1949 WANFL Season

These are the results for the 1949 season of the Western Australian National Football League (currently known as the West Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Perth were the minor premiers.

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

Season Details

Name: 1949 WANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 76

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
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: West Perth
Runners-Up: Perth
Minor Premiers: Perth

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Perth 1st 14 -0- 4 56 139.5% 1,667 1,195 230 287 166 199
West Perth 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 127.0% 1,629 1,283 224 285 181 197
South Fremantle 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 116.6% 1,818 1,559 261 252 222 227
East Fremantle 4th 11 -0- 7 44 113.2% 1,889 1,669 269 275 238 241
East Perth 5th 9 -0- 9 36 97.9% 1,470 1,501 204 246 210 241
Claremont 6th 6 -0- 12 24 80.8% 1,359 1,682 193 201 235 272
Swan Districts 7th 4 -0- 14 16 78.2% 1,273 1,628 176 217 226 272
Subiaco 8th 2 -0- 16 8 68.1% 1,256 1,844 177 194 256 308

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1949 2:45 PM East Perth v East Fremantle Perth Oval 124 - 79 4,444
SAT 23/04/1949 2:45 PM South Fremantle v Claremont Fremantle Oval 110 - 120 5,937
SAT 23/04/1949 2:45 PM Subiaco v Swan Districts Subiaco Oval 24 - 76 1,731
SAT 23/04/1949 2:45 PM West Perth v Perth Leederville Oval 100 - 84 5,360

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Swan Districts 1st 1 -0- 0 4 316.7% 76 24
East Perth 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 157.0% 124 79
West Perth 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 119.0% 100 84
Claremont 4th 1 -0- 0 4 109.1% 120 110
South Fremantle 5th 0 -0- 1 0 91.7% 110 120
Perth 6th 0 -0- 1 0 84.0% 84 100
East Fremantle 7th 0 -0- 1 0 63.7% 79 124
Subiaco 8th 0 -0- 1 0 31.6% 24 76

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1949 2:45 PM Claremont v East Fremantle Claremont Oval 68 - 109 4,589
SAT 30/04/1949 2:45 PM Perth v Subiaco WACA 74 - 45 3,135
SAT 30/04/1949 2:45 PM South Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 84 - 73 6,646
SAT 30/04/1949 2:45 PM Swan Districts v West Perth Bassendean Oval 46 - 64 2,712

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Perth 1st 2 -0- 0 8 126.2% 164 130
Swan Districts 2nd 1 -0- 1 4 138.6% 122 88
East Perth 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 120.9% 197 163
Perth 4th 1 -0- 1 4 109.0% 158 145
South Fremantle 5th 1 -0- 1 4 100.5% 194 193
East Fremantle 6th 1 -0- 1 4 97.9% 188 192
Claremont 7th 1 -0- 1 4 85.8% 188 219
Subiaco 8th 0 -0- 2 0 46.0% 69 150

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1949 2:45 PM Claremont v Subiaco Claremont Oval 59 - 105 2,460
SAT 07/05/1949 2:45 PM East Fremantle v Perth Fremantle Oval 90 - 103 5,269
SAT 07/05/1949 2:45 PM Swan Districts v South Fremantle Bassendean Oval 68 - 104 1,884
SAT 07/05/1949 2:45 PM West Perth v East Perth Leederville Oval 84 - 65 9,247

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Perth 1st 3 -0- 0 12 127.2% 248 195
South Fremantle 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 114.2% 298 261
Perth 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 111.1% 261 235
East Perth 4th 1 -0- 2 4 106.1% 262 247
Swan Districts 5th 1 -0- 2 4 99.0% 190 192
East Fremantle 6th 1 -0- 2 4 94.2% 278 295
Subiaco 7th 1 -0- 2 4 83.3% 174 209
Claremont 8th 1 -0- 2 4 76.2% 247 324

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1949 2:45 PM East Perth v Claremont Perth Oval 65 - 108 4,650
SAT 14/05/1949 2:45 PM Perth v Swan Districts WACA 74 - 35 2,941
SAT 14/05/1949 2:45 PM South Fremantle v East Fremantle Fremantle Oval 99 - 97 10,667
SAT 14/05/1949 2:45 PM Subiaco v West Perth Subiaco Oval 71 - 103 3,785

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Perth 1st 4 -0- 0 16 132.0% 351 266
Perth 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 124.1% 335 270
South Fremantle 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 110.9% 397 358
Claremont 4th 2 -0- 2 8 91.3% 355 389
East Fremantle 5th 1 -0- 3 4 95.2% 375 394
East Perth 6th 1 -0- 3 4 92.1% 327 355
Swan Districts 7th 1 -0- 3 4 84.6% 225 266
Subiaco 8th 1 -0- 3 4 78.5% 245 312

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1949 2:45 PM East Fremantle v Swan Districts Fremantle Oval 133 - 80 2,587
SAT 21/05/1949 2:45 PM Perth v South Fremantle WACA 50 - 73 9,321
SAT 21/05/1949 2:45 PM Subiaco v East Perth Subiaco Oval 78 - 83 2,943
SAT 21/05/1949 2:45 PM West Perth v Claremont Leederville Oval 87 - 50 6,287

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Perth 1st 5 -0- 0 20 138.6% 438 316
South Fremantle 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 115.2% 470 408
Perth 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 112.2% 385 343
East Fremantle 4th 2 -0- 3 8 107.2% 508 474
East Perth 5th 2 -0- 3 8 94.7% 410 433
Claremont 6th 2 -0- 3 8 85.1% 405 476
Subiaco 7th 1 -0- 4 4 81.8% 323 395
Swan Districts 8th 1 -0- 4 4 76.4% 305 399

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1949 2:45 PM Claremont v Swan Districts Claremont Oval 82 - 92 2,052
SAT 28/05/1949 2:45 PM East Perth v Perth Perth Oval 34 - 55 4,861
SAT 28/05/1949 2:45 PM South Fremantle v Subiaco Fremantle Oval 135 - 83 3,614
SAT 28/05/1949 2:45 PM West Perth v East Fremantle Leederville Oval 112 - 107 11,825

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Perth 1st 6 -0- 0 24 130.0% 550 423
South Fremantle 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 123.2% 605 491
Perth 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 116.7% 440 377
East Fremantle 4th 2 -0- 4 8 104.9% 615 586
East Perth 5th 2 -0- 4 8 91.0% 444 488
Claremont 6th 2 -0- 4 8 85.7% 487 568
Swan Districts 7th 2 -0- 4 8 82.5% 397 481
Subiaco 8th 1 -0- 5 4 76.6% 406 530

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1949 2:45 PM Claremont v Perth Claremont Oval 83 - 82 4,629
SAT 04/06/1949 2:45 PM Subiaco v East Fremantle Subiaco Oval 84 - 86 2,969
SAT 04/06/1949 2:45 PM Swan Districts v East Perth Bassendean Oval 63 - 105 2,518
MON 06/06/1949 2:45 PM South Fremantle v West Perth Subiaco Oval 90 - 86 26,744

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Perth 1st 6 -0- 1 24 124.0% 636 513
South Fremantle 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 120.5% 695 577
Perth 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 113.5% 522 460
East Fremantle 4th 3 -0- 4 12 104.6% 701 670
East Perth 5th 3 -0- 4 12 99.6% 549 551
Claremont 6th 3 -0- 4 12 87.7% 570 650
Swan Districts 7th 2 -0- 5 8 78.5% 460 586
Subiaco 8th 1 -0- 6 4 79.5% 490 616

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1949 2:45 PM Claremont v South Fremantle Claremont Oval 49 - 73 4,916
SAT 11/06/1949 2:45 PM East Fremantle v East Perth Fremantle Oval 163 - 118 4,517
SAT 11/06/1949 2:45 PM Perth v West Perth WACA 77 - 61 9,288
SAT 11/06/1949 2:45 PM Swan Districts v Subiaco Bassendean Oval 73 - 66 1,622

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Fremantle 1st 7 -0- 1 28 122.7% 768 626
West Perth 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 118.1% 697 590
Perth 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 115.0% 599 521
East Fremantle 4th 4 -0- 4 16 109.6% 864 788
East Perth 5th 3 -0- 5 12 93.4% 667 714
Claremont 6th 3 -0- 5 12 85.6% 619 723
Swan Districts 7th 3 -0- 5 12 81.7% 533 652
Subiaco 8th 1 -0- 7 4 80.7% 556 689

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1949 2:45 PM East Fremantle v Claremont Fremantle Oval 136 - 91 4,666
SAT 18/06/1949 2:45 PM East Perth v South Fremantle Perth Oval 71 - 78 5,505
SAT 18/06/1949 2:45 PM Subiaco v Perth Subiaco Oval 37 - 100 4,943
SAT 18/06/1949 2:45 PM West Perth v Swan Districts Leederville Oval 105 - 43 2,976

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Fremantle 1st 8 -0- 1 32 121.4% 846 697
West Perth 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 126.7% 802 633
Perth 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 125.3% 699 558
East Fremantle 4th 5 -0- 4 20 113.8% 1,000 879
East Perth 5th 3 -0- 6 12 93.2% 738 792
Claremont 6th 3 -0- 6 12 82.7% 710 859
Swan Districts 7th 3 -0- 6 12 76.1% 576 757
Subiaco 8th 1 -0- 8 4 75.2% 593 789

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1949 2:45 PM Claremont v Swan Districts Subiaco Oval 110 - 77 6,220
SAT 09/07/1949 2:45 PM East Fremantle v West Perth Fremantle Oval 63 - 76 7,411
SAT 09/07/1949 2:45 PM Perth v East Perth WACA 108 - 52 4,945
SAT 09/07/1949 2:45 PM Subiaco v South Fremantle Subiaco Oval 74 - 136 1,814

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Fremantle 1st 9 -0- 1 36 127.4% 982 771
West Perth 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 126.1% 878 696
Perth 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 132.3% 807 610
East Fremantle 4th 5 -0- 5 20 111.3% 1,063 955
Claremont 5th 4 -0- 6 16 87.6% 820 936
East Perth 6th 3 -0- 7 12 87.8% 790 900
Swan Districts 7th 3 -0- 7 12 75.3% 653 867
Subiaco 8th 1 -0- 9 4 72.1% 667 925

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1949 2:45 PM East Perth v West Perth Perth Oval 84 - 53 5,084
SAT 16/07/1949 2:45 PM Perth v East Fremantle WACA 119 - 68 6,100
SAT 16/07/1949 2:45 PM South Fremantle v Swan Districts Fremantle Oval 134 - 88 2,647
SAT 16/07/1949 2:45 PM Subiaco v Claremont Subiaco Oval 77 - 93 1,847

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Fremantle 1st 10 -0- 1 40 129.9% 1,116 859
Perth 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 136.6% 926 678
West Perth 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 119.4% 931 780
East Fremantle 4th 5 -0- 6 20 105.3% 1,131 1,074
Claremont 5th 5 -0- 6 20 90.1% 913 1,013
East Perth 6th 4 -0- 7 16 91.7% 874 953
Swan Districts 7th 3 -0- 8 12 74.0% 741 1,001
Subiaco 8th 1 -0- 10 4 73.1% 744 1,018

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1949 2:45 PM Claremont v East Perth Claremont Oval 93 - 96 5,177
SAT 23/07/1949 2:45 PM East Fremantle v South Fremantle Fremantle Oval 144 - 135 9,627
SAT 23/07/1949 2:45 PM Swan Districts v Perth Bassendean Oval 95 - 100 1,866
SAT 23/07/1949 2:45 PM West Perth v Subiaco Leederville Oval 153 - 86 3,078

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Fremantle 1st 10 -0- 2 40 124.7% 1,251 1,003
Perth 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 132.7% 1,026 773
West Perth 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 125.2% 1,084 866
East Fremantle 4th 6 -0- 6 24 105.5% 1,275 1,209
East Perth 5th 5 -0- 7 20 92.7% 970 1,046
Claremont 6th 5 -0- 7 20 90.7% 1,006 1,109
Swan Districts 7th 3 -0- 9 12 75.9% 836 1,101
Subiaco 8th 1 -0- 11 4 70.9% 830 1,171

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1949 2:45 PM Claremont v West Perth Claremont Oval 41 - 73 4,635
SAT 30/07/1949 2:45 PM East Perth v Subiaco Perth Oval 99 - 48 3,097
SAT 30/07/1949 2:45 PM South Fremantle v Perth Fremantle Oval 103 - 118 8,386
SAT 30/07/1949 2:45 PM Swan Districts v East Fremantle Bassendean Oval 84 - 121 1,690

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Perth 1st 10 -0- 3 40 130.6% 1,144 876
West Perth 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 127.6% 1,157 907
South Fremantle 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 120.8% 1,354 1,121
East Fremantle 4th 7 -0- 6 28 108.0% 1,396 1,293
East Perth 5th 6 -0- 7 24 97.7% 1,069 1,094
Claremont 6th 5 -0- 8 20 88.6% 1,047 1,182
Swan Districts 7th 3 -0- 10 12 75.3% 920 1,222
Subiaco 8th 1 -0- 12 4 69.1% 878 1,270

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1949 2:45 PM East Fremantle v Subiaco Fremantle Oval 102 - 49 1,461
SAT 06/08/1949 2:45 PM East Perth v Swan Districts Perth Oval 89 - 40 2,314
SAT 06/08/1949 2:45 PM Perth v Claremont WACA 147 - 66 3,120
SAT 06/08/1949 2:45 PM West Perth v South Fremantle Leederville Oval 92 - 63 10,967

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Perth 1st 11 -0- 3 44 137.0% 1,291 942
West Perth 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 128.8% 1,249 970
South Fremantle 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 116.8% 1,417 1,213
East Fremantle 4th 8 -0- 6 32 111.6% 1,498 1,342
East Perth 5th 7 -0- 7 28 102.1% 1,158 1,134
Claremont 6th 5 -0- 9 20 83.7% 1,113 1,329
Swan Districts 7th 3 -0- 11 12 73.2% 960 1,311
Subiaco 8th 1 -0- 13 4 67.6% 927 1,372

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1949 2:45 PM East Fremantle v West Perth Subiaco Oval 79 - 67 9,381
SAT 20/08/1949 2:45 PM East Perth v Perth Perth Oval 53 - 105 6,566
SAT 20/08/1949 2:45 PM South Fremantle v Subiaco Fremantle Oval 127 - 95 2,193
SAT 20/08/1949 2:45 PM Swan Districts v Claremont Bassendean Oval 59 - 67 837

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Perth 1st 12 -0- 3 48 140.3% 1,396 995
West Perth 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 125.5% 1,316 1,049
South Fremantle 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 118.0% 1,544 1,308
East Fremantle 4th 9 -0- 6 36 111.9% 1,577 1,409
East Perth 5th 7 -0- 8 28 97.7% 1,211 1,239
Claremont 6th 6 -0- 9 24 85.0% 1,180 1,388
Swan Districts 7th 3 -0- 12 12 73.9% 1,019 1,378
Subiaco 8th 1 -0- 14 4 68.2% 1,022 1,499

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1949 2:45 PM Claremont v East Perth Claremont Oval 66 - 89 1,915
SAT 27/08/1949 2:45 PM Perth v Swan Districts WACA 94 - 84 2,221
SAT 27/08/1949 2:45 PM South Fremantle v East Fremantle Fremantle Oval 85 - 97 10,079
SAT 27/08/1949 2:45 PM Subiaco v West Perth Subiaco Oval 73 - 156 2,681

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Perth 1st 13 -0- 3 52 138.1% 1,490 1,079
West Perth 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 131.2% 1,472 1,122
South Fremantle 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 115.9% 1,629 1,405
East Fremantle 4th 10 -0- 6 40 112.0% 1,674 1,494
East Perth 5th 8 -0- 8 32 99.6% 1,300 1,305
Claremont 6th 6 -0- 10 24 84.4% 1,246 1,477
Swan Districts 7th 3 -0- 13 12 74.9% 1,103 1,472
Subiaco 8th 1 -0- 15 4 66.2% 1,095 1,655

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1949 2:45 PM Claremont v South Fremantle Claremont Oval 81 - 95 1,648
SAT 03/09/1949 2:45 PM East Fremantle v East Perth Subiaco Oval 89 - 90 3,010
SAT 03/09/1949 2:45 PM Swan Districts v Subiaco Bassendean Oval 63 - 76 507
SAT 03/09/1949 2:45 PM West Perth v Perth Leederville Oval 84 - 67 11,477

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Perth 1st 13 -0- 4 52 133.9% 1,557 1,163
West Perth 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 130.9% 1,556 1,189
South Fremantle 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 116.0% 1,724 1,486
East Fremantle 4th 10 -0- 7 40 111.3% 1,763 1,584
East Perth 5th 9 -0- 8 36 99.7% 1,390 1,394
Claremont 6th 6 -0- 11 24 84.4% 1,327 1,572
Swan Districts 7th 3 -0- 14 12 75.3% 1,166 1,548
Subiaco 8th 2 -0- 15 8 68.2% 1,171 1,718

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1949 2:45 PM East Perth v Swan Districts Perth Oval 80 - 107 1,352
SAT 10/09/1949 2:45 PM Perth v Claremont WACA 110 - 32 2,413
SAT 10/09/1949 2:45 PM South Fremantle v West Perth Fremantle Oval 94 - 73 6,745
SAT 10/09/1949 2:45 PM Subiaco v East Fremantle Subiaco Oval 85 - 126 1,559

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Perth 1st 14 -0- 4 56 139.5% 1,667 1,195
West Perth 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 127.0% 1,629 1,283
South Fremantle 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 116.6% 1,818 1,559
East Fremantle 4th 11 -0- 7 44 113.2% 1,889 1,669
East Perth 5th 9 -0- 9 36 97.9% 1,470 1,501
Claremont 6th 6 -0- 12 24 80.8% 1,359 1,682
Swan Districts 7th 4 -0- 14 16 78.2% 1,273 1,628
Subiaco 8th 2 -0- 16 8 68.1% 1,256 1,844

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1949 2:45 PM South Fremantle v East Fremantle Subiaco Oval 106 - 85 24,851
SAT 24/09/1949 2:45 PM Perth v West Perth Subiaco Oval 97 - 113 20,512

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/10/1949 2:45 PM Perth v South Fremantle Subiaco Oval 144 - 91 23,533

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/10/1949 2:45 PM West Perth v Perth Subiaco Oval 109 - 79 34,049