1955 WANFL season

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1955 WAFL season
Teams8
Premiers Perth
2nd premiership
Minor premiers South Fremantle
8th minor premiership
Matches played84
  1954
1956  

The 1955 WANFL season was the 71st season of senior football in Perth, Western Australia. [1]

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Ladder

1955 ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 South Fremantle 20164023141581146.464
2 East Fremantle 20164020151479136.264
3 Perth (P)20146017741438123.456
4 West Perth 20137019141656115.652
5 East Perth 2071301862191397.328
6 Swan Districts 2051501446195174.120
7 Claremont 2051501390202268.720
8 Subiaco 2041601501217669.016
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Grand final

1955 WANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 8 October (12:00 pm) East Fremantle def. by Perth Subiaco Oval (crowd: 41,659)
1.0
8.5
8.6
 11.9 (75)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
2.7
2.7
7.10
 11.11 (77)
Umpires: J. Green
Simpson Medal: Merv McIntosh (Perth)

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References

  1. "australianfootball.com / 1955 WAFL Premiership Season".