1895 WAFA Season

This page displays the results for the 1895 season of the West Australian Football Association (currently known as the West Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds in a sextuple round-robin format. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Unions-Fremantle were the minor premiers.

The premiership did not feature a finals series and Unions-Fremantle were declared the premiers, with Poss Watson as the premiership captain.

Premiership Details

Name: 1895 West Australian Football Association Season
Known As: 1895 WAFA Season
Teams: 4
Rounds: 18
Matches: 36

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Imperials	Fremantle Oval
Rovers	WACA
Unions-Fremantle	Fremantle Oval
West Perth	WACA

Premiership Results

Premiers: Unions-Fremantle
Runners-Up: Rovers
Minor Premiers: Unions-Fremantle

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	15	-1-	2	31	260.0%	130	50	130	156	50	89
Rovers	2nd	13	-1-	4	27	148.1%	77	52	77	118	52	78
Imperials	3rd	5	-0-	13	10	60.8%	59	97	59	93	97	138
West Perth	4th	2	-0-	16	4	35.0%	36	103	36	56	103	118

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Unions-Fremantle	1st	Not applicable
Rovers	2nd	Not applicable
Imperials	3rd	Not applicable
West Perth	4th	Not applicable

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/05/1895		Imperials v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	3	-	11
SAT	11/05/1895		West Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	2	-	10

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	1	-0-	0	2	366.7%	11	3
Unions-Fremantle	1st	1	-0-	0	2	500.0%	10	2
Imperials	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	27.3%	3	11
West Perth	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	20.0%	2	10

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/05/1895		Imperials v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	3	-	6
SAT	18/05/1895		Rovers v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	4	-	4

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	1	-1-	0	3	214.3%	15	7
Unions-Fremantle	1st	1	-1-	0	3	233.3%	14	6
West Perth	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	61.5%	8	13
Imperials	4th	0	-0-	2	0	35.3%	6	17

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/05/1895		Unions-Fremantle v Imperials	Fremantle Oval	8	-	4
SAT	01/06/1895		Rovers v West Perth	WACA	4	-	1

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	2	-1-	0	5	237.5%	19	8
Unions-Fremantle	1st	2	-1-	0	5	220.0%	22	10
West Perth	3rd	1	-0-	2	2	52.9%	9	17
Imperials	4th	0	-0-	3	0	40.0%	10	25

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/06/1895		Rovers v Imperials	WACA	10	-	0
SAT	08/06/1895		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	5	-	4

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	3	-1-	0	7	362.5%	29	8
Unions-Fremantle	1st	3	-1-	0	7	192.9%	27	14
West Perth	3rd	1	-0-	3	2	59.1%	13	22
Imperials	4th	0	-0-	4	0	28.6%	10	35

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/06/1895		Unions-Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	5	-	6
SAT	15/06/1895		West Perth v Imperials	WACA	5	-	6

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	4	-1-	0	9	269.2%	35	13
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	3	-1-	1	7	160.0%	32	20
Imperials	3rd	1	-0-	4	2	40.0%	16	40
West Perth	3rd	1	-0-	4	2	64.3%	18	28

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/06/1895		Imperials v Unions-Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	2	-	6
SAT	22/06/1895		West Perth v Rovers	WACA	4	-	5

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	5	-1-	0	11	235.3%	40	17
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	4	-1-	1	9	172.7%	38	22
Imperials	3rd	1	-0-	5	2	39.1%	18	46
West Perth	3rd	1	-0-	5	2	66.7%	22	33

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/06/1895		Imperials v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	2	-	5
SAT	29/06/1895		West Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	3	-	9

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	6	-1-	0	13	236.8%	45	19
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	5	-1-	1	11	188.0%	47	25
Imperials	3rd	1	-0-	6	2	39.2%	20	51
West Perth	3rd	1	-0-	6	2	59.5%	25	42

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/07/1895		Imperials v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	1	-	3
SAT	06/07/1895		Rovers v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	2	-	1

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	7	-1-	0	15	235.0%	47	20
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	5	-1-	2	11	177.8%	48	27
West Perth	3rd	2	-0-	6	4	65.1%	28	43
Imperials	4th	1	-0-	7	2	38.9%	21	54

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/07/1895		Unions-Fremantle v Imperials	Fremantle Oval	10	-	4
CANCELLED			Rovers v West Perth*

* ^{: forfeited}

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	8	-1-	0	17	235.0%	47	20
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	6	-1-	2	13	187.1%	58	31
West Perth	3rd	2	-0-	7	4	65.1%	28	43
Imperials	4th	1	-0-	8	2	39.1%	25	64

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/07/1895		Rovers v Imperials	WACA	5	-	3
SAT	20/07/1895		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	22	-	2

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	9	-1-	0	19	226.1%	52	23
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	7	-1-	2	15	242.4%	80	33
West Perth	3rd	2	-0-	8	4	46.2%	30	65
Imperials	4th	1	-0-	9	2	40.6%	28	69

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/07/1895		Unions-Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	6	-	3
CANCELLED			West Perth* v Imperials

* ^{: forfeited}

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	9	-1-	1	19	189.7%	55	29
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	8	-1-	2	17	238.9%	86	36
Imperials	3rd	2	-0-	9	4	40.6%	28	69
West Perth	3rd	2	-0-	9	4	46.2%	30	65

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/08/1895		Imperials v Unions-Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	4	-	6
CANCELLED			Rovers v West Perth*

* ^{: forfeited}

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	10	-1-	1	21	189.7%	55	29
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	9	-1-	2	19	230.0%	92	40
Imperials	3rd	2	-0-	10	4	42.7%	32	75
West Perth	3rd	2	-0-	10	4	46.2%	30	65

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/08/1895		Imperials v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	4	-	1
SAT	10/08/1895		West Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	0	-	9

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	10	-1-	2	21	169.7%	56	33
Unions-Fremantle	1st	10	-1-	2	21	252.5%	101	40
Imperials	3rd	3	-0-	10	6	47.4%	36	76
West Perth	4th	2	-0-	11	4	40.5%	30	74

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/08/1895		Imperials v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	9	-	2
SAT	28/09/1895		Rovers v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	1	-	9

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	11	-1-	2	23	268.3%	110	41
Rovers	2nd	10	-1-	3	21	135.7%	57	42
Imperials	3rd	4	-0-	10	8	57.7%	45	78
West Perth	4th	2	-0-	12	4	38.6%	32	83

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/08/1895		Unions-Fremantle v Imperials	Fremantle Oval	6	-	2
SAT	24/08/1895		West Perth v Rovers	WACA	2	-	6

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	12	-1-	2	25	269.8%	116	43
Rovers	2nd	11	-1-	3	23	143.2%	63	44
Imperials	3rd	4	-0-	11	8	56.0%	47	84
West Perth	4th	2	-0-	13	4	38.2%	34	89

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	31/08/1895		Unions-Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	6	-	3
SAT	31/08/1895		West Perth v Imperials	WACA	2	-	6

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	13	-1-	2	27	265.2%	122	46
Rovers	2nd	11	-1-	4	23	132.0%	66	50
Imperials	3rd	5	-0-	11	10	61.6%	53	86
West Perth	4th	2	-0-	14	4	37.9%	36	95

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/09/1895		Rovers v Imperials	WACA	3	-	2
CANCELLED			Unions-Fremantle v West Perth*

* ^{: forfeited}

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	14	-1-	2	29	265.2%	122	46
Rovers	2nd	12	-1-	4	25	132.7%	69	52
Imperials	3rd	5	-0-	12	10	61.8%	55	89
West Perth	4th	2	-0-	15	4	37.9%	36	95

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/09/1895		Unions-Fremantle v Imperials	Fremantle Oval	8	-	4
SAT	14/09/1895		West Perth v Rovers	WACA	0	-	8

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	15	-1-	2	31	260.0%	130	50
Rovers	2nd	13	-1-	4	27	148.1%	77	52
Imperials	3rd	5	-0-	13	10	60.8%	59	97
West Perth	4th	2	-0-	16	4	35.0%	36	103

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