1957 TANFL season
The 1957 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over eighteen (18) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 13 April and 28 September 1957. New Town District Football Club relocated from the New Town Oval to KGV Park in Glenorchy from this season and absorbed the already existing Glenorchy Rovers club that was participating in the Southern District Football Association at that time, the name change to Glenorchy District Football Club was approved by the TANFL on 8 April 1957. The KGV Memorial  Park (as it was then known) was extensively renovated and opened for use for TANFL football on 4 May by Glenorchy Municipal Council Warden, Mr J.E Percey and by Mr Eric O'Brien, the oldest surviving player from the Glenorchy Rovers team of 1886. Participating Clubs. TANFL Under-19's Grand Final. State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA) State Grand Final. (Saturday, 5 October 1957) Intrastate Matches. Intrastate Match (Monday, 17 June 1957) Interstate Matches. Interstate Match (Saturday, 20 July 1957) Interstate Match (Saturday, 27 July 1957) 1957 TANFL Ladder. Round 1. (Saturday, 13 April. Saturday, 20 April & Monday, 22 April  1957) Round 2. (Saturday, 27 April 1957) Round 3. (Saturday, 4 May 1957) Round 4. (Saturday, 11 May 1957) Round 5. (Saturday, 18 May 1957) Round 6. (Saturday, 25 May 1957) Round 7. (Saturday, 1 June 1957) Round 8. (Saturday, 8 June 1957) Round 9. (Saturday, 15 June 1957) Round 10. (Saturday, 22 June 1957) Round 11. (Saturday, 29 June 1957) Round 12. (Saturday, 6 July 1957) Round 13. (Saturday, 13 July 1957) Round 14. (Saturday, 3 August 1957) Round 15. (Saturday, 10 August 1957) Round 16. (Saturday, 17 August 1957) Round 17. (Saturday, 24 August 1957) Round 18. (Saturday , 31 August 1957) First Semi Final. (Saturday, 7 September 1957) Second Semi Final. (Saturday, 14 September 1957) Preliminary Final. (Saturday, 21 September 1957) Grand Final. (Saturday, 28 September 1957) Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.