1943 WANFL Season

These are the results for the 1943 season of the Western Australian National Football League (currently known as the West Australian Football League).

It featured seventeen rounds. Subiaco were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. East Fremantle were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1943 WANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 72

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Claremont	Claremont Oval	George Moloney
East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval
East Perth	Perth Oval
Perth	WACA
South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval
Subiaco	Subiaco Oval
Swan Districts	Bassendean Oval
West Perth	Leederville Oval

Season Results

Premiers: East Fremantle
Runners-Up: Swan Districts
Minor Premiers: Subiaco

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Subiaco	1st	13	-0-	4	52	132.3%	1,344	1,016	186	228	141	170
East Fremantle	2nd	12	-1-	4	50	147.4%	1,753	1,189	255	223	168	181
West Perth	3rd	10	-0-	7	40	139.5%	1,754	1,257	250	254	176	201
Swan Districts	4th	9	-0-	8	36	94.6%	1,308	1,383	181	222	192	231
Claremont	5th	8	-1-	8	34	117.0%	1,519	1,298	217	217	184	194
East Perth	6th	7	-0-	10	28	89.1%	1,237	1,388	174	193	194	224
Perth	7th	4	-0-	13	16	65.0%	920	1,416	127	158	202	204
South Fremantle	8th	4	-0-	13	16	52.0%	961	1,849	133	163	266	253

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
East Fremantle	1st	Premiers
Swan Districts	2nd	Runners-Up
Subiaco	3rd	Defeated by Swan Districts (Preliminary Final)
West Perth	4th	Defeated by Swan Districts (Semi Final)
Claremont	5th	Did not qualify for finals
East Perth	6th	Did not qualify for finals
Perth	7th	Did not qualify for finals
South Fremantle	8th	Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/05/1943	2:45 PM	Claremont v East Fremantle	Claremont Oval	76	-	50
SAT	15/05/1943	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	94	-	60
SAT	15/05/1943	2:45 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	66	-	44
SAT	15/05/1943	2:45 PM	Swan Districts v West Perth	Bassendean Oval	67	-	160

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	1	-0-	0	4	238.8%	160	67
South Fremantle	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	156.7%	94	60
Claremont	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	152.0%	76	50
Subiaco	4th	1	-0-	0	4	150.0%	66	44
Perth	5th	0	-0-	1	0	66.7%	44	66
East Fremantle	6th	0	-0-	1	0	65.8%	50	76
East Perth	7th	0	-0-	1	0	63.8%	60	94
Swan Districts	8th	0	-0-	1	0	41.9%	67	160

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/05/1943	2:45 PM	Claremont v Subiaco	Claremont Oval	44	-	77
SAT	22/05/1943	2:45 PM	Perth v East Fremantle	WACA	77	-	127
SAT	22/05/1943	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v Swan Districts	Subiaco Oval	69	-	166
SAT	22/05/1943	2:45 PM	West Perth v East Perth	Leederville Oval	155	-	81

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	2	-0-	0	8	212.8%	315	148
Subiaco	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	162.5%	143	88
East Fremantle	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	115.7%	177	153
Swan Districts	4th	1	-0-	1	4	101.7%	233	229
Claremont	5th	1	-0-	1	4	94.5%	120	127
South Fremantle	6th	1	-0-	1	4	72.1%	163	226
Perth	7th	0	-0-	2	0	62.7%	121	193
East Perth	8th	0	-0-	2	0	56.6%	141	249

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/05/1943	2:45 PM	Claremont v Perth	Claremont Oval	125	-	50
SAT	29/05/1943	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	94	-	105
SAT	29/05/1943	2:45 PM	Swan Districts v East Perth	Bassendean Oval	87	-	65
SAT	29/05/1943	2:45 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	190	-	78

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Perth	1st	3	-0-	0	12	223.5%	505	226
Subiaco	2nd	3	-0-	0	12	136.3%	248	182
Claremont	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	138.4%	245	177
Swan Districts	4th	2	-0-	1	8	108.8%	320	294
East Fremantle	5th	1	-0-	2	4	105.0%	271	258
South Fremantle	6th	1	-0-	2	4	57.9%	241	416
East Perth	7th	0	-0-	3	0	61.3%	206	336
Perth	8th	0	-0-	3	0	53.8%	171	318

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/06/1943	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	44	-	136
SAT	05/06/1943	2:45 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	88	-	78
SAT	12/06/1943	2:45 PM	Claremont v East Perth	Subiaco Oval	152	-	44
SAT	12/06/1943	2:45 PM	Perth v Swan Districts	WACA	70	-	60

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	4	-0-	0	16	129.2%	336	260
West Perth	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	185.7%	583	314
Claremont	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	179.6%	397	221
East Fremantle	4th	2	-0-	2	8	134.8%	407	302
Swan Districts	5th	2	-0-	2	8	104.4%	380	364
Perth	6th	1	-0-	3	4	63.8%	241	378
South Fremantle	7th	1	-0-	3	4	51.6%	285	552
East Perth	8th	0	-0-	4	0	51.2%	250	488

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/06/1943	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v West Perth	Fremantle Oval	145	-	47
SAT	19/06/1943	2:45 PM	East Perth v Perth	Perth Oval	66	-	43
SAT	19/06/1943	2:45 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	86	-	49
SAT	19/06/1943	2:45 PM	Swan Districts v Claremont	Bassendean Oval	75	-	72

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	5	-0-	0	20	136.6%	422	309
Claremont	2nd	3	-0-	2	12	158.4%	469	296
East Fremantle	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	158.2%	552	349
West Perth	4th	3	-0-	2	12	137.3%	630	459
Swan Districts	5th	3	-0-	2	12	104.4%	455	436
Perth	6th	1	-0-	4	4	64.0%	284	444
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	4	4	59.5%	316	531
South Fremantle	8th	1	-0-	4	4	52.4%	334	638

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/06/1943	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v Swan Districts	Subiaco Oval	122	-	55
SAT	26/06/1943	2:45 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	Perth Oval	40	-	87
SAT	26/06/1943	2:45 PM	Perth v South Fremantle	WACA	49	-	42
SAT	26/06/1943	2:45 PM	West Perth v Claremont	Leederville Oval	106	-	113

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	6	-0-	0	24	145.8%	509	349
East Fremantle	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	166.8%	674	404
Claremont	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	144.8%	582	402
West Perth	4th	3	-0-	3	12	128.7%	736	572
Swan Districts	5th	3	-0-	3	12	91.4%	510	558
Perth	6th	2	-0-	4	8	68.5%	333	486
East Perth	7th	1	-0-	5	4	57.6%	356	618
South Fremantle	8th	1	-0-	5	4	54.7%	376	687

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/07/1943	2:45 PM	Claremont v South Fremantle	Claremont Oval	50	-	77
SAT	03/07/1943	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	125	-	37
SAT	03/07/1943	2:45 PM	Subiaco v Swan Districts	Subiaco Oval	103	-	65
SAT	03/07/1943	2:45 PM	West Perth v Perth	Leederville Oval	115	-	32

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	7	-0-	0	28	147.8%	612	414
East Fremantle	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	181.2%	799	441
West Perth	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	140.9%	851	604
Claremont	4th	4	-0-	3	16	131.9%	632	479
Swan Districts	5th	3	-0-	4	12	87.0%	575	661
South Fremantle	6th	2	-0-	5	8	61.5%	453	737
Perth	7th	2	-0-	5	8	60.7%	365	601
East Perth	8th	1	-0-	6	4	52.9%	393	743

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/07/1943	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v Claremont	Fremantle Oval	99	-	99
SAT	10/07/1943	2:45 PM	East Perth v South Fremantle	Perth Oval	113	-	35
SAT	10/07/1943	2:45 PM	Perth v Subiaco	WACA	42	-	51
SAT	10/07/1943	2:45 PM	Swan Districts v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	74	-	128

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	8	-0-	0	32	145.4%	663	456
East Fremantle	2nd	5	-1-	2	22	166.3%	898	540
West Perth	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	144.4%	979	678
Claremont	4th	4	-1-	3	18	126.5%	731	578
Swan Districts	5th	3	-0-	5	12	82.3%	649	789
East Perth	6th	2	-0-	6	8	65.0%	506	778
Perth	7th	2	-0-	6	8	62.4%	407	652
South Fremantle	8th	2	-0-	6	8	57.4%	488	850

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/07/1943	2:45 PM	Claremont v West Perth	Claremont Oval	104	-	77
SAT	17/07/1943	2:45 PM	East Perth v Subiaco	Perth Oval	90	-	66
SAT	17/07/1943	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	84	-	74
SAT	17/07/1943	2:45 PM	Swan Districts v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	53	-	115

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	8	-0-	1	32	133.5%	729	546
East Fremantle	2nd	6	-1-	2	26	170.8%	1,013	593
Claremont	3rd	5	-1-	3	22	127.5%	835	655
West Perth	4th	5	-0-	4	20	135.0%	1,056	782
Swan Districts	5th	3	-0-	6	12	77.7%	702	904
East Perth	6th	3	-0-	6	12	70.6%	596	844
South Fremantle	7th	3	-0-	6	12	61.9%	572	924
Perth	8th	2	-0-	7	8	65.4%	481	736

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/07/1943	2:45 PM	Perth v East Perth	WACA	35	-	95
SAT	24/07/1943	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v Subiaco	Fremantle Oval	32	-	69
SAT	24/07/1943	2:45 PM	Swan Districts v Claremont	Subiaco Oval	42	-	76
SAT	24/07/1943	2:45 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	Leederville Oval	112	-	30

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	9	-0-	1	36	138.1%	798	578
East Fremantle	2nd	6	-1-	3	26	147.9%	1,043	705
Claremont	3rd	6	-1-	3	26	130.7%	911	697
West Perth	4th	6	-0-	4	24	143.8%	1,168	812
East Perth	5th	4	-0-	6	16	78.6%	691	879
Swan Districts	6th	3	-0-	7	12	75.9%	744	980
South Fremantle	7th	3	-0-	7	12	60.8%	604	993
Perth	8th	2	-0-	8	8	62.1%	516	831

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/07/1943	2:45 PM	Claremont v Subiaco	Claremont Oval	74	-	77
SAT	31/07/1943	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v Perth	Fremantle Oval	112	-	40
SAT	31/07/1943	2:45 PM	East Perth v West Perth	Perth Oval	52	-	47
SAT	31/07/1943	2:45 PM	Swan Districts v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	84	-	62

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	10	-0-	1	40	134.2%	875	652
East Fremantle	2nd	7	-1-	3	30	155.0%	1,155	745
Claremont	3rd	6	-1-	4	26	127.3%	985	774
West Perth	4th	6	-0-	5	24	140.6%	1,215	864
East Perth	5th	5	-0-	6	20	80.2%	743	926
Swan Districts	6th	4	-0-	7	16	79.5%	828	1,042
South Fremantle	7th	3	-0-	8	12	61.8%	666	1,077
Perth	8th	2	-0-	9	8	59.0%	556	943

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/08/1943	2:45 PM	Claremont v East Perth	Claremont Oval	97	-	90
SAT	07/08/1943	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v East Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	71	-	59
SAT	07/08/1943	2:45 PM	Subiaco v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	65	-	93
SAT	07/08/1943	2:45 PM	Swan Districts v Perth	Bassendean Oval	74	-	70

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	10	-0-	2	40	126.2%	940	745
East Fremantle	2nd	7	-1-	4	30	148.8%	1,214	816
Claremont	3rd	7	-1-	4	30	125.2%	1,082	864
West Perth	4th	7	-0-	5	28	140.8%	1,308	929
East Perth	5th	5	-0-	7	20	81.4%	833	1,023
Swan Districts	6th	5	-0-	7	20	81.1%	902	1,112
South Fremantle	7th	4	-0-	8	16	64.9%	737	1,136
Perth	8th	2	-0-	10	8	61.6%	626	1,017

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/08/1943	2:45 PM	East Perth v Swan Districts	Perth Oval	63	-	52
SAT	14/08/1943	2:45 PM	Perth v Claremont	WACA	84	-	63
SAT	14/08/1943	2:45 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	50	-	54
SAT	14/08/1943	2:45 PM	West Perth v South Fremantle	Leederville Oval	121	-	31

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	10	-0-	3	40	123.9%	990	799
East Fremantle	2nd	8	-1-	4	34	146.4%	1,268	866
West Perth	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	148.9%	1,429	960
Claremont	4th	7	-1-	5	30	120.8%	1,145	948
East Perth	5th	6	-0-	7	24	83.3%	896	1,075
Swan Districts	6th	5	-0-	8	20	81.2%	954	1,175
South Fremantle	7th	4	-0-	9	16	61.1%	768	1,257
Perth	8th	3	-0-	10	12	65.7%	710	1,080

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/08/1943	2:45 PM	East Perth v East Fremantle	Perth Oval	91	-	97
SAT	21/08/1943	2:45 PM	Perth v West Perth	Subiaco Oval	59	-	53
SAT	21/08/1943	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v Claremont	Fremantle Oval	68	-	144
SAT	21/08/1943	2:45 PM	Swan Districts v Subiaco	Bassendean Oval	76	-	43

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	10	-0-	4	40	118.1%	1,033	875
East Fremantle	2nd	9	-1-	4	38	142.6%	1,365	957
Claremont	3rd	8	-1-	5	34	126.9%	1,289	1,016
West Perth	4th	8	-0-	6	32	145.4%	1,482	1,019
Swan Districts	5th	6	-0-	8	24	84.6%	1,030	1,218
East Perth	6th	6	-0-	8	24	84.2%	987	1,172
Perth	7th	4	-0-	10	16	67.9%	769	1,133
South Fremantle	8th	4	-0-	10	16	59.7%	836	1,401

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/08/1943	2:45 PM	South Fremantle v East Perth	Fremantle Oval	48	-	123
SAT	28/08/1943	2:45 PM	Subiaco v Claremont	Subiaco Oval	94	-	72
SAT	28/08/1943	2:45 PM	Swan Districts v Perth	Bassendean Oval	116	-	42
SAT	28/08/1943	2:45 PM	West Perth v East Fremantle	Leederville Oval	89	-	102

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	11	-0-	4	44	119.0%	1,127	947
East Fremantle	2nd	10	-1-	4	42	140.2%	1,467	1,046
Claremont	3rd	8	-1-	6	34	122.6%	1,361	1,110
West Perth	4th	8	-0-	7	32	140.1%	1,571	1,121
Swan Districts	5th	7	-0-	8	28	91.0%	1,146	1,260
East Perth	6th	7	-0-	8	28	91.0%	1,110	1,220
Perth	7th	4	-0-	11	16	64.9%	811	1,249
South Fremantle	8th	4	-0-	11	16	58.0%	884	1,524

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/09/1943	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v South Fremantle	Fremantle Oval	179	-	43
SAT	04/09/1943	2:45 PM	Subiaco v Perth	Subiaco Oval	71	-	35
SAT	04/09/1943	2:45 PM	Swan Districts v Claremont	Bassendean Oval	81	-	58
SAT	04/09/1943	2:45 PM	West Perth v East Perth	Leederville Oval	87	-	62

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	12	-0-	4	48	122.0%	1,198	982
East Fremantle	2nd	11	-1-	4	46	151.1%	1,646	1,089
West Perth	3rd	9	-0-	7	36	140.2%	1,658	1,183
Claremont	4th	8	-1-	7	34	119.1%	1,419	1,191
Swan Districts	5th	8	-0-	8	32	93.1%	1,227	1,318
East Perth	6th	7	-0-	9	28	89.7%	1,172	1,307
Perth	7th	4	-0-	12	16	64.1%	846	1,320
South Fremantle	8th	4	-0-	12	16	54.4%	927	1,703

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/09/1943	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v Claremont	Fremantle Oval	107	-	100
SAT	11/09/1943	2:45 PM	East Perth v Swan Districts	Perth Oval	65	-	81
SAT	11/09/1943	2:45 PM	Perth v West Perth	WACA	74	-	96
SAT	11/09/1943	2:45 PM	Subiaco v South Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	146	-	34

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Subiaco	1st	13	-0-	4	52	132.3%	1,344	1,016
East Fremantle	2nd	12	-1-	4	50	147.4%	1,753	1,189
West Perth	3rd	10	-0-	7	40	139.5%	1,754	1,257
Swan Districts	4th	9	-0-	8	36	94.6%	1,308	1,383
Claremont	5th	8	-1-	8	34	117.0%	1,519	1,298
East Perth	6th	7	-0-	10	28	89.1%	1,237	1,388
Perth	7th	4	-0-	13	16	65.0%	920	1,416
South Fremantle	8th	4	-0-	13	16	52.0%	961	1,849

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/09/1943	2:45 PM	West Perth v Swan Districts	Subiaco Oval	74	-	77	3,347
SAT	25/09/1943	2:45 PM	Subiaco v East Fremantle	Subiaco Oval	60	-	103	4,788

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/10/1943	2:45 PM	Subiaco v Swan Districts	Subiaco Oval	53	-	95	6,756

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/10/1943	2:45 PM	East Fremantle v Swan Districts	Subiaco Oval	117	-	77	8,415

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