1928 WANFL Season

These are the results for the 1928 season of the Western Australian National Football League (currently known as the West Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-one rounds in a triple round-robin format. Each team received three 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. East Fremantle were the premiers, with Jerry Dolan as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1928 WANFL Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 21
Finals System: Second Amended Neutral Argus System
Matches: 67

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Claremont-Cottesloe	Claremont Oval	Henry Gepp
East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval
East Perth	Perth Oval
Perth	WACA
South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval
Subiaco	Subiaco Oval
West Perth	Leederville Oval

Season Results

Premiers: East Fremantle
Runners-Up: East 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	11	-0-	7	44	130.2%	1,415	1,087	192	263	152	175
East Perth	2nd	10	-1-	7	42	115.7%	1,307	1,130	186	191	157	188
Subiaco	3rd	10	-0-	8	40	104.0%	1,289	1,239	181	203	173	201
South Fremantle	4th	10	-0-	8	40	91.6%	1,263	1,379	177	201	189	245
West Perth	5th	9	-0-	9	36	93.2%	1,171	1,257	161	205	177	195
Perth	6th	7	-1-	10	30	89.1%	1,216	1,364	171	190	190	224
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	5	-0-	13	20	86.5%	1,311	1,516	184	207	214	232

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
East Fremantle	1st	Premiers
East Perth	2nd	Runners-Up
Subiaco	3rd	Defeated by East Fremantle (Semi Final)
South Fremantle	4th	Defeated by East Perth (Semi Final)
West Perth	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	28/04/1928	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	68	-	60
SAT	28/04/1928	3:00 PM	East Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Perth Oval	92	-	63
SAT	28/04/1928	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	Leederville Oval	57	-	102

Round 1 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Perth	1st	1	-0-	0	4	178.9%	102	57
East Perth	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	146.0%	92	63
East Fremantle	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	113.3%	68	60
South Fremantle	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
Subiaco	5th	0	-0-	1	0	88.2%	60	68
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	0	-0-	1	0	68.5%	63	92
West Perth	7th	0	-0-	1	0	55.9%	57	102

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/05/1928	2:50 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Fremantle	Claremont Oval	74	-	96
SAT	05/05/1928	2:50 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	90	-	80
SAT	05/05/1928	2:50 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	105	-	62

Round 2 Bye: East Perth

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	2	-0-	0	8	122.4%	164	134
East Perth	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	146.0%	92	63
Subiaco	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	126.9%	165	130
Perth	4th	1	-0-	1	4	123.8%	182	147
South Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	0	4	112.5%	90	80
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	0	-0-	2	0	72.9%	137	188
West Perth	7th	0	-0-	2	0	57.5%	119	207

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/05/1928	2:50 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	106	-	71
SAT	12/05/1928	2:50 PM	East Perth v West Perth	Perth Oval	55	-	46
SAT	12/05/1928	2:50 PM	Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	WACA	86	-	76

Round 3 Bye: Subiaco

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	3	-0-	0	12	131.7%	270	205
East Perth	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	134.9%	147	109
Perth	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	120.2%	268	223
Subiaco	4th	1	-0-	1	4	126.9%	165	130
South Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	1	4	86.6%	161	186
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	0	-0-	3	0	77.7%	213	274
West Perth	7th	0	-0-	3	0	63.0%	165	262

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/05/1928	2:50 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Subiaco	Claremont Oval	47	-	96
SAT	19/05/1928	2:50 PM	South Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	57	-	46
SAT	19/05/1928	3:19 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	Leederville Oval	57	-	54

Round 4 Bye: Perth

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	3	-0-	1	12	123.7%	324	262
Subiaco	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	147.5%	261	177
Perth	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	120.2%	268	223
East Perth	4th	2	-0-	1	8	116.3%	193	166
South Fremantle	5th	2	-0-	1	8	94.0%	218	232
West Perth	6th	1	-0-	3	4	70.3%	222	316
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	4	0	70.3%	260	370

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/05/1928	2:50 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Perth Oval	65	-	47
SAT	26/05/1928	2:50 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	63	-	55
SAT	26/05/1928	2:50 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	88	-	71

Round 5 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	3	-0-	1	12	140.7%	349	248
East Perth	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	121.1%	258	213
East Fremantle	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	113.5%	371	327
South Fremantle	4th	3	-0-	1	12	97.9%	281	287
Perth	5th	2	-0-	2	8	109.0%	339	311
West Perth	6th	1	-0-	4	4	73.1%	277	379
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	4	0	70.3%	260	370

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/06/1928	2:50 PM	Perth v East Perth	WACA	87	-	80
SAT	02/06/1928	2:50 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	74	-	79
SAT	02/06/1928	2:50 PM	West Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Leederville Oval	95	-	106

Round 6 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	4	-0-	1	16	132.9%	428	322
East Fremantle	2nd	3	-0-	2	12	113.5%	371	327
East Perth	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	112.7%	338	300
Perth	4th	3	-0-	2	12	109.0%	426	391
South Fremantle	5th	3	-0-	2	12	97.0%	355	366
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	1	-0-	4	4	78.7%	366	465
West Perth	7th	1	-0-	5	4	76.7%	372	485

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
MON	04/06/1928	2:50 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v South Fremantle	Claremont Oval	88	-	78
MON	04/06/1928	2:50 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	105	-	59
MON	04/06/1928	2:50 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	95	-	86

Round 7 Bye: West Perth

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	5	-0-	1	20	128.2%	523	408
East Fremantle	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	123.3%	476	386
East Perth	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	107.3%	424	395
Perth	4th	3	-0-	3	12	97.8%	485	496
South Fremantle	5th	3	-0-	3	12	95.4%	433	454
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	2	-0-	4	8	83.6%	454	543
West Perth	7th	1	-0-	5	4	76.7%	372	485

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/06/1928	2:50 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Perth	Claremont Oval	54	-	69
SAT	09/06/1928	2:50 PM	Perth v West Perth	WACA	73	-	65
SAT	09/06/1928	2:50 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	63	-	91

Round 8 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	5	-0-	2	20	126.3%	567	449
Subiaco	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	117.4%	586	499
East Perth	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	109.8%	493	449
Perth	4th	4	-0-	3	16	99.5%	558	561
South Fremantle	5th	3	-0-	3	12	95.4%	433	454
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	2	-0-	5	8	83.0%	508	612
West Perth	7th	1	-0-	6	4	78.3%	437	558

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/06/1928	2:50 PM	East Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	106	-	75
SAT	16/06/1928	2:50 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	152	-	67
SAT	16/06/1928	2:50 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Leederville Oval	68	-	57

Round 9 Bye: East Perth

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	6	-0-	2	24	128.4%	673	524
Subiaco	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	113.4%	643	567
Perth	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	113.1%	710	628
East Perth	4th	4	-0-	3	16	109.8%	493	449
South Fremantle	5th	3	-0-	4	12	82.5%	500	606
West Perth	6th	2	-0-	6	8	82.1%	505	615
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	2	-0-	6	8	81.2%	583	718

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/06/1928	2:50 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Perth	Claremont Oval	111	-	92
SAT	23/06/1928	2:50 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	54	-	96
SAT	23/06/1928	2:50 PM	West Perth v East Perth	Leederville Oval	104	-	80

Round 10 Bye: Subiaco

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	2	28	133.0%	769	578
Subiaco	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	113.4%	643	567
Perth	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	108.5%	802	739
East Perth	4th	4	-0-	4	16	103.6%	573	553
West Perth	5th	3	-0-	6	12	87.6%	609	695
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	3	-0-	6	12	85.7%	694	810
South Fremantle	7th	3	-0-	5	12	78.9%	554	702

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/06/1928	2:50 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	46	-	58
SAT	30/06/1928	2:50 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Perth Oval	90	-	73
SAT	30/06/1928	2:50 PM	Subiaco v Claremont-Cottesloe	Subiaco Oval	67	-	66

Round 11 Bye: Perth

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	3	28	128.1%	815	636
Subiaco	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	112.2%	710	633
Perth	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	108.5%	802	739
East Perth	4th	5	-0-	4	20	105.9%	663	626
West Perth	5th	4	-0-	6	16	90.0%	667	741
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	3	-0-	7	12	86.7%	760	877
South Fremantle	7th	3	-0-	6	12	79.2%	627	792

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/07/1928	2:50 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	52	-	68
SAT	07/07/1928	2:50 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	26	-	78
SAT	07/07/1928	2:50 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	Leederville Oval	45	-	64

Round 12 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	4	28	123.2%	867	704
Subiaco	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	119.6%	788	659
East Perth	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	107.8%	731	678
Perth	4th	5	-0-	5	20	101.3%	828	817
West Perth	5th	4	-0-	7	16	88.4%	712	805
South Fremantle	6th	4	-0-	6	16	82.6%	691	837
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	3	-0-	7	12	86.7%	760	877

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/07/1928	2:50 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	Perth Oval	85	-	66
SAT	14/07/1928	2:50 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	48	-	31
SAT	14/07/1928	2:50 PM	South Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	76	-	73

Round 13 Bye: West Perth

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	5	28	119.4%	898	752
Subiaco	2nd	7	-0-	4	28	114.8%	854	744
East Perth	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	109.7%	816	744
Perth	4th	6	-0-	5	24	103.3%	876	848
South Fremantle	5th	5	-0-	6	20	84.3%	767	910
West Perth	6th	4	-0-	7	16	88.4%	712	805
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	3	-0-	8	12	87.4%	833	953

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/07/1928	2:50 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v West Perth	Claremont Oval	67	-	57
SAT	21/07/1928	2:50 PM	East Perth v Perth	Perth Oval	33	-	33
SAT	21/07/1928	2:50 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	52	-	58

Round 14 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	7	-1-	4	30	109.3%	849	777
East Fremantle	2nd	7	-0-	5	28	119.4%	898	752
Subiaco	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	113.0%	906	802
Perth	4th	6	-1-	5	26	103.2%	909	881
South Fremantle	5th	6	-0-	6	24	85.8%	825	962
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	4	-0-	8	16	89.1%	900	1,010
West Perth	7th	4	-0-	8	16	88.2%	769	872

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/07/1928	2:50 PM	South Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	60	-	55
SAT	28/07/1928	2:50 PM	Subiaco v Claremont-Cottesloe	Subiaco Oval	75	-	127
SAT	28/07/1928	2:50 PM	West Perth v Perth	Leederville Oval	49	-	47

Round 15 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	7	-1-	5	30	108.0%	904	837
East Fremantle	2nd	7	-0-	5	28	119.4%	898	752
Subiaco	3rd	7	-0-	6	28	105.6%	981	929
South Fremantle	4th	7	-0-	6	28	87.0%	885	1,017
Perth	5th	6	-1-	6	26	102.8%	956	930
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	5	-0-	8	20	94.7%	1,027	1,085
West Perth	7th	5	-0-	8	20	89.0%	818	919

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/04/1928	2:50 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Perth Oval	71	-	62
SAT	04/08/1928	2:50 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v West Perth	Claremont Oval	35	-	79
SAT	04/08/1928	2:50 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	33	-	42

Round 16 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	8	-1-	5	34	108.5%	975	899
Subiaco	2nd	8	-0-	6	32	106.3%	1,023	962
East Fremantle	3rd	7	-0-	6	28	116.6%	960	823
South Fremantle	4th	7	-0-	6	28	87.0%	885	1,017
Perth	5th	6	-1-	7	26	101.7%	989	972
West Perth	6th	6	-0-	8	24	94.0%	897	954
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	5	-0-	9	20	91.2%	1,062	1,164

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/08/1928	2:50 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Fremantle	Claremont Oval	64	-	121
SAT	11/08/1928	2:50 PM	East Perth v West Perth	Perth Oval	53	-	93
SAT	11/08/1928	2:50 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	95	-	72

Round 17 Bye: Subiaco

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	8	-1-	6	34	103.6%	1,028	992
East Fremantle	2nd	8	-0-	6	32	121.9%	1,081	887
Subiaco	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	106.3%	1,023	962
South Fremantle	4th	8	-0-	6	32	90.0%	980	1,089
West Perth	5th	7	-0-	8	28	98.3%	990	1,007
Perth	6th	6	-1-	8	26	99.4%	1,061	1,067
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	5	-0-	10	20	87.6%	1,126	1,285

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/08/1928	2:50 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	32	-	58
SAT	18/08/1928	2:50 PM	South Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	87	-	71
SAT	18/08/1928	2:50 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	62	-	57

Round 18 Bye: West Perth

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	9	-0-	6	36	123.9%	1,139	919
Subiaco	2nd	9	-0-	6	36	106.5%	1,085	1,019
South Fremantle	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	92.0%	1,067	1,160
East Perth	4th	8	-1-	7	34	102.9%	1,085	1,054
West Perth	5th	7	-0-	8	28	98.3%	990	1,007
Perth	6th	6	-1-	9	26	97.2%	1,093	1,125
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	5	-0-	11	20	87.2%	1,197	1,372

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/08/1928	2:50 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	84	-	87
SAT	25/08/1928	2:50 PM	Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	WACA	85	-	76
SAT	25/08/1928	2:50 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Leederville Oval	87	-	82

Round 19 Bye: East Perth

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Fremantle	1st	10	-0-	6	40	92.8%	1,154	1,244
East Fremantle	2nd	9	-0-	7	36	121.6%	1,223	1,006
Subiaco	3rd	9	-0-	7	36	105.5%	1,167	1,106
East Perth	4th	8	-1-	7	34	102.9%	1,085	1,054
West Perth	5th	8	-0-	8	32	98.9%	1,077	1,089
Perth	6th	7	-1-	9	30	98.1%	1,178	1,201
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	5	-0-	12	20	87.4%	1,273	1,457

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/09/1928	2:50 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	81	-	58
SAT	01/09/1928	2:50 PM	East Perth v Perth	Perth Oval	163	-	38
SAT	01/09/1928	2:50 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	Leederville Oval	71	-	57

Round 20 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	10	-0-	7	40	122.6%	1,304	1,064
South Fremantle	2nd	10	-0-	7	40	92.1%	1,211	1,315
East Perth	3rd	9	-1-	7	38	114.3%	1,248	1,092
Subiaco	4th	9	-0-	8	36	103.2%	1,225	1,187
West Perth	5th	9	-0-	8	36	100.2%	1,148	1,146
Perth	6th	7	-1-	10	30	89.1%	1,216	1,364
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	5	-0-	12	20	87.4%	1,273	1,457

Round 21

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/09/1928	2:50 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Perth	Claremont Oval	38	-	59
SAT	08/09/1928	2:50 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	111	-	23
SAT	08/09/1928	2:50 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	64	-	52

Round 21 Bye: Perth

Round 21 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	11	-0-	7	44	130.2%	1,415	1,087
East Perth	2nd	10	-1-	7	42	115.7%	1,307	1,130
Subiaco	3rd	10	-0-	8	40	104.0%	1,289	1,239
South Fremantle	4th	10	-0-	8	40	91.6%	1,263	1,379
West Perth	5th	9	-0-	9	36	93.2%	1,171	1,257
Perth	6th	7	-1-	10	30	89.1%	1,216	1,364
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	5	-0-	13	20	86.5%	1,311	1,516

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/09/1928	2:50 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	138	-	50	11,496
SAT	22/09/1928	2:50 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Subiaco Oval	66	-	56	13,789

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/09/1928	2:50 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	54	-	60	15,991

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/10/1928	2:50 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	56	-	73	15,599

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