1931 WANFL Season

These are the results for the 1931 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 Page-McIntyre system. East Fremantle were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1931 WANFL Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 21
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 68

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: Subiaco
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	15	-0-	3	60	144.9%	1,652	1,140	227	290	159	186
Subiaco	2nd	12	-0-	6	48	121.2%	1,462	1,206	204	238	168	198
East Perth	3rd	11	-0-	7	44	100.4%	1,385	1,379	198	197	195	209
South Fremantle	4th	10	-0-	8	40	100.5%	1,320	1,313	178	252	180	233
West Perth	5th	6	-0-	12	24	90.9%	1,346	1,481	194	182	199	287
Perth	6th	6	-0-	12	24	87.8%	1,282	1,460	177	220	206	224
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	3	-0-	15	12	72.2%	1,216	1,684	170	196	241	238

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
East Fremantle	1st	Premiers
Subiaco	2nd	Runners-Up
East Perth	3rd	Defeated by Subiaco (Preliminary 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			Attendance
SAT	02/05/1931	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	80	-	101	2,500
SAT	02/05/1931	3:00 PM	East Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Perth Oval	119	-	58
MON	04/05/1931	3:00 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	Leederville Oval	96	-	52

Round 1 Bye: Perth

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	1	-0-	0	4	205.2%	119	58
West Perth	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	184.6%	96	52
Subiaco	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	126.3%	101	80
Perth	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
East Fremantle	5th	0	-0-	1	0	79.2%	80	101
South Fremantle	6th	0	-0-	1	0	54.2%	52	96
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	1	0	48.7%	58	119

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/05/1931	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Perth	Claremont Oval	40	-	78
SAT	09/05/1931	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	91	-	58
SAT	09/05/1931	3:00 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	56	-	64

Round 2 Bye: East Perth

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	1	-0-	0	4	205.2%	119	58
Perth	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	195.0%	78	40
Subiaco	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	109.0%	157	144
West Perth	4th	1	-0-	1	4	107.7%	154	143
East Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	1	4	107.5%	171	159
South Fremantle	6th	1	-0-	1	4	76.3%	116	152
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	2	0	49.7%	98	197

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/05/1931	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	108	-	70
SAT	16/05/1931	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	68	-	33
SAT	16/05/1931	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Perth	Leederville Oval	95	-	77

Round 3 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	2	-0-	1	8	127.1%	225	177
West Perth	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	113.2%	249	220
South Fremantle	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	100.9%	224	222
East Perth	4th	1	-0-	1	4	128.1%	196	153
East Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	1	4	107.5%	171	159
Perth	6th	1	-0-	1	4	102.8%	111	108
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	3	0	55.1%	168	305

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/05/1931	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Fremantle	Claremont Oval	58	-	82
SAT	23/05/1931	3:00 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	Perth Oval	53	-	56
SAT	23/05/1931	3:00 PM	Perth v West Perth	WACA	92	-	54

Round 4 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	3	-0-	1	12	122.2%	281	230
Perth	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	125.3%	203	162
East Fremantle	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	116.6%	253	217
South Fremantle	4th	2	-0-	1	8	100.9%	224	222
West Perth	5th	2	-0-	2	8	97.1%	303	312
East Perth	6th	1	-0-	2	4	119.1%	249	209
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	4	0	58.4%	226	387

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/05/1931	3:00 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	73	-	122
SAT	30/05/1931	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	123	-	49
SAT	30/05/1931	3:00 PM	West Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Leederville Oval	88	-	50

Round 5 Bye: Subiaco

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	3	-0-	1	12	129.3%	375	290
South Fremantle	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	128.0%	347	271
Subiaco	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	122.2%	281	230
West Perth	4th	3	-0-	2	12	108.0%	391	362
Perth	5th	2	-0-	2	8	97.2%	276	284
East Perth	6th	1	-0-	3	4	89.8%	298	332
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	5	0	58.1%	276	475

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
MON	01/06/1931	3:00 PM	East Perth v Perth	Perth Oval	85	-	70
MON	01/06/1931	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	38	-	52
MON	01/06/1931	3:00 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	74	-	82

Round 6 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	4	-0-	1	16	130.2%	427	328
West Perth	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	108.5%	473	436
South Fremantle	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	119.2%	385	323
Subiaco	4th	3	-0-	2	12	113.8%	355	312
East Perth	5th	2	-0-	3	8	95.3%	383	402
Perth	6th	2	-0-	3	8	93.8%	346	369
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	5	0	58.1%	276	475

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/06/1931	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Subiaco	Claremont Oval	71	-	127
SAT	06/06/1931	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	72	-	31
SAT	06/06/1931	3:00 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	69	-	72

Round 7 Bye: West Perth

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	5	-0-	1	20	139.0%	499	359
Subiaco	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	125.8%	482	383
South Fremantle	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	116.6%	457	392
West Perth	4th	4	-0-	2	16	108.5%	473	436
Perth	5th	2	-0-	4	8	94.1%	415	441
East Perth	6th	2	-0-	4	8	87.3%	414	474
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	6	0	57.6%	347	602

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/06/1931	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Perth	Claremont Oval	104	-	87
SAT	13/06/1931	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	97	-	78
SAT	13/06/1931	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	74	-	95

Round 8 Bye: Perth

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	6	-0-	1	24	137.2%	594	433
South Fremantle	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	117.9%	554	470
Subiaco	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	116.3%	556	478
West Perth	4th	4	-0-	3	16	103.4%	551	533
Perth	5th	2	-0-	4	8	94.1%	415	441
East Perth	6th	2	-0-	5	8	86.7%	501	578
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	1	-0-	6	4	65.5%	451	689

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/06/1931	3:00 PM	East Perth v West Perth	Perth Oval	73	-	66
SAT	20/06/1931	3:00 PM	Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	WACA	90	-	87
SAT	20/06/1931	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	88	-	71

Round 9 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	6	-0-	1	24	137.2%	594	433
South Fremantle	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	118.7%	642	541
Subiaco	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	110.8%	627	566
West Perth	4th	4	-0-	4	16	101.8%	617	606
Perth	5th	3	-0-	4	12	95.6%	505	528
East Perth	6th	3	-0-	5	12	89.1%	574	644
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	1	-0-	7	4	69.1%	538	779

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/06/1931	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v South Fremantle	Claremont Oval	58	-	46
SAT	27/06/1931	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	79	-	47
SAT	27/06/1931	3:00 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	67	-	47

Round 10 Bye: East Perth

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	1	28	140.2%	673	480
South Fremantle	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	114.9%	688	599
Subiaco	3rd	4	-0-	5	16	106.5%	674	633
Perth	4th	4	-0-	4	16	99.5%	572	575
West Perth	5th	4	-0-	5	16	96.9%	664	685
East Perth	6th	3	-0-	5	12	89.1%	574	644
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	2	-0-	7	8	72.2%	596	825

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/07/1931	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	82	-	49
SAT	04/07/1931	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	66	-	68
SAT	04/07/1931	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	Leederville Oval	77	-	75

Round 11 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	8	-0-	1	32	142.7%	755	529
South Fremantle	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	114.9%	688	599
West Perth	3rd	5	-0-	5	20	97.5%	741	760
Subiaco	4th	4	-0-	6	16	105.6%	740	701
Perth	5th	4	-0-	5	16	99.2%	647	652
East Perth	6th	4	-0-	5	16	90.4%	642	710
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	2	-0-	8	8	71.1%	645	907

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/07/1931	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v West Perth	Claremont Oval	65	-	57
SAT	11/07/1931	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	74	-	46
SAT	11/07/1931	3:00 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Perth Oval	84	-	59

Round 12 Bye: Subiaco

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	9	-0-	1	36	144.2%	829	575
South Fremantle	2nd	6	-0-	4	24	109.4%	747	683
West Perth	3rd	5	-0-	6	20	96.7%	798	825
East Perth	4th	5	-0-	5	20	94.4%	726	769
Subiaco	5th	4	-0-	6	16	105.6%	740	701
Perth	6th	4	-0-	6	16	95.5%	693	726
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	3	-0-	8	12	73.7%	710	964

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/07/1931	3:00 PM	Perth v East Perth	WACA	63	-	91
SAT	18/07/1931	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	61	-	71
SAT	18/07/1931	3:00 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Leederville Oval	62	-	118

Round 13 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	10	-0-	1	40	141.5%	900	636
South Fremantle	2nd	6	-0-	5	24	107.2%	808	754
East Perth	3rd	6	-0-	5	24	98.2%	817	832
Subiaco	4th	5	-0-	6	20	112.5%	858	763
West Perth	5th	5	-0-	7	20	91.2%	860	943
Perth	6th	4	-0-	7	16	92.5%	756	817
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	3	-0-	8	12	73.7%	710	964

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/07/1931	3:00 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Perth Oval	74	-	41
SAT	25/07/1931	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	100	-	78
SAT	25/07/1931	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Claremont-Cottesloe	Subiaco Oval	81	-	50

Round 14 Bye: West Perth

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	10	-0-	2	40	132.5%	941	710
South Fremantle	2nd	7	-0-	5	28	109.1%	908	832
East Perth	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	102.1%	891	873
Subiaco	4th	6	-0-	6	24	115.5%	939	813
West Perth	5th	5	-0-	7	20	91.2%	860	943
Perth	6th	4	-0-	8	16	90.9%	834	917
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	3	-0-	9	12	72.7%	760	1,045

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/08/1931	3:00 PM	East Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Perth Oval	104	-	96
SAT	01/08/1931	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	79	-	73
SAT	01/08/1931	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	88	-	74

Round 15 Bye: Perth

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	10	-0-	3	40	127.2%	1,015	798
South Fremantle	2nd	8	-0-	5	32	109.1%	987	905
East Perth	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	102.7%	995	969
Subiaco	4th	7	-0-	6	28	115.8%	1,027	887
West Perth	5th	5	-0-	8	20	91.3%	933	1,022
Perth	6th	4	-0-	8	16	90.9%	834	917
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	3	-0-	10	12	74.5%	856	1,149

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/08/1931	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Perth	Claremont Oval	77	-	100
SAT	08/08/1931	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	50	-	67
SAT	08/08/1931	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	Leederville Oval	88	-	109

Round 16 Bye: East Perth

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	11	-0-	3	44	126.9%	1,124	886
Subiaco	2nd	8	-0-	6	32	116.8%	1,094	937
South Fremantle	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	106.7%	1,037	972
East Perth	4th	8	-0-	5	32	102.7%	995	969
Perth	5th	5	-0-	8	20	94.0%	934	994
West Perth	6th	5	-0-	9	20	90.3%	1,021	1,131
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	3	-0-	11	12	74.7%	933	1,249

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/08/1931	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	82	-	65
SAT	15/08/1931	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	91	-	58
SAT	15/08/1931	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Perth	Leederville Oval	72	-	95

Round 17 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	11	-0-	3	44	126.9%	1,124	886
Subiaco	2nd	9	-0-	6	36	119.1%	1,185	995
South Fremantle	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	107.9%	1,119	1,037
East Perth	4th	9	-0-	5	36	104.7%	1,090	1,041
Perth	5th	5	-0-	9	20	91.4%	992	1,085
West Perth	6th	5	-0-	10	20	89.2%	1,093	1,226
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	3	-0-	12	12	75.0%	998	1,331

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/08/1931	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	152	-	105
SAT	22/08/1931	3:00 PM	Perth v West Perth	WACA	106	-	80
SAT	22/08/1931	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	89	-	87

Round 18 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	12	-0-	3	48	128.8%	1,276	991
Subiaco	2nd	10	-0-	6	40	117.7%	1,274	1,082
South Fremantle	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	107.9%	1,119	1,037
East Perth	4th	9	-0-	6	36	104.2%	1,177	1,130
Perth	5th	6	-0-	9	24	94.2%	1,098	1,165
West Perth	6th	5	-0-	11	20	88.1%	1,173	1,332
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	3	-0-	13	12	74.4%	1,103	1,483

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/08/1931	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	138	-	50
SAT	29/08/1931	3:00 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Perth Oval	92	-	61
SAT	29/08/1931	3:00 PM	West Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Leederville Oval	107	-	55

Round 19 Bye: Subiaco

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	13	-0-	3	52	135.8%	1,414	1,041
Subiaco	2nd	10	-0-	6	40	117.7%	1,274	1,082
East Perth	3rd	10	-0-	6	40	106.5%	1,269	1,191
South Fremantle	4th	9	-0-	7	36	104.5%	1,180	1,129
West Perth	5th	6	-0-	11	24	92.3%	1,280	1,387
Perth	6th	6	-0-	10	24	88.1%	1,148	1,303
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	3	-0-	14	12	72.8%	1,158	1,590

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/09/1931	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	128	-	69
SAT	05/09/1931	3:00 PM	Perth v East Perth	WACA	78	-	86
SAT	05/09/1931	3:00 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Leederville Oval	66	-	94

Round 20 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	14	-0-	3	56	138.9%	1,542	1,110
Subiaco	2nd	11	-0-	6	44	119.2%	1,368	1,148
East Perth	3rd	11	-0-	6	44	106.8%	1,355	1,269
South Fremantle	4th	9	-0-	8	36	99.4%	1,249	1,257
West Perth	5th	6	-0-	12	24	90.9%	1,346	1,481
Perth	6th	6	-0-	11	24	88.3%	1,226	1,389
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	3	-0-	14	12	72.8%	1,158	1,590

Round 21

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/09/1931	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Subiaco	Claremont Oval	58	-	94
SAT	12/09/1931	3:00 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Perth Oval	30	-	110
SAT	12/09/1931	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	71	-	56

Round 21 Bye: West Perth

Round 21 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	15	-0-	3	60	144.9%	1,652	1,140
Subiaco	2nd	12	-0-	6	48	121.2%	1,462	1,206
East Perth	3rd	11	-0-	7	44	100.4%	1,385	1,379
South Fremantle	4th	10	-0-	8	40	100.5%	1,320	1,313
West Perth	5th	6	-0-	12	24	90.9%	1,346	1,481
Perth	6th	6	-0-	12	24	87.8%	1,282	1,460
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	3	-0-	15	12	72.2%	1,216	1,684

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/09/1931	3:00 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	79	-	79	8,694
SAT	26/09/1931	3:00 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	72	-	70	10,958
SAT	03/10/1931	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Subiaco Oval	83	-	55	11,538

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/10/1931	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	56	-	55	8,115

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/10/1931	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Subiaco Oval	67	-	49	10,859

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