1952 WANFL Season: West Perth

These are the details of the premiership results for West Perth for the 1952 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 defeating South Fremantle in the second semi final, West Perth were defeated by South Fremantle in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.

Team Details

Competition: 1952 WANFL Season
Team: West Perth
Club: West Perth
Home Ground: Leederville Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 15-0-5, P%: 149.1)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Ashdown, Ken 18 0 R03-07, R10-20, SF, GF
Buttsworth, Fred 13 0 R01-02, R05-07, R10-11, R13-18
Clarke, Kevin 11 0 R01-07, R10-12, R15
David, Mervyn 8 0 R01-02, R04, R08-09, R12, R16-17
Fisher, Vic 11 0 R01-11
Garland, Neil 5 0 R18-20, SF, GF
Gregory, Bill 20 0 R01-04, R06-15, R17-20, SF, GF
Harman, Len 22 0 R01-20, SF, GF
Heal, Stan 17 0 R04-20
Hoft, Leslie 18 0 R01-06, R08-13, R17-20, SF, GF
Humphries, Brian 19 0 R03-06, R08-20, SF, GF
Kershaw, Ted 22 0 R01-20, SF, GF
Larcombe, Jack 20 0 R01-03, R05-09, R11-20, SF, GF
Lawtie, Eddie 2 0 R03, R07
Marinko, Don 17 0 R04, R07-20, SF, GF
McNamara, Laurie 22 0 R01-20, SF, GF
Porter, Don 15 0 R01-06, R09, R13, R15-17, R19-20, SF, GF
Pozzi, Guido 16 0 R01-03, R08-11, R14-20, SF, GF
Price, Wally 20 0 R01-07, R10-20, SF, GF
Schofield, Ray 20 0 R01-07, R10-20, SF, GF
Schofield, Trevor 22 0 R01-20, SF, GF
Scott, Ray 22 0 R01-20, SF, GF
Yaksich, Tony 18 0 R02-10, R12-13, R15-16, R18-20, SF, GF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
26/04/1952 Round 1 East Fremantle HOME LOSS EFRM by 14 unknown unknown
03/05/1952 Round 2 East Perth AWAY WIN WPTH by 26 unknown unknown
10/05/1952 Round 3 Perth HOME WIN WPTH by 6 unknown unknown
17/05/1952 Round 4 Subiaco AWAY WIN WPTH by 44 unknown unknown
24/05/1952 Round 5 Claremont HOME WIN WPTH by 79 unknown unknown
02/06/1952 Round 6 South Fremantle AWAY LOSS SFRM by 17 unknown unknown
07/06/1952 Round 7 Swan Districts HOME WIN WPTH by 153 unknown unknown
14/06/1952 Round 8 Subiaco HOME WIN WPTH by 76 unknown unknown
21/06/1952 Round 9 East Fremantle AWAY WIN WPTH by 10 unknown unknown
28/06/1952 Round 10 East Perth HOME WIN WPTH by 25 unknown unknown
05/07/1952 Round 11 Perth AWAY WIN WPTH by 84 unknown unknown
12/07/1952 Round 12 Subiaco HOME WIN WPTH by 47 unknown unknown
19/07/1952 Round 13 Claremont AWAY LOSS CLMT by 11 unknown unknown
26/07/1952 Round 14 South Fremantle AWAY LOSS SFRM by 1 unknown unknown
02/08/1952 Round 15 East Fremantle HOME WIN WPTH by 38 unknown unknown
09/08/1952 Round 16 Swan Districts AWAY WIN WPTH by 68 unknown unknown
23/08/1952 Round 17 East Perth AWAY LOSS EPTH by 12 unknown unknown
30/08/1952 Round 18 Perth HOME WIN WPTH by 85 unknown unknown
06/09/1952 Round 19 South Fremantle HOME WIN WPTH by 38 unknown unknown
13/09/1952 Round 20 Swan Districts AWAY WIN WPTH by 24 unknown unknown
27/09/1952 Semi Final South Fremantle AWAY WIN WPTH by 15 unknown unknown
11/10/1952 Grand Final South Fremantle HOME LOSS SFRM by 21 unknown unknown