# 1985 WAFL season

The 1985 WAFL season was the 101st season of the West Australian Football League and its various incarnations. The season opened on 30 March and concluded on 21 September with the 1985 WAFL Grand Final contested between East Fremantle and Subiaco.
It was highlighted by the rise of Subiaco, who had nearly become extinct in the late 1970s due to financial problems and had won only 25.2 percent of its games between 1975 and 1984. The Lions recovered from a mid-season slump to win their last seven games before the finals – their longest winning streak in one season since 1915 – and challenge East Fremantle. The Sharks came off their 1984 Grand Final loss to win their first twelve on end, gain favourable comparisons with their unbeaten 1946 counterparts, and be quoted at odds of 25/1 to achieve a perfect season. The blue and whites sealed the minor premiership with four games remaining and defeated the Lions in a thrilling Grand Final.
Major declines occurred from Claremont, who had their worst season since 1977, and East Perth, who began a sequence of five seasons with only 24 wins, two wooden spoons (their first since 1964) and two last-round escapes. Perth, who had not played finals in any grade since the 1978 Grand Final, embarked upon their first significant recruiting campaign for a decade, acquiring dissatisfied South Fremantle coach Mal Brown, former Claremont goalsneak Brett Farmer, and future mainstays Mark Watson, Wayne Ryder and Willie Dick – but did not match expectations and rose just one position with one more win than in 1984.
Off the field, the season saw Perth businessmen Alan Delany and John Watts attempt to buy lowly VFL club St. Kilda and move them to Perth, which failed but was the first move towards the modern national Australian Football League, which began in earnest with the formation of the West Coast Eagles in 1987.

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

| | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | |
| Saturday, 30 March | West Perth 19.18 (132) | def. | South Fremantle 10.22 (82) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 8063) |
| Saturday, 30 March | Subiaco 19.17 (131) | def. | Perth 14.12 (96) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 8034) |
| Saturday, 30 March | East Perth 11.11 (77) | def. | Claremont 8.15 (63) | Perth Oval (crowd: 5688) |
| Saturday, 30 March | East Fremantle 20.23 (143) | def. | Swan Districts 9.10 (64) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7147) |
| East Fremantle, aided by new rover David Bushell and wingman Chris Mainwaring, dominate Swans with the pace and drive and confirm their status as premiership favourties. Les Fong kicked nine goals in an amazing display of roving for the Falcons. He had never kicked more than five before and only 20 and 21 in the 1984 and 1983 seasons. ||||||

### Round 2

| | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | |
| Saturday, 6 April | Perth 22.21 (153) | def. | East Perth 7.15 (57) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 9796) |
| Saturday, 6 April | South Fremantle 14.15 (99) | def. by | East Fremantle 23.28 (166) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 10118) |
| Monday, 8 April | Swan Districts 19.14 (128) | def. | West Perth 15.12 (102) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 10500) |
| Monday, 8 April | Claremont 10.18 (78) | def. | Subiaco 10.10 (70) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 5818) |
| Perth’s new-found solidity in defence and seven goals from Rea after having been at Mines Rovers in Collie during late 1984 ensures the Demons’ biggest victory since 1980 and second-biggest ever over the Royals. A depleted Claremont side, whose returning captain-coach Moss gave Subiaco first use of the wind, comes back for a surprise win in wet conditions as Monteath and John Scott upset the balance of Subiaco’s defence. ||||||

### Round 3

| | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | |
| Saturday, 13 April | Subiaco 22.13 (145) | def. | West Perth 10.11 (71) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 10211) |
| Saturday, 13 April | Perth 18.17 (125) | def. | South Fremantle 13.9 (87) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 9010) |
| Saturday, 13 April | Claremont 13.14 (92) | def. by | East Fremantle 16.15 (111) | Geraldton (crowd: 7970) |
| Saturday, 13 April | East Perth 14.16 (101) | def. by | Swan Districts 16.12 (108) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 8827) |
| For the first time, the WAFL played a match in Geraldton, one of the largest country towns in WA. Don Holmes’ seven brilliant goals – three in the critical final quarter – wins a game where East Perth had the bulk of the play but capitalise poorly. ||||||

### Round 4

| | Round 4 | Round 4 | Round 4 | |
| Saturday, 20 April | Subiaco 17.16 (118) | def. | South Fremantle 16.19 (115) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 8196) |
| Saturday, 20 April | West Perth 27.17 (179) | def. | Perth 20.6 (126) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 8165) |
| Saturday, 20 April | Claremont 15.15 (105) | def. | Swan Districts 13.15 (93) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 7953) |
| Saturday, 20 April | East Fremantle 31.13 (199) | def. | East Perth 11.10 (76) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7182) |
| Seven goals from rover Sean Regan – a member of a famous East Fremantle family and a cousin of teammate Gerard Neesham – gives East Fremantle a record win over the Royals after East Perth led by four points twenty minutes into the second quarter. East Fremantle then scored 15.2 (92) to two behinds in twenty minutes. ||||||

### Round 5

| | Round 5 | Round 5 | Round 5 | |
| Saturday, 27 April | Swan Districts 13.21 (99) | def. by | Subiaco 22.14 (146) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 9628) |
| Saturday, 27 April | West Perth 18.18 (126) | def. | East Perth 16.9 (105) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 9160) |
| Saturday, 27 April | South Fremantle 24.19 (163) | def. | Claremont 10.12 (72) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6700) |
| Saturday, 27 April | Perth 15.12 (102) | def. by | East Fremantle 18.17 (125) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 7152) |
| Subiaco record their first win over Swan Districts since the same round of 1978, ending a run of twenty straight losses, the equal longest run by one club against another since 1958. Laurie Keene kicks nine and Victorian recruit Stephen Sells five in the win An unexpected move of key forward Colin Waterson onto the dangerous Rea gives East Fremantle an unexpected boon – the talented attacking player keeps Rea to one goal after half-time and ends Perth’s hope of upsetting the pacesetters. West Perth’s “youth policy” and the resourcefulness of Fong ensures the Falcons win a fine match over a gallant East Perth as a special tribute to former stars John Wynne and Bill Dempsey. ||||||

### Round 6

| | Round 6 | Round 6 | Round 6 | |
| Saturday, 4 May | Swan Districts 23.16 (154) | def. by | South Fremantle 17.17 (119) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 7631) |
| Saturday, 4 May | East Perth 14.15 (99) | def. by | Subiaco 20.10 (130) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7505) |
| Saturday, 4 May | Perth 13.14 (92) | def. by | Claremont 18.15 (123) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 5867) |
| Saturday, 4 May | East Fremantle 28.21 (189) | def. | West Perth 9.7 (61) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6311) |
| Perth coach Mal Brown threatens to not pay his players as the Demons fall away from 32 points up near three-quarter time to lose by thirty-one. East Fremantle kick an amazing 17.13 (115) to 1.4 (10) in the second half, including a WA(N)FL record 14.6 (90) in the final quarter – all without full-forward Darren Bennett and goalkicking rover Roger Kerr, plus having Colin Waterson absent from attack. ||||||

### Round 7

| | Round 7 | Round 7 | Round 7 | |
| Saturday, 11 May | Perth 14.14 (98) | def. by | Swan Districts 27.18 (180) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 8178) |
| Saturday, 11 May | South Fremantle 34.18 (222) | def. | East Perth 15.3 (93) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6550) |
| Saturday, 11 May | West Perth 23.7 (145) | def. | Claremont 20.13 (133) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 7641) |
| Saturday, 11 May | Subiaco 12.13 (85) | def. by | East Fremantle 24.18 (162) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 16709) |
| The crowd at Subiaco Oval is the record for a Subiaco home game there, and sees the Sharks stay undefeated with a comfortable win. Future Geelong star Mark Bairstow, at a time when he is criticised for coming to Perth only to train and play, decimates East Perth who lose in all grades for the sixth week running and concede their highest-ever score. ||||||

### Round 8

| | Round 8 | Round 8 | Round 8 | |
| Saturday, 18 May | South Fremantle 19.24 (138) | def. | West Perth 13.16 (94) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 8880) |
| Saturday, 18 May | Perth 13.26 (104) | def. by | Subiaco 25.17 (167) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 5356) |
| Saturday, 18 May | Claremont 19.15 (129) | def. | East Perth 12.15 (87) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 5105) |
| Saturday, 18 May | Swan Districts 14.8 (92) | def. by | East Fremantle 23.20 (158) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 16723) |
| East Fremantle’s fine defence – with Browning completely blanketing Garry Sidebottom – and hard-running centreline gives an eighth straight victory with a percentage of 186.74 despite considerable Swan success tagging their prime movers. The inaccuracy of Brett Farmer, Wiley and Bryan Cousins – who score 3.15 (33) between them with most misses being from close-in and Cousins the worst offender with 1.6 (12) – denies Perth an upset win in a match that leaves Lion coach Bunton very angry at his team’s effort. ||||||

### Round 9

| | Round 9 | Round 9 | Round 9 | |
| Saturday, 25 May | West Perth 15.13 (103) | def. | Subiaco 12.19 (91) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 9000) |
| Saturday, 25 May | Perth 17.20 (122) | def. | South Fremantle 12.16 (88) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7246) |
| Saturday, 25 May | Swan Districts 12.13 (128) | def. | East Perth 12.9 (81) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 6966) |
| Saturday, 25 May | Claremont 12.10 (82) | def. by | East Fremantle 19.13 (127) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 8700) |
| East Fremantle kick an impressive 6.3 (39) to 2.3 (15) into a solid breeze during the final quarter to give suggestions an unbeaten season could be coming – besides maintaining an amazing record of 68 goals to 24 in final quarters so far in 1985. Claremont became the first team to outscore the Sharks in successive quarters, but Graham Moss, recalled at 35 to play centre half-forward, could not counter the East Fremantle defence. A magnificent goal from Les Fong, who had been struggling since his brilliant first-up display, a fine debut at 25 from brother Neale,and thirty-two possessions from Corry Bewick ensure West Perth stay ahead of Subiaco all game and enter the four despite a bad percentage courtesy of the East Fremantle thrashing in Round 6. Perth produce a gutsy effort with Adrian Barich playing throughout with a broken hand and Willie Dick suffering a persistent flu to win their first game for seven rounds. ||||||

### Round 10

| | Round 10 | Round 10 | Round 10 | |
| Saturday, 1 June | West Perth 15.10 (100) | def. by | Swan Districts 15.22 (112) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 12784) |
| Saturday, 1 June | Subiaco 19.15 (129) | def. | Claremont 14.17 (101) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 9111) |
| Monday, 3 June | East Perth 17.23 (125) | def. | Perth 11.14 (80) | Perth Oval (crowd: 8002) |
| Monday, 3 June | East Fremantle 21.12 (138) | def. | South Fremantle 13.11 (89) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 20287) |
| Michael Mitchell takes an amazing high mark over Greg Wilkinson that came to be regarded as the best mark in the WAFL for many years, but Subiaco recovers after the Tigers come back from 58 points down to take the lead early in the last quarter. ||||||

### Round 11

| | Round 11 | Round 11 | Round 11 | |
| Saturday, 8 June | Subiaco 9.15 (69) | def. by | Swan Districts 14.10 (94) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 11254) |
| Saturday, 8 June | Claremont 12.13 (85) | def. by | South Fremantle 16.9 (105) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 6149) |
| Saturday, 8 June | East Fremantle 21.21 (147) | def. | Perth 14.11 (95) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6092) |
| Sunday, 9 June | West Perth 16.13 (109) | def. by | East Perth 18.18 (126) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 11948) |

### Round 12

| | Round 12 | Round 12 | Round 12 | |
| Saturday, 22 June | South Fremantle 19.19 (133) | def. | Subiaco 20.7 (127) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6442) |
| Saturday, 22 June | Perth 9.12 (66) | def. by | West Perth 23.18 (156) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 5086) |
| Saturday, 22 June | Swan Districts 11.10 (76) | def. by | Claremont 24.27 (171) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 5971) |
| Saturday, 22 June | East Perth 12.9 (81) | def. by | East Fremantle 18.11 (119) | Perth Oval (crowd: 5984) |
| East Fremantle record their twelfth straight win, their best start since their perfect season of 1946 and exceeded since then only by Swan Districts in 1980, East Perth in 1959 and the great South Fremantle side of 1950 South Fremantle came back from a 39-point deficit to win thanks to several unusual moves and shutting down key Lion Laurie Keene, who kicked only one goal. Motivation from former Warwickshire bowler Rudi Webster drives Clarement – led by recruits Peter Thorne from Melbourne and John Scott from East Perth to a flawlessly-played upset over the three-time premiers. ||||||

### Round 13

| | Round 13 | Round 13 | Round 13 | |
| Saturday, 29 June | South Fremantle 28.15 (183) | def. | Swan Districts 16.11 (107) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7275) |
| Saturday, 29 June | Perth 22.13 (145) | def. by | Claremont 24.13 (157) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 3801) |
| Saturday, 29 June | West Perth 18.17 (125) | def. | East Fremantle 18.15 (123) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 8358) |
| Sunday, 30 June | East Perth 9.12 (66) | def. by | Subiaco 19.18 (132) | Dampier (crowd: 6040) |
| For the first time, the WAFL plays a game in the Pilbara town of Dampier, an experiment repeated in 1989 and 2010. With Dorotich kicking ten and Vigona six, South Fremantle demoralise the premiers after half-time, kicking 15.6 to 7.6 to be only a game out of the four with a superior percentage. ||||||

### Round 14

| | Round 14 | Round 14 | Round 14 | |
| Saturday, 6 July | Swan Districts 25.15 (165) | def. | Perth 17.20 (123) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 5867) |
| Saturday, 6 July | East Perth 21.15 (141) | def. | South Fremantle 14.17 (101) | Perth Oval (crowd: 6478) |
| Saturday, 6 July | Claremont 16.17 (113) | def. | West Perth 14.11 (94) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 8754) |
| Saturday, 6 July | East Fremantle 18.17 (125) | def. | Subiaco 8.6 (54) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7247) |
| Colin Waterson’s demolition of Keene ensures East Fremantle bounce back devastatingly from their first defeat as ex-Fitzroy player David Rankin moves from defence to be part of a dominating midfield. East Perth exploit South Fremantle’s weakness away from Fremantle Oval with a workmanlike win to move from last position. ||||||

### Round 15

| | Round 15 | Round 15 | Round 15 | |
| Saturday, 13 July | West Perth 15.7 (97) | def. | South Fremantle 11.12 (78) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 4304) |
| Saturday, 13 July | Subiaco 15.15 (105) | def. | Perth 10.14 (74) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 4056) |
| Saturday, 13 July | East Perth 13.11 (89) | def. | Claremont 9.15 (69) | Perth Oval (crowd: 3413) |
| Saturday, 13 July | East Fremantle 10.11 (71) | def. by | Swan Districts 12.13 (85) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5025) |
| In Ron Alexander’s three hundredth senior match, John Todd’s interchanging of centre half-back Rance and injury plagued centre-half forward Peter Sartori breaks down the power Shark goal-to-goal line and the Swans are poised to threaten Subiaco’s hold on second position. With schoolteacher Glyn Williams returning to the team in an emergency despite little training, East Perth claim another significant scalp by beating an in-form Claremont in very wet conditions. ||||||

### Round 16

| | Round 16 | Round 16 | Round 16 | |
| Saturday, 20 July | Swan Districts 22.12 (144) | def. | West Perth 21.16 (142) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 9462) |
| Saturday, 20 July | Perth 26.14 (170) | def. | East Perth 13.10 (88) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 5075) |
| Saturday, 20 July | Claremont 12.17 (89) | def. by | Subiaco 22.16 (148) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 5610) |
| Saturday, 20 July | South Fremantle 18.14 (122) | def. by | East Fremantle 20.15 (135) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 10017) |
| The return of Warren Dean, after injury and abortive stints in defence and the ruck, allows the Lions to thrash Claremont in a fluctuating match where Claremont kick 8.6 (54) to 1.4 (10) after half-time before Subiaco pile on 11.7 (73) in the last quarter. A brilliant display from Wayne Ryder, who combined with Mick Rea and Bryan Cousins for twenty goals, gives Perth a crushing win to keep a third straight wooden spoon in doubt. ||||||

### Round 17

| | Round 17 | Round 17 | Round 17 | |
| Saturday, 27 July | Subiaco 16.18 (114) | def. | West Perth 10.9 (69) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7939) |
| Saturday, 27 July | Perth 14.15 (99) | def. by | South Fremantle 19.12 (126) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 4363) |
| Saturday, 27 July | East Perth 9.13 (67) | def. by | Swan Districts 15.14 (104) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 4593) |
| Saturday, 27 July | East Fremantle 10.13 (73) | def. | Claremont 9.6 (60) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 4802) |

### Round 18

| | Round 18 | Round 18 | Round 18 | |
| Saturday, 3 August | Subiaco 24.16 (160) | def. | South Fremantle 14.13 (97) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7548) |
| Saturday, 3 August | West Perth 26.13 (169) | def. | Perth 17.14 (116) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 4689) |
| Saturday, 3 August | Claremont 19.10 (124) | def. | Swan Districts 13.14 (92) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 4655) |
| Saturday, 3 August | East Fremantle 18.15 (123) | def. | East Perth 12.15 (87) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 4226) |
| With Moss reappointed as coach for 1986 and 1987, Claremont produce a fine win over Swan Districts to keep the pressure on West Perth in a scenario compared by the press with 1964 when the Tigers had won from fourth position. ||||||

### Round 19

| | Round 19 | Round 19 | Round 19 | |
| Saturday, 10 August | Swan Districts 16.14 (110) | def. by | Subiaco 20.15 (135) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 7154) |
| Saturday, 10 August | East Perth 16.16 (112) | def. by | West Perth 20.13 (133) | Perth Oval (crowd: 4886) |
| Saturday, 10 August | South Fremantle 13.13 (91) | def. by | Claremont 21.11 (137) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 10774) |
| Saturday, 10 August | Perth 16.15 (111) | def. by | East Fremantle 19.18 (132) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 6774) |
| A crucial win for West Perth is marred by violent crowd behaviour whereby a group of West Perth supporters – known by the police beforehand as potentially dangerous – spit and hurl cartons of chocolate-flavoured milk at their East Perth counterparts. ||||||

### Round 20

| | Round 20 | Round 20 | Round 20 | |
| Saturday, 17 August | Swan Districts 29.18 (192) | def. | South Fremantle 14.16 (100) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 6333) |
| Saturday, 17 August | East Perth 12.10 (82) | def. by | Subiaco 31.14 (200) | Perth Oval (crowd: 5219) |
| Saturday, 17 August | Claremont 12.17 (89) | def. by | Perth 19.11 (125) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 4546) |
| Saturday, 17 August | East Fremantle 14.19 (103) | def. by | West Perth 18.22 (132) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7883) |
| Perth record their first win over Claremont since the last round of 1978, ending a run of twenty straight losses that is Claremont’s longest winning run over any club and Perth’s longest losing run in open-age WA(N)FL football. Subiaco kick their highest score against East Perth, beating their previous 1970 record by fifty-six points Keene is unstoppable and Leishwan and Sells each kick six goals. ||||||

### Round 21

| | Round 21 | Round 21 | Round 21 | |
| Saturday, 24 August | Perth 17.9 (111) | def. | Swan Districts 13.17 (95) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 5325) |
| Saturday, 24 August | South Fremantle 17.22 (124) | def. | East Perth 12.11 (83) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3125) |
| Saturday, 24 August | West Perth 20.10 (130) | def. | Claremont 8.10 (58) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 5385) |
| Saturday, 24 August | Subiaco 19.11 (125) | def. | East Fremantle 15.15 (105) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 9355) |
| A superb defence and a brilliant display by future Essendon star Darren Bewick leads West Perth to overrun Claremont. ||||||

## Ladder

1985 ladder :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
| 1 | East Fremantle (P) | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2774 | 1917 | 144.7 | 68 |
| 2 | Subiaco | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2581 | 2072 | 124.6 | 60 |
| 3 | West Perth | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2468 | 2402 | 102.7 | 48 |
| 4 | Swan Districts | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2379 | 2448 | 97.2 | 48 |
| 5 | Claremont | 21 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2130 | 2263 | 94.1 | 36 |
| 6 | South Fremantle | 21 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2462 | 2577 | 95.5 | 32 |
| 7 | Perth | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 2332 | 2691 | 86.7 | 24 |
| 8 | East Perth | 21 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1923 | 2679 | 71.8 | 20 |

## Finals series
### First semi-final

| | First semi-final | First semi-final | First semi-final | |
| Saturday, 31 August | West Perth 19.12 (126) | def. by | Swan Districts 24.14 (158) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 26,508) |
| An injury-crippled West Perth outfit fails to break its Swan Districts hoodoo as Garry Sidebottom kicks nine goals and the Falcons are never closer than eleven points after the first few minutes. ||||||

### Second semi-final

| | Second semi-final | Second semi-final | Second semi-final | |
| Saturday, 7 September | East Fremantle 19.11 (125) | def. | Subiaco 16.17 (113) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 23,500) |
| In a high-standard match, Subiaco, despite losing to a resurgent East Fremantle, lose no friends and escape injuries from their first final since 1974. ||||||

### Preliminary final

| | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | |
| Saturday, 14 September | Subiaco 20.13 (133) | def. | Swan Districts 11.16 (82) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 25,708) |
| This was the first final Subiaco had won since the 1973 Grand Final, and ended Swan Districts’ hat-trick of flags ||||||

### Grand Final

| | 1985 WAFL Grand Final | 1985 WAFL Grand Final | 1985 WAFL Grand Final | | |
| Saturday, 21 September | East Fremantle | def. | Subiaco | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 42,657) | |
| | 3.1 (19) 9.7 (61) 12.9 (81) 15.12 (102) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 7.4 (46) 8.7 (55) 11.12 (78) 14.13 (97) | Umpires: David Johnson, Phil O'Reilly Simpson Medal: Brian Taylor (Subiaco) | Umpires: David Johnson, Phil O'Reilly Simpson Medal: Brian Taylor (Subiaco) |
| Browning 6, Wrensted 3, Wilson 2, Alexander, Peake, Neesham, Kerr | Browning 6, Wrensted 3, Wilson 2, Alexander, Peake, Neesham, Kerr | Goals | Sells 2, Mort 2, Spencer 2, Keene 2, Scott 2, Dean, Neil Taylor, Phil Lamb, Brian Taylor | Sells 2, Mort 2, Spencer 2, Keene 2, Scott 2, Dean, Neil Taylor, Phil Lamb, Brian Taylor |
| Browning, Wrensted, Waterson, Neesham, Wilson, Mainwaring | Browning, Wrensted, Waterson, Neesham, Wilson, Mainwaring | Best | Dean, Featherby, Brian Taylor, Sells, Neil Taylor, Scott | Dean, Featherby, Brian Taylor, Sells, Neil Taylor, Scott |
| Regarded as one of the best-ever WAFL Grand Finals, the inexperienced Subiaco team nearly topples a powerful East Fremantle combination in a thriller in showery conditions. ||||||