1951 WANFL Season: West Perth

These are the details of the premiership results for West Perth for the 1951 season of the Western Australian National Football League (currently known as the West Australian Football League). The team used Leederville Oval as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After being defeated by South Fremantle in the second semi final and defeating Perth in the preliminary final, West Perth defeated South Fremantle in the grand final, winning the premiership.

Team Details

Competition: 1951 WANFL Season
Team: West Perth
Club: West Perth
Home Ground: Leederville Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 14-0-7, P%: 140.4)
Finals Performance: Premiers

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Ashdown, Ken 24 0 R01-21, SF, PF, GF
Buttsworth, Fred 23 0 R02-21, SF, PF, GF
Clarke, Kevin 22 0 R01, R03-11, R13-21, SF, PF, GF
David, Mervyn 8 0 R13-16, R21, SF, PF, GF
Fisher, Vic 15 0 R10-21, SF, PF, GF
Garland, Neil 9 0 R03, R16-17, R19-21, SF, PF, GF
Gregory, Bill 17 0 R01-05, R10-19, PF, GF
Harman, Len 24 0 R01-21, SF, PF, GF
Heal, Stan 20 0 R01-19, R21
Hoft, Leslie 20 0 R01-02, R06-19, R21, SF, PF, GF
Humphries, Brian 24 0 R01-21, SF, PF, GF
Kershaw, Ted 21 0 R04-21, SF, PF, GF
Lamb, Norman 2 0 R06-07
Larcombe, Jack 24 0 R01-21, SF, PF, GF
Lawtie, Eddie 8 0 R09, R11, R19-21, SF, PF, GF
Lind, Doug 18 0 R01-07, R13, R15-21, SF, PF, GF
Porter, Don 19 0 R03-12, R14-19, SF, PF, GF
Pozzi, Guido 20 0 R01-12, R17-21, SF, PF, GF
Price, Wally 22 0 R01-10, R12-21, PF, GF
Schofield, Ray 24 0 R01-21, SF, PF, GF
Schofield, Trevor 24 0 R01-21, SF, PF, GF
Scott, Ray 24 0 R01-21, SF, PF, GF
Whittle, Alvan 15 0 R01-12, R14-16
Yaksich, Tony 5 0 R01-05

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1951 Round 1 East Fremantle AWAY LOSS EFRM by 5 unknown unknown
28/04/1951 Round 2 Claremont AWAY LOSS CLMT by 4 unknown unknown
09/05/1951 Round 3 South Fremantle AWAY LOSS SFRM by 16 unknown unknown
12/05/1951 Round 4 Swan Districts HOME WIN WPTH by 68 unknown unknown
19/05/1951 Round 5 East Perth HOME WIN WPTH by 55 unknown unknown
26/05/1951 Round 6 Subiaco AWAY WIN WPTH by 101 unknown unknown
04/06/1951 Round 7 Perth AWAY LOSS PRTH by 12 unknown unknown
09/06/1951 Round 8 East Fremantle HOME WIN WPTH by 20 unknown unknown
16/06/1951 Round 9 Claremont HOME WIN WPTH by 19 unknown unknown
23/06/1951 Round 10 South Fremantle HOME LOSS SFRM by 27 unknown unknown
07/07/1951 Round 11 Swan Districts AWAY WIN WPTH by 20 unknown unknown
14/07/1951 Round 12 East Perth AWAY LOSS EPTH by 3 unknown unknown
21/07/1951 Round 13 Subiaco HOME WIN WPTH by 3 unknown unknown
28/07/1951 Round 14 Perth AWAY LOSS PRTH by 18 unknown unknown
04/08/1951 Round 15 East Fremantle AWAY WIN WPTH by 30 unknown unknown
11/08/1951 Round 16 Claremont HOME WIN WPTH by 60 unknown unknown
18/08/1951 Round 17 South Fremantle AWAY WIN WPTH by 34 unknown unknown
25/08/1951 Round 18 Swan Districts HOME WIN WPTH by 111 unknown unknown
01/09/1951 Round 19 East Perth AWAY WIN WPTH by 54 unknown unknown
08/09/1951 Round 20 Subiaco HOME WIN WPTH by 19 unknown unknown
15/09/1951 Round 21 Perth HOME WIN WPTH by 62 unknown unknown
29/09/1951 Semi Final South Fremantle AWAY LOSS SFRM by 8 unknown unknown
06/10/1951 Preliminary Final Perth HOME WIN WPTH by 40 unknown unknown
13/10/1951 Grand Final South Fremantle AWAY WIN WPTH by 3 unknown Ray Schofield