The Imperials Football Club was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

club based in

Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...

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. Formed in 1892, the club competed in the West Australian Junior Football Association for three seasons from 1892 to 1894, and was admitted to the senior West Australian Football Association in 1895.

History

The club is first mentioned in the fixtures for the 1892 junior football season, but it may have been formed before then. The last published premiership tables, produced in ''

The West Australian ''The West Australian'' is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, '' The Sunday Times''. It is the second-oldest continuous ...

'' on 27 September 1892, had Imperials first on 14 points, having won seven and lost one of their eight games. Imperials were admitted into the senior competition, the West Australian Football Association (WAFA), for the 1895 season. The club finished second-last in its debut season, ahead of , but were able to finish runner-up to

in 1896. The club disbanded at the end of the 1897 season, finishing with the success rate of 41.7%.

Foundation of East Fremantle

The club disbanded at the conclusion of the 1897 season, with many of its players and administrators forming the bulk of the

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, which was established the next season. A number of the club's players played with the newly formed , which was established before the 1898 season. Notable players included

David Christy David "Dolly" Christy (3 July 1869 – 2 July 1919) was an Australian rules footballer in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Christy was a highly successful ruckman and centre half-forward who was one of the founders of football in W ...

Wally Watts Walter Watts (17 June 1872 – 9 July 1946) was an Australian sportsman, best known as the oldest player to have played a senior game in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). Born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1872, Watts moved to Frem ...

, Tommy O'Dea, and Tom Wilson.Imperials
– FullPointsFooty. Retrieved 9 December 2011.

References

{{WAFL Former West Australian Football League clubs Australian rules football clubs established in 1892 Australian rules football clubs disestablished in 1897 Australian rules football clubs in Western Australia 1892 establishments in Australia 1897 disestablishments in Australia