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The Sandy Bay Football Club was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

club based in Sandy Bay

Sandy Bay, Tasmania

Sandy Bay is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, located immediately south of the central business district.The suburb is home to many large homes, and adjoins the waterfront Salamanca area and Battery Point. The suburb is known as one of the city's prestigious areas...

, Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

that participated in the Tasmanian Football League

Tasmanian Football League

Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...

from 1945 to 1997.

Club History

The club was founded in January 1945 as a result of a meeting called by the late Bill Barwick at Wrest Point Riviera (now Wrest Point Casino).

With World War Two in its final stages it became clear that some former TANFL clubs would not survive and as a result, the League's Constitution was amended to provide for district football.

In 1945 four clubs, Sandy Bay, North Hobart, New Town and Hobart, took part in the revamped competition.

Sandy Bay adopted the colours of Royal Blue and White, the playing jumper was Royal Blue and White with a white seagull on the breast, this was used by the club between 1945-1966 and from 1967 onwards, the club wore a Blue and White vertical striped playing jumper.

Sandy Bay was given permission by the Hobart City Council to use Queenborough Oval

Queenborough Oval

Queenborough Oval is the home headquarters of the Hutchins Old Boys Football Club and the South Hobart/Sandy Bay Cricket Club.The ground is a former Tasmanian Football League venue, being the former home of the Sandy Bay Football Club from 1945 to 1997.It is located on the corner of Nelson Road...

in Sandy Bay as its home ground and a weatherboard changeroom was erected on the site of where the Graeme Mackey Stand and Pavilion would be built twenty years later.

Sandy Bay's emblem was the Seagulls, generally thought to be named after all the seagulls that hung around the waterfront suburb where the club was located.

Sandy Bay participated in the Tasmanian Football League

Tasmanian Football League

with a strong degree of success in its first three decades in the competition, participating in fifteen TFL Grand Finals between 1945-1978 (including eight consecutive Grand Finals from 1971-1978) and winning the Tasmanian State Premiership

Tasmanian State Premiership

The Tasmanian State Premiership was an Australian rules football tournament which was competed originally between the reigning TFL/TANFL and NTFA premiers, with the NWFU joining in from 1954....

twice in 1946 and 1971, but after losing the 1979 TANFL Preliminary Final by 19 points to Clarence, the club's era of dominance was over.
Another problem looming for Sandy Bay was that during their remarkable period of sustained success during the 1970s, the demographic of their area had begun to change to a more upmarket occupancy and as a result, their supporter base withered away badly during this time, home games at Queenborough Oval

Queenborough Oval

reflected this trend where their average home attendances had fallen from a 3,823-average in 1970

1970 TANFL season

The 1970 Tasmanian Australian National Football League premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over twenty roster rounds and four finals series matches between 28 March and 12 September 1970....

to just a 995-average by 1980

1980 TANFL season

The 1980 Tasmanian Australian National Football League premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over fifteen roster rounds and four finals series matches between 24 May and 20 September 1980....

.

It was during this time that the Hobart Mercury and other sports commentators began to headlines calls for the club to vacate Queenborough Oval

Queenborough Oval

and relocate to either the North Hobart Oval

North Hobart Oval

North Hobart Oval is a 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 convict women's housing site, an immigration depot and an invalid persons' depot before closing...

or into the Kingborough region, south of Hobart.

Despite improving attendances at home in 1981 and 1982, the Seagulls made the move to North Hobart Oval

North Hobart Oval

in 1983 to play all of its home fixtures at the ground and with increased attendances the club made it all the way to the Preliminary Final where it suffered a 53-point loss to New Norfolk

New Norfolk Eagles

The New Norfolk District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Southern Football League, in Tasmania, Australia.-Origins:Entry to Southern District Football Assoc* 1934Entry to TANFL/TFL* 1947...

, but this proved to be mirage as the club then sunk back down the ladder and struggled for attendances.

With the beginning of the new TFL Statewide League

Tasmanian Football League

competition in 1986, the Seagulls made a permanent return to Queenborough

Queenborough Oval

and with solid home crowds the club had a brilliant season, at one stage winning 13 matches in succession under Andy Bennett

Andy Bennett

Andrew 'Andy' Bennett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s....

to play in its first Grand Final since 1978 but the bubble burst in spectacular fashion on Grand Final day, Sandy Bay trailed badly all day on route to a 32-point defeat at the hands of Glenorchy

Glenorchy Football Club

The Glenorchy District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Tasmanian State League and the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia.-Origins:...

.

From 1987 onwards it was case of mostly doom and gloom for the struggling Seagulls, their supporter base was continuing to fall and the club was struggling financially, despite a strong finish to the 1990

1990 TFL Statewide League Season

The 1990 TFL Statewide League premiership season was an Australian rules football competition staged across Tasmania over 21 roster rounds and 6 finals series matches between 31 March and 22 September 1990....

season in which they made it to the First Semi Final and held a 38-point lead early in the match before being overrun by eventual premier, Hobart

Hobart Football Club

Hobart Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Hobart, Tasmania. They play their home fixtures at the TCA Ground on the Queens Domain, in Hobart and from 2009, the club has been a member of the Tasmanian State League.- Club history :...

by 33 points, the bottom fell out of the club only eighteen months later.

During the 1992 season Sandy Bay required an immediate cash injection of $70,000 in the middle of the season in order to keep the club afloat to finish out the season. A 'Save The Bay' campaign was hastly organised and charity matches took place in order to raise funds for what was now an ailing club.

After various TFL and media-driven merger attempts over a number of years, the Bay moved back to North Hobart Oval

North Hobart Oval

again in 1994 when the club made its last finals appearance, after finishing second on the ladder during the roster season they would make it to the Preliminary Final but suffered from a dreadful start and despite a second half rally, ultimately bowed out to New Norfolk

New Norfolk Eagles

by 26-points.

From 1995 the Seagulls battled on as more merger attempts were foist upon them but no more success came its way and in 1997 president Bill Sorell announced that the club would be wound up at the completion of the season.

The Seagulls final home match at Queenborough

Queenborough Oval

took place on Sunday, 27 July 1997 when they hosted Glenorchy

Glenorchy Football Club

The Glenorchy District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Tasmanian State League and the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia.-Origins:...

and were beaten by 101-points, three weeks later it would be all over for the Sandy Bay Football Club, their final match taking place at Bellerive Oval

Bellerive Oval

Bellerive Oval, also known as its sponsored name Blundstone Arena, is primarily a cricket and Australian Rules Football ground located in Bellerive, City of Clarence, on the eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia...

on 16 August 1997 when they suffered a 76-point defeat to Clarence

Clarence Football Club

The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos , is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League, based in Bellerive, Tasmania.Before 1903, they existed as Bellerive Football Club....

amid emotional scenes and a standing ovation from the crowd as they left the ground for the final time.

A short time later, the club was wound up and closed down.

History

Home Ground – Queenborough Oval

Queenborough Oval

& North Hobart Oval

North Hobart Oval

Established – 1945

Playing Colours – Blue & White

Emblem – Seagulls

Club Theme Song – "Seagulls, Seagulls, that's our name!" (Tune: "California Here I Come")

Motto – "The Game Above All"

Affiliations – TANFL & TFL Statewide League

Tasmanian Football League

(1945-1997)

Premiership Titles

TANFL & TFL Statewide League
Tasmanian Football League
Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...

Premierships

1946, 1952, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978

1945, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1986

Tasmanian State Premiership
Tasmanian State Premiership
The Tasmanian State Premiership was an Australian rules football tournament which was competed originally between the reigning TFL/TANFL and NTFA premiers, with the NWFU joining in from 1954....

s

1946, 1971

1956, 1965, 1971, 1972, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1994

Individual Medal Winners

William Leitch Medalists

1946 - Ernie Pilkington
1950 - Bill Smart
1953 - Terry Cashion
Terry Cashion
Terry Cashion was an Australian rules footballer from Tasmania.Cashion played five VFL games for South Melbourne in 1942 while stationed in Victoria with the army and would have played more had it not been for a knee injury....
1956 - Bob Lewis
1959 - Murray Steele (Tied)
1963 - Geoff Whitton
Geoff Whitton
Geoff Whitton is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
1969 - Roger Steele
1970 - Roger Steele
1971 - Rodney Olsson
Rodney Olsson
Rodney Olsson is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who played with Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1960s.Olsson was a ruck-rover for Hawthorn but when he started his career he played as a half forward as well as on the half back flanks...
1973 - Rodney Olsson
Rodney Olsson
Rodney Olsson is a former Australian rules footballer and coach who played with Hawthorn in the VFL during the 1960s.Olsson was a ruck-rover for Hawthorn but when he started his career he played as a half forward as well as on the half back flanks...
1982 - Tony Martyn
Tony Martyn
Tony Martyn is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League , Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and with TANFL club Sandy Bay...
1983 - Tony Martyn
Tony Martyn
Tony Martyn is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League , Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and with TANFL club Sandy Bay...
1986 - Andy Bennett
Andy Bennett
Andrew 'Andy' Bennett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s....
1988 - Michael Seddon
Michael Seddon
Michael Seddon is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1980s....

(Tied)
1995 - Geoff Wiggins (Tied)

George Watt Medal winners

1950 – R.Toulmin
1951 – R.Toulmin
1961 – B.Beckett
1969 – L.Pilkington
1976 – John Mundy
1978 – Henri Pastoor
1986 – Craig Randall & Mark Radford.

V.A Geard Medal winners

1975 – Michael Seddon
Michael Seddon
Michael Seddon is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the early 1980s....
1982 – Peter Sherwood
1983 – Robert Newton
1985 – Sam Synnott

D.R Plaister Medal winners

1987 – Paul Burnell

Lefroy Medal winners

1954 – Gordon Bowman
1959 – Rex Geard
1971 – Kerry Doran
1981 – Chris Saunders
1982 – Tony Martyn
Tony Martyn
Tony Martyn is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League , Port Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League and with TANFL club Sandy Bay...

Competition Leading Goalkickers

1947 - Lance Collins - (50)
1948 - Ian Westell - (57)
1950 - Ian Westell - (83)
1952 - Ian Westell - (66)
1954 - Ian Westell - (68)
1955 - Ian Westell - (88)
1969 - Brent Palfreyman
Brent Palfreyman
Brent Avis Hardcastle Palfreyman is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played for Tasmania.Palfreyman never played Sheffield Shield cricket, his six first-class appearances all came against foreign touring sides...

- (51)
1970 - Brent Palfreyman
Brent Palfreyman
Brent Avis Hardcastle Palfreyman is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played for Tasmania.Palfreyman never played Sheffield Shield cricket, his six first-class appearances all came against foreign touring sides...

- (67)
1973 - Rod Adams - (96)

Records

Club Record Games Holder:

315 - Bob Lahey

Record Home Attendance:

7,976 - Sandy Bay v North Hobart
North Hobart Demons
The North Hobart Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Tasmanian State League.Players to reach Australian Football League level include Paul Williams, Peter 'Percy' Jones, Daryn Cresswell, Chris Bond, James Manson, Jim Wright, Tony Pickett and several other big...

at North Hobart Oval
North Hobart Oval
North Hobart Oval is a 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 convict women's housing site, an immigration depot and an invalid persons' depot before closing...

on 19 April 1965
6,070 - Sandy Bay v Glenorchy
Glenorchy Football Club
The Glenorchy District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Tasmanian State League and the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia.-Origins:...

at Queenborough Oval
Queenborough Oval
Queenborough Oval is the home headquarters of the Hutchins Old Boys Football Club and the South Hobart/Sandy Bay Cricket Club.The ground is a former Tasmanian Football League venue, being the former home of the Sandy Bay Football Club from 1945 to 1997.It is located on the corner of Nelson Road...

on 9 May 1964

Record Match Attendance:

20,775 - Sandy Bay v New Norfolk
New Norfolk Eagles
The New Norfolk District Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently playing in the Southern Football League, in Tasmania, Australia.-Origins:Entry to Southern District Football Assoc* 1934Entry to TANFL/TFL* 1947...

at North Hobart Oval
North Hobart Oval
North Hobart Oval is a 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 convict women's housing site, an immigration depot and an invalid persons' depot before closing...

on 12 September 1964 (1964 TANFL Grand Final
1964 TANFL season
The 1964 Tasmanian Australian National Football League premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over nineteen roster rounds and four finals series matches between 4 April and 12 September 1964....

)

Club Record Score:

30.12 (192) v Launceston 9.14 (68) at North Hobart Oval
North Hobart Oval
North Hobart Oval is a 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 convict women's housing site, an immigration depot and an invalid persons' depot before closing...

on 21 August 1994.

Sandy Bay Football Club: Senior Coaches

1945: Jack Rogers
1946: Lance Collins
Lance Collins
Lance Kitchener Collins was a leading Australian rules footballer of the 1940s, playing for Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
1947: Lance Collins
Lance Collins
Lance Kitchener Collins was a leading Australian rules footballer of the 1940s, playing for Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League ....
1948: Ernie Pilkington
1949: Ernie Pilkington
1950: Jack Rogers
1951: Bert Lucas
Bert Lucas
Albert William "Bert" Lucas was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....
1952: Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Hawthorn in the VFL.Bowman, originally from East Malvern, was a member of Melbourne's 1948 premiership team as a half forward flanker...
1953: Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Hawthorn in the VFL.Bowman, originally from East Malvern, was a member of Melbourne's 1948 premiership team as a half forward flanker...
1954: Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Hawthorn in the VFL.Bowman, originally from East Malvern, was a member of Melbourne's 1948 premiership team as a half forward flanker...
1955: Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Hawthorn in the VFL.Bowman, originally from East Malvern, was a member of Melbourne's 1948 premiership team as a half forward flanker...
1956: Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Hawthorn in the VFL.Bowman, originally from East Malvern, was a member of Melbourne's 1948 premiership team as a half forward flanker...
1957: Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Hawthorn in the VFL.Bowman, originally from East Malvern, was a member of Melbourne's 1948 premiership team as a half forward flanker...
1958: Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman
Gordon Bowman was an Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne and Hawthorn in the VFL.Bowman, originally from East Malvern, was a member of Melbourne's 1948 premiership team as a half forward flanker...
1959: Terry Cashion
Terry Cashion
Terry Cashion was an Australian rules footballer from Tasmania.Cashion played five VFL games for South Melbourne in 1942 while stationed in Victoria with the army and would have played more had it not been for a knee injury....
1960: Terry Cashion
Terry Cashion
Terry Cashion was an Australian rules footballer from Tasmania.Cashion played five VFL games for South Melbourne in 1942 while stationed in Victoria with the army and would have played more had it not been for a knee injury....
1961: Terry Cashion
Terry Cashion
Terry Cashion was an Australian rules footballer from Tasmania.Cashion played five VFL games for South Melbourne in 1942 while stationed in Victoria with the army and would have played more had it not been for a knee injury....
1962: Stan Booth
Stan Booth
Stan Booth was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the 1950s.Booth was a rover and often rested on the half forward flank, contributing over a goal a game for Essendon...
1963: Rex Geard
1966: Rex Geard
1967: Ray Giblett
1968: Ray Giblett
1969: Ray Giblett
1970: Rod Olsson
1971: Rod Olsson
1972: Rod Olsson

1973: Rod Olsson

1974: Rod Olsson

1975: Rod Olsson

1976: Paul Sproule

Paul Sproule

Paul Sproule is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Essendon Football Club in the VFL from 1968 to 1971 and then for the Richmond Football Club from 1972 to 1975. He was senior coach of Richmond in 1985....

1977: Paul Sproule

Paul Sproule

1978: Paul Sproule

Paul Sproule

1979: Graeme Mackey

1980: Graeme Mackey

1981: Graeme Mackey

1982: Gary Linton

1983: Paul Sproule

Paul Sproule

1984: Paul Sproule

Paul Sproule

1985: Tim Maxwell

1986: Andy Bennett

Andy Bennett

Andrew 'Andy' Bennett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s....

1987: Andy Bennett

Andy Bennett

Andrew 'Andy' Bennett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s....

1988: Andy Bennett

Andy Bennett

Andrew 'Andy' Bennett is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s....

1989: Shane Williams

Shane Williams (Australian footballer)

Shane Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond, Geelong and Footscray in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s....

1990: Shane Williams

Shane Williams (Australian footballer)

Shane Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond, Geelong and Footscray in the Victorian Football League during the 1980s....

& Geoff Whitton

Geoff Whitton

Geoff Whitton is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

1991: Paul Jeffrey

1992: Paul Jeffrey

1993: Chris Fagan

1994: Chris Fagan

1995: Michael Hibberd & L.Spaulding

1996: Lance Spaulding

1997: Troy Clarke

Troy Clarke (Australian rules footballer)

Troy Clarke is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....

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