West Perth Football Club - Australian Rules Football Wiki Sandover Medalists: (16 total) 1921: Cyril Hoft,[e] 1943: Terry Moriarty,[f] 1945: George Bailey, 1948: Merv McIntosh, 1953: Merv McIntosh, 1954: Merv McIntosh, 1961: Neville Beard, 1964: Barry Cable, 1968: Barry Cable, 1970: Pat Dalton, 1972: Ian Miller, 1973: Barry Cable, 1983: Bryan Cousins,[d] 1987: Mark Watson, 1999: Gus Seebeck, 2009: Ross Young, Bernie Naylor Medalists: (11 total) 1913: Alf Halliday (46), 1914: Alf Halliday (38), 1916: Alf Halliday (38), 1921: Allan Evans (64), 1931: Doug Oliphant (84), 1939: Albert Gook (102), 1950: Ron Tucker (115), 1975: Murray Couper (63), 1985: Mick Rea (100), 1986: Mick Rea (90), 1994: Brenton Cooper (90), All Australians:(7 total) 1953: Merv McIntosh, 1956: Keith Harper, 1966 & 1969: Barry Cable, 1969: Greg Brehaut, 1972: Ian Miller, 1986: Robert Wiley, Tassie Medallists: (2 total) 1953: Merv McIntosh, 1966: Barry Cable, Highest Score: Round 4, 1977 30.18 (198) vs. South Fremantle at Lathlain Park, Lowest Score: Round 10, 1903 0.3 (3) vs. East Fremantle at Fremantle Oval, Greatest Winning Margin: Round 15, 1904 153 points vs. Subiaco at WACA, Greatest Losing Margin: Round 17, 1981 173 points vs. Claremont at Claremont Oval, Most Games: Terry Moriarty 253 (19421953), Record Home Attendance: Round 6, 1967 19,541 v East Perth, Record Finals Attendance: 1966 Grand Final 46,763 v East Perth at Subiaco Oval, Longest Winning Streak: 14 games, from Round 12, 1968 to Round 2, 1969 (including 1968 premiership), Longest Losing Streak: 20 games, from Round 20, 1999 to Round 20, 2000[d]. Stobo brilliance leads WA to win over Tassie, home final WAFL Team of the Year 2021 | WA Football News He could well be South Fremantle's most decorated player this century and despite retiring following the elimination final loss to Peel Thunder, he remained right at the peak of his powers by the end of the 2022 season. Major gold discoveries at Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie in 1892, coupled with a major international economic depression, caused immigration from the eastern colonies to accelerate not only to the Goldfields but also onto Perth. Geelong The Scratching Post Cat Scan. Sandover Medal: (13 total) Lin Richards (1931), Jim Conway (1950), Jack Clarke (1957), Ray Sorrell (1961, 1963), David Hollins (1971), Graham Melrose (1974), Brian Peake (1977), Murray Wrensted (1985), Craig Treleven (1995), Adrian Bromage (1998), Rory O'Brien (2013), Blaine Boekhorst (2022), Simpson Medallists (in Grand Final): (10 total) Alan Ebbs (1945), Frank Conway (1957), Ray Sorrell (1962), Norm Rogers (1964), Dave Imrie (1965), Gary Gibellini (1974), Kevin Taylor (1979), Clinton Browning (1992), Mark Amaranti (1994), Adrian Bromage (1998), Simpson Medallists (in State Game): (5 total) Ray Sorrell (1962), Kevin Taylor (1982), Paul Harding (1991), Craig Treleven (1995), Rod Tregenza (1999), Bernie Naylor Medallists: (20 total) Ernest Kelly (1904, 38 goals), Henry Sharpe (1905, 50 goals), Henry Sharpe (1907, 48 goals), Charles Doig (1908, 26 goals), Charles Doig (1909, 38 goals), Arthur Rawlinson (1917, 46 goals), Joseph Lawn (1919, 55 goals), Dinney Coffey (1923, 36 goals), George Doig (1933, 106 goals), George Doig (1934, 152 goals), George Doig (1935, 113 goals), George Doig (1936, 109 goals), George Doig (1937, 144 goals), George Doig (1941, 141 goals), George Prince (1949, 82 goals), Bob Johnson (1966, 92 goals), Kevin Taylor (1979, 102 goals), Neil Lester-Smith (1989, 90 goals), Rod Tregenza (1999, 86 goals), Rod Tregenza (2000, 86 goals), Prendergast Medallists: (9 total) Bill Taggart (1954), 1977: Joe Angel, 1978: Kevin Taylor, 1994: Jon Stagg, 2002: Leigh Willison, 2007: Morgan Cooper, 2008: Conor Davidson, 2010: James Murray, Timothy Viney (2011), Benjamin Harding (2017), Jack Clarke Medal: (5 total) Mark Amaranti (1985), Graham Ralph (1989), Matthew Cremin (2000), Andrew Green (2001), Jacob Green (2013), Chesson Medallists: (2 total) Greg Brown (1972), Doug Winning (1973), All-Australian team: Jack Clarke (1953, 1956, 1958, 1961), Alan Preen (1958), Norm Rogers (1958), Ray Sorrell (1958, 1961), Brian Peake (1979 (c), 1980, 1986 (c)), Tony Buhagiar (1979), Kevin Taylor (1983), Peter Wilson (1986), Updated: July 2020Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff. The name again reverted to WAFL in 2001 although retained the logo. East Fremantle's success has thus far eclipsed that of South Fremantle, who (as of 2021[update]) have won 14 WAFL premierships. Back then though rugby union was the dominant football code, with only one senior club, "Unions", playing Australian Rules. Jun 2014 - Apr 20161 year 11 months. In 1990 the league was renamed the Western Australian State Football League, but it had reverted to WAFL by 1991. Round 2 Ryan Lim (Claremont) [citation needed]. Swan Districts Football Club He had to work tremendously hard to earn a regular league spot and had to change clubs to do so after playing 78 reserves games with Claremont, but he's now put together a career made up of 101 games and 169 goals. Interest in the semi-national competition saw attendances at WAFL games start to fall, with severe consequences for the club's support base and finances. the VFL representative team) had by far the best record in interstate games for a long time. In 1921, the WAFL followed the idea of the SANFL's Magarey Medal and introduced the Sandover Medal, for the fairest and best player over a season, as voted by the field umpires. He has never looked back since and was his team's Player of the Finals in his debut season and then took an even greater leap forward throughout 2022. West Perth's Keegan Knott took a spot in the forward pocket for his strong season too. They then upset South by twelve points and came back on a windy day to defeat East Fremantle by two points in the 1955 WANFL Grand Final for their first premiership in forty-eight years. A fourths-grade premiership was held between 1965 and 1974. The Swan Districts vice-captain has been a consistent performer for a number of years now through the middle or on the wing highlightedby being part of the Team of the Year squads in three of the past four seasons, but what he did in 2022 was go to another level in remarkable fashion. The Fremantle Team of Legends was selected to recognise legends of Australian rules football in Fremantle, Western Australia. Their first game there was on Anzac Day and they beat Swan Districts, but that year ended ingloriously against Subiaco for years the WANFL's "chopping block" who in their first final since Perth's rise to power in 1947 kicked an amazing 16.8 (104) in the third quarter. By 1901, the WAFA had grown to have six teams. Like most clubs, Perth lost a number of players due to the First and Second World Wars, with many players enlisted in the Australian Defence Force. AFL legend Polly Farmer dies - The New Daily Round 16 Stefan Giro (Subiaco) Times named in 2022: 8 In 1933, he was the first person to kick 100 goals in a season in WAFL history (he would go on to break the century in eigh different seasons). Just, wow. Put together a standout season for the Tigers averaging 27.7 possessions a game including picking up 30 or more touches on eight occasions. In order to draw closer to their metropolitan recruiting zone on the southern side of the Swan River, the club moved in 1959 to a new home at Lathlain Park. He arrived at South Fremantle in 2021 and spent a season sharing the ruck role with Brock Higgins, but upon his retirement took over the No. Gunner John 'Jack' McCARTHY (36th Heavy Artillery). Perth won its first premiership in 1907, but did not win their second until 1955. What a remarkably consistent performer he has been in the midfield for West Perth now over the course of his 207-game career and once again he was the leading ball winner in a Falcons team that won the minor premiership, and have now made the Grand Final. All 5 of these grand final wins came at the expense of East Perth who earned the bridesmaid tag in this era. Claremont/Cottesloe entered the league in 1926, bringing the number of teams back to seven. In 2016 the Total Player Payments cap is $294,000 for the non-AFL aligned clubs, while the cap for East Perth and Peel Thunder is $191,100. Free just got the nod in the Team of the Year while Meek filled up an emergency spot. In 1996, the VFL/AFL celebrated the Centenary year of the Australian Football League. More people have been inducted every year since then, and as of 2017, there are sixteen who have been elevated to 'Legend status': In March 2012, the Top 25 players over the Past 25 Years were announced, to recognise the WAFL performances of players, rather than the performances of Western Australian players in the AFL. Stream your team: Watch the VFL GF and WAFL finals LIVE and FREE You can watch the 2022 VFL and TSL Grand Finals, and the WAFL finals LIVE on AFL.com.au and the AFL Live Official App. His combination of playing as an intercepting defender and then as an attacking weapon out of defence was fully on show in 2022 where he ended up averaging 27.5 possessions a game. In 2019 the West Coast Eagles entered the Wafl so the teams are now 10. Farmer was named as first ruck in the AFL Team of the Century, the WAFL Team of the Century, the Teams of the Century for East Perth, Geelong and West Perth and in the Indigenous Team of the Century. [38] A senior women's competition was inaugurated in 2019. This proposal was vindicated in 2020 when Victoria took on the All-Stars in late February in a rare one-off rep match to raise money for those impacted by that summer's devastating bushfires. MAX WALTERS RUCK HAMISH FREE (South Fremantle) Peel Thunder Football Club 25 years on from the Team of the Century, we look at the best 22-man side since. 'Research Helps WAFL Plan for the Future' in. [citation needed], However, in those days many young men of Perth's wealthier families were educated in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia.The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, with the top five teams playing off in a finals series, culminating in a Grand Final.The league also runs reserves, colts (under-19) and women's . CENTRE: Ryan Lim (C), Jye Bolton (C), Jesse Turner (SD) Among the thousands of members' who have played, coached and helped administer the Perth Football Club since its inception in 1899, 35 individuals were honoured as the inaugural inductees into the Perth Demon's Hall of Fame club on Saturday night in front of over 450 people. West Perth ended up with 19 players earning a spot at least once, Claremont 18, Swan Districts 18, South Fremantle 17, East Fremantle 16, East Perth 12, Subiaco 11, Perth 11 and the West Coast Eagles eight. Locked in: WAFL signs most expansive broadcast deal in WA history Rabada rips through West Indies as South Africa triumph EMERGENCY LLOYD MEEK (Peel Thunder) Round 20 Lloyd Meek (Peel Thunder), Copyright 2023 West Australian Football Commission HALF-BACK FLANK CAM EARDLEY (East Fremantle) WAFL News - AFL.com.au Scott Jones was also named to the Team of the Week three times. Players who are not selected to play with their respective AFL clubs instead play for allocated clubs in the WAFL. He held the West Perth club record of 256 games and but for this coaching opportunity he may well have become the first WAFL player to play 300 league games. He took their 1974 team, skippered by the versatile Bob Shields, into the Grand Final. THE AFL TEAM OF THE CENTURY Backline B. Smith S. Silvagni J. Nicholls Half back line B. Doull T. Whitten (c) K. Murray Centre F. Bourke I. Stewart K. Greig Half Forward A. Jesaulenko R. Hart D. Reynolds Forward L. Matthews J. Coleman H. Bunton Rovers G. Farmer R. Barassi [] Swan Districts entered the league in 1934. The medal has been awarded annually ever since. The offer was withdrawn. Now 1,500 people to a home game is considered a strong attendance. Anthony Alexander Forrest, who played two games for the club in 1900, was killed in the Second Boer War in 1901.[3]. AFL Team of the Century Overall, the club has won seven premierships, including a hat-trick between 1966 and 1968, with the last coming in 1977. Team of the Century | South Melbourne Hellas Wiki | Fandom Previous Teams of the Year: 5 (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021). However East Perth finally won through in the 1972 grand final. Times named in 2022: 5 Perth remained competitive for the following decade despite a brief lapse that saw them fall to last in 1912. He also worked hard around the ground averaging 12.2 possessions and he did manage to kick four goals along the way to ensure that the Bulldogs are in good hands in the ruck department despite the loss of Higgins. And by 1906 there were eight teams: West Perth, East Perth, East Fremantle, South Fremantle, North Fremantle, Subiaco, Perth and Midland Junction. Its was adapted when the Club changed logos to the Sharks in 1983. The two clubs faced each other again in the 1908 and 1909 grand finals, East Fremantle victorious on both occasions. The Goldfields competition (later known as the Goldfields Football League) was hence comparable in status and standard to the Perth competition for many years. The Perth Demons entered two sides in this year's WAFL 14's Development Squad Carnival, capturing our zones best 65 players to form "Team Red" and "Team Black.". After winning a fourth flag in 1924, Subiaco struggled through a lengthy lean period, going . Despite the team's lack of collective success, Perth in the inter-war years was home to a number of outstanding players, including ruckman/forward Doug Oliphant, pacy centreman Cyril Hoft and full-forwards Alan Evans (who against East Fremantle in 1921 kicked thirteen of fourteen goals[2]) and Albert Gook. Making the club one of the most successful AFL football clubs in Australia. Round 3 Luke Meadows (West Perth) We are so proud of our team, partners & our competition. Now you can cast all elite state league matches from your . Fremantle thus was required to start from scratch, with no relationship to the two dominant WAFL teams. As the 2023 WAFL season creeps closer, the Mandurah Coastal Times caught up with Peel Thunder league coach Geoff Valentine to see how the team has been performing during the pre-season period. Previous Teams of the Year: 3 (2019, 2020, 2021). Best WAFL Players of 21st Century | BigFooty Forum The move to regionalisation which saw Unions take on the old Fremantle's name and colours made it difficult for this club that didn't represent a particular area to attract players. EMERGENCIES: Lloyd Meek (PT), Stefan Giro (S), Shane Nelson (WP). Claremont's Ryan Lim and Swan Districts' Jesse Turner were the standout wingmen of the season while Jye Bolton, Angus Schumacher and Blaine Boekhorst claimed the three on-ball positions. He is a walking highlight reel and has a mortgage on the Goal of the Year awards each and every WAFL season, but there's plenty of substance to the leading small forward in the competition as well. East Fremantle, the WAFL's most successful club, won the centenary premiership in 1985 and in 1986 Subiaco had the honour to be the last club to win the premiership prior to Western Australia's participation in the national league. The league is run adjacent to the WAFL premiership.[34]. They were the inaugural premiers of the competition, defeating Swan Districts in the grand final. The first premiership was awarded in 1885, and was won by the Rovers Football Club, which disbanded in 1899. [8] Continuing financial losses reached a peak in 1997. In 1997, Peel Thunder somewhat controversially became the ninth WAFL club. When he's then not there or has a quiet day, the difference is stark. The higher standard of play that followed helped to increase the game's popularity and increased the professionalism of the WAFA which in turn saw a more stable look come to the league which to this point saw teams frequently coming and going, not to mention problems with frequent crowd violence. Thursday March 30 at 6:30pm. The contest was played intermittently between 1903 and 1924 and the winning team accorded the title Champions of Western Australia.[28]. Previous Teams of the Year: 3 (2018, 2020, 2021). By the middle 2000s, East Fremantle was in severe trouble on and off the field, winning only nineteen of eighty matches between 2003 and 2006 and suffering severe financial difficulties,[9] though since then the clubs has substantially recovered without winning a thirtieth premiership. West Perth Team of the Century 2000. . It was quite the star-studded team and between the final 25 . sentence. He was later appointed coach . There continue to be players from East Fremantle who move onto AFL/VFL, and AFLW playing careers, see List of East Fremantle footballers who have played in the VFL/AFL. The manner in which the Demons reversed a last round loss to East Perth by eleven goals in the first semi final might have made people think at the very least a grand final berth was forthcoming, but South Fremantle put paid to that with a six-goal win in the preliminary final. 1971, despite the return of Barry Cable from North Melbourne where he had transferred in 1970, saw Perth decline abruptly to seventh or eight with only eight wins and a draw, and after a return to third in 1972, Cable's last year with the club in 1973 saw them win only six games (their worst year since 1941 when they won only four matches). All clubs competed, with the exception of Swan Districts who could not form a team in 1942, although they were back in 1943. WACA Team of the Century - Forum - OzFooty.net 'Bigger and stronger': Geoff Valentine confident in Peel Thunder ahead This led to the formation of the West Australian Football Commission who functioned independently of the WAFL. The former Carlton AFL big-bodied midfielder has found a home for himself with the Royals and while 2022 didnt end up in the finals appearance they were hoping, he couldnt have possibly done more. WAFL Team of the Year 2021 Wednesday, September 15, 2021 - 8:43 PM - by Chris Pike. In the twenty-five open-age seasons from 1919 to 1946 Perth played in the finals only three times for just one win over East Perth in 1934. Four players were snared from WAFL ranks in Monday's AFL mid-season draft, with Josh Deluca heading the pack after being selected by Carlton with pick one. Proved himself a reliable and consistent ball winner by averaging 23.8 touches including having 30 or more touches on five occasions. Times named in 2022: 8 WAFL (@WAFLOfficial) / Twitter looking like as many as 3 or even 4 players are done for the tour , Swepson might be coming back South Fremantle clearly had the best defence throughout the competition this season and he was right at the cornerstone of that. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Software Engineer. Perth, however, rebounded under the coaching of former captain and 1955 premiership player Ken Armstrong. INTERCHANGE LUKE MEADOWS (West Perth) Representing the south-east area of the Perth metropolitan region, the club currently trains and plays its home games at Lathlain Park (currently known, for sponsorship reasons, as Mineral Resources Park), having previously played at the WACA Ground between 1899 and 1958 and later in 1987 and 1988. GIVEN how close and even the 2022 WAFL season was, spots in the Team of the Year were morehotly contested than ever and that's highlighted by the fact that a whole host of quality players who had terrific seasons couldnt quite sneak in. Not only did it open spots up in the midfield, but he has proven himself ideally suited to a role down back. Matera (Italian pronunciation: [matra], locally [matera] (listen); Materano: Matr [matr]) is a city in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. Chronology. Round 1. Founded in 1900 after disbanding the successful but debt . Unlucky Subiaco players to miss the top 21 in 21 years include; Lachlan Delahunty . The 1979 grand final was played before a record crowd of 52,781 and saw East Fremantle defeat archrivals South Fremantle. This record is made much worse by the fact that up to 1925 before Claremont-Cottesloe were admitted four of six teams played off and to 1933 four of seven did so. WAFL Round 1 v West Coast Eagles . George had the knack of being able to take the ball out of the . It would have been based at Northam's Jubilee Oval. A special committee spent many months selecting those 35 individuals from an initial list of 110 following a broad . Tue, November 22, 2022 - 11:00 AM. Highest Score: Round 17, 1944 33.23 (221) vs. South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval, Lowest Score: Round 13, 1898 1.2 (8) vs. West Perth at The WACA, Greatest Winning Margin: Round 17, 1944 201 points vs. South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval, Greatest Losing Margin: Round 10, 1981 178 points vs. West Perth at Leederville Oval, Most games: Brian Peake 304 (19721981 & 19851989), Record Home Attendance: Round 3, 1979 21,317 vs. South Fremantle, Record Finals Attendance: 1979 Grand Final 52,781 vs. South Fremantle at Subiaco Oval, Most consecutive victories: 35, between 28 July 1945 (Round 13) and 17 May 1947 (Round 3), including the 1945 and 1946 premierships, Most consecutive losses: 13, once between 18 May 1968 (Round 7) and 17 August 1968 (Round 19) and again between 11 April 1970 (Round 2) and 11 July 1970 (Round 14). His passion and intensity was infectious, his ferocity was intimidating and his celebrations were unforgettable as he put together a season of kicking 39 goals including six in Round 3 along with two hauls of five, and kicking four another couple of times. He could well be South Fremantle's most decorated player this century and despite retiring following the elimination final loss to Peel Thunder, he remained right at the peak of his powers by the end of the 2022 season. Started his career with West Perth as a tough, uncompromising and long-kicking half-back but the longer his career has gone on the more he has turned himself into one of the standout on-ballers in the competition, even more so since returning from his stint playing in the VFL. All figures for games and goals refer to premiership (home-and-away and finals) matches only. East Fremantle Football Club - Wikipedia Of the 418 available spots in the Teams of the Week across the 20 rounds, it was East Fremantle's players who earned selection the most with their 16 players earning a spot on 60 occasions. The Sharks' most recent . Oct 2. Courageous defender, Mal Day, won the Simpson Medal for an outstanding game. Adelaide . In total, nineteen Perth players were killed on active duty in the two wars. BACK POCKET TOBY MCQUILKIN (South Fremantle) References Team of the Century. However, in those 13 games he did play before getting hurt, he was simply brilliant for the Sharks through the middle with his dynamic ability to break out of congestion, and drive the ball long was game changing. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, with the top five teams playing off in a finals series, culminating in a Grand Final. Their goal was denied by just two points in a grand final marred by very wet conditions. The Team consisted of players from East Fremantle and South Fremantle that had played at least 100 WAFL games for either Fremantle club. The match took place at Marvel Stadium and was attended by 51,052 people. Against a backdrop in which several WAFL clubs were looking to enter the VFL or in which a struggling Victorian club may be relocated to Perth, the WAFL decided to hastily form a new club to enter the VFL such that they could retain control of a West Australian presence in the situation. News | WAFL - West Australian Football League INTERCHANGE LIAM HICKMOTT (Subiaco) Davies, Steve, and Greg Wardell-Johnson (2009). CENTRE JYE BOLTON (Claremont) On Wednesday 12 October 1927, the WAFL was renamed the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) the "national" concept in the name being adopted by the SANFL, TANFL and other leagues when the Australian Football Council became the Australian National Football Council earlier in the year.[29]. Staff Portal |. The club is recognised as one of the most successful WAFL teams . Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. The Subiaco Football Club has today launched the Club's new branding that will be adopted across the 2021 Optus WAFL Premiership season to celebrate the Club's 125th year. Has kicked 35 goals again in 2022 including an especially hot start to the season 21 goals in the opening eight matches, and now will be chasing premiership glory on Saturday. They folded and were immediately replaced by Perth Football Club who were promoted from the Perth First Rate Association. 24 505 East Fremantle Football Club History (Centenary 1898 - 1997 WAFL) Last 41 seconds Fremantle vs Richmond round 5 2013 Bombers vs Freo 2013 rnd 3. Foodbank WA - Purple Plates for Christmas. There is currently no naming rights partner of the WAFL, so the competition is officially known as the "WAFL Premiership". The East Fremantle Football Club was formed in 1898 and is the most successful side in Western Australia, their 29 premierships placing them second behind Port Adelaide in the country. Times named in 2022: 8 Team Store; Membership; Events & Functions. Having the best football players all playing in the AFL has lessened the standard of play; however this has recovered somewhat, with retired or delisted AFL players returning and young players coming through. Clearly there is a huge appetite for State Of Origin . [10], In 2022, the WAFL signed a deal that will see 26 games including all finals matches broadcast on the Seven Network, with the remaining 72 matches to be available for streaming on the AFL's official app and AFL On Demand service. ROVER BLAINE BOEKHORST (East Fremantle) Footy FAQ: AFL Clubs, Club History, and Attendances | AFANA Round 13 Noah Strom (South Fremantle) The competition was stiff, though, and fellow midfielders Bailey Rogers, Sam Fisher and Haiden Schloithe grabbed spots in the forward-line where they did spend some time throughout the season as well. [2][3] East Fremantle's last Premiership was in 1998 where they defeated West Perth, 2012 was their last appearance in a Grand Final was against Claremont. Round 19 Milan Murdock (East Fremantle) Previous Teams of the Year: 1 (2020). Previous Teams of the Year: 0. Richmond Football Club Team of the Century interviews from Ch9 Footy Show. CENTRE HALF-BACK KASEY NICHOLAS (Perth) This is partly because having an odd number of teams forces one team to have a bye each week. Twenty-two former East Fremantle players and coaches have been inducted: Ron Alexander (2004), Simon Black (2017), David Christy (2004), Jack Clarke (2004), Charles Doig (2017), George Doig (2004), Jerry Dolan (2004), Doug Green (2006), Paul Hasleby (2015), Percy Johnson (2010), Chris Mainwaring (2005), Steve Malaxos (2005), Steve Marsh (2004), Gerard Neesham (2005), Brian Peake (2004), Con Regan (2015), Norm Rogers (2004), Jack Sheedy (2004), Ray Sorrell (2004), John Todd (2004), William "Nipper" Truscott (2004) and Shane Woewodin (2022). During the 1880s, the discoveries of gold, firstly in the Kimberley, Pilbara and Murchison regions, led to a dramatic increase in WA's population, including many players and supporters of Australian Rules from the eastern colonies.
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