1961 WANFL season

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1961 WAFL season
Teams8
Premiers Swan Districts
1st premiership
Minor premiers East Perth
12th minor premiership
Matches played88
  1960
1962  

The 1961 WANFL season was the 77th season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League. [1]

Contents

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 15 April Swan Districts 12.11 (83)def. Perth 11.13 (79) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 5,102)
Saturday, 15 April West Perth 9.11 (65)def. by East Perth 11.17 (83) Leederville Oval
Saturday, 15 April Subiaco 14.22 (106)def. Claremont 14.6 (90) Subiaco Oval
Saturday, 15 April East Fremantle 18.15 (123)def. South Fremantle 11.9 (75) Fremantle Oval

Ladder

1961 ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 East Perth 21192020761600129.876
2 Swan Districts (P)21127220521750117.352
3 Subiaco 21111001895194097.744
4 East Fremantle 211010117551678104.642
5 West Perth 21912019231847104.136
6 Perth 2181211739184794.234
7 Claremont 2171401848224482.428
8 South Fremantle 2161501737211982.024
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Grand Final

1961 WANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 7 October East Perth def. by Swan Districts Subiaco Oval (crowd: 41,102)
1.2
5.6
8.10
 12.15 (87)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
4.1
8.1
14.5
 17.9 (111)
Umpires: Len Gardner
Simpson Medal: Keith Slater (Swan Districts)

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References

  1. "australianfootball.com / 1961 WAFL Premiership Season".