1908 WAFL Season

These are the results for the 1908 season of the West Australian Football League.

It featured seventeen rounds. East Fremantle were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the First Amended Argus system. East Fremantle were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1908 WAFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: First Amended Argus System
Matches: 71

Team Details

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

Season Results

Premiers: East Fremantle
Runners-Up: 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 14 -0- 3 56 176.9% 936 529 124 192 70 109
Perth 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 135.2% 814 602 109 160 77 140
South Fremantle 3rd 10 -0- 7 40 130.4% 876 672 118 168 86 156
West Perth 4th 8 -1- 8 34 93.8% 732 780 94 168 104 156
East Perth 5th 7 -1- 9 30 94.4% 771 817 106 135 112 145
North Fremantle 6th 7 -0- 10 28 95.5% 664 695 91 118 91 149
Midland Junction 7th 5 -1- 11 22 81.4% 715 878 90 175 118 170
Subiaco 8th 2 -1- 14 10 52.4% 590 1,125 79 116 153 207

Major Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
East Fremantle 1st 16 -0- 3 64 177.1% 1,004 567 132 212 74 123
Perth 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 127.5% 868 681 115 178 88 153
South Fremantle 3rd 10 -0- 8 40 128.9% 906 703 122 174 89 169
West Perth 4th 8 -1- 9 34 93.7% 774 826 100 174 110 166

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
East Fremantle 1st Premiers
Perth 2nd Runners-Up
South Fremantle 3rd Defeated by East Fremantle (Semi Final)
West Perth 4th Defeated by Perth (Semi Final)
East Perth 5th Did not qualify for finals
North Fremantle 6th Did not qualify for finals
Midland Junction 7th Did not qualify for finals
Subiaco 8th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/05/1908 3:30 PM East Fremantle v Perth Fremantle Oval 60 - 44 2,000
SAT 02/05/1908 3:30 PM East Perth v South Fremantle Claremont Showground 51 - 44
SAT 02/05/1908 3:30 PM Midland Junction v Subiaco Midland Oval 44 - 44
SAT 02/05/1908 3:30 PM West Perth v North Fremantle WACA 40 - 33

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 1 -0- 0 4 136.4% 60 44
West Perth 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 121.2% 40 33
East Perth 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 115.9% 51 44
Midland Junction 4th 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 44 44
Subiaco 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 44 44
South Fremantle 6th 0 -0- 1 0 86.3% 44 51
North Fremantle 7th 0 -0- 1 0 82.5% 33 40
Perth 8th 0 -0- 1 0 73.3% 44 60

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1908 3:30 PM Midland Junction v East Fremantle Midland Oval 24 - 51
SAT 09/05/1908 3:30 PM Perth v North Fremantle WACA 35 - 27
SAT 09/05/1908 3:30 PM South Fremantle v West Perth Fremantle Oval 23 - 28
SAT 09/05/1908 3:30 PM Subiaco v East Perth Subiaco Oval 59 - 44

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 2 -0- 0 8 163.2% 111 68
West Perth 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 121.4% 68 56
Subiaco 3rd 1 -1- 0 6 117.0% 103 88
East Perth 4th 1 -0- 1 4 92.2% 95 103
Perth 5th 1 -0- 1 4 90.8% 79 87
Midland Junction 6th 0 -1- 1 2 71.6% 68 95
South Fremantle 7th 0 -0- 2 0 84.8% 67 79
North Fremantle 8th 0 -0- 2 0 80.0% 60 75

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1908 3:30 PM North Fremantle v East Fremantle North Fremantle Oval 20 - 31
SAT 16/05/1908 3:30 PM Perth v East Perth WACA 63 - 38
SAT 16/05/1908 3:30 PM South Fremantle v Midland Junction Fremantle Oval 83 - 34
SAT 16/05/1908 3:30 PM Subiaco v West Perth Subiaco Oval 44 - 38

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 3 -0- 0 12 161.4% 142 88
Subiaco 2nd 2 -1- 0 10 116.7% 147 126
Perth 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 113.6% 142 125
West Perth 4th 2 -0- 1 8 106.0% 106 100
South Fremantle 5th 1 -0- 2 4 132.7% 150 113
East Perth 6th 1 -0- 2 4 80.1% 133 166
Midland Junction 7th 0 -1- 2 2 57.3% 102 178
North Fremantle 8th 0 -0- 3 0 75.5% 80 106

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1908 3:30 PM North Fremantle v Midland Junction North Fremantle Oval 80 - 33
SAT 23/05/1908 3:30 PM South Fremantle v Perth Fremantle Oval 48 - 39
SAT 23/05/1908 3:30 PM Subiaco v East Fremantle Subiaco Oval 22 - 58
SAT 23/05/1908 3:30 PM West Perth v East Perth WACA 43 - 43

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 4 -0- 0 16 181.8% 200 110
West Perth 2nd 2 -1- 1 10 104.2% 149 143
Subiaco 3rd 2 -1- 1 10 91.8% 169 184
South Fremantle 4th 2 -0- 2 8 130.3% 198 152
Perth 5th 2 -0- 2 8 104.6% 181 173
East Perth 6th 1 -1- 2 6 84.2% 176 209
North Fremantle 7th 1 -0- 3 4 115.1% 160 139
Midland Junction 8th 0 -1- 3 2 52.3% 135 258

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1908 3:30 PM Midland Junction v Perth Midland Oval 40 - 69
SAT 30/05/1908 3:30 PM North Fremantle v East Perth North Fremantle Oval 49 - 36
SAT 30/05/1908 3:30 PM South Fremantle v Subiaco Fremantle Oval 91 - 42
SAT 30/05/1908 3:30 PM West Perth v East Fremantle WACA 42 - 59

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 5 -0- 0 20 170.4% 259 152
South Fremantle 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 149.0% 289 194
Perth 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 117.4% 250 213
West Perth 4th 2 -1- 2 10 94.6% 191 202
Subiaco 5th 2 -1- 2 10 76.7% 211 275
North Fremantle 6th 2 -0- 3 8 119.4% 209 175
East Perth 7th 1 -1- 3 6 82.2% 212 258
Midland Junction 8th 0 -1- 4 2 53.5% 175 327

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/06/1908 3:30 PM Midland Junction v East Perth Midland Oval 48 - 70
SAT 06/06/1908 3:30 PM Perth v West Perth WACA 69 - 38
SAT 06/06/1908 3:30 PM South Fremantle v East Fremantle Fremantle Oval 36 - 16
SAT 06/06/1908 3:30 PM Subiaco v North Fremantle Subiaco Oval 39 - 64

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 5 -0- 1 20 146.3% 275 188
South Fremantle 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 154.8% 325 210
Perth 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 127.1% 319 251
North Fremantle 4th 3 -0- 3 12 127.6% 273 214
East Perth 5th 2 -1- 3 10 92.2% 282 306
West Perth 6th 2 -1- 3 10 84.5% 229 271
Subiaco 7th 2 -1- 3 10 73.7% 250 339
Midland Junction 8th 0 -1- 5 2 56.2% 223 397

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/06/1908 3:30 PM East Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 58 - 27
SAT 13/06/1908 3:30 PM North Fremantle v South Fremantle North Fremantle Oval 35 - 23
SAT 13/06/1908 3:30 PM Subiaco v Perth Subiaco Oval 29 - 40
SAT 13/06/1908 3:30 PM West Perth v Midland Junction WACA 43 - 41

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 6 -0- 1 24 154.9% 333 215
Perth 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 128.2% 359 280
South Fremantle 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 142.0% 348 245
North Fremantle 4th 4 -0- 3 16 130.0% 308 237
West Perth 5th 3 -1- 3 14 87.2% 272 312
East Perth 6th 2 -1- 4 10 84.9% 309 364
Subiaco 7th 2 -1- 4 10 73.6% 279 379
Midland Junction 8th 0 -1- 6 2 60.0% 264 440

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/06/1908 3:30 PM North Fremantle v West Perth North Fremantle Oval 20 - 28
SAT 20/06/1908 3:30 PM Perth v East Fremantle WACA 21 - 59
SAT 20/06/1908 3:30 PM South Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 64 - 47
SAT 20/06/1908 3:30 PM Subiaco v Midland Junction Subiaco Oval 31 - 34

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 7 -0- 1 28 166.1% 392 236
South Fremantle 2nd 5 -0- 3 20 141.1% 412 292
Perth 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 112.1% 380 339
West Perth 4th 4 -1- 3 18 90.4% 300 332
North Fremantle 5th 4 -0- 4 16 123.8% 328 265
East Perth 6th 2 -1- 5 10 83.2% 356 428
Subiaco 7th 2 -1- 5 10 75.1% 310 413
Midland Junction 8th 1 -1- 6 6 63.3% 298 471

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1908 3:30 PM East Fremantle v Midland Junction Fremantle Oval 55 - 30
SAT 04/07/1908 3:30 PM North Fremantle v Perth North Fremantle Oval 25 - 35
SAT 04/07/1908 3:30 PM Subiaco v East Perth Subiaco Oval 38 - 60
SAT 04/07/1908 3:30 PM West Perth v South Fremantle WACA 56 - 27

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 8 -0- 1 32 168.0% 447 266
Perth 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 114.0% 415 364
West Perth 3rd 5 -1- 3 22 99.2% 356 359
South Fremantle 4th 5 -0- 4 20 126.1% 439 348
North Fremantle 5th 4 -0- 5 16 117.7% 353 300
East Perth 6th 3 -1- 5 14 89.3% 416 466
Subiaco 7th 2 -1- 6 10 73.6% 348 473
Midland Junction 8th 1 -1- 7 6 62.4% 328 526

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1908 3:30 PM East Fremantle v North Fremantle Fremantle Oval 79 - 14
SAT 11/07/1908 3:30 PM Midland Junction v South Fremantle Midland Oval 36 - 71
SAT 11/07/1908 3:30 PM Perth v East Perth WACA 36 - 23
SAT 11/07/1908 3:30 PM Subiaco v West Perth Subiaco Oval 32 - 100

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 9 -0- 1 36 187.9% 526 280
Perth 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 116.5% 451 387
West Perth 3rd 6 -1- 3 26 116.6% 456 391
South Fremantle 4th 6 -0- 4 24 132.8% 510 384
North Fremantle 5th 4 -0- 6 16 96.8% 367 379
East Perth 6th 3 -1- 6 14 87.5% 439 502
Subiaco 7th 2 -1- 7 10 66.3% 380 573
Midland Junction 8th 1 -1- 8 6 61.0% 364 597

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1908 3:30 PM East Fremantle v Subiaco Fremantle Oval 113 - 12
SAT 18/07/1908 3:30 PM Midland Junction v North Fremantle Midland Oval 58 - 4
SAT 18/07/1908 3:30 PM Perth v South Fremantle WACA 40 - 32
SAT 18/07/1908 3:30 PM West Perth v East Perth Subiaco Oval 58 - 35

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 10 -0- 1 40 218.8% 639 292
Perth 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 117.2% 491 419
West Perth 3rd 7 -1- 3 30 120.7% 514 426
South Fremantle 4th 6 -0- 5 24 127.8% 542 424
North Fremantle 5th 4 -0- 7 16 84.9% 371 437
East Perth 6th 3 -1- 7 14 84.6% 474 560
Midland Junction 7th 2 -1- 8 10 70.2% 422 601
Subiaco 8th 2 -1- 8 10 57.1% 392 686

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1908 3:30 PM East Fremantle v West Perth Fremantle Oval 57 - 24
SAT 25/07/1908 3:30 PM East Perth v North Fremantle WACA 61 - 16
SAT 25/07/1908 3:30 PM Midland Junction v Perth Midland Oval 58 - 32
SAT 25/07/1908 3:30 PM Subiaco v South Fremantle Subiaco Oval 33 - 67

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 11 -0- 1 44 220.3% 696 316
Perth 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 109.6% 523 477
West Perth 3rd 7 -1- 4 30 111.4% 538 483
South Fremantle 4th 7 -0- 5 28 133.3% 609 457
East Perth 5th 4 -1- 7 18 92.9% 535 576
North Fremantle 6th 4 -0- 8 16 77.7% 387 498
Midland Junction 7th 3 -1- 8 14 75.8% 480 633
Subiaco 8th 2 -1- 9 10 56.4% 425 753

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1908 3:30 PM East Fremantle v South Fremantle Fremantle Oval 60 - 47
SAT 01/08/1908 3:30 PM East Perth v Midland Junction Subiaco Oval 51 - 40
SAT 01/08/1908 3:30 PM North Fremantle v Subiaco North Fremantle Oval 107 - 25
SAT 01/08/1908 3:30 PM Perth v West Perth WACA 56 - 17

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 12 -0- 1 48 208.3% 756 363
Perth 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 117.2% 579 494
West Perth 3rd 7 -1- 5 30 103.0% 555 539
South Fremantle 4th 7 -0- 6 28 126.9% 656 517
East Perth 5th 5 -1- 7 22 95.1% 586 616
North Fremantle 6th 5 -0- 8 20 94.5% 494 523
Midland Junction 7th 3 -1- 9 14 76.0% 520 684
Subiaco 8th 2 -1- 10 10 52.3% 450 860

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/08/1908 3:30 PM East Perth v East Fremantle WACA 29 - 57
SAT 15/08/1908 3:30 PM Midland Junction v West Perth Midland Oval 70 - 56
SAT 15/08/1908 3:30 PM South Fremantle v North Fremantle Fremantle Oval 59 - 9
SAT 15/08/1908 3:30 PM Subiaco v Perth Subiaco Oval 31 - 102

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 13 -0- 1 52 207.4% 813 392
Perth 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 129.7% 681 525
South Fremantle 3rd 8 -0- 6 32 135.9% 715 526
West Perth 4th 7 -1- 6 30 100.3% 611 609
East Perth 5th 5 -1- 8 22 91.4% 615 673
North Fremantle 6th 5 -0- 9 20 86.4% 503 582
Midland Junction 7th 4 -1- 9 18 79.7% 590 740
Subiaco 8th 2 -1- 11 10 50.0% 481 962

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1908 3:30 PM Midland Junction v East Fremantle Midland Oval 40 - 49
SAT 22/08/1908 3:30 PM Perth v North Fremantle WACA 57 - 14
SAT 22/08/1908 3:30 PM South Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 78 - 53
SAT 22/08/1908 3:30 PM Subiaco v West Perth Subiaco Oval 53 - 58

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 14 -0- 1 56 199.5% 862 432
Perth 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 136.9% 738 539
South Fremantle 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 137.0% 793 579
West Perth 4th 8 -1- 6 34 101.1% 669 662
East Perth 5th 5 -1- 9 22 88.9% 668 751
North Fremantle 6th 5 -0- 10 20 80.9% 517 639
Midland Junction 7th 4 -1- 10 18 79.8% 630 789
Subiaco 8th 2 -1- 12 10 52.4% 534 1,020

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1908 3:30 PM East Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 42 - 47
SAT 29/08/1908 3:30 PM Midland Junction v South Fremantle Midland Oval 61 - 33
SAT 29/08/1908 3:30 PM North Fremantle v Subiaco North Fremantle Oval 69 - 21
SAT 29/08/1908 3:30 PM Perth v West Perth WACA 40 - 28

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 14 -0- 2 56 188.7% 904 479
Perth 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 137.2% 778 567
South Fremantle 3rd 9 -0- 7 36 129.1% 826 640
West Perth 4th 8 -1- 7 34 99.3% 697 702
East Perth 5th 6 -1- 9 26 90.2% 715 793
North Fremantle 6th 6 -0- 10 24 88.8% 586 660
Midland Junction 7th 5 -1- 10 22 84.1% 691 822
Subiaco 8th 2 -1- 13 10 51.0% 555 1,089

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1908 3:30 PM East Perth v Midland Junction WACA 56 - 24
SAT 05/09/1908 3:30 PM North Fremantle v West Perth North Fremantle Oval 78 - 35
SAT 05/09/1908 3:30 PM South Fremantle v East Fremantle Fremantle Oval 50 - 32
SAT 05/09/1908 3:30 PM Subiaco v Perth Subiaco Oval 35 - 36

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 14 -0- 3 56 176.9% 936 529
Perth 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 135.2% 814 602
South Fremantle 3rd 10 -0- 7 40 130.4% 876 672
West Perth 4th 8 -1- 8 34 93.8% 732 780
East Perth 5th 7 -1- 9 30 94.4% 771 817
North Fremantle 6th 7 -0- 10 28 95.5% 664 695
Midland Junction 7th 5 -1- 11 22 81.4% 715 878
Subiaco 8th 2 -1- 14 10 52.4% 590 1,125

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1908 3:30 PM East Fremantle v South Fremantle Fremantle Oval 31 - 30
SAT 19/09/1908 3:30 PM Perth v West Perth WACA 46 - 42

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/09/1908 3:30 PM East Fremantle v Perth Fremantle Oval 37 - 8