1942 WANFL Season

These are the results for the 1942 season of the Western Australian National Football League (currently known as the West Australian Football League).

It featured nineteen rounds. Each team received two byes. West Perth were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. West Perth were the premiers, with Len Harman as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1942 WANFL Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 19
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 61

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Claremont	Claremont Oval	Jack Reeves
East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval
East Perth	Perth Oval
Perth	WACA
South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval
Subiaco	Subiaco Oval
West Perth	Leederville Oval

Season Results

Premiers: West Perth
Runners-Up: Claremont
Minor Premiers: West Perth

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
West Perth	1st	13	-0-	4	52	143.8%	1,608	1,118	232	216	155	188
East Fremantle	2nd	10	-1-	6	42	124.3%	1,282	1,031	184	178	145	161
East Perth	3rd	10	-0-	7	40	108.3%	1,314	1,213	187	192	178	145
Claremont	4th	8	-0-	9	32	104.4%	1,346	1,289	195	176	185	179
Subiaco	5th	7	-1-	9	30	87.0%	1,162	1,335	163	184	185	225
South Fremantle	6th	4	-2-	11	20	79.1%	1,125	1,422	156	189	205	192
Perth	7th	3	-0-	9	12	64.7%	787	1,216	111	121	175	166

Overall Premiership Results

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

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/05/1942	2:45 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	108	-	89
SAT	09/05/1942	2:45 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Claremont Oval	68	-	79
SAT	09/05/1942	2:45 PM	West Perth v Claremont	Leederville Oval	91	-	75

Round 1 Bye: Perth

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	1	-0-	0	4	121.3%	108	89
West Perth	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	121.3%	91	75
South Fremantle	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	116.2%	79	68
Perth	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
Subiaco	5th	0	-0-	1	0	86.1%	68	79
East Fremantle	6th	0	-0-	1	0	82.4%	89	108
Claremont	7th	0	-0-	1	0	82.4%	75	91

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/05/1942	2:45 PM	Claremont v East Fremantle	Claremont Oval	106	-	63
SAT	16/05/1942	2:45 PM	East Perth v West Perth	Perth Oval	51	-	87
SAT	16/05/1942	2:45 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	77	-	97

Round 2 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	2	-0-	0	8	141.3%	178	126
Perth	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	126.0%	97	77
Claremont	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	117.5%	181	154
South Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	0	4	116.2%	79	68
East Perth	5th	1	-0-	1	4	90.3%	159	176
Subiaco	6th	0	-0-	2	0	82.4%	145	176
East Fremantle	7th	0	-0-	2	0	71.0%	152	214

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/05/1942	2:45 PM	Perth v Claremont	WACA	121	-	99
SAT	23/05/1942	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v East Perth	Claremont Oval	55	-	61
SAT	23/05/1942	2:45 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	69	-	85

Round 3 Bye: West Perth

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	2	-0-	0	8	141.3%	178	126
Perth	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	123.9%	218	176
East Perth	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	95.2%	220	231
South Fremantle	4th	1	-0-	1	4	103.9%	134	129
Claremont	5th	1	-0-	2	4	101.8%	280	275
East Fremantle	6th	1	-0-	2	4	83.7%	237	283
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	3	0	82.0%	214	261

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/05/1942	2:45 PM	East Perth v Perth	Perth Oval	120	-	93
SAT	30/05/1942	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v Claremont	Subiaco Oval	82	-	111
SAT	30/05/1942	2:45 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Leederville Oval	137	-	33

Round 4 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	3	-0-	0	12	198.1%	315	159
East Perth	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	104.9%	340	324
Claremont	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	109.5%	391	357
Perth	4th	2	-0-	1	8	105.1%	311	296
South Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	2	4	90.0%	216	240
East Fremantle	6th	1	-0-	2	4	83.7%	237	283
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	4	0	62.1%	247	398

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/06/1942	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	72	-	72
SAT	06/06/1942	2:45 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	Perth Oval	102	-	28
SAT	06/06/1942	2:45 PM	Perth v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	73	-	50

Round 5 Bye: Claremont

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
East Perth	1st	4	-0-	1	16	125.6%	442	352
West Perth	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	157.3%	365	232
Perth	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	111.0%	384	346
Claremont	4th	2	-0-	2	8	109.5%	391	357
South Fremantle	5th	1	-1-	2	6	92.3%	288	312
East Fremantle	6th	1	-1-	2	6	87.0%	309	355
Subiaco	7th	0	-0-	5	0	55.0%	275	500

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/06/1942	2:45 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	66	-	113
SAT	13/06/1942	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	77	-	126
SAT	13/06/1942	2:45 PM	Subiaco v Claremont	Subiaco Oval	74	-	59

Round 6 Bye: East Perth

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	4	-0-	1	16	158.9%	491	309
East Perth	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	125.6%	442	352
Perth	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	98.0%	450	459
East Fremantle	4th	2	-1-	2	10	100.2%	422	421
Claremont	5th	2	-0-	3	8	104.4%	450	431
South Fremantle	6th	1	-1-	3	6	83.3%	365	438
Subiaco	7th	1	-0-	5	4	62.4%	349	559

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/06/1942	2:45 PM	Claremont v East Perth	Claremont Oval	95	-	69
SAT	20/06/1942	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	118	-	55
SAT	20/06/1942	2:45 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	68	-	65

Round 7 Bye: Subiaco

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	5	-0-	1	20	149.5%	559	374
East Perth	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	114.3%	511	447
Claremont	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	109.0%	545	500
Perth	4th	3	-0-	3	12	87.5%	505	577
East Fremantle	5th	2	-1-	3	10	99.6%	487	489
South Fremantle	6th	2	-1-	3	10	98.0%	483	493
Subiaco	7th	1	-0-	5	4	62.4%	349	559

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/06/1942	2:45 PM	Claremont v West Perth	Claremont Oval	96	-	108
SAT	27/06/1942	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	62	-	69
SAT	27/06/1942	2:45 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	81	-	70

Round 8 Bye: Perth

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	6	-0-	1	24	141.9%	667	470
East Perth	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	113.9%	580	509
Claremont	3rd	3	-0-	4	12	105.4%	641	608
Perth	4th	3	-0-	3	12	87.5%	505	577
East Fremantle	5th	2	-1-	4	10	98.4%	549	558
South Fremantle	6th	2	-1-	4	10	96.3%	553	574
Subiaco	7th	2	-0-	5	8	68.4%	430	629

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/07/1942	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v Claremont	Fremantle Oval	80	-	40
SAT	04/07/1942	2:45 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	64	-	90
SAT	04/07/1942	2:45 PM	West Perth v East Perth	Leederville Oval	107	-	52

Round 9 Bye: South Fremantle

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	7	-0-	1	28	148.3%	774	522
East Perth	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	102.6%	632	616
East Fremantle	3rd	3	-1-	4	14	105.2%	629	598
Claremont	4th	3	-0-	5	12	99.0%	681	688
Perth	5th	3	-0-	4	12	85.3%	569	667
Subiaco	6th	3	-0-	5	12	75.0%	520	693
South Fremantle	7th	2	-1-	4	10	96.3%	553	574

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/07/1942	2:45 PM	Claremont v Perth	Claremont Oval	65	-	30
SAT	11/07/1942	2:45 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Perth Oval	72	-	83
SAT	11/07/1942	2:45 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	54	-	110

Round 10 Bye: West Perth

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	7	-0-	1	28	148.3%	774	522
East Perth	2nd	5	-0-	4	20	100.7%	704	699
East Fremantle	3rd	4	-1-	4	18	113.3%	739	652
Claremont	4th	4	-0-	5	16	103.9%	746	718
South Fremantle	5th	3	-1-	4	14	98.5%	636	646
Perth	6th	3	-0-	5	12	81.8%	599	732
Subiaco	7th	3	-0-	6	12	71.5%	574	803

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/07/1942	2:45 PM	Perth v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	53	-	142
SAT	18/07/1942	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v Claremont	Fremantle Oval	59	-	126
SAT	18/07/1942	2:45 PM	West Perth v Subiaco	Leederville Oval	98	-	79

Round 11 Bye: East Fremantle

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	8	-0-	1	32	145.1%	872	601
East Perth	2nd	6	-0-	4	24	112.5%	846	752
Claremont	3rd	5	-0-	5	20	112.2%	872	777
East Fremantle	4th	4	-1-	4	18	113.3%	739	652
South Fremantle	5th	3	-1-	5	14	90.0%	695	772
Perth	6th	3	-0-	6	12	74.6%	652	874
Subiaco	7th	3	-0-	7	12	72.5%	653	901

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/07/1942	2:45 PM	Perth v West Perth	WACA	39	-	194
SAT	25/07/1942	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	27	-	81
SAT	25/07/1942	2:45 PM	Subiaco v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	109	-	46

Round 12 Bye: Claremont

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	9	-0-	1	36	166.6%	1,066	640
East Perth	2nd	6	-0-	5	24	103.6%	892	861
East Fremantle	3rd	5	-1-	4	22	120.8%	820	679
Claremont	4th	5	-0-	5	20	112.2%	872	777
Subiaco	5th	4	-0-	7	16	80.5%	762	947
South Fremantle	6th	3	-1-	6	14	84.6%	722	853
Perth	7th	3	-0-	7	12	64.7%	691	1,068

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/08/1942	2:45 PM	Claremont v Subiaco	Claremont Oval	64	-	75
SAT	01/08/1942	2:45 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	55	-	90
SAT	01/08/1942	2:45 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	Leederville Oval	114	-	56

Round 13 Bye: East Perth

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	10	-0-	1	40	169.5%	1,180	696
East Fremantle	2nd	6	-1-	4	26	124.0%	910	734
East Perth	3rd	6	-0-	5	24	103.6%	892	861
Claremont	4th	5	-0-	6	20	109.9%	936	852
Subiaco	5th	5	-0-	7	20	82.8%	837	1,011
South Fremantle	6th	3	-1-	7	14	80.5%	778	967
Perth	7th	3	-0-	8	12	64.4%	746	1,158

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/08/1942	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	77	-	56
SAT	08/08/1942	2:45 PM	East Perth v Claremont	Perth Oval	82	-	26
SAT	08/08/1942	2:45 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	41	-	58

Round 14 Bye: Subiaco

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	10	-0-	2	40	159.9%	1,236	773
East Fremantle	2nd	7	-1-	4	30	124.9%	987	790
East Perth	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	109.8%	974	887
Claremont	4th	5	-0-	7	20	103.0%	962	934
Subiaco	5th	5	-0-	7	20	82.8%	837	1,011
South Fremantle	6th	4	-1-	7	18	82.9%	836	1,008
Perth	7th	3	-0-	9	12	64.7%	787	1,216

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/08/1942	2:45 PM	Claremont v East Fremantle	Claremont Oval	41	-	55
SAT	15/08/1942	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	81	-	81
SAT	15/08/1942	2:45 PM	West Perth v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	91	-	99

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	10	-0-	3	40	152.2%	1,327	872
East Fremantle	2nd	8	-1-	4	34	125.4%	1,042	831
East Perth	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	109.7%	1,073	978
Subiaco	4th	5	-1-	7	22	84.1%	918	1,092
Claremont	5th	5	-0-	8	20	101.4%	1,003	989
South Fremantle	6th	4	-2-	7	20	84.2%	917	1,089
Perth	7th	3	-0-	9	12	64.7%	787	1,216

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/08/1942	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	65	-	35
SAT	22/08/1942	2:45 PM	Subiaco v Claremont	Subiaco Oval	87	-	62
SAT	22/08/1942	2:45 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	Leederville Oval	114	-	74

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	11	-0-	3	44	152.3%	1,441	946
East Fremantle	2nd	9	-1-	4	38	127.8%	1,107	866
East Perth	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	106.2%	1,108	1,043
Subiaco	4th	6	-1-	7	26	87.1%	1,005	1,154
Claremont	5th	5	-0-	9	20	99.0%	1,065	1,076
South Fremantle	6th	4	-2-	8	20	82.4%	991	1,203
Perth	7th	3	-0-	9	12	64.7%	787	1,216

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/08/1942	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	50	-	69
SAT	29/08/1942	2:45 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	Perth Oval	50	-	37
SAT	29/08/1942	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v Claremont	Fremantle Oval	81	-	103

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	12	-0-	3	48	151.6%	1,510	996
East Fremantle	2nd	9	-1-	5	38	123.7%	1,157	935
East Perth	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	107.2%	1,158	1,080
Subiaco	4th	6	-1-	8	26	86.5%	1,042	1,204
Claremont	5th	6	-0-	9	24	101.0%	1,168	1,157
South Fremantle	6th	4	-2-	9	20	82.1%	1,072	1,306
Perth	7th	3	-0-	9	12	64.7%	787	1,216

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/09/1942	2:45 PM	Claremont v East Perth	Claremont Oval	109	-	101
SAT	05/09/1942	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	29	-	61
SAT	05/09/1942	2:45 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	53	-	67

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	13	-0-	3	52	150.3%	1,577	1,049
East Fremantle	2nd	10	-1-	5	42	126.3%	1,218	964
East Perth	3rd	9	-0-	7	36	105.9%	1,259	1,189
Claremont	4th	7	-0-	9	28	101.5%	1,277	1,258
Subiaco	5th	6	-1-	9	26	86.2%	1,095	1,271
South Fremantle	6th	4	-2-	10	20	80.5%	1,101	1,367
Perth	7th	3	-0-	9	12	64.7%	787	1,216

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/09/1942	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	64	-	67
SAT	12/09/1942	2:45 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Perth Oval	55	-	24
SAT	12/09/1942	2:45 PM	West Perth v Claremont	Subiaco Oval	31	-	69

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	13	-0-	4	52	143.8%	1,608	1,118
East Fremantle	2nd	10	-1-	6	42	124.3%	1,282	1,031
East Perth	3rd	10	-0-	7	40	108.3%	1,314	1,213
Claremont	4th	8	-0-	9	32	104.4%	1,346	1,289
Subiaco	5th	7	-1-	9	30	87.0%	1,162	1,335
South Fremantle	6th	4	-2-	11	20	79.1%	1,125	1,422
Perth	7th	3	-0-	9	12	64.7%	787	1,216

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
West Perth	1st	13	-0-	4	52	143.8%	1,608	1,118	232	216	155	188
East Fremantle	2nd	10	-1-	6	42	124.3%	1,282	1,031	184	178	145	161
East Perth	3rd	10	-0-	7	40	108.3%	1,314	1,213	187	192	178	145
Claremont	4th	8	-0-	9	32	104.4%	1,346	1,289	195	176	185	179
Subiaco	5th	7	-1-	9	30	87.0%	1,162	1,335	163	184	185	225
South Fremantle	6th	4	-2-	11	20	79.1%	1,125	1,422	156	189	205	192
Perth	7th	3	-0-	9	12	64.7%	787	1,216	111	121	175	166

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/09/1942	2:45 PM	East Perth v Claremont	Subiaco Oval	49	-	62	1,226
SAT	26/09/1942	2:45 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	78	-	70	2,335

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
West Perth	1st
East Fremantle	2nd
Claremont	3rd
East Perth	4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/10/1942	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v Claremont	Subiaco Oval	65	-	72

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
West Perth	1st
Claremont	2nd
East Fremantle	3rd
East Perth	4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/10/1942	2:45 PM	West Perth v Claremont	Subiaco Oval	130	-	79	5,308

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
West Perth	1st
Claremont	2nd
East Fremantle	3rd
East Perth	4th

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The information provided on this site does not necessarily align with the official record. The purpose of this site is to present its author's attempt to amalgamate a variety of sources of information on the VFL/AFL, VFA/VFL, SANFL, WAFL, TSL and other competitions to provide its users a unified view of the people (e.g. players, coaches, draftees and umpires), places, events (e.g. matches, drafts and awards) and other entities that have contributed to the rich history of Australian rules football.