1903 WAFA Season

These are the results for the 1903 season of the West Australian Football Association (currently known as the West Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds in a triple round-robin format with three qualifying rounds that excluded the two teams (South Fremantle and Subiaco) that placed last on the ladder after the first fifteen rounds. East Fremantle were the minor premiers.

The season did not feature a finals series and East Fremantle were declared the premiers, with John Chadwick as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1903 WAFA Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 18 (inc. 3 qualifying rounds)
Matches: 51

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval
North Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval
Perth	WACA
South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval
Subiaco
West Perth	WACA

Season Results

Premiers: East Fremantle
Runners-Up: West Perth
Minor Premiers: East Fremantle

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
East Fremantle	1st	16	-0-	2	64	227.9%	1,012	444	135	202	60	84
West Perth	2nd	11	-1-	6	46	124.1%	818	659	104	194	88	131
North Fremantle	3rd	9	-0-	9	36	106.9%	726	679	100	126	88	151
Perth	4th	8	-0-	10	32	84.2%	650	772	85	140	100	172
South Fremantle	5th	5	-1-	9	22	88.3%	544	616	70	124	81	130
Subiaco	6th	1	-0-	14	4	35.6%	321	901	42	69	119	187

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
East Fremantle	1st	Not applicable
West Perth	2nd	Not applicable
North Fremantle	3rd	Not applicable
Perth	4th	Not applicable
South Fremantle	5th	Not applicable
Subiaco	6th	Not applicable

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/05/1903	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	52	-	24
SAT	09/05/1903	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Perth	North Fremantle Oval	27	-	93
SAT	09/05/1903	3:00 PM	West Perth v North Fremantle	WACA	31	-	25

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	1	-0-	0	4	344.4%	93	27
East Fremantle	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	216.7%	52	24
West Perth	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	124.0%	31	25
North Fremantle	4th	0	-0-	1	0	80.6%	25	31
South Fremantle	5th	0	-0-	1	0	46.2%	24	52
Subiaco	6th	0	-0-	1	0	29.0%	27	93

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/05/1903	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v East Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval	32	-	39
SAT	16/05/1903	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	37	-	46
SAT	16/05/1903	3:00 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	WACA	47	-	26

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	2	-0-	0	8	217.2%	139	64
East Fremantle	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	162.5%	91	56
West Perth	3rd	2	-0-	0	8	152.9%	78	51
North Fremantle	4th	0	-0-	2	0	81.4%	57	70
South Fremantle	5th	0	-0-	2	0	62.2%	61	98
Subiaco	6th	0	-0-	2	0	37.9%	53	140

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/05/1903	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	51	-	25
SAT	23/05/1903	3:00 PM	Perth v North Fremantle	WACA	76	-	42
SAT	23/05/1903	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	North Fremantle Oval	65	-	17

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	3	-0-	0	12	202.8%	215	106
East Fremantle	2nd	3	-0-	0	12	175.3%	142	81
West Perth	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	101.0%	103	102
South Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	2	4	109.6%	126	115
North Fremantle	5th	0	-0-	3	0	67.8%	99	146
Subiaco	6th	0	-0-	3	0	34.1%	70	205

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/05/1903	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	87	-	12
SAT	30/05/1903	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v South Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval	27	-	56
SAT	30/05/1903	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	WACA	61	-	30

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	4	-0-	0	16	246.2%	229	93
Perth	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	146.7%	245	167
West Perth	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	124.2%	164	132
South Fremantle	4th	2	-0-	2	8	128.2%	182	142
North Fremantle	5th	0	-0-	4	0	62.4%	126	202
Subiaco	6th	0	-0-	4	0	28.1%	82	292

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/06/1903	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v Subiaco	North Fremantle Oval	120	-	17
SAT	06/06/1903	3:00 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	34	-	85
SAT	06/06/1903	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	27	-	65

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	5	-0-	0	20	247.2%	314	127
West Perth	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	144.0%	229	159
Perth	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	110.7%	279	252
South Fremantle	4th	2	-0-	3	8	101.0%	209	207
North Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	4	4	112.3%	246	219
Subiaco	6th	0	-0-	5	0	24.0%	99	412

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/06/1903	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval	61	-	17
SAT	13/06/1903	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	39	-	44
SAT	13/06/1903	3:00 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	30	-	19

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	6	-0-	0	24	260.4%	375	144
West Perth	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	137.9%	273	198
Perth	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	114.0%	309	271
South Fremantle	4th	2	-0-	4	8	84.3%	226	268
North Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	5	4	108.4%	285	263
Subiaco	6th	0	-0-	6	0	26.7%	118	442

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/06/1903	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v North Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	39	-	32
SAT	20/06/1903	3:00 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	24	-	29
SAT	20/06/1903	3:00 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	North Fremantle Oval	11	-	93

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	0	28	235.2%	414	176
West Perth	2nd	6	-0-	1	24	175.1%	366	209
Perth	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	111.0%	333	300
South Fremantle	4th	3	-0-	4	12	87.3%	255	292
North Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	6	4	105.0%	317	302
Subiaco	6th	0	-0-	7	0	24.1%	129	535

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/06/1903	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v Perth	North Fremantle Oval	38	-	27
SAT	27/06/1903	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	34	-	13
SAT	27/06/1903	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	39	-	25

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	1	28	204.2%	439	215
West Perth	2nd	7	-0-	1	28	173.1%	405	234
Perth	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	106.5%	360	338
South Fremantle	4th	4	-0-	4	16	94.8%	289	305
North Fremantle	5th	2	-0-	6	8	107.9%	355	329
Subiaco	6th	0	-0-	8	0	25.0%	142	569

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/07/1903	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	North Fremantle Oval	46	-	27
SAT	04/07/1903	3:00 PM	Perth v West Perth	WACA	49	-	29
SAT	04/07/1903	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v North Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	30	-	35

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	8	-0-	1	32	200.4%	485	242
West Perth	2nd	7	-0-	2	28	153.4%	434	283
Perth	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	111.4%	409	367
South Fremantle	4th	4	-0-	5	16	93.8%	319	340
North Fremantle	5th	3	-0-	6	12	108.6%	390	359
Subiaco	6th	0	-0-	9	0	27.5%	169	615

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/07/1903	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	60	-	3
SAT	11/07/1903	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	North Fremantle Oval	38	-	38
SAT	11/07/1903	3:00 PM	Subiaco v North Fremantle	WACA	38	-	23

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	9	-0-	1	36	222.4%	545	245
West Perth	2nd	7	-1-	2	30	147.0%	472	321
Perth	3rd	5	-0-	5	20	96.5%	412	427
South Fremantle	4th	4	-1-	5	18	94.4%	357	378
North Fremantle	5th	3	-0-	7	12	104.0%	413	397
Subiaco	6th	1	-0-	9	4	32.4%	207	638

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/07/1903	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	67	-	32
SAT	18/07/1903	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v West Perth	North Fremantle Oval	43	-	36
SAT	18/07/1903	3:00 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	45	-	41

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	10	-0-	1	40	220.9%	612	277
West Perth	2nd	7	-1-	3	30	139.6%	508	364
Perth	3rd	6	-0-	5	24	97.6%	457	468
South Fremantle	4th	4	-1-	6	18	87.4%	389	445
North Fremantle	5th	4	-0-	7	16	105.3%	456	433
Subiaco	6th	1	-0-	10	4	36.3%	248	683

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/07/1903	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v East Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval	23	-	17
SAT	25/07/1903	3:00 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	31	-	28
SAT	25/07/1903	3:00 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	16	-	54

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	10	-0-	2	40	209.7%	629	300
West Perth	2nd	8	-1-	3	34	147.9%	562	380
Perth	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	98.4%	488	496
North Fremantle	4th	5	-0-	7	20	106.4%	479	450
South Fremantle	5th	4	-1-	7	18	87.6%	417	476
Subiaco	6th	1	-0-	11	4	35.8%	264	737

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/08/1903	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	32	-	34
SAT	01/08/1903	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	North Fremantle Oval	52	-	30
SAT	01/08/1903	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	23	-	50

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	11	-0-	2	44	210.2%	679	323
West Perth	2nd	8	-1-	4	34	136.0%	585	430
Perth	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	98.9%	522	528
South Fremantle	4th	5	-1-	7	22	92.7%	469	506
North Fremantle	5th	5	-0-	8	20	105.6%	511	484
Subiaco	6th	1	-0-	12	4	37.3%	294	789

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/08/1903	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	70	-	11
SAT	08/08/1903	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v South Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval	51	-	43
SAT	08/08/1903	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	WACA	57	-	29

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	12	-0-	2	48	224.3%	749	334
West Perth	2nd	9	-1-	4	38	139.9%	642	459
Perth	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	94.2%	551	585
North Fremantle	4th	6	-0-	8	24	106.6%	562	527
South Fremantle	5th	5	-1-	8	22	91.9%	512	557
Subiaco	6th	1	-0-	13	4	35.5%	305	859

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/08/1903	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	North Fremantle Oval	50	-	13
SAT	15/08/1903	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	42	-	16
SAT	15/08/1903	3:00 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	59	-	32

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	13	-0-	2	52	230.3%	799	347
West Perth	2nd	10	-1-	4	42	142.8%	701	491
Perth	3rd	8	-0-	7	32	88.8%	564	635
North Fremantle	4th	7	-0-	8	28	111.2%	604	543
South Fremantle	5th	5	-1-	9	22	88.3%	544	616
Subiaco	6th	1	-0-	14	4	35.6%	321	901

Round 16 (Qualifying Round 1)

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/08/1903	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v East Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval	26	-	61
SAT	29/08/1903	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	WACA	35	-	22

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	14	-0-	2	56	230.6%	860	373
West Perth	2nd	11	-1-	4	46	143.5%	736	513
Perth	3rd	8	-0-	8	32	87.5%	586	670
North Fremantle	4th	7	-0-	9	28	104.3%	630	604
South Fremantle	5th	5	-1-	9	22	88.3%	544	616
Subiaco	6th	1	-0-	14	4	35.6%	321	901

Round 17 (Qualifying Round 2)

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/09/1903	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	80	-	36
SAT	05/09/1903	3:00 PM	Perth v North Fremantle	WACA	29	-	30

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	15	-0-	2	60	229.8%	940	409
West Perth	2nd	11	-1-	5	46	130.2%	772	593
North Fremantle	3rd	8	-0-	9	32	104.3%	660	633
Perth	4th	8	-0-	9	32	87.9%	615	700
South Fremantle	5th	5	-1-	9	22	88.3%	544	616
Subiaco	6th	1	-0-	14	4	35.6%	321	901

Round 18 (Qualifying Round 3)

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/09/1903	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	72	-	35
SAT	12/09/1903	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v West Perth	North Fremantle Oval	66	-	46

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	16	-0-	2	64	227.9%	1,012	444
West Perth	2nd	11	-1-	6	46	124.1%	818	659
North Fremantle	3rd	9	-0-	9	36	106.9%	726	679
Perth	4th	8	-0-	10	32	84.2%	650	772
South Fremantle	5th	5	-1-	9	22	88.3%	544	616
Subiaco	6th	1	-0-	14	4	35.6%	321	901

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