1929 WANFL Season

These are the results for the 1929 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.

Season Details

Name: 1929 WANFL Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 21
Finals System: Second Amended Neutral Argus System
Matches: 66

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: South 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	13	-0-	5	52	122.6%	1,610	1,313	227	248	180	233
West Perth	2nd	12	-0-	6	48	112.8%	1,604	1,422	229	230	205	192
South Fremantle	3rd	11	-0-	7	44	108.9%	1,547	1,421	218	239	199	227
Subiaco	4th	9	-0-	9	36	105.1%	1,521	1,447	220	201	207	205
Perth	5th	8	-0-	10	32	101.4%	1,395	1,376	195	225	198	188
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	8	-0-	10	32	94.3%	1,449	1,537	208	201	217	235
East Perth	7th	2	-0-	16	8	66.5%	1,212	1,822	169	198	260	262

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/04/1929	2:30 PM	East Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	68	-	69
SAT	20/04/1929	2:30 PM	East Perth v West Perth	Perth Oval	35	-	100
SAT	20/04/1929	2:30 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	72	-	76

Round 1 Bye: Subiaco

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	1	-0-	0	4	285.7%	100	35
South Fremantle	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	105.6%	76	72
Claremont-Cottesloe	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	101.5%	69	68
Subiaco	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
East Fremantle	5th	0	-0-	1	0	98.6%	68	69
Perth	6th	0	-0-	1	0	94.7%	72	76
East Perth	7th	0	-0-	1	0	35.0%	35	100

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/04/1929	2:30 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Perth	Claremont Oval	85	-	91
SAT	27/04/1929	2:30 PM	Perth v West Perth	WACA	78	-	45
SAT	27/04/1929	2:30 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	82	-	89

Round 2 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	1	-0-	1	4	128.3%	145	113
Perth	2nd	1	-0-	1	4	124.0%	150	121
South Fremantle	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	105.6%	76	72
East Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	1	4	104.0%	157	151
Claremont-Cottesloe	5th	1	-0-	1	4	96.9%	154	159
East Perth	6th	1	-0-	1	4	68.1%	126	185
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	1	0	92.1%	82	89

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/05/1929	2:30 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v South Fremantle	Claremont Oval	76	-	108
SAT	11/05/1929	2:30 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	80	-	66
SAT	11/05/1929	2:30 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	Perth Oval	34	-	60

Round 3 Bye: West Perth

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Fremantle	1st	2	-0-	0	8	124.3%	184	148
East Fremantle	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	109.2%	237	217
West Perth	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	128.3%	145	113
Subiaco	4th	1	-0-	1	4	115.4%	142	123
Perth	5th	1	-0-	2	4	107.5%	216	201
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	1	-0-	2	4	86.1%	230	267
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	2	4	65.3%	160	245

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/05/1929	2:30 PM	South Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	102	-	69
SAT	18/05/1929	2:30 PM	Subiaco v Claremont-Cottesloe	Subiaco Oval	109	-	88
SAT	18/05/1929	2:30 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	Leederville Oval	104	-	125

Round 4 Bye: Perth

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Fremantle	1st	3	-0-	0	12	131.8%	286	217
East Fremantle	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	112.8%	362	321
Subiaco	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	119.0%	251	211
Perth	4th	1	-0-	2	4	107.5%	216	201
West Perth	5th	1	-0-	2	4	104.6%	249	238
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	1	-0-	3	4	84.6%	318	376
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	3	4	66.0%	229	347

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/05/1929	2:30 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v West Perth	Claremont Oval	62	-	74
SAT	25/05/1929	2:30 PM	Perth v East Perth	WACA	88	-	64
SAT	25/05/1929	2:30 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	93	-	75

Round 5 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Fremantle	1st	4	-0-	0	16	129.8%	379	292
East Fremantle	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	112.8%	362	321
Perth	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	114.7%	304	265
West Perth	4th	2	-0-	2	8	107.7%	323	300
Subiaco	5th	2	-0-	2	8	107.2%	326	304
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	1	-0-	4	4	84.4%	380	450
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	4	4	67.4%	293	435

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/06/1929	2:30 PM	Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	WACA	56	-	52
SAT	01/06/1929	2:30 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	53	-	66
SAT	01/06/1929	2:30 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Leederville Oval	107	-	74

Round 6 Bye: East Perth

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Fremantle	1st	4	-0-	1	16	120.7%	432	358
East Fremantle	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	114.4%	428	374
West Perth	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	115.0%	430	374
Perth	4th	3	-0-	2	12	113.6%	360	317
Subiaco	5th	2	-0-	3	8	97.3%	400	411
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	1	-0-	5	4	85.4%	432	506
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	4	4	67.4%	293	435

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
MON	03/06/1929	2:30 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Perth Oval	41	-	81
MON	03/06/1929	2:30 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	63	-	61
MON	03/06/1929	2:30 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	68	-	105

Round 7 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	5	-0-	1	20	122.7%	509	415
South Fremantle	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	118.1%	495	419
Perth	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	120.8%	465	385
West Perth	4th	3	-0-	3	12	112.4%	491	437
Subiaco	5th	2	-0-	4	8	90.7%	468	516
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	1	-0-	5	4	85.4%	432	506
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	5	4	64.7%	334	516

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/06/1929	2:30 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Fremantle	Claremont Oval	78	-	71
SAT	08/06/1929	2:30 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	69	-	58
SAT	08/06/1929	2:30 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	89	-	66

Round 8 Bye: East Perth

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Fremantle	1st	6	-0-	1	24	118.2%	564	477
East Fremantle	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	117.6%	580	493
Perth	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	115.2%	523	454
West Perth	4th	3	-0-	4	12	105.9%	557	526
Subiaco	5th	3	-0-	4	12	95.7%	557	582
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	2	-0-	5	8	88.4%	510	577
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	5	4	64.7%	334	516

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/06/1929	2:30 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	89	-	83
SAT	15/06/1929	2:30 PM	East Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Perth Oval	88	-	92
SAT	15/06/1929	2:30 PM	West Perth v Perth	Leederville Oval	86	-	75

Round 9 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Fremantle	1st	6	-0-	1	24	118.2%	564	477
East Fremantle	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	116.1%	669	576
Perth	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	110.7%	598	540
West Perth	4th	4	-0-	4	16	107.0%	643	601
Subiaco	5th	3	-0-	5	12	95.4%	640	671
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	3	-0-	5	12	90.5%	602	665
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	6	4	69.4%	422	608

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/06/1929	2:30 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Perth	Claremont Oval	123	-	85
SAT	22/06/1929	2:30 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	95	-	85
SAT	22/06/1929	2:30 PM	West Perth v East Perth	Leederville Oval	100	-	89

Round 10 Bye: Subiaco

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	2	28	115.6%	764	661
South Fremantle	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	113.5%	649	572
West Perth	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	107.7%	743	690
Perth	4th	4	-0-	5	16	103.0%	683	663
Claremont-Cottesloe	5th	4	-0-	5	16	96.7%	725	750
Subiaco	6th	3	-0-	5	12	95.4%	640	671
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	7	4	72.2%	511	708

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/06/1929	2:30 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Subiaco	Claremont Oval	78	-	77
SAT	29/06/1929	2:30 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	61	-	66
SAT	29/06/1929	2:30 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Perth Oval	70	-	92

Round 11 Bye: Perth

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	2	28	115.4%	741	642
East Fremantle	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	113.5%	825	727
West Perth	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	107.7%	809	751
Claremont-Cottesloe	4th	5	-0-	5	20	97.1%	803	827
Perth	5th	4	-0-	5	16	103.0%	683	663
Subiaco	6th	3	-0-	6	12	95.7%	717	749
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	8	4	72.6%	581	800

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/07/1929	2:30 PM	East Perth v Perth	Perth Oval	73	-	140
SAT	13/07/1929	2:30 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	124	-	90
SAT	13/07/1929	2:30 PM	West Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Leederville Oval	115	-	97

Round 12 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	3	28	113.5%	825	727
West Perth	2nd	7	-0-	4	28	109.0%	924	848
South Fremantle	3rd	7	-0-	3	28	108.5%	831	766
Perth	4th	5	-0-	5	20	111.8%	823	736
Claremont-Cottesloe	5th	5	-0-	6	20	95.5%	900	942
Subiaco	6th	4	-0-	6	16	100.2%	841	839
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	9	4	69.6%	654	940

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/07/1929	2:30 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	63	-	73
SAT	20/07/1929	2:30 PM	South Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	54	-	78
SAT	20/07/1929	2:30 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	99	-	61

Round 13 Bye: West Perth

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	8	-0-	3	32	113.7%	898	790
West Perth	2nd	7	-0-	4	28	109.0%	924	848
South Fremantle	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	104.9%	885	844
Claremont-Cottesloe	4th	6	-0-	6	24	98.2%	978	996
Perth	5th	5	-0-	6	20	109.5%	886	809
Subiaco	6th	5	-0-	6	20	104.4%	940	900
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	10	4	68.8%	715	1,039

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/07/1929	2:30 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	166	-	54
SAT	27/07/1929	2:30 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	48	-	63
SAT	27/07/1929	2:30 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	Leederville Oval	84	-	83

Round 14 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	9	-0-	3	36	126.1%	1,064	844
West Perth	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	108.3%	1,008	931
South Fremantle	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	104.3%	968	928
Subiaco	4th	6	-0-	6	24	105.8%	1,003	948
Claremont-Cottesloe	5th	6	-0-	6	24	98.2%	978	996
Perth	6th	5	-0-	7	20	107.1%	934	872
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	11	4	63.8%	769	1,205

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/08/1929	2:30 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Subiaco	Claremont Oval	70	-	67
SAT	03/08/1929	2:30 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Perth Oval	73	-	110
SAT	03/08/1929	2:30 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	Leederville Oval	79	-	84

Round 15 Bye: Perth

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	10	-0-	3	40	124.4%	1,148	923
South Fremantle	2nd	8	-0-	5	32	107.7%	1,078	1,001
West Perth	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	107.1%	1,087	1,015
Claremont-Cottesloe	4th	7	-0-	6	28	98.6%	1,048	1,063
Subiaco	5th	6	-0-	7	24	105.1%	1,070	1,018
Perth	6th	5	-0-	7	20	107.1%	934	872
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	12	4	64.0%	842	1,315

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/05/1929	2:30 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	114	-	58
SAT	17/08/1929	2:30 PM	East Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	112	-	54
SAT	17/08/1929	2:30 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	67	-	114

Round 16 Bye: East Perth

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	11	-0-	3	44	129.0%	1,260	977
South Fremantle	2nd	9	-0-	5	36	112.6%	1,192	1,059
West Perth	3rd	9	-0-	5	36	111.0%	1,201	1,082
Claremont-Cottesloe	4th	7	-0-	7	28	93.8%	1,102	1,175
Subiaco	5th	6	-0-	8	24	100.4%	1,137	1,132
Perth	6th	5	-0-	8	20	100.6%	992	986
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	12	4	64.0%	842	1,315

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/08/1929	2:30 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	100	-	86
SAT	24/08/1929	2:30 PM	East Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Perth Oval	88	-	140
SAT	24/08/1929	2:30 PM	Perth v West Perth	WACA	75	-	98

Round 17 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	12	-0-	3	48	127.9%	1,360	1,063
West Perth	2nd	10	-0-	5	40	112.3%	1,299	1,157
South Fremantle	3rd	9	-0-	5	36	112.6%	1,192	1,059
Claremont-Cottesloe	4th	8	-0-	7	32	98.3%	1,242	1,263
Subiaco	5th	6	-0-	9	24	99.3%	1,223	1,232
Perth	6th	5	-0-	9	20	98.4%	1,067	1,084
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	13	4	63.9%	930	1,455

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/08/1929	2:30 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Perth	Claremont Oval	71	-	90
SAT	31/08/1929	2:30 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	115	-	81
SAT	31/08/1929	2:30 PM	West Perth v East Perth	Leederville Oval	113	-	75

Round 18 Bye: Subiaco

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	13	-0-	3	52	128.9%	1,475	1,144
West Perth	2nd	11	-0-	5	44	114.6%	1,412	1,232
South Fremantle	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	108.4%	1,273	1,174
Claremont-Cottesloe	4th	8	-0-	8	32	97.0%	1,313	1,353
Perth	5th	6	-0-	9	24	100.2%	1,157	1,155
Subiaco	6th	6	-0-	9	24	99.3%	1,223	1,232
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	14	4	64.1%	1,005	1,568

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/09/1929	2:30 PM	Perth v East Perth	WACA	81	-	55
SAT	07/09/1929	2:30 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	75	-	94
SAT	07/09/1929	2:30 PM	West Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Leederville Oval	102	-	73

Round 19 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	13	-0-	3	52	128.9%	1,475	1,144
West Perth	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	116.0%	1,514	1,305
South Fremantle	3rd	9	-0-	7	36	106.3%	1,348	1,268
Claremont-Cottesloe	4th	8	-0-	9	32	95.3%	1,386	1,455
Perth	5th	7	-0-	9	28	102.3%	1,238	1,210
Subiaco	6th	7	-0-	9	28	100.8%	1,317	1,307
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	15	4	64.3%	1,060	1,649

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/09/1929	2:30 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v South Fremantle	Claremont Oval	63	-	82
SAT	14/09/1929	2:30 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	82	-	53
SAT	14/09/1929	2:30 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	91	-	65

Round 20 Bye: West Perth

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	13	-0-	4	52	124.6%	1,528	1,226
West Perth	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	116.0%	1,514	1,305
South Fremantle	3rd	10	-0-	7	40	107.4%	1,430	1,331
Perth	4th	8	-0-	9	32	104.5%	1,320	1,263
Subiaco	5th	8	-0-	9	32	102.6%	1,408	1,372
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	8	-0-	10	32	94.3%	1,449	1,537
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	16	4	64.7%	1,125	1,740

Round 21

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/09/1929	2:30 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Perth Oval	87	-	82
SAT	21/09/1929	2:30 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	117	-	90
SAT	21/09/1929	2:30 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	113	-	75

Round 21 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 21 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	13	-0-	5	52	122.6%	1,610	1,313
West Perth	2nd	12	-0-	6	48	112.8%	1,604	1,422
South Fremantle	3rd	11	-0-	7	44	108.9%	1,547	1,421
Subiaco	4th	9	-0-	9	36	105.1%	1,521	1,447
Perth	5th	8	-0-	10	32	101.4%	1,395	1,376
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	8	-0-	10	32	94.3%	1,449	1,537
East Perth	7th	2	-0-	16	8	66.5%	1,212	1,822

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/09/1929	2:30 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	65	-	67	10,911
SAT	05/10/1929	2:30 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Subiaco Oval	75	-	42	5,827

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/10/1929	2:30 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	70	-	39	10,729

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