1930 WAFL season
The 1930 WAFL season was the 46th season of the West Australian Football League in its various incarnations, and the last before it changed its name to the ‘Western Australian National Football League’. The season saw East Fremantle win the premiership for the third consecutive season, marking the second time that the club had achieved the feat; the club was never seriously challenged as the best team except during the interstate break and achieved the unusual feat of being the only club with a percentage of over 100.[a] Jerry Dolan said in retrospect that East Fremantle's 1930 team was the greatest he had ever played in or coached – including even the unbeaten team of 1946.[1]
1930 WAFL season | |
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Teams | 7 |
Premiers | East Fremantle (15th premiership) |
Minor premiers | East Fremantle (17th minor premiership) |
Matches played | 66 |
Bernie Naylor Medallist | Frank Hopkins (West Perth) |
Sandover Medallist | Ted Flemming (West Perth) |
As with the VFL, the 1930 WAFL season saw a major innovation with the introduction of a ‘nineteenth man’ who could replace players either injured or out of form.[2] This was changed to a nineteenth and twentieth man in 1946 and to the current interchange system in 1978. A controversial new holding the ball rule, which required the ball to be kicked or punched when tackled,[3] was introduced for this season, but was regarded as unsatisfactory[4] and replaced by the old rule, where a player could kick or drop the ball when tackled, in Victoria from 14 June[5] and throughout Australia from 5 July, with the rule being officially re-amended two weeks later[6]
For 1930 the WAFL reconstituted the seconds competition, which had been inaugurated five seasons beforehand, as the ‘Western Australian National Football Association’ (W.A.N.F.A) and required the teams in this competition to play league players when dropped through loss of form or return of top players.[2]
Home-and-away season
Round 1 (Easter weekend)
Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 19 April (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 16.14 (110) | def. | West Perth 12.5 (77) | Fremantle Oval | [7] |
Saturday, 19 April (2:45 pm) | Perth 10.13 (73) | drew with | Claremont-Cottesloe 11.7 (73) | Perth Oval | [8] |
Monday, 21 April (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 10.10 (70) | def. | South Fremantle 5.6 (36) | Subiaco Oval | [9] |
Bye: East Perth | |||||
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Round 2
Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 26 April (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 14.15 (99) | def. | Subiaco 10.11 (71) | Fremantle Oval | [12] |
Saturday, 26 April (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 12.10 (82) | def. by | East Perth 17.14 (116) | Claremont Oval | [13] |
Saturday, 26 April (2:45 pm) | West Perth 5.8 (38) | drew with | South Fremantle 5.8 (38) | Leederville Oval | [14] |
Bye: Perth | |||||
Two draws in successive rounds is a first in the WA(N)FL repeated only in 1960.[15] |
Round 3 (Labour Day)
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 3 May (2:45 pm) | East Perth 10.4 (64) | def. by | West Perth 15.16 (106) | Perth Oval | [16] |
Saturday, 3 May (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 13.14 (92) | def. | Claremont-Cottesloe 10.10 (70) | Fremantle Oval | [17] |
Monday, 5 May (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 9.7 (61) | def. by | Perth 8.16 (64) | Subiaco Oval | [18] |
Bye: East Fremantle | |||||
Round 4
Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 10 May (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 8.10 (58) | def. by | East Fremantle 16.16 (112) | Claremont Oval | [19] |
Saturday, 10 May (2:45 pm) | Perth 9.10 (64) | def. by | West Perth 12.7 (79) | WACA | [19] |
Saturday, 10 May (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 7.15 (57) | def. | East Perth 6.9 (45) | Subiaco Oval | [20] |
Bye: South Fremantle | |||||
Round 5
Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 17 May (2:45 pm) | West Perth 11.14 (80) | def. | Claremont-Cottesloe 11.11 (77) | Leederville Oval | [21] |
Saturday, 17 May (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 13.19 (97) | def. | East Perth 12.10 (82) | Fremantle Oval | [22] |
Saturday, 17 May (2:45 pm) | Perth 12.14 (86) | def. | East Fremantle 7.9 (51) | WACA | [23] |
Bye: Subiaco | |||||
Round 6
Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday, 24 May (2:45 pm) | East Perth 8.7 (55) | def. by | East Fremantle 16.12 (108) | Perth Oval | [24] |
Saturday, 24 May (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 9.11 (65) | def. by | Perth 13.13 (91) | Fremantle Oval | [25] |
Saturday, 24 May (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 15.20 (110) | def. | Claremont-Cottesloe 10.8 (68) | Subiaco Oval | [26] |
Bye: West Perth | |||||
Round 7
Round 7 | |||||
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Saturday, 31 May (2:45 pm) | East Perth 15.17 (107) | def. | Perth 13.14 (92) | Perth Oval | [27] |
Saturday, 31 May (2:45 pm) | West Perth 17.13 (115) | def. | Subiaco 15.22 (112) | Leederville Oval | [27] |
Saturday, 31 May (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 6.10 (46) | def. by | East Fremantle 11.15 (81) | Fremantle Oval | [28] |
Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe | |||||
Subiaco's 15.22 (112) was a new record for highest losing score in WAFL history; the record stood only until the following round.[29] Despite the weather being mainly fine,[30] the match ended in semi-darkness.[c] |
Round 8 (Foundation Day)
Round 8 | |||||
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Monday, 2 June (2:45 pm) | East Perth 9.5 (59) | def. by | Claremont-Cottesloe 8.13 (61) | Perth Oval | [31] |
Monday, 2 June (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 11.7 (73) | def. by | East Fremantle 14.20 (104) | Subiaco Oval | [32] |
Monday, 2 June (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 18.9 (117) | def. | West Perth 17.12 (114) | Fremantle Oval | [33] |
Bye: Perth | |||||
West Perth's 17.12 (114) beat Subiaco's two-day-old record for highest losing score in WAFL history.[34] |
Round 9
Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday, 7 June (2:45 pm) | West Perth 10.12 (72) | def. by | East Fremantle 21.18 (144) | Leederville Oval | [35] |
Saturday, 7 June (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 15.11 (101) | def. | Subiaco 4.15 (39) | Fremantle Oval | [36] |
Saturday, 7 June (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 12.5 (77) | def. by | Perth 11.15 (81) | Claremont Oval | [37] |
Bye: East Perth | |||||
Round 10
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 14 June (2:45 pm) | West Perth 14.9 (93) | def. by | East Perth 18.12 (120) | Leederville Oval | [38] |
Saturday, 14 June (2:45 pm) | Perth 6.16 (52) | def. by | Subiaco 7.14 (56) | WACA | [39] |
Saturday, 14 June (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 15.18 (108) | def. | South Fremantle 12.3 (75) | Claremont Oval | [40] |
Bye: East Fremantle | |||||
A wayward second quarter of 2.12 (24) with a strong wind by Perth leaves them insecure in second position, as Subiaco manage to hold them off and enter attack at the finish. |
Round 11
Round 11 | |||||
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Saturday, 21 June (2:45 pm) | East Perth 17.13 (115) | def. | Subiaco 4.10 (34) | Perth Oval | [41] |
Saturday, 21 June (2:45 pm) | West Perth 17.12 (114) | def. | Perth 10.14 (74) | Leederville Oval | [42] |
Saturday, 21 June (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 10.15 (75) | def. | Claremont-Cottesloe 7.9 (51) | Fremantle Oval | [43] |
Bye: South Fremantle | |||||
Round 12
Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday, 28 June (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 19.15 (129) | def. | Perth 4.15 (39) | Fremantle Oval | [44] |
Saturday, 28 June (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 11.20 (86) | def. by | West Perth 15.15 (105) | Claremont Oval | [45] |
Saturday, 28 June (2:45 pm) | East Perth 11.6 (72) | def. | South Fremantle 8.14 (62) | Perth Oval | [46] |
Bye: Subiaco | |||||
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Round 13
Round 13 | |||||
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Saturday, 5 July (2:45 pm) | Perth 7.16 (58) | def. | South Fremantle 3.8 (26) | WACA | [47] |
Saturday, 5 July (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 11.10 (76) | def. | East Perth 9.14 (68) | Fremantle Oval | [48] |
Saturday, 5 July (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 9.9 (63) | def. by | Claremont-Cottesloe 12.13 (85) | Subiaco Oval | [49] |
Bye: West Perth | |||||
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Round 14
Round 14 | |||||
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Saturday, 12 July (2:45 pm) | Perth 9.15 (69) | def. by | East Perth 12.6 (78) | WACA | [52] |
Saturday, 12 July (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 14.19 (103) | def. by | South Fremantle 16.11 (107) | Fremantle Oval | [53] |
Saturday, 12 July (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 12.12 (84) | def. | West Perth 8.13 (61) | Subiaco Oval | [54] |
Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe | |||||
Round 15
Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday, 19 July (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 11.16 (82) | def. | West Perth 8.18 (66) | Fremantle Oval | [55] |
Saturday, 19 July (2:45 pm) | Perth 12.10 (82) | def. by | Claremont-Cottesloe 15.12 (102) | WACA | [56] |
Saturday, 19 July (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 8.16 (64) | def. by | South Fremantle 11.7 (73) | Subiaco Oval | [57] |
Bye: East Perth | |||||
George Moloney becomes the first Claremont player to kick ten goals in a match, as Perth lose their place in the four and Claremont stand half a game from advancing off bottom place. It was Claremont's first win at the W.A.C.A. and moved Moloney to the head of the goalkicking.[58] |
Round 16
Round 16 | |||||
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Saturday, 26 July (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 14.10 (94) | def. | East Perth 13.11 (89) | Claremont Oval | [59] |
Saturday, 26 July (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 9.16 (70) | def. | East Fremantle 8.18 (66) | Subiaco Oval | [60] |
Saturday, 2 August (2:45 pm) | West Perth 9.10 (64) | def. by | South Fremantle 14.15 (99) | Leederville Oval | [61] |
Bye: Perth | |||||
With interstate carnival players absent until the middle of August,[62] rounds 16 and 17 were split over three weekends. |
Round 17
Round 17 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 August (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 11.16 (82) | def. by | Perth 16.11 (107) | Fremantle Oval | [63] |
Saturday, 16 August (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 15.12 (102) | def. | West Perth 14.13 (97) | Subiaco Oval | [64] |
Saturday, 16 August (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 13.12 (90) | def. | East Perth 10.25 (85) | Fremantle Oval | [65] |
Bye: Subiaco | |||||
Subiaco toured the Eastern States during the interstate carnival,[62] and East Fremantle lost a match to combined Goldfields eighteen by the score of 15.13 (103) to 16.15 (111) at Kalgoorlie in rainy weather.[66] |
Round 18
Round 18 | |||||
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Saturday, 23 August (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 12.13 (85) | drew with | Claremont-Cottesloe 13.7 (85) | Fremantle Oval | [67] |
Saturday, 23 August (2:45 pm) | Perth 14.7 (91) | def. | Subiaco 10.10 (70) | WACA | [68] |
Saturday, 23 August (2:45 pm) | East Perth 18.8 (116) | def. | West Perth 14.12 (96) | Perth Oval | [69] |
Bye: East Fremantle | |||||
Claremont-Cottesloe comeback produces third draw for season, an occurrence seen otherwise in the WA(N)FL only in 1937 and 1960.[15] |
Round 19
Round 19 | |||||
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Saturday, 30 August (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 18.16 (124) | def. | Claremont-Cottesloe 8.13 (61) | Subiaco Oval | [70] |
Saturday, 30 August (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 19.22 (136) | def. | East Perth 5.12 (42) | Fremantle Oval | [71] |
Saturday, 30 August (2:45 pm) | Perth 8.9 (57) | def. by | South Fremantle 9.13 (67) | WACA | [72] |
Bye: West Perth | |||||
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Round 20
Round 20 | |||||
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Saturday, 6 September (2:45 pm) | West Perth 7.10 (52) | def. by | Subiaco 8.10 (58) | Leederville Oval | [73] |
Saturday, 6 September (2:45 pm) | East Perth 13.9 (87) | def. | Perth 8.12 (60) | Perth Oval | [74] |
Saturday, 6 September (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 16.18 (114) | def. | South Fremantle 12.7 (79) | Fremantle Oval | [75] |
Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe | |||||
As a result of Subiaco's fighting win over an improved Cardinal outfit in wet conditions,[76] the final round match will directly decide the fourth finals place should Perth defeat the Cardinals. |
Round 21
Round 21 | |||||
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Saturday, 13 September (2:45 pm) | East Perth 12.7 (79) | def. by | Subiaco 15.17 (107) | Perth Oval | [77] |
Saturday, 13 September (2:45 pm) | West Perth 18.11 (119) | def. by | Perth 24.20 (164) | Leederville Oval | [78] |
Saturday, 13 September (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 14.10 (94) | def. by | East Fremantle 22.24 (156) | Claremont Oval | [79] |
Bye: South Fremantle | |||||
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Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
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1 | East Fremantle (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1828 | 1261 | 145.0 | 56 |
2 | South Fremantle | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1355 | 1395 | 97.1 | 40 |
3 | Subiaco | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1323 | 1367 | 96.8 | 36 |
4 | Perth | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1404 | 1443 | 97.3 | 34 |
5 | East Perth | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1479 | 1520 | 97.3 | 32 |
6 | Claremont-Cottesloe | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1434 | 1674 | 85.7 | 28 |
7 | West Perth | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1548 | 1711 | 90.5 | 26 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.
Finals
First semi-final
First semi-final | |||||
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Saturday, 20 September (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 11.7 (73) | def. | Subiaco 5.14 (44) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7,572) | |
Sol Lawn kicked eight goals as South recorded a surprise win over the in-form Maroons, whose rucks do not show their dominant recent form.[82] |
Second semi-final
Second semi-final | |||||
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Saturday, 27 September (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 15.14 (104) | def. | Perth 10.14 (74) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 4,899) | |
Grand Final
1930 WAFL Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 4 October | East Fremantle | def. | South Fremantle | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7,564) | |
0.3 (3) 9.9 (63) 9.10 (64) 12.15 (87) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
5.6 (36) 5.7 (37) 7.10 (52) 9.11 (65) |
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Bee 2, Lethbridge 2, Glass 2, Laffin 2, Butcher, Telfer, Laurie, Woods | Goals | Sol Lawn 3, McGuinness 2, Smith 2, Clatworthy, E. Lawn | |||
Reynolds (best on ground), Jarvis, Richards, Gabrielson, Laffin, Bee, Jones | Best | Holt, Loveridge, Hicks, Sol Lawn, E. Lawn, Clatworthy | |||
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Notes
a The unbeaten Port Adelaide team of 1914 is the only other club to equal this.
b Since this match, Perth has drawn only with West Perth (in 1944, 1960, 1986 and 2008) and Swan Districts (in 1961, 1971 and 2009)
c In wet weather before the advent of lights, it was not uncommon for matches to finish in complete darkness, as happened between Perth and East Perth in May 1956.
d Gary Ablett senior equalled Hopkins for Geelong against Essendon in the sixth round of 1993.
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