The Tasman Football Association was a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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 competition in Tasmania

Tasmania

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, Australia

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. The association had origins back to 1902 when games were played at random. In 1919 a proper association was set up. The Association went in to recess during World War II

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 but returned.

The association folded 2001 with the Dodges Ferry Sharks

Dodges Ferry Sharks

The Dodges Ferry Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the SFL in Tasmania, Australia. The club wears a red, yellow and black jumper and has the mascot the Sharks. The club spent its first 23 years in the Tasman Football Association where it won half a dozen...

 moving to the Southern Football League

Southern Football League (Tasmania)

The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league which is based in Tasmania, Australia.- History :The Southern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1996 with the league's original clubs being those of the recently defunct Tasmanian Amateur Football League – Southern Division...

 while the Swansea Football Club and Triabunna Football Club

Triabunna Roos

The East Coast Bombers Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Australian Football League Southern Football League , also known as the Southern Football League, in Tasmania, Australia....

  moved to the Oatlands District Football Association

Oatlands District Football Association

The Oatlands District Football Association is a non-professional Australian rules football league from Tasmania, Australia.-Oatlands District Football Association Origins: 1952–1999:...

 (ODFA) a year prior. Campania folded but reformed in 2007 and joined the ODFA.

Clubs

Some of the clubs that participated in the association at some point include.

• Port Arthur Football Club
• Tunnel Bay Football Club
• Tarana Football Club
• T.P.T Rovers Football Club
• Copping Football Club
• Saltwater River Football Club
• Fortescue Bay Football Club
• Koonya Football Club
• Canarvon Football Club
• Wedge Bay Football Club
• Cambridge Football Club: Magpies
• Dodges Ferry Football Club
  Dodges Ferry Sharks
  The Dodges Ferry Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the SFL in Tasmania, Australia. The club wears a red, yellow and black jumper and has the mascot the Sharks. The club spent its first 23 years in the Tasman Football Association where it won half a dozen...
  
  : Sharks 1978–2001
• Dunalley Football Club: Bulldogs
• North Derwent Football Club: Forresters
• Triabunna Football Club
  Triabunna Roos
  The East Coast Bombers Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Australian Football League Southern Football League , also known as the Southern Football League, in Tasmania, Australia....
  
  : Kangaroos 1980–2000
• Campania Football Club
• Railway Football Club 1992–?
• Swansea Football Club ?-2001
• Richmond Football Club
• Tasman Football Club 1983–1984
• Mangalore Football Club 1980

Premiers

• 1922 - Carnarvon 5.7 (37) d Nubeena 4.12 (36)
• 1934 - Taranna were Premiers.
• 1936 - Tasman Rovers 6.13 (49) d Timberworkers 4.11 (35)
• 1948 - Koonya 9.10 (64) d Nubeena 6.19 (55)
• 1955 – Nubeena were premiers.
• 1956 – Copping were premiers.
• 1957 – Nubeena were premiers.
• 1958 – Nubeena were premiers.
• 1959 – Copping were premiers.
• 1960 – Nubeena were premiers.
• 1961 – Dunalley were premiers.
• 1962 – Nubeena were premiers.
• 1963 – Nubeena were premiers.
• 1964 – Nubeena were premiers.
• 1965 – Nubeena were premiers.
• 1966 – Nubeena were premiers.
• 1967 – Nubeena were premiers.
• 1968 – Port Arthur were premiers.
• 1969 – Nubeena were premiers.
• 1970 – Copping were premiers.
• 1971 – Nubeena were premiers.
• 1972 – Copping were premiers
• 1973 – Copping were premiers.
• 1974 – Dunalley were premiers.
• 1975 – Copping were premiers.
• 1976 – Dunalley were premiers.
• 1977 – Dunalley were premiers
• 1978 – Copping were premiers.
• 1979 – Dodges Ferry were premiers.
• 1980 – Dodges Ferry were premiers.
• 1981 – Dunalley were premiers.
• 1982 – Dunalley were premiers.
• 1983 – Triabunna were premiers.
• 1984 – Dodges Ferry were premiers.
• 1985 – Triabunna were premiers.
• 1986 – Triabunna were premiers.
• 1987 – Triabunna were premiers.
• 1988 – Triabunna were premiers.
• 1989 – Dodges Ferry were premiers.
• 1990 – Dodges Ferry were premiers.
• 1991 – Dodges Ferry were premiers.

1992–1997 ?

• 1998 – North Derwent 11 15 81 defeated Swansea 9 9 63

1999–2000 ?

• 2001 – Swansea 28.13.181 defeated Dodges Ferry 9.13.67

1998 Ladder

Tasman FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
North Derwent	17	3	1	0	2166	899	240.93%	68
Swansea	16	3	2	0	2443	823	296.84%	64
Richmond	11	3	7	0	1566	1589	98.55%	44
Triabunna	8	3	10	0	1583	1320	119.92%	32
Dodges Ferry	6	3	11	1	1460	1890	77.25%	26
Risdon Vale	3	3	15	0	1301	1949	66.75%	12
Cambridge	1	3	16	1	677	2726	24.83%	6

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Dodges Ferry	11	8	74	Triabunna	10	9	69
Qualifying	Swansea	20	13	133	Richmond	7	9	51
1st Semi	Richmond	13	21	99	Dodges Ferry	9	8	62
2nd Semi	Swansea	14	21	105	North Derwent	6	17	53
Preliminary	North Derwent	10	10	70	Richmond	9	6	60
Grand	North Derwent	11	15	81	Swansea	9	9	63

See also

• Australian rules football in Tasmania
  Australian rules football in Tasmania
  Australian rules football in Tasmania known as Football officially and locally has a history dating back to the 1860s, with the state having the distinction of being the first place outside of Victoria to play the sport....
  
  
• Southern Football League (Tasmania)
  Southern Football League (Tasmania)
  The Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league which is based in Tasmania, Australia.- History :The Southern Tasmanian Football League was founded in 1996 with the league's original clubs being those of the recently defunct Tasmanian Amateur Football League – Southern Division...
  
  
• Oatlands District Football Association
  Oatlands District Football Association
  The Oatlands District Football Association is a non-professional Australian rules football league from Tasmania, Australia.-Oatlands District Football Association Origins: 1952–1999:...
  
  
• Dodges Ferry Sharks
  Dodges Ferry Sharks
  The Dodges Ferry Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the SFL in Tasmania, Australia. The club wears a red, yellow and black jumper and has the mascot the Sharks. The club spent its first 23 years in the Tasman Football Association where it won half a dozen...