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TSL - KEY FACTS

Official name
Tasmanian State League

Known as
TSL

Duration
1879–2024

Affiliated competitions (Current)
Premiership Season 1879-2024; Reserves (Development League) 2014-2024

Affiliated competitions (Historical)
Women's Premiership Season 2007-2020


Premiership Season

Official Name
TFL Premiership Season

Duration
1879–2024

Affiliated clubs (Current)
Kingborough (TAS) 1893-1907, 2014-2024; North Hobart (TAS) 1895-2000, 2009-2013, 2018-2024; Glenorchy (TAS) 1921-2000, 2009-2024; Clarence (TAS) 1947-2000, 2009-2024; North Launceston (TAS) 1987-2000, 2009-2024; Launceston (TAS) 1994-1997, 2009-2024; Lauderdale (TAS) 2009-2024

Affiliated clubs (Historical)
City (Hobart) (TAS) 1879-1896; Cricketers (TAS) 1879-1885; Wellington (TAS) 1879-1905; Holebrook (TAS) 1880-1894; Union (TAS) 1887; Summerton (TAS) 1898; Lefroy (TAS) 1898-1941; Derwent (TAS) 1906-1907; Cananore (TAS) 1908-1941; Sandy Bay (TAS) 1945-1997; Hobart (TAS) 1945-1997, 2009-2013; New Norfolk (TAS) 1947-1999; East Launceston (TAS) 1986; South Launceston (TAS) 1986-1997, 2009-2013; Devonport (TAS) 1987-2000, 2009-2017; Burnie Hawks (TAS) 1987-1994; Burnie Dockers (TAS) 1995-2000, 2009-2017; Southern Districts (TAS) 1998-1999; Western Storm (TAS) 2014-2015; Hobart City (TAS) 2014-2017

Affiliated grounds (Current)
Bellerive Oval; KGV Oval; Kingston Twin Ovals; Lauderdale Oval; North Hobart Oval; Windsor Park; York Park

Affiliated grounds (Historical)
Boyer Oval; Devonport Oval; Huonville Reserve; Invermay Park; Kingston Beach Oval; New Town Oval; NTCA Ground; Queenborough Oval; Richmond Oval (TAS); Snug Park; TBC; TCA Ground; West Park Oval; Youngtown Oval

1988 TFL Premiership Season

 
 

The TSL (Tasmanian State League) is Tasmania’s premier Australian Football competition. [Re] established in 2009, after a nine-year hiatus, the TSL is the island’s sole state-wide competition, and is owned and administered by AFL Tasmania in consultation with participating clubs. The League has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 (claimed to be the third oldest club football league in Australia), and has operated under various guises, including as the TFA, the STFA, the TFL, and the TANFL, amongst others.

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1988 Ladder

LP Club P W L D For Agn % Pts
1 Devonport 18 14 4 0 2125 1587 133.90 56
2 Glenorchy 18 12 6 0 1973 1688 116.88 48
3 Sandy Bay 18 12 6 0 1904 1750 108.80 48
4 North Hobart 18 11 7 0 1937 1810 107.02 44
5 Burnie Hawks 18 11 7 0 2059 1929 106.74 44
6 North Launceston 18 9 9 0 1744 1654 105.44 36
7 Hobart 18 8 10 0 2134 1940 110.00 32
8 Clarence 18 8 10 0 1962 1886 104.03 32
9 South Launceston 18 3 15 0 1525 2219 68.72 12
10 New Norfolk 18 2 16 0 1427 2327 61.32 8
  H&A 90 90 90 0 18790 18790 100.00 360
  Finals 6 6 6 0 1163 1163 100.00 24
  Total 96 96 96 0 19953 19953 100.00 384

1988 Round by Round

Round 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | QF | EF | 2SF | 1SF | PF | GF

Round 1[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Hobart27.19 181 Sat 2-Apr-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval1,521
New Norfolk8.12 60 Hobart won by 121 points
Clarence26.18 174 Sat 2-Apr-1988 2:10 pm Bellerive Oval1,720
Burnie Hawks19.16 130 Clarence won by 44 points
North Launceston8.14 62 Sat 2-Apr-1988 2:10 pm York Park1,409
Sandy Bay24.18 162 Sandy Bay won by 100 points
Devonport21.17 143 Sat 2-Apr-1988 2:10 pm Devonport Oval1,525
South Launceston10.6 66 Devonport won by 77 points
Glenorchy11.8 74 Mon 4-Apr-1988 2:10 pm KGV Oval3,273
North Hobart12.19 91 North Hobart won by 17 points

Round 2[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
North Hobart17.18 120 Sat 9-Apr-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval3,090
Hobart11.13 79 North Hobart won by 41 points
Sandy Bay12.16 88 Sat 9-Apr-1988 2:10 pm Queenborough Oval1,047
Devonport17.21 123 Devonport won by 35 points
New Norfolk15.11 101 Sat 9-Apr-1988 2:10 pm Boyer Oval1,258
Clarence11.14 80 New Norfolk won by 21 points
South Launceston10.12 72 Sat 9-Apr-1988 2:10 pm Youngtown Oval906
Glenorchy13.18 96 Glenorchy won by 24 points
Burnie Hawks19.18 132 Sat 9-Apr-1988 2:10 pm West Park Oval1,108
North Launceston16.19 115 Burnie Hawks won by 17 points

Round 3[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Hobart19.17 131 Sat 16-Apr-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval2,342
Clarence25.13 163 Clarence won by 32 points
Sandy Bay20.6 126 Sat 16-Apr-1988 2:10 pm Queenborough Oval1,623
North Hobart15.12 102 Sandy Bay won by 24 points
Glenorchy14.14 98 Sat 16-Apr-1988 2:10 pm KGV Oval1,412
Burnie Hawks25.25 175 Burnie Hawks won by 77 points
North Launceston23.19 157 Sat 16-Apr-1988 2:10 pm York Park1,620
South Launceston15.6 96 North Launceston won by 61 points
Devonport36.7 223 Sat 16-Apr-1988 2:10 pm Devonport Oval1,744
New Norfolk6.12 48 Devonport won by 175 points

Round 4[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
North Hobart19.23 137 Sat 23-Apr-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval1,300
South Launceston15.17 107 North Hobart won by 30 points
New Norfolk12.14 86 Sat 23-Apr-1988 2:10 pm Boyer Oval1,177
Sandy Bay18.23 131 Sandy Bay won by 45 points
North Launceston22.22 154 Sat 23-Apr-1988 2:10 pm York Park1,302
Hobart15.6 96 North Launceston won by 58 points
Burnie Hawks17.25 127 Sun 24-Apr-1988 2:10 pm West Park Oval5,423
Devonport15.23 113 Burnie Hawks won by 14 points
Clarence14.10 94 Sun 24-Apr-1988 2:10 pm Bellerive Oval3,200
Glenorchy13.17 95 Glenorchy won by 1 point

Round 5[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Hobart16.16 112 Sat 30-Apr-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval1,505
Burnie Hawks15.16 106 Hobart won by 6 points
Clarence18.13 121 Sat 30-Apr-1988 2:10 pm Bellerive Oval1,465
North Launceston17.14 116 Clarence won by 5 points
New Norfolk13.8 86 Sat 30-Apr-1988 2:10 pm Boyer Oval1,511
Glenorchy19.21 135 Glenorchy won by 49 points
South Launceston10.16 76 Sat 30-Apr-1988 2:10 pm Youngtown Oval829
Sandy Bay18.15 123 Sandy Bay won by 47 points
Devonport22.12 144 Sat 30-Apr-1988 2:10 pm Devonport Oval1,999
North Hobart15.13 103 Devonport won by 41 points

Round 6[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
North Hobart11.12 78 Sat 7-May-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval1,520
North Launceston7.9 51 North Hobart won by 27 points
Sandy Bay11.9 75 Sat 7-May-1988 2:10 pm Queenborough Oval1,176
Burnie Hawks12.9 81 Burnie Hawks won by 6 points
Glenorchy13.9 87 Sat 7-May-1988 2:10 pm KGV Oval2,268
Hobart21.17 143 Hobart won by 56 points
South Launceston20.11 131 Sat 7-May-1988 2:10 pm Youngtown Oval807
New Norfolk12.7 79 South Launceston won by 52 points
Devonport14.11 95 Sat 7-May-1988 2:10 pm Devonport Oval2,253
Clarence10.9 69 Devonport won by 26 points

Round 7[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Hobart12.15 87 Sat 14-May-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval2,185
Devonport17.14 116 Devonport won by 29 points
Clarence11.15 81 Sat 14-May-1988 2:10 pm Bellerive Oval2,037
Sandy Bay17.21 123 Sandy Bay won by 42 points
New Norfolk11.11 77 Sat 14-May-1988 2:10 pm Boyer Oval1,399
North Hobart23.24 162 North Hobart won by 85 points
Burnie Hawks16.12 108 Sat 14-May-1988 2:10 pm West Park Oval1,102
South Launceston20.12 132 South Launceston won by 24 points
North Launceston11.14 80 Sat 14-May-1988 2:10 pm York Park1,640
Glenorchy23.20 158 Glenorchy won by 78 points

Round 8[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
North Hobart18.19 127 Sat 28-May-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval1,977
Burnie Hawks10.17 77 North Hobart won by 50 points
Sandy Bay12.12 84 Sat 28-May-1988 2:10 pm Queenborough Oval1,595
Hobart27.8 170 Hobart won by 86 points
New Norfolk9.16 70 Sat 28-May-1988 2:10 pm Boyer Oval974
North Launceston11.12 78 North Launceston won by 8 points
South Launceston16.13 109 Sat 28-May-1988 2:10 pm Youngtown Oval983
Clarence27.10 172 Clarence won by 63 points
Devonport12.15 87 Sat 28-May-1988 2:10 pm Devonport Oval2,382
Glenorchy10.12 72 Devonport won by 15 points

Round 9[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Hobart27.6 168 Sat 4-Jun-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval1,153
South Launceston14.10 94 Hobart won by 74 points
Glenorchy24.27 171 Sat 4-Jun-1988 2:10 pm KGV Oval1,768
Sandy Bay6.11 47 Glenorchy won by 124 points
Clarence14.14 98 Sat 4-Jun-1988 2:10 pm Bellerive Oval2,821
North Hobart18.19 127 North Hobart won by 29 points
North Launceston20.17 137 Sat 4-Jun-1988 2:10 pm York Park1,739
Devonport17.14 116 North Launceston won by 21 points
Burnie Hawks17.16 118 Sat 4-Jun-1988 2:10 pm West Park Oval1,137
New Norfolk18.5 113 Burnie Hawks won by 5 points

Round 10[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
North Hobart13.8 86 Sat 18-Jun-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval3,828
Glenorchy14.18 102 Glenorchy won by 16 points
Sandy Bay13.15 93 Sat 18-Jun-1988 2:10 pm Queenborough Oval889
North Launceston13.12 90 Sandy Bay won by 3 points
New Norfolk14.9 93 Sat 18-Jun-1988 2:10 pm Boyer Oval1,025
Hobart21.10 136 Hobart won by 43 points
South Launceston14.10 94 Sat 18-Jun-1988 2:10 pm Youngtown Oval948
Devonport27.6 168 Devonport won by 74 points
Burnie Hawks13.13 91 Sat 18-Jun-1988 2:10 pm West Park Oval1,296
Clarence6.13 49 Burnie Hawks won by 42 points

Round 11[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
North Hobart10.11 71 Sat 25-Jun-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval2,695
Hobart29.11 185 Hobart won by 114 points
Glenorchy19.14 128 Sat 25-Jun-1988 2:10 pm KGV Oval1,093
South Launceston13.17 95 Glenorchy won by 33 points
Clarence19.13 127 Sat 25-Jun-1988 2:10 pm Bellerive Oval1,137
New Norfolk9.15 69 Clarence won by 58 points
North Launceston14.16 100 Sat 25-Jun-1988 2:10 pm York Park2,023
Burnie Hawks13.13 91 North Launceston won by 9 points
Devonport12.14 86 Sat 25-Jun-1988 2:10 pm Devonport Oval1,628
Sandy Bay11.12 78 Devonport won by 8 points

Round 12[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Clarence25.14 164 Sat 2-Jul-1988 2:10 pm Bellerive Oval2,726
Hobart11.14 80 Clarence won by 84 points
New Norfolk10.9 69 Sat 2-Jul-1988 2:10 pm Boyer Oval1,001
Devonport11.19 85 Devonport won by 16 points
Burnie Hawks27.20 182 Sun 3-Jul-1988 2:10 pm West Park Oval1,647
Glenorchy17.10 112 Burnie Hawks won by 70 points
Sandy Bay  Bye
South Launceston  Bye
North Hobart  Bye
North Launceston  Bye

Round 13[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
North Hobart10.11 71 Sat 9-Jul-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval1,798
Sandy Bay15.12 102 Sandy Bay won by 31 points
Glenorchy10.3 63 Sat 9-Jul-1988 2:10 pm KGV Oval2,399
Clarence13.13 91 Clarence won by 28 points
South Launceston5.5 35 Sat 9-Jul-1988 2:10 pm Youngtown Oval810
North Launceston2.7 19 South Launceston won by 16 points
Devonport18.11 119 Sun 10-Jul-1988 2:10 pm Devonport Oval3,231
Burnie Hawks7.11 53 Devonport won by 66 points
South Launceston10.6 66 Sat 16-Jul-1988 2:01 pm Youngtown Oval812
North Hobart12.16 88 North Hobart won by 22 points
Hobart14.13 97 Sat 16-Jul-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval1,500
North Launceston16.13 109 North Launceston won by 12 points
Sandy Bay19.14 128 Sat 16-Jul-1988 2:10 pm Queenborough Oval987
New Norfolk12.12 84 Sandy Bay won by 44 points

Round 14[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
North Hobart20.7 127 Sat 23-Jul-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval2,350
Devonport12.15 87 North Hobart won by 40 points
Sandy Bay19.17 131 Sat 23-Jul-1988 2:10 pm Queenborough Oval842
South Launceston10.13 73 Sandy Bay won by 58 points
Glenorchy23.14 152 Sat 23-Jul-1988 2:10 pm KGV Oval1,267
New Norfolk8.10 58 Glenorchy won by 94 points
North Launceston18.13 121 Sat 23-Jul-1988 2:10 pm York Park2,057
Clarence7.6 48 North Launceston won by 73 points
Burnie Hawks23.9 147 Sat 23-Jul-1988 2:10 pm West Park Oval1,571
Hobart11.12 78 Burnie Hawks won by 69 points

Round 15[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Hobart9.19 73 Sat 30-Jul-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval2,422
Glenorchy15.9 99 Glenorchy won by 26 points
Clarence11.18 84 Sat 30-Jul-1988 2:10 pm Bellerive Oval1,856
Devonport16.11 107 Devonport won by 23 points
New Norfolk15.13 103 Sat 30-Jul-1988 2:10 pm Boyer Oval861
South Launceston8.19 67 New Norfolk won by 36 points
North Launceston18.15 123 Sat 30-Jul-1988 2:10 pm York Park2,420
North Hobart6.10 46 North Launceston won by 77 points
Burnie Hawks14.8 92 Sat 30-Jul-1988 2:10 pm West Park Oval1,246
Sandy Bay15.13 103 Sandy Bay won by 11 points

Round 16[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
North Hobart23.25 163 Sat 6-Aug-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval1,327
New Norfolk12.6 78 North Hobart won by 85 points
Glenorchy9.20 74 Sat 6-Aug-1988 2:10 pm KGV Oval1,828
North Launceston7.11 53 Glenorchy won by 21 points
Clarence10.13 73 Sat 6-Aug-1988 2:10 pm Bellerive Oval1,651
Sandy Bay19.17 131 Sandy Bay won by 58 points
South Launceston12.13 85 Sat 6-Aug-1988 2:10 pm Youngtown Oval670
Burnie Hawks15.14 104 Burnie Hawks won by 19 points
Devonport17.16 118 Sat 6-Aug-1988 2:10 pm Devonport Oval1,975
Hobart13.12 90 Devonport won by 28 points

Round 17[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Hobart17.8 110 Sat 13-Aug-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval1,559
Sandy Bay16.16 112 Sandy Bay won by 2 points
Glenorchy19.24 138 Sat 13-Aug-1988 2:10 pm KGV Oval2,285
Devonport16.12 108 Glenorchy won by 30 points
Clarence27.15 177 Sat 13-Aug-1988 2:10 pm Bellerive Oval930
South Launceston13.6 84 Clarence won by 93 points
North Launceston18.14 122 Sat 13-Aug-1988 2:10 pm York Park1,480
New Norfolk8.6 54 North Launceston won by 68 points
Burnie Hawks20.17 137 Sat 13-Aug-1988 2:10 pm West Park Oval1,680
North Hobart19.11 125 Burnie Hawks won by 12 points

Round 18[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
North Hobart17.11 113 Sat 20-Aug-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval2,417
Clarence14.13 97 North Hobart won by 16 points
Sandy Bay10.7 67 Sat 20-Aug-1988 2:10 pm Queenborough Oval2,531
Glenorchy17.17 119 Glenorchy won by 52 points
New Norfolk14.15 99 Sat 20-Aug-1988 2:10 pm Boyer Oval902
Burnie Hawks17.6 108 Burnie Hawks won by 9 points
South Launceston5.13 43 Sat 20-Aug-1988 2:10 pm Youngtown Oval614
Hobart18.10 118 Hobart won by 75 points
Devonport12.15 87 Sat 20-Aug-1988 2:10 pm Devonport Oval2,230
North Launceston8.9 57 Devonport won by 30 points

1988 Ladder

LP Club P W L D For Agn % Pts
1 Devonport 18 14 4 0 2125 1587 133.90 56
2 Glenorchy 18 12 6 0 1973 1688 116.88 48
3 Sandy Bay 18 12 6 0 1904 1750 108.80 48
4 North Hobart 18 11 7 0 1937 1810 107.02 44
5 Burnie Hawks 18 11 7 0 2059 1929 106.74 44
6 North Launceston 18 9 9 0 1744 1654 105.44 36
7 Hobart 18 8 10 0 2134 1940 110.00 32
8 Clarence 18 8 10 0 1962 1886 104.03 32
9 South Launceston 18 3 15 0 1525 2219 68.72 12
10 New Norfolk 18 2 16 0 1427 2327 61.32 8
  H&A 90 90 90 0 18790 18790 100.00 360
  Finals 6 6 6 0 1163 1163 100.00 24
  Total 96 96 96 0 19953 19953 100.00 384


Finals Week 1[Finals Week 1 Review]

Qualifying Final

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Glenorchy5.59.614.817.12 114 Sat 27-Aug-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval4,580
Sandy Bay5.39.812.915.13 103 Glenorchy won by 11 points

Elimination Final

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
North Hobart3.06.19.412.6 78 Sun 28-Aug-1988 2:10 pm Devonport Oval4,043
Burnie Hawks8.610.817.1221.15 141 Burnie Hawks won by 63 points

Finals Week 2[Finals Week 2 Review]

Second Semi-final

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Devonport6.110.412.915.13 103 Sat 3-Sep-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval4,777
Glenorchy1.26.57.812.11 83 Devonport won by 20 points

First Semi-final

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Sandy Bay7.19.511.1011.11 77 Sun 4-Sep-1988 2:10 pm KGV Oval2,369
Burnie Hawks1.45.117.1312.19 91 Burnie Hawks won by 14 points

Finals Week 3[Finals Week 3 Review]

Preliminary Final

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Glenorchy6.312.817.1724.22 166 Sat 10-Sep-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval6,631
Burnie Hawks1.21.54.68.8 56 Glenorchy won by 110 points

Finals Week 4[Finals Week 4 Review]

Grand Final

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Devonport5.27.310.415.7 97 Sat 17-Sep-1988 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval17,878
Glenorchy1.24.27.28.6 54 Devonport won by 43 points

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.