1896 WAFA Season

This page displays the results for the 1896 season of the West Australian Football Association (currently known as the West Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds (one of which went completely unplayed) in a sextuple round-robin format. Unions-Fremantle were the minor premiers.

The premiership did not feature a finals series and Unions-Fremantle were declared the premiers.

Premiership Details

Name: 1896 West Australian Football Association Season
Known As: 1896 WAFA Season
Teams: 4
Rounds: 18
Matches: 35

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: Imperials
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	205.0%	123	60	123	151	60	88
Imperials	2nd	9	-0-	9	18	105.8%	91	86	91	124	86	111
West Perth	3rd	6	-1-	10	13	84.9%	79	93	79	77	93	136
Rovers	4th	3	-2-	12	8	56.5%	70	124	70	92	124	109

Overall Premiership Results

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

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/05/1896		Imperials v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	4	-	6
SAT	16/05/1896		Rovers v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	4	-	10

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	1	-0-	0	2	250.0%	10	4
West Perth	1st	1	-0-	0	2	150.0%	6	4
Imperials	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	66.7%	4	6
Rovers	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	40.0%	4	10

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/05/1896		Rovers v Imperials	WACA	5	-	8
THU	28/05/1896		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	7	-	3

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	2	-0-	0	4	242.9%	17	7
Imperials	2nd	1	-0-	1	2	109.1%	12	11
West Perth	2nd	1	-0-	1	2	81.8%	9	11
Rovers	4th	0	-0-	2	0	50.0%	9	18

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/05/1896		Unions-Fremantle v Imperials	Fremantle Oval	2	-	3
SAT	30/05/1896		West Perth v Rovers	WACA	4	-	6

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Imperials	1st	2	-0-	1	4	115.4%	15	13
Unions-Fremantle	1st	2	-0-	1	4	190.0%	19	10
Rovers	3rd	1	-0-	2	2	68.2%	15	22
West Perth	3rd	1	-0-	2	2	76.5%	13	17

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/06/1896		Unions-Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	5	-	4
SAT	06/06/1896		West Perth v Imperials	WACA	5	-	4

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	3	-0-	1	6	171.4%	24	14
Imperials	2nd	2	-0-	2	4	105.6%	19	18
West Perth	2nd	2	-0-	2	4	85.7%	18	21
Rovers	4th	1	-0-	3	2	70.4%	19	27

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/06/1896		Rovers v Imperials	WACA	4	-	7
SAT	13/06/1896		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	10	-	9

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	4	-0-	1	8	147.8%	34	23
Imperials	2nd	3	-0-	2	6	118.2%	26	22
West Perth	3rd	2	-0-	3	4	87.1%	27	31
Rovers	4th	1	-0-	4	2	67.6%	23	34

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/06/1896		Unions-Fremantle v Imperials	Fremantle Oval	4	-	2
SAT	20/06/1896		West Perth v Rovers	WACA	2	-	6

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	5	-0-	1	10	152.0%	38	25
Imperials	2nd	3	-0-	3	6	107.7%	28	26
Rovers	3rd	2	-0-	4	4	80.6%	29	36
West Perth	3rd	2	-0-	4	4	78.4%	29	37

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/06/1896		Imperials v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	6	-	0
SAT	27/06/1896		Rovers v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	5	-	5

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	5	-1-	1	11	143.3%	43	30
Imperials	2nd	4	-0-	3	8	130.8%	34	26
Rovers	3rd	2	-1-	4	5	82.9%	34	41
West Perth	4th	2	-0-	5	4	67.4%	29	43

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/07/1896		Imperials v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	5	-	2
SAT	04/07/1896		West Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	2	-	5

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	6	-1-	1	13	150.0%	48	32
Imperials	2nd	5	-0-	3	10	139.3%	39	28
Rovers	3rd	2	-1-	5	5	78.3%	36	46
West Perth	4th	2	-0-	6	4	64.6%	31	48

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/07/1896		Imperials v Unions-Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	2	-	4
SAT	11/07/1896		Rovers v West Perth	WACA	5	-	9

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	7	-1-	1	15	152.9%	52	34
Imperials	2nd	5	-0-	4	10	128.1%	41	32
West Perth	3rd	3	-0-	6	6	75.5%	40	53
Rovers	4th	2	-1-	6	5	74.5%	41	55

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/07/1896		Rovers v Imperials	WACA	2	-	9
SAT	18/07/1896		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	7	-	3

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	8	-1-	1	17	159.5%	59	37
Imperials	2nd	6	-0-	4	12	147.1%	50	34
West Perth	3rd	3	-0-	7	6	71.7%	43	60
Rovers	4th	2	-1-	7	5	67.2%	43	64

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/07/1896		Unions-Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	14	-	3
SAT	25/07/1896		West Perth v Imperials	WACA	1	-	4

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	9	-1-	1	19	182.5%	73	40
Imperials	2nd	7	-0-	4	14	154.3%	54	35
West Perth	3rd	3	-0-	8	6	68.8%	44	64
Rovers	4th	2	-1-	8	5	59.0%	46	78

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/08/1896		Imperials v Unions-Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	2	-	10
SAT	01/08/1896		Rovers v West Perth	WACA	3	-	3

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	10	-1-	1	21	197.6%	83	42
Imperials	2nd	7	-0-	5	14	124.4%	56	45
West Perth	3rd	3	-1-	8	7	70.1%	47	67
Rovers	4th	2	-2-	8	6	60.5%	49	81

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/08/1896		Imperials v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	15	-	3
SAT	08/08/1896		West Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	4	-	9

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	11	-1-	1	23	200.0%	92	46
Imperials	2nd	8	-0-	5	16	147.9%	71	48
West Perth	3rd	3	-1-	9	7	67.1%	51	76
Rovers	4th	2	-2-	9	6	54.2%	52	96

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/08/1896		Imperials v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	11	-	8
SAT	15/08/1896		Rovers v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	2	-	11

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	12	-1-	1	25	214.6%	103	48
Imperials	2nd	9	-0-	5	18	146.4%	82	56
West Perth	3rd	3	-1-	10	7	67.8%	59	87
Rovers	4th	2	-2-	10	6	50.5%	54	107

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/08/1896		Unions-Fremantle v Imperials	Fremantle Oval	11	-	2
CANCELLED			Rovers v West Perth

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	13	-1-	1	27	228.0%	114	50
Imperials	2nd	9	-0-	6	18	125.4%	84	67
West Perth	3rd	3	-1-	10	7	67.8%	59	87
Rovers	4th	2	-2-	10	6	50.5%	54	107

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/09/1896		Rovers v Imperials	WACA	13	-	4
SAT	05/09/1896		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	3	-	7

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	13	-1-	2	27	205.3%	117	57
Imperials	2nd	9	-0-	7	18	110.0%	88	80
West Perth	3rd	4	-1-	10	9	73.3%	66	90
Rovers	4th	3	-2-	10	8	60.4%	67	111

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
CANCELLED			Unions-Fremantle v Rovers*
CANCELLED			West Perth v Imperials*

* ^{: forfeited}

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	14	-1-	2	29	205.3%	117	57
Imperials	2nd	9	-0-	8	18	110.0%	88	80
West Perth	3rd	5	-1-	10	11	73.3%	66	90
Rovers	4th	3	-2-	11	8	60.4%	67	111

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/09/1896		Imperials v Unions-Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	3	-	6
SAT	19/09/1896		Rovers v West Perth	WACA	3	-	13

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	15	-1-	2	31	205.0%	123	60
Imperials	2nd	9	-0-	9	18	105.8%	91	86
West Perth	3rd	6	-1-	10	13	84.9%	79	93
Rovers	4th	3	-2-	12	8	56.5%	70	124

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