Cananore Football Club was an

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club founded in 1901. It competed in the

Tasmanian Football League The Tasmanian State League (TSL), colloquially known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), was the highest-level Australian rules football competition in the state of Tasmania. It disbanded following the end of the 2024 TSL season, 2024 season ...

(TFL/TANFL) as a junior club from 1901 to 1907, and as a senior club between 1908 and 1941. They were known as the ''Canaries'' and wore black and gold as their club colours. In 1942, the TFL competition was suspended indefinitely due to World War II. The club did not resume competition after the war and, to all intents and purposes, the former Cananore Football Club was transformed into what is now the

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History

Cananore played as a junior club between 1901 and 1907; and, as a junior club, played their matches at West Hobart Oval (the current school oval of the Lansdowne Crescent School) . Cananore gained senior club status for the 1908 TFL season; and, from then, played their home games at the Tasmanian Cricket Association Ground. The name of the Cananore Football Club was derived from a misspelt plaque on a large family home, which had been a gathering point for fans of the club in its formative years. The house is long demolished and the plaque is now displayed in the Hobart Football Clubrooms. The club were TFL/TANFL premiers eleven times and Tasmanian State Premiers on ten occasions. The Canaries' final season of football was the 1941 TANFL Season under coach J.Cashmore. The club would go into recess due to World War Two, and, in 1944, TANFL executives drew up a plan to turn the competition into a regulated, district-based format upon resumption of the League in 1945, rather than the previous motley collection of clubs. As a result of these changes, Cananore was replaced in the TANFL by the

who would go on to share the same black and gold colours, same home ground (

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) and many of the same players and supporters from Cananore would go on to be involved with Hobart for many years to come.

Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame

On 18 May 2010,

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announced that the Cananore Football Club and Hobart Football Club would be inducted together in the Great Clubs category of the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame.

Notable footballers

Two Cananore footballers to have been inducted in the

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are

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, who was also known for his long career at

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club , and

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, who played his entire career at Cananore. Cananore footballers to have played in the VFL include Claude Bryan, Jack Cashman, Jack Gardiner, Pat Hartnett, Fred Pringle,

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, Ted Terry, and Graham Tudor. Fred Easton joined in 1911.

Honours

Club

(11): 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1931, 1933 * Tasmanian State Premiership (10): 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1931

Individual

William Leitch Medallists

* 1930 - Jack Billett. * 1931 -

George Watt Medallists

* 1940 - Geoff Kilmartin.

TFL Leading Goalkickers

* 1909 - F.Burton (11) * 1910 - C.Ward (16) * 1911 - C.Ward (24) * 1913 - G.Badenach (13) * 1924 - J.Brain (47) * 1925 - J.Brain (64) * 1926 - F.Ahearne (50) * 1927 - F.Ahearne (45)

References

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