Grand Final Records
HIGHEST SCORE 1977
Perth 26.13 (169) v East Fremantle 14.12 (96)
LOWEST SCORE 1908
Perth 0.8 (8) v East Fremantle 5.7 (37)
GREATEST WINNING
MARGIN 1975
104 points
West Perth 23.17 (155) def. South Fremantle 7.9 (51)
MOST GOALS KICKED
9 by Eric Gorman (SD) 1963 v East Fremantle
ATTENDANCE RECORD
52,781 East Fremantle v South
Fremantle, 1979
LONGEST PREMIERSHIP
DROUGHTS
East Perth:
22 years
(1978 2000)
West Perth:
20 years
(1975-1995)
LONGEST GRAND FINAL
DROUGHTS SINCE 1931
East Perth:
18 years (1978 1996)
West Perth:
18 years
(1975 1993)
MOST
PREMIERSHIPS FOR COACHES
8 by Phil Matson
(Subiaco
and East Perth)
6 by John Todd
(East
Fremantle, Swan Districts and South Fremantle)
6 by Jerry Dolan
(East
Fremantle and East Perth)
MOST
GRAND FINALS FOR A PLAYER
13 by Archie Strang
(East
Fremantle)
CAPTAINED TWO CLUBS TO PREMIERSHIPS
Ross Hutchinson
East
Fremantle (1937) and South Fremantle (1947)
Steve Marsh
South
Fremantle (1953) and East Fremantle (1957)
GRAND FINAL BLOW-OUTS
AND CLOSE RESULTS SINCE 1931
OVER 60 POINTS
2001 East Perth 17.18 (120) def. South Fremantle 5.8 (38)
1991 Claremont 19.18 (132) def. Subiaco 8.7 (55)
1989 Claremont 15.16 (106) def. South Fremantle 5.9 (39)
1988 Subiaco 19.8 (122) def. Claremont 8.12 (60)
1987 Claremont 20.20 (140) def. Subiaco 10.9 (69)
1986 Subiaco 19.16 (130) def. East Fremantle 8.13 (61)
1977 Perth 26.13 (169) def. East Fremantle 14.12 (96)
1975 West Perth 23.17 (155) def. South Fremantle 7.9 (51)
1969 West Perth 21.21 (147) def. East Perth 10.14 (74)
1954 South Fremantle 21.14 (140) def. East Fremantle 9.8 (62)
UNDER 10 POINTS
1997 South Fremantle 13.7 (85) def. East Fremantle 11.13 (79)
1996 Claremont 13.8 (86) def. East Perth 12.12 (84)
1985 East Fremantle 15.12 (102) def. Subiaco 14.13 (97)
1978 East Perth 11.15 (81) def. Perth 12.7 (79)
1964 Claremont 14.18 (102) def. East Fremantle 15.8 (98)
1958 East Perth 8.17 (65) def. East Fremantle 8.15 (63)
1955 Perth 11.11 (77) def. East Fremantle 11.9 (75)
1951 West Perth 13.10 (88) def. South Fremantle 12.13 (85)
1950 South Fremantle 12.23 (95) def. Perth 13.11 (89)
1946 East Fremantle 11.13 (79) def. West Perth 10.13 (73)
DRAWN GRAND FINALS
1905 -
West Perth
5.11 (41) drew with East Fremantle 6.5 (41).
The Falcons won the replay 4.7 (31) to 3.9 (27).
1938
- East Fremantle
14.10 (94) drew with
Claremont
13.16 (94).
The
Tigers won the replay 14.17 (101) to 11.13 (79)
and took out their first WAFL premiership.
OTHER
GRAND FINAL VENUES
WACA Ground
8
Perth Oval
6
Fremantle Oval
3
Claremont Showgrounds
1
North Fremantle Oval
1
SIMPSON MEDAL FACTS
The Simpson Medal has
been awarded to the best on ground in the last 47 Grand Finals.
It has only been won by
a member of the losing side on six occasions, the last time being in 1985 by
Subiacos Brian Taylor.
The award has been
shared twice in 1981 by Gary Shaw (Claremont) and Maurice Rioli (South
Fremantle), and 1974 by Gary Gibellini (EF) and David Pretty (Perth).
The only multiple
winners have been Barry Cable 3 times for Perth in 1966, 1967, and 1968
Maurice Rioli 2 times for South Fremantle in 1980 and 1981 and Dale Kickett
2 times for Claremont in 1991 and 1993.
Cable and Rioli are also the only men to have won consecutive Simpson Medals. |