2022 WAFL season

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2022 WAFL season
Teams10
Premiers West Perth
20th premiership
Minor premiers West Perth
10th minor premiership
Sandover Medallist Blaine Boekhorst
(East Fremantle)
Bernie Naylor Medallist Ben Sokol
Subiaco (41 goals)
Highest16,791 (Grand Final, West Perth vs Claremont)
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The 2022 WAFL season is the 138th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL).The season commenced on the 15th of April, and concluded with the Grand Final on the 1st of October, with West Perth defeating Claremont at Leederville Oval by 12 points. Fixtures were released in stages, to allow for COVID flexibility. The first stage saw the first nine rounds of the season be released, [1] rounds 10-14 were released before the start of Round 7 (3 June), [2] and the final rounds (14-20) were released on July 8, before the start of Round 12. [3] All the teams from the previous season have been retained, as there was speculation if the West Coast Eagles reserves would return. [4]

Contents

Clubs

ClubHome groundLocation2021 season [5]
Claremont Revo Fitness Stadium Claremont 13-5 (Preliminary Final)
East Fremantle The WACA [6] East Perth 8-10 (DNQ Finals)
East Perth Leederville Oval Leederville 6-12 (DNQ Finals)
Peel Thunder Lane Group Stadium [7] Mandurah 6-12 (DNQ Finals)
Perth Mineral Resources Park Lathlain 4-14 (DNQ Finals)
South Fremantle Fremantle Community Bank Oval Fremantle 13-5 (Runners Up)
Subiaco Leederville Oval Leederville 14-4 (Premiers)
Swan Districts Steel Blue Oval Bassendean 10-8 (Finals Week 1)
West Coast Mineral Resources Park [8] Lathlain 4-14 (Wooden Spoon)
West Perth Pentanet Stadium [9] Joondalup 12-6 (Finals Week 2)

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 1
Friday 15 April (2:10 pm) West Perth 8.13 (61)def. by Claremont 9.11 (65) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 2,342) [10]
Friday 15 April (2:10 pm) East Perth 12.7 (79)def. Swan Districts 11.9 (75) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2,304)
Friday 15 April (4:10 pm) Peel Thunder 17.8 (110)def. East Fremantle 11.12 (78) Lane Group Stadium (crowd: 1,486)
Saturday 16 April (2:10 pm) Perth 9.8 (62)def. West Coast 8.12 (60) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,355)
Saturday 16 April (2:10 pm) Subiaco 6.11 (47)def. by South Fremantle 8.7 (55) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2,098)

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday 23 April (1:10 pm) South Fremantle 17.14 (116)def. West Coast 6.4 (40) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 1,380) [11]
Saturday 23 April (2:00 pm) Swan Districts 12.8 (80)def. by East Fremantle 13.11 (89) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,332)
Saturday 23 April (2:10 pm) Claremont 13.11 (89)def. Subiaco 11.8 (74) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 1,585)
Sunday 24 April (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 14.9 (93)def. by West Perth 16.8 (104) Lane Group Stadium (crowd: 2,300)
Sunday 24 April (5:10 pm) Perth 6.13 (49)def. by East Perth 20.10 (130) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 2,081)

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday 30 April (1:30 pm) East Fremantle 13.13 (91)def. East Perth 12.9 (81) Northampton Community Oval (crowd: 2,700) [12] [13]
Saturday 30 April (2:10 pm) Subiaco 10.9 (69)def. by West Perth 16.4 (100) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2,154)
Saturday 30 April (2:10 pm) South Fremantle 8.11 (59)def. by Claremont 10.10 (70) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 1,921)
Saturday 30 April (2:10 pm) West Coast 10.5 (65)def. by Peel Thunder 19.6 (120) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 2,010)
Saturday 30 April (5:10 pm) Perth 10.13 (73)def. by Swan Districts 12.6 (78) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 2,010)
The East Fremantle vs East Perth game was played for the Seroja Cup won by East Fremantle. Cameron Eardley was adjudged best on ground with his 40 disposal effort in the win.
See also: Cyclone Seroja

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday 7 May (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 11.14 (80)def. Claremont 10.11 (71) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,463) [14]
Saturday 7 May (2:10 pm) East Perth 12.11 (83)def. by Subiaco 12.12 (84) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,756)
Saturday 7 May(2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 13.9 (87)def. by Perth 13.10 (88) Lane Group Stadium (crowd: 763)
Saturday 7 May (2:10 pm) West Perth 9.9 (63)def. South Fremantle 8.7 (55) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 1,611)
Saturday 14 May (2:00 pm) East Fremantle 22.14 (146)def. West Coast 3.5 (23) New Choice Homes Park (crowd: 1,115)

The East Fremantle vs West Coast game was postponed a week due to the COVID crisis experienced by the AFL West Coast side, meaning not enough players were able to take the field for the WAFL West Coast side. [15] In the end, the game was West Coast's second biggest loss in the clubs WAFL history (123 points), only behind last years game against the same opponent, where they lost by 125 points. It was also the clubs second (at the time, now third) lowest score, and third highest score conceded. [16]

Jye Bolton with his career high 51 disposal game, became only the second player in WAFL history (after Shane Nelson) to notch 2 games with over 50 disposals, and only the 10th instance of a 50 disposal game overall. [17]

State Game

WAFL vs SANFL State Game
Sunday, 15 May (12:00 pm) Western Australia def. by South Australia Optus Stadium
2.4 (16)
3.9 (33)
6.10 (46)
9.12 (66)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		4.1 (25)
7.2 (44)
8.5 (53)
10.10 (70)
Rogers 3
Knott, Sokol 2
Florenca, Keitel 1		Goals Menzel, Williams 2
Ballenden, Carmichael, McBean, O'Neill, Ramsey, Rokhahr 1
Kitchin, Eardley, Pegararo, Harris, Rogers, Turner, Schumacher, Florenca [18] Best Voss, Knight, Wigg, Allen, Combe, Ramsey, Williams [19]
NilInjuriesNil
NilReportsNil

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday 21 May (12:10 pm) Subiaco 12.10 (82)def. Swan Districts 10.8 (68) Sir Richard Moore Oval (crowd: 800) [20] [21]
Saturday 21 May (2:10 pm) Claremont 14.13 (97)def. East Perth 7.8 (50) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 2,014)
Saturday 21 May(2:10 pm) South Fremantle 13.11 (89)def. Peel Thunder 9.9 (63) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 1,977)
Saturday 21 May (2:10 pm) West Perth 17.17 (119)def. West Coast 6.2 (38) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 1,132)
Saturday 21 May (2:00 pm) Perth 10.12 (72)def. by East Fremantle 13.20 (98) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,443)

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday 28 May (11:40 am) Peel Thunder 12.12 (84)def. Claremont 9.8 (62) Lane Group Stadium (crowd: 1,439) [22]
Saturday 28 May (1:30 pm) East Perth 18.10 (118)def. West Coast 6.4 (40) Leederville Oval (crowd: 959)
Saturday 28 May(2:10 pm) East Fremantle 13.12 (90)def. Subiaco 6.10 (46) WACA (crowd: 1,539)
Saturday 28 May (2:10 pm) West Perth 7.12 (54)def. Perth 7.6 (48) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 1,251)
Saturday 28 May (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 9.10 (64)def. South Fremantle 8.7 (55) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,587)
  • West Coast with their embarrassing 78 point loss against East Perth lost their 10th consecutive game, the longest in the clubs WAFL history, and their first 10+ game WAFL losing streak. [23] It would eventually stretch to 14 games.
  • Mitchell Dobson kicked a goal after the siren to give West Perth the win in a grandstand finish over Perth.

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday 4 June (2:10 pm) Subiaco 10.8 (68)def. by Peel Thunder 11.8 (74) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2,899) [24]
Saturday 4 June (2:10 pm) East Perth 16.6 (102)def. Perth 11.2 (68) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 1,828)
Saturday 4 June(2:10 pm) Swan Districts 11.11 (77)def. West Coast 8.9 (57) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,814)
Monday 6 June (2:10 pm) West Perth 9.8 (62)def. East Perth 7.6 (48) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 3,987)
Monday 6 June (2:40 pm) South Fremantle 11.15 (81)def. East Fremantle 12.7 (79) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 6,023)

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday 11 June (11:10 am) Claremont 13.10 (88)def. West Coast 7.8 (50) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 1,061) [25]
Saturday 11 June (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 12.6 (78)def. Peel Thunder 11.8 (74) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,084)
Saturday 11 June(2:10 pm) Perth 10.7 (67)def. by Subiaco 12.9 (81) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,182)
Saturday 11 June (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 13.12 (90)def. West Perth 12.16 (88) WACA (crowd: 1,565)
Sunday 12 June (2:40 pm) East Perth 6.10 (46)def. by South Fremantle 8.9 (57) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,250)

In a somewhat bizarre finish, Christopher Jones from Swan Districts kicks the ball over his head for his 5th, and for the winning goal against Peel Thunder, which some believe actually hit the post before being scooped up by Jones.

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday 18 June (11:05 am) West Coast 8.14 (62)def. by Subiaco 14.6 (90) Optus Stadium [26]
Saturday 18 June (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 11.13 (79)def. by Claremont 14.11 (95) WACA (crowd: 1,412)
Saturday 18 June(2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 18.9 (117)def. East Perth 7.10 (52) Lane Group Stadium (crowd: 864)
Saturday 18 June (2:10 pm) West Perth 10.8 (68)def. Swan Districts 7.8 (50) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 1,203)
Saturday 18 June (2:10 pm) South Fremantle 12.12 (84)def. Perth 6.9 (45) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 1,240)

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday 25 June (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 12.16 (88)def. Peel Thunder 12.5 (77) WACA (crowd: 1,162) [27]
Saturday 25 June (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 16.8 (104)def. Subiaco 7.11 (53) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,530)
Saturday 25 June(2:10 pm) East Perth 10.12 (72)def. Claremont 6.10 (46) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,664)
Saturday 25 June (2:10 pm) Perth 7.9 (51)def. by West Perth 17.10 (112) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 2,337)
Saturday 25 June (5:00 pm) West Coast 13.12 (90)def. South Fremantle 7.7 (49) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 2,337)

West Coast footballer Harry Edwards took 23 marks in their win over South Fremantle, tying the all time record for most marks by an individual in a game. [28]

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday 9 July (1:40 pm) Swan Districts 9.11 (65)def. Perth 7.6 (48) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,613) [29]
Saturday 9 July (2:10 pm) Claremont 3.3 (21)def. by South Fremantle 7.13 (55) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 1,181)
Saturday 9 July (2:10 pm) Subiaco 6.4 (40)def. by East Fremantle 9.11 (65) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,168)
Saturday 9 July (2:10 pm) West Coast 4.3 (27)def. by East Perth 7.8 (50) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,002)
Saturday 9 July (2:10 pm) West Perth 7.5 (47)def. Peel Thunder 6.8 (44) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 1,236)

Although listed as Round 12, it is technically the 11th round of the season, as there was a common week bye for the WAFL Women's Grand Final. This will be the case for the rest of the season

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday 16 July (12:10 pm) West Coast 5.6 (36)def. by East Fremantle 14.14 (98) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 449) [30]
Saturday 16 July (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 10.15 (75)def. South Fremantle 7.7 (49) Lane Group Stadium (crowd: 926)
Saturday 16 July (2:10 pm) East Perth 14.17 (101)def. Perth 9.9 (63) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,476)
Saturday 16 July (2:10 pm) Claremont 17.7 (109)def. West Perth 11.14 (80) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 1,389)
Saturday 16 July (2:10 pm) South Fremantle 7.14 (56)def. Swan Districts 8.7 (55) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 1,893)

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday 23 July (2:10 pm) Subiaco 4.4 (28)def. by Claremont 5.5 (35) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,001) [31]
Saturday 23 July (2:10 pm) Perth 7.7 (49)def. by Peel Thunder 11.13 (79) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,223)
Saturday 23 July (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 5.4 (34)def. by South Fremantle 9.13 (67) WACA (crowd: 1,506)
Saturday 23 July (2:20 pm) Swan Districts 10.7 (67)def. East Perth 6.8 (44) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,854)
Saturday 23 July (5:00 pm) West Coast 4.9 (33)def. by West Perth 12.18 (90) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,223)

Claremont's score of 35 was the lowest score they have won with since 1950 (which was 31 points), and also the second lowest in their history. [32]

Round 15

Round 15
Saturday 30 July (2:10 pm) Claremont 10.12 (72)def. Swan Districts 9.9 (63) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 1,303) [33]
Saturday 30 July (2:10 pm) East Perth 6.4 (40)def. by Peel Thunder 13.15 (93) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 861)
Saturday 30 July (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 23.14 (152)def. Perth 9.2 (56) WACA (crowd: 1,216)
Saturday 30 July (2:10 pm) South Fremantle 9.11 (65)drew with West Perth 9.11 (65) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 1,620)
Bye
Subiaco, West Coast

The West Perth vs. South Fremantle game was the first drawn WAFL game since June 2012, when West Perth drew against rivals East Perth on WA Day.

The East Perth vs Peel Thunder game was moved from Leederville Oval to New Choice Homes Park sighting poor turf. [34]

Round 16

Round 16
Saturday 6 August (2:10 pm) Subiaco 14.6 (90)def. West Coast 9.13 (67) New Choice Homes Park (crowd: 419) [35]
Saturday 6 August (2:10 pm) West Perth 11.10 (76)def. East Fremantle 5.10 (40) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 1,457)
Bye
Claremont, East Perth, Peel Thunder, Perth, South Fremantle, Swan Districts

The Subiaco vs. West Coast game was moved from Leederville Oval to New Choice Homes Park sighting poor turf, a continuation from the week before [36]

Round 17

Round 17
Saturday 13 August (2:10 pm) Subiaco 10.9 (69)def. East Perth 8.8 (56) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,274) [37]
Saturday 13 August (2:10 pm) Perth 6.5 (41)def. by Claremont 18.14 (122) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,022)
Saturday 13 August (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 10.12 (72)def. South Fremantle 8.10 (58) Lane Group Stadium (crowd: 957)
Saturday 13 August (2:10 pm) Swan Districts 13.18 (96)def. West Coast 1.5 (11) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 1,002)
Bye
East Fremantle, West Perth

West Coast's score of 1.5 (11) is the lowest in their brief WAFL history. [38] Not only this, but this score is also the lowest score any male team associated with the club has kicked, lowering the mark from the 1.12 (18) against Essendon way back in 1989.

Round 18

Round 18
Saturday 20 August (2:10 pm) Claremont 13.11 (89)def. Peel Thunder 11.8 (74) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 1,405) [39]
Saturday 20 August (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 20.15 (135)def. Swan Districts 8.9 (57) WACA (crowd: 1,846)
Saturday 20 August (2:10 pm) East Perth 6.8 (44)def. by West Perth 17.12 (114) New Choice Homes Park (crowd: 1,012)
Saturday 20 August (3:10 pm) South Fremantle 19.18 (132)def. Subiaco 6.8 (44) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 1,736)
Saturday 20 August (5:40 pm) Perth 13.11 (89)def. West Coast 6.6 (42) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,221)

Due to the poor turf conditions, the East Perth vs. West Perth game was moved. [40] In the same game, West Perth won the Polly Farmer Shield.

Claremont and the previously mentioned West Perth confirmed their spot in the top 5 due to their wins.

Round 19

Round 19
Saturday 27 August (2:10 pm) Claremont 5.8 (38)def. by East Fremantle 11.17 (83) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 1,940) [41]
Saturday 27 August (2:10 pm) Subiaco 14.14 (98)def. Perth 4.11 (35) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,325) [42]
Saturday 27 August (2:10 pm) Peel Thunder 16.9 (105)def. West Coast 3.14 (32) Lane Group Stadium (crowd: 2,518) [43]
Saturday 27 August (2:20 pm) Swan Districts 9.5 (59)def. West Perth 6.11 (47) Steel Blue Oval (crowd: 2,417) [44]
Sunday 28 August (2:10 pm) South Fremantle 12.10 (82)def. East Perth 11.7 (73) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 2,125) [45]

Swan Districts kept their finals hopes alive, defeating West Perth during the celebration of their 1982 - 1984 threepeat. [46]

East Fremantle defeating Claremont kept 2nd spot up for grabs with the Sharks needing to defeat East Perth in Round 20 to retain it.

Round 20

Round 20
Saturday 3 September (2:10 pm) East Perth 3.14 (32)def. by East Fremantle 7.11 (53) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1,322) [47]
Saturday 3 September (2:10 pm) West Perth 13.11 (89)def. Subiaco 5.12 (42) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 1,497)
Saturday 3 September (2:10 pm) Claremont 10.8 (68)def. West Coast 6.9 (45) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 798)
Saturday 3 September (2:10 pm) Perth 4.4 (28)def. by South Fremantle 14.8 (92) Mineral Resources Park (crowd: 1,315)
Sunday 4 September (12:10 pm) Peel Thunder 18.20 (128)def. Swan Districts 5.6 (36) Lane Group Stadium

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 West Perth 18134114391043138.054 Finals series
2 East Fremantle 18135015881155137.552
3 Claremont 18135013391146116.852
4 South Fremantle 1812511307999130.850
5 Peel Thunder 18117015691172133.944
6 Swan Districts 18108012521242100.840
7 Subiaco 1871101154134685.728
8 East Perth 1861201199128693.224
9 Perth 1831501032163763.012
10 West Coast 181170818167149.04
Source: WAFL.com.au
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Finals series

Week one

Qualifying final
Saturday 10 September (1:40 pm) East Fremantle 16.10 (106)def. Claremont 8.10 (58) New Choice Homes Park (crowd: 3,104)

This was East Fremantle's first WAFL finals game since its preliminary final loss in 2014

Elimination final
Sunday 11 September (12:10 pm) South Fremantle 8.13 (61)def. by Peel Thunder 10.10 (70) Fremantle Community Bank Oval (crowd: 3,460)

Week two

Semi Final 1
Sunday 18 September (2:10 pm) Claremont 16.15 (111)def. Peel Thunder 8.4 (52) Revo Fitness Stadium (crowd: 3,730)
Semi Final 2
Saturday 17 September (2:10 pm) West Perth 12.9 (81)def. East Fremantle 8.13 (61) Pentanet Stadium (crowd: 3,280)

With the win for West Perth, it sees them through to the 2022 WAFL Grand Final

Week three

Preliminary final
Sunday 25 September (2:10 pm) East Fremantle 6.7 (43)def. by Claremont 10.11 (71) New Choice Homes Park (crowd: 4,567)

Grand Final

2022 WAFL Grand Final
Saturday 1 October (3:00 pm) West Perth def. Claremont Leederville Oval (crowd: 16,791)
3.2 (20)
5.4 (34)
9.5 (59)
10.9 (69)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		0.5 (5)
3.7 (25)
6.9 (45)
8.9 (57)		Umpires: C Jones, R McCaw, M Adams
Simpson Medal: Luke Meadows
Television broadcast: Channel 7
M Dobson (2), J Hinder (2), T Keitel (2), C Rundle (2), A Hamp (1), C Lynch (1)GoalsC England (2), M Spyvee (2), J Buller (1), D Mountford (1), B Rogers (1), O Sheldrick (1)
L Meadows, S Nelson, M Dobson, T Keitel, A Black, M PeirceBestJ Buller, D Mountford, J Bolton, C England, O Eastland, B Rogers

Single Game Records

Individual


Conal Lynch, 10 tackles vs. Claremont, Leederville Oval, Grand Final

Team

Awards

Player

Bernie Naylor Medal

  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the player led the Bernie Naylor Medal at the end of that round. [53]
  • Numbers underlined indicates the player did not play in that round.

For reference, Brayden Noble from Swan Districts was the leader in the Bernie Naylor Medal through the first 2 rounds, kicking 5 in Round 1, and 2 in Round 2, putting him on 7.

  • Sandover Medal
Blaine Boekhorst (East Fremantle) [54]
  • Simpson Medallist (State Game)
Leigh Kitchin (Subiaco Football Club) [55]

Team

West Perth
West Perth
West Perth
West Perth [56]

Individual Teams

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Leederville Oval is an Australian rules football ground located in Leederville, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The ground is used as a home ground by two clubs: the East Perth Football Club and the Subiaco Football Club, both competing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The ground was previously home to the West Perth Football Club from 1915 to 1993, before the club moved to Arena Joondalup, its current home ground. The ground is serviced by the Yanchep line, with the nearest stop being Leederville station.

The 2012 WAFL season was the 128th season of the West Australian Football League and its various incarnations. The season opened on 17 March, with Subiaco hosting West Perth at Leederville Oval, and concluded with the 2012 WAFL Grand Final, in which Claremont defeated East Fremantle by 26 points. The 2012 Sandover Medal was won by Kane Mitchell of Claremont, while the leading goalkicker was South Fremantle's Ben Saunders.

The 1932 WANFL season was the 48th season of the Western Australian National Football League. The premiership was won by West Perth for the first time since 1905. The Cardinals’ win ended both a run of four consecutive premierships by East Fremantle, which won its fifth of seven successive minor premierships but lost both finals it played to be eliminated in the preliminary final, and West Perth's longest premiership drought in its history. West Perth's win was highlighted by the success of champion full forward Ted Tyson, who headed the goalkicking with eighty-four goals including a record eight in the Grand Final[a]. Tyson went on to kick an unprecedented 1,203 goals during a twelve-season career with the Cardinals, but their rise from winning only six matches in 1931 was due to the development of second-year defender Max Tetley, the discovery of a third pre-war Cardinal stalwart in Norm McDiarmid,[b] brother of star ruckman Jack, plus further outstanding youngsters Jim Morgan and Bob Dalziell.

The 1929 WAFL season was the 45th season of the West Australian Football League in its various incarnations.

The 1937 WANFL season was the 53rd season of the Western Australian National Football League. The season saw numerous notable highlights, including:

  1. Five players[a] kicked 100 goals, a number equalled in the major leagues of VFL/AFL, VFA/VFL, or SANFL, only in the 1939 VFA season.[b]
  2. Frank "Scranno" Jenkins won the Sandover Medal in his debut season of senior football with a record high under the 3-2-1 voting system of 34 votes.
  3. In the second round, East Fremantle broke their own 21-year-old record for the highest score in league history.
  4. East Perth drew three games in one season, a feat equalled in major Australian Rules Leagues only by VFA club Moorabbin in 1958 and West Perth in 1960. The Royals could easily have drawn a fourth game but for crowd acclamation preventing umpires from hearing the bell against Subiaco on Foundation Day. No senior Australian Rules team at any level is known to have tied four matches in a season, but Geelong’s Under-19s did so in 1971.
  5. Swan Districts, with Ted Holdsworth kicking at least six goals in each of the first ten games, reached their first finals series in only their fourth WANFL season. Holdsworth was to reach his 100 goals in two fewer games than George Doig took in his 152-goal 1934 season, but concussion and a broken hand eliminated the prospect of a new record.

The 1927 WAFL season was the 43rd season of the West Australian Football League. It saw the last premiership of the East Perth dynasty dating back to the end of World War I, as mastermind coach Phil Matson was to be killed in a truck crash the following year and the Royals were to fall to a clear last in 1929 as most of their champions retired. Despite opening their permanent home ground at Claremont Oval, newcomers Claremont-Cottesloe showed little improvement on their debut season and again won only a single game. The most notable change in fortunes was from South Fremantle, who had their first season with more wins than losses since their last premiership in 1917, and extended Matson's Royals in the grand final.

The 1938 WANFL season was the 54th season of the Western Australian National Football League, and saw Claremont, under champion coach Johnny Leonard who had transferred from West Perth, win its first premiership after losing two Grand Finals and drawing the first one this season. The blue and golds were to win the following two premierships before a long period near the foot of the ladder after Claremont Oval was gutted by a fire in 1944.

The 1926 WAFL season was the 42nd season of senior football in Perth, Western Australia.

The 1939 WANFL season was the 55th season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League. It is best known for West Perth's record losing streak of twenty-seven matches up to the fifteenth round, an ignominy equalled by Peel Thunder in their formative years but never actually beaten. The Cardinals finished with the worst record since Midland Junction lost all twelve games in 1917, and were the first WANFL team with only one victory for twelve seasons. In their only win, champion forward Ted Tyson became the first West Australian to kick over one thousand goals and he just failed to replicate his 1938 feat of leading the goalkicking for a bottom club. Subiaco, despite a second Sandover win from Haydn Bunton won only three matches, and Swan Districts, affected by the loss of star goalkicker Ted Holdsworth to Kalgoorlie, began a long period as a cellar-dweller with a fall to sixth.

The 1940 WANFL season was the 56th season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League. It saw Claremont win its third consecutive premiership, but its last before returning to the status of cellar-dweller it occupied during its first decade in the WA(N)FL – between 1943 and 1978 Claremont played finals only five times for one premiership. South Fremantle, after a lean period in the middle 1930s, displaced perennial power clubs East Fremantle and East Perth as the Tigers’ Grand Final opponent, and established some of the basis, in spite of three disastrous wartime under-age seasons, for the club's fabled dynasty after the war.

The 1922 WAFL season was the 38th season of the West Australian Football League. It saw East Perth equal East Fremantle's feat of winning four consecutive premierships, this time against a rejuvenated West Perth team which had a lean period since 1912. Their most notable feat during the season was a record comeback against South Fremantle, but on an August tour of the Eastern States the Royals also defeated SANFL premiers Norwood by the score of 8.20 (68) to 7.10 (52) and runners-up West Adelaide by 11.12 (78) to 7.12 (54), after having lost by a point to St. Kilda two weeks beforehand. A consequence of their trip – hastily planned when Subiaco's tour there was cancelled during July – was that their last round match with wooden-spooner Perth was never played – a cancellation to be repeated the following season.

The 2021 WAFL season is the 137th season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The season commenced on 2 April and concluded with the Grand Final on 2 October. The West Coast Eagles reserves re-joined the competition, which increased the number of competing clubs to ten.

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  4. ↑ "West Coast remain in WAFL Competition". WA Football Commission. 17 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "WAFL League Ladder 2021". WA Football Commission. 4 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "WAFL Returns To WACA Ground". WA Cricket Media. 10 November 2021.
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  13. ↑ "East Fremantle plan to play WAFL home game at Northampton oval in first half of next season". Reuben Carder. 21 September 2021.
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  16. ↑ "West Coast - Highest Scores Against". Ric Gauci.
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  19. ↑ "SA vs WA State Game - 2022 - SANFL". sanfl.com.au.
  20. ↑ "Subi heads to Kalgoorlie thanks to Rio Tinto". Subiaco Football Club.
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  28. ↑ "All Players - Game: Most Marks". Ric Gauci.
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  31. ↑ "Round 14 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.
  32. ↑ "Claremont: Lowest Winning Scores". Ric Gauci.
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  36. ↑ "Club Statement - SFC v WCE Game Location Moved". Subiaco Football Club.
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  39. ↑ "Round 18 results and crowds". wafl.com.au.
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  49. ↑ "2022 - Scoring Records for". Ric Gauci.
  50. ↑ "2022 - Margin Records for". Ric Gauci.
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  55. ↑ "About the Simpson Medal". wafl.com.au.
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