1889 WAFA season

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1889 WAFA season
PremiersUnions
3rd premiership
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The 1889 WAFA season was the 5th season of senior Australian rules football in Perth, Western Australia. The Unions Football Club won its third premiership of a four-peat.[1] This season marks the first where less than four teams are competing, after the Victorians and West Australian football clubs merged, to create the Metropolitans Football Club.[2]

Ladder[edit]

1889 ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Unions (P) 10 8 1 1 16 8 +8 17
2 Rovers 10 2 4 4 16 15 +1 8
3 Metropolitans 10 1 6 3 10 19 −9 5
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gauci, Ric. "1889 Season". WAFL FootyFacts.
  2. ^ FOOTBALL.Western Mail. Published Saturday, 27 April 1889. Retrieved from Trove, 27 June 2012.