1934 WANFL season

Clubs

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Round 2 (Labour Day)

Round 3

Round 4

• West Perth play superbly in a preview of the Grand Final, with George Doig held to two goals.}}

Round 5

Round 6

• Jerry Dolan, who had transferred to the Royals after ten seasons with East Fremantle, returns as a player as East Perth downs Subiaco.}}

Round 7 (Foundation Day)

• Skinner kicks ten as a Claremont-Cottesloe team minus Keith Hough and Neilson wins its first game of the season.}}

Round 8

• Despite the wet conditions, George Doig maintains his amazing average of eight goals per game.}}

Round 9

Round 10

• Ted Tyson kicks eleven goals for the Cardinals.
• Old Easts storm home against Subiaco after being outplayed in the first half.}}

Round 11

• East Fremantle play superbly in awful conditions with 71 mm over two days. Tyson is kept to one goal by Woods, whilst the Cardinals cannot cover injuries to key defender Tetley and rover Rainoldi.}}

Round 12

• A severely depleted West Perth produce an amazing comeback from 13.11 (89) to 3.8 (26) down at three-quarter time to be only 14 points down with five minutes to go before the Maroons – who had not entered attack all quarter – steady.}}

First interstate match

Second interstate match

Round 13

Round 14

• West Perth, with Tyson injured, outplay South Fremantle after a hard-fought first half.}}

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

• Albert Gook kicks seven as Victoria Park lead 19.22 (136) to 6.10 (46) at the last change before easing off.}}

Round 20

Round 21

• Claremont-Cottesloe end a run of thirteen straight losses.}}

Ladder

Finals

First semi-final

Second semi-final

Preliminary final

Grand Final

Main article: 1934 WANFL Grand Final

W. James for striking Morgan

Notes

References

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