# 1932 WANFL season

The 1932 WANFL season was the 48th season of the Western Australian National Football League. The premiership was won by West Perth for the first time since 1905. The Cardinals’ win ended both a run of four consecutive premierships by East Fremantle, which won its fifth of seven successive minor premierships but lost both finals it played to be eliminated in the preliminary final, and West Perth's longest premiership drought in its history. West Perth's win was highlighted by the success of champion full forward Ted Tyson, who headed the goalkicking with eighty-four goals including a record eight in the Grand Final. Tyson went on to kick an unprecedented 1,203 goals during a twelve-season career with the Cardinals, but their rise from winning only six matches in 1931 was due to the development of second-year defender Max Tetley, the discovery of a third pre-war Cardinal stalwart in Norm McDiarmid, brother of star ruckman Jack, plus further outstanding youngsters Jim Morgan and Bob Dalziell.
It also saw a continuation of the first player drain from the WANFL to the VFL with the loss of Subiaco's Brighton Diggins and Bill Faul resulting in the Lions missing the finals for the first time in nine seasons, a remarkable record for scoring accuracy by Old Easts in slippery conditions, and a longtime record total of suspensions – the last of which was for twelve weeks and ended his career – to "Nails" Western, who had been recruited by Claremont-Cottesloe from East Perth to add toughness and vigour but played little because of his reports. Despite the return of Keith Hough, who set a record for the Sandover Medal with 32 votes, Claremont-Cottesloe remained on the bottom with only one extra victory. Two tragic deaths occurred – Claremont's vice captain "Boy" Morris after collapsing in the street five weeks beforehand on the Saturday of Round 18, and more significantly South Fremantle's Ron Doig after the first semi-final.

## Home-and-away season
### Round 1

| | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | |
| Saturday, 23 April (2:45 pm) | East Perth 11.14 (80) | def. by | West Perth 9.9 (63) | Perth Oval |
| Saturday, 23 April (2:45 pm) | Perth 9.12 (66) | def. | South Fremantle 8.12 (60) | WACA |
| Saturday, 23 April (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 18.13 (121) | def. | Claremont-Cottesloe 5.8 (38) | Fremantle Oval |
| | Bye Subiaco | Bye Subiaco | Bye Subiaco | |
| Perth defeated South Fremantle by six points after Doug Oliphant kicked a goal after the final bell. ||||||

### Round 2 (Labour Day)

| | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | |
| Saturday, 30 April (2:45 pm) | Perth 15.13 (103) | def. | West Perth 13.13 (91) | WACA |
| Saturday, 30 April (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 11.15 (81) | def. by | East Perth 16.8 (104) | Claremont Oval |
| Monday, 2 May (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 8.3 (51) | def. by | East Fremantle 15.15 (105) | Subiaco Oval |
| | Bye South Fremantle | Bye South Fremantle | Bye South Fremantle | |

### Round 3

| | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | |
| Saturday, 7 May (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 22.14 (146) | def. | Perth 11.14 (80) | Fremantle Oval |
| Saturday, 7 May (2:45 pm) | East Perth 18.12 (120) | def. | Subiaco 12.17 (89) | Perth Oval |
| Saturday, 7 May (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 10.14 (74) | def. | South Fremantle 10.9 (69) | Claremont Oval |
| | Bye West Perth | Bye West Perth | Bye West Perth | |

### Round 4

| | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 | |
| Saturday, 14 May (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 10.18 (78) | def. | East Perth 6.15 (51) | Fremantle Oval |
| Saturday, 14 May (2:45 pm) | West Perth 9.14 (68) | def. | East Fremantle 9.8 (62) | Leederville Oval |
| Saturday, 14 May (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 5.21 (51) | def. by | Claremont-Cottesloe 12.15 (87) | Subiaco Oval |
| | Bye Perth | Bye Perth | Bye Perth | |
| Subiaco's inaccuracy gives them no chance against the Tigers, against whom the Maroons’ score remains the third most inaccurate on record. At one point Subiaco kicked six behinds without a goal in fourteen minutes of continuous attack with the wind. ||||||

### Round 5

| | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 5 | |
| Saturday, 21 May (2:45 pm) | Perth 14.14 (98) | def. by | East Perth 16.10 (106) | WACA |
| Saturday, 21 May (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 9.18 (72) | def. by | Subiaco 10.13 (73) | Fremantle Oval |
| Saturday, 21 May (2:45 pm) | West Perth 13.14 (92) | def. | Claremont-Cottesloe 7.6 (48) | Leederville Oval |
| | Bye East Fremantle | Bye East Fremantle | Bye East Fremantle | |

### Round 6

| | Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 | |
| Saturday, 28 May (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 10.10 (70) | def. | Perth 9.14 (68) | Claremont Oval |
| Saturday, 28 May (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 10.18 (78) | def. | South Fremantle 9.6 (60) | Fremantle Oval |
| Saturday, 28 May (2:45 pm) | West Perth 10.15 (75) | def. | Subiaco 9.15 (69) | Leederville Oval |
| | Bye East Perth | Bye East Perth | Bye East Perth | |
| West Perth defeated Subiaco with a goal from Sweetapple as the final bell rang. ||||||

### Round 7 (Foundation Day)

| | Round 7 | Round 7 | Round 7 | |
| Saturday, 4 June (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 8.13 (61) | def. | West Perth 8.11 (59) | Fremantle Oval |
| Saturday, 4 June (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 8.11 (59) | def. by | Perth 8.14 (62) | Subiaco Oval |
| Monday, 6 June (2:45 pm) | East Perth 13.8 (86) | def. by | East Fremantle 26.5 (161) | Perth Oval |
| | Bye Claremont-Cottesloe | Bye Claremont-Cottesloe | Bye Claremont-Cottesloe | |
| East Fremantle kicked its most accurate score until 1987, made the more remarkable by the slippery conditions from rain in late May. ||||||

### Round 8

| | Round 8 | Round 8 | Round 8 | |
| Saturday, 11 June (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 18.15 (123) | def. | Perth 9.14 (68) | Fremantle Oval |
| Saturday, 11 June (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 14.13 (97) | def. by | East Fremantle 17.14 (116) | Claremont Oval |
| Saturday, 11 June (2:45 pm) | West Perth 19.5 (119) | def. | East Perth 13.14 (92) | Leederville Oval |
| | Bye Subiaco | Bye Subiaco | Bye Subiaco | |
| With nine goals, Ted Tyson moves to the head of the goalkicking despite his name having been mistaken for another player during the previous week's match (so that he was credited with one fewer goal then he kicked). ||||||

### Round 9

| | Round 9 | Round 9 | Round 9 | |
| Saturday, 18 June (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 17.24 (126) | def. | Subiaco 11.13 (79) | Fremantle Oval |
| Saturday, 18 June (2:45 pm) | West Perth 13.12 (90) | def. | Perth 11.15 (81) | Leederville Oval |
| Saturday, 18 June (2:45 pm) | East Perth 15.12 (102) | def. | Claremont-Cottesloe 8.17 (65) | Perth Oval |
| | Bye South Fremantle | Bye South Fremantle | Bye South Fremantle | |

### Round 10

| | Round 10 | Round 10 | Round 10 | |
| Saturday, 25 June (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 13.13 (91) | def. | Claremont-Cottesloe 10.9 (69) | Fremantle Oval |
| Saturday, 25 June (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 13.13 (91) | def. | East Perth 8.17 (65) | Subiaco Oval |
| Saturday, 25 June (2:45 pm) | Perth 6.14 (50) | def. by | East Fremantle 10.20 (80) | WACA |
| | Bye West Perth | Bye West Perth | Bye West Perth | |

### Round 11

| | Round 11 | Round 11 | Round 11 | |
| Saturday, 2 July (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 3.7 (25) | def. by | Subiaco 9.12 (66) | Claremont Oval |
| Saturday, 2 July (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 11.11 (77) | def. | West Perth 10.10 (70) | Fremantle Oval |
| Saturday, 2 July (2:45 pm) | East Perth 12.13 (85) | def. | South Fremantle 9.10 (64) | Perth Oval |
| | Bye Perth | Bye Perth | Bye Perth | |
| Claremont-Cottesloe did not score its first goal against Subiaco until time-on in the third quarter. Their score was their lowest to that point in the WA(N)FL and remains their second-lowest against the Maroons, as well as the longest they have ever taken to score their first goal. The result of that game moved Subiaco off the bottom and away from their first wooden spoon since 1916. A brilliant effort by rover/forward B. Ryan on a waterlogged oval ensures a depleted East Perth team remain in second position. On a very heavy ground, he kicked three goals and was rarely beaten in general play. ||||||

### Round 12

| | Round 12 | Round 12 | Round 12 | |
| Saturday, 9 July (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 13.16 (94) | def. | South Fremantle 12.11 (83) | Subiaco Oval |
| Saturday, 9 July (2:45 pm) | East Perth 13.9 (87) | def. | Perth 10.10 (70) | Perth Oval |
| Saturday, 9 July (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 5.12 (42) | def. by | West Perth 11.5 (71) | Claremont Oval |
| | Bye East Fremantle | Bye East Fremantle | Bye East Fremantle | |

### Round 13

| | Round 13 | Round 13 | Round 13 | |
| Saturday, 16 July (2:45 pm) | Perth 17.13 (115) | def. | Claremont-Cottesloe 7.9 (51) | WACA |
| Saturday, 16 July (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 12.20 (92) | def. by | West Perth 15.6 (96) | Subiaco Oval |
| Saturday, 16 July (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 15.9 (99) | def. by | East Fremantle 15.11 (101) | Fremantle Oval |
| | Bye East Perth | Bye East Perth | Bye East Perth | |
| West Perth led all day by five goals before Subiaco came back but fell four points short of a win. West Perth's win, despite having eleven fewer scoring shots than Subiaco, remains a club record. A last-quarter miss by Ron Doig from in front after a brilliant clearance denies South Fremantle reward for a fine effort against the leaders. ||||||

### Round 14

| | Round 14 | Round 14 | Round 14 | |
| Saturday, 23 July (2:45 pm) | West Perth 5.11 (41) | def. by | South Fremantle 8.12 (60) | Leederville Oval |
| Saturday, 23 July (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 13.13 (91) | def. by | East Perth 14.15 (99) | Fremantle Oval |
| Saturday, 23 July (2:45 pm) | Perth 7.14 (56) | def. | Subiaco 7.6 (48) | WACA |
| | Bye Claremont-Cottesloe | Bye Claremont-Cottesloe | Bye Claremont-Cottesloe | |
| East Perth ends East Fremantle's eight-match winning streak with a brilliant second half in which they overcome a 33-point deficit – the biggest such reversal against Old Easts until 1940. ||||||

### Round 15

| | Round 15 | Round 15 | Round 15 | |
| Saturday, 30 July (2:45 pm) | Perth 18.15 (123) | def. | South Fremantle 15.21 (111) | WACA |
| Saturday, 30 July (2:45 pm) | West Perth 14.4 (88) | def. | East Perth 9.11 (65) | Leederville Oval |
| Saturday, 30 July (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 13.15 (93) | def. by | Claremont-Cottesloe 16.14 (110) | Fremantle Oval |
| | Bye Subiaco | Bye Subiaco | Bye Subiaco | |
| Claremont recorded a huge upset over pacesetter East Fremantle, who kick 9.6 (60) in the second quarter but fade out badly. ||||||

### Round 16

| | Round 16 | Round 16 | Round 16 | |
| Saturday, 6 August (2:45 pm) | Perth 6.14 (50) | def. by | West Perth 13.10 (88) | WACA |
| Saturday, 6 August (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 12.12 (84) | def. | Subiaco 7.16 (58) | Fremantle Oval |
| Saturday, 6 August (2:45 pm) | East Perth 13.17 (95) | def. | Claremont-Cottesloe 9.8 (62) | Perth Oval |
| | Bye South Fremantle | Bye South Fremantle | Bye South Fremantle | |

### Round 17

| | Round 17 | Round 17 | Round 17 | |
| Saturday, 13 August (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 15.17 (107) | def. | Perth 10.12 (72) | Fremantle Oval |
| Saturday, 13 August (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 8.10 (58) | def. by | South Fremantle 16.14 (110) | Claremont Oval |
| Saturday, 13 August (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 6.18 (54) | def. by | West Perth 15.16 (106) | Subiaco Oval |
| | Bye East Perth | Bye East Perth | Bye East Perth | |

### Round 18

| | Round 18 | Round 18 | Round 18 | |
| Saturday, 20 August (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 10.3 (63) | def. by | Subiaco 9.13 (67) | Claremont Oval |
| Saturday, 20 August (2:45 pm) | West Perth 10.11 (71) | drew with | East Fremantle 10.11 (71) | Leederville Oval |
| Saturday, 20 August (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 15.24 (114) | def. | East Perth 5.13 (43) | Fremantle Oval |
| | Bye Perth | Bye Perth | Bye Perth | |
| An East Perth team depleted by the loss of its entire regular half-back line is crushed by South Fremantle, effectively sealing the four as Perth require two more wins than the red and whites to take fourth place. A fiery match between the western neighbours sees former East Perth star and Tiger recruit "Nails" Western suspended for six and four matches on two striking charges, whilst Snashall of Subiaco receives two weeks for the same incident. ||||||

### Round 19

| | Round 19 | Round 19 | Round 19 | |
| Saturday, 27 August (2:45 pm) | East Perth 10.11 (71) | def. by | Perth 10.14 (74) | Perth Oval |
| Saturday, 27 August (2:45 pm) | West Perth 18.13 (121) | def. | Claremont-Cottesloe 10.14 (74) | Leederville Oval |
| Saturday, 27 August (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 11.10 (76) | def. | South Fremantle 9.8 (62) | Subiaco Oval |
| | Bye East Fremantle | Bye East Fremantle | Bye East Fremantle | |

### Round 20

| | Round 20 | Round 20 | Round 20 | |
| Saturday, 3 September (2:45 pm) | Claremont-Cottesloe 7.12 (54) | def. by | Perth 9.9 (63) | Claremont Oval |
| Saturday, 3 September (2:45 pm) | Subiaco 14.15 (99) | def. | East Perth 11.15 (81) | Subiaco Oval |
| Saturday, 3 September (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 12.9 (81) | def. by | South Fremantle 15.17 (107) | Fremantle Oval |
| | Bye West Perth | Bye West Perth | Bye West Perth | |
| Eight goals from Ashton allows South Fremantle to regains its place in the four against a weakened Old Easts team, leaving Perth needing to beat the fast-finishing Subiaco to meet East Perth in the first semi. ||||||

### Round 21

| | Round 21 | Round 21 | Round 21 | |
| Saturday, 10 September (2:45 pm) | Perth 10.14 (74) | def. by | Subiaco 13.10 (88) | WACA |
| Saturday, 10 September (2:45 pm) | East Perth 11.14 (80) | def. by | East Fremantle 15.7 (97) | Perth Oval |
| Saturday, 10 September (2:45 pm) | South Fremantle 8.11 (59) | def. by | West Perth 13.10 (88) | Fremantle Oval |
| | Bye Claremont-Cottesloe | Bye Claremont-Cottesloe | Bye Claremont-Cottesloe | |
| A lapse into "listlessness" late in the second quarter – when Subiaco kick four crucial goals – ensures Perth fail to take South Fremantle's place in the four after the red and whites lost to West Perth. ||||||

## Ladder

1932 ladder :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
| 1 | East Fremantle | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1797 | 1375 | 130.7 | 54 |
| 2 | West Perth (P) | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1497 | 1240 | 120.7 | 50 |
| 3 | East Perth | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1512 | 1604 | 94.3 | 36 |
| 4 | South Fremantle | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1483 | 1328 | 111.7 | 32 |
| 5 | Subiaco | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1304 | 1442 | 90.4 | 32 |
| 6 | Perth | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1373 | 1530 | 89.7 | 32 |
| 7 | Claremont-Cottesloe | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1168 | 1615 | 72.3 | 16 |

## Finals
### First semi-final

| | First semi-final | First semi-final | First semi-final | |
| Saturday, 17 September (2:45 pm) | East Perth 10.13 (73) | def. | South Fremantle 9.15 (69) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 9,257) |
| East Perth win a rough but close game to end a horror run of losses, but South Fremantle's captain-coach, Ron Doig died a few hours after the game from a cerebral contusion. ||||||

### Second semi-final

| | Second semi-final | Second semi-final | Second semi-final | |
| Saturday, 24 September (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 8.15 (63) | def. by | West Perth 12.9 (81) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 17,432) |
| Cardinals won with a brilliant last quarter after being behind all day, to reach their first grand final since 1922. ||||||

### Preliminary final

| | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | |
| Saturday, 1 October (2:45 pm) | East Fremantle 11.9 (75) | def. by | East Perth 12.11 (83) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 14,085) |
| East Perth ended East Fremantle's run of four premierships in a row with a hard-fought win in a game that was close all afternoon. ||||||

## Grand final

| | 1932 WANFL Grand Final | 1932 WANFL Grand Final | 1932 WANFL Grand Final | | |
| Saturday, 8 October (2:45 pm) | West Perth | def. | East Perth | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 16,709) | |
| | 2.2 (14) 10.6 (66) 12.7 (79) 18.9 (117) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 4.4 (28) 8.6 (54) 11.8 (74) 11.8 (74) | Umpires: T Campbell | Umpires: T Campbell |
| Tyson 8, Sanderson 3, Rainoldi 3, Hopkins 2, Niven, Dalziell | Tyson 8, Sanderson 3, Rainoldi 3, Hopkins 2, Niven, Dalziell | Goals | Thomas 3, Screaigh 3, Cronin 2, Garnaut, Dempster, Booth | Thomas 3, Screaigh 3, Cronin 2, Garnaut, Dempster, Booth |
| Niven, Tyson, Rainoldi, Cashman, Tetley, Dalziell, Morgan | Niven, Tyson, Rainoldi, Cashman, Tetley, Dalziell, Morgan | Best | Thomas, Screaigh, Lalor, Booth, Dempster, Guhl | Thomas, Screaigh, Lalor, Booth, Dempster, Guhl |
| West Perth's effective use of the wind allows it to run away from a vigorous East Perth outfit to win its first premiership since 1905 under ex-Fitzroy captain-coach Jack Cashman. Tyson, with his eight goals, equals Sol Lawn‘s 1929 tally of 96. ||||||