1974 WANFL season

The 1974 WAFL season was the 90th season of the various incarnations of senior football in Perth and the forty-fourth as the "Western Australian National Football League". It continued the fluctuating fortunes of clubs that had been part and parcel of the league since 1970, with East Perth, the most consistent player in the competition for eight years, missing finals participation for the only time in seventeen seasons between 1966 and 1982 due largely to injuries to key defenders Gary Malarkey, who missed the second half of the season, and Ken McAullay who did not play at all.^[1] West Perth fell from runners-up (after being flag favourites before the Grand Final) to their worst season since 1939, largely owing to the loss of 1973 leading goalkicker Phil Smith which left a gaping hole in their attack.

1974 WAFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 24th premiership
Minor premiers	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 29th minor premiership
Sandover Medallist	Graham Melrose (‹See Tfd›East Fremantle)
Bernie Naylor Medallist	Max George (‹See Tfd›Swan Districts)
Matches played	88
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On the other hand, Swan Districts, with full-forward Max George and big Bob Beecroft prominent, won the Rodriguez Shield for the second time and played finals for the first time since 1965 after eight bleak years that had seen them a kick away from a winless season six seasons previously, whilst East Fremantle made a similar if less abrupt recovery to win their first premiership for nine years and first minor premiership for a decade.

Home-and-away season

Round 1

	Round 1
Saturday, 6 April	‹See Tfd›East Perth 23.15 (153)	def.	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 16.11 (107)	Perth Oval (crowd: 10896)
Saturday, 6 April	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 11.12 (78)	def.	‹See Tfd›Perth 7.21 (63)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 9960)
Saturday, 6 April	‹See Tfd›Claremont 9.12 (66)	def.	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 8.11 (59)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 9310)
Saturday, 6 April	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 9.22 (76)	def. by	‹See Tfd›West Perth 12.8 (80)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 10237)
Perth newcomer Robert Wiley kicks 1.8 (14) and combined with Ross Smith’s outstanding form allows Subiaco to overcome major pre-season injury and training problems[2] notably the departure of Keith Watt. West Perth equal a club record from 1932 by winning with eleven fewer scoring shots,[3] though falling one short of the current league record.

Round 2 (Easter weekend)

	Round 2
Saturday, 13 April	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 9.12 (66)	def.	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 6.13 (49)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 9850)
Saturday, 13 April	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 10.13 (73)	def. by	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 13.14 (92)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 13378)
Monday, 15 April	‹See Tfd›West Perth 12.15 (87)	def. by	‹See Tfd›East Perth 13.15 (93)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 16922)
Monday, 15 April	‹See Tfd›Perth 21.13 (139)	def.	‹See Tfd›Claremont 14.8 (92)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 9841)
Austin Robertson was goalless in a match for the first time since Round 15, 1965 (he left the field with an underestimated groin injury at three-quarter time),[4] as Swan Districts celebrate the fortieth anniversary with an impressive win in very wet conditions.[5] With rovers Jenzen and Wiley (thirteen goals and seven behinds between them) dominant, Perth overrun Claremont in the last quarter. Wiley amazingly leads the goalkicking for a week after his second WANFL game.[6]

Round 3

	Round 3
Saturday, 20 April	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 12.13 (85)	def. by	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 19.15 (129)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 8742)
Saturday, 20 April	‹See Tfd›Perth 10.14 (74)	def. by	‹See Tfd›East Perth 16.14 (110)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 9825)
Saturday, 20 April	‹See Tfd›West Perth 9.25 (79)	def.	‹See Tfd›Claremont 9.11 (65)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 11624)
Saturday, 20 April	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 11.14 (80)	drew with	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 11.14 (80)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 9733)
The draw at East Fremantle Oval was the last for 888 WA(N)FL games until the sixth round of 1984 at Leederville Oval,[7] the second-longest non-occurrence of draws in a major Australian Rules league.[8][9] As of 2014, it is Old Easts’ most recent drawn home-and-away game, with their sole subsequent tie in the 1989 First Semi-Final.[10] In contrast to their opening-round accuracy, West Perth’s score against Claremont is their second most surplus of behinds over goals on record.[11]

Round 4 (Anzac Day)

	Round 4
Thursday, 25 April	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 14.15 (99)	def.	‹See Tfd›East Perth 11.11 (77)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 15522)
Saturday, 27 April	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 19.18 (132)	def.	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 14.15 (99)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 10648)
Saturday, 27 April	‹See Tfd›West Perth 11.19 (85)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Perth 18.10 (118)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 10620)
Saturday, 27 April	‹See Tfd›Claremont 11.12 (78)	def. by	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 23.12 (150)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 8902)
Peter Featherby produces an amazing 46 kicks and nine handballs to win Subiaco a game it was originally thought they would forfeit as they did not want to play on Anzac Day.[12]

Round 5

	Round 5
Saturday, 4 May	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 10.11 (71)	def.	‹See Tfd›West Perth 8.15 (63)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7553)
Saturday, 4 May	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 13.14 (92)	def.	‹See Tfd›East Perth 8.15 (63)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 7216)
Saturday, 4 May	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 14.19 (103)	def.	‹See Tfd›Claremont 6.18 (54)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5447)
Saturday, 4 May	‹See Tfd›Perth 10.8 (68)	def. by	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 11.15 (81)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 6896)

Round 6

	Round 6
Saturday, 11 May	‹See Tfd›West Perth 9.14 (68)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 14.10 (94)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 8118)
Saturday, 11 May	‹See Tfd›Perth 13.13 (91)	def. by	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 22.15 (147)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 7489)
Saturday, 11 May	‹See Tfd›Claremont 7.19 (61)	def.	‹See Tfd›East Perth 8.10 (58)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 5158)
Saturday, 11 May	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 10.9 (69)	def.	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 7.4 (46)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 9272)
The roving of Graham Melrose and Tony Buhagiar in wet conditions establish East Fremantle as the team to beat for the premiership as they win their fifth straight against the reigning champions.[13] Coach Verdun Howell’s experiment with half-back Mick Elphick and winger Garry Caporn as ruck-rovers drive Claremont to bounce back after a disastrous month of losses.[14]

Round 7

	Round 7
Saturday, 18 May	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 17.16 (118)	def.	‹See Tfd›West Perth 13.13 (91)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 8508)
Saturday, 18 May	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 10.11 (71)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Perth 21.15 (141)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 8020)
Saturday, 18 May	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 6.16 (52)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Claremont 22.20 (152)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7421)
Saturday, 18 May	‹See Tfd›East Perth 14.17 (101)	def.	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 13.19 (97)	Perth Oval (crowd: 8899)
With Blethyn kicking eight goals and giving away another three, and their rovers demolishing a Lions team who had Austin Robertson in the reserves after his groin injury, Claremont record the biggest win in the WANFL for two years and their biggest since 1964.[15]

Round 8

	Round 8
Saturday, 25 May	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 12.25 (97)	def.	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 8.14 (62)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 6978)
Saturday, 25 May	‹See Tfd›East Perth 10.15 (75)	def. by	‹See Tfd›West Perth 20.9 (129)	Perth Oval (crowd: 6777)
Saturday, 25 May	‹See Tfd›Claremont 11.13 (79)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Perth 16.19 (115)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 6377)
Saturday, 25 May	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 6.10 (46)	def. by	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 13.17 (95)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 16110)
South Fremantle win their sixth consecutive match to take top place with a speedy young centreline on another wet May afternoon.[16] Eight goals and five behinds from Austin Robertson in his third senior game for the season, along with Swans’ sluggish play, sees Subiaco rebound from the Claremont debacle.[17]

Round 9 (Foundation Day)

	Round 9
Saturday, 1 June	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 8.7 (55)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Claremont 10.18 (78)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 6150)
Saturday, 1 June	‹See Tfd›West Perth 13.15 (93)	def. by	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 20.19 (139)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 8492)
Monday, 3 June	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 12.20 (92)	def.	‹See Tfd›East Perth 9.18 (72)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 12940)
Monday, 3 June	‹See Tfd›Perth 17.12 (114)	def.	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 12.10 (82)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 10868)

Round 10

	Round 10
Saturday, 8 June	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 10.5 (65)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 23.17 (155)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 112020)
Saturday, 8 June	‹See Tfd›East Perth 15.14 (104)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Perth 18.14 (122)	Perth Oval (crowd: 100590)
Saturday, 8 June	‹See Tfd›Claremont 14.14 (98)	def.	‹See Tfd›West Perth 11.5 (71)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 86980)
Saturday, 8 June	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 19.17 (131)	def.	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 15.16 (106)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 8650)
The return of captain-coach Smith provides the impetus for the finest team display of the season as Subiaco end South Fremantle’s seven-game winning streak with Mike Fitzpatrick unstoppable and half-forward Neil Randall gaining thirty kicks.[18]

Round 11

	Round 11
Saturday, 15 June	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 12.16 (88)	def. by	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 16.14 (110)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 10250)
Saturday, 15 June	‹See Tfd›Perth 12.13 (85)	def.	‹See Tfd›West Perth 12.6 (78)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 8088)
Saturday, 15 June	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 11.12 (78)	def. by	‹See Tfd›East Perth 20.18 (138)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 10212)
Saturday, 15 June	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 25.13 (163)	def.	‹See Tfd›Claremont 11.17 (83)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 9539)

Round 12

	Round 12
Saturday, 22 June	‹See Tfd›West Perth 9.14 (68)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 10.10 (70)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 6778)
Saturday, 22 June	‹See Tfd›East Perth 12.15 (87)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 19.14 (128)	Perth Oval (crowd: 7821)
Saturday, 22 June	‹See Tfd›Claremont 20.7 (127)	def.	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 15.17 (107)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 7514)
Saturday, 22 June	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 16.14 (110)	def.	‹See Tfd›Perth 9.15 (69)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 8220)

Round 13

	Round 13
Saturday, 29 June	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 27.13 (175)	def.	‹See Tfd›West Perth 13.10 (88)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 9350)
Saturday, 29 June	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 16.11 (107)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Perth 16.17 (113)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 9373)
Saturday, 29 June	‹See Tfd›East Perth 17.11 (113)	def.	‹See Tfd›Claremont 8.10 (58)	Perth Oval (crowd: 9071)
Saturday, 29 June	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 11.12 (78)	def. by	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 16.14 (110)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 9530)
Max George kicks fourteen goals for Swan Districts, the most by any Swan in a match and the most at Bassendean Oval.[19] East Perth move within half a game of the four in a match where Claremont not only lost the game by half time when they remained goalless but also lost A$1119 in property and $458 in cash due to negligence. Archie Duda kicked eight goals to secure his spot from returning forward Phil Haughan, who kicked fifteen in the reserves.[20]

Round 14

	Round 14
Saturday, 6 July	‹See Tfd›West Perth 8.4 (52)	def. by	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 15.15 (105)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 7701)
Saturday, 6 July	‹See Tfd›Perth 19.13 (127)	def.	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 12.19 (91)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 11703)
Saturday, 6 July	‹See Tfd›Claremont 10.11 (71)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 12.8 (80)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 7520)
Saturday, 6 July	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 11.17 (83)	def. by	‹See Tfd›East Perth 16.9 (105)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 9591)
The return of eighteen-year-old prodigy Peter Spencer from a broken jaw gives East Perth ascendancy over the powerful East Fremantle centreline and an unexpected victory to enter the four.[21]

Round 15

	Round 15
Saturday, 20 July	‹See Tfd›East Perth 25.6 (156)	def.	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 12.11 (83)	Perth Oval (crowd: 8812)
Saturday, 20 July	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 18.6 (114)	def.	‹See Tfd›Perth 14.12 (96)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7925)
Saturday, 20 July	‹See Tfd›Claremont 12.10 (82)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 16.10 (106)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 7218)
Saturday, 20 July	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 21.12 (138)	def.	‹See Tfd›West Perth 14.8 (92)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6153)
As a percentage, East Perth’s score was their most accurate until 1980.[22] Archie Duda kicked nine goals.

Round 16

	Round 16
Saturday, 27 July	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 12.15 (87)	def.	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 12.11 (83)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 10757)
Saturday, 27 July	‹See Tfd›West Perth 13.16 (94)	def.	‹See Tfd›East Perth 12.15 (87)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 8462)
Saturday, 27 July	‹See Tfd›Perth 18.17 (125)	def.	‹See Tfd›Claremont 14.8 (92)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 6790)
Saturday, 27 July	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 20.10 (130)	def.	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 13.17 (95)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 13130)
Subiaco fail to land a decisive thrust after fighting from thirty points behind against Swans.[23] East Perth junior Stuart Hillier leads tailender West Perth to a surprise win by forming a winning centreline with Ian Logan and veteran Mel Whinnen, moved after half-time to the unfamiliar position of wingman and collaring young champion Spencer for the first time.[24]

Round 17

	Round 17
Saturday, 3 August	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 6.8 (44)	def.	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 5.7 (37)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7156)
Saturday, 3 August	‹See Tfd›Perth 9.13 (67)	def.	‹See Tfd›East Perth 6.7 (43)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 6769)
Saturday, 3 August	‹See Tfd›West Perth 9.13 (67)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Claremont 11.10 (76)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 4502)
Saturday, 3 August	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 20.14 (134)	def.	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 14.15 (99)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7329)
East Fremantle’s small-man strength wins decisively over a bigger and taller Swan Districts outfit to leave that club needing three wins from four games for a finals berth.[25]

Round 18

	Round 18
Saturday, 10 August	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 12.12 (84)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 15.19 (109)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 8905)
Saturday, 10 August	‹See Tfd›West Perth 20.13 (133)	def.	‹See Tfd›Perth 14.13 (97)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 6056)
Saturday, 10 August	‹See Tfd›East Perth 10.15 (75)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 12.16 (88)	Perth Oval (crowd: 11325)
Saturday, 10 August	‹See Tfd›Claremont 13.11 (89)	def. by	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 13.16 (94)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 6934)
Despite kicking only 3.4 (22) to 9.7 (61) between half-time and time-on in the last quarter, East Fremantle get a critical victory because during the second quarter David Hollins kicks a goal simultaneously with forward Kerry Williams being interfered with off the ball, so Old Easts got another kick and two goals without a centre bounce.[26]

Round 19

	Round 19
Saturday, 17 August	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 12.11 (83)	def.	‹See Tfd›West Perth 7.11 (53)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7654)
Saturday, 17 August	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 11.19 (85)	def.	‹See Tfd›East Perth 6.10 (46)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 8320)
Saturday, 17 August	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 15.15 (105)	def.	‹See Tfd›Claremont 10.12 (72)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6255)
Saturday, 17 August	‹See Tfd›Perth 13.5 (83)	def. by	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 12.15 (87)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 7841)
East Fremantle gain a second successive lucky win, coming back from 23 points down with seven goals, including one where Perth fullback John Quartermaine was disallowed an apparently fair mark.[27]

Round 20

	Round 20
Saturday, 24 August	‹See Tfd›West Perth 13.14 (92)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 14.13 (97)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 9711)
Saturday, 24 August	‹See Tfd›Perth 16.16 (112)	def.	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 13.9 (87)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 11032)
Saturday, 24 August	‹See Tfd›Claremont 14.13 (97)	def. by	‹See Tfd›East Perth 21.10 (136)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 5092)
Saturday, 24 August	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 13.12 (90)	def.	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 11.6 (72)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 11814)

Round 21

	Round 21
Saturday, 31 August	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 9.20 (74)	def. by	‹See Tfd›West Perth 14.11 (95)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 9558)
Saturday, 31 August	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 8.10 (58)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Perth 18.19 (127)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 17520)
Saturday, 31 August	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 13.21 (99)	def.	‹See Tfd›Claremont 8.8 (56)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 6850)
Saturday, 31 August	‹See Tfd›East Perth 20.13 (133)	def.	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 18.16 (124)	Perth Oval (crowd: 6701)
Mel Whinnen becomes the first to play 300 WANFL matches as his Cardinals drive South Fremantle, at one point the pacesetters, out of the top four.

Ladder

1974 ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle (P)	21	13	7	1	2164	1878	115.2	54
2	‹See Tfd›Perth	21	13	8	0	2146	1929	111.2	52
3	‹See Tfd›Subiaco	21	12	9	0	1703	1741	97.8	48
4	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts	21	11	9	1	1932	1940	99.6	46
5	‹See Tfd›South Fremantle	21	11	10	0	2090	2001	104.4	44
6	‹See Tfd›East Perth	21	10	11	0	2025	1945	104.1	40
7	‹See Tfd›Claremont	21	7	14	0	1726	2076	83.1	28
8	‹See Tfd›West Perth	21	6	15	0	1758	2034	86.4	24

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

Finals

First semi-final

	First semi-final
Saturday, 7 September	‹See Tfd›Subiaco 11.10 (76)	def. by	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 13.21 (99)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 25,570)
This was the last match for record-setting goalkicker Austin Robertson, Jr. and Subiaco’s last final until 1985.

Second semi-final

	Second semi-final
Saturday, 14 September	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 17.15 (117)	def.	‹See Tfd›Perth 13.16 (94)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 26,079)

Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Saturday, 21 September	‹See Tfd›Perth 12.12 (84)	def.	‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 9.15 (69)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 27,426)
A strong first half with a 37-point lead is enough to see a jaded and sore Perth team make its first Grand Final for four seasons.[28]

Grand Final

Main article: 1974 WANFL Grand Final

	1974 WANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 28 September	‹See Tfd›East Fremantle	def.	‹See Tfd›Perth	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 40,758)	[29]
	2.5 (17) 7.11 (53) 11.13 (79) 17.20 (122)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.3 (27) 7.4 (46) 12.9 (81) 15.10 (100)	Umpires: Ross Capes Simpson Medal: Gary Gibellini (‹See Tfd›East Fremantle) David Pretty (‹See Tfd›Perth) (tied)
Nicholls 4, Avery 3, Durnthaler 2, Melrose 2, Hollins, McHenry, Reid, Becu, Buhagiar, Peake		Goals	Wiley 6, Doherty 5, Farrant 2, Rosbender, McPhee
Peake, Gibellini, Becu, Ferguson, Hollins, Nicholls, Melrose		Best	Wiley, Pretty, McPhee, Lofts, Doherty, Currie, Inman
East Fremantle win their first flag for nine years after a period in the doldrums, more convincingly than the scores indicated due to inaccuracy and a let-up in the final few minutes.[30]

References

1. Christian, Geoff; "East Perth and Perth in Gear"; The West Australian, 31 March 1975, p. 47
2. Christian, Geoff; "No-Fuss Subiaco Shapes Up Well"; The West Australian, 8 April 1974, p. 63
3. WAFL Footy Facts: Wins with Fewer Scoring Shots Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
4. Christian, Geoff; "Subiaco Select Rhodes for Tomorrow"; The West Australian, 19 April 1974, p. 56
5. "Great Day All Round for Swans"; The West Australian, 15 April 1974, p. 44
6. East, Alan; "Perth’s Fitness Tells at Finish"; The West Australian, 16 April 1974, p. 51
7. See Christian Geoff; "Wiley Has a Knee Injury"; in The West Australian, 7 May 1984, p. 84
8. WAFL Footy Facts – Draws Archived 2014-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
9. See Newman, Alan; "Drawn Game"; in "Port Club’s Pennant Hopes Rise"; from The West Australian, 9 September 1957, p. 21
10. WAFL Footy Facts: Most Consecutive Games Between Successive Draws Archived 15 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
11. WAFL Footy Facts: West Perth More Behinds Than Goals Archived 17 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
12. Christian, Geoff; "Featherby Leads Subiaco’s Invasion"; The West Australian, 26 April 1974, p. 52
13. Christian, Geoff; "East Fremantle Prove They Are Good"; The West Australian, 13 May 1974, p. 59
14. Casellas, Ken; "Claremont Give Tigerish Display"; The West Australian, 13 May 1974, p. 58
15. Claremont: Biggest Wins Archived 13 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
16. Christian, Geoff; "South Leave Rivals without Answers"; The West Australian, 27 May 1974, p. 55
17. Hopkins, Colin; "Robertson Back to His Best"; The West Australian, 27 May 1974, p. 55
18. Christian, Geoff; "Revenge Is Sweet for Subiaco"; The West Australian, 10 June 1974, p. 67
19. WAFL Footy Facts: Bassendean Oval Archived 21 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
20. Christian, Geoff; "East Perth say: ‘Don’t Forget Us’"; The West Australian, 1 July 1974, p. 47
21. Hopkins, Colin; "Spencer Gives East Perth Inspiration"; The West Australian, 8 July 1974, p. 43
22. WAFL Footy Facts: East Perth game records Archived 17 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
23. Christian, Geoff; "This Was the One Swans Needed"; The West Australian, 29 July 1974, p. 55
24. Casellas, Ken; "One Who Got Away from East Perth"; The West Australian, 29 July 1974, p. 55
25. Christian, Geoff; "All-Weather Talent at East Fremantle"; The West Australian, 5 August 1974, p. 51
26. "Bonus Issue"; The West Australian, 12 August 1974, p. 59
27. Christian, Geoff; "Escape Act By East Fremantle"; The West Australian,19 August 1974
28. Christian, Geoff; "Perth Fade Out Again"; The West Australian; 23 September 1974, p. 52
29. Christian, Geoff; "East Fremantle Recipe a Blend of Skill and Strength"; The West Australian; 30 September 1974, p. 59
30. Lee, Jack; Celebrating 100 Years of Tradition: East Fremantle Football Club 1898-1997; p. 354

External links

• Official WAFL website
• Western Australian National Football League (WANFL), 1974