1890 WAFA season

West Australian Football League season October 2023 wafa 1890 Frm 4 14 Paddy Roachock (Fre) 1889 1891 The 1890 WAFA season was the 6th season of senior Australian rules football in Perth, Western Australia. The Unions Football Club changed its name to "Fremantle Football Club" in April 1890http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3133804 SPORTING. The West Australian Perth, Western Australia 28 April 1890 3 to better represent the locality in which they were based. They also won their fourth premiership of a four-peat this season.Gauci Ric 1890 Season https://waflfootyfacts.net/season/games/results.php?Season=1890 WAFL FootyFacts Clubs Colours Club Captain Leading goalkickerRedWhite Frm Paddy Knox Paddy Roachock (10)RedBlack Metropolitan F. McDonough / Jack Kneale Delaney / Peters (3)BlackYellow Rov J. Scrymgour Davis / Wilkinson (3) Home-and-away season In 1890, the WAFA competition consisted of three teams with only two venues, The Esplanade Reserve and Fremantle Oval being used to host matches. Round 1 Round 1 Saturday, 31 May 1890 Frm 4.4 H Rov 2.7 Fremantle Oval http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3134624 SPORTING. The West Australian 1351 Western Australia 3 June 1890 3 *Both sides struggled to field a full team – “The Rovers mustered about 10 of their picked men and with the aid of emergencies picked up on the field, managed to make their number up to 17. The Fremantle had a full side, but they also were compelled to solicit the aid of four or five substitutes.“ Round 2 Round 2 Saturday, 14 Jun 1890 Metropolitan 0.6 A Frm 1.6 The Esplanade http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3134942 SPORTING. The West Australian 1363 Western Australia 17 June 1890 3 *Again both sides struggled to field a full team – “The Mets did not have a full team, but succeeded in getting 18 of their men together. Of the Fremantle, through a chain of unexpected circumstances, only six of their selected men put in an appearance, but they managed to put 17 men into the field.“ The crowd encroached on the playing arena and interfered with Fremantle’s play – “At one portion of the play there were more spectators inside than outside of the flags, and many times they seriously interfered with the visitors. Knox, who appears to be their bête-noir, receiving most of their attentions. Several times when kicking for goal, was he hindered by the barrackers throwing their hats on the ball.” Round 3 Round 3 Saturday, 21 Jun 1890 Rov 3.8 H Frm 1.3 The Esplanade http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3135055 SPORTING. The West Australian 1368 Western Australia 23 June 1890 3 *Following the disturbances of the previous week, the Commissioner of Police sent troopers to keep order and “many expressions of gratitude were heard from the onlookers.” Round 4 Round 4 Saturday, 5 Jul 1890 Rov 0.0 D Metropolitan 0.0 The Esplanade http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3135394 SPORTING. The West Australian 1380 Western Australia 7 July 1890 4 *Strong wind and rain prevented any scoring Round 5 Round 5 Saturday, 12 Jul 1890 Frm 4.10 H Rov 1.2 Fremantle Oval http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3135564 SENIOR FOOTBALL. The West Australian 1386 Western Australia 14 July 1890 3 * Round 6 Round 6 Saturday, 26 Jul 1890 Rov 2.13 H Metropolitan 1.1 The Esplanade http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3135942 SPORTING. The West Australian 1399 Western Australia 29 July 1890 3 *Match played in a continual downpour Round 7 Round 7 Saturday, 2 Aug 1890 Rov 3.2 H Frm 2.9 The Esplanade http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3136101 SPORTING. The West Australian 1405 Western Australia 5 August 1890 3 *Fremantle were unable to convert their attacking play into goals and lost despite having twice as many scoring shots Round 8 Round 8 Saturday, 9 Aug 1890 Frm 8.20 H Metropolitan 0.0 Fremantle Oval http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3136274 SPORTING. The West Australian 1411 Western Australia 12 August 1890 3 *Fremantle totally dominated the game, with Metropolitan playing two men short The Metropolitan team “retired” from the contest two minutes before time Round 9 Round 9 Saturday, 16 Aug 1890 Rov 3.2 D Metropolitan 3.4 The Esplanade http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3136436 SPORTING. The West Australian 1417 Western Australia 19 August 1890 3 *After head count at half-time showed the Metropolitan team had been playing with 21 men, their score of 2 goals 3 behinds was annulled and they commenced the second half two goals behind their opponents Round 10 Round 10 Saturday, 23 Aug 1890 Frm 8.13 H Rov 3.3 Fremantle Oval http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3136600 SPORTING. The West Australian 1422 Western Australia 25 August 1890 3 *Fremantle established an early lead and were never threatened ”Juvenile larrakins” abused and struck some of the visiting Rovers players Round 11 Round 11 Saturday, 30 Aug 1890 Metropolitan 5.? H Frm 4.? The Esplanade http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3136784 SPORTING. The West Australian 1430 Western Australia 3 September 1890 4 *A couple of players came to blows – conduct that was reported as “greatly regretted” Round 12 Round 12 Saturday, 6 Sep 1890 Metropolitan 2.? H Rov 0.? The Esplanade http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3136933 SPORTING. The West Australian 1435 Western Australia 9 September 1890 4 *A stiff breeze across the ground generally favoured the river end but made scoring difficult Match reports indicate both sides scored multiple behinds but no exact scores are given Round 13 Round 13 Saturday, 13 Sep 1890 Frm 4.15 H Metropolitan 3.5 Fremantle Oval http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3137103 FOOTBALL. The West Australian 1441 Western Australia 16 September 1890 4 *This match was originally scheduled for 28 Jun 1890 but was postponed at the request Fremantle Rowing Club who scheduled a regatta to mark Coronation Day (52nd anniversary of Queen Victoria’s coronation) Abandoned Round On 20 September 1890 a match was scheduled to be played between Rovers and Metropolitan, however due to a scheduling clash two junior clubs had commenced playing on the ground and the match did not take place.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3137268 SPORTING. The West Australian 1446 Western Australia 22 September 1890 3 Round 14 Round 14 Saturday, 27 Sep 1890 Metropolitan 6 H Frm 2 The Esplanade http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3137425 SPORTING. The West Australian 1452 Western Australia 29 September 1890 3 * Match reports do not mention any behinds being scored Ladder main WDL 1890 ladder Ladder true goals y 2 1 Fremantle Fremantle 6 4 0 38 26 P Metropolitans Metropolitans 3 4 2 20 24 Rov Rov 3 4 2 17 25 Premiers #CCFFCC Q 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete WAFL Footy Facts References Category:West Australian Football League seasons WAFL