1961 WANFL season

Australian rules football season

Australian rules football season
1961 WAFL season
Teams8
Premiers‹See Tfd›Swan Districts
1st premiership
Minor premiers‹See Tfd›East Perth
12th minor premiership
Matches played88
← 1960
1962 →

The 1961 WANFL season was the 77th season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League.[1]

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 15 April ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 12.11 (83) def. ‹See Tfd›Perth 11.13 (79) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 5,102)
Saturday, 15 April ‹See Tfd›West Perth 9.11 (65) def. by ‹See Tfd›East Perth 11.17 (83) Leederville Oval
Saturday, 15 April ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 14.22 (106) def. ‹See Tfd›Claremont 14.6 (90) Subiaco Oval
Saturday, 15 April ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 18.15 (123) def. ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 11.9 (75) Fremantle Oval

Ladder

1961 ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 ‹See Tfd›East Perth 21 19 2 0 2076 1600 129.8 76
2 ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts (P) 21 12 7 2 2052 1750 117.3 52
3 ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 21 11 10 0 1895 1940 97.7 44
4 ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 21 10 10 1 1755 1678 104.6 42
5 ‹See Tfd›West Perth 21 9 12 0 1923 1847 104.1 36
6 ‹See Tfd›Perth 21 8 12 1 1739 1847 94.2 34
7 ‹See Tfd›Claremont 21 7 14 0 1848 2244 82.4 28
8 ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 21 6 15 0 1737 2119 82.0 24
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Grand Final

1961 WANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 7 October ‹See Tfd›East Perth def. by ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts Subiaco Oval (crowd: 41,102)
1.2
5.6
8.10
12.15 (87)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
4.1
8.1
14.5
17.9 (111)
Umpires: Len Gardner
Simpson Medal: Keith Slater (‹See Tfd›Swan Districts)

References

  1. ^ "australianfootball.com / 1961 WAFL Premiership Season".
  • Official WAFL website
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