West Australian State Premiership
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The West Australian State PremiershipSeveral different names were used in contemporary sources for the matches, including "state premiership", "state championship" and "the football championship". 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).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.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
match contested intermittently between 1902 and 1924 between the premiers of the Western Australian Football Association / West Australian Football League
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
(WAFA / WAFL) and the Goldfields Football Association
Goldfields Football League
The Goldfields Football League is a regional Australian football league based in the Kalgoorlie region, Western Australia. Originally founded in 1896 as Hannans District Football Association, the league enjoyed a seat and full voting rights on the Australian National Football Council until 1919...
/ Goldfields Football League
Goldfields Football League
The Goldfields Football League is a regional Australian football league based in the Kalgoorlie region, Western Australia. Originally founded in 1896 as Hannans District Football Association, the league enjoyed a seat and full voting rights on the Australian National Football Council until 1919...
(GFA / GFL).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.
List of winners
won the most championships overall, winning five: 1902, 1904, 1906, 1909 and 1910:| Year | Winner | Scores | Loser | Result | Venue | Umpire | Ref | |
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| 1902 | 12.16 (88) | 4.5 (29) | Warriors | East Fremantle won by 59 points | Fremantle Oval Fremantle Oval Fremantle Oval is a stadium in the centre of Fremantle, Western Australia. It currently has a capacity of 17,500 with terracing and a members area holding 750. Fremantle Oval was originally used for cricket, but in 1895 hosted its first game of Australian rules football... |
Fraser | ||
| 1903 | Railways | 7.6 (48) | 5.11 (41) | Railways won by 7 points | Kalgoorlie Recreation Reserve | F. Coffey | ||
| 1904 | 12.15 (87) | 4.9 (33) | Railways | East Fremantle won by 54 points | ||||
| 1905 | 8.10 (58) | 4.13 (37) | Railways | West Perth won by 19 points | Kalgoorlie Recreation Reserve | S. Stivey Sam Stivey Samuel Tremayne "Sam" StiveyThere are several sources, mostly dating from around his time as a boxer, which give his full name as "Alexander G. Stivey". His obituary and war service records both record his name as "Samuel Tremayne Stivey". was an Australian soldier and sportsman... |
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| 1906 (replay Grand Final Replay A Grand Final Replay is a method of deciding the winner of a competition when a Grand Final is drawn. It is commonly used in football codes, particularly in Australian rules football, and most notably in the Australian Football League, where it has been used three times, most recently in... )The 1906 match, at East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle Oval is an Australian rules football ground located in East Fremantle, Western Australia. The ground was opened in 1906, and underwent a large redevelopment in 1953. It current serves as the home ground of the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League... , 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. |
6.11 (47) | 7.5 (47) | Mines Rovers | Match drawn | East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle Oval is an Australian rules football ground located in East Fremantle, Western Australia. The ground was opened in 1906, and underwent a large redevelopment in 1953. It current serves as the home ground of the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League... |
I. Crapp | ||
| 7.5 (47) | 3.10 (28) | Mines Rovers | East Fremantle won by 19 points | East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle Oval is an Australian rules football ground located in East Fremantle, Western Australia. The ground was opened in 1906, and underwent a large redevelopment in 1953. It current serves as the home ground of the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League... |
I. Crapp | |||
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| 1909 | 8.10 (58) | 3.9 (27) | Boulder City | East Fremantle won by 31 points | Fremantle Oval Fremantle Oval Fremantle Oval is a stadium in the centre of Fremantle, Western Australia. It currently has a capacity of 17,500 with terracing and a members area holding 750. Fremantle Oval was originally used for cricket, but in 1895 hosted its first game of Australian rules football... |
I. Crapp | ||
| 1910 | 1.7 (13) | 0.8 (8) | Boulder City | East Fremantle won by 5 points | Boulder Recreation Ground | C. Wellington | ||
| 1911 | |
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| 1912 | Railways | 8.12 (60) | 7.9 (51) | Railways won by 9 points | Kalgoorlie Oval | C. Wellington | ||
| 1913 | 15.11 (101) | 8.6 (54) | Boulder City | Subiaco won by 47 points | Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia... |
I. Crapp | ||
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| 1919 | 9.17 (71) | 6.10 (46) | Railways | East Perth won by 25 points | Kalgoorlie Oval | unknown | ||
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| 1922 | 16.15 (111) | 5.4 (34) | Mines Rovers | East Perth won by 77 points | Perth Oval | unknown | ||
| 1923 | 10.10 (70) | 6.4 (40) | Mines Rovers | East Perth won by 30 points | Kalgoorlie Oval | F. O'Connor | ||
| 1924 | 12.12 (84) | 8.13 (61) | Boulder City | Subiaco won by 23 points | East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle Oval is an Australian rules football ground located in East Fremantle, Western Australia. The ground was opened in 1906, and underwent a large redevelopment in 1953. It current serves as the home ground of the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League... |
F. O'Connor | ||
See also
- Australian rules football in the Goldfields region of Western AustraliaAustralian rules football in the Goldfields region of Western AustraliaAustralian rules football has been played in the Goldfields region of Western Australia since the late 1890s, when the Western Australian gold rush brought an influx of immigrants from Victoria and South Australia, bringing the sport with them....
- Australian rules football in Western AustraliaAustralian rules football in Western AustraliaAustralian rules football in Western Australia is the most popular sport in the state.-Early Beginnings:Organised football in the Perth/Fremantle region of Western Australia dates back to 1881. Back then though rugby union was the dominant football code...
- Tasmanian State PremiershipTasmanian State PremiershipThe Tasmanian State Premiership was an Australian rules football tournament which was competed originally between the reigning TFL/TANFL and NTFA premiers, with the NWFU joining in from 1954....
, a similar competition held in Tasmania from 1904–78