1955 WANFL Grand Final: East Fremantle v Perth

This is the match report for the match played on 8 October 1955 between East Fremantle and Perth in the grand final of the 1955 WANFL season. East Fremantle hosted Perth at Subiaco Oval. Keith Harper captained the visitors.

As a result of this match, Perth were the premiers and East Fremantle were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 1955 WANFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: East Fremantle v Perth
Date: Saturday 8 October 1955
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Subiaco Oval
Attendance: 41,659

Match Results

Outcome: East Fremantle def. by Perth
Score: 11.9.75 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
East Fremantle 1 . 0 8 . 5 8 . 6 11 . 9 11 . 9 (75)
Perth 2 . 7 2 . 7 7 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin PRTH by 13 EFRM by 34 EFRM by 2 PRTH by 2 PRTH by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: unknown (East Fremantle), unknown (Perth)
Captains: unknown (East Fremantle), Keith Harper (Perth)

Player Statistics

East Fremantle

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Clarke, Jack ? ? ? ?
Conway, Jim ? ? ? ?
Coulson, Frank ? ? ? ?
Cowan, Merv ? ? ? ?
Ebbs, Ken ? ? ? ?
Guthrie, Tom ? ? ? ?
Howard, Oscar ? ? ? ?
Johnson, Percy ? ? ? ?
Nugent, Laurie ? ? ? ?
Preen, Alan ? ? ? ?
Regan, Con ? ? ? ?
Sheedy, Jack ? ? ? ?
Waters, Wally ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (13 players) 11 9

Perth

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Armstrong, Ken ? ? ? ?
Ashbolt, Brian ? ? ? ?
Bryan, Ken ? ? ? ?
Coventry, Peter ? ? ? ?
Curtis, Bill ? ? ? ?
Davis, Tom ? ? ? ?
Foynes, Des ? ? ? ?
Harper, Keith (c) ? ? ? ?
Harper, Roy ? ? ? ?
Henderson, Stan ? ? ? ?
Howard, Laurie ? ? ? ?
McIntosh, Merv ? ? ? ?
McNamara, Jeffrey ? ? ? ?
Meredith, Harry ? ? ? ?
Moriarty, Terry ? ? ? ?
Shepherd, Gordon ? ? ? ?
Skehan, Charlie ? ? ? ?
Walker, Dick ? ? ? ?
Wansbrough, Bert ? ? ? ?
Zeuner, Reg ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (20 players) 11 11

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s