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(Redirected from 1974/75 NTFL season) 54th season of the Northern Territory Football League

Australian rules football season

1974–75 NTFL season
Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day 1974
Date	ended 25 December 1974
Premiers	No premiership awarded
Minor premiers	Nightcliff 5th minor premiership
← 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 after Cyclone Tracy made landfall on 25 December (Christmas Day) 1974.

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. Tracy's impact saw many club records lost.

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.

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.

Finals


Semi-finals
Wanderers	def.	Waratahs
Darwin	def.	Nightcliff


Preliminary final
Nightcliff	def.	Wanderers


	1975 DFA Grand Final
Saturday, 22 March 1975	Nightcliff	def.	Darwin
	3.1 (19) 4.5 (29) 7.9 (51) 8.10 (58)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.2 (14) 5.5 (35) 6.5 (41) 7.10 (52)


T, Dragun 3, N, Watson 2, K, Pattinson, C, Suradi, M, Maloney		Goals	M. Harris 2, D. Stokes, P, Quail, J. Patterson, N. Hagen, R. Cooper
T. Dragun, M. Motlop, T. Shaw, K. Pattinson, N. Watson		Best	N. Hagen, B. Damaso, R. Quall, J. McLeod, G. Butler

References

"Men's Premier League Premierships". AFL NT. Archived from the original on 13 October 2024.
"NTFL Australian Football League (AFLNT)". Northern Territory Football. Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
^ Lee, David; Barfoot, Michael. "Northern Territory Football League: a history of Australian football in Darwin and the Northern Territory from 1916 to 1995". GameDay. Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
"Peter Atkinson". AFL NT. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
^ "Darwin Football Association (NT)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.

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Clubs	Darwin Nightcliff Palmerston PINT Southern Districts St Mary's Tiwi Bombers Wanderers Waratah
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Awards	Nichols Medal Chaney Medal

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