North Hobart Football Club

The North Hobart Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Tasmanian State League. The club returned to the state league in 2018 after its position was effectively filled by a new club, the Hobart City Football Club after the 2013 season.[1] The club (i.e. North Hobart) was part of the Tasmanian Football League from the early 1900s through to 2001, where the club joined Southern Football League. In 2009, the club was invited into the second reincarnation of the statewide league where it remained until 2013.

North Hobart
Names
Full nameNorth Hobart Football Club
Nickname(s)Demons
Club song"It's A Grand Old Flag!"
2019 TSL season
Home-and-away season7th
Leading goalkickerColin Garland 42
Best and fairestSam Darley
Club details
Founded1881 (1881)
ColoursBlue   Red  
CompetitionTasmanian Football League
PresidentCraig Martin
CoachRichard Robinson
Captain(s)Nathan McCulloch
Ground(s)North Hobart Oval (capacity: 18,000)
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websitenhfc.net.au

In 2014, the North Hobart Football Club Inc. changed from an incorporated body to a company limited with 100% ownership of the Hobart City Football Club, with the Hobart City Demons now the trading name of North Hobart Football Club Ltd.[2]

On October 9, 2017 the paying members of the Hobart City Demons voted 371-118 in favour of returning the playing name of the club to the North Hobart identity for season 2018 and beyond.[3]

Players to reach Australian Football League level include Paul Williams, Peter 'Percy' Jones, Daryn Cresswell, Chris Bond, James Manson, Jim Wright, Tony Pickett, Colin Garland and several other big names. In total 54 North Hobart players have moved on to play at VFL/AFL level.

In 2005, North Hobart was the first club inducted into the AFL Tasmania Hall of Fame as a Great Club. [4]

Honours and achievements

Club achievements
A NHFC team of 1909
  • Tasmanian Football League
    • Premierships (27): 1902, 1905, 1908, 1914, 1920, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992
    • Runners-Up (17): 1896, 1897, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1948, 1951, 1956, 1960, 1965, 1968
  • Southern Football League (Tasmania)
    • Premierships (1): 2003
    • Runners-Up (2): 2002, 2008

Tasmanian State Premierships (12): 1914, 1920, 1923, 1929, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1961, 1962, 1969

Individual awards

William Leitch Medallists

  • 1932 – Len Pye
  • 1934 – S. Sproule
  • 1945 – E. Reid
  • 1977 – Mick Hawkins
  • 1993 – Darren Perry
  • 1994 – Michael Maple
  • 2003 – Brendon Bolton

George Watt Medallists

  • 1954 – M. Cleary
  • 1955 – A. Petersen
  • 1957 – A. Gould (tied)
  • 1958 – R. Large
  • 1959 – S. Graham
  • 1960 – K. Turner
  • 1962 – Bruce Felmingham
  • 1966 – W. Patmore
  • 1968 – A. Patmore (tied)
  • 1984 – Victor Di Venuto
  • 1985 – Tony Kline
  • 1993 – Ricky Darley
  • 1995 – Jeremy Busch
  • 2002 – Richard Robinson
  • 2007 – Michael Hall

V. A. Geard Medallists

  • 1968 – A. Caudwell (tied)
  • 1972 – Leigh McConnan (tied)

D. R. Plaister Medallists

  • 1979 – Gary Webster

TFL Leading Goalkicker Award

  • 1903 – A. Walton – 18
  • 1905 – T. Mills – 15
  • 1906 – T. Mills – 13
  • 1907 – W. Lee – 14
  • 1908 – FiG. Cook – 24
  • 1914 – S. Russell – 26
  • 1920 – W. Jack – 25
  • 1923 – L. Stevens – 26
  • 1929 – Alan Rait – 92
  • 1930 – Alan Rait – 112
  • 1931 – Alan Rait – 85
  • 1932 – Alan Rait – 102
  • 1935 – Alan Rait – 84
  • 1936 – Alan Rait – 98
  • 1937 – Alan Rait – 62
  • 1938 – T. Richardson – 75
  • 1939 – Jack Metherell – 61
  • 1940 – Jack Metherell – 69
  • 1941 – Jack Metherell – 64
  • 1945 – Ted Collis – 54
  • 1956 – Noel Clarke – 80
  • 1958 – Paddy Cooper – 45
  • 1961 – Noel Clarke – 74
  • 1962 – David Collins – 77
  • 1967 – David Collins – 58
  • 1982 – Brett Stephens – 92
  • 1987 - Steve McQueen – 80 (Joint winner)
  • 1992 – Byron Howard – 92
  • 1995 – Byron Howard – 104
  • 1997 – Byron Howard – 70

Southern Football League Leading Goalkicker

  • 2001 – Robert Devine – 102
  • 2002 – Robert Devine – 60
  • 2008 – Robert Devine – 82

Individual records

Most Senior games [5]

  • 268 – Don McLeod (1972–1986)
  • 264 - Robert Devine (1997 - 2010)

Most overall games

  • 341 - Robert Devine (264 senior games) [4]

Most Goals:

  • 689 - Alan Rait [4]
  • 651 - Robert Devine [5]

Club records

Club Record Attendance

Club Record Score

Senior Coaches
  • 1911 – George Morrissey
  • 1912-1913 – Edward Russell
  • 1914-1915 – Charlie Dunn
  • 1919 – Edward Russell
  • 1920 – Charlie Dunn
  • 1921 – Joe Rutter
  • 1922 – Jack Dunn
  • 1923 – Percy Martyn
  • 1924 – Les Stevens & Jack Gardiner
  • 1925 – Jack Gardiner
  • 1926 – Fred Williams & Jack Gardiner
  • 1927 – Fred Mutch
  • 1928-1929 – Jack Dunn
  • 1930 – Alby Bonnitcha & Jack Dunn
  • 1931 – Bruce McGregor
  • 1932-1933 – Roy Cazaly
  • 1934 – Len Pitchford
  • 1935 – Alan Rait
  • 1936-1937 – Cecil Pettiona
  • 1938-1941 & 1945 – Jack Metherell
  • 1946 – Arthur O'Brien & Dinny Kelleher
  • 1947-1948 – Jack Metherell
  • 1949 – Roy Quinn
  • 1950 – Vern Rae
  • 1951-1953 – Les McCankie
  • 1954-1959 – John Leedham
  • 1960-1964 – Darrell Eaton
  • 1964 – Max Kelleher & Byron Howard Snr
  • 1965-1966 – Dick Grimmond
  • 1967-1971 – John Devine
  • 1972-1973 – Vin Crowe
  • 1974-1975 – John Devine
  • 1976 – Ross Price
  • 1977-1978 – Ian Bremner
  • 1979-1980 – John Chick
  • 1981 – John Devine
  • 1982-1983 – John Thurley
  • 1984-1986 – Darryl Sutton
  • 1987-1989 – Garry Davidson
  • 1990 – Roland Crosby
  • 1991-1992 – Mark Yeates
  • 1993-1994 – Andy Bennett
  • 1995-1996 – Ricky Hanlon
  • 1997-1998 – John McCarthy
  • 1999 – Darryn Perry
  • 2000 – Darren Trevena
  • 2001-2002 – Steven Bozicevic
  • 2003-2005 – Brendon Bolton
  • 2006-2007 – Brent Williams
  • 2008-2009 – Matthew Geappen
  • 2010-2011 – Clinton Brown
  • 2011-2013 – Lance Spaulding
  • 2018 - Richard Robinson

Famous Matches

1967 Grand Finals

In 1967 TANFL Season North Hobart went on to win the premiership after winning just once in their first eight games of the season. The team won nine of their last 11 games to finish fourth on the ladder, before going on to beat New Norfolk by 5 points in the Semi-Final, followed by a 9 point victory over an inaccurate Clarence team in the preliminary final. The team then went on the beat Glenorchy by 14 points in front of 17,523 in the TANFL Grand Final.

1967 TANFL Grand Final

Glenorchy 2.5 2.12 3.13 8.16 (64)

North Hobart 3.3 6.5 9.8 11.12 (78)

Result: North Hobart won by 14 points [6]

After winning the TANFL Premiership, the club qualified to compete against NWFU Premiers Wynyard in the 1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final at West Park Oval in Burnie. The match turned out to be one of the most controversial is Tasmanian football history.

References
  1. Hobart City Football club sticks to grand old roots with playing strip reflecting heritage of North Hobart
  2. Current details for the North Hobart F.C. Ltd. on Australian Business Register, 2013
  3. http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/afl/its-goodbye-hobart-city-hello-north-hobart-demons-after-four-years-on-the-outer-in-tsl/news-story/496403934f2d5c9e26a9d4d10e5d9d75
  4. "North Hobart Football Club website".
  5. "NHFC Facebook Post 28 May 2010".
  6. "1967 TANFL Season". Australianfootball.com.
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