1933 WANFL Season

These are the results for the 1933 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: 1933 WANFL Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 21
Finals System: Page-McIntyre 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: 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	128.2%	1,783	1,391	259	229	193	233
West Perth	2nd	13	-0-	5	52	114.8%	1,469	1,280	207	227	180	200
East Perth	3rd	9	-0-	9	36	106.8%	1,630	1,526	233	232	214	242
Subiaco	4th	7	-0-	11	28	98.6%	1,405	1,425	189	271	207	183
South Fremantle	5th	7	-0-	11	28	89.5%	1,439	1,608	201	233	226	252
Perth	6th	7	-0-	11	28	87.7%	1,494	1,703	212	222	244	239
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	5	-0-	13	20	80.8%	1,210	1,497	172	178	209	243

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
East Fremantle	1st	Premiers
Subiaco	2nd	Runners-Up
West Perth	3rd	Defeated by Subiaco (Preliminary Final)
East 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	29/04/1933	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	94	-	77
SAT	29/04/1933	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	63	-	74
MON	01/05/1933	3:00 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	Leederville Oval	73	-	90

Round 1 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Fremantle	1st	1	-0-	0	4	123.3%	90	73
East Fremantle	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	122.1%	94	77
Perth	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	117.5%	74	63
Claremont-Cottesloe	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
Subiaco	5th	0	-0-	1	0	85.1%	63	74
East Perth	6th	0	-0-	1	0	81.9%	77	94
West Perth	7th	0	-0-	1	0	81.1%	73	90

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/05/1933	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v West Perth	Claremont Oval	62	-	67
SAT	06/05/1933	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	108	-	100
SAT	06/05/1933	3:00 PM	Perth v East Perth	WACA	57	-	116

Round 2 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	2	-0-	0	8	114.1%	202	177
East Perth	2nd	1	-0-	1	4	127.8%	193	151
South Fremantle	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	123.3%	90	73
West Perth	4th	1	-0-	1	4	92.1%	140	152
Perth	5th	1	-0-	1	4	73.2%	131	179
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	0	-0-	1	0	92.5%	62	67
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	2	0	89.6%	163	182

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/05/1933	3:00 PM	East Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Perth Oval	106	-	75
SAT	13/05/1933	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	65	-	102
SAT	13/05/1933	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	Leederville Oval	153	-	61

Round 3 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	2	-0-	1	8	137.6%	293	213
East Perth	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	132.3%	299	226
East Fremantle	3rd	2	-0-	0	8	114.1%	202	177
Subiaco	4th	1	-0-	2	4	107.3%	265	247
South Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	1	4	88.6%	155	175
Perth	6th	1	-0-	2	4	57.8%	192	332
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	0	-0-	2	0	79.2%	137	173

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/05/1933	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Subiaco	Claremont Oval	68	-	56
SAT	20/05/1933	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	69	-	45
SAT	20/05/1933	3:00 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Perth Oval	137	-	47

Round 4 Bye: Perth

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	3	-0-	1	12	159.7%	436	273
East Fremantle	2nd	3	-0-	0	12	122.1%	271	222
West Perth	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	119.9%	338	282
Subiaco	4th	1	-0-	3	4	101.9%	321	315
Claremont-Cottesloe	5th	1	-0-	2	4	89.5%	205	229
South Fremantle	6th	1	-0-	2	4	64.7%	202	312
Perth	7th	1	-0-	2	4	57.8%	192	332

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/05/1933	3:00 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	71	-	99
SAT	27/05/1933	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	84	-	57
SAT	27/05/1933	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	62	-	77

Round 5 Bye: West Perth

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	4	-0-	1	16	153.1%	513	335
East Fremantle	2nd	4	-0-	0	16	126.3%	370	293
West Perth	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	119.9%	338	282
South Fremantle	4th	2	-0-	2	8	77.5%	286	369
Subiaco	5th	1	-0-	4	4	97.7%	383	392
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	1	-0-	3	4	83.7%	262	313
Perth	7th	1	-0-	3	4	61.0%	263	431

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/06/1933	3:00 PM	Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	WACA	65	-	88
SAT	03/06/1933	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	55	-	79
SAT	03/06/1933	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Perth	Perth Oval	70	-	50

Round 6 Bye: Subiaco

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	5	-0-	0	20	129.0%	449	348
East Perth	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	139.0%	563	405
West Perth	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	122.9%	408	332
Claremont-Cottesloe	4th	2	-0-	3	8	92.6%	350	378
South Fremantle	5th	2	-0-	3	8	76.1%	341	448
Subiaco	6th	1	-0-	4	4	97.7%	383	392
Perth	7th	1	-0-	4	4	63.2%	328	519

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/06/1933	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Claremont Oval	95	-	56
SAT	10/06/1933	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	116	-	143
SAT	10/06/1933	3:00 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	77	-	102

Round 7 Bye: East Perth

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	6	-0-	0	24	134.7%	544	404
East Perth	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	139.0%	563	405
West Perth	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	124.7%	510	409
Claremont-Cottesloe	4th	2	-0-	4	8	85.8%	406	473
South Fremantle	5th	2	-0-	4	8	77.3%	457	591
Perth	6th	2	-0-	4	8	74.2%	471	635
Subiaco	7th	1	-0-	5	4	93.1%	460	494

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/06/1933	3:00 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Perth Oval	93	-	110
SAT	17/06/1933	3:00 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	61	-	93
SAT	17/06/1933	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	88	-	79

Round 8 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	0	28	131.6%	654	497
East Perth	2nd	4	-0-	3	16	127.4%	656	515
West Perth	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	118.5%	589	497
South Fremantle	4th	3	-0-	4	12	81.3%	545	670
Subiaco	5th	2	-0-	5	8	99.6%	553	555
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	2	-0-	4	8	85.8%	406	473
Perth	7th	2	-0-	5	8	73.1%	532	728

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/06/1933	3:00 PM	East Perth v Perth	Perth Oval	117	-	108
SAT	24/06/1933	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	74	-	66
SAT	24/06/1933	3:00 PM	West Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	Leederville Oval	100	-	73

Round 9 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	1	28	126.1%	720	571
East Perth	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	124.1%	773	623
West Perth	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	120.9%	689	570
Subiaco	4th	3	-0-	5	12	101.0%	627	621
South Fremantle	5th	3	-0-	4	12	81.3%	545	670
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	2	-0-	5	8	83.6%	479	573
Perth	7th	2	-0-	6	8	75.7%	640	845

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/07/1933	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Perth	Claremont Oval	81	-	84
SAT	01/07/1933	3:00 PM	Perth v West Perth	WACA	25	-	45
SAT	01/07/1933	3:00 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	47	-	52

Round 10 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	7	-0-	1	28	126.1%	720	571
West Perth	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	123.4%	734	595
East Perth	3rd	6	-0-	3	24	121.7%	857	704
South Fremantle	4th	4	-0-	4	16	83.3%	597	717
Subiaco	5th	3	-0-	6	12	100.1%	674	673
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	2	-0-	6	8	85.2%	560	657
Perth	7th	2	-0-	7	8	74.7%	665	890

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/07/1933	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	93	-	97
SAT	08/07/1933	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Claremont-Cottesloe	Subiaco Oval	47	-	60
SAT	08/07/1933	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	Leederville Oval	91	-	62

Round 11 Bye: Perth

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	7	-0-	3	28	125.6%	825	657
East Perth	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	119.7%	954	797
East Fremantle	3rd	7	-0-	2	28	118.1%	782	662
South Fremantle	4th	4	-0-	5	16	84.8%	690	814
Subiaco	5th	3	-0-	7	12	98.4%	721	733
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	3	-0-	6	12	88.1%	620	704
Perth	7th	2	-0-	7	8	74.7%	665	890

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/07/1933	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v South Fremantle	Claremont Oval	79	-	62
SAT	15/07/1933	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	108	-	98
SAT	15/07/1933	3:00 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	Perth Oval	108	-	86

Round 12 Bye: West Perth

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	8	-0-	3	32	120.3%	1,062	883
East Fremantle	2nd	8	-0-	2	32	117.1%	890	760
West Perth	3rd	7	-0-	3	28	125.6%	825	657
Claremont-Cottesloe	4th	4	-0-	6	16	91.3%	699	766
South Fremantle	5th	4	-0-	6	16	84.2%	752	893
Subiaco	6th	3	-0-	8	12	96.0%	807	841
Perth	7th	2	-0-	8	8	76.5%	763	998

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/07/1933	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v Perth	Claremont Oval	62	-	78
SAT	22/07/1933	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	109	-	81
SAT	22/07/1933	3:00 PM	West Perth v East Perth	Leederville Oval	96	-	91

Round 13 Bye: Subiaco

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	9	-0-	2	36	118.8%	999	841
West Perth	2nd	8	-0-	3	32	123.1%	921	748
East Perth	3rd	8	-0-	4	32	117.8%	1,153	979
Claremont-Cottesloe	4th	4	-0-	7	16	90.2%	761	844
South Fremantle	5th	4	-0-	7	16	83.1%	833	1,002
Subiaco	6th	3	-0-	8	12	96.0%	807	841
Perth	7th	3	-0-	8	12	79.3%	841	1,060

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/07/1933	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	118	-	66
SAT	29/07/1933	3:00 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	115	-	84
SAT	29/07/1933	3:00 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Leederville Oval	67	-	57

Round 14 Bye: East Perth

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	10	-0-	2	40	123.2%	1,117	907
West Perth	2nd	9	-0-	3	36	122.7%	988	805
East Perth	3rd	8	-0-	4	32	117.8%	1,153	979
Claremont-Cottesloe	4th	4	-0-	8	16	86.0%	827	962
Perth	5th	4	-0-	8	16	83.6%	956	1,144
South Fremantle	6th	4	-0-	8	16	82.1%	917	1,117
Subiaco	7th	3	-0-	9	12	95.2%	864	908

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/08/1933	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	140	-	80
SAT	05/08/1933	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	126	-	95
SAT	05/08/1933	3:00 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	Leederville Oval	96	-	74

Round 15 Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	11	-0-	2	44	127.4%	1,257	987
West Perth	2nd	10	-0-	3	40	123.3%	1,084	879
East Perth	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	110.2%	1,233	1,119
Subiaco	4th	4	-0-	9	16	98.7%	990	1,003
Claremont-Cottesloe	5th	4	-0-	8	16	86.0%	827	962
Perth	6th	4	-0-	9	16	82.8%	1,051	1,270
South Fremantle	7th	4	-0-	9	16	81.7%	991	1,213

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/08/1933	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v West Perth	Claremont Oval	68	-	93
SAT	12/08/1933	3:00 PM	Perth v East Perth	WACA	95	-	86
SAT	12/08/1933	3:00 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	85	-	82

Round 16 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	11	-0-	3	44	124.9%	1,339	1,072
West Perth	2nd	11	-0-	3	44	124.3%	1,177	947
East Perth	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	108.6%	1,319	1,214
Subiaco	4th	5	-0-	9	20	99.1%	1,075	1,085
Perth	5th	5	-0-	9	20	84.5%	1,146	1,356
Claremont-Cottesloe	6th	4	-0-	9	16	84.8%	895	1,055
South Fremantle	7th	4	-0-	9	16	81.7%	991	1,213

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/08/1933	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Perth	Claremont Oval	60	-	101
SAT	19/08/1933	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	120	-	58
SAT	19/08/1933	3:00 PM	West Perth v Perth	Leederville Oval	67	-	89

Round 17 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	11	-0-	3	44	124.9%	1,339	1,072
West Perth	2nd	11	-0-	4	44	120.1%	1,244	1,036
East Perth	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	111.5%	1,420	1,274
Perth	4th	6	-0-	9	24	86.8%	1,235	1,423
Subiaco	5th	5	-0-	10	20	94.0%	1,133	1,205
South Fremantle	6th	5	-0-	9	20	87.4%	1,111	1,271
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	4	-0-	10	16	82.6%	955	1,156

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/08/1933	3:00 PM	Claremont-Cottesloe v East Fremantle	Claremont Oval	70	-	83
SAT	26/08/1933	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	97	-	84
SAT	26/08/1933	3:00 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Leederville Oval	76	-	68

Round 18 Bye: East Perth

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	12	-0-	3	48	124.5%	1,422	1,142
West Perth	2nd	12	-0-	4	48	119.6%	1,320	1,104
East Perth	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	111.5%	1,420	1,274
South Fremantle	4th	6	-0-	9	24	89.2%	1,208	1,355
Perth	5th	6	-0-	10	24	86.8%	1,319	1,520
Subiaco	6th	5	-0-	11	20	93.8%	1,201	1,281
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	4	-0-	11	16	82.7%	1,025	1,239

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/09/1933	3:00 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	Perth Oval	79	-	101
SAT	02/09/1933	3:00 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	81	-	134
SAT	02/09/1933	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v Claremont-Cottesloe	Fremantle Oval	61	-	71

Round 19 Bye: West Perth

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	13	-0-	3	52	127.2%	1,556	1,223
West Perth	2nd	12	-0-	4	48	119.6%	1,320	1,104
East Perth	3rd	9	-0-	7	36	109.0%	1,499	1,375
Subiaco	4th	6	-0-	11	24	95.7%	1,302	1,360
South Fremantle	5th	6	-0-	10	24	89.0%	1,269	1,426
Perth	6th	6	-0-	11	24	84.6%	1,400	1,654
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	5	-0-	11	20	84.3%	1,096	1,300

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/09/1933	3:00 PM	East Perth v West Perth	Perth Oval	59	-	62
SAT	09/09/1933	3:00 PM	Perth v Claremont-Cottesloe	WACA	94	-	49
SAT	09/09/1933	3:00 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	81	-	110

Round 20 Bye: Subiaco

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	14	-0-	3	56	127.8%	1,666	1,304
West Perth	2nd	13	-0-	4	52	118.8%	1,382	1,163
East Perth	3rd	9	-0-	8	36	108.4%	1,558	1,437
Perth	4th	7	-0-	11	28	87.7%	1,494	1,703
Subiaco	5th	6	-0-	11	24	95.7%	1,302	1,360
South Fremantle	6th	6	-0-	11	24	87.9%	1,350	1,536
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	5	-0-	12	20	82.1%	1,145	1,394

Round 21

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/09/1933	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	117	-	87
SAT	16/09/1933	3:00 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Perth Oval	72	-	89
SAT	16/09/1933	3:00 PM	Subiaco v Claremont-Cottesloe	Subiaco Oval	103	-	65

Round 21 Bye: Perth

Round 21 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Fremantle	1st	15	-0-	3	60	128.2%	1,783	1,391
West Perth	2nd	13	-0-	5	52	114.8%	1,469	1,280
East Perth	3rd	9	-0-	9	36	106.8%	1,630	1,526
Subiaco	4th	7	-0-	11	28	98.6%	1,405	1,425
South Fremantle	5th	7	-0-	11	28	89.5%	1,439	1,608
Perth	6th	7	-0-	11	28	87.7%	1,494	1,703
Claremont-Cottesloe	7th	5	-0-	13	20	80.8%	1,210	1,497

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/09/1933	3:00 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	Leederville Oval	62	-	87	9,240
SAT	30/09/1933	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	105	-	86	11,894

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/10/1933	3:00 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Subiaco Oval	86	-	90	10,468

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/10/1933	3:00 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Subiaco Oval	73	-	49	15,919

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