1899 WAFA Season

This page displays the results for the 1899 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). 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. It should also be noted that Rovers folded mid-season and its remaining fixtures were filled in by Perth. West Perth were the minor premiers.

The premiership did not feature a finals series and West Perth were declared the premiers, with Barney Grecian as the premiership captain.

Premiership Details

Name: 1899 West Australian Football Association Season
Known As: 1899 WAFA Season
Teams: 5
Rounds: 17
Matches: 32

Team Details

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

Premiership Results

Premiers: West Perth
Runners-Up: East Fremantle
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	13	-0-	2	52	185.8%	836	450	113	158	62	78
East Fremantle	2nd	11	-0-	5	44	169.9%	882	519	120	162	73	81
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	7	-0-	10	28	80.4%	602	749	83	104	97	167
Perth	4th	1	-0-	8	4	42.4%	246	580	32	54	82	88
Rovers	5th	0	-0-	7	0	37.8%	163	431	23	25	57	89

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
West Perth	1st	Not applicable
East Fremantle	2nd	Not applicable
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	Not applicable
Perth	4th	Not applicable
Rovers	5th	Not applicable

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/05/1899		Unions-Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	52	-	38
THU	01/06/1899		Rovers v West Perth	WACA	26	-	60

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	1	-0-	0	4	230.8%	60	26
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	136.8%	52	38
East Fremantle	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	73.1%	38	52
Rovers	4th	0	-0-	1	0	43.3%	26	60

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/05/1899		East Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	65	-	27
SAT	20/05/1899		West Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	34	-	18

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	2	-0-	0	8	213.6%	94	44
East Fremantle	2nd	1	-0-	1	4	130.4%	103	79
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	97.2%	70	72
Rovers	4th	0	-0-	2	0	42.4%	53	125

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/05/1899		Unions-Fremantle v Rovers	Fremantle Oval	61	-	12
SAT	27/05/1899		West Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	46	-	37

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	3	-0-	0	12	172.8%	140	81
Unions-Fremantle	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	156.0%	131	84
East Fremantle	3rd	1	-0-	2	4	112.0%	140	125
Rovers	4th	0	-0-	3	0	34.9%	65	186

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/06/1899		East Fremantle v Unions-Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	56	-	15
SAT	10/06/1899		West Perth v Rovers	WACA	80	-	17

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	4	-0-	0	16	224.5%	220	98
East Fremantle	2nd	2	-0-	2	8	140.0%	196	140
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	104.3%	146	140
Rovers	4th	0	-0-	4	0	30.8%	82	266

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/06/1899		Rovers v East Fremantle	WACA	26	-	53
SAT	17/06/1899		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	39	-	61

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	5	-0-	0	20	205.1%	281	137
East Fremantle	2nd	3	-0-	2	12	150.0%	249	166
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	2	-0-	3	8	92.0%	185	201
Rovers	4th	0	-0-	5	0	33.9%	108	319

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/06/1899		East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	24	-	54
SAT	24/06/1899		Rovers v Unions-Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval	29	-	42

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	6	-0-	0	24	208.1%	335	161
East Fremantle	2nd	3	-0-	3	12	124.1%	273	220
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	98.7%	227	230
Rovers	4th	0	-0-	6	0	38.0%	137	361

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
CANCELLED			Rovers v West Perth		26		70
CANCELLED			Unions-Fremantle v East Fremantle		34		55

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	6	-0-	0	24	216.6%	405	187
East Fremantle	2nd	3	-0-	3	12	129.1%	328	254
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	91.6%	261	285
Rovers	4th	0	-0-	6	0	37.8%	163	431

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/07/1899		West Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	29	-	28
CANCELLED			East Fremantle v Rovers*

* ^{: forfeited}

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	7	-0-	0	28	201.9%	434	215
East Fremantle	2nd	4	-0-	3	16	129.1%	328	254
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	3	-0-	4	12	92.0%	289	314
Rovers	4th	0	-0-	7	0	37.8%	163	431

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/07/1899		Unions-Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	50	-	47
SAT	15/07/1899		West Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	23	-	25

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	7	-0-	1	28	190.4%	457	240
East Fremantle	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	127.4%	353	277
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	93.9%	339	361
Perth	4th	0	-0-	1	0	94.0%	47	50
Rovers	5th	0	-0-	7	0	37.8%	163	431

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/07/1899		East Fremantle v Unions-Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	79	-	38
CANCELLED			West Perth v Perth

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	7	-0-	1	28	190.4%	457	240
East Fremantle	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	137.1%	432	315
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	4	-0-	5	16	85.7%	377	440
Perth	4th	0	-0-	1	0	94.0%	47	50
Rovers	5th	0	-0-	7	0	37.8%	163	431

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/07/1899		Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	10	-	69
SAT	29/07/1899		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	45	-	21

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	7	-0-	2	28	167.7%	478	285
East Fremantle	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	154.2%	501	325
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	5	-0-	5	20	91.5%	422	461
Perth	4th	0	-0-	2	0	47.9%	57	119
Rovers	5th	0	-0-	7	0	37.8%	163	431

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/08/1899		East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	55	-	68
SAT	05/08/1899		Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	31	-	40

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	8	-0-	2	32	160.6%	546	340
East Fremantle	2nd	7	-0-	4	28	141.5%	556	393
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	6	-0-	5	24	93.9%	462	492
Perth	4th	0	-0-	3	0	55.3%	88	159
Rovers	5th	0	-0-	7	0	37.8%	163	431

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/08/1899		Perth v West Perth	WACA	23	-	67
SAT	12/08/1899		Unions-Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	21	-	44

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	9	-0-	2	36	168.9%	613	363
East Fremantle	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	144.9%	600	414
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	6	-0-	6	24	90.1%	483	536
Perth	4th	0	-0-	4	0	49.1%	111	226
Rovers	5th	0	-0-	7	0	37.8%	163	431

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/08/1899		East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	104	-	12
SAT	19/08/1899		West Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	33	-	30

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	10	-0-	2	40	164.4%	646	393
East Fremantle	2nd	9	-0-	4	36	165.3%	704	426
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	6	-0-	7	24	90.2%	513	569
Rovers	4th	0	-0-	7	0	37.8%	163	431
Perth	5th	0	-0-	5	0	37.3%	123	330

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/08/1899		Unions-Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	42	-	37
CANCELLED			West Perth v East Fremantle

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	10	-0-	2	40	164.4%	646	393
East Fremantle	2nd	9	-0-	4	36	165.3%	704	426
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	7	-0-	7	28	91.6%	555	606
Perth	4th	0	-0-	6	0	43.0%	160	372
Rovers	5th	0	-0-	7	0	37.8%	163	431

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/09/1899		East Fremantle v Unions-Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	36	-	26
SAT	02/09/1899		West Perth v Perth	WACA	101	-	1

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	11	-0-	2	44	189.6%	747	394
East Fremantle	2nd	10	-0-	4	40	163.7%	740	452
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	7	-0-	8	28	90.5%	581	642
Rovers	4th	0	-0-	7	0	37.8%	163	431
Perth	5th	0	-0-	7	0	34.0%	161	473

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/09/1899		Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	15	-	94
SAT	09/09/1899		Unions-Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	8	-	37

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	12	-0-	2	48	195.0%	784	402
East Fremantle	2nd	11	-0-	4	44	178.6%	834	467
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	7	-0-	9	28	86.7%	589	679
Rovers	4th	0	-0-	7	0	37.8%	163	431
Perth	5th	0	-0-	8	0	31.0%	176	567

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/09/1899		East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	48	-	52
SAT	16/09/1899		Perth v Unions-Fremantle	WACA	70	-	13

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	13	-0-	2	52	185.8%	836	450
East Fremantle	2nd	11	-0-	5	44	169.9%	882	519
Unions-Fremantle	3rd	7	-0-	10	28	80.4%	602	749
Perth	4th	1	-0-	8	4	42.4%	246	580
Rovers	5th	0	-0-	7	0	37.8%	163	431

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