1929 WAFL season
1929 WAFL season | |
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Teams | 7 |
Premiers | Template:WAFL EF 14th premiership |
Minor premiers | Template:WAFL EF 16th minor premiership |
Sandover Medallist | Billy Thomas (Template:WAFL EP) Johnny Leonard (Template:WAFL SF)[a] |
Bernie Naylor Medallist | Sol Lawn (Template:WAFL SF) |
Matches played | 66 |
The 1929 WAFL season was the 45th season of the West Australian Football League in its various incarnations.
East Fremantle proved the outstanding team, and won the second of what would become seven successive minor premierships and four successive flags. Subiaco denied a Perth club bolstered by the return as coach of Jack Leckie – who had masterminded their pre-war successes including their only premiership to that point[1] – its first finals appearance since 1920 with a convincing last round win. Claremont-Cottesloe won more games than in its first three seasons combined and a brilliant mid-season burst looked to assure it of a finals berth before a September fade-out – but the Great Depression and the financial power of several wealthy VFL clubs[2] prevented the Tigers sustaining this improvement.[3]
Following the death in a truck accident of champion coach Phil Matson, an upheaval off the field during the summer,[4] and the retirement of numerous top players of their 1920s dynasty such as Bonny Campbell, Val Sparrow (who took to coaching the club), “Paddy” Hebbard, Jim O'Meara and Jack Walsh,[5] former powerhouse East Perth suffered its first wooden spoon since 1913 and lost a club record fifteen consecutive matches. The Royals were also affected by injuries to remaining key players Owens and Fletcher,[6] who missed several games and were never fully fit.
Sol Lawn of South Fremantle beat the record of Bonny Campbell for most goals in a WAFL season, finishing with ninety-six.[7]
Home-and-away Season
Round 1
Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 20 April (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EP 5.5 (35) | def. by | Template:WAFL WP 15.10 (100) | Perth Oval | [8] |
Saturday, 20 April (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Per 10.12 (72) | def. by | Template:WAFL SF 11.10 (76) | WACA | [9] |
Saturday, 20 April (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EF 9.14 (68) | def. by | Template:WAFL CC 9.15 (69) | Fremantle Oval | [10] |
Bye Template:WAFL Sub |
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South Fremantle come back from 31 points down to beat Perth, whilst Claremont-Cottesloe record a first-ever win[11] over an “experimental” East Fremantle lineup[12] |
Round 2
Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 27 April (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Per 11.12 (78) | def. | Template:WAFL WP 6.9 (45) | WACA | [13] |
Saturday, 27 April (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Sub 12.10 (82) | def. by | Template:WAFL EF 13.11 (89) | Subiaco Oval | [14] |
Saturday, 27 April (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL CC 12.13 (85) | def. by | Template:WAFL EP 13.13 (91) | Claremont Oval | [15] |
Bye Template:WAFL SF |
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No teams had two wins after two rounds, as a succession of close finishes and the defeat of all the opening round victors suggested at this early stage that the seven clubs were very evenly matched.[16] |
Round 3
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EF 11.14 (80) | def. | Template:WAFL Per 9.12 (66) | Fremantle Oval | [17] |
Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL CC 12.4 (76) | def. by | Template:WAFL SF 15.18 (108) | Claremont Oval | [18] |
Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EP 5.4 (34) | def. by | Template:WAFL Sub 7.18 (60) | Perth Oval | [19] |
Bye Template:WAFL WP |
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Round 4
Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL SF 14.18 (102) | def. | Template:WAFL EP 9.15 (69) | Fremantle Oval | [20] |
Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Sub 17.7 (109) | def. | Template:WAFL CC 13.10 (88) | Subiaco Oval | [21] |
Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL WP 15.14 (104) | def. by | Template:WAFL EF 18.17 (125) | Leederville Oval | [22] |
Bye Template:WAFL Per |
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West Perth score a century against Old Easts for the first time, ending the longest sequence of scores under 100 by one club against another.[23] |
Round 5
Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Per 12.16 (88) | def. | Template:WAFL EP 10.4 (64) | WACA | [24] |
Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL SF 13.15 (93) | def. | Template:WAFL Sub 11.9 (75) | Fremantle Oval | [25] |
Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL CC 9.8 (62) | def. by | Template:WAFL WP 10.14 (74) | Claremont Oval | [26] |
Bye Template:WAFL EF |
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South Fremantle, with Sol Lawn maintaining an average of six goals a game despite Perth’s wettest May since 1879[27] win their fifth on end in a match memorable for former umpire Percy Trotter, who was a spectator, officiating in the last quarter after field umpire Frank O‘Connor had to leave the field because of a twisted knee and was replaced by boundary umpire Oakley.[28] |
Round 6
Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday, 1 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Per 8.8 (56) | def. | Template:WAFL CC 7.10 (52) | WACA | [29] |
Saturday, 1 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL WP 16.11 (107) | def. | Template:WAFL Sub 11.8 (74) | Leederville Oval | [30] |
Saturday, 1 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL SF 7.11 (53) | def. by | Template:WAFL EF 8.18 (66) | Fremantle Oval | [31] |
Bye Template:WAFL EP |
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Round 7 (Foundation Day)
Round 7 | |||||
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Monday, 3 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EP 5.11 (41) | def. by | Template:WAFL EF 11.15 (81) | Perth Oval | [32] |
Monday, 3 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Sub 10.8 (68) | def. by | Template:WAFL Per 14.21 (105) | Subiaco Oval | [33] |
Monday, 3 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL SF 9.9 (63) | def. | Template:WAFL WP 7.19 (61) | Fremantle Oval | [34] |
Bye Template:WAFL CC |
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Round 8
Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday, 8 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL SF 9.15 (69) | def. | Template:WAFL Per 8.10 (58) | Fremantle Oval | [35] |
Saturday, 8 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Sub 13.11 (89) | def. | Template:WAFL WP 10.6 (66) | Subiaco Oval | [36] |
Saturday, 8 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL CC 10.18 (78) | def. | Template:WAFL EF 10.11 (71) | Claremont Oval | [37] |
Bye Template:WAFL EP |
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Round 9
Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday, 15 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EP 12.16 (88) | def. by | Template:WAFL CC 13.14 (92) | Perth Oval | [38] |
Saturday, 15 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL WP 12.14 (86) | def. | Template:WAFL Per 11.9 (75) | Leederville Oval | [39] |
Saturday, 15 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EF 13.11 (89) | def. | Template:WAFL Sub 12.11 (83) | Fremantle Oval | [40] |
Bye Template:WAFL SF |
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Round 10
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 22 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL WP 15.10 (100) | def. | Template:WAFL EP 13.11 (89) | Leederville Oval | [42] |
Saturday, 22 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL CC 19.9 (123) | def. | Template:WAFL Per 12.13 (85) | Claremont Oval | [43] |
Saturday, 22 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EF 13.17 (95) | def. | Template:WAFL SF 11.19 (85) | Fremantle Oval | [44] |
Bye Template:WAFL Sub |
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Claremont-Cottesloe entered the top four for the first time in their history with a skilful display of precise ball movement that leaves them the sole unbeaten team since the clubs had met each other once. |
Round 11
Round 11 | |||||
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Saturday, 29 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EP 9.16 (70) | def. by | Template:WAFL SF 13.14 (92) | Perth Oval | [45] |
Saturday, 29 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL CC 12.6 (78) | def. | Template:WAFL Sub 11.11 (77) | Claremont Oval | [46] |
Saturday, 29 June (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EF 9.7 (61) | def. by | Template:WAFL WP 9.12 (66) | Fremantle Oval | [47] |
Bye Template:WAFL Per |
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Round 12
Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday, 13 July (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EP 11.7 (73) | def. by | Template:WAFL Per 21.14 (140) | Perth Oval | [6] |
Saturday, 13 July (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Sub 19.10 (124) | def. | Template:WAFL SF 13.12 (90) | Subiaco Oval | [48] |
Saturday, 13 July (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL WP 17.13 (115) | def. | Template:WAFL CC 15.7 (97) | Leederville Oval | [49] |
Bye Template:WAFL EF |
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Round 13
Round 13 | |||||
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Saturday, 20 July (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Per 9.9 (63) | def. by | Template:WAFL EF 10.13 (73) | WACA | [51] |
Saturday, 20 July (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL SF 7.12 (54) | def. by | Template:WAFL CC 12.6 (78) | Fremantle Oval | [52] |
Saturday, 20 July (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Sub 14.15 (99) | def. | Template:WAFL EP 8.13 (61) | Subiaco Oval | [53] |
Bye Template:WAFL WP |
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Round 14
Round 14 | |||||
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Saturday, 27 July (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL WP 12.12 (84) | def. | Template:WAFL SF 12.11 (83) | Leederville Oval | [54] |
Saturday, 27 July (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Per 6.12 (48) | def. by | Template:WAFL Sub 8.15 (63) | WACA | [55] |
Saturday, 27 July (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EF 25.16 (166) | def. | Template:WAFL EP 7.12 (54) | Fremantle Oval | [56] |
Bye Template:WAFL CC |
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Round 15
Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday, 3 August (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EP 10.13 (73) | def. by | Template:WAFL SF 16.14 (110) | Perth Oval | [59] |
Saturday, 3 August (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL CC 9.16 (70) | def. | Template:WAFL Sub 10.7 (67) | Claremont Oval | [60] |
Saturday, 3 August (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL WP 11.13 (79) | def. by | Template:WAFL EF 12.12 (84) | Leederville Oval | [61] |
Bye Template:WAFL Per |
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Round 16
Round 16 | |||||
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Saturday, 4 May (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL SF 17.12 (114) | def. | Template:WAFL Per 8.10 (58) | Fremantle Oval | [62] |
Saturday, 17 August (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Sub 10.7 (67) | def. by | Template:WAFL WP 17.12 (114) | Subiaco Oval | [63] |
Saturday, 17 August (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EF 15.22 (112) | def. | Template:WAFL CC 7.12 (54) | Fremantle Oval | [64] |
Bye Template:WAFL EP |
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Round 17
Round 17 | |||||
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Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EF 14.16 (100) | def. | Template:WAFL Sub 12.14 (86) | Fremantle Oval | [66] |
Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EP 12.16 (88) | def. by | Template:WAFL CC 21.14 (140) | Perth Oval | [67] |
Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Per 10.15 (75) | def. by | Template:WAFL WP 14.14 (98) | WACA | [68] |
Bye Template:WAFL SF |
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Claremont-Cottesloe kick their highest score in the WA(N)FL until 1937 and their first ever twenty-goal score,[69] leaving West Perth as the only existing club not to have scored twenty goals in a game.[b] The result leaves the Tigers three wins clear inside the top four. |
Round 18
Round 18 | |||||
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Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL CC 10.11 (71) | def. by | Template:WAFL Per 14.6 (90) | Claremont Oval | [70] |
Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL WP 16.17 (113) | def. | Template:WAFL EP 10.15 (75) | Leederville Oval | [71] |
Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EF 16.19 (115) | def. | Template:WAFL SF 12.9 (81) | Fremantle Oval | [72] |
Bye Template:WAFL Sub |
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Round 19
Round 19 | |||||
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Saturday, 7 September (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL WP 14.18 (102) | def. | Template:WAFL CC 10.13 (73) | Leederville Oval | [73] |
Saturday, 7 September (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Per 11.15 (81) | def. | Template:WAFL EP 8.7 (55) | WACA (crowd: 200) | [74] |
Saturday, 7 September (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL SF 11.9 (75) | def. by | Template:WAFL Sub 14.10 (94) | Fremantle Oval | [75] |
Bye Template:WAFL EF |
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Subiaco’s second-half recovery to beat South Fremantle leaves the red and whites’ battle with Claremont-Cottesloe a must-win for the latter team to remain with a final chance owing to their last-round bye and poor percentage.[76] |
Round 20
Round 20 | |||||
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Saturday, 14 September (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL CC 8.15 (63) | def. by | Template:WAFL SF 11.16 (82) | Claremont Oval | [77] |
Saturday, 14 September (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Sub 12.19 (91) | def. | Template:WAFL EP 10.5 (65) | Subiaco Oval | [78] |
Saturday, 14 September (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Per 11.16 (82) | def. | Template:WAFL EF 8.5 (53) | WACA | [79] |
Bye Template:WAFL WP |
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Claremont-Cottesloe dropped out of the running for the finals, but Perth kept its chances of playing major round football alive by easily beating East Fremantle, who were resting players for the finals. |
Round 21
Round 21 | |||||
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Saturday, 21 September (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL SF 17.15 (117) | def. | Template:WAFL WP 13.12 (90) | Fremantle Oval | [80] |
Saturday, 21 September (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EP 12.15 (87) | def. | Template:WAFL EF 12.10 (82) | Perth Oval | [81] |
Saturday, 21 September (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL Sub 17.11 (113) | def. | Template:WAFL Per 10.15 (75) | Subiaco Oval | [82] |
Bye Template:WAFL CC |
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Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
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1 | Template:WAFL EF (P) | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1610 | 1313 | 122.6 | 52 |
2 | Template:WAFL WP | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1604 | 1422 | 112.8 | 48 |
3 | Template:WAFL SF | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1547 | 1421 | 108.9 | 44 |
4 | Template:WAFL Sub | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1521 | 1447 | 105.1 | 36 |
5 | Template:WAFL Per | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1395 | 1376 | 101.4 | 32 |
6 | Template:WAFL CC | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1449 | 1537 | 94.3 | 32 |
7 | Template:WAFL EP | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1212 | 1822 | 66.5 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals
First Semi Final
First Semi Final | |||||
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Saturday, 28 September (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL WP 8.17 (65) | def. by | Template:WAFL SF 9.13 (67) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 10,911) | |
The crowd established a record for a club match at Fremantle Oval[83] |
Second Semi Final
Second Semi Final | |||||
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Saturday, 5 October (2:45 pm) | Template:WAFL EF 10.15 (75) | def. | Template:WAFL Sub 5.12 (42) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 5,827) | [84] |
Grand Final
1929 WAFL Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 12 October | Template:WAFL EF | def. | Template:WAFL SF | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 10,729) | [85] |
5.7 (37) 5.12 (42) 6.19 (55) 8.22 (70) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
0.2 (2) 0.5 (5) 0.6 (6) 5.9 (39) |
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Rowlands 3, Lethridge 2, Bee, Dolan, Jones | Goals | Ron Doig 3, White, Farrell | |||
Telfer, Laffin, Richards, Buchanan, Jarvis, Woods, Reynolds, Letheridge. | Best | Farrell, McGuinness, Jennings, Pearse, Shanahan, Campbell | |||
On a windy day, East Fremantle set up its win by holding South Fremantle goalless in the second quarter when the latter had the aid of the wind. Sol Lawn, who entered the match with 96 goals for the season, was held scoreless by Woods. |
Notes
a Awarded retrospectively in 1997 after losing on casting vote.
b The other competing clubs’ first 20-goal scores were: Perth – 25.24 (174) v Subiaco in 1904; East Fremantle – 21.11 (137) v Midland Junction in 1905; Subiaco – 20.15 (135) v West Perth in 1913; South Fremantle – 22.15 (147) v Midland Junction in 1916; East Perth – 21.8 (134) v West Perth in 1926. North Fremantle kicked its only 20-goal score of 25.24 (174) against Subiaco as early as 1902, whilst West Perth was to score its first in 1933.
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- ^ ‘Teams Will Reveal Many Changes: Training Lists Greatly Reduced’; The Daily News, 19 April 1929, p. 8
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