2004 WAFL season

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2004 WAFL season
Teams 9
Premiers Subiaco
(8th premiership)
Minor premiers Subiaco
(9th minor premiership)
Matches played 94
Bernie Naylor Medallist Brad Smith (Subiaco)
Sandover Medal Allistair Pickett (Subiaco)
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The 2004 WAFL season was the one hundred and twentieth season of the various incarnations of the West Australian Football League. The most notable feature of the season was Peel Thunder being recognised with a scoreless match for the first time in any major Australian Rules league since Subiaco failed to score against South Fremantle in August of 1906,[1] due to having their score of 10.10 wiped when former Fitzroy and Subiaco rover Peter Bird was ruled to have not been cleared for that opening match.[2] Despite this setback and losing their first eight matches, the Thunder managed to avoid the wooden spoon with five wins being their second-best record in eight seasons and still their equal fifth-best as of 2013 in the WAFL. The wooden spoon went to East Fremantle for the first time since their debut season of 1898, with three wins being the Sharks’ worst record since that debut year when they won one match of sixteen (though they also lost seventeen matches in 1968 and 1970).[3]

Subiaco, after eleven unsuccessful finals campaigns including six in succession, win its first premiership since Haydn Bunton, Jr. took them to the 1988 flag, whilst Swan Districts, largely clear of their severe financial troubles from the 1990s, played finals for the first time in a decade.

The season was also notable for the Lions moving their home games to the redeveloped Leederville Oval and for the first night games at that ground, both of which were viewed as resounding successes at a time when the WAFL was struggling with its reduced profile.

Home-and-away Season

Round 1

Round 1
Friday, 19 March (6:45 pm) South Fremantle 10.8 (68) def. by West Perth 16.8 (104) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2800)
Saturday, 20 March (2:15 pm) Perth 17.12 (114) def. East Fremantle 10.7 (67) Lathlain Park (crowd: 2092)
Saturday, 20 March (2:15 pm) Peel Thunder 0.0 (0) def. by Claremont 17.15 (117) Rushton Park (crowd: 1233)
Saturday, 20 March (6:45 pm) East Perth 12.7 (79) def. by Subiaco 16.8 (104) Leederville Oval (crowd: 3470)
Bye: Swan Districts
  • Peel’s score is officially the lowest in the WAFL since 1906, when Subiaco failed to score against South Fremantle.
  • The Thunder actually scored 10.10 (70),[4] but had their score annulled at the WAFL meeting on April 13 because Peter Bird’s clearance from South Bunbury did not apply to this opening game.[2]
  • The first night match at Leederville, between the second- and third-placed clubs of 2003, is viewed a resounding success.[5]

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 27 March (2:15 pm) East Perth 15.13 (103) def. Peel Thunder 13.9 (87) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1320)
Saturday, 27 March (2:15 pm) Swan Districts 10.19 (79) def. South Fremantle 8.13 (61) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1593)
Sunday, 28 March (2:15 pm) Claremont 14.8 (92) def. Perth 12.7 (79) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1741)
Sunday, 28 March (2:15 pm) West Perth 9.12 (66) def. by Subiaco 12.10 (82) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2000)
Bye: East Fremantle

Round 3

Round 3
Friday, 2 April (6:45 pm) Subiaco 19.4 (118) def. Swan Districts 11.7 (73) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2153)
Saturday, 3 April (2:15 pm) East Fremantle 14.6 (90) def. by Claremont 22.18 (150) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1290)
Saturday, 3 April (2:15 pm) Perth 10.14 (74) def. by East Perth 13.11 (89) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1765)
Saturday, 3 April (2:15 pm) Peel Thunder 10.12 (72) def. by West Perth 13.20 (98) Rushton Park (crowd: 1619)
Bye: South Fremantle

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday, 10 April (2:15 pm) West Perth 14.20 (104) def. Perth 9.9 (63) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1987)
Saturday, 10 April (2:15 pm) Swan Districts 20.10 (130) def. Peel Thunder 13.5 (83) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1871)
Monday, 12 April (2:15 pm) South Fremantle 12.15 (87) def. Subiaco 13.8 (86) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2077)
Monday, 12 April (2:15 pm) East Perth 13.11 (89) def. East Fremantle 13.9 (87) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2367)
Bye: Claremont
  • Swan Districts kick crucial goals during time-on of the second and third quarters to ensure a more-competitive Peel team under Garry Hocking does not approach its first win.[6]
  • Two thrilling games sees the Fremantle clubs winless with Peel after four rounds, with Shark Jason Morgan denied an apparently fair goal after he toed the ball through a pack.[7]

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 17 April (2:15 pm) East Fremantle 17.6 (108) def. West Perth 15.13 (103) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1328)
Saturday, 17 April (5:40 pm) Peel Thunder 11.14 (80) def. by South Fremantle 23.16 (154) Rushton Park (crowd: 1182)
Sunday, 18 April (2:15 pm) Claremont 12.5 (77) def. East Perth 7.12 (54) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1998)
Sunday, 18 April (2:15 pm) Perth 18.15 (123) def. Swan Districts 11.6 (72) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1690)
Bye: Subiaco

Round 6

Round 6
Friday, 23 April (6:45 pm) Subiaco 20.9 (129) def. Peel Thunder 11.7 (73) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1592)
Saturday, 24 April (2:15 pm) Swan Districts 14.11 (95) def. East Fremantle 12.9 (81) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1922)
Saturday, 24 April (2:15 pm) South Fremantle 18.15 (123) def. Perth 12.10 (82) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1490)
Saturday, 24 April (2:15 pm) West Perth 10.4 (64) def. by Claremont 13.17 (95) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1655)
Bye: East Perth

Subiaco kick fifteen goals without Peel scoring after the winless and crippled Thunder led 6.4 (40) to 2.5 (17) early in the second quarter.[8]

Round 7

Round 7
Friday, 30 April (6:45 pm) East Perth 11.13 (79) def. West Perth 11.12 (78) Leederville Oval (crowd: 3410)
Saturday, 1 May (2:15 pm) Claremont 6.12 (48) def. by Swan Districts 8.10 (58) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1811)
Saturday, 1 May (2:15 pm) Perth 15.6 (96) def. Subiaco 8.10 (58) Cunderdin (crowd: 1,678)
Sunday, 2 May (2:15 pm) East Fremantle 13.9 (87) def. by South Fremantle 14.10 (94) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3065)
Bye: Peel Thunder

Shane Beros, with fifteen possessions in the last quarter, takes advantage of Swan Districts’ ability to turn the match into a stop-start affair and inflicts Claremont’s first defeat.[9]

Round 8

Round 8
Friday, 7 May (6:45 pm) East Perth 7.11 (53) def. by Subiaco 12.9 (81) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2447)
Saturday, 8 May (2:15 pm) Peel Thunder 14.12 (96) def. by Claremont 13.19 (97) Rushton Park (crowd: 1145)
Bye: East Fremantle, Perth, South Fremantle, Swan Districts, West Perth

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 15 May (2:15 pm) Peel Thunder 10.8 (68) def. by Swan Districts 14.13 (97) Rushton Park (crowd: 1678)
Saturday, 15 May (2:15 pm) Subiaco 11.6 (72) def. by South Fremantle 10.16 (76) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1337)
Saturday, 15 May (2:15 pm) East Fremantle 7.13 (55) def. by East Perth 10.10 (70) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1347)
Sunday, 16 May (2:15 pm) Perth 12.12 (84) def. West Perth 8.14 (62) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1692)
Bye: Claremont

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday, 22 May (2:15 pm) Peel Thunder 13.13 (91) def. South Fremantle 11.15 (81) Katanning (crowd: 1872)
Saturday, 22 May (2:15 pm) West Perth 15.14 (104) def. East Fremantle 9.17 (71) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1224)
Saturday, 22 May (2:15 pm) Swan Districts 10.7 (67) def. by Perth 11.17 (83) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2075)
Sunday, 23 May (2:15 pm) East Perth 14.9 (93) def. by Claremont 14.11 (95) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2297)
Bye: Subiaco

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday, 29 May (2:15 pm) Claremont 14.12 (96) def. West Perth 10.7 (67) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1704)
Sunday, 30 May (2:15 pm) Peel Thunder 7.6 (48) def. by Subiaco 17.11 (113) Rushton Park (crowd: 1314)
Sunday, 30 May (2:15 pm) Perth 15.8 (98) def. South Fremantle 10.13 (73) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1894)
Sunday, 30 May (2:15 pm) East Fremantle 8.9 (57) def. by Swan Districts 11.9 (75) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1735)
Bye: East Perth

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday, 5 June (2:15 pm) Subiaco 16.6 (102) def. Perth 12.3 (75) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1495)
Saturday, 5 June (2:15 pm) Swan Districts 11.8 (74) def. Claremont 3.9 (27) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1973)
Monday, 7 June (2:15 pm) South Fremantle 17.11 (113) def. East Fremantle 4.7 (31) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 4214)
Monday, 7 June (2:15 pm) West Perth 9.6 (60) def. by East Perth 12.14 (86) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 3922)
Bye: Peel Thunder

Claremont kick the lowest score ever by a visiting team at Bassendean Oval, with the previous lowest being 4.6 (30) by Peel the previous season.[10]

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday, 12 June (2:15 pm) Claremont 11.4 (70) def. South Fremantle 8.6 (54) Denmark (crowd: 2500)
Saturday, 12 June (2:15 pm) Perth 12.18 (90) def. Peel Thunder 8.12 (60) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1148)
Saturday, 12 June (2:15 pm) East Fremantle 11.15 (81) def. by Subiaco 14.13 (97) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1260)
Sunday, 13 June (2:15 pm) East Perth 9.9 (63) def. by Swan Districts 11.12 (78) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2820)
Bye: West Perth

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday, 26 June (2:15 pm) Subiaco 15.10 (100) def. Claremont 14.7 (91) Leederville Oval (crowd: 2235)
Saturday, 26 June (2:15 pm) South Fremantle 13.12 (90) def. East Perth 11.10 (76) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2130)
Saturday, 26 June (2:15 pm) Peel Thunder 18.5 (113) def. East Fremantle 14.6 (90) Rushton Park (crowd: 1707)
Saturday, 26 June (2:15 pm) Swan Districts 23.8 (146) def. West Perth 10.4 (64) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3185)
Bye: Perth

Round 15

Round 15
Friday, 2 July (6:45 pm) East Perth 8.9 (57) def. by Subiaco 11.9 (75) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1301)
Saturday, 3 July (2:15 pm) Claremont 17.12 (114) def. Peel Thunder 6.10 (46) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1028)
Saturday, 3 July (2:15 pm) West Perth 14.9 (93) def. South Fremantle 11.9 (75) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1109)
Saturday, 3 July (2:15 pm) East Fremantle 11.7 (73) def. by Perth 14.5 (89) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1359)
Bye: Swan Districts

Round 16

Round 16
Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm) Peel Thunder 12.10 (82) def. by East Perth 15.7 (97) Rushton Park (crowd: 1208)
Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm) Subiaco 15.8 (98) def. by West Perth 16.13 (109) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1681)
Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm) South Fremantle 17.16 (118) def. Swan Districts 9.7 (61) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1603)
Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm) Perth 4.4 (28) def. by Claremont 28.18 (186) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1536)
Bye: East Fremantle

Perth kick their lowest score against Clarmeont, beating 4.9 (33) from 1991.[11]

Round 17

Round 17
Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm) Claremont 15.21 (111) def. East Fremantle 10.8 (68) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1712)
Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm) Subiaco 16.3 (99) def. Swan Districts 12.5 (77) Port Hedland (crowd: 1434)
Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm) East Perth 16.13 (109) def. Perth 6.11 (47) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1946)
Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm) West Perth 9.11 (65) def. by Peel Thunder 10.11 (71) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1414)
Bye: South Fremantle

Round 18

Round 18
Saturday, 24 July (2:15 pm) Swan Districts 10.8 (68) def. by Peel Thunder 10.14 (74) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1974)
Sunday, 25 July (2:15 pm) South Fremantle 9.12 (66) def. by Subiaco 14.10 (94) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1657)
Sunday, 25 July (2:15 pm) East Perth 14.13 (97) def. East Fremantle 12.9 (81) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1789)
Sunday, 25 July (2:15 pm) West Perth 19.6 (120) def. Perth 11.10 (76) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1615)
Bye: Claremont

Round 19

Round 19
Saturday, 31 July (2:15 pm) East Fremantle 15.13 (103) def. West Perth 12.17 (89) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1243)
Saturday, 31 July (2:15 pm) Perth 13.11 (89) def. Swan Districts 11.18 (84) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1456)
Saturday, 31 July (2:15 pm) Peel Thunder 15.9 (99) def. by South Fremantle 20.11 (131) Rushton Park (crowd: 1423)
Saturday, 31 July (2:15 pm) Claremont 11.8 (74) def. by East Perth 12.6 (78) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1771)
Bye: Subiaco

Round 20

Round 20
Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm) West Perth 17.7 (109) def. Claremont 5.12 (42) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1578)
Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm) Subiaco 23.8 (146) def. Peel Thunder 9.6 (60) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1375)
Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm) South Fremantle 12.19 (91) def. Perth 7.7 (49) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1488)
Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm) Swan Districts 23.13 (151) def. East Fremantle 8.11 (59) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2139)
Bye: East Perth

Round 21

Round 21
Friday, 13 August (6:45 pm) East Perth 11.7 (73) def. by West Perth 11.10 (76) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1944)
Saturday, 14 August (2:15 pm) East Fremantle 11.6 (72) def. by South Fremantle 13.19 (97) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2165)
Saturday, 14 August (2:15 pm) Claremont 27.13 (175) def. Swan Districts 8.7 (55) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1668)
Saturday, 14 August (2:15 pm) Perth 11.11 (77) def. Subiaco 11.8 (74) Lathlain Park (crowd: 1324)
Bye: Peel Thunder

Round 22

Round 22
Saturday, 21 August (2:15 pm) South Fremantle 10.10 (70) def. Claremont 7.17 (59) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2002)
Saturday, 21 August (2:15 pm) Swan Districts 16.7 (103) def. East Perth 10.6 (66) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2888)
Saturday, 21 August (2:15 pm) Peel Thunder 12.7 (79) def. Perth 10.11 (71) Rushton Park (crowd: 1378)
Saturday, 21 August (2:15 pm) Subiaco 20.15 (135) def. East Fremantle 12.8 (80) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1036)
Bye: West Perth

Round 23

Round 23
Friday, 27 August (6:45 pm) East Perth 11.13 (79) def. South Fremantle 3.4 (22) Leederville Oval (crowd: 1319)
Saturday, 28 August (2:15 pm) East Fremantle 13.13 (91) def. Peel Thunder 10.7 (67) East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1223)
Saturday, 28 August (2:15 pm) West Perth 12.15 (87) def. by Swan Districts 13.10 (88) Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1784)
Saturday, 28 August (2:15 pm) Claremont 10.5 (65) def. by Subiaco 15.10 (100) Claremont Oval (crowd: 1673)
Bye: Perth

South Fremantle’s score, on a wet night,[12] was their lowest open-age score since kicking 2.7 (19) against East Fremantle in Round 9, 1926, and their lowest against East Perth since kicking 1.0 (6) in Round 2, 1918.[13]

Ladder

2004 WAFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Subiaco 20 15 5 0 1963 1489 131.83% 60
2 Claremont 20 13 7 0 1881 1383 136.01% 52
3 South Fremantle 20 12 8 0 1744 1562 111.65% 48
4 Swan Districts 20 12 8 0 1731 1643 105.36% 48
5 East Perth 20 11 9 0 1590 1526 104.19% 44
6 Perth 20 10 10 0 1587 1785 88.91% 40
7 West Perth 20 9 11 0 1722 1676 102.74% 36
8 Peel Thunder 20 5 15 0 1449 2082 69.6% 20
9 East Fremantle 20 3 17 0 1532 2053 74.62% 12
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against

Finals

Semi Finals

First Semi Final
Sunday, 5 September (2:15 pm) South Fremantle 12.12 (84) def. by Swan Districts 21.8 (134) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 6,223)
Second Semi Final
Sunday, 5 September (5:45 pm) Friday, Subiaco 19.14 (128) def. Claremont 9.14 (68) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 5,773)

Preliminary Final

Preliminary Final
Sunday, 12 September (2:15 pm) Claremont 16.12 (108) def. Swan Districts 9.17 (71) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7,508)

Grand Final

2004 WAFL Grand Final
Sunday, 19 September Subiaco def. Claremont Subiaco Oval (Crowd: 21,507)
5.3 (33)
7.6 (48)
10.8 (68)
15.9 (99)		 Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		 2.1 (13)
4.5 (29)
5.6 (36)
7.9 (51)		 Simpson Medal: Paul Vines (Subiaco)

References

  1. ↑ WAFL Footy Facts: Lowest Scores
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Townsend, John; “Peel Will Plead Bird Selection Legitimate”; The Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 22 March 2004
  3. ↑ WAFL Footy Facts: 1898
  4. ↑ Peel Thunder v Claremont, Round 1, 2004
  5. ↑ Townsend, John; “Saturday Night All Right for WAFL”; Game, p. 11; from The West Australian, 22 March 2004
  6. ↑ Lewis, Ross; “Swans Make Most of Thunder Fade-Out”; The Game, p. 11; in The West Australian, 11 April 2004
  7. ↑ Townsend, John; “Shark Scare for Royals in Late Run”; The West Australian, 13 April 2004, p. 58
  8. ↑ Townsend, John; “Tardy Lions Too Strong”; The West Australian, 24 April 2004; p. 181
  9. ↑ Lewis, Ross; “Beros Cops It Sweet”; The Game,p. 10; from The West Australian, 3 May 2004
  10. ↑ WAFL Footy Facts: Bassendean Oval
  11. ↑ Claremont: Lowest Scores Conceded
  12. ↑ Perth Metro (Mount Lawley) (009225) August 2004 rainfall
  13. ↑ South Fremantle: Lowest Scores

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