1974–75 NTFL season

54th season of the Northern Territory Football League July 2019 March 2026 ntfl 1974–75 ended 25 December 1974 Cyclone Tracy 25 December 1974 ESSA-8.png Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day 1974 No premiership awarded Nightcliff 5 1973–74 1975–76 The 1974–75 NTFL season was the 54th season of the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in the Northern Territory. The season was curtailed after round 11 when Cyclone Tracy made landfall on 25 December (Christmas Day) 1974.Men's Premier League Premierships https://www.aflnt.com.au/competitionstio-ntflntfl-history/mens-premier-league-premierships AFL NT https://web.archive.org/web/20241013114747/https://www.aflnt.com.au/competitionstio-ntflntfl-history/mens-premier-league-premierships 13 October 2024 Nightcliff, who were sitting on the top of the ladder prior to the season's abandonment, were awarded the minor premiership, with no premiership awarded.NTFL Australian Football League (AFLNT) https://ntfootball.tripod.com/id18.html Northern Territory Football 26 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241126212814/https://ntfootball.tripod.com/id18.html 26 November 2024 Tracy's impact saw many club records lost.Lee David Barfoot Michael Northern Territory Football League: a history of Australian football in Darwin and the Northern Territory from 1916 to 1995 https://websites.mygameday.app/get_file.cgi?id=110634 GameDay 26 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20230829141944/https://websites.mygameday.app/get_file.cgi?id=110634 29 August 2023 Darwin Football Association At a public meeting convened by the Director of Emergency Services, a sporting and entertainment committee was formed, and the Darwin Football Association (DFA) was established as an interim competition. All six NTFL clubs were part of the DFA, with Hunter Harrison serving as president and Peter Atkinson serving as secretary.Peter Atkinson https://www.aflnt.com.au/about/hall-of-fame/2019/peter-atkinson AFL NT 26 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20211205051558/https://www.aflnt.com.au/about/hall-of-fame/2019/peter-atkinson 5 December 2021 Five home-and-away rounds were played, along with a three-week finals series. Nightcliff defeated Darwin by six points in the 1975 DFA Grand Final, in what was the competition's only season.Darwin Football Association (NT) http://www.footypedia.info/00001044.htm Footypedia 26 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241126215825/http://www.footypedia.info/00001044.htm 26 November 2024 Finals Semi-finals Wanderers H Waratahs Darwin H Nightcliff Preliminary final Nightcliff H Wanderers Nightcliff 3.1 (19) 4.5 (29) 7.9 (51) 8.10 (58) H Darwin 2.2 (14) 5.5 (35) 6.5 (41) 7.10 (52) Saturday, 22 March 1975 T, Dragun 3, N, Watson 2, K, Pattinson, C, Suradi, M, Maloney T. Dragun, M. Motlop, T. Shaw, K. Pattinson, N. Watson M. Harris 2, D. Stokes, P, Quail, J. Patterson, N. Hagen, R. Cooper N. Hagen, B. Damaso, R. Quall, J. McLeod, G. Butler 1975 DFA Grand Final References Category:Northern Territory Football League seasons NTFL NTFL