1929 WAFL season

Teams| 7
Premiers| East Fremantle
14th premiership
Minor premiers| East Fremantle
16th minor premiership
Sandover Medallist| Billy Thomas (East Perth)
Johnny Leonard (South Fremantle)[a]
Bernie Naylor Medallist| Sol Lawn (South Fremantle)
Matches played| 66

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The 1929 WAFL season was the 45th season of the West Australian Football League in its various incarnations.

East Fremantle proved the outstanding team, and won the second of what would become seven successive minor premierships and four successive flags. Subiaco denied a Perth club bolstered by the return as coach of Jack Leckie – who had masterminded their pre-war successes including their only premiership to that point[1] – its first finals appearance since 1920 with a convincing last round win. Claremont-Cottesloe won more games than in its first three seasons combined and a brilliant mid-season burst looked to assure it of a finals berth before a September fade-out – but the Great Depression and the financial power of several wealthy VFL clubs[2] prevented the Tigers sustaining this improvement.[3]

Following the death in a truck accident of champion coach Phil Matson, an upheaval off the field during the summer,[4] and the retirement of numerous top players of their 1920s dynasty such as Bonny Campbell, Val Sparrow (who took to coaching the club), “Paddy” Hebbard, Joe O'Meara and Jack Walsh,[5] former powerhouse East Perth suffered its first wooden spoon since 1913 and lost a club record fifteen consecutive matches. The Royals were also affected by injuries to remaining key players Owens and Fletcher,[6] who missed several games and were never fully fit.

Sol Lawn of South Fremantle beat the record of Bonny Campbell for most goals in a WAFL season, finishing with ninety-six.[7]

## Home-and-away season[edit]

### Round 1[edit]

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Saturday, 20 April (2:45 pm)  | East Perth 5.5 (35)  | def. by  | West Perth 15.10 (100)  | Perth Oval | [8]
Saturday, 20 April (2:45 pm)  | Perth 10.12 (72)  | def. by  | South Fremantle 11.10 (76)  | WACA | [9]
Saturday, 20 April (2:45 pm)  | East Fremantle 9.14 (68)  | def. by  | Claremont-Cottesloe 9.15 (69)  | Fremantle Oval | [10]
| Bye: Subiaco |  |

South Fremantle come back from 31 points down to beat Perth, whilst Claremont-Cottesloe record a first-ever win[11] over an “experimental” East Fremantle lineup[12]

### Round 2[edit]

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Saturday, 27 April (2:45 pm)  | Perth 11.12 (78)  | def.  | West Perth 6.9 (45)  | WACA | [13]
Saturday, 27 April (2:45 pm)  | Subiaco 12.10 (82)  | def. by  | East Fremantle 13.11 (89)  | Subiaco Oval | [14]
Saturday, 27 April (2:45 pm)  | Claremont-Cottesloe 12.13 (85)  | def. by  | East Perth 13.13 (91)  | Claremont Oval | [15]
| Bye: South Fremantle |  |

No teams had two wins after two rounds, as a succession of close finishes and the defeat of all the opening round victors suggested at this early stage that the seven clubs were very evenly matched.[16]

### Round 3[edit]

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Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm)  | East Fremantle 11.14 (80)  | def.  | Perth 9.12 (66)  | Fremantle Oval | [17]
Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm)  | Claremont-Cottesloe 12.4 (76)  | def. by  | South Fremantle 15.18 (108)  | Claremont Oval | [18]
Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm)  | East Perth 5.4 (34)  | def. by  | Subiaco 7.18 (60)  | Perth Oval | [19]
| Bye: West Perth |  |

### Round 4[edit]

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Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm)  | South Fremantle 14.18 (102)  | def.  | East Perth 9.15 (69)  | Fremantle Oval | [20]
Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm)  | Subiaco 17.7 (109)  | def.  | Claremont-Cottesloe 13.10 (88)  | Subiaco Oval | [21]
Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm)  | West Perth 15.14 (104)  | def. by  | East Fremantle 18.17 (125)  | Leederville Oval | [22]
| Bye: Perth |  |

West Perth score a century against Old Easts for the first time, ending the longest sequence of scores under 100 by one club against another.[23]

### Round 5[edit]

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Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm)  | Perth 12.16 (88)  | def.  | East Perth 10.4 (64)  | WACA | [24]
Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm)  | South Fremantle 13.15 (93)  | def.  | Subiaco 11.9 (75)  | Fremantle Oval | [25]
Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm)  | Claremont-Cottesloe 9.8 (62)  | def. by  | West Perth 10.14 (74)  | Claremont Oval | [26]
| Bye: East Fremantle |  |

South Fremantle, with Sol Lawn maintaining an average of six goals a game despite Perth’s wettest May since 1879[27] win their fifth on end in a match memorable for former umpire Percy Trotter, who was a spectator, officiating in the last quarter after field umpire Frank O‘Connor had to leave the field because of a twisted knee and was replaced by boundary umpire Oakley.[28]

### Round 6[edit]

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Saturday, 1 June (2:45 pm)  | Perth 8.8 (56)  | def.  | Claremont-Cottesloe 7.10 (52)  | WACA | [29]
Saturday, 1 June (2:45 pm)  | West Perth 16.11 (107)  | def.  | Subiaco 11.8 (74)  | Leederville Oval | [30]
Saturday, 1 June (2:45 pm)  | South Fremantle 7.11 (53)  | def. by  | East Fremantle 8.18 (66)  | Fremantle Oval | [31]
| Bye: East Perth |  |

### Round 7 (Foundation Day)[edit]

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Monday, 3 June (2:45 pm)  | East Perth 5.11 (41)  | def. by  | East Fremantle 11.15 (81)  | Perth Oval | [32]
Monday, 3 June (2:45 pm)  | Subiaco 10.8 (68)  | def. by  | Perth 14.21 (105)  | Subiaco Oval | [33]
Monday, 3 June (2:45 pm)  | South Fremantle 9.9 (63)  | def.  | West Perth 7.19 (61)  | Fremantle Oval | [34]
| Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe |  |

### Round 8[edit]

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Saturday, 8 June (2:45 pm)  | South Fremantle 9.15 (69)  | def.  | Perth 8.10 (58)  | Fremantle Oval | [35]
Saturday, 8 June (2:45 pm)  | Subiaco 13.11 (89)  | def.  | West Perth 10.6 (66)  | Subiaco Oval | [36]
Saturday, 8 June (2:45 pm)  | Claremont-Cottesloe 10.18 (78)  | def.  | East Fremantle 10.11 (71)  | Claremont Oval | [37]
| Bye: East Perth |  |

### Round 9[edit]

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Saturday, 15 June (2:45 pm)  | East Perth 12.16 (88)  | def. by  | Claremont-Cottesloe 13.14 (92)  | Perth Oval | [38]
Saturday, 15 June (2:45 pm)  | West Perth 12.14 (86)  | def.  | Perth 11.9 (75)  | Leederville Oval | [39]
Saturday, 15 June (2:45 pm)  | East Fremantle 13.11 (89)  | def.  | Subiaco 12.11 (83)  | Fremantle Oval | [40]
| Bye: South Fremantle |  |

* Claremont-Cottesloe led East Perth 7.8 (50) to 0.2 (2) at quarter-time before holding on to win by only four points; umpire Trotter was mobbed after the game[41]

### Round 10[edit]

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Saturday, 22 June (2:45 pm)  | West Perth 15.10 (100)  | def.  | East Perth 13.11 (89)  | Leederville Oval | [42]
Saturday, 22 June (2:45 pm)  | Claremont-Cottesloe 19.9 (123)  | def.  | Perth 12.13 (85)  | Claremont Oval | [43]
Saturday, 22 June (2:45 pm)  | East Fremantle 13.17 (95)  | def.  | South Fremantle 11.19 (85)  | Fremantle Oval | [44]
| Bye: Subiaco |  |

Claremont-Cottesloe entered the top four for the first time in their history with a skilful display of precise ball movement that leaves them the sole unbeaten team since the clubs had met each other once.

### Round 11[edit]

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Saturday, 29 June (2:45 pm)  | East Perth 9.16 (70)  | def. by  | South Fremantle 13.14 (92)  | Perth Oval | [45]
Saturday, 29 June (2:45 pm)  | Claremont-Cottesloe 12.6 (78)  | def.  | Subiaco 11.11 (77)  | Claremont Oval | [46]
Saturday, 29 June (2:45 pm)  | East Fremantle 9.7 (61)  | def. by  | West Perth 9.12 (66)  | Fremantle Oval | [47]
| Bye: Perth |  |

### Round 12[edit]

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Saturday, 13 July (2:45 pm)  | East Perth 11.7 (73)  | def. by  | Perth 21.14 (140)  | Perth Oval | [6]
Saturday, 13 July (2:45 pm)  | Subiaco 19.10 (124)  | def.  | South Fremantle 13.12 (90)  | Subiaco Oval | [48]
Saturday, 13 July (2:45 pm)  | West Perth 17.13 (115)  | def.  | Claremont-Cottesloe 15.7 (97)  | Leederville Oval | [49]
| Bye: East Fremantle |  |

* Alan Evans kicked ten goals for Perth, and Frank Hopkins kicked eight goals for West Perth.
* East Perth lost its eighth consecutive match, breaking its club-record from 1911 record of seven consecutive losses. The streak ultimately finished at 15 matches, which remains the club record as of 2014.[50]

### Round 13[edit]

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Saturday, 20 July (2:45 pm)  | Perth 9.9 (63)  | def. by  | East Fremantle 10.13 (73)  | WACA | [51]
Saturday, 20 July (2:45 pm)  | South Fremantle 7.12 (54)  | def. by  | Claremont-Cottesloe 12.6 (78)  | Fremantle Oval | [52]
Saturday, 20 July (2:45 pm)  | Subiaco 14.15 (99)  | def.  | East Perth 8.13 (61)  | Subiaco Oval | [53]
| Bye: West Perth |  |

### Round 14[edit]

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Saturday, 27 July (2:45 pm)  | West Perth 12.12 (84)  | def.  | South Fremantle 12.11 (83)  | Leederville Oval | [54]
Saturday, 27 July (2:45 pm)  | Perth 6.12 (48)  | def. by  | Subiaco 8.15 (63)  | WACA | [55]
Saturday, 27 July (2:45 pm)  | East Fremantle 25.16 (166)  | def.  | East Perth 7.12 (54)  | Fremantle Oval | [56]
| Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe |  |

* East Perth suffered its heaviest loss until 1984,[57] and East Fremantle kicked the highest WAFL score since 1917.[58]
* Castles of South Fremantle missed with the last kick of the match, allowing West Perth achieve a narrow win after being behind almost all day.

### Round 15[edit]

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Saturday, 3 August (2:45 pm)  | East Perth 10.13 (73)  | def. by  | South Fremantle 16.14 (110)  | Perth Oval | [59]
Saturday, 3 August (2:45 pm)  | Claremont-Cottesloe 9.16 (70)  | def.  | Subiaco 10.7 (67)  | Claremont Oval | [60]
Saturday, 3 August (2:45 pm)  | West Perth 11.13 (79)  | def. by  | East Fremantle 12.12 (84)  | Leederville Oval | [61]
| Bye: Perth |  |

### Round 16[edit]

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Saturday, 4 May (2:45 pm)  | South Fremantle 17.12 (114)  | def.  | Perth 8.10 (58)  | Fremantle Oval | [62]
Saturday, 17 August (2:45 pm)  | Subiaco 10.7 (67)  | def. by  | West Perth 17.12 (114)  | Subiaco Oval | [63]
Saturday, 17 August (2:45 pm)  | East Fremantle 15.22 (112)  | def.  | Claremont-Cottesloe 7.12 (54)  | Fremantle Oval | [64]
| Bye: East Perth |  |

* The South Fremantle versus Perth game is brought forward fourteen weeks to allow Perth to tour the eastern states during a break for interstate football, and played as the only match on the days of the King’s Cup horse race.[16] Sol Lawn kicked eight goals.
* The match between Subiaco and West Perth was affected by a hailstorm at three-quarter time, which saw players and spectators seek shelter for several minutes away from the grandstand, though there was no actual interruption.[65]

### Round 17[edit]

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Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm)  | East Fremantle 14.16 (100)  | def.  | Subiaco 12.14 (86)  | Fremantle Oval | [66]
Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm)  | East Perth 12.16 (88)  | def. by  | Claremont-Cottesloe 21.14 (140)  | Perth Oval | [67]
Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm)  | Perth 10.15 (75)  | def. by  | West Perth 14.14 (98)  | WACA | [68]
| Bye: South Fremantle |  |

Claremont-Cottesloe kick their highest score in the WA(N)FL until 1937 and their first ever twenty-goal score,[69] leaving West Perth as the only existing club not to have scored twenty goals in a game.[b] The result leaves the Tigers three wins clear inside the top four.

### Round 18[edit]

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Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm)  | Claremont-Cottesloe 10.11 (71)  | def. by  | Perth 14.6 (90)  | Claremont Oval | [70]
Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm)  | West Perth 16.17 (113)  | def.  | East Perth 10.15 (75)  | Leederville Oval | [71]
Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm)  | East Fremantle 16.19 (115)  | def.  | South Fremantle 12.9 (81)  | Fremantle Oval | [72]
| Bye: Subiaco |  |

### Round 19[edit]

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Saturday, 7 September (2:45 pm)  | West Perth 14.18 (102)  | def.  | Claremont-Cottesloe 10.13 (73)  | Leederville Oval | [73]
Saturday, 7 September (2:45 pm)  | Perth 11.15 (81)  | def.  | East Perth 8.7 (55)  | WACA (crowd: 200)  | [74]
Saturday, 7 September (2:45 pm)  | South Fremantle 11.9 (75)  | def. by  | Subiaco 14.10 (94)  | Fremantle Oval | [75]
| Bye: East Fremantle |  |

Subiaco’s second-half recovery to beat South Fremantle leaves the red and whites’ battle with Claremont-Cottesloe a must-win for the latter team to remain with a final chance owing to their last-round bye and poor percentage.[76]

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Saturday, 14 September (2:45 pm)  | Claremont-Cottesloe 8.15 (63)  | def. by  | South Fremantle 11.16 (82)  | Claremont Oval | [77]
Saturday, 14 September (2:45 pm)  | Subiaco 12.19 (91)  | def.  | East Perth 10.5 (65)  | Subiaco Oval | [78]
Saturday, 14 September (2:45 pm)  | Perth 11.16 (82)  | def.  | East Fremantle 8.5 (53)  | WACA | [79]
| Bye: West Perth |  |

Claremont-Cottesloe dropped out of the running for the finals, but Perth kept its chances of playing major round football alive by easily beating East Fremantle, who were resting players for the finals.

### Round 21[edit]

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Saturday, 21 September (2:45 pm)  | South Fremantle 17.15 (117)  | def.  | West Perth 13.12 (90)  | Fremantle Oval | [80]
Saturday, 21 September (2:45 pm)  | East Perth 12.15 (87)  | def.  | East Fremantle 12.10 (82)  | Perth Oval | [81]
Saturday, 21 September (2:45 pm)  | Subiaco 17.11 (113)  | def.  | Perth 10.15 (75)  | Subiaco Oval | [82]
| Bye: Claremont-Cottesloe |  |

* Sol Lawn kicked thirteen goals to finish with ninety for the home-and-away season, in the process beating Bonny Campbell’s 1926 record of 82 for the home-and-away season and 89 for a full season with finals to come.[80]
* East Perth ended its fifteen-match losing streak with a thrilling comeback win over minor premiers East Fremantle.
* Subiaco played Perth in a match which directly determined which club finished fourth. Subiaco won convincingly, and with Faul dominating they kicked 11.6 (72) to 1.5 (11) after half-time.

## Ladder[edit]

1929 ladder  Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts

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1  | East Fremantle (P) | 18  | 13  | 5  | 0  | 1610  | 1313  | 122.6  | 52
2  | West Perth | 18  | 12  | 6  | 0  | 1604  | 1422  | 112.8  | 48
3  | South Fremantle | 18  | 11  | 7  | 0  | 1547  | 1421  | 108.9  | 44
4  | Subiaco | 18  | 9  | 9  | 0  | 1521  | 1447  | 105.1  | 36
5  | Perth | 18  | 8  | 10  | 0  | 1395  | 1376  | 101.4  | 32
6  | Claremont-Cottesloe | 18  | 8  | 10  | 0  | 1449  | 1537  | 94.3  | 32
7  | East Perth | 18  | 2  | 16  | 0  | 1212  | 1822  | 66.5  | 8

Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

## Finals[edit]

### First semi-final[edit]

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Saturday, 28 September (2:45 pm)  | West Perth 8.17 (65)  | def. by  | South Fremantle 9.13 (67)  | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 10,911)  |

The crowd established a record for a club match at Fremantle Oval[83]

### Second semi-final[edit]

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Saturday, 5 October (2:45 pm)  | East Fremantle 10.15 (75)  | def.  | Subiaco 5.12 (42)  | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 5,827)  | [84]

### Grand Final[edit]

Main article: 1929 WAFL Grand Final

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Saturday, 12 October  | East Fremantle | def.  | South Fremantle | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 10,729)  | [85]
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5.12 (42)
6.19 (55)
8.22 (70) | Q1

Final  | 0.2 (2)
0.5 (5)
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On a windy day, East Fremantle set up its win by holding South Fremantle goalless in the second quarter when the latter had the aid of the wind. Sol Lawn, who entered the match with 96 goals for the season, was held scoreless by Woods.

## Notes[edit]

a Awarded retrospectively in 1997 after losing on casting vote.
b The other competing clubs’ first 20-goal scores were: Perth – 25.24 (174) v Subiaco in 1904; East Fremantle – 21.11 (137) v Midland Junction in 1905; Subiaco – 20.15 (135) v West Perth in 1913; South Fremantle – 22.15 (147) v Midland Junction in 1916; East Perth – 21.8 (134) v West Perth in 1926. North Fremantle kicked its only 20-goal score of 25.24 (174) against Subiaco as early as 1902, whilst West Perth was to score its first in 1933.

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45. ^ ‘South Win Easily: East Perth’s Attack Fails’; The West Australian, 1 July 1929, p. 14
46. ^ ‘West’s Victory – East Fremantle Beaten at Home’; The West Australian, 1 July 1929, p. 14
47. ^ ‘In the Balance – Combine Beat Subiaco by a Point’; The West Australian, 1 July 1929, p. 14
48. ^ ‘South Surprised – Subiaco Strike Form’; The West Australian, 15 July 1929, p. 16
49. ^ ‘Scrambling and Fumbling: Combine Fail at Leederville’; The West Australian, 15 July 1929, p. 16
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51. ^ ‘Four Dreary Quarters: East Fremantle Beat Perth’; The West Australian, 22 July 1929, p. 14
52. ^ ‘Combine’s Fine Win: South Beaten at Home’; The West Australian, 22 July 1929, p. 14
53. ^ ‘Subiaco’s Fifth Win – East Perth’s Game Showing’; The West Australian, 22 July 1929, p. 14
54. ^ ‘By One Point: Cardinals Beat South Fremantle’; The West Australian, 29 July 1929, p. 14
55. ^ ‘Subiaco Move Up: Perth Beaten in Poor Game’; The West Australian, 29 July 1929, p. 14
56. ^ ‘A Record Score: East Perth Overwhelmed’; The West Australian, 29 July 1929, p. 14
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60. ^ ‘Claremont Finish well: Subiaco Beaten by Three Points’; The West Australian, 5 August 1929, p. 11
61. ^ ‘A Memorable Game – East Fremantle Beat West Perth’; The West Australian, 5 August 1929, p. 11
62. ^ ‘Perth Badly Beaten: Lawn Kicks Eight Goals’; The West Australian, 6 May 1929, p. 7
63. ^ ‘Subiaco Fail Badly: West Perth’s Runaway Win’; The West Australian, 19 August 1929, p. 14
64. ^ ‘Combine Outclassed: East’s Great Second Quarter’; The West Australian, 19 August 1929, p. 14
65. ^ ‘Hail Storm at Subiaco: Players Leave the Field’; The Daily News, 17 August 1929, p. 1
66. ^ ‘Subiaco’s Game Fight; East’s Winning Second Quarter’; The West Australian, 26 August 1929, p. 14
67. ^ ‘Combine’s Big Score – East Perth’s Game Showing’; The West Australian, 26 August 1929, p. 14
68. ^ ‘West Perth’s Easy Win: Perth Beaten by 23 Points’; The West Australian, 26 August 1929, p. 14
69. ^ Claremont: Highest Scores
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71. ^ ‘West’s Easy Victory – East Perth Beaten by 38 Points’; The West Australian, 2 September 1929, p. 14
72. ^ ‘East’s Great Recovery: Seven Goals in Third Quarter’; The West Australian, 2 September 1929, p. 14
73. ^ ‘Claremont Fail Again: West’s Easy Victory’; The West Australian, 9 September 1929, p. 12
74. ^ ‘Perth Win Easily: Poor Game at W.A.C.A. Ground’; The West Australian, 9 September 1929, p. 12
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79. ^ ‘Leaders Outclassed – Perth Show Improvement’; The West Australian, 16 September 1929, p. 14
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82. ^ ‘Subiaco Finish well: Perth Beaten in Hard Game’; The West Australian, 23 September 1929, p. 13
83. ^ ‘First Semi-Final – South’s Narrow Win; Record Crowd Watches Game’; The West Australian; 30 September 1929; p. 13
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