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List of West Australian Football League premiers

List of West Australian Football League premiers

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This is a list of the West Australian Football League premiers, the premier state-based Australian rules football league in Western Australia, and includes premiers of the Western Australian Football Association (1885–1906), West Australian Football League (1907-1924), Western Australian Football League (1925-1927), Western Australian National Football League (1928–1979), West Australian Football League (1980-1989), WA State League (1990), West Australian Football League (1991-1996), Westar Rules (1997–2000) and West Australian Football League (2001-).

In 1967, WAFL football historian Dave Clement discovered a discrepancy between the official premiership list as published by the league and what he had determined from examination of records from the time. The original list has Fremantle winning six of the first seven premierships; however, documentation was found that the Unions club had won three premierships in succession.[1] The discrepancy was not officially acknowledged and fixed until the League's centenary in 1985.[2]

In the early years, a number of cups were awarded to clubs who won the premiership, including the "Dixson Cup"[1] and the "Farley Cup".[3]

On March 27, 1907, the WAFA was renamed the West Australian Football League (WAFL).[4]

On Wednesday October 12, 1927, the WAFL was renamed the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) – the "national" in the name being adopted by the SANFL, TANFL and other leagues when the Australian Football Council became the Australian National Football Council earlier in that year.[5]

Prior to 1931, premierships were either awarded to the team leading the ladder or who won a final. If the top team lost the final, then they had the right to call for a challenge match to be played the following week to determine the premiership.

In 1931 the system changed to the Page finals system where the top two teams play in the second semi final, with the loser having a second chance and the winner progressing straight to the Grand Final. The winner of the third and fourth placed teams who played in the first semi final play the loser of the second semi final in the preliminary final.[6]

Since 1945, the best player on ground in the Grand Final has been awarded the Simpson Medal.

Premiers

  Premiership decided by a Grand Final
  Premiership decided by a Grand Final Replay/ET, after the scheduled Grand Final was drawn
  Premiership decided by a Challenge Final
  Premiership decided by a score reversal, after the scheduled Grand Final concluded
  Premiership decided without any form of Grand Final

Western Australian Football Association (1885–1906)

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West Australian Football League (1907–1927)

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Western Australian National Football League (1928–1979)

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West Australian Football League (1980–1989)

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W.A. State League (1990)

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West Australian Football League (1991–1996)

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Westar Rules (1997–2000)

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West Australian Football League (2001–)

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Records

Premierships

Current clubs

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Defunct Clubs

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Consecutive appearances

Consecutive Premierships

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Consecutive Grand Finals

Prior to 1904, the premiership and runners-up of the season were decided by position on the ladder (1st and 2nd, respectively). From 1904 onwards, a grand final was played to determine the premiers of that year. Since no grand final was played prior to 1904, despite East Fremantle either winning a premiership or being determined as the runners-up in the years of 1899-1903 (L, W, L, W, W), these years are not counted additionally towards East Fremantle's consecutive grand final appearances from 1904-1912.

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1 East Fremantle drew the 1905 WAFA Grand Final and was defeated by West Perth in the replay.
2 Claremont drew the 1938 WANFL Grand Final, and defeated East Fremantle in the replay.

Grand Final Matchups

Grand finals commenced from 1904, onwards. Grand final replays are not counted as individual appearances.

Grand Final Matchups per # Appearances

This table is a list of all the grand final matchups in the West Australian Football League by order of how often two teams have played against each other. The table denotes the number of grand final appearances between two teams, the year(s) both teams have played against each other, and the premiership years(s) of each team (if any at all).

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Grand Final Matchups per Team

This table is a list of all the grand final matchups in the West Australian Football League, sorted by the number of teams each individual team has played against in a grand final, and has yet to play against. Defunct teams are not included in this table.

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Premiership Droughts

+ Drought began upon club's entry to league
† Drought ended upon club's exit from league
* Also the longest club premiership drought
° Club has not yet won a premiership
× Club exited the league without winning a premiership

The following tables summarise the different premiership droughts for each club. The first table is limited to droughts lasting twenty or more seasons, while the other three are specific to each club (two of which span the entire competition, including all 21 teams). The duration of the drought is given as the number of full seasons contested between premierships; the season in which the drought is broken is considered to be part of the drought, and if the drought began from a club's entry to the league, the club's inaugural season is also considered to be part of the drought. Grand final replays are not included in grand final appearances.

Longest Premiership Droughts

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Longest club premiership droughts

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Current club premiership droughts

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Time taken to win first premiership

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  1. High School withdrew from the competition after only two rounds into the 1885 season.
  2. As Midland Junction did not contest the 1911-1913 seasons, the duration of this drought was 10 contested seasons (across 13 calendar years).
  3. West Coast did not contend the 2020 season, due to restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic).

Minor grades

Reserves premierships

Colts (under-19) premierships

Fourths premierships (1965–1974)

See also

References

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    "Association Final West Perth Defeats East Perth". The West Australian. 13 October 1930.
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