1923 WAFL season

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1923 WAFL season
Teams6
Premiers East Perth
(5th premiership)
Minor premiers East Perth
(5th minor premiership)
Matches played47
Bernie Naylor Medallist Denis Coffey (East Fremantle)
Sandover Medallist "Digger" Thomas (East Perth)
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The 1923 WAFL season was the 39th season of the West Australian Football League. It saw East Perth set an unequalled WAFL record of five consecutive premierships, which in major Australian Rules leagues has only been beaten by SANFL club Port Adelaide with six straight from 1954 to 1959 and equalled by Sturt between 1966 and 1970. The Royals prevailed after two superb games with East Fremantle, who had had its last two home-and-away games cancelled due to undertaking a tour of Victoria and South Australia. [1]

Contents

The top four teams was unchanged for the third successive season, and tailender Perth looked likely to suffer a winless season before winning its last match – a fate the Redlegs would suffer again in 2000.

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 12 May (3:00 pm) East Perth 17.8 (110)def. Subiaco 9.14 (68) Perth Oval [2]
Saturday, 12 May (3:00 pm) East Fremantle 5.20 (50)drew with South Fremantle 7.8 (50) Fremantle Oval [2]
Saturday, 12 May (3:00 pm) West Perth 7.17 (59)def. Perth 4.8 (32) Leederville Oval [2]

A brilliant last quarter allows East Perth to unfurl its 1922 pennant with an impressive win after Subiaco, fifth for the previous two seasons, outplayed it in general play for two-quarters.

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 19 May (3:00 pm) Subiaco 7.11 (53)def. South Fremantle 4.14 (38) Subiaco Oval [3]
Saturday, 19 May (3:00 pm) East Fremantle 8.11 (59)def. West Perth 5.11 (41) Fremantle Oval [4]
Saturday, 19 May (3:00 pm) Perth 8.11 (59)def. by East Perth 10.15 (75) WACA [5]

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday, 26 May (3:00 pm) Subiaco 6.15 (51)def. by East Fremantle 8.9 (57) Subiaco Oval [6]
Saturday, 26 May (3:00 pm) East Perth 12.16 (88)def. West Perth 5.11 (41) Perth Oval [7]
Saturday, 26 May (3:00 pm) South Fremantle 14.17 (101)def. Perth 14.6 (90) Fremantle Oval [8]

An excellent second quarter allows East Fremantle to remain unbeaten despite kicking only 3.5 (23) for three-quarters.

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday, 2 June (3:00 pm) East Fremantle 7.9 (51)def. by East Perth 10.16 (76) Fremantle Oval [9]
Saturday, 2 June (3:00 pm) West Perth 4.20 (44)def. South Fremantle 5.11 (41) Leederville Oval [10]
Saturday, 2 June (3:00 pm) Perth 8.13 (61)def. by Subiaco 10.12 (72) WACA [11]
  • Despite kicking what remains, in terms of excess of behinds over goals the second most inaccurate score in their history, [12] West Perth manage to overcome South Fremantle.
  • On 9 June, WAFL football was suspended for an interstate match. [13]

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 16 June (3:00 pm) Perth 11.4 (70)drew with East Fremantle 10.10 (70) WACA [14]
Saturday, 16 June (3:00 pm) Subiaco 5.15 (45)def. by West Perth 9.9 (63) Subiaco Oval [15]
Saturday, 16 June (3:00 pm) South Fremantle 7.10 (52)def. by East Perth 11.10 (76) Fremantle Oval [16]
  • This would prove the last WA(N)FL (or VFL/AFL) draw at the WACA until East Perth drew with Claremont in 1993
  • The match ended a run of twelve consecutive defeats by Perth, their longest until 1983 – though their 21-game winless streak remains a record. [17]

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) Subiaco 7.10 (52)def. East Perth 6.11 (47) Subiaco Oval [18]
Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) East Fremantle 8.10 (58)def. by South Fremantle 10.15 (75) Fremantle Oval [19]
Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) Perth 4.10 (34)def. by West Perth 12.15 (87) WACA [20]

In an "unnecessarily rough" WACA game several casualties had to be treated after the match at the ground and Parkes of West Perth was taken to hospital.

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday, 30 June (3:00 pm) East Perth 10.12 (72)def. Perth 5.7 (37) Perth Oval [21]
Saturday, 30 June (3:00 pm) South Fremantle 5.12 (42)def. Subiaco 5.8 (38) Fremantle Oval [22]
Saturday, 30 June (3:00 pm) West Perth 10.8 (68)def. by East Fremantle 10.9 (69) Leederville Oval [23]

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday, 7 July (3:00 pm) West Perth 9.7 (61)def. by East Perth 11.14 (80) Leederville Oval [24]
Saturday, 7 July (3:00 pm) East Fremantle 9.7 (61)def. Subiaco 6.13 (49) Fremantle Oval [25]
Saturday, 7 July (3:00 pm) Perth 7.8 (50)def. by South Fremantle 7.18 (60) WACA [26]

The Leederville Oval match sees the first use of an electric bell in Australian football.

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 14 July (3:00 pm) East Perth 10.9 (69)def. East Fremantle 7.8 (50) Perth Oval [27]
Saturday, 14 July (3:00 pm) South Fremantle 8.11 (59)def. West Perth 8.8 (56) Fremantle Oval [28]
Saturday, 14 July (3:00 pm) Subiaco 8.12 (60)def. Perth 7.6 (48) Subiaco Oval [29]

During the following weekend, Western Australia thrashed South Australia by the score of 13.13 (91) to 4.3 (27). [30]

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday, 28 July (3:00 pm) East Fremantle 16.19 (115)def. Perth 7.7 (49) Fremantle Oval [31]
Saturday, 28 July (3:00 pm) East Perth 7.12 (54)def. by South Fremantle 8.8 (56) Perth Oval [32]
Saturday, 28 July (3:00 pm) West Perth 7.7 (49)def. Subiaco 5.9 (39) Leederville Oval [33]

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday, 4 August (3:00 pm) South Fremantle 9.2 (56)def. by East Fremantle 10.9 (69) Fremantle Oval [34]
Saturday, 4 August (3:00 pm) East Perth 7.10 (52)def. Subiaco 5.7 (37) Perth Oval [35]
Saturday, 4 August (3:00 pm) West Perth 11.12 (78)def. Perth 8.7 (55) Leederville Oval [36]

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday, 11 August (3:00 pm) Perth 6.6 (42)def. by East Perth 9.14 (68) WACA [37]
Saturday, 11 August (3:00 pm) East Fremantle 6.10 (46)def. West Perth 6.8 (44) Fremantle Oval [38]
Saturday, 11 August (3:00 pm) Subiaco 12.10 (82)def. South Fremantle 7.9 (51) Subiaco Oval [39]

After a violent all-in-brawl with the scores level at half-time (for which no reports were made despite most players fighting even after a later inquiry [40] ), Subiaco take over for their last win of 1923.

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday, 18 August (3:00 pm) Perth 6.21 (57)def. by South Fremantle 14.22 (106) WACA [41]
Saturday, 18 August (3:00 pm) East Fremantle 6.18 (54)def. Subiaco 6.7 (43) Fremantle Oval [42]
Saturday, 18 August (3:00 pm) West Perth 5.11 (41)def. East Perth 3.14 (32) Leederville Oval [43]

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday, 25 August (3:00 pm) Subiaco 6.8 (44)def. by Perth 6.10 (46) Subiaco Oval [44]
Saturday, 25 August (3:00 pm) South Fremantle 6.10 (46)def. by West Perth 9.7 (61) Fremantle Oval [45]
  • A trip by East Fremantle to Melbourne and Adelaide meant that Old Easts' game with East Perth was never played.
  • On this Saturday East Fremantle lost to 1922 premiers Fitzroy by the score of 9.5 (59) to 11.13 (79). [46]
  • After 21 consecutive winless games, Perth win for the first time since Round 6 of 1922, edging out Subiaco and sealing the top four in doing so. Their win ended the most consecutive winless games in the WAFA/WAFL since the Maroons lost 24 in a row in 1902 and 1903. [47]

Round 15

Round 15
Saturday, 1 September (3:00 pm) South Fremantle 10.11 (71)def. by East Perth 12.14 (86) Fremantle Oval [48]
Saturday, 1 September (3:00 pm) West Perth 10.23 (83)def. Subiaco 11.10 (76) Leederville Oval [49]
  • A trip by East Fremantle to Melbourne and Adelaide meant that Old Easts' game with Perth was never played.
  • On this Saturday East Fremantle lost to second-placed SAFL club Sturt 5.15 (45) to 7.5 (47) [50] and on Wednesday beat seventh-placed Port Adelaide 10.13 (73 to 8.10 (58). [51]

Ladder

1923 ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 East Perth (P)141130985718137.244
2 West Perth 15960876801109.436
3 East Fremantle 13832809741109.236
4 South Fremantle 1577190492497.830
5 Subiaco 15510080986293.920
6 Perth 141121730106768.46
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.

Finals

First semi-final

First semi-final
Saturday, 15 September (3:00 pm) East Perth 5.10 (40)def. West Perth 4.7 (31) WACA (crowd: 6,087) [52]

In a match marred by Perth’s wettest September on record [53] and consequent extremely slippery conditions, a depleted East Perth, with 38-year-old coach Matson forced to strip, hold West Perth to 0.2 (2) with the wind in the last quarter and advance to the final.

Second semi-final

Second semi-final
Saturday, 22 September (3:00 pm) East Fremantle 9.21 (75)def. South Fremantle 5.3 (33) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 4,947) [54]

In their first WAFL match for over a month, East Fremantle completely outplay the Southerners.

Final

Final
Saturday, 29 September (3:00 pm) East Perth 5.12 (42)def. by East Fremantle 9.9 (63) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 11,917) [55]

East Perth’s 0.8 (8) with the wind in the second quarter ensures East Fremantle will force a rematch.

Grand Final

1923 WAFL Grand Final
Saturday, 6 October (3:00 pm) East Perth def. East Fremantle Subiaco Oval (crowd: 16,371) [56]
1.2 (8)
4.5 (29)
5.7 (37)
 9.9 (63)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		4.1 (25)
5.2 (32)
6.4 (40)
 7.4 (46)		Umpires: Frank O‘Connor
Duffy 3, Owens 2, Harrold 2, Hebbard, GaynorGoalsCoffey 3, Cinoris 2, Collins, Smith
Fletcher (best on ground), Owens, Western, Sherlock, Brentnall, Herd, DuffyBestCinoris, Buchanan, Truscott, Mudie, Clark, Baird

East Perth set an Australian record, winning a fifth consecutive premiership after coming from behind with brilliant determination led by an impassable half-back line. [57]

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