1994 WAFL season
The 1994 WAFL season was the 110th season of the West Australian Football League in its various incarnations.
1994 WAFL season | |
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Teams | 8 |
Premiers | East Fremantle (28th premiership) |
Minor premiers | Claremont (11th minor premiership) |
Matches played | 90 |
Bernie Naylor Medallist | Brenton Cooper (Perth) |
Sandover Medallist | Ian Dargie (Subiaco) |
It was the final season before, to stem fears of dominance by the Eagles of the AFL, a second Western Australian team, the Fremantle Dockers was added to the national competition. Along with financial difficulties faced by perennial stragglers Perth and to a lesser extent West Perth, East Perth,[1] Swan Districts and on-field power club Claremont,[2] this made the league consider substantial measures to deal with the declining popularity of the competition. The 1994 season did see two home-and-away attendances of over ten thousand for the last time in the competition’s history.
With president Tom James admitting that if the Falcons remained based in the aging districts of Daglish and Shenton Park, the club would be extinct by 2000,[3] West Perth took the league to the rapidly growing northwestern suburbs of the city by moving to Arena Joondalup in a newly developing region of the city, vacating Leederville Oval for six seasons until the redevelopment of Perth Oval as a rectangular soccer field for the Perth Glory forced the Falcons’ traditional rivals East Perth to move there. The 1994 season also saw the last WAFL games at the Western Australian Cricket Association Ground, due to redevelopment of the drainage and grandstands of Subiaco Oval during this and the early part of the 1995 season.
Another notable feature was the first converts to Australian Rules from basketball, Daniel Bandy and Leon Harris, who debuted for Perth and East Perth respectively. Bandy was to be a mainstay for the Dockers during their early years in the AFL.
Home-and-away season
Round 1 (Easter weekend)
Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 April | Perth 22.16 (148) | def. | Subiaco 17.11 (113) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2735) | |
Saturday, 2 April | Claremont 11.12 (78) | def. | West Perth 9.15 (69) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 3039) | |
Monday, 4 April | East Perth 11.13 (79) | def. | Swan Districts 9.12 (66) | Perth Oval (crowd: 4004) | |
Monday, 4 April | East Fremantle 17.17 (119) | def. | South Fremantle 14.15 (99) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5905) | |
With recruit Brenton Cooper kicking seven goals, Perth score a surprise win for new coach David Glascott.[4] |
Round 2
Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 9 April | East Perth 9.10 (64) | def. by | East Fremantle 16.17 (113) | WACA (crowd: 2802) | |
Saturday, 9 April | Swan Districts 21.10 (136) | def. | Perth 13.11 (89) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2453) | |
Saturday, 9 April | Subiaco 6.12 (48) | def. by | Claremont 17.10 (112) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2291) | |
Sunday, 10 April | South Fremantle 11.7 (73) | def. by | West Perth 12.19 (91) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3597) | |
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Round 3
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 16 April | Subiaco 11.9 (75) | def. by | Swan Districts 12.21 (93) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2424) | |
Saturday, 16 April | East Fremantle 19.6 (120) | def. | West Perth 16.8 (104) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2805) | |
Saturday, 16 April | Claremont 18.16 (124) | def. | East Perth 9.18 (72) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 2082) | |
Saturday, 16 April (6:45 pm) | Perth 10.11 (71) | def. by | South Fremantle 15.15 (105) | WACA (crowd: 3143) | |
Round 4 (Anzac Day)
Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 23 April | South Fremantle 13.11 (89) | def. by | Subiaco 17.11 (113) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2430) | |
Saturday, 23 April | Perth 11.16 (82) | def. by | East Fremantle 21.13 (139) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2204) | |
Saturday, 23 April | Swan Districts 14.15 (99) | def. by | Claremont 17.15 (117) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3230) | |
Monday, 25 April | West Perth 9.7 (61) | def. by | East Perth 12.10 (82) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 15082) | |
The Anzac Day match was the first WAFL game at West Perth’s new home of Arena Joondalup, and attracted a crowd never equalled at the ground.[7] It also featured a motorcade from old West Perth captains to Joondalup.[3] |
Round 5
Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 30 April | Swan Districts 16.13 (109) | def. | East Fremantle 12.8 (80) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3357) | |
Saturday, 30 April (6:45 pm) | Claremont 19.10 (124) | def. | South Fremantle 9.10 (64) | WACA (crowd: 2441) | |
Sunday, 1 May | East Perth 14.11 (95) | def. | Perth 9.8 (62) | Perth Oval (crowd: 2714) | |
Sunday, 1 May | Subiaco 10.6 (66) | def. by | West Perth 23.15 (153) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 3853) | |
West Perth annihilate Subiaco with twelve unanswered goals after an even first half, with ruckman Craig Nelson dominating, and leave the 1993 preliminary finalists last on the ladder.[8] |
Round 6
Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday, 7 May | West Perth 17.11 (113) | def. | Perth 14.9 (93) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 3531) | |
Saturday, 7 May | South Fremantle 8.13 (61) | def. by | Swan Districts 14.10 (94) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2797) | |
Saturday, 7 May | Claremont 15.13 (103) | def. | East Fremantle 12.6 (78) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 2930) | |
Saturday, 7 May (6:45 pm) | East Perth 12.7 (79) | def. by | Subiaco 23.11 (149) | WACA (crowd: 2534) | |
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Round 7
Round 7 | |||||
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Saturday, 14 May | West Perth 10.15 (75) | def. by | Swan Districts 17.6 (108) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 5217) | |
Saturday, 14 May | East Perth 14.10 (94) | def. by | South Fremantle 21.9 (135) | Perth Oval (crowd: 2367) | |
Saturday, 14 May | East Fremantle 16.8 (104) | def. by | Subiaco 21.10 (136) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2592) | |
Saturday, 14 May | Perth 13.18 (96) | def. by | Claremont 24.5 (149) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2133) | |
Claremont’s 53-point win is the biggest in WAFL history by a team with fewer scoring shots.[11] |
Round 8
Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday, 21 May | Swan Districts 21.15 (141) | def. | Perth 8.16 (64) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2000) | |
Saturday, 21 May | East Fremantle 19.9 (123) | def. | East Perth 14.9 (93) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1736) | [12] |
Saturday, 21 May | Claremont 16.13 (109) | def. | Subiaco 10.10 (70) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 2500) | |
Sunday, 22 May | West Perth 14.7 (91) | def. by | South Fremantle 16.11 (107) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1433) | |
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Round 9
Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday, 28 May | Subiaco 8.14 (62) | def. by | Swan Districts 12.7 (79) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2506) | |
Saturday, 28 May | Perth 12.15 (87) | def. by | South Fremantle 17.14 (116) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2074) | [15] |
Saturday, 28 May | West Perth 15.13 (103) | def. | East Fremantle 11.10 (76) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2534) | |
Saturday, 28 May | East Perth 8.10 (58) | def. by | Claremont 21.15 (141) | Perth Oval (crowd: 2228) | |
East Fremantle suffer an amazing second-half collapse kicking only 1.4 (10) to 9.8 (62), including seven goals by the Falcons into the wind in the last quarter, as the previously out-of-sorts Turley and Mildenhall come to dominate when positioned in the centre.[16] |
Round 10 (Foundation Day)
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 4 June | Subiaco 19.12 (126) | def. | Perth 19.10 (124) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 1518) | |
Saturday, 4 June | Swan Districts 14.12 (96) | def. | East Perth 11.14 (80) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2800) | |
Saturday, 4 June | Claremont 11.10 (76) | def. | West Perth 9.10 (64) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 2200) | |
Monday, 6 June | South Fremantle 12.12 (84) | def. by | East Fremantle 18.14 (122) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 15500) | |
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Round 11
Round 11 | |||||
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Saturday, 11 June | West Perth 19.15 (129) | def. | Subiaco 11.12 (78) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2442) | |
Saturday, 18 June | South Fremantle 14.10 (94) | def. by | Claremont 20.6 (126) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2503) | |
Saturday, 18 June | Perth 16.14 (110) | def. | East Perth 11.12 (78) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2361) | |
Saturday, 18 June | East Fremantle 16.7 (103) | def. by | Swan Districts 18.12 (120) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2500) | |
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Round 12
Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday, 25 June | Perth 12.10 (82) | def. by | West Perth 16.10 (106) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2179) | |
Saturday, 25 June | Swan Districts 22.12 (144) | def. | South Fremantle 13.13 (91) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2800) | |
Saturday, 25 June | East Fremantle 15.10 (100) | def. | Claremont 7.15 (57) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2286) | |
Sunday, 26 June | East Perth 12.5 (77) | def. by | Subiaco 19.21 (135) | Perth Oval (crowd: 2200) | |
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Round 13
Round 13 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 July | Claremont 10.19 (79) | def. | Perth 11.6 (72) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 1850) | [22] |
Saturday, 2 July | South Fremantle 9.17 (71) | def. | East Perth 8.13 (61) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2244) | |
Saturday, 2 July | Subiaco 17.11 (113) | def. | East Fremantle 9.7 (61) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2196) | |
Saturday, 2 July | West Perth 13.14 (92) | def. | Swan Districts 10.7 (67) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2265) | |
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Round 14
Round 14 | |||||
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Saturday, 9 July | Claremont 11.8 (74) | def. | East Perth 5.12 (42) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 1638) | |
Saturday, 9 July | South Fremantle 6.8 (44) | def. by | Perth 6.15 (51) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1605) | |
Saturday, 9 July | Swan Districts 10.6 (66) | def. by | Subiaco 15.14 (104) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1800) | |
Saturday, 9 July | East Fremantle 9.12 (66) | def. | West Perth 7.6 (48) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2196) | [25] |
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Round 15
Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday, 16 July | South Fremantle 13.16 (94) | def. by | West Perth 19.7 (121) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2400) | [29] |
Saturday, 16 July | East Perth 13.15 (93) | def. by | East Fremantle 20.11 (131) | Perth Oval (crowd: 1400) | |
Saturday, 16 July | Perth 14.12 (96) | def. | Swan Districts 12.8 (80) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2500) | [30] |
Saturday, 16 July | Subiaco 19.10 (124) | def. | Claremont 10.7 (67) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2400) | |
Subiaco’s dominance of possession from the centre – 144 possessions from six midfielders as against Claremont’s 110 amongst eight – allows it to inflict the Tigers’ worst loss for two seasons, despite losing key forwards Jason Heatley and Karl Langdon early on.[31] |
Round 16
Round 16 | |||||
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Saturday, 23 July | East Fremantle 15.15 (105) | def. | South Fremantle 7.8 (50) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3909) | |
Saturday, 23 July | Perth 9.10 (64) | def. by | Subiaco 14.14 (98) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 1934) | |
Saturday, 23 July | East Perth 12.11 (83) | def. | Swan Districts 8.12 (60) | Perth Oval (crowd: 1700) | |
Saturday, 23 July | West Perth 11.12 (78) | def. | Claremont 8.9 (57) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2064) | [32] |
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Round 17
Round 17 | |||||
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Saturday, 30 July | West Perth 22.10 (142) | def. | East Perth 13.13 (91) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2782) | |
Saturday, 30 July | Perth 14.10 (94) | def. | East Fremantle 14.8 (92) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2029) | |
Saturday, 30 July | South Fremantle 14.15 (99) | def. by | Subiaco 17.8 (110) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2500) | |
Saturday, 30 July | Swan Districts 14.14 (98) | def. | Claremont 12.15 (87) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2500) | |
With a major upset over the eventual premiers, Perth move off the bottom. |
Round 18
Round 18 | |||||
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Saturday, 6 August | Claremont 20.12 (132) | def. | South Fremantle 14.8 (92) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 1600) | |
Saturday, 6 August | Swan Districts 17.12 (114) | def. | East Fremantle 12.11 (83) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2116) | |
Sunday, 7 August | East Perth 14.10 (94) | def. | Perth 7.15 (57) | Perth Oval (crowd: 1948) | |
Sunday, 7 August | Subiaco 22.11 (143) | def. | West Perth 10.8 (68) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 4213) | |
Although without Heatley and with Karl Langdon reported, Subiaco overwhelm West Perth for their seventh consecutive victory, kicking 17.8 (110) to 5.4 (34) to three-quarter time.[35] |
Round 19
Round 19 | |||||
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Saturday, 13 August | Subiaco 17.14 (116) | def. | East Perth 15.12 (102) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2369) | [36] |
Saturday, 13 August | West Perth 18.18 (126) | def. | Perth 11.7 (73) | Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2501) | |
Saturday, 13 August (6:45 pm) | South Fremantle 17.9 (111) | def. | Swan Districts 12.8 (80) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3500) | [37] |
Sunday, 14 August | Claremont 10.11 (71) | def. by | East Fremantle 18.14 (122) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 3500) | |
East Fremantle’s superb tagging decimate the league-leading Tigers after quarter-time, leavign the Sharks a win from the double chance with two rounds to play – and question marks over the post-Neesham Tigers’ capability of winning the flag.[38] |
Round 20
Round 20 | |||||
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Saturday, 20 August | East Perth 14.15 (99) | def. | South Fremantle 14.12 (96) | Perth Oval (crowd: 1799) | |
Saturday, 20 August | East Fremantle 23.6 (144) | def. | Subiaco 6.12 (48) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3000) | |
Saturday, 20 August | Perth 9.8 (62) | def. by | Claremont 18.14 (122) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 1896) | |
Saturday, 20 August | Swan Districts 15.5 (95) | def. by | West Perth 15.7 (97) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 4073) | |
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Round 21
Round 21 | |||||
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Saturday, 27 August | East Perth 9.9 (63) | def. by | West Perth 14.10 (94) | Perth Oval (crowd: 3,800) | |
Saturday, 27 August | Subiaco 30.23 (203) | def. | South Fremantle 12.10 (82) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2441) | |
Saturday, 27 August | Claremont 14.11 (95) | def. | Swan Districts 8.8 (56) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 2108) | |
Saturday, 27 August | East Fremantle 21.19 (145) | def. | Perth 8.7 (55) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2045) | |
With Lamb playing his 150th game for the Lions and Heatley kicking 10.1,[42] Subiaco fail by a single point to equal their highest score from ten years beforehand against Perth[43] |
Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
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1 | Claremont | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2100 | 1658 | 126.7 | 64 |
2 | East Fremantle (P) | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2226 | 1840 | 121.0 | 52 |
3 | West Perth | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2025 | 1788 | 113.3 | 52 |
4 | Subiaco | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2230 | 2049 | 108.8 | 52 |
5 | Swan Districts | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2001 | 1824 | 109.7 | 48 |
6 | South Fremantle | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1857 | 2238 | 83.0 | 24 |
7 | East Perth | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1679 | 2156 | 77.9 | 24 |
8 | Perth | 21 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1732 | 2297 | 75.4 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.
Finals
Elimination and Qualifying Finals
Qualifying Final | |||||
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Saturday, 3 September (2:30 pm) | East Fremantle 14.11 (95) | def. | West Perth 9.13 (67) | WACA (crowd: 11,835) | |
Elimination Final | |||||
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Saturday, 3 September (5:30 pm) | Subiaco 13.11 (89) | def. | Swan Districts 11.7 (73) | WACA (crowd: 11,835) | |
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Semi-finals
First semi-final | |||||
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Saturday, 10 September (2:30 pm) | West Perth 9.13 (67) | def. | Subiaco 10.4 (64) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7,100) | |
West Perth manage to always stay a kick in front during a thrilling finish in sloppy conditions.[45] |
Second semi-final | |||||
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Saturday, 10 September (5:30 pm) | Claremont 17.13 (115) | def. | East Fremantle 11.2 (68) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7,100) | |
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Preliminary final
Preliminary final | |||||
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Saturday, 17 September | East Fremantle 15.11 (101) | def. | West Perth 11.18 (84) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 8,286) | |
Several major moves by Shark coach Ken Judge, including veteran Malaxos from defence to the ball and Paul Harding to defence, completely break down the system of West Perth, who score only 2.3 (15) to 11.8 (74) in the second half.[47] |
Grand Final
1994 WAFL Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 24 September | Claremont | def. by | East Fremantle | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 17,594) | [48] |
1.3 (9) 3.4 (22) 3.7 (25) 10.10 (70) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
3.2 (20) 10.4 (64) 12.8 (80) 13.13 (91) |
Umpires: Greg Scroop, Sam Kronja Simpson Medal: Mark Amaranti (East Fremantle) | ||
Gary Edwards 3, Wardell-Johnson 2, Morgan 2, Green, Sheldrick, Merillo | Goals | Amaranti 4, Lally 2, Bilcich 2, Lockyer, Davidson, Dhurrkay, Pobjoy, Harding | |||
Panizza, Merillo, Leach, Jones, Wira, Scott Edwards | Best | Amaranti, Treleven, Sanders, Condon, Harding, Davies | |||
An opening skirmish between Damien Condon and second semi hero Morgan shows East Fremantle mean business as they completely break down Claremont’s attack for three quarters in hot weather. |
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