62) grand final defeat of Friends. The club went on to add the state championship with a 20.18 (138) to 13.17 (95) defeat of northern amateur premier Brooks Old Boys. Two years later, Hutchins again claimed the 'double' with victories over Lindisfarne (TAFLSD) and Brooks Old Boys (state title). In 1964, the club won the local premiership by a bare point from Tasmanian University, but lost to Old Launcestonians in the state final.
After enduring another extended premiership drought the club returned as a force in the early eighties when it contested the first five grand finals of the decade, for wins in 1981 against Ogilvie Tech Old Scholars and 1983 against Old Hobartians Association. In 1983 Hutchins went on to claim the Southern Division premiership by downing Districts premier Sorell 16.21 (117) to 13.13 (91), and the state title with a 21.17 (143) to 10.14 (74) mauling of Old Scotch Collegians.
Hutchins has enjoyed considerable success since the turn of the century, winning five senior flags in the last eight seasons. The most recent of these came in 2007 courtesy of a 17.19 (121) to 9.10 (64) grand final defeat of DOSA.
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