West Australian State Premiership

The West Australian State Premiership[N 1] was an Australian rules football match contested intermittently between 1902 and 1924 between the premiers of the Western Australian Football Association / West Australian Football League (WAFA / WAFL) and the Goldfields Football Association / Goldfields Football League (GFA / GFL).[N 2]

This article is about the competition held from 1903–24. For the football league known as the WA State League in 1990, see West Australian Football League.

List of winners

East Fremantle won the most championships overall, winning five: 1902, 1904, 1906, 1909 and 1910:

YearWinnerScoresLoserResultVenueUmpireRef
WinnerLoser
1902East Fremantle12.16 (88)4.5 (29)WarriorsEast Fremantle won by 59 pointsFremantle OvalFraser[1]
1903Railways7.6 (48)5.11 (41)East FremantleRailways won by 7 pointsKalgoorlie Recreation ReserveF. Coffey[2]
1904East Fremantle12.15 (87)4.9 (33)RailwaysEast Fremantle won by 54 points
1905West Perth8.10 (58)4.13 (37)RailwaysWest Perth won by 19 pointsKalgoorlie Recreation ReserveS. Stivey[3]
1906
(replay)[N 3]		East Fremantle6.11 (47)7.5 (47)Mines RoversMatch drawnEast Fremantle OvalI. Crapp
East Fremantle7.5 (47)3.10 (28)Mines RoversEast Fremantle won by 19 pointsEast Fremantle OvalI. Crapp
1907
not held
1908
1909East Fremantle8.10 (58)3.9 (27)Boulder CityEast Fremantle won by 31 pointsFremantle OvalI. Crapp[4]
1910East Fremantle1.7 (13)0.8 (8)Boulder CityEast Fremantle won by 5 pointsBoulder Recreation GroundC. Wellington[5]
1911
not held
1912Railways8.12 (60)7.9 (51)SubiacoRailways won by 9 pointsKalgoorlie OvalC. Wellington[6]
1913Subiaco15.11 (101)8.6 (54)Boulder CitySubiaco won by 47 pointsSubiaco OvalI. Crapp[7]
1914
competition suspended from 1914–18 due to World War I
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919East Perth9.17 (71)6.10 (46)RailwaysEast Perth won by 25 pointsKalgoorlie Ovalunknown[8]
1920
not held
1921
1922East Perth16.15 (111)5.4 (34)Mines RoversEast Perth won by 77 pointsPerth Ovalunknown[9]
1923East Perth10.10 (70)6.4 (40)Mines RoversEast Perth won by 30 pointsKalgoorlie OvalF. O'Connor[10]
1924Subiaco12.12 (84)8.13 (61)Boulder CitySubiaco won by 23 pointsEast Fremantle OvalF. O'Connor[11]

See also

Notes
  1. Several different names were used in contemporary sources for the matches, including "state premiership", "state championship" and "the football championship".
  2. The coastal league was known as the Western Australian Football Association from 1885–1907, and as the West Australian Football League (WAFL) from 1908–30. The goldfields league was known as the Goldfields Football Association (GFA) from 1901–07 and again from 1920–25, and as the Goldfields Football League (GFL) from 1908–19.
  3. The 1906 match, at East Fremantle Oval, ended in a draw, with both teams locked at 47 points. The match was replayed the following weekend at the same ground, with East Fremantle winning by 19 points.

References
  1. "COAST V. THE GOLDFIELDS." – The Sunday Times. Published Sunday 28 September 1902. Retrieved from Trove, 28 October 2011.
  2. "RAILWAYS (GOLDFIELDS) V. EAST FREMANTLE" – The Western Mail. Published Saturday, 10 October 1903. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
  3. "WEST PERTH v. RAILWAYS. A DISAPPOINTING GAME. VICTORY FOR THE VISITORS." – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 17 October 1905. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
  4. "INTER-ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. EAST FREMANTLE V. BOULDER CITY. – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 6 July 1909. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
  5. "CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL MATCH. EAST FREMANTLE DEFEAT BOULDER CITY" – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 18 October 1910. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
  6. "RAILWAYS BEAT SUBIACO." – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 27 August 1912. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
  7. FOOTBALL – The Western Mail. Published Friday, 24 October 1913. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
  8. "STATE PREMIERSHIP. EAST PERTH BEAT RAILWAYS." – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 7 October 1919. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
  9. "STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. A WRETCHED GAME." – The Western Mail. Published Thursday, 5 October 1922. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
  10. "EAST PERTH VICTORIOUS." – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 16 October 1923. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
  11. "THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. SUBIACO DEFEAT BOULDER." – Western Argus. Published Tuesday, 14 October 1924. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
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