The 1924 WAFL season was the 40th season of the West Australian Football League. Although East Perth and East Fremantle completely dominated the season until after the Carnival, each having lost only one match of the first eleven, neither was to win the premiership and the Royals’ record sequence of five consecutive premierships came to an end in the semi-final.
Subiaco, who along with Perth had been in the doldrums during previous seasons, finally developed the teamwork to match the individual talents of players like Outridge, skipper “Snowy” Hamilton and young rover Johnny Leonard – consequently carrying all before them during the finals after a mediocre home-and-away season.[1] Despite maintaining prominence for another decade, the Maroons were to become a perennial cellar-dweller for three decades and failed to win another premiership until 1973 – the longest premiership drought in WA(N)FL history. Despite Gosnell being the second of their famous half-back line to win the Sandover Medal, West Perth fell to wooden spooners owing to the suspension of key forward Fred Wimbridge for most of the season.[2]
Following controversy over his clearance from South Fremantle that caused him to sit out the 1923 season,[3] East Perth's “Bonny” Campbell was to break Allan Evans’ record from 1921 for the most goals scored during a WAFL season with 67.[4]
Including the Hobart Carnival, where he kicked 51 goals - including an amazing 23 goals against Queensland[3] - Campbell kicked 118 goals for the entire year, with his 100-goal season coming five years before Gordon Coventry and six years before Ken Farmer.
East Perth unfurl their pennant with eight goals in the second quarter, and despite scoring only 0.5 (5) after half-time Perth cannot catch them.
With Evans kicking eight goals, Perth win its first match and only its fifth since the end of 1921.
“Bonny” Campbell becomes the first East Perth player to kick double figures in a match[17] as the Royals demolish South Fremantle for the biggest win the WAFL since 1919.
Johnny Leonard’s superb roving in a high-standard match in heavy rain ensures West Perth remain winless and keeps the Maroons clear in third position.
With Campbell adding another six goals as the rain of previous weeks cleared, East Perth and East Fremantle move ten points clear just before the halfway mark of the season.
In an exceptional standard preview of the grand final, East Fremantle kick three goals that belie the closeness of the match all afternoon.
Despite asking for the return of three irregular membership tickets,[39] West Perth win easily to move within half a win of the top four.
This week’s results, in the last round before the Hobart Carnival, effectively seal both the finalists and the minor premiership, leaving East Fremantle two games clear of East Perth on top and South Fremantle ten points clear of West Perth for fourth.
Dash and pace – which some thought inherited from a tour of the Eastern States early in August[50] – allow the Redlegs to move from the bottom and avoid a fourth consecutive wooden spoon.
Subiaco’s surprise victory, with the promising Greg Hickey fully recovered from a mid-season injury,[1] paves the way for their successes in the subsequent finals.
Minor premiers East Fremantle have no difficulty winning against a South team that had had the poorest record for fourth place in WAFA/WAFL history.[54]
Subiaco end East Perth’s run of five consecutive premierships with a hard-fought victory in windy conditions, with Outridge and Leonard outstanding.[55]
Subiaco record an unexpectedly one-sided victory over Old Easts in perfect conditions, with their defence so strong East Fremantle kick only 1.2 (8) in the second half.[56]
A brilliant first quarter into a very strong wind sets up an unexpected premiership victory for the Maroons – to remain their last for forty-nine seasons.[58]
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