1926 WAFL Season

These are the results for the 1926 season of the West Australian Football League.

It featured twenty-one rounds in a triple round-robin format. Each team received three byes. East Perth were the minor premiers.

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

Season Details

Name: 1926 WAFL Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 21
Finals System: Second Amended Neutral Argus System
Matches: 66

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Claremont-Cottesloe	Claremont Showground	Norm McIntosh
East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	William Truscott
East Perth	Perth Oval	Phil Matson
Perth	WACA
South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval
Subiaco	Subiaco Oval
West Perth	Leederville Oval

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
East Perth	1st	13	-1-	4	54	133.9%	1,443	1,078	201	237	151	172
East Fremantle	2nd	12	-0-	6	48	114.9%	1,226	1,067	172	194	147	185
West Perth	3rd	12	-0-	6	48	113.8%	1,365	1,200	188	237	169	186
Subiaco	4th	9	-1-	8	38	118.9%	1,313	1,104	184	209	155	174
South Fremantle	5th	8	-0-	10	32	88.2%	1,119	1,268	157	177	175	218
Perth	6th	7	-0-	11	28	104.0%	1,268	1,219	179	194	168	211
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	1	-0-	17	4	55.6%	999	1,797	137	177	253	279

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/04/1926	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Perth	Claremont Showground	46	-	117
SAT	24/04/1926	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	54	-	44
SAT	24/04/1926	3:00 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	73	-	76

Round 1 Bye: West Perth

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	1	-0-	0	4	254.3%	117	46
East Fremantle	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	122.7%	54	44
South Fremantle	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	104.1%	76	73
West Perth	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
Subiaco	5th	0	-0-	1	0	96.1%	73	76
Perth	6th	0	-0-	1	0	81.5%	44	54
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	1	0	39.3%	46	117

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/05/1926	3:00 PM	Perth v East Perth	WACA	65	-	64
SAT	01/05/1926	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	64	-	58
SAT	01/05/1926	3:00 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	80	-	56

Round 2 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Fremantle	1st	2	-0-	0	8	106.9%	140	131
East Perth	2nd	1	-0-	1	4	163.1%	181	111
Subiaco	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	115.9%	153	132
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	1	4	103.7%	112	108
Perth	5th	1	-0-	1	4	92.4%	109	118
West Perth	6th	0	-0-	1	0	70.0%	56	80
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	1	0	39.3%	46	117

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/05/1926	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Subiaco	Claremont Showground	50	-	109
SAT	08/05/1926	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	50	-	58
SAT	08/05/1926	3:00 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Perth Oval	59	-	39

Round 3 Bye: Perth

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	2	-0-	1	8	160.0%	240	150
Subiaco	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	144.0%	262	182
South Fremantle	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	94.2%	179	190
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	2	4	97.6%	162	166
Perth	5th	1	-0-	1	4	92.4%	109	118
West Perth	6th	1	-0-	1	4	87.7%	114	130
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	2	0	42.5%	96	226

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/05/1926	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Fremantle	Claremont Showground	62	-	145
SAT	15/05/1926	3:00 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	72	-	52
SAT	15/05/1926	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Perth	Leederville Oval	51	-	59

Round 4 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	3	-0-	1	12	148.8%	299	201
East Fremantle	2nd	2	-0-	2	8	134.6%	307	228
Subiaco	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	123.6%	314	254
Perth	4th	2	-0-	1	8	106.5%	181	170
South Fremantle	5th	2	-0-	1	8	94.2%	179	190
West Perth	6th	1	-0-	2	4	87.3%	165	189
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	3	0	42.6%	158	371

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/05/1926	3:00 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Perth Oval	62	-	70
SAT	22/05/1926	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	60	-	57
SAT	22/05/1926	3:00 PM	West Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Leederville Oval	128	-	58

Round 5 Bye: Subiaco

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	3	-0-	2	12	133.2%	361	271
East Fremantle	2nd	3	-0-	2	12	130.0%	377	290
South Fremantle	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	96.8%	239	247
Subiaco	4th	2	-0-	2	8	123.6%	314	254
West Perth	5th	2	-0-	2	8	118.6%	293	247
Perth	6th	2	-0-	2	8	103.5%	238	230
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	4	0	43.3%	216	499

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/05/1926	3:00 PM	Perth v West Perth	WACA	77	-	96
SAT	29/05/1926	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	77	-	44
SAT	29/05/1926	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	43	-	55

Round 6 Bye: East Perth

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	4	-0-	2	16	129.7%	432	333
South Fremantle	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	108.6%	316	291
East Perth	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	133.2%	361	271
West Perth	4th	3	-0-	2	12	120.1%	389	324
Subiaco	5th	2	-0-	3	8	115.5%	357	309
Perth	6th	2	-0-	3	8	96.6%	315	326
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	5	0	45.1%	260	576

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/06/1926	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Perth	Claremont Showground	48	-	149
SAT	05/06/1926	3:00 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	Perth Oval	54	-	53
SAT	05/06/1926	3:00 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	Leederville Oval	76	-	74

Round 7 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	4	-0-	2	16	129.7%	432	333
East Perth	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	128.1%	415	324
West Perth	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	116.8%	465	398
South Fremantle	4th	4	-0-	2	16	106.3%	390	367
Perth	5th	3	-0-	3	12	124.1%	464	374
Subiaco	6th	2	-0-	4	8	112.9%	410	363
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	6	0	42.5%	308	725

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
MON	07/06/1926	3:00 PM	East Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Perth Oval	74	-	53
MON	07/06/1926	3:00 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	63	-	62
MON	07/06/1926	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	81	-	74

Round 8 Bye: West Perth

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	5	-0-	2	20	129.7%	489	377
South Fremantle	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	106.8%	471	441
East Fremantle	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	124.7%	494	396
Perth	4th	4	-0-	3	16	120.9%	527	436
West Perth	5th	4	-0-	2	16	116.8%	465	398
Subiaco	6th	2	-0-	5	8	109.0%	484	444
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	7	0	45.2%	361	799

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/06/1926	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	68	-	19
SAT	12/06/1926	3:00 PM	East Perth v Perth	Perth Oval	108	-	65
SAT	12/06/1926	3:00 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Leederville Oval	92	-	65

Round 9 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	6	-0-	2	24	135.1%	597	442
East Fremantle	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	135.4%	562	415
West Perth	3rd	5	-0-	2	20	120.3%	557	463
South Fremantle	4th	5	-0-	3	20	96.3%	490	509
Perth	5th	4	-0-	4	16	108.8%	592	544
Subiaco	6th	2	-0-	6	8	102.4%	549	536
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	7	0	45.2%	361	799

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/06/1926	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	36	-	105
SAT	19/06/1926	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Claremont-Cottesloe	Subiaco Oval	123	-	33
SAT	19/06/1926	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	Leederville Oval	56	-	63

Round 10 Bye: Perth

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	7	-0-	2	28	146.9%	702	478
East Fremantle	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	132.7%	625	471
West Perth	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	116.5%	613	526
South Fremantle	4th	5	-0-	4	20	85.7%	526	614
Perth	5th	4	-0-	4	16	108.8%	592	544
Subiaco	6th	3	-0-	6	12	118.1%	672	569
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	8	0	42.7%	394	922

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/06/1926	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	95	-	72
SAT	26/06/1926	3:00 PM	East Perth v West Perth	Perth Oval	93	-	76
SAT	26/06/1926	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	77	-	75

Round 11 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	8	-0-	2	32	143.5%	795	554
East Fremantle	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	132.6%	720	543
West Perth	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	111.3%	689	619
South Fremantle	4th	5	-0-	4	20	85.7%	526	614
Subiaco	5th	4	-0-	6	16	116.3%	749	644
Perth	6th	4	-0-	5	16	107.4%	667	621
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	9	0	45.8%	466	1,017

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/07/1926	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v West Perth	Claremont Showground	64	-	102
SAT	03/07/1926	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	67	-	45
SAT	03/07/1926	3:00 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	87	-	31

Round 12 Bye: Subiaco

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	8	-0-	3	32	135.3%	840	621
East Fremantle	2nd	8	-0-	3	32	133.8%	787	588
West Perth	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	115.8%	791	683
Perth	4th	5	-0-	5	20	115.6%	754	652
South Fremantle	5th	5	-0-	5	20	79.5%	557	701
Subiaco	6th	4	-0-	6	16	116.3%	749	644
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	10	0	47.4%	530	1,119

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/07/1926	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v South Fremantle	Claremont Showground	65	-	106
SAT	10/07/1926	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	73	-	64
SAT	10/07/1926	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	Leederville Oval	65	-	46

Round 13 Bye: East Perth

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	9	-0-	3	36	131.9%	860	652
East Perth	2nd	8	-0-	3	32	135.3%	840	621
West Perth	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	117.4%	856	729
South Fremantle	4th	6	-0-	5	24	86.6%	663	766
Perth	5th	5	-0-	6	20	111.6%	800	717
Subiaco	6th	4	-0-	7	16	113.4%	813	717
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	11	0	48.6%	595	1,225

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/07/1926	3:00 PM	Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	WACA	88	-	59
SAT	17/07/1926	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	44	-	53
SAT	17/07/1926	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	69	-	69

Round 14 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	9	-0-	3	36	131.9%	860	652
East Perth	2nd	8	-1-	3	34	131.7%	909	690
West Perth	3rd	8	-0-	4	32	117.6%	909	773
Perth	4th	6	-0-	6	24	114.4%	888	776
South Fremantle	5th	6	-0-	6	24	86.3%	707	819
Subiaco	6th	4	-1-	7	18	112.2%	882	786
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	12	0	49.8%	654	1,313

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/07/1926	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	77	-	29
SAT	31/07/1926	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Claremont-Cottesloe	Subiaco Oval	78	-	65
SAT	31/07/1926	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	Leederville Oval	85	-	39

Round 15 Bye: Perth

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	9	-0-	4	36	122.4%	994	812
East Fremantle	2nd	9	-0-	4	36	122.0%	899	737
East Perth	3rd	8	-1-	4	34	122.3%	938	767
South Fremantle	4th	7	-0-	6	28	92.5%	784	848
Perth	5th	6	-0-	6	24	114.4%	888	776
Subiaco	6th	5	-1-	7	22	112.8%	960	851
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	13	0	51.7%	719	1,391

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/08/1926	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v West Perth	Claremont Showground	37	-	73
SAT	07/08/1926	3:00 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	68	-	54
SAT	07/08/1926	3:00 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	52	-	81

Round 16 Bye: Subiaco

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	10	-0-	4	40	125.7%	1,067	849
East Perth	2nd	9	-1-	4	38	122.5%	1,006	821
East Fremantle	3rd	9	-0-	5	36	118.4%	953	805
South Fremantle	4th	8	-0-	6	32	96.1%	865	900
Perth	5th	6	-0-	7	24	109.7%	940	857
Subiaco	6th	5	-1-	7	22	112.8%	960	851
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	14	0	51.6%	756	1,464

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/08/1926	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	52	-	53
SAT	14/08/1926	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	60	-	40
SAT	14/08/1926	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	Leederville Oval	88	-	79

Round 17 Bye: East Perth

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	11	-0-	4	44	124.5%	1,155	928
East Perth	2nd	9	-1-	4	38	122.5%	1,006	821
East Fremantle	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	114.8%	993	865
South Fremantle	4th	8	-0-	7	32	96.2%	917	953
Subiaco	5th	6	-1-	7	26	114.5%	1,020	891
Perth	6th	6	-0-	8	24	107.8%	1,019	945
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	1	-0-	14	4	53.4%	809	1,516

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/08/1926	3:00 PM	Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	WACA	85	-	64
SAT	21/08/1926	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	68	-	102
SAT	21/08/1926	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	54	-	86

Round 18 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	12	-0-	4	48	126.2%	1,257	996
East Perth	2nd	10	-1-	4	42	124.8%	1,092	875
East Fremantle	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	114.8%	993	865
South Fremantle	4th	8	-0-	8	32	93.4%	985	1,055
Perth	5th	7	-0-	8	28	109.4%	1,104	1,009
Subiaco	6th	6	-1-	8	26	109.9%	1,074	977
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	1	-0-	15	4	54.5%	873	1,601

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/09/1926	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	86	-	65
SAT	04/09/1926	3:00 PM	East Perth v West Perth	Perth Oval	134	-	71
SAT	04/09/1926	3:00 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	35	-	37

Round 19 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	12	-0-	5	48	117.5%	1,328	1,130
East Perth	2nd	11	-1-	4	46	129.6%	1,226	946
East Fremantle	3rd	10	-0-	6	40	116.0%	1,079	930
South Fremantle	4th	8	-0-	8	32	93.4%	985	1,055
Subiaco	5th	7	-1-	8	30	109.8%	1,111	1,012
Perth	6th	7	-0-	9	28	108.9%	1,139	1,046
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	1	-0-	16	4	55.6%	938	1,687

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/09/1926	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Perth	Claremont Showground	61	-	110
SAT	11/09/1926	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	66	-	58
SAT	11/09/1926	3:00 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	132	-	55

Round 20 Bye: West Perth

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	12	-1-	4	50	132.7%	1,336	1,007
West Perth	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	117.5%	1,328	1,130
East Fremantle	3rd	11	-0-	6	44	115.9%	1,145	988
Subiaco	4th	8	-1-	8	34	116.5%	1,243	1,067
South Fremantle	5th	8	-0-	9	32	87.6%	1,040	1,187
Perth	6th	7	-0-	10	28	107.6%	1,197	1,112
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	1	-0-	17	4	55.6%	999	1,797

Round 21

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/09/1926	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	81	-	79
SAT	18/09/1926	3:00 PM	East Perth v Perth	Perth Oval	107	-	71
SAT	18/09/1926	3:00 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Leederville Oval	37	-	70

Round 21 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 21 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	13	-1-	4	54	133.9%	1,443	1,078
East Fremantle	2nd	12	-0-	6	48	114.9%	1,226	1,067
West Perth	3rd	12	-0-	6	48	113.8%	1,365	1,200
Subiaco	4th	9	-1-	8	38	118.9%	1,313	1,104
South Fremantle	5th	8	-0-	10	32	88.2%	1,119	1,268
Perth	6th	7	-0-	11	28	104.0%	1,268	1,219
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	1	-0-	17	4	55.6%	999	1,797

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/09/1926	3:00 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Perth Oval	57	-	62	7,629
SAT	02/10/1926	3:00 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	83	-	39	9,098

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/10/1926	3:00 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	WACA	85	-	35	8,722

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