1992 WAFL season

1992 WAFL season
1992 WAFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Template:WAFL EF; 27th premiership
Minor premiers	Template:WAFL EF; 31st minor premiership
Sandover Medallist	Robbie West (Template:WAFL WP)
Bernie Naylor Medallist	Craig Edwards (Template:WAFL SF); Kevin Caton (Template:WAFL SD)
Matches played	90
	← 1991 1993 →

The 1992 WAFL season was the one hundred and eighth season of senior football in Perth, Western Australia. It is most notable for the end of the Claremont dynasty of the previous five seasons: the Tigers fell from first with only two losses to avoiding the wooden spoon only by percentage as a result of severe player losses to the AFL draft. East Fremantle won their first premiership for seven years after a very disappointing 1991, whilst East Perth, who had been stragglers for the preceding half-decade, made a remarkable rush from fifth position (after being outside the five for most of the season) to narrowly miss their first Grand Final since winning the 1978 premiership.

After Ian Dargie’s drought-breaking Sandover win for Subiaco in 1991, West Perth, despite suffering the rare ignominy of finishing last in all three grades,^[1]^[2] ended the second-longest club drought in Sandover history with the Falcons’ first win since Brian Foley in 1959.

Off the field, the WAFL was hit by the unwillingness of financially crippled Perth to accept relocation to Kelmscott as an integral part of its future development plan,^[3] and the reluctance of West Perth to move to the northwestern suburbs despite incentive payments from the WAFL totalling $390,000^[4] (although unlike the Demons they did relocate two seasons later).

Home-and-away Season

Round 1


	Round 1
Saturday, 4 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 17.12 (114)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 12.10 (82)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3545)
Saturday, 4 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 13.20 (98)	def.	Template:WAFL EP 13.12 (90)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 3099)
Saturday, 4 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 17.13 (115)	def.	Template:WAFL Sub 13.8 (86)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 2771)
Saturday, 4 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 16.12 (108)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 10.10 (70)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3299)

Round 2


	Round 2
Saturday, 11 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 18.17 (125)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 8.12 (60)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2973)
Saturday, 11 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 20.13 (133)	def.	Template:WAFL SD 14.16 (100)	Perth Oval (crowd: 2893)
Saturday, 11 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 9.17 (71)	def. by	Template:WAFL SF 11.12 (78)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5721)
Saturday, 11 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 21.13 (139)	def.	Template:WAFL Cla 12.14 (86)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 2588)
Perth end the equal second-longest winning streak in open-age WA(N)FL football by inflicting Claremont's first defeat since Round 6 of 1991.^[5]

Round 3


	Round 3
Saturday, 18 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 16.15 (111)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 7.8 (50)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2897)
Saturday, 18 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 11.15 (81)	def. by	Template:WAFL EP 15.16 (106)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3500)
Saturday, 18 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 17.16 (118)	def.	Template:WAFL Sub 13.13 (91)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 2529)
Saturday, 18 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 10.8 (68)	def. by	Template:WAFL EF 12.16 (88)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 2274)

Round 4


	Round 4
Saturday, 25 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 19.16 (130)	def.	Template:WAFL Sub 15.9 (99)	WACA (crowd: 4144)
Monday, 27 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 10.10 (70)	def. by	Template:WAFL SF 17.14 (116)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 3369)
Monday, 27 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 13.12 (90)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 7.11 (53)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 4194)
Monday, 27 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 8.15 (63)	def.	Template:WAFL Cla 7.11 (53)	Perth Oval (crowd: 3808)

Round 5


	Round 5
Friday, 1 May (6:45 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 18.11 (119)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 10.18 (78)	WACA (crowd: 3070)
Saturday, 2 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 8.12 (60)	def. by	Template:WAFL SF 19.19 (133)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 3026)
Saturday, 2 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 15.17 (107)	def.	Template:WAFL EP 8.7 (55)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3500)
Saturday, 2 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 6.15 (51)	def. by	Template:WAFL SD 15.20 (110)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 3280)

Round 6


	Round 6
Saturday, 9 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 13.19 (97)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 11.15 (81)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3456)
Saturday, 9 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 16.15 (111)	def. by	Template:WAFL Sub 19.12 (126)	Perth Oval (crowd: 2731)
Saturday, 9 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 11.10 (76)	def. by	Template:WAFL Cla 14.7 (91)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3863)
Saturday, 9 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 9.8 (62)	def. by	Template:WAFL EF 20.15 (135)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2424)
East Fremantle's 73-point margin is their biggest ever at Leederville Oval,^[6] though 55 points short of their biggest win over the Falcons.

Round 7


	Round 7
Friday, 15 May (6:45 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 15.11 (101)	def.	Template:WAFL Cla 11.8 (74)	WACA (crowd: 2160)
Saturday, 16 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 16.10 (106)	def.	Template:WAFL SD 10.16 (76)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3395)
Saturday, 16 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 13.15 (93)	def. by	Template:WAFL EP 21.9 (135)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 2292)
Saturday, 16 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 13.12 (90)	def. by	Template:WAFL EF 16.11 (107)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2302)

Round 8


	Round 8
Saturday, 23 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 16.14 (110)	def.	Template:WAFL SF 14.13 (97)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 2241)
Saturday, 23 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 20.12 (132)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 12.12 (84)	Perth Oval (crowd: 2194)
Saturday, 23 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 16.11 (107)	def.	Template:WAFL Cla 11.16 (82)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 3086)
Saturday, 23 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 19.19 (133)	def.	Template:WAFL SD 6.8 (44)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2582)

Round 9


	Round 9
Saturday, 30 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 10.16 (76)	def. by	Template:WAFL Sub 20.18 (138)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2772)
Saturday, 30 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 13.15 (93)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 12.11 (83)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 2170)
Monday, 1 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 21.15 (141)	def.	Template:WAFL EP 9.17 (71)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 7939)
Monday, 1 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 12.19 (91)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 10.11 (71)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 18130)

Round 10


	Round 10
Saturday, 6 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 17.19 (121)	def. by	Template:WAFL SD 23.13 (151)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2565)
Saturday, 6 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 9.11 (65)	def. by	Template:WAFL SF 16.10 (106)	Perth Oval (crowd: 3051)
Saturday, 6 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 15.11 (101)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 12.11 (83)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2565)
Saturday, 6 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 9.16 (70)	def.	Template:WAFL Cla 10.8 (68)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2974)

Round 11


	Round 11
Friday, 12 June (6:45 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 12.19 (91)	def.	Template:WAFL SF 9.12 (66)	WACA (crowd: 2329)
Saturday, 13 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 17.12 (114)	def.	Template:WAFL Sub 17.14 (116)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2800)
Saturday, 13 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 16.17 (113)	def. by	Template:WAFL EF 20.14 (134)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 3500)
Saturday, 13 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 14.11 (95)	def. by	Template:WAFL EP 16.9 (105)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 2100)

Round 12


	Round 12
Saturday, 20 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 17.20 (122)	def.	Template:WAFL Sub 11.15 (81)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2195)
Saturday, 20 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 13.15 (93)	def. by	Template:WAFL Per 21.9 (135)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1708)
Saturday, 20 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 16.6 (102)	def. by	Template:WAFL EF 15.13 (103)	Perth Oval (crowd: 1428)
Saturday, 20 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 11.17 (83)	def. by	Template:WAFL Cla 14.13 (97)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2462)
East Fremantle's comeback from 45 points down at three-quarter time to win is the fourth-biggest in WA(N)FL history and at the time the biggest since 1964.^[7]

Round 13


	Round 13
Saturday, 27 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 12.11 (83)	def.	Template:WAFL SD 10.17 (77)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 1636)
Saturday, 27 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 6.11 (47)	def. by	Template:WAFL EP 9.5 (59)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 1798)
Saturday, 27 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 9.11 (65)	def. by	Template:WAFL SF 10.13 (73)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1463)
Saturday, 27 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 10.12 (72)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 7.7 (49)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1510)

Round 14


	Round 14
Saturday, 4 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 18.14 (122)	def.	Template:WAFL SF 10.13 (73)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2919)
Saturday, 4 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 13.13 (91)	def. by	Template:WAFL Per 17.11 (113)	Perth Oval (crowd: 2071)
Saturday, 4 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 13.8 (86)	def.	Template:WAFL Cla 9.8 (62)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1743)
Saturday, 4 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 17.18 (120)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 15.7 (97)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2278)

Round 15


	Round 15
Saturday, 11 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 15.11 (101)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 10.9 (69)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3226)
Saturday, 11 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 10.14 (74)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 9.8 (62)	Wanneroo (crowd: 2773)
Saturday, 11 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 13.12 (90)	def. by	Template:WAFL Sub 14.11 (95)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 2249)
Saturday, 11 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 13.8 (86)	def. by	Template:WAFL EF 19.17 (131)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3354)

Round 16


	Round 16
Saturday, 18 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 24.11 (155)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 12.13 (85)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2199)
Saturday, 18 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 17.8 (110)	def. by	Template:WAFL SD 20.15 (135)	Perth Oval (crowd: 2302)
Saturday, 18 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 15.11 (101)	def. by	Template:WAFL SF 22.11 (143)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7401)
Saturday, 18 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 12.11 (83)	def. by	Template:WAFL Cla 23.16 (154)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 2235)

Round 17


	Round 17
Saturday, 25 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 13.16 (94)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 13.11 (89)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2011)
Saturday, 25 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 15.14 (104)	def.	Template:WAFL EP 13.10 (88)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2367)
Saturday, 25 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 21.14 (140)	def.	Template:WAFL Sub 8.10 (58)	Kelmscott (crowd: 1675)
Saturday, 25 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 9.8 (62)	def. by	Template:WAFL EF 16.18 (114)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1754)

Round 18


	Round 18
Saturday, 1 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 23.22 (160)	def.	Template:WAFL SD 11.8 (74)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2878)
Saturday, 1 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 15.9 (99)	def.	Template:WAFL SF 13.18 (96)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1999)
Saturday, 1 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 21.9 (135)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 11.16 (82)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2388)
Saturday, 1 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 9.11 (65)	def. by	Template:WAFL Cla 16.12 (108)	Perth Oval (crowd: 2011)

Round 19


	Round 19
Saturday, 8 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 9.12 (66)	def. by	Template:WAFL SF 14.10 (94)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 2212)
Saturday, 8 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 9.14 (68)	def. by	Template:WAFL WP 20.12 (132)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 1854)
Saturday, 8 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 12.12 (84)	def. by	Template:WAFL EP 12.16 (88)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1905)
Saturday, 8 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 11.15 (81)	def. by	Template:WAFL SD 14.12 (96)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1874)

Round 20


	Round 20
Saturday, 15 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 15.15 (105)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 6.8 (44)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2015)
Saturday, 15 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 10.6 (66)	def. by	Template:WAFL Sub 22.13 (145)	Perth Oval (crowd: 1657)
Saturday, 15 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 14.19 (103)	def.	Template:WAFL Cla 8.8 (56)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2251)
Saturday, 15 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 12.12 (84)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 7.9 (51)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1908)

Round 21


	Round 21
Friday, 21 August (6:45 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 13.9 (87)	def. by	Template:WAFL SD 19.12 (126)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 9067)
Saturday, 22 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 12.19 (91)	def. by	Template:WAFL EP 15.13 (103)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 3701)
Saturday, 22 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 15.15 (105)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 12.14 (86)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 2562)
Saturday, 22 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 26.13 (169)	def.	Template:WAFL Sub 12.13 (85)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2955)

Ladder

Template:WAFL Ladder/1992

Finals

Elimination and Qualifying Finals


	Elimination Final
Saturday, 29 August (11:45 am)	Template:WAFL Sub 10.12 (72)	def. by	Template:WAFL EP 24.13 (157)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 12,366)


	Qualifying Final
Saturday, 29 August (2:45 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 22.19 (151)	def.	Template:WAFL SD 8.11 (59)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 12,366)
Since the two finals were played at the same venue on the same day, the attendance figure is the same.

Semi-Finals


	First Semi Final
Saturday, 5 September (11:45 am)	Template:WAFL SD 12.9 (81)	def. by	Template:WAFL EP 13.14 (92)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 15,284)


	Second Semi Final
Saturday, 5 September (2:45 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 8.9 (57)	def. by	Template:WAFL SF 11.16 (82)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 15,284)
Since the two finals were played at the same venue on the same day, the attendance figure is the same.

Preliminary Final


	Preliminary Final
Saturday, 12 September (2:45 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 14.13 (97)	def.	Template:WAFL EP 14.9 (93)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 12,490)

Grand Final


	1992 WAFL Grand Final
Saturday, 19 September (2:45 pm)	Template:WAFL SF	def. by	Template:WAFL EF	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 30,130)	^[8]
	2.6 (18) 4.6 (30) 9.10 (64) 9.13 (67)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.8 (14) 6.14 (50) 7.16 (58) 12.19 (91)	Umpires: Trevor Garrett, Greg Scroop Simpson Medal: Clinton Browning (Template:WAFL EF)


Hepburn 3, Wally Matera, Williams, Herman, Clifford Collard, Campbell, Flugge		Goals	Lockyer 2, Billy Krakouer 2, Neil Lester-smith 2, Condon, Amaranti, John Davidson, Newman, Nichols, Malaxos
Fimmano, Bradley Collard, Hynes, Hepburn, Grant, Sundtan		Best	Bilcich, Newman, Browning, Malaxos, Nichols, Condon, Moss



East Fremantle produce a major upset on a grey and windy day, shutting down South Fremantle’s “engine room” and former spearhead Browning restricting leading goalkicker Edwards to 0.1 (1) and claiming the Simpson Medal.

References

^ WAFL Reserves Ladder Positions
^ WAFL Colts Ladder Positions
^ East, Alan (2005); From Redlegs to Demons : A History of the Perth Football Club from 1899; p. 165
^ “WA Football 2000”; in Barker, Anthony J. Behind the Play: A History of Football in Western Australia; pp. 275-276 ISBN 0975242709
^ WAFL Footy Facts: Consecutive Games Won
^ WAFL Footy Facts: Leederville Oval
^ WAFL Footy Facts: Won from Third-Quarter Deficit
^ Stocks, Gary; “Trio Trigger Upset”; The West Australian, 21 September 1992, p.90

External links

[1] WAFL Reserves Ladder Positions

[2] WAFL Colts Ladder Positions

[East-3] East, Alan (2005); From Redlegs to Demons : A History of the Perth Football Club from 1899; p. 165

[4] “WA Football 2000”; in Barker, Anthony J. Behind the Play: A History of Football in Western Australia; pp. 275-276 ISBN 0975242709

[5] WAFL Footy Facts: Consecutive Games Won

[6] WAFL Footy Facts: Leederville Oval

[7] WAFL Footy Facts: Won from Third-Quarter Deficit

[8] Stocks, Gary; “Trio Trigger Upset”; The West Australian, 21 September 1992, p.90

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