West Australian State Premiership
The West Australian State Premiership[N 1] was an Australian rules football match contested intermittently between 1902 and 1924 between the premiers of the Western Australian Football Association / West Australian Football League (WAFA / WAFL) and the Goldfields Football Association / Goldfields Football League (GFA / GFL).[N 2]
List of winners
[edit]East Fremantle won the most championships overall, winning five: 1902, 1904, 1906, 1909 and 1910:
| Year | Winner | Scores | Loser | Result | Venue | Umpire | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Loser | |||||||
| 1902 | East Fremantle | 12.16 (88) | 4.5 (29) | Warriors | East Fremantle won by 59 points | Fremantle Oval | Fraser | [1] |
| 1903 | Railways | 7.6 (48) | 5.11 (41) | East Fremantle | Railways won by 7 points | Kalgoorlie Recreation Reserve | F. Coffey | [2] |
| 1904 | East Fremantle | 12.15 (87) | 4.9 (33) | Railways | East Fremantle won by 54 points | |||
| 1905 | West Perth | 8.10 (58) | 4.13 (37) | Railways | West Perth won by 19 points | Kalgoorlie Recreation Reserve | S. Stivey | [3] |
| 1906 (replay)[N 3] |
East Fremantle | 6.11 (47) | 7.5 (47) | Mines Rovers | Match drawn | East Fremantle Oval | I. Crapp | |
| East Fremantle | 7.5 (47) | 3.10 (28) | Mines Rovers | East Fremantle won by 19 points | East Fremantle Oval | I. Crapp | ||
| 1907 | not held | |||||||
| 1908 | ||||||||
| 1909 | East Fremantle | 8.10 (58) | 3.9 (27) | Boulder City | East Fremantle won by 31 points | Fremantle Oval | I. Crapp | [4] |
| 1910 | East Fremantle | 1.7 (13) | 0.8 (8) | Boulder City | East Fremantle won by 5 points | Boulder Recreation Ground | C. Wellington | [5] |
| 1911 | not held | |||||||
| 1912 | Railways | 8.12 (60) | 7.9 (51) | Subiaco | Railways won by 9 points | Kalgoorlie Oval | C. Wellington | [6] |
| 1913 | Subiaco | 15.11 (101) | 8.6 (54) | Boulder City | Subiaco won by 47 points | Subiaco Oval | I. Crapp | [7] |
| 1914 | competition suspended from 1914–18 due to World War I | |||||||
| 1915 | ||||||||
| 1916 | ||||||||
| 1917 | ||||||||
| 1918 | ||||||||
| 1919 | East Perth | 9.17 (71) | 6.10 (46) | Railways | East Perth won by 25 points | Kalgoorlie Oval | unknown | [8] |
| 1920 | not held | |||||||
| 1921 | ||||||||
| 1922 | East Perth | 16.15 (111) | 5.4 (34) | Mines Rovers | East Perth won by 77 points | Perth Oval | unknown | [9] |
| 1923 | East Perth | 10.10 (70) | 6.4 (40) | Mines Rovers | East Perth won by 30 points | Kalgoorlie Oval | F. O'Connor | [10] |
| 1924 | Subiaco | 12.12 (84) | 8.13 (61) | Boulder City | Subiaco won by 23 points | East Fremantle Oval | F. O'Connor | [11] |
See also
[edit]- Australian rules football in the Goldfields region of Western Australia
- Australian rules football in Western Australia
- Tasmanian State Premiership, a similar competition held in Tasmania from 1904–78
Notes
[edit]- ^ Several different names were used in contemporary sources for the matches, including "state premiership", "state championship" and "the football championship".
- ^ The coastal league was known as the Western Australian Football Association from 1885–1907, and as the West Australian Football League (WAFL) from 1908–30. The goldfields league was known as the Goldfields Football Association (GFA) from 1901–07 and again from 1920–25, and as the Goldfields Football League (GFL) from 1908–19.
- ^ The 1906 match, at East Fremantle Oval, ended in a draw, with both teams locked at 47 points. The match was replayed the following weekend at the same ground, with East Fremantle winning by 19 points.
References
[edit]- ^ "COAST V. THE GOLDFIELDS." – The Sunday Times. Published Sunday 28 September 1902. Retrieved from Trove, 28 October 2011.
- ^ "RAILWAYS (GOLDFIELDS) V. EAST FREMANTLE" – The Western Mail. Published Saturday, 10 October 1903. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ^ "WEST PERTH v. RAILWAYS. A DISAPPOINTING GAME. VICTORY FOR THE VISITORS." – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 17 October 1905. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ^ "INTER-ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. EAST FREMANTLE V. BOULDER CITY. – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 6 July 1909. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ^ "CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL MATCH. EAST FREMANTLE DEFEAT BOULDER CITY" – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 18 October 1910. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ^ "RAILWAYS BEAT SUBIACO." – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 27 August 1912. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ^ FOOTBALL – The Western Mail. Published Friday, 24 October 1913. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ^ "STATE PREMIERSHIP. EAST PERTH BEAT RAILWAYS." – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 7 October 1919. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ^ "STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. A WRETCHED GAME." – The Western Mail. Published Thursday, 5 October 1922. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ^ "EAST PERTH VICTORIOUS." – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 16 October 1923. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ^ "THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. SUBIACO DEFEAT BOULDER." – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 14 October 1924. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.