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1933 WANFL season
| 1933 WAFL season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 7 |
| Premiers | East Fremantle 17th premiership |
| Minor premiers | East Fremantle 20th minor premiership |
| Sandover Medallist | Sammy Clarke (Claremont-Cottesloe) |
| Bernie Naylor Medallist | George Doig (East Fremantle) |
| Matches played | 67 |
The 1933 WANFL season was the 49th season of the Western Australian National Football League in its various incarnations. It was the last year of a seven-team senior competition, and saw George Doig, during the second semi-final, become the first player to kick one hundred goals in a season.
The premiership was won by East Fremantle, who claimed its sixth straight minor premiership, after it defeated fourth-placed Subiaco in the Grand Final. Subiaco's feat in reaching the premiership decider was itself a remarkable one, given that the Victorian Football League had deprived it of the majority of it star players: only six of its 1931 Grand Final team played in the corresponding match two seasons later,[1] and the Maroons had been last or second last for most of 1933 before entering the four at the last minute. Old Easts led all season: despite losing a number of key players to the Sydney Carnival during July and August, the blue and whites won two of three games when depleted.[2]
Claremont-Cottesloe finished with its third consecutive wooden spoon, but defender “Sammy” Clarke became the first player to win the Sandover Medal in his debut season.[3]
- ^ Spillman, Ken; Diehards: the Story of the Subiaco Football Club 1896-1945, p. 132 ISBN 0646358340
- ^ “Follower” (anonymous author); ‘Football – Leading Teams Win: Perth Now Fifth; Many Reserves Play Well’; The West Australian, 31 July 1933, p. 9
- ^ ‘Football – The Sandover Medal: S. Clarke Succeeds in Debut Season’; The West Australian, 20 September 1933, p. 8
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