Old Scholars Football Association

The Old Scholars Football Association is an Australian rules football competition in southern Tasmania, Australia.
The competition currently stages an eighteen-round roster season which is cut to a top four at the end of the roster series for a four match finals series played according to the McIntyre system, culminating in the grand final.

Old Scholars Football Association

General Information
Founded	1987
Current clubs	DOSA Roosters Hutchins Lions OHA Ships Richmond Blues St Virgil's Saints University Rainbows
Former clubs	New Town Old Scholars Friends' Bulldogs Channel
Stadiums	TCA Ground Queenborough Oval Geilston Bay Oval Richmond Rec. Ground New Town Oval Tasmanian University Ground

History

The former Tasmanian Amateur Football League (Southern Division) known also as the Southern Amateurs split into two divisions at the start of the 1981 season, forming a District division and an Old Scholars division.
In 1987, the clubs in the TAFL (Old Scholars Division) broke away to form the Old Scholars Football Association.
With the admission of the Richmond Football Club in 2001 and Channel Football Club in 2009, the competition saw the loss of New Town Old Scholars in 1995 and The Friends' School Old Boys Football Club (formed in 1934) in the 2005 season.

Current OSFA clubs

Colours	Club	Nickname	Home Ground	Founded	Premierships	OSFA Premiership Years
	Dominic Old Scholars Association (DOSA)	Roosters	TCA Ground	1976	9	1984, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2013, 2018, 2019
	Hutchins' Old Boys	Lions	Queenborough Oval	1932	26	1981, 1983, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2022
	Old Hobartians Association	Ships	Geilston Bay Oval	1919	7	1982, 1988, 2008, 2011, 2020, 2021, 2024
	Richmond	Blues	Richmond War Memorial Oval	1878	21	2004, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2017
	St Virgil's Old Boys	Saints	New Town Bike Track Oval	1927	11	1996, 1998, 2001, 2023
	Tasmanian University	Rainbows	UTAS Football Oval	1936	13	1985, 1992, 1993, 2016

Former OSFA Clubs

Colours	Club	Nickname	Home Ground	Founded	Premierships	OSFA Premiership Years
	Channel	Saints	Snug Park	1967	8	-
	Friends' Old Boys	Bulldogs	Cornelian Bay Oval	1934	4	1989, 1990, 1991, 1997
	New Town Old Scholars (formerly Ogilvie Tech Old Scholars)				0	-

Timeline

Premiership winners

Tasmanian Amateurs Old Scholars Division

• 1981 – Hutchins'
• 1982 – Old Hobartians Association (OHA)
• 1983 – Hutchins'
• 1984 – Dominic Old Scholars (DOSA)
• 1985 – Tasmanian University
• 1986 – Dominic Old Scholars (DOSA)

Old Scholars Football Assoc

• 1987 – Dominic Old Scholars (DOSA)
• 1988 – Old Hobartians Association (OHA)
• 1989 – Friends'
• 1990 – Friends'
• 1991 – Friends'
• 1992 – Tasmanian University

• 1993 – Tasmanian University
• 1994 – Dominic Old Scholars (DOSA)
• 1995 – Dominic Old Scholars (DOSA)
• 1996 – St Virgil's
• 1997 – Friends'
• 1998 – St Virgil's
• 1999 – Dominic Old Scholars (DOSA)
• 2000 – Hutchins'
• 2001 – St Virgil's
• 2002 – Hutchins'
• 2003 – Hutchins'
• 2004 – Richmond
• 2005 – Richmond
• 2006 – Hutchins'
• 2007 – Hutchins'

• 2008 – Old Hobartians Association (OHA)
• 2009 – Richmond
• 2010 – Hutchins'
• 2011 – Old Hobartians Association (OHA)
• 2012 – Hutchins'
• 2013 – Dominic Old Scholars (DOSA)
• 2014 – Hutchins'
• 2015 – Richmond
• 2016 – Tasmanian University
• 2017 – Richmond
• 2018 – Dominic Old Scholars (DOSA)
• 2019 – Dominic Old Scholars (DOSA)
• 2020 – Old Hobartians Association (OHA)
• 2021 – Old Hobartians Association (OHA)
• 2022 – Hutchins'
• 2023 – St Virgil's
• 2024 – Old Hobartians Association (OHA)

2016 Ladder

Old Scholars FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
University	17	0	3	0	2284	1393	163.96%	68		1st semi	Richmond	19	10	124	Hutchins	4	11	35
Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	16	0	3	1	2064	1543	133.77%	66		2nd semi	University	20	13	133	Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	15	12	102
Richmond	13	0	7	0	2096	1329	157.71%	52		Preliminary	Richmond	18	17	125	Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	9	4	58
Hutchins	8	0	12	0	1457	1914	76.12%	32		Grand	University	13	13	91	Richmond	13	11	89
Old Hobart Amateurs	5	0	14	1	1759	1928	91.23%	22
St Virgils	0	0	20	0	1215	2768	43.89%	0

2017 Ladder

Old Scholars FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	13	0	4	1	1629	1309	124.45%	54		1st semi	Hutchins	12	12	84	Old Hobart Amateurs	10	8	68
Richmond	13	0	5	0	1945	1139	170.76%	52		2nd semi	Richmond	10	13	73	Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	6	5	41
Old Hobart Amateurs	12	0	5	1	1893	1233	153.53%	50		Preliminary	Hutchins	14	7	91	Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	7	11	53
Hutchins	9	0	9	0	1651	1540	107.21%	36		Grand	Richmond	19	10	124	Hutchins	7	13	55
University	6	0	12	0	1714	1597	107.33%	24
St Virgils	0	0	18	0	784	2798	28.02%	0

2018 Ladder

Old Scholars FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Richmond	13	0	5	0	1766	1150	153.57%	52		1st semi	University	9	13	67	Old Hobart Amateurs	8	12	60
Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	13	0	5	0	1892	1263	149.80%	52		2nd semi	Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	8	16	64	Richmond	8	12	60
Old Hobart Amateurs	12	0	6	0	1917	1271	150.83%	48		Preliminary	Richmond	6	11	47	University	2	11	23
University	9	0	9	0	1776	1307	135.88%	36		Grand	Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	8	13	61	Richmond	7	3	45
Hutchins	6	0	12	0	1303	1751	74.41%	24
St Virgils	1	0	17	0	963	2875	33.50%	4

2019 Ladder

Old Scholars FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	14	0	4	0	1831	1285	142.49%	56		1st semi	Richmond	17	13	115	University	13	9	87
Old Hobart Amateurs	15	0	3	0	2163	1318	164.11%	60		2nd semi	Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	12	8	80	Richmond	11	11	77
Richmond	10	0	8	0	1857	1292	143.73%	40		Preliminary	Richmond	17	9	111	Old Hobart Amateurs	12	18	90
University	7	0	11	0	1449	1538	94.21%	28		Grand	Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	15	14	104	Richmond	8	8	56
Hutchins	7	0	11	0	1384	1605	86.23%	28
St Virgils	1	0	17	0	1006	2652	37.93%	4

2020 Ladder

0	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Hutchins	7	0	1	0	876	524	167.18%	28		1st semi	Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	11	14	80	University	12	5	77
Old Hobart Amateurs	6	0	2	0	1157	625	185.12%	24		2nd semi	Hutchins	18	18	126	Old Hobart Amateurs	17	16	118
University	3	0	5	0	628	672	93.45%	12		Preliminary	Old Hobart Amateurs	11	14	80	Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	11	8	74
Dominic Old Scholars Assoc	3	0	5	0	690	808	85.40%	12		Grand	Old Hobart Amateurs	12	7	79	Hutchins	10	9	69
St Virgils	1	0	7	0	482	1204	40.03%	4

External links

• Old Scholars Football Association website
• Tasmanian University Football Club website
• Old Hobartians Association website
• OSFA Sporting Pulse page