Lefroy Football Club were an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

club which competed in the

Tasmanian Football League The Tasmanian State League (TSL), colloquially known as the "Tasmanian Football League (TFL)" (formerly known as the "Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL)" and several other short-term names) is the highest ranked Australian r ...

(TFL/TANFL). They were known as ''The Blues'' and played their home games at North Hobart Oval as well as the Tasmanian Cricket Association Ground. Lefroy players wore dark and light blue as their club colours. The club was formed at a meeting called by Mr Oscar H. Jones in the Rialto Room, Liverpool Street, Hobart on 28 April 1898 for the purpose of reviving club football in Hobart."Peep at Sport" - Hobart Mercury: Tuesday, 9 August 1973 (Page 26) After starting out in the STFA, the club joined the TFL in 1906 when the league was renamed and played in the league until 1941. Lefroy and Cananore were two of the original clubs to be replaced in the league after World War Two (by Sandy Bay and

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respectively) when the TANFL switched to a district-based competition. Notable footballers to have played with Lefroy include

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and

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. Lefroy were league premiers on nine occasions and dual

Tasmanian State Premiership The Tasmanian State Premiership was an Australian rules football tournament which was contested at the conclusion of the season, initially between the reigning Tasmanian Football League (TFL/TANFL) and Northern Tasmanian Football Association (N ...

winners.

Premierships

** Premierships (9): 1898, 1899, 1901, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1924, 1930, 1937 ** ''Runners-Up'' (12): 1900, 1902, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1920, 1927, 1929, 1934, 1936, 1938, *

(2): 1912, 1924

Club Facts

Most Games: * 212 by Gavin Luttrell W.R. Gill Memorial Trophy Winner: * E.R.Smith 1925 George Watt Medallists: * Eric Zschech 1936, 1937 & 1939 TFL Top Goalkickers: * 1898 ― W.Abel (11) * 1899 ― W.Facy (16) * 1901 ― R.Hawson (18) * 1912 ― A.Jones (17) * 1915 ― A.Ringrose (18) * 1921 ― R.Manson (42) * 1922 ― R.Manson (41) * 1934 ― T.Heathorn (101) Highest Score: * 34.18 (222) vs. Cananore in 1934 Record Crowd: * 10,020 ― Lefroy v North Hobart ― 1929 TANFL Grand Final at

North Hobart Oval North Hobart Oval is a Stadium, sports venue in North Hobart, Tasmania, used for Australian rules football. History North Hobart Oval started its existence as Hobart Town's brickfields in 1844 before becoming a Brickfields Hiring Depot, convi ...

References

External links

Club profile at Fullpointsfooty.net
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