1916 WAFL Season

These are the results for the 1916 season of the West Australian Football League.

It featured fourteen rounds in a double round-robin format. Each team received two byes. 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. East Fremantle were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Neutral Argus system. South Fremantle were the premiers, with Frank Collins as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1916 WAFL Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Second Amended Neutral Argus System
Matches: 46

Team Details

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

Season Results

Premiers: South Fremantle
Runners-Up: East Fremantle
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	10	-0-	2	40	214.5%	1,019	475	143	161	64	91
Perth	2nd	10	-0-	2	40	201.8%	793	393	106	157	52	81
South Fremantle	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	109.7%	723	659	101	117	90	119
West Perth	4th	6	-0-	6	24	76.5%	520	680	68	112	94	116
East Perth	5th	4	-0-	8	16	79.1%	634	802	90	94	107	160
Midland Junction	6th	3	-0-	9	12	59.3%	586	989	78	118	140	149
Subiaco	7th	2	-0-	10	8	65.6%	528	805	72	96	111	139

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/05/1916	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v West Perth	Midland Oval	88	-	11
SAT	13/05/1916	3:00 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	39	-	26
SAT	13/05/1916	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	70	-	35

Round 1 Bye: East Perth

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Midland Junction	1st	1	-0-	0	4	800.0%	88	11
South Fremantle	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	200.0%	70	35
Perth	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	150.0%	39	26
East Perth	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
East Fremantle	5th	0	-0-	1	0	66.7%	26	39
Subiaco	6th	0	-0-	1	0	50.0%	35	70
West Perth	7th	0	-0-	1	0	12.5%	11	88

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/05/1916	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v East Perth	Midland Oval	104	-	55
SAT	20/05/1916	3:00 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	138	-	21
SAT	20/05/1916	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	44	-	88

Round 2 Bye: West Perth

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	2	-0-	0	8	376.6%	177	47
Midland Junction	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	290.9%	192	66
East Fremantle	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	137.3%	114	83
South Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	1	4	92.7%	114	123
East Perth	5th	0	-0-	1	0	52.9%	55	104
Subiaco	6th	0	-0-	2	0	26.9%	56	208
West Perth	7th	0	-0-	1	0	12.5%	11	88

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/05/1916	3:00 PM	East Perth v Perth	Perth Oval	28	-	98
SAT	27/05/1916	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	81	-	49
SAT	27/05/1916	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	40	-	107

Round 3 Bye: Midland Junction

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	3	-0-	0	12	366.7%	275	75
Midland Junction	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	290.9%	192	66
East Fremantle	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	179.7%	221	123
South Fremantle	4th	2	-0-	1	8	113.4%	195	172
East Perth	5th	0	-0-	2	0	41.1%	83	202
West Perth	6th	0	-0-	2	0	35.5%	60	169
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	3	0	30.5%	96	315

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/06/1916	3:00 PM	East Perth v West Perth	Perth Oval	74	-	34
MON	05/06/1916	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Midland Junction	Fremantle Oval	68	-	37
MON	05/06/1916	3:00 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	72	-	36

Round 4 Bye: Subiaco

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	4	-0-	0	16	312.6%	347	111
East Fremantle	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	180.6%	289	160
Midland Junction	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	170.9%	229	134
South Fremantle	4th	2	-0-	2	8	94.7%	231	244
East Perth	5th	1	-0-	2	4	66.5%	157	236
West Perth	6th	0	-0-	3	0	38.7%	94	243
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	3	0	30.5%	96	315

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/06/1916	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v Perth	Midland Oval	31	-	68
SAT	10/06/1916	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	88	-	37
SAT	10/06/1916	3:00 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Leederville Oval	58	-	50

Round 5 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	5	-0-	0	20	292.3%	415	142
East Fremantle	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	191.4%	377	197
Midland Junction	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	128.7%	260	202
South Fremantle	4th	2	-0-	2	8	94.7%	231	244
East Perth	5th	1	-0-	3	4	59.9%	194	324
West Perth	6th	1	-0-	3	4	51.9%	152	293
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	4	0	39.1%	146	373

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/06/1916	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	106	-	34
SAT	17/06/1916	3:00 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Perth Oval	80	-	10
SAT	17/06/1916	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Midland Junction	Subiaco Oval	50	-	78

Round 6 Bye: Perth

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	5	-0-	0	20	292.3%	415	142
East Fremantle	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	209.1%	483	231
Midland Junction	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	134.1%	338	252
East Perth	4th	2	-0-	3	8	82.0%	274	334
South Fremantle	5th	2	-0-	3	8	74.4%	241	324
West Perth	6th	1	-0-	4	4	46.6%	186	399
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	5	0	43.5%	196	451

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/06/1916	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v South Fremantle	Midland Oval	29	-	37
SAT	24/06/1916	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	61	-	72
SAT	24/06/1916	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	WACA	24	-	40

Round 7 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	6	-0-	0	24	274.1%	455	166
East Fremantle	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	209.1%	483	231
Midland Junction	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	127.0%	367	289
East Perth	4th	3	-0-	3	12	87.6%	346	395
South Fremantle	5th	3	-0-	3	12	78.8%	278	353
West Perth	6th	1	-0-	5	4	47.8%	210	439
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	6	0	49.1%	257	523

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/07/1916	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	55	-	42
SAT	01/07/1916	3:00 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	42	-	54
SAT	01/07/1916	3:00 PM	West Perth v Midland Junction	Leederville Oval	58	-	53

Round 8 Bye: East Perth

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	6	-0-	1	24	224.9%	497	221
East Fremantle	2nd	6	-0-	1	24	197.1%	538	273
South Fremantle	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	84.1%	332	395
Midland Junction	4th	3	-0-	4	12	121.0%	420	347
East Perth	5th	3	-0-	3	12	87.6%	346	395
West Perth	6th	2	-0-	5	8	54.5%	268	492
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	7	0	51.8%	299	577

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/07/1916	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	87	-	77
SAT	08/07/1916	3:00 PM	East Perth v Midland Junction	Perth Oval	76	-	53
SAT	08/07/1916	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	21	-	46

Round 9 Bye: West Perth

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	7	-0-	1	28	224.4%	543	242
East Fremantle	2nd	7	-0-	1	28	178.6%	625	350
East Perth	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	94.2%	422	448
South Fremantle	4th	4	-0-	4	16	84.9%	409	482
Midland Junction	5th	3	-0-	5	12	111.8%	473	423
West Perth	6th	2	-0-	5	8	54.5%	268	492
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	8	0	51.4%	320	623

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/07/1916	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	83	-	14
SAT	15/07/1916	3:00 PM	Perth v East Perth	WACA	48	-	42
SAT	15/07/1916	3:00 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	Leederville Oval	60	-	35

Round 10 Bye: Midland Junction

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	8	-0-	1	32	208.1%	591	284
East Fremantle	2nd	8	-0-	1	32	194.5%	708	364
East Perth	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	93.5%	464	496
South Fremantle	4th	4	-0-	5	16	81.9%	444	542
Midland Junction	5th	3	-0-	5	12	111.8%	473	423
West Perth	6th	3	-0-	5	12	62.2%	328	527
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	9	0	47.3%	334	706

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/07/1916	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v East Fremantle	Midland Oval	30	-	185
SAT	22/07/1916	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	40	-	39
SAT	22/07/1916	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Perth	Leederville Oval	73	-	45

Round 11 Bye: Subiaco

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	9	-0-	1	36	226.6%	893	394
Perth	2nd	8	-0-	2	32	194.4%	630	324
South Fremantle	3rd	5	-0-	5	20	83.3%	484	581
East Perth	4th	4	-0-	5	16	89.5%	509	569
West Perth	5th	4	-0-	5	16	70.1%	401	572
Midland Junction	6th	3	-0-	6	12	82.7%	503	608
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	9	0	47.3%	334	706

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/07/1916	3:00 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Perth Oval	52	-	103
SAT	29/07/1916	3:00 PM	Perth v Midland Junction	WACA	100	-	29
SAT	29/07/1916	3:00 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	22	-	50

Round 12 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	10	-0-	1	40	223.3%	996	446
Perth	2nd	9	-0-	2	36	206.8%	730	353
South Fremantle	3rd	5	-0-	5	20	83.3%	484	581
West Perth	4th	5	-0-	5	20	75.9%	451	594
East Perth	5th	4	-0-	6	16	83.5%	561	672
Midland Junction	6th	3	-0-	7	12	75.1%	532	708
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	10	0	47.1%	356	756

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/08/1916	3:00 PM	Midland Junction v Subiaco	Midland Oval	18	-	134
SAT	05/08/1916	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	92	-	42
SAT	05/08/1916	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	Leederville Oval	29	-	23

Round 13 Bye: Perth

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	10	-0-	2	40	214.5%	1,019	475
Perth	2nd	9	-0-	2	36	206.8%	730	353
South Fremantle	3rd	6	-0-	5	24	92.5%	576	623
West Perth	4th	6	-0-	5	24	77.8%	480	617
East Perth	5th	4	-0-	7	16	78.9%	603	764
Midland Junction	6th	3	-0-	8	12	65.3%	550	842
Subiaco	7th	1	-0-	10	4	63.3%	490	774

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/08/1916	3:00 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	Perth Oval	31	-	38
SAT	12/08/1916	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Midland Junction	Fremantle Oval	147	-	36
SAT	12/08/1916	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	Leederville Oval	40	-	63

Round 14 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	10	-0-	2	40	214.5%	1,019	475
Perth	2nd	10	-0-	2	40	201.8%	793	393
South Fremantle	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	109.7%	723	659
West Perth	4th	6	-0-	6	24	76.5%	520	680
East Perth	5th	4	-0-	8	16	79.1%	634	802
Midland Junction	6th	3	-0-	9	12	59.3%	586	989
Subiaco	7th	2	-0-	10	8	65.6%	528	805

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/08/1916	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	58	-	37
SAT	26/08/1916	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	WACA	63	-	25

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/09/1916	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	35	-	67

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/09/1916	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	WACA	54	-	35

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