1897 WAFA Season

This page displays the results for the 1897 season of the West Australian Football Association (currently known as the West Australian Football League).

It featured fourteen rounds. 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. West Perth were the minor premiers.

The premiership did not feature a finals series and West Perth were declared the premiers.

Premiership Details

Name: 1897 West Australian Football Association Season
Known As: 1897 WAFA Season
Teams: 4
Rounds: 14
Matches: 26

Team Details

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

Premiership Results

Premiers: West Perth
Runners-Up: Imperials
Minor Premiers: West Perth

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
West Perth	1st	7	-5-	0	38	152.2%	70	46	70	92	46	55
Imperials	2nd	7	-2-	5	32	105.3%	60	57	60	63	57	76
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	5	-4-	5	28	95.5%	64	67	64	88	67	68
Rovers	4th	1	-1-	10	6	55.6%	30	54	30	40	54	84

Overall Premiership Results

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

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/05/1897		Rovers v Imperials	WACA	2	-	6
SAT	15/05/1897		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	1	-	5

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Imperials	1st	1	-0-	0	4	300.0%	6	2
West Perth	1st	1	-0-	0	4	500.0%	5	1
Rovers	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	33.3%	2	6
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	20.0%	1	5

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/05/1897		Unions-Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	3	-	6
SAT	12/06/1897		Imperials v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	3	-	3

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Imperials	1st	1	-1-	0	6	180.0%	9	5
West Perth	1st	1	-1-	0	6	200.0%	8	4
Rovers	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	88.9%	8	9
Unions-Fremantle	4th	0	-0-	2	0	36.4%	4	11

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/05/1897		Imperials v Unions-Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	6	-	3
SAT	29/05/1897		Rovers v West Perth	WACA	3	-	3

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Imperials	1st	2	-1-	0	10	187.5%	15	8
West Perth	2nd	1	-2-	0	8	157.1%	11	7
Rovers	3rd	1	-1-	1	6	91.7%	11	12
Unions-Fremantle	4th	0	-0-	3	0	41.2%	7	17

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/06/1897		Imperials v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	7	-	4
SAT	05/06/1897		West Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	6	-	6

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Imperials	1st	3	-1-	0	14	183.3%	22	12
West Perth	2nd	1	-3-	0	10	130.8%	17	13
Rovers	3rd	1	-1-	2	6	78.9%	15	19
Unions-Fremantle	4th	0	-1-	3	2	56.5%	13	23

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/06/1897		Unions-Fremantle v Imperials	Fremantle Oval	1	-	0
CANCELLED			Rovers v West Perth

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Imperials	1st	3	-1-	1	14	169.2%	22	13
West Perth	2nd	1	-3-	0	10	130.8%	17	13
Rovers	3rd	1	-1-	2	6	78.9%	15	19
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	1	-1-	3	6	60.9%	14	23

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/07/1897		Unions-Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	10	-	4
SAT	03/07/1897		West Perth v Imperials	WACA	8	-	2

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Imperials	1st	3	-1-	2	14	114.3%	24	21
West Perth	1st	2	-3-	0	14	166.7%	25	15
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	2	-1-	3	10	88.9%	24	27
Rovers	4th	1	-1-	3	6	65.5%	19	29

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/07/1897		Rovers v Imperials	WACA	4	-	8
SAT	10/07/1897		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	7	-	7

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Imperials	1st	4	-1-	2	18	128.0%	32	25
West Perth	2nd	2	-4-	0	16	145.5%	32	22
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	2	-2-	3	12	91.2%	31	34
Rovers	4th	1	-1-	4	6	62.2%	23	37

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/09/1897		Unions-Fremantle v Imperials	Fremantle Oval	9	-	4
CANCELLED			Rovers v West Perth

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Imperials	1st	4	-1-	3	18	105.9%	36	34
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	3	-2-	3	16	105.3%	40	38
West Perth	2nd	2	-4-	0	16	145.5%	32	22
Rovers	4th	1	-1-	4	6	62.2%	23	37

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/07/1897		Imperials v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	7	-	8
SAT	24/07/1897		Rovers v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	5	-	7

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	4	-2-	3	20	109.3%	47	43
West Perth	1st	3	-4-	0	20	137.9%	40	29
Imperials	3rd	4	-1-	4	18	102.4%	43	42
Rovers	4th	1	-1-	5	6	63.6%	28	44

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	31/07/1897		West Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	8	-	6
CANCELLED			Imperials v Rovers*

* ^{: forfeited}

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	4	-4-	0	24	137.1%	48	35
Imperials	2nd	5	-1-	4	22	102.4%	43	42
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	4	-2-	4	20	103.9%	53	51
Rovers	4th	1	-1-	6	6	63.6%	28	44

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/08/1897		Imperials v Unions-Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	4	-	4
SAT	07/08/1897		Rovers v West Perth	WACA	2	-	10

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	5	-4-	0	28	156.8%	58	37
Imperials	2nd	5	-2-	4	24	102.2%	47	46
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	4	-3-	4	22	103.6%	57	55
Rovers	4th	1	-1-	7	6	55.6%	30	54

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/08/1897		West Perth v Imperials	WACA	8	-	5
CANCELLED			Unions-Fremantle v Rovers*

* ^{: forfeited}

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	6	-4-	0	32	157.1%	66	42
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	5	-3-	4	26	103.6%	57	55
Imperials	3rd	5	-2-	5	24	96.3%	52	54
Rovers	4th	1	-1-	8	6	55.6%	30	54

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/08/1897		Unions-Fremantle v Imperials	Fremantle Oval	3	-	8
CANCELLED			West Perth v Rovers*

* ^{: forfeited}

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	7	-4-	0	36	157.1%	66	42
Imperials	2nd	6	-2-	5	28	105.3%	60	57
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	5	-3-	5	26	95.2%	60	63
Rovers	4th	1	-1-	9	6	55.6%	30	54

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/08/1897		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	4	-	4
CANCELLED			Rovers* v Imperials

* ^{: forfeited}

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	7	-5-	0	38	152.2%	70	46
Imperials	2nd	7	-2-	5	32	105.3%	60	57
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	5	-4-	5	28	95.5%	64	67
Rovers	4th	1	-1-	10	6	55.6%	30	54

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