1913 WAFL Season

These are the results for the 1913 season of the West Australian Football League.

It featured nineteen rounds in a double round-robin format with five qualifying rounds that excluded the team that was placed last on the ladder after the first fourteen rounds. Each team received two byes. Subiaco were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Neutral Argus system. Subiaco were the premiers, with Phil Matson as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1913 WAFL Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 19 (inc. 5 qualifying rounds)
Finals System: Second Amended Neutral Argus System
Matches: 61

Team Details

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

Season Results

Premiers: Subiaco
Runners-Up: Perth
Minor Premiers: Subiaco

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Subiaco	1st	13	-0-	4	52	152.4%	1,067	700	150	167	97	118
East Fremantle	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	156.7%	909	580	122	177	74	136
Perth	3rd	11	-1-	5	46	149.8%	878	586	114	194	75	136
South Fremantle	4th	9	-0-	8	36	90.7%	653	720	88	125	93	162
North Fremantle	5th	6	-0-	11	24	71.5%	600	839	74	156	110	179
West Perth	6th	3	-1-	13	14	56.5%	612	1,083	81	126	148	195
East Perth	7th	2	-0-	10	8	68.5%	458	669	60	98	92	117

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/04/1913	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v West Perth	North Fremantle Oval	62	-	33
SAT	26/04/1913	3:00 PM	Perth v East Perth	WACA	82	-	40
SAT	26/04/1913	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	36	-	30

Round 1 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	1	-0-	0	4	205.0%	82	40
North Fremantle	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	187.9%	62	33
Subiaco	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	120.0%	36	30
South Fremantle	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
East Fremantle	5th	0	-0-	1	0	83.3%	30	36
West Perth	6th	0	-0-	1	0	53.2%	33	62
East Perth	7th	0	-0-	1	0	48.8%	40	82

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/05/1913	3:00 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	Perth Oval	44	-	107
SAT	03/05/1913	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v North Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	51	-	37
SAT	03/05/1913	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	21	-	71

Round 2 Bye: Perth

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	2	-0-	0	8	193.2%	143	74
Perth	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	205.0%	82	40
East Fremantle	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	177.2%	101	57
South Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	0	4	137.8%	51	37
North Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	1	4	117.9%	99	84
East Perth	6th	0	-0-	2	0	44.4%	84	189
West Perth	7th	0	-0-	2	0	40.6%	54	133

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/05/1913	3:00 PM	East Perth v North Fremantle	Perth Oval	53	-	54
SAT	10/05/1913	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	65	-	54
SAT	10/05/1913	3:00 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	23	-	67

Round 3 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	3	-0-	0	12	162.5%	208	128
South Fremantle	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	196.7%	118	60
North Fremantle	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	111.7%	153	137
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	1	4	177.2%	101	57
Perth	5th	1	-0-	1	4	129.5%	136	105
East Perth	6th	0	-0-	3	0	56.4%	137	243
West Perth	7th	0	-0-	3	0	38.5%	77	200

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/05/1913	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v Subiaco	North Fremantle Oval	41	-	19
SAT	17/05/1913	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	39	-	38
SAT	17/05/1913	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	Perth Oval	37	-	78

Round 4 Bye: East Perth

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Fremantle	1st	3	-0-	0	12	160.2%	157	98
Subiaco	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	134.3%	227	169
North Fremantle	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	124.4%	194	156
Perth	4th	2	-0-	1	8	150.7%	214	142
East Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	2	4	144.8%	139	96
East Perth	6th	0	-0-	3	0	56.4%	137	243
West Perth	7th	0	-0-	4	0	41.0%	114	278

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/05/1913	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	76	-	32
SAT	24/05/1913	3:00 PM	Perth v North Fremantle	WACA	58	-	44
SAT	24/05/1913	3:00 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	47	-	18

Round 5 Bye: West Perth

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	4	-0-	1	16	146.5%	274	187
Perth	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	146.2%	272	186
South Fremantle	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	120.7%	175	145
North Fremantle	4th	3	-0-	2	12	111.2%	238	214
East Fremantle	5th	2	-0-	2	8	168.0%	215	128
East Perth	6th	0	-0-	4	0	53.0%	169	319
West Perth	7th	0	-0-	4	0	41.0%	114	278

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/05/1913	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v East Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval	30	-	32
SAT	31/05/1913	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	42	-	35
SAT	31/05/1913	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Perth	WACA	26	-	9

Round 6 Bye: Subiaco

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	4	-0-	1	16	146.5%	274	187
South Fremantle	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	120.6%	217	180
East Fremantle	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	156.3%	247	158
Perth	4th	3	-0-	2	12	134.6%	307	228
North Fremantle	5th	3	-0-	3	12	108.9%	268	246
West Perth	6th	1	-0-	4	4	48.8%	140	287
East Perth	7th	0	-0-	5	0	51.6%	178	345

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
MON	02/06/1913	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	66	-	38
MON	02/06/1913	3:00 PM	East Perth v Perth	Perth Oval	45	-	34
MON	02/06/1913	3:00 PM	West Perth v North Fremantle	WACA	41	-	35

Round 7 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	4	-0-	2	16	159.7%	313	196
Subiaco	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	123.3%	312	253
South Fremantle	3rd	4	-0-	1	16	120.6%	217	180
Perth	4th	3	-0-	3	12	124.9%	341	273
North Fremantle	5th	3	-0-	4	12	105.6%	303	287
West Perth	6th	2	-0-	4	8	56.2%	181	322
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	5	4	58.8%	223	379

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/06/1913	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	48	-	33
SAT	07/06/1913	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v South Fremantle	North Fremantle Oval	40	-	14
SAT	07/06/1913	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	65	-	52

Round 8 Bye: Perth

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	5	-0-	2	20	157.6%	361	229
Subiaco	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	123.6%	377	305
North Fremantle	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	114.0%	343	301
South Fremantle	4th	4	-0-	2	16	105.0%	231	220
Perth	5th	3	-0-	3	12	124.9%	341	273
West Perth	6th	2	-0-	5	8	57.8%	214	370
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	6	4	61.9%	275	444

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/06/1913	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v East Perth	North Fremantle Oval	58	-	55
SAT	14/06/1913	3:00 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	54	-	57
SAT	14/06/1913	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	71	-	38

Round 9 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	6	-0-	2	24	120.9%	434	359
East Fremantle	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	157.6%	361	229
South Fremantle	3rd	5	-0-	2	20	117.1%	302	258
North Fremantle	4th	5	-0-	4	20	112.6%	401	356
Perth	5th	3	-0-	4	12	119.7%	395	330
West Perth	6th	2	-0-	6	8	57.1%	252	441
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	7	4	65.7%	330	502

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/06/1913	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	39	-	21
SAT	21/06/1913	3:00 PM	Subiaco v North Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	32	-	17
SAT	21/06/1913	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	WACA	21	-	21

Round 10 Bye: East Perth

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	7	-0-	2	28	123.9%	466	376
East Fremantle	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	160.0%	400	250
South Fremantle	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	108.8%	323	297
North Fremantle	4th	5	-0-	5	20	107.7%	418	388
Perth	5th	3	-1-	4	14	118.5%	416	351
West Perth	6th	2	-1-	6	10	59.1%	273	462
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	7	4	65.7%	330	502

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/06/1913	3:00 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Perth Oval	18	-	38
SAT	28/06/1913	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v Perth	North Fremantle Oval	35	-	41
SAT	28/06/1913	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	25	-	41

Round 11 Bye: West Perth

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	8	-0-	2	32	126.4%	507	401
East Fremantle	2nd	7	-0-	2	28	163.4%	438	268
North Fremantle	3rd	5	-0-	6	20	105.6%	453	429
South Fremantle	4th	5	-0-	4	20	103.0%	348	338
Perth	5th	4	-1-	4	18	118.4%	457	386
West Perth	6th	2	-1-	6	10	59.1%	273	462
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	8	4	64.4%	348	540

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/07/1913	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v North Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	68	-	27
SAT	05/07/1913	3:00 PM	East Perth v West Perth	Perth Oval	49	-	37
SAT	05/07/1913	3:00 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	52	-	18

Round 12 Bye: Subiaco

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	8	-0-	2	32	171.5%	506	295
Subiaco	2nd	8	-0-	2	32	126.4%	507	401
Perth	3rd	5	-1-	4	22	126.0%	509	404
North Fremantle	4th	5	-0-	7	20	96.6%	480	497
South Fremantle	5th	5	-0-	5	20	93.8%	366	390
West Perth	6th	2	-1-	7	10	60.7%	310	511
East Perth	7th	2	-0-	8	8	68.8%	397	577

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/07/1913	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	47	-	49
SAT	26/07/1913	3:00 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Perth Oval	21	-	29
SAT	26/07/1913	3:00 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	WACA	34	-	131

Round 13 Bye: North Fremantle

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	9	-0-	2	36	146.7%	638	435
East Fremantle	2nd	8	-0-	3	32	160.8%	553	344
Perth	3rd	6	-1-	4	26	123.7%	558	451
South Fremantle	4th	6	-0-	5	24	96.1%	395	411
North Fremantle	5th	5	-0-	7	20	96.6%	480	497
West Perth	6th	2	-1-	8	10	53.6%	344	642
East Perth	7th	2	-0-	9	8	69.0%	418	606

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/08/1913	3:00 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	55	-	37
SAT	02/08/1913	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	63	-	40
SAT	02/08/1913	3:00 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	113	-	39

Round 14 Bye: North Fremantle

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	10	-0-	2	40	158.4%	751	474
East Fremantle	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	147.9%	590	399
Perth	3rd	7	-1-	4	30	125.6%	613	488
South Fremantle	4th	7	-0-	5	28	101.6%	458	451
North Fremantle	5th	5	-0-	7	20	96.6%	480	497
West Perth	6th	2	-1-	9	10	50.7%	383	755
East Perth	7th	2	-0-	10	8	68.5%	458	669

Round 15 (Qualifying Round 1)

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/08/1913	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v North Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	97	-	25
SAT	09/08/1913	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	43	-	41
SAT	09/08/1913	3:00 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	42	-	55

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	11	-0-	2	44	154.2%	794	515
East Fremantle	2nd	9	-0-	4	36	162.0%	687	424
South Fremantle	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	104.1%	513	493
Perth	4th	7	-1-	5	30	123.2%	654	531
North Fremantle	5th	5	-0-	8	20	85.0%	505	594
West Perth	6th	2	-1-	10	10	52.5%	425	810
East Perth	7th	2	-0-	10	8	68.5%	458	669

Round 16 (Qualifying Round 2)

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/08/1913	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v Subiaco	North Fremantle Oval	15	-	56
SAT	23/08/1913	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	35	-	71
SAT	23/08/1913	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	WACA	9	-	56

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	12	-0-	2	48	160.4%	850	530
East Fremantle	2nd	10	-0-	4	40	165.1%	758	459
Perth	3rd	8	-1-	5	34	131.5%	710	540
South Fremantle	4th	8	-0-	6	32	97.2%	548	564
North Fremantle	5th	5	-0-	9	20	80.0%	520	650
West Perth	6th	2	-1-	11	10	50.1%	434	866
East Perth	7th	2	-0-	10	8	68.5%	458	669

Round 17 (Qualifying Round 3)

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/08/1913	3:00 PM	Perth v North Fremantle	Perth Oval	74	-	18
SAT	30/08/1913	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	64	-	54
SAT	30/08/1913	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	52	-	69

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	12	-0-	3	48	152.2%	904	594
East Fremantle	2nd	11	-0-	4	44	161.8%	827	511
Perth	3rd	9	-1-	5	38	140.5%	784	558
South Fremantle	4th	9	-0-	6	36	99.0%	612	618
North Fremantle	5th	5	-0-	10	20	74.3%	538	724
West Perth	6th	2	-1-	12	10	52.0%	486	935
East Perth	7th	2	-0-	10	8	68.5%	458	669

Round 18 (Qualifying Round 4)

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/09/1913	3:00 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	Perth Oval	41	-	15
SAT	06/09/1913	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v North Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	28	-	49
SAT	06/09/1913	3:00 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	135	-	39

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	13	-0-	3	52	164.1%	1,039	633
East Fremantle	2nd	11	-0-	5	44	152.5%	842	552
Perth	3rd	10	-1-	5	42	144.0%	825	573
South Fremantle	4th	9	-0-	7	36	96.0%	640	667
North Fremantle	5th	6	-0-	10	24	78.1%	587	752
West Perth	6th	2	-1-	13	10	49.1%	525	1,070
East Perth	7th	2	-0-	10	8	68.5%	458	669

Round 19 (Qualifying Round 5)

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/09/1913	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	67	-	28
SAT	13/09/1913	3:00 PM	North Fremantle v West Perth	North Fremantle Oval	13	-	87
SAT	13/09/1913	3:00 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	53	-	13

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	13	-0-	4	52	152.4%	1,067	700
East Fremantle	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	156.7%	909	580
Perth	3rd	11	-1-	5	46	149.8%	878	586
South Fremantle	4th	9	-0-	8	36	90.7%	653	720
North Fremantle	5th	6	-0-	11	24	71.5%	600	839
West Perth	6th	3	-1-	13	14	56.5%	612	1,083
East Perth	7th	2	-0-	10	8	68.5%	458	669

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/09/1913	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Perth Oval	15	-	30
SAT	27/09/1913	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	32	-	23

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/10/1913	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Subiaco Oval	18	-	44

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/10/1913	3:00 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	31	-	43

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