1879 TFA season
1st season of the Tasmanian Football Association
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The 1879 TFA season was the inaugural season of the Tasmanian Football Association (TFA), an Australian rules football competition in southern Tasmania.[1]
In 1879, a "rules war" emerged in Hobart, with rugby, soccer and local football codes played by clubs.[2][3] On 12 June 1879, the TFA was officially formed (giving it some claim to the title of the third-oldest club football league in the world), with the decision to play "Victorian rules" passed by 1 vote at a meeting.[4][5] Two soccer clubs (City and Cricketers) and three local code clubs (New Town, Railway and Richmond) were part of the meeting.[2][6]
Three clubs of those five clubs â City, Cricketers and Railway â competed in the inaugural season.[2][7] City was awarded the TFA premiership at the end of the season, without a grand final being played.[8][9]
Former (and future) Tasmanian premier William Giblin served as the first chairman of the TFA, while L. Y. Prior served as secretary.[10][11]