1925 WAFL season
| 1925 WAFL season | |
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| Teams | 6 |
| Premiers |
East Fremantle (12th premiership) |
| Minor premiers |
Subiaco (3rd minor premiership) |
| Matches played | 49 |
| Bernie Naylor Medallist | Ted Flemming (West Perth) |
| Sandover Medallist | George Owens (East Perth) |
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← 1924
1926 →
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The 1925 WAFL season was the 41st season of the West Australian Football League. It was notable as the season where a fully-fledged system of district football was firmly in place after two seasons of planning, with Perth divided into eight zones, one of which was allocated to Claremont in preparation for their entry to senior WAFL ranks for 1926 and another covered the Midland area later to be allocated to Swan Districts. Along with this, the WAFL introduced a reserves competition for players not good enough for their club’s league team.
The season saw East Fremantle gain revenge for the previous season’s Grand Final loss against a Subiaco team often thought to be the most talented that club had fielded so far in its history with three exceptional finals performances.
A notable incident during the season was a postponement of the Round 12 match between East Perth and West Perth because the Cardinals failed to return on time from a tour of Tasmania, due to being entertained by Senator Pearce in Melbourne the day the ‘Kalgoorlie Express’ was due to leave from Melbourne.
The new rule (as in the VFL) of awarding a free kick against a player who puts the ball out of bounds is regarded as a great success: it was estimated that in one game there were only seventeen stoppages.
Perth’s score was the first of twenty goals in the WAFL since 12 July 1919, when East Fremantle kicked 21.15 (141) against West Perth.
Subiaco, with Ahearn kicking eight goals in the absence of top goal-sneak Rodriguez, move to a clear top. In the process the Maroons end the most recent run of 100 games without reaching 100 points.
This is the most recent drawn game between Subiaco and South Fremantle.
1924 wooden spooners West Perth, in rainy conditions, win their fourth straight game by thrashing a depleted Royal team with 8.9 (57) to 2.3 (15) after half-time.
South Australia hold off the locals in a thrilling match, in which a gate of £997 showed the popularity of football.
In a thrilling last stanza of a scrappy game, South Fremantle fail to obtain the decisive goal and kick the only 0.3 (3) of the whole last quarter.
Subiaco seal the minor premiership as a result of East Perth’s shocking forward work in perfect conditions.
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