1930 WANFL Season

These are the results for the 1930 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. 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: 1930 WANFL Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 21
Finals System: Second Amended Neutral Argus System
Matches: 66

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
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 14 -0- 4 56 145.0% 1,828 1,261 256 292 177 199
South Fremantle 2nd 9 -2- 7 40 97.8% 1,355 1,385 194 191 193 227
Subiaco 3rd 9 -0- 9 36 96.8% 1,323 1,367 181 237 192 215
Perth 4th 8 -1- 9 34 97.3% 1,404 1,443 194 240 209 189
East Perth 5th 8 -0- 10 32 97.3% 1,479 1,520 215 189 213 242
Claremont-Cottesloe 6th 6 -2- 10 28 85.1% 1,424 1,674 206 188 239 240
West Perth 7th 6 -1- 11 26 90.5% 1,548 1,711 223 210 246 235

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1930 3:00 PM East Fremantle v West Perth Fremantle Oval 110 - 77
SAT 19/04/1930 3:00 PM Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe Perth Oval 73 - 73
MON 21/04/1930 3:00 PM Subiaco v South Fremantle Subiaco Oval 70 - 36

Round 1 Bye: East Perth

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Subiaco 1st 1 -0- 0 4 194.4% 70 36
East Fremantle 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 142.9% 110 77
Claremont-Cottesloe 3rd 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 73 73
Perth 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 73 73
East Perth 5th 0 -0- 0 0 0 0
West Perth 6th 0 -0- 1 0 70.0% 77 110
South Fremantle 7th 0 -0- 1 0 51.4% 36 70

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/04/1930 3:00 PM Claremont-Cottesloe v East Perth Claremont Oval 82 - 116
SAT 26/04/1930 3:00 PM East Fremantle v Subiaco Fremantle Oval 99 - 71
SAT 26/04/1930 3:00 PM West Perth v South Fremantle Leederville Oval 38 - 38

Round 2 Bye: Perth

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 2 -0- 0 8 141.2% 209 148
East Perth 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 141.5% 116 82
Subiaco 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 104.4% 141 135
Perth 4th 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 73 73
Claremont-Cottesloe 5th 0 -1- 1 2 82.0% 155 189
West Perth 6th 0 -1- 1 2 77.7% 115 148
South Fremantle 7th 0 -1- 1 2 68.5% 74 108

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1930 3:00 PM East Perth v West Perth Perth Oval 64 - 106
SAT 03/05/1930 3:00 PM South Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe Fremantle Oval 92 - 70
MON 05/05/1930 3:00 PM Subiaco v Perth Subiaco Oval 61 - 64

Round 3 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 2 -0- 0 8 141.2% 209 148
West Perth 2nd 1 -1- 1 6 104.2% 221 212
Perth 3rd 1 -1- 0 6 102.2% 137 134
South Fremantle 4th 1 -1- 1 6 93.3% 166 178
Subiaco 5th 1 -0- 2 4 101.5% 202 199
East Perth 6th 1 -0- 1 4 95.7% 180 188
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 0 -1- 2 2 80.1% 225 281

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1930 3:00 PM Claremont-Cottesloe v East Fremantle Claremont Oval 58 - 112
SAT 10/05/1930 3:00 PM Perth v West Perth WACA 64 - 79
SAT 10/05/1930 3:00 PM Subiaco v East Perth Subiaco Oval 57 - 45

Round 4 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 3 -0- 0 12 155.8% 321 206
West Perth 2nd 2 -1- 1 10 108.7% 300 276
Subiaco 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 106.1% 259 244
Perth 4th 1 -1- 1 6 94.4% 201 213
South Fremantle 5th 1 -1- 1 6 93.3% 166 178
East Perth 6th 1 -0- 2 4 91.8% 225 245
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 0 -1- 3 2 72.0% 283 393

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1930 3:00 PM Perth v East Fremantle WACA 86 - 51
SAT 17/05/1930 3:00 PM South Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 97 - 82
SAT 17/05/1930 3:00 PM West Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe Leederville Oval 80 - 77

Round 5 Bye: Subiaco

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Perth 1st 3 -1- 1 14 107.6% 380 353
East Fremantle 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 127.4% 372 292
Perth 3rd 2 -1- 1 10 108.7% 287 264
South Fremantle 4th 2 -1- 1 10 101.2% 263 260
Subiaco 5th 2 -0- 2 8 106.1% 259 244
East Perth 6th 1 -0- 3 4 89.8% 307 342
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 0 -1- 4 2 76.1% 360 473

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1930 3:00 PM Claremont-Cottesloe v Subiaco Claremont Oval 68 - 110
SAT 24/05/1930 3:00 PM East Perth v East Fremantle Perth Oval 55 - 108
SAT 24/05/1930 3:00 PM South Fremantle v Perth Fremantle Oval 65 - 91

Round 6 Bye: West Perth

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 4 -0- 1 16 138.3% 480 347
Perth 2nd 3 -1- 1 14 114.9% 378 329
West Perth 3rd 3 -1- 1 14 107.6% 380 353
Subiaco 4th 3 -0- 2 12 118.3% 369 312
South Fremantle 5th 2 -1- 2 10 93.4% 328 351
East Perth 6th 1 -0- 4 4 80.4% 362 450
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 0 -1- 5 2 73.4% 428 583

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1930 3:00 PM East Perth v Perth Perth Oval 107 - 92
SAT 31/05/1930 3:00 PM South Fremantle v East Fremantle Fremantle Oval 46 - 81
SAT 31/05/1930 3:00 PM West Perth v Subiaco Leederville Oval 115 - 112

Round 7 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 5 -0- 1 20 142.7% 561 393
West Perth 2nd 4 -1- 1 18 106.5% 495 465
Perth 3rd 3 -1- 2 14 107.8% 470 436
Subiaco 4th 3 -0- 3 12 112.6% 481 427
South Fremantle 5th 2 -1- 3 10 86.6% 374 432
East Perth 6th 2 -0- 4 8 86.5% 469 542
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 0 -1- 5 2 73.4% 428 583

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 02/06/1930 3:00 PM East Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe Perth Oval 59 - 61
MON 02/06/1930 3:00 PM South Fremantle v West Perth Fremantle Oval 117 - 114
MON 02/06/1930 3:00 PM Subiaco v East Fremantle Subiaco Oval 73 - 104

Round 8 Bye: Perth

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 6 -0- 1 24 142.7% 665 466
West Perth 2nd 4 -1- 2 18 104.6% 609 582
Perth 3rd 3 -1- 2 14 107.8% 470 436
South Fremantle 4th 3 -1- 3 14 89.9% 491 546
Subiaco 5th 3 -0- 4 12 104.3% 554 531
East Perth 6th 2 -0- 5 8 87.6% 528 603
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 1 -1- 5 6 76.2% 489 642

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1930 3:00 PM Claremont-Cottesloe v Perth Claremont Oval 77 - 81
SAT 07/06/1930 3:00 PM South Fremantle v Subiaco Fremantle Oval 101 - 39
SAT 07/06/1930 3:00 PM West Perth v East Fremantle Leederville Oval 72 - 144

Round 9 Bye: East Perth

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 7 -0- 1 28 150.4% 809 538
Perth 2nd 4 -1- 2 18 107.4% 551 513
South Fremantle 3rd 4 -1- 3 18 101.2% 592 585
West Perth 4th 4 -1- 3 18 93.8% 681 726
Subiaco 5th 3 -0- 5 12 93.8% 593 632
East Perth 6th 2 -0- 5 8 87.6% 528 603
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 1 -1- 6 6 78.3% 566 723

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1930 3:00 PM Claremont-Cottesloe v South Fremantle Claremont Oval 98 - 75
SAT 14/06/1930 3:00 PM Perth v Subiaco WACA 52 - 56
SAT 14/06/1930 3:00 PM West Perth v East Perth Leederville Oval 93 - 120

Round 10 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 7 -0- 1 28 150.4% 809 538
Perth 2nd 4 -1- 3 18 106.0% 603 569
South Fremantle 3rd 4 -1- 4 18 97.7% 667 683
West Perth 4th 4 -1- 4 18 91.5% 774 846
Subiaco 5th 4 -0- 5 16 94.9% 649 684
East Perth 6th 3 -0- 5 12 93.1% 648 696
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 2 -1- 6 10 83.2% 664 798

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1930 3:00 PM East Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe Fremantle Oval 75 - 51
SAT 21/06/1930 3:00 PM East Perth v Subiaco Perth Oval 115 - 34
SAT 21/06/1930 3:00 PM West Perth v Perth Leederville Oval 114 - 74

Round 11 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 8 -0- 1 32 150.1% 884 589
West Perth 2nd 5 -1- 4 22 96.5% 888 920
Perth 3rd 4 -1- 4 18 99.1% 677 683
South Fremantle 4th 4 -1- 4 18 97.7% 667 683
East Perth 5th 4 -0- 5 16 104.5% 763 730
Subiaco 6th 4 -0- 6 16 85.5% 683 799
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 2 -1- 7 10 81.9% 715 873

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1930 3:00 PM Claremont-Cottesloe v West Perth Claremont Oval 86 - 105
SAT 28/06/1930 3:00 PM East Fremantle v Perth Fremantle Oval 129 - 39
SAT 28/06/1930 3:00 PM East Perth v South Fremantle Perth Oval 72 - 62

Round 12 Bye: Subiaco

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 9 -0- 1 36 161.3% 1,013 628
West Perth 2nd 6 -1- 4 26 98.7% 993 1,006
East Perth 3rd 5 -0- 5 20 105.4% 835 792
South Fremantle 4th 4 -1- 5 18 96.6% 729 755
Perth 5th 4 -1- 5 18 88.2% 716 812
Subiaco 6th 4 -0- 6 16 85.5% 683 799
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 2 -1- 8 10 81.9% 801 978

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1930 3:00 PM East Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 76 - 68
SAT 05/07/1930 3:00 PM Perth v South Fremantle WACA 58 - 26
SAT 05/07/1930 3:00 PM Subiaco v Claremont-Cottesloe Subiaco Oval 63 - 85

Round 13 Bye: West Perth

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 10 -0- 1 40 156.5% 1,089 696
West Perth 2nd 6 -1- 4 26 98.7% 993 1,006
Perth 3rd 5 -1- 5 22 92.4% 774 838
East Perth 4th 5 -0- 6 20 104.0% 903 868
South Fremantle 5th 4 -1- 6 18 92.9% 755 813
Subiaco 6th 4 -0- 7 16 84.4% 746 884
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 3 -1- 8 14 85.1% 886 1,041

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1930 3:00 PM East Fremantle v South Fremantle Fremantle Oval 103 - 107
SAT 12/07/1930 3:00 PM Perth v East Perth WACA 69 - 78
SAT 12/07/1930 3:00 PM Subiaco v West Perth Subiaco Oval 84 - 61

Round 14 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 10 -0- 2 40 148.4% 1,192 803
West Perth 2nd 6 -1- 5 26 96.7% 1,054 1,090
East Perth 3rd 6 -0- 6 24 104.7% 981 937
South Fremantle 4th 5 -1- 6 22 94.1% 862 916
Perth 5th 5 -1- 6 22 92.0% 843 916
Subiaco 6th 5 -0- 7 20 87.8% 830 945
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 3 -1- 8 14 85.1% 886 1,041

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1930 3:00 PM East Fremantle v West Perth Fremantle Oval 82 - 66
SAT 19/07/1930 3:00 PM Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe WACA 82 - 102
SAT 19/07/1930 3:00 PM Subiaco v South Fremantle Subiaco Oval 64 - 73

Round 15 Bye: East Perth

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 11 -0- 2 44 146.6% 1,274 869
West Perth 2nd 6 -1- 6 26 95.6% 1,120 1,172
South Fremantle 3rd 6 -1- 6 26 95.4% 935 980
East Perth 4th 6 -0- 6 24 104.7% 981 937
Perth 5th 5 -1- 7 22 90.9% 925 1,018
Subiaco 6th 5 -0- 8 20 87.8% 894 1,018
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 4 -1- 8 18 88.0% 988 1,123

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1930 3:00 PM Claremont-Cottesloe v East Perth Claremont Oval 94 - 89
SAT 26/07/1930 3:00 PM Subiaco v East Fremantle Subiaco Oval 70 - 66
SAT 02/08/1930 3:00 PM West Perth v South Fremantle Leederville Oval 64 - 99

Round 16 Bye: Perth

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 11 -0- 3 44 142.7% 1,340 939
South Fremantle 2nd 7 -1- 6 30 99.0% 1,034 1,044
West Perth 3rd 6 -1- 7 26 93.2% 1,184 1,271
East Perth 4th 6 -0- 7 24 103.8% 1,070 1,031
Subiaco 5th 6 -0- 8 24 88.9% 964 1,084
Perth 6th 5 -1- 7 22 90.9% 925 1,018
Claremont-Cottesloe 7th 5 -1- 8 22 89.3% 1,082 1,212

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1930 3:00 PM East Fremantle v Perth Fremantle Oval 82 - 107
SAT 16/08/1930 3:00 PM Claremont-Cottesloe v West Perth Subiaco Oval 102 - 97
SAT 16/08/1930 3:00 PM South Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 90 - 85

Round 17 Bye: Subiaco

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 11 -0- 4 44 135.9% 1,422 1,046
South Fremantle 2nd 8 -1- 6 34 99.6% 1,124 1,129
Perth 3rd 6 -1- 7 26 93.8% 1,032 1,100
West Perth 4th 6 -1- 8 26 93.3% 1,281 1,373
Claremont-Cottesloe 5th 6 -1- 8 26 90.5% 1,184 1,309
East Perth 6th 6 -0- 8 24 103.0% 1,155 1,121
Subiaco 7th 6 -0- 8 24 88.9% 964 1,084

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1930 3:00 PM East Perth v West Perth Perth Oval 116 - 96
SAT 23/08/1930 3:00 PM Perth v Subiaco WACA 91 - 70
SAT 23/08/1930 3:00 PM South Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe Fremantle Oval 85 - 85

Round 18 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 11 -0- 4 44 135.9% 1,422 1,046
South Fremantle 2nd 8 -2- 6 36 99.6% 1,209 1,214
Perth 3rd 7 -1- 7 30 96.0% 1,123 1,170
East Perth 4th 7 -0- 8 28 104.4% 1,271 1,217
Claremont-Cottesloe 5th 6 -2- 8 28 91.0% 1,269 1,394
West Perth 6th 6 -1- 9 26 92.5% 1,377 1,489
Subiaco 7th 6 -0- 9 24 88.0% 1,034 1,175

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1930 3:00 PM East Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 136 - 42
SAT 30/08/1930 3:00 PM Perth v South Fremantle WACA 57 - 67
SAT 30/08/1930 3:00 PM Subiaco v Claremont-Cottesloe Subiaco Oval 124 - 61

Round 19 Bye: West Perth

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 12 -0- 4 48 143.2% 1,558 1,088
South Fremantle 2nd 9 -2- 6 40 100.4% 1,276 1,271
Perth 3rd 7 -1- 8 30 95.4% 1,180 1,237
East Perth 4th 7 -0- 9 28 97.0% 1,313 1,353
Subiaco 5th 7 -0- 9 28 93.7% 1,158 1,236
Claremont-Cottesloe 6th 6 -2- 9 28 87.6% 1,330 1,518
West Perth 7th 6 -1- 9 26 92.5% 1,377 1,489

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1930 3:00 PM East Fremantle v South Fremantle Fremantle Oval 114 - 79
SAT 06/09/1930 3:00 PM East Perth v Perth Perth Oval 87 - 60
SAT 06/09/1930 3:00 PM West Perth v Subiaco Leederville Oval 52 - 58

Round 20 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 13 -0- 4 52 143.3% 1,672 1,167
South Fremantle 2nd 9 -2- 7 40 97.8% 1,355 1,385
East Perth 3rd 8 -0- 9 32 99.1% 1,400 1,413
Subiaco 4th 8 -0- 9 32 94.4% 1,216 1,288
Perth 5th 7 -1- 9 30 93.7% 1,240 1,324
Claremont-Cottesloe 6th 6 -2- 9 28 87.6% 1,330 1,518
West Perth 7th 6 -1- 10 26 92.4% 1,429 1,547

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1930 3:00 PM Claremont-Cottesloe v East Fremantle Claremont Oval 94 - 156
SAT 13/09/1930 3:00 PM East Perth v Subiaco Perth Oval 79 - 107
SAT 13/09/1930 3:00 PM West Perth v Perth Leederville Oval 119 - 164

Round 21 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
East Fremantle 1st 14 -0- 4 56 145.0% 1,828 1,261
South Fremantle 2nd 9 -2- 7 40 97.8% 1,355 1,385
Subiaco 3rd 9 -0- 9 36 96.8% 1,323 1,367
Perth 4th 8 -1- 9 34 97.3% 1,404 1,443
East Perth 5th 8 -0- 10 32 97.3% 1,479 1,520
Claremont-Cottesloe 6th 6 -2- 10 28 85.1% 1,424 1,674
West Perth 7th 6 -1- 11 26 90.5% 1,548 1,711

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1930 3:00 PM South Fremantle v Subiaco Subiaco Oval 73 - 44 7,572
SAT 27/09/1930 3:00 PM East Fremantle v Perth Subiaco Oval 104 - 74 4,899

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/10/1930 3:00 PM East Fremantle v South Fremantle Subiaco Oval 87 - 65 7,654