1898 WAFA Season

This page displays the results for the 1898 season of the West Australian Football Association (currently known as the West Australian Football League).

It featured sixteen rounds. 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: 1898 West Australian Football Association Season
Known As: 1898 WAFA Season
Teams: 4
Rounds: 16
Matches: 32

Team Details

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

Premiership Results

Premiers: Unions-Fremantle
Runners-Up: West Perth
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	12	-1-	3	50	133.1%	676	508	85	166	67	106
West Perth	2nd	12	-0-	4	48	161.3%	808	501	109	154	69	87
Rovers	3rd	6	-1-	9	26	83.4%	532	638	73	94	83	140
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	15	4	51.8%	396	765	51	90	99	171

Overall Premiership Results

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

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/05/1898		Rovers v East Fremantle	WACA	28	-	2
SAT	14/05/1898		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	76	-	24

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Rovers	1st	1	-0-	0	4	1,400.0%	28	2
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	316.7%	76	24
West Perth	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	31.6%	24	76
East Fremantle	4th	0	-0-	1	0	7.1%	2	28

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/05/1898		Unions-Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	38	-	38
SAT	28/05/1898		West Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	82	-	15

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	1	-1-	0	6	183.9%	114	62
Rovers	2nd	1	-1-	0	6	165.0%	66	40
West Perth	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	116.5%	106	91
East Fremantle	4th	0	-0-	2	0	15.5%	17	110

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/06/1898		Unions-Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	25	-	24
SAT	04/06/1898		West Perth v Rovers	WACA	57	-	24

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	2	-1-	0	10	161.6%	139	86
West Perth	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	141.7%	163	115
Rovers	3rd	1	-1-	1	6	92.8%	90	97
East Fremantle	4th	0	-0-	3	0	30.4%	41	135

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/06/1898		East Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	50	-	42
SAT	11/06/1898		West Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	27	-	48

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	3	-1-	0	14	165.5%	187	113
West Perth	2nd	2	-0-	2	8	116.6%	190	163
Rovers	3rd	1	-1-	2	6	89.8%	132	147
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	3	4	51.4%	91	177

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/06/1898		East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	20	-	34
SAT	18/06/1898		Rovers v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	33	-	40

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	4	-1-	0	18	155.5%	227	146
West Perth	2nd	3	-0-	2	12	122.4%	224	183
Rovers	3rd	1	-1-	3	6	88.2%	165	187
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	4	4	52.6%	111	211

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/06/1898		Unions-Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	74	-	34
SAT	25/06/1898		West Perth v Rovers	WACA	49	-	42

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	5	-1-	0	22	167.2%	301	180
West Perth	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	121.3%	273	225
Rovers	3rd	1	-1-	4	6	87.7%	207	236
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	5	4	50.9%	145	285

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/07/1898		Unions-Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	33	-	41
SAT	02/07/1898		West Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	53	-	18

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	5	-1-	1	22	151.1%	334	221
West Perth	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	134.2%	326	243
Rovers	3rd	2	-1-	4	10	92.2%	248	269
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	6	4	48.2%	163	338

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/07/1898		Rovers v East Fremantle	WACA	45	-	16
SAT	09/07/1898		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	33	-	36

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	6	-0-	2	24	131.2%	362	276
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	5	-1-	2	22	142.8%	367	257
Rovers	3rd	3	-1-	4	14	102.8%	293	285
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	7	4	46.7%	179	383

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/07/1898		Rovers v West Perth	WACA	21	-	40
SAT	16/07/1898		Unions-Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	38	-	37

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	7	-0-	2	28	135.4%	402	297
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	6	-1-	2	26	137.8%	405	294
Rovers	3rd	3	-1-	5	14	96.6%	314	325
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	8	4	51.3%	216	421

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/07/1898		East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	43	-	72
SAT	23/07/1898		Rovers v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	34	-	36

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	8	-0-	2	32	139.4%	474	340
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	7	-1-	2	30	134.5%	441	328
Rovers	3rd	3	-1-	6	14	96.4%	348	361
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	9	4	52.5%	259	493

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/07/1898		East Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	51	-	59
SAT	30/07/1898		West Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	30	-	31

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	8	-1-	2	34	131.8%	472	358
West Perth	2nd	8	-0-	3	32	135.8%	504	371
Rovers	3rd	4	-1-	6	18	98.8%	407	412
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	10	4	56.2%	310	552

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/08/1898		Unions-Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	49	-	24
SAT	06/08/1898		West Perth v Rovers	WACA	89	-	19

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	9	-1-	2	38	136.4%	521	382
West Perth	2nd	9	-0-	3	36	152.1%	593	390
Rovers	3rd	4	-1-	7	18	85.0%	426	501
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	11	4	55.6%	334	601

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/08/1898		Unions-Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	24	-	43
SAT	13/08/1898		West Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	73	-	8

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	10	-0-	3	40	167.3%	666	398
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	9	-1-	3	38	128.2%	545	425
Rovers	3rd	5	-1-	7	22	89.3%	469	525
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	12	4	50.7%	342	674

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/08/1898		Unions-Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	64	-	31
SAT	20/08/1898		West Perth v Rovers	WACA	33	-	23

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	11	-0-	3	44	166.0%	699	421
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	10	-1-	3	42	133.6%	609	456
Rovers	3rd	5	-1-	8	22	88.2%	492	558
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	13	4	50.5%	373	738

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/08/1898		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	40	-	29
CANCELLED			Rovers v East Fremantle*

* ^{: forfeited}

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	11	-1-	3	46	133.8%	649	485
West Perth	2nd	11	-0-	4	44	157.9%	728	461
Rovers	3rd	6	-1-	8	26	88.2%	492	558
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	14	4	50.5%	373	738

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/09/1898		East Fremantle v Unions-Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	23	-	27
SAT	03/09/1898		West Perth v Rovers	WACA	80	-	40

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Unions-Fremantle	1st	12	-1-	3	50	133.1%	676	508
West Perth	2nd	12	-0-	4	48	161.3%	808	501
Rovers	3rd	6	-1-	9	26	83.4%	532	638
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	15	4	51.8%	396	765

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