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A Way of Life - The Story of country football in
Western Australia - Alan East
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2207:Major events
2198:Subiaco Oval
2193:Rushton Park
2127:WAFL Women's
2062:Ravensthorpe
1991:
1800:
1777:
1774:
1743:
1712:
1681:
1650:
1619:
1588:
1557:
1526:
1428:
1397:
1366:
1335:
1304:
1273:
1242:
1211:
1113:
1082:
1051:
1020:
989:
958:
927:
896:
798:
767:
736:
705:
674:
643:
612:
581:
503:1957 - 1965
454:
430:
416:
392:
384:
334:
281:
273:
249:
239:
212:
204:
180:
172:
119:
117:
113:
108:
104:
101:
79:
77:
42:No. of teams
34:First season
15:
2101:(1984–2008)
1682:Preliminary
1461:2023 Ladder
1367:Preliminary
1146:2022 Ladder
1052:Preliminary
831:2021 Ladder
737:Preliminary
516:2020 Ladder
477:Salmon Gums
353:Grass Patch
254:2009, 2022
109:Grass Patch
105:Salmon Gums
60:Most titles
52:champion(s)
50:Most recent
2067:South West
2007:Goldfields
1881:(regional)
1792:References
1589:Esperance
1468:Esperance
1212:Esperance
1153:Esperance
897:Esperance
838:Esperance
582:Esperance
523:Esperance
497:The Mallee
389:1958–2004
339:1982–2004
120:The Mallee
1997:Fortescue
1760:Esperance
1686:Esperance
1636:Esperance
1445:Esperance
1309:Esperance
1118:Esperance
1056:Esperance
1006:Esperance
815:Esperance
679:Esperance
450:Munglinup
421:1983–1995
330:Condingup
306:Nickname
246:(merger)
235:Condingup
168:Esperance
144:Nickname
88:Esperance
2229:Category
2032:Mortlock
2002:Gascoyne
1925:(former)
1620:2nd Semi
1558:1st Semi
1486:Against
1305:2nd Semi
1243:1st Semi
1171:Against
990:2nd Semi
928:1st Semi
856:Against
675:2nd Semi
613:1st Semi
541:Against
412:Norseman
173:Bulldogs
2120:leagues
2117:Women's
2052:Ongerup
1611:184.53%
1549:271.13%
1527:Gibson
1477:Losses
1358:112.56%
1336:Gibson
1296:110.41%
1234:325.17%
1162:Losses
981:136.01%
959:Gibson
919:152.62%
847:Losses
706:Gibson
666:145.73%
604:154.97%
532:Losses
417:Vikings
380:Newtown
335:Cougars
300:Jumper
232:Newtown
138:Jumper
131:Current
98:History
2037:Newman
1748:Gibson
1735:33.65%
1713:Ports
1673:56.85%
1624:Gibson
1497:Final
1480:Draws
1420:20.59%
1398:Ports
1383:Gibson
1247:Gibson
1182:Final
1165:Draws
1130:Gibson
1105:59.33%
1083:Ports
1043:87.05%
994:Gibson
867:Final
850:Draws
790:59.32%
753:Gibson
728:67.22%
644:Ports
617:Gibson
552:Final
535:Draws
455:Demons
385:Demons
293:Former
278:1966–
209:1956–
205:Tigers
200:Gibson
177:1956–
82:is an
55:Gibson
2022:Hills
1744:Grand
1698:Ports
1562:Ports
1512:Team
1500:Team
1474:Byes
1471:Wins
1429:Grand
1259:Ports
1197:Team
1185:Team
1159:Byes
1156:Wins
1114:Grand
1068:Ports
932:Ports
882:Team
870:Team
844:Byes
841:Wins
803:Ports
799:Grand
741:Ports
691:Ports
567:Team
555:Team
529:Byes
526:Wins
483:1956
435:1983
359:1956
303:Club
274:Blues
269:Ports
244:2005–
240:Lions
141:Club
126:Clubs
24:Sport
2057:Peel
1962:Avon
1732:1061
1670:1022
1605:1050
1543:1052
1521:Pts
1509:Pts
1492:Pts
1483:For
1417:1520
1228:1473
1206:Pts
1194:Pts
1177:Pts
1168:For
1102:1126
891:Pts
879:Pts
862:Pts
853:For
576:Pts
564:Pts
547:Pts
538:For
78:The
37:1956
1769:38
1729:357
1707:27
1667:581
1645:19
1633:101
1608:569
1583:55
1546:388
1454:39
1414:313
1392:66
1355:796
1352:896
1330:41
1293:836
1290:923
1268:37
1231:453
1139:71
1099:668
1077:43
1065:104
1040:865
1037:753
1015:36
978:636
975:865
953:46
916:648
913:989
824:34
812:100
787:681
784:404
762:47
725:601
722:404
700:45
663:492
660:717
638:45
601:453
598:702
90:in
2231::
1757:95
1751:15
1723:10
1695:88
1692:16
1689:12
1661:10
1630:11
1627:15
1614:40
1593:10
1571:79
1565:12
1552:40
1531:10
1518:B
1515:G
1506:B
1503:G
1489:%
1451:15
1442:55
1408:12
1386:10
1380:68
1374:10
1361:24
1327:11
1318:65
1315:11
1299:28
1256:94
1253:10
1250:14
1237:44
1216:11
1203:B
1200:G
1191:B
1188:G
1174:%
1136:11
1133:10
1127:75
1121:11
1108:12
1062:14
1059:15
1046:12
1012:12
1003:65
1000:11
984:28
941:54
922:44
901:11
888:B
885:G
876:B
873:G
859:%
821:10
809:10
806:15
750:92
744:14
731:14
697:15
688:91
682:15
669:26
635:15
626:49
607:28
573:B
570:G
561:B
558:G
544:%
509:-
506:-
489:-
486:-
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466:-
463:)
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365:-
362:-
345:-
342:-
282:12
213:18
181:28
111:.
1834:e
1827:t
1820:v
1766:8
1763:5
1754:5
1738:8
1726:0
1720:0
1717:2
1704:3
1701:4
1676:8
1664:0
1658:0
1655:2
1642:7
1639:2
1602:0
1599:2
1596:0
1580:7
1577:8
1568:7
1540:0
1537:2
1534:0
1448:4
1439:7
1436:8
1423:0
1411:0
1405:0
1402:0
1389:6
1377:8
1349:0
1346:6
1343:0
1340:6
1324:5
1312:9
1287:0
1284:5
1281:0
1278:7
1265:7
1262:5
1225:0
1222:1
1219:0
1124:9
1096:0
1093:9
1090:0
1087:3
1074:7
1071:6
1034:0
1031:9
1028:0
1025:3
1009:4
997:9
972:0
969:5
966:0
963:7
950:4
947:7
938:6
935:8
910:0
907:1
904:0
818:4
793:4
781:0
778:8
775:0
772:1
759:5
756:7
747:8
719:1
716:5
713:0
710:3
694:5
685:1
657:1
654:2
651:0
648:6
632:5
623:7
620:7
595:0
592:2
589:0
586:7
431:1
393:7
250:2
45:4
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