The Winfield Statewide Cup was an Australian rules football tournament held in Tasmania, Australia between the top twenty-one (21) major football clubs across Tasmania from the three major footballing bodies across the state (at the time), the TANFL, the NTFA and the NWFU.
The tournament was played in a five-round format held prior to the regular season proper, over a period of seven weeks between 29 March and 17 May 1980.
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Founded | 1980 in Hobart |
Previous names | None. |
Participating clubs | Burnie Tigers City-South Redlegs Clarence Kangaroos Cooee Bulldogs Devonport Magpies East Devonport Swans East Launceston Demons Glenorchy Magpies Hobart Tigers Latrobe Demons Launceston Blues Longford Tigers New Norfolk Eagles North Hobart Demons North Launceston Robins Penguin Two Blues Sandy Bay Seagulls Scottsdale Magpies Smithton Saints Wynyard Cats Ulverstone Robins |
Stadiums | North Hobart Oval York Park Bellerive Oval KGV Oval Devonport Oval West Park Oval TCA Ground Windsor Park Youngtown Oval Boyer Oval Queenborough Oval Latrobe Rec. Ground Penguin Sports Ground Longford Oval Ulverstone Rec. Ground Smithton Football Ground Scottsdale Rec. Ground Girdlestone Park Wynyard Oval |
1980 Winfield Statewide Cup. | |
Premiers | Hobart 9.21 (75) v Clarence 7.4 (46) |
Grand Final attendance | 5,961 at North Hobart Oval |
Total Round-Robin Series attendance | 58,422 for 52 matches at 1,123 (Including 10 Double-headers) |
Average Finals Series attendance | 18,326 for 5 matches at 3,665 (Including 1 Double-header) |
Total aggregate attendance | 76,748 for 57 matches at 1,346 (Including 11 Double-headers) |
Player of the Tournament | Graham Fox (Glenorchy) |
Tournament Leading Goalkicker | Paul Courto (Hobart) - 35 |