2004 WAFL season

2004 WAFL season
2004 WAFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	Template:WAFL Sub; 8th premiership
Minor premiers	Template:WAFL Sub; 9th minor premiership
Sandover Medallist	Allistair Pickett (Template:WAFL Sub)
Bernie Naylor Medallist	Brad Smith (Template:WAFL Sub)
Matches played	94
	← 2003 2005 →

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 it was found they fielded an ineligible player. 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).^[2]

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.

Home-and-away Season

Round 1


	Round 1
Friday, 19 March (6:45 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 10.8 (68)	def. by	Template:WAFL WP 16.8 (104)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2800)
Saturday, 20 March (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 17.12 (114)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 10.7 (67)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 2092)
Saturday, 20 March (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL PT 0.0 (0)	def. by	Template:WAFL Cla 17.15 (117)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1233)
Saturday, 20 March (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 12.7 (79)	def. by	Template:WAFL Sub 16.8 (104)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 3470)
	Bye Template:WAFL SD
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),^[3] but had their score annulled for playing an ineligible player.

Round 2


	Round 2
Saturday, 27 March (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 15.13 (103)	def.	Template:WAFL PT 13.9 (87)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1320)
Saturday, 27 March (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 10.19 (79)	def.	Template:WAFL SF 8.13 (61)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1593)
Sunday, 28 March (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 14.8 (92)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 12.7 (79)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1741)
Sunday, 28 March (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 9.12 (66)	def. by	Template:WAFL Sub 12.10 (82)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2000)
	Bye Template:WAFL EF

Round 3


	Round 3
Friday, 2 April (6:45 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 19.4 (118)	def.	Template:WAFL SD 11.7 (73)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2153)
Saturday, 3 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 14.6 (90)	def. by	Template:WAFL Cla 22.18 (150)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1290)
Saturday, 3 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 10.14 (74)	def. by	Template:WAFL EP 13.11 (89)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 1765)
Saturday, 3 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL PT 10.12 (72)	def. by	Template:WAFL WP 13.20 (98)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1619)
	Bye Template:WAFL SF

Round 4


	Round 4
Saturday, 10 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 14.20 (104)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 9.9 (63)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1987)
Saturday, 10 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 20.10 (130)	def.	Template:WAFL PT 13.5 (83)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1871)
Monday, 12 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 12.15 (87)	def.	Template:WAFL Sub 13.8 (86)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2077)
Monday, 12 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 13.11 (89)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 13.9 (87)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2367)
	Bye Template:WAFL Cla

Round 5


	Round 5
Saturday, 17 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL PT 11.14 (80)	def. by	Template:WAFL SF 23.16 (154)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1182)
Saturday, 17 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 17.6 (108)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 15.13 (103)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1328)
Sunday, 18 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 12.5 (77)	def.	Template:WAFL EP 7.12 (54)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1998)
Sunday, 18 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 18.15 (123)	def.	Template:WAFL SD 11.6 (72)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 1690)
	Bye Template:WAFL Sub

Round 6


	Round 6
Friday, 23 April (6:45 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 20.9 (129)	def.	Template:WAFL PT 11.7 (73)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1592)
Saturday, 24 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 14.11 (95)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 12.9 (81)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1922)
Saturday, 24 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 18.15 (123)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 12.10 (82)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1490)
Saturday, 24 April (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 10.4 (64)	def. by	Template:WAFL Cla 13.17 (95)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1655)
	Bye Template:WAFL EP

Round 7


	Round 7
Friday, 30 April (6:45 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 11.13 (79)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 11.12 (78)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 3410)
Saturday, 1 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 6.12 (48)	def. by	Template:WAFL SD 8.10 (58)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1811)
Saturday, 1 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 15.6 (96)	def.	Template:WAFL Sub 8.10 (58)	Cunderdin (crowd: 1,678)
Sunday, 2 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 13.9 (87)	def. by	Template:WAFL SF 14.10 (94)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3065)
	Bye Template:WAFL PT

Round 8


	Round 8
Friday, 7 May (6:45 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 7.11 (53)	def. by	Template:WAFL Sub 12.9 (81)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2447)
Saturday, 8 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL PT 14.12 (96)	def. by	Template:WAFL Cla 13.19 (97)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1145)
	Bye Template:WAFL EF, Template:WAFL Per, Template:WAFL SF, Template:WAFL SD, Template:WAFL WP

Round 9


	Round 9
Saturday, 15 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL PT 10.8 (68)	def. by	Template:WAFL SD 14.13 (97)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1678)
Saturday, 15 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 11.6 (72)	def. by	Template:WAFL SF 10.16 (76)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1337)
Saturday, 15 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 7.13 (55)	def. by	Template:WAFL EP 10.10 (70)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1347)
Sunday, 16 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 12.12 (84)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 8.14 (62)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 1692)
	Bye Template:WAFL Cla

Round 10


	Round 10
Saturday, 22 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL PT 13.13 (91)	def.	Template:WAFL SF 11.15 (81)	Katanning (crowd: 1872)
Saturday, 22 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 15.14 (104)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 9.17 (71)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1224)
Saturday, 22 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 10.7 (67)	def. by	Template:WAFL Per 11.17 (83)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2075)
Sunday, 23 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 14.9 (93)	def. by	Template:WAFL Cla 14.11 (95)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2297)
	Bye Template:WAFL Sub

Round 11


	Round 11
Saturday, 29 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 14.12 (96)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 10.7 (67)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1704)
Sunday, 30 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL PT 7.6 (48)	def. by	Template:WAFL Sub 17.11 (113)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1314)
Sunday, 30 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 15.8 (98)	def.	Template:WAFL SF 10.13 (73)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 1894)
Sunday, 30 May (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 8.9 (57)	def. by	Template:WAFL SD 11.9 (75)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1735)
	Bye Template:WAFL EP

Round 12


	Round 12
Saturday, 5 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 16.6 (102)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 12.3 (75)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1495)
Saturday, 5 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 11.8 (74)	def.	Template:WAFL Cla 3.9 (27)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1973)
Monday, 7 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 17.11 (113)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 4.7 (31)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 4214)
Monday, 7 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 9.6 (60)	def. by	Template:WAFL EP 12.14 (86)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 3922)
	Bye Template:WAFL PT
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.^[4]

Round 13


	Round 13
Saturday, 12 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 11.4 (70)	def.	Template:WAFL SF 8.6 (54)	Denmark (crowd: 2500)
Saturday, 12 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 12.18 (90)	def.	Template:WAFL PT 8.12 (60)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 1148)
Saturday, 12 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 11.15 (81)	def. by	Template:WAFL Sub 14.13 (97)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1260)
Sunday, 13 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 9.9 (63)	def. by	Template:WAFL SD 11.12 (78)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2820)
	Bye Template:WAFL WP

Round 14


	Round 14
Saturday, 26 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 15.10 (100)	def.	Template:WAFL Cla 14.7 (91)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2235)
Saturday, 26 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 13.12 (90)	def.	Template:WAFL EP 11.10 (76)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2130)
Saturday, 26 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL PT 18.5 (113)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 14.6 (90)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1707)
Saturday, 26 June (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 23.8 (146)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 10.4 (64)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3185)
	Bye Template:WAFL Per

Round 15


	Round 15
Friday, 2 July (6:45 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 8.9 (57)	def. by	Template:WAFL Sub 11.9 (75)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1301)
Saturday, 3 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 17.12 (114)	def.	Template:WAFL PT 6.10 (46)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1028)
Saturday, 3 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 14.9 (93)	def.	Template:WAFL SF 11.9 (75)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1109)
Saturday, 3 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 11.7 (73)	def. by	Template:WAFL Per 14.5 (89)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1359)
	Bye Template:WAFL SD

Round 16


	Round 16
Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL PT 12.10 (82)	def. by	Template:WAFL EP 15.7 (97)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1208)
Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 15.8 (98)	def. by	Template:WAFL WP 16.13 (109)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1681)
Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 17.16 (118)	def.	Template:WAFL SD 9.7 (61)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1603)
Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 4.4 (28)	def. by	Template:WAFL Cla 28.18 (186)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 1536)
	Bye Template:WAFL EF
Perth kick their lowest score against Clarmeont, beating 4.9 (33) from 1991.^[5]

Round 17


	Round 17
Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 15.21 (111)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 10.8 (68)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1712)
Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 16.3 (99)	def.	Template:WAFL SD 12.5 (77)	Port Hedland (crowd: 1434)
Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 16.13 (109)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 6.11 (47)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1946)
Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 9.11 (65)	def. by	Template:WAFL PT 10.11 (71)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1414)
	Bye Template:WAFL SF

Round 18


	Round 18
Saturday, 24 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 10.8 (68)	def. by	Template:WAFL PT 10.14 (74)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1974)
Sunday, 25 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 9.12 (66)	def. by	Template:WAFL Sub 14.10 (94)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1657)
Sunday, 25 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 14.13 (97)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 12.9 (81)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1789)
Sunday, 25 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 19.6 (120)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 11.10 (76)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1615)
	Bye Template:WAFL Cla

Round 19


	Round 19
Saturday, 31 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 15.13 (103)	def.	Template:WAFL WP 12.17 (89)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1243)
Saturday, 31 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 13.11 (89)	def.	Template:WAFL SD 11.18 (84)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 1456)
Saturday, 31 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL PT 15.9 (99)	def. by	Template:WAFL SF 20.11 (131)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1423)
Saturday, 31 July (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 11.8 (74)	def. by	Template:WAFL EP 12.6 (78)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1771)
	Bye Template:WAFL Sub

Round 20


	Round 20
Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 17.7 (109)	def.	Template:WAFL Cla 5.12 (42)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1578)
Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 23.8 (146)	def.	Template:WAFL PT 9.6 (60)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1375)
Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 12.19 (91)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 7.7 (49)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1488)
Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 23.13 (151)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 8.11 (59)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2139)
	Bye Template:WAFL EP

Round 21


	Round 21
Friday, 13 August (6:45 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 11.7 (73)	def. by	Template:WAFL WP 11.10 (76)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1944)
Saturday, 14 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 11.6 (72)	def. by	Template:WAFL SF 13.19 (97)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2165)
Saturday, 14 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 27.13 (175)	def.	Template:WAFL SD 8.7 (55)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1668)
Saturday, 14 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Per 11.11 (77)	def.	Template:WAFL Sub 11.8 (74)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 1324)
	Bye Template:WAFL PT

Round 22


	Round 22
Saturday, 21 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 10.10 (70)	def.	Template:WAFL Cla 7.17 (59)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2002)
Saturday, 21 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SD 16.7 (103)	def.	Template:WAFL EP 10.6 (66)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2888)
Saturday, 21 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL PT 12.7 (79)	def.	Template:WAFL Per 10.11 (71)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1378)
Saturday, 21 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Sub 20.15 (135)	def.	Template:WAFL EF 12.8 (80)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1036)
	Bye Template:WAFL WP

Round 23


	Round 23
Friday,Saturday, 27 August (6:45 pm)	Template:WAFL EP 11.13 (79)	def.	Template:WAFL SF 3.4 (22)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1319)
Saturday, 28 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL EF 13.13 (91)	def.	Template:WAFL PT 10.7 (67)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1223)
Saturday, 28 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL WP 12.15 (87)	def. by	Template:WAFL SD 13.10 (88)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1784)
Saturday, 28 August (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 10.5 (65)	def. by	Template:WAFL Sub 15.10 (100)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1673)
	Bye Template:WAFL Per

Ladder

Template:WAFL Ladder/2004

Finals

Semi Finals


	First Semi Final
Sunday, 5 September (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL SF 12.12 (84)	def. by	Template:WAFL SD 21.8 (134)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 6,223)


	Second Semi Final
Sunday, 5 September (5:45 pm) Friday,	Template:WAFL Sub 19.14 (128)	def.	Template:WAFL Cla 9.14 (68)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 5,773)

Preliminary Final


	Preliminary Final
Sunday, 12 September (2:15 pm)	Template:WAFL Cla 16.12 (108)	def.	Template:WAFL SD 9.17 (71)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7,508)

Grand Final


	2004 WAFL Grand Final
Sunday, 19 September	Template:WAFL Sub	def.	Template:WAFL Cla	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)

References

External links

[1] WAFL Footy Facts: Lowest Scores

[2] WAFL Footy Facts: 1898

[3] Peel Thunder v Claremont, Round 1, 2004

[4] WAFL Footy Facts: Bassendean Oval

[5] Claremont: Lowest Scores Conceded

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