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The 1919 TFL season was the 38th season of the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in southern Tasmania. The season began on 10 May and was curtailed on 18 August because of the global influenza pandemic.

This was the first TFL season since 1915, as the competition had been suspended between 1916 and 1918 because of the impacts of World War I, with a meeting of the TFL's committee on 21 February 1919 deciding to go ahead with the season. Three clubs − Cananore, Lefroy and North Hobart − competed.

In August 1919, the global influenza pandemic (also known as the Spanish flu) reached Tasmania. This forced the state government to cancel all sporting activities that attracted crowds, including the TFL. In mid-September, with no sign of restrictions lifting, the league called an end to the season.

As the season was cancelled before it could be completed, no premiership was awarded. At the time of the cancellation, Cananore was the leading club, sitting undefeated at the top of the ladder (but not quite in an unassailable position). The TFL did not formally award a premiership for the 1919 season.

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