1925 WAFL season explained

Competition:wafl
Year:1925
Teams:6
Count:12
Mpcount:3
Matches:49
Top Goal Scorer:Ted Flemming
Sandover Medal:George Owens
Prevseason:1924
Nextseason:1926

The 1925 WAFL season was the 41st season of the West Australian Football League. It was notable as the season where a fully-fledged system of district football was firmly in place after two seasons of planning, with Perth divided into eight zones, one of which was allocated to Claremont in preparation for their entry to senior WAFL ranks for 1926 and another covered the Midland area later to be allocated to Swan Districts.[1] Along with this, the WAFL introduced a reserves competition for players not good enough for their club's league team.

The season saw East Fremantle gain revenge for the previous season's Grand Final loss against a Subiaco team often thought to be the most talented that club had fielded so far in its history[2] with three exceptional finals performances.

A notable incident during the season was a postponement of the Round 12 match between East Perth and West Perth because the Cardinals failed to return on time from a tour of Tasmania, due to being entertained by Senator Pearce in Melbourne the day the ‘Kalgoorlie Express’ was due to leave from Melbourne.[3]

Home-and-away season

Round 15

Finals

Grand Final

Notes

The only subsequent King's Birthday games in the WA(N)FL occurred in 1946, the season after government bans on weekday sport during the Pacific War were lifted.
Until 1947, WA(N)FL attendances were almost never quantified except for finals matches, and before 1920 they were not quantified even then – gates were used as an indication of the number watching.

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Notes and References

  1. Casey, Kevin; The Tigers’ tale : the origins and history of the Claremont Football Club; pp. 12-15;
  2. Spillman, Ken; Diehards: The Story of the Subiaco Football Club 1896-1945; pp. 100-101
  3. “West Perth Team Entertained in Melbourne”; Kalgoorlie Miner; 6 August 1925; p. 6