The 1952 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over fifteen (15) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 19 April and 27 September 1952. Participating Clubs Clarence District Football Club New Town District Football Club Hobart Football Club New Norfolk District Football Club North Hobart Football Club Sandy Bay Football Club 1952 TANFL Club Coaches Les McClements (Clarence) Bill Fox (Glenorchy) Bill Tonks (Hobart) Arthur Olliver & Cliff Taylor (Stand-In) (New Norfolk) Len Mclankie (North Hobart) Gordon Bowman (Sandy Bay) TANFL Reserves Grand Final Clarence 13.13 (91) v Hobart 5.9 (39) – North Hobart Oval TANFL Under-19's Grand Final State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA) North West 6.9 (45) v Macalburn 6.8 (44) – North Hobart Oval Note: North West affiliated to North Hobart, Macalburn affiliated to Hobart. Intrastate Matches Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 24 May 1952) TANFL 13.16 (94) v NTFA 9.14 (68) – Att: 7,675 at York Park Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 14 June 1952) TANFL 19.17 (131) v NWFU 12.12 (84) – Att: 18,387 at North Hobart Oval * Note: This match was a curtain raiser to a VFL Premiership fixture between Fitzroy and Melbourne. Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 5 July 1952) TANFL 10.17 (77) v NWFU 4.8 (32) – Att: 6,500 at Devonport Oval Jubilee Shield (Saturday, 2 August 1952) NTFA 13.15 (93) v TANFL 13.12 (90) – Att: 7,063 at North Hobart Oval Leading Goalkickers: TANFL Ian Westell (Sandy Bay) – 81 Bernie Waldron (Hobart) – 79 Les McClements (Clarence) – 49 Michael Wade (Hobart) – 38 Rex Garwood (New Town) – 33 Medal Winners Cliff Busch (New Norfolk) – William Leitch Medal Joe Whittle (Hobart) – George Watt Medal (Reserves) John Cracknell (South East) – V.A Geard Medal (Under-19's) 1952 TANFL Ladder Round 1 (Saturday, 19 April 1952) Sandy Bay 8.11 (59) v Hobart 7.10 (52) – Att: 1,999 at North Hobart Oval New Town 9.16 (70) v Nth Hobart 5.8 (38) – Att: 1,523 at New Town Oval Clarence 18.12 (120) v New Norfolk 12.11 (83) – Att: 1,476 at Boyer Oval Round 2 (Saturday, 26 April 1952) New Town 14.9 (93) v Clarence 11.11 (77) – Att: 4,265 at North Hobart Oval Hobart 20.19 (139) v New Norfolk 5.13 (43) – Att: 1,066 at TCA Ground Sandy Bay 12.7 (79) v Nth Hobart 7.16 (58) – Att: 1,970 at Queenborough