1934 WANFL season

1934 WAFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	West Perth (6th title)
Minor Premiers	East Fremantle
Matches played	88
Sandover Medal	Sammy Clarke (Claremont-Cottesloe)

The 1934 WANFL season was the 50th season of the Western Australian National Football League. The premiership was won by West Perth. Swan Districts were admitted to the competition.

Contents 1 Clubs 2 Season 2.1 Round 1 2.2 Round 2 (Labour Day) 3 Ladder 4 Awards 5 References

Clubs

Club	Coach	Captain	Best and fairest	Leading goalkicker
Claremont-Cottesloe	Pat Rodriguez	Keith Hough	Sammy Clarke
East Fremantle	Carlisle Jarvis	Carlisle Jarvis	Carlisle Jarvis	George Doig (152)
East Perth	Jerry Dolan	Jerry Dolan	Herbie Screaigh	Herbie Screaigh (34)
South Fremantle	Ron Edgar	Ron Edgar
Subiaco	Arthur Green	G. Smith	G. Smith John Bowe	Jack Jennings (92)
Swan Districts	"Judder" Bee	"Judder" Bee		Ted Holdsworth (109)
Victoria Park	William Truscott	Hedley Hungerford		Albert Gook (83)
West Perth	Johnny Leonard	Don Marinko		Ted Tyson (143)

Season

Round 1

	Round 1
Saturday, 28 April (2:15 pm)	East Fremantle 16.23 (119)	def.	Swan Districts 16.6 (102)	Fremantle Oval	Report
Saturday, 28 April (2:15 pm)	Subiaco 10.14 (74)	def. by	South Fremantle 17.14 (116)	Subiaco Oval	Report
Saturday, 28 April (2:15 pm)	Claremont-Cottesloe 5.13 (43)	def. by	East Perth 14.13 (97)	Claremont Oval	Report
Saturday, 28 April (2:15 pm)	Victoria Park 10.13 (73)	def. by	West Perth 15.19 (109)	WACA Ground	Report
Swan Districts debuted in the competition, losing by 17 points to East Fremantle. George Doig (Swan Districts) kicked eight goals.

Round 2 (Labour Day)

	Round 2 (Labour Day)
Saturday, 5 May (2:15 pm)	Swan Districts 19.8 (123)	def.	Subiaco 10.14 (74)	Bassendean Oval	Report
Saturday, 5 May (2:15 pm)	Victoria Park 15.17 (107)	def.	Claremont-Cottesloe 11.12 (78)	WACA Ground	Report
Saturday, 5 May (2:15 pm)	East Fremantle 20.21 (141)	def.	South Fremantle 7.9 (51)	Fremantle Oval	Report
Monday, 7 May (2:15 pm)	East Perth 11.11 (77)	def.	West Perth 5.13 (43)	Perth Oval	Report
Swan Districts won their first WANFL game, which was also the first game played at Bassendean Oval.

Ladder

1934 WAFL Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	East Fremantle	21	18	3	0	2048	1287	159.13%	72
2	West Perth	21	15	6	0	2122	1636	129.71%	60
3	East Perth	21	13	7	1	1885	1763	106.92%	54
4	Victoria Park	21	13	8	0	2068	1653	125.11%	52
5	South Fremantle	21	8	13	0	1885	2055	91.73%	32
6	Subiaco	21	7	13	1	1827	2015	90.67%	30
7	Swan Districts	21	7	14	0	1782	2168	82.20%	28
8	Claremont-Cottesloe	21	2	19	0	1347	2387	56.43%	8
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against

Awards

• Sammy Clarke (Claremont-Cottesloe) won the Sandover Medal.^[1]
• George Doig (East Fremantle) was the leading goalkicker, with 152 goals, at the time an Australian record.

References