1974 WANFL Season
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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 Gary Robert Malarkey (born 23 May 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer, who represented East Perth ( WAFL), Geelong (VFL/AFL), Geelong West ( VFA), Western Australia, and Victoria. A list of regular opponents that included Hudson, Qui ...
, who missed the second half of the season, and
Ken McAullay Kenneth James McAullay (born 29 September 1949) is a former Australian sportsman who played both first class cricket with Western Australia and Australian rules football for East Perth in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). A right-han ...
who did not play at all.Christian, Geoff; "East Perth and Perth in Gear"; ''The West Australian'', 31 March 1975, p. 47 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. On the other hand, Swan Districts, with full-forward Max George and big
Bob Beecroft Robert James Beecroft (born 11 January 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Swan Districts Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League ...
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 2 (Easter weekend)


Round 3


Round 4 (Anzac Day)


Round 5


Round 6


Round 7


Round 8


Round 9 (Foundation Day)


Round 10


Round 11


Round 12


Round 13


Round 14


Round 15


Round 16


Round 17


Round 18


Round 19


Round 20


Round 21


Ladder


Finals


First semi-final


Second semi-final


Preliminary final


Grand Final


References


External links


Official WAFL website

Western Australian National Football League (WANFL), 1974
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WANFL The West Australian Football League (WAFL) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The league currently consists of ten teams, which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September, ...