1990 WAFL season | |
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Teams | 8 |
Premiers | Swan Districts 7th premiership |
Minor premiers | Claremont 9th minor premiership |
Sandover Medallist | Mick Grasso (Swan Districts) |
Bernie Naylor Medallist | Glen Bartlett (East Perth) |
Matches played | 88 |
The 1990 WASFL season was the 106th season of senior Australian rules football in Perth, Western Australia. It saw the league, already realising that the damage from the admission to the VFL of West Coast would be permanent rather than temporary as was hoped in 1986,[1] rebrand itself as the Western Australia State Football League, but the move was unsuccessful and reversed after a single season. The refusal of WASFL clubs to permit an Eagles reserves team in the WASFL and the WAFC's refusal to accept one in the AFL's reserve grade competition[2] led to further problems when Claremont said they would not play West Coast discards in the league team and produced a short-lived draft for such players,[3] whilst at the same time Claremont rejected a proposed draft for the numerous young footballers who came from Perth's private schools but when not boarding lived in rural areas.[4]
In anticipation of an AFL move planned in 1995 but not executed until 2000,[5] the WASFL abolished the 50:50 sharing of gate revenue to allow the home team to keep all gate receipts. This helped some clubs like South Fremantle and Swan Districts, but along with the diversion of their former $250,000 league dividend to pay for the Eagles’ licence had a severe effect off-field for struggling Perth, who announced in June they had to raise $100,000 to avoid folding at the end of the season.[6]
The WASFL during the pre-season made a number of moves designed to resurrect its flagging appeal, including a television campaign aimed at the younger generation and a sponsorship deal with Pepsi.[7] The league also adopted sponsorship naming for the first time and called itself the ‘Pepsi Cup’ for three seasons. To avoid conflict with television broadcasts of West Coast games, the WASFL played finals on Sunday for the first time, and the experiment was accepted despite attendances considered "poor".[8]
On the playing field, 1990 saw the Gerard Neesham-coached Claremont become the first team since South Fremantle between 1950 and 1953 to record four consecutive minor premierships, only to be beaten for the fourth time in five encounters by a Swan Districts team boosted by the return of John Todd who had coached the Swans to a hat-trick of premierships in the middle 1980s. East Perth, after five years with only twenty-four victories from 105 matches and being lucky to not suffer four wooden spoons, returned to their former home of Perth Oval, cleaned out many of their established senior players[9] and rose to fifth in a season with such a pronounced gap between the finalists and also-rans that the four was mathematically sealed with three rounds to go.[10] On the other hand, West Perth, after the previous season making only its third finals series since 1978, lost their entire ruck and most of their goal-to-goal line[11] and plummeted to its first wooden spoon since 1974 and only its second since 1939. A controversy over the clearance of Stephen Walsey (whose application was rejected by WASFL commissioner Brian Sierakowski but transferred after a fee was negotiated),[12] Angelo del Borello and Frank del Casale from East Perth did not help the Falcons,[9] but they did win only their second – and last as of 2014 – Colts premiership.[13]
Home-and-away season
[edit]Round 1
[edit]Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 31 March | Perth 13.16 (94) | def. by | Swan Districts 12.25 (97) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 3410) | |
Saturday, 31 March | East Perth 11.13 (79) | def. by | Subiaco 28.16 (184) | Perth Oval (crowd: 3410) | |
Saturday, 31 March | Claremont 14.11 (95) | def. | South Fremantle 13.10 (88) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 4280) | |
Saturday, 31 March | East Fremantle 23.17 (155) | def. | West Perth 10.9 (69) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3103) | [14] |
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Round 2
[edit]Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 7 April | Subiaco 9.8 (62) | def. by | Claremont 17.17 (119) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 4150) | |
Saturday, 7 April | Swan Districts 18.24 (132) | def. | East Fremantle 16.13 (109) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3556) | |
Saturday, 7 April | West Perth 14.16 (100) | def. by | East Perth 19.10 (124) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 3137) | [19] |
Saturday, 7 April | South Fremantle 14.13 (97) | def. | Perth 5.15 (45) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 4825) | [20] |
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Round 3 (Easter weekend)
[edit]Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 14 April | Swan Districts 22.23 (155) | def. | West Perth 14.5 (89) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 4200) | |
Saturday, 14 April | East Fremantle 12.18 (90) | def. by | South Fremantle 17.9 (111) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 8200) | |
Monday, 16 April | East Perth 16.7 (103) | def. | Claremont 12.16 (88) | Perth Oval (crowd: 4088) | [22] |
Monday, 16 April | Perth 15.10 (100) | def. by | Subiaco 22.18 (150) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 3840) | |
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Round 4
[edit]Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 21 April | South Fremantle 13.13 (91) | def. by | Swan Districts 18.15 (123) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5886) | |
Saturday, 21 April | East Perth 12.16 (88) | def. by | Perth 17.16 (118) | Perth Oval (crowd: 3351) | [24] |
Saturday, 21 April | Subiaco 13.12 (90) | def. by | East Fremantle 16.14 (110) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 3547) | |
Saturday, 21 April | Claremont 30.21 (201) | def. | West Perth 6.6 (42) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 3275) | [25] |
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Round 5
[edit]Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 28 April | Subiaco 22.13 (145) | def. | Swan Districts 20.10 (130) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 4393) | |
Saturday, 28 April | Perth 9.9 (63) | def. by | Claremont 23.22 (160) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 3568) | [29] |
Saturday, 28 April | West Perth 8.17 (65) | def. by | South Fremantle 19.16 (130) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 3044) | |
Saturday, 28 April | East Fremantle 14.19 (103) | def. | East Perth 13.14 (92) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3249) | [30] |
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Round 6
[edit]Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday, 5 May | Swan Districts 22.24 (156) | def. | East Perth 8.8 (56) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 4557) | |
Saturday, 5 May | Perth 15.16 (106) | def. by | West Perth 17.20 (122) | WACA (crowd: 2600) | [33] |
Saturday, 5 May | Claremont 13.14 (92) | def. by | East Fremantle 18.11 (119) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 4346) | |
Saturday, 5 May | South Fremantle 12.14 (86) | def. | Subiaco 11.15 (81) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 4760) | [34] |
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Round 7
[edit]Round 7 | |||||
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Saturday, 12 May | West Perth 16.12 (108) | def. | Subiaco 15.14 (104) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 2859) | [37] |
Saturday, 12 May | Swan Districts 14.14 (98) | def. | Claremont 12.11 (83) | WACA (crowd: 5354) | |
Saturday, 12 May | East Fremantle 21.11 (137) | def. | Perth 10.9 (69) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2907) | [38] |
Saturday, 12 May | East Perth 19.16 (130) | def. | South Fremantle 11.13 (79) | Perth Oval (crowd: 2136) | |
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Round 8
[edit]Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday, 19 May | Swan Districts 25.19 (169) | def. | Perth 8.6 (54) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3314) | |
Saturday, 19 May | Subiaco 10.14 (74) | def. | East Perth 7.15 (57) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 3370) | |
Saturday, 19 May | South Fremantle 11.9 (75) | def. by | Claremont 11.19 (85) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5136) | [41] |
Saturday, 19 May | West Perth 15.14 (104) | def. | East Fremantle 14.12 (96) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 3203) | |
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Round 9
[edit]Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday, 26 May | Claremont 19.12 (126) | def. | Subiaco 9.8 (62) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 2783) | [44] |
Saturday, 26 May | East Perth 16.11 (107) | def. | West Perth 5.15 (45) | Perth Oval (crowd: 3050) | |
Saturday, 26 May | Perth 10.15 (75) | def. | South Fremantle 7.8 (50) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 1970) | |
Saturday, 26 May | East Fremantle 8.14 (62) | def. by | Swan Districts 15.14 (104) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3000) | |
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Round 10 (Foundation Day)
[edit]Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 June | Claremont 29.10 (184) | def. | East Perth 13.12 (90) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 3592) | [47] |
Saturday, 2 June | West Perth 17.17 (119) | def. | Swan Districts 11.12 (78) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 4691) | |
Monday, 4 June | South Fremantle 12.13 (85) | def. | East Fremantle 11.6 (72) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 11536) | [48] |
Monday, 4 June | Subiaco 12.14 (86) | def. | Perth 9.18 (72) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 3620) | |
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Round 11
[edit]Round 11 | |||||
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Friday, 8 June (6:45 pm) | East Fremantle 18.17 (125) | def. | Subiaco 13.15 (93) | WACA (crowd: 2150) | |
Saturday, 9 June | West Perth 10.7 (67) | def. by | Claremont 27.17 (179) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 3084) | |
Saturday, 9 June | Perth 12.13 (85) | def. | East Perth 11.16 (82) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2158) | [50] |
Saturday, 9 June | Swan Districts 17.7 (109) | def. by | South Fremantle 18.9 (117) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3611) | |
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Round 12
[edit]Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday, 16 June | Claremont 16.15 (111) | def. | Perth 11.11 (77) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 2948) | |
Saturday, 16 June | East Perth 10.10 (70) | def. by | East Fremantle 21.11 (137) | Perth Oval (crowd: 2787) | [53] |
Saturday, 16 June | South Fremantle 18.9 (117) | def. | West Perth 12.16 (88) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3906) | |
Saturday, 16 June | Swan Districts 18.21 (129) | def. | Subiaco 12.13 (85) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3924) | |
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Round 13
[edit]Round 13 | |||||
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Saturday, 23 June | Subiaco 10.13 (73) | def. by | South Fremantle 12.11 (83) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 3029) | |
Saturday, 23 June | East Perth 13.6 (84) | def. by | Swan Districts 13.17 (95) | WACA (crowd: 2592) | |
Saturday, 23 June | West Perth 18.7 (115) | def. by | Perth 23.12 (150) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 2500) | |
Saturday, 23 June | East Fremantle 8.19 (67) | def. by | Claremont 14.15 (99) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3651) | [56] |
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Round 14
[edit]Round 14 | |||||
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Saturday, 30 June | Subiaco 5.12 (42) | def. by | West Perth 16.15 (111) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2574) | |
Saturday, 30 June | South Fremantle 12.19 (91) | def. | East Perth 12.11 (83) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3026) | |
Saturday, 30 June | Perth 14.24 (108) | def. | East Fremantle 10.9 (69) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2401) | |
Saturday, 30 June | Swan Districts 12.6 (78) | def. | Claremont 9.21 (75) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 4786) | |
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Round 15
[edit]Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday, 14 July | Perth 10.12 (72) | def. by | Swan Districts 13.15 (93) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2938) | |
Saturday, 14 July | East Perth 17.16 (118) | def. | Subiaco 11.10 (76) | Perth Oval (crowd: 2913) | [63] |
Saturday, 14 July | Claremont 6.18 (54) | def. by | South Fremantle 11.17 (83) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 3362) | |
Saturday, 14 July | East Fremantle 17.10 (112) | def. | West Perth 10.11 (71) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2000) | [64] |
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Round 16
[edit]Round 16 | |||||
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Saturday, 21 July | South Fremantle 18.11 (119) | def. | Perth 13.7 (85) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2113) | |
Saturday, 21 July | West Perth 7.10 (52) | def. by | East Perth 21.20 (146) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 2100) | |
Saturday, 21 July | Subiaco 10.11 (71) | def. by | Claremont 15.19 (109) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2069) | [67] |
Saturday, 21 July | Swan Districts 9.16 (70) | def. by | East Fremantle 14.9 (93) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2172) | |
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Round 17
[edit]Round 17 | |||||
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Saturday, 28 July | Swan Districts 10.10 (70) | def. by | West Perth 14.13 (97) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2778) | |
Saturday, 28 July | Perth 12.11 (83) | def. | Subiaco 9.11 (65) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 2070) | [71] |
Saturday, 28 July | East Perth 7.11 (53) | def. by | Claremont 23.14 (152) | Perth Oval (crowd: 2217) | |
Sunday, 29 July | East Fremantle 18.20 (128) | def. | South Fremantle 10.14 (74) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 10148) | [72] |
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Round 18
[edit]Round 18 | |||||
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Saturday, 4 August | South Fremantle 16.20 (116) | def. | Swan Districts 13.12 (90) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3139) | |
Saturday, 4 August | East Perth 18.14 (122) | def. | Perth 15.14 (104) | Perth Oval (crowd: 1736) | [10] |
Saturday, 4 August | Claremont 20.11 (131) | def. | West Perth 12.10 (82) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 2307) | [75] |
Saturday, 4 August | Subiaco 13.13 (91) | def. by | East Fremantle 23.13 (151) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2300) | [76] |
After nagging injuries earlier in 1990, Scott Watters shows his best form for South Fremantle, and the Bulldogs move to within percentage of the double chance with the easiest draw of the three contenders.[77] |
Round 19
[edit]Round 19 | |||||
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Saturday, 11 August | Subiaco 14.12 (96) | def. by | Swan Districts 16.15 (111) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2219) | [78] |
Saturday, 11 August | West Perth 13.11 (89) | def. by | South Fremantle 25.10 (160) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 2246) | |
Saturday, 11 August | East Fremantle 12.16 (88) | def. | East Perth 11.11 (77) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2537) | [79] |
Saturday, 11 August | Perth 11.12 (78) | def. by | Claremont 16.20 (116) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 3055) | |
Brian Peake becomes the second West Australian to reach 400 senior games,[d] and has eleven possessions in the centre in the first quarter to inspire Perth to a superb display, before Claremont predictably overwhelm the Demons as Peake’s influence dwindles.[80] |
Round 20
[edit]Round 20 | |||||
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Saturday, 18 August | South Fremantle 18.13 (121) | def. | Subiaco 11.9 (75) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2415) | [81] |
Saturday, 18 August | Perth 15.11 (101) | def. | West Perth 13.13 (91) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 1658) | [82] |
Saturday, 18 August | Swan Districts 6.15 (51) | def. by | East Perth 14.13 (97) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2655) | |
Saturday, 18 August | Claremont 12.11 (83) | def. | East Fremantle 9.15 (69) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 2966) | |
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Round 21
[edit]Round 21 | |||||
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Saturday, 25 August | West Perth 15.10 (100) | def. by | Subiaco 21.10 (136) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 2209) | [86] |
Saturday, 25 August | East Perth 17.13 (115) | def. | South Fremantle 12.16 (88) | Perth Oval (crowd: 3527) | [87] |
Saturday, 25 August | East Fremantle 18.14 (122) | def. | Perth 4.14 (38) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2866) | [88] |
Saturday, 25 August | Claremont 17.12 (114) | def. by | Swan Districts 17.19 (121) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 3991) | |
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Ladder
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
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1 | Claremont | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2456 | 1648 | 149.0 | 60 |
2 | Swan Districts (P) | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2259 | 1948 | 116.0 | 56 |
3 | South Fremantle | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2061 | 1850 | 111.4 | 56 |
4 | East Fremantle | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2214 | 1822 | 121.5 | 52 |
5 | East Perth | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 1973 | 2150 | 91.8 | 36 |
6 | Perth | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1777 | 2261 | 78.6 | 28 |
7 | Subiaco | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1941 | 2228 | 87.1 | 24 |
8 | West Perth | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1826 | 2600 | 70.2 | 24 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals
[edit]First semi-final
[edit]First semi-final | |||||
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Sunday, 2 September | South Fremantle 22.15 (147) | def. | East Fremantle 19.14 (128) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 15,799) | |
Stan Magro’s gamble in playing four not-fully-fit players pays off, as Stevan Jackson and Glen Jakovich dominate the key forward positions and Peter Matera adds four more majors as the Sharks cannot counter the Bulldogs’ dominance of the central corridor.[90] |
Second semi-final
[edit]Second semi-final | |||||
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Sunday, 9 September | Claremont 10.14 (74) | def. | Swan Districts 9.13 (67) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 12,720) | |
In warm but slippery conditions, Gerard Neesham’s coaching skill and the long kicking of fringe Eagle Don Pyke has Swans virtually paralysed until the last fifteen minutes when four late goals flatter the black and whites.[91] |
Preliminary final
[edit]Preliminary final | |||||
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Sunday, 16 September | Swan Districts 19.15 (129) | def. | South Fremantle 15.12 (102) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 14,241) | |
Ken Bell keeps rookie ruckman Travis Edmonds in the reserves,[e] and his triumph over formidable South pair Edwards and Nalder ensures a Grand Final berth.[92] |
Grand Final
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Sunday, 23 September | Claremont | def. by | Swan Districts | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 26,541) | [93] |
4.8 (32) 7.8 (50) 8.9 (57) 10.17 (77) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
4.1 (25) 11.3 (69) 16.5 (101) 16.7 (103) |
Umpires: Phillip O'Reilly, Grant Vernon Simpson Medal: Greg Walker (Swan Districts) | ||
Evans 2, Mitchell, Thorne, Cormack, Guard, David O‘Connell, Rowland, Fitzgerald, Mann | Goals | Strempel 4, Andy Holmes 3, Walker 2, Ogg 2, Hodyl, Hutton, Passeri, Menegola, Retzlaff | |||
Hann, Rowland, Evans, Guard, Panizera, Higgins, Mann | Best | Gow, Walker, Strempel, Narkle, Perry, Retzlaff, Eaton, Passeri | |||
Peter Higgins for striking Andy Holmes | Reports | ||||
John Todd and semi-retired veterans Don Holmes, Don Langsford, Brett Hutton and Phil Narkle defeat Claremont for a third time in the Grand Final, two years after Swans were wooden spooners. The Simpson Medal goes to the son of Swans’ greatest player and then-president, Bill Walker. |
Notes
[edit]a Brother of Essendon champion Michael Long.
b The sequence was the Royals’ longest losing sequence since their record of fifteen straight losses in 1929.
c Schmidt had actually trialled for Essendon in practice matches before the 1986 VFL season but his commitments made it impossible for him to sign a contract.
d Barry Cable was the first, in the nineteenth round of 1979. Both figures include games played for VFL clubs (North Melbourne and Geelong)
e Swans’ reserves lost to South Fremantle by two points in that grade's preliminary final.
References
[edit]- ^ Spillman, Ken; Diehards - the Story of the Subiaco Football Club 1946-2000, p. 251; ISBN 0-9578185-0-5
- ^ Stocks, Gary; ‘Presidents Opposed to Eagles’ Reserves Side’; The West Australian, 28 August 1989, p. 105
- ^ Stocks, Gary; ‘Scheme to Draft Discarded Eagles’; The West Australian, 29 March 1990, p. 124
- ^ Stocks, Gary; ‘Claremont Reject College Draft’; The West Australian, 3 May 1990, p. 114
- ^ Booth, Ross; ‘History of Player Recruitment, Transfer and Payment Rules in the Victorian and Australian Football League’; in ASSH Bulletin No. 26 (June 1997); pp. 13-33
- ^ Reid, Russell; ‘Demons’ Crisis’; The West Australian, 19 June 1990, p. 112
- ^ ‘Kids Key to WAFC’s New Campaign’; The West Australian, 29 March 1990, p. 122
- ^ Stocks, Gary; ‘Poor Turnout, but Sundays Get Nod’; The West Australian, 3 September 1990, p. 96
- ^ a b Lague, Steve and Bevis, Steve; ‘Campbell, Hawkins Cleared’; The West Australian, 27 March 1990, p. 105
- ^ a b Lague, Steve; ‘Royals Maintain Influence’; The West Australian, 6 August 1990, p. 99
- ^ a b Lague, Steve; ‘Swans Purge Last Season’s Blues’; The West Australian, 16 April 1990, p. 111
- ^ a b Stocks, Gary; ‘Walsey Wows ‘Em with a Flying Game’; The West Australian, 4 June 1990, p. 92
- ^ WAFL Colts Ladder Finishes (download)
- ^ Bevis, Stephen; ‘Sharks’ Defence Sets Up Big Win’; The West Australian, 2 April 1990, p. 88
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- ^ See WAFL Footy Facts: Lathlain Park Archived 21 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ See WAFL Footy Facts: East Fremantle Oval Archived 16 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ Casellas, Ken; ‘Fallen Eagle on the Mend’; The West Australian, 14 May 1990, p. 105
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- ^ "WAFL Footy Facts: Most Combined Points Second Quarter". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
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