1925 WAFL season

The new rule (as in the VFL) of awarding a free kick against a player who puts the ball out of bounds is regarded as a great success: it was estimated that in one game there were only seventeen stoppages.^[7]

Perth’s score was the first of twenty goals in the WAFL since 12 July 1919, when East Fremantle kicked 21.15 (141) against West Perth.^[11]

Subiaco, with Ahearn kicking eight goals in the absence of top goal-sneak Rodriguez, move to a clear top. In the process the Maroons end the most recent run of 100 games without reaching 100 points.^[18]

This is the most recent drawn game between Subiaco and South Fremantle.

• This was the second last time the WA(N)FL played matches on the King’s Birthday public holiday,^{[note 1]} though the VFL/AFL and SANFL have done so ever since.
• In a match noted for its brilliant high marking,^[24] Subiaco lose their unbeaten record as they fail to get a kick away when the bell sounds.

1924 wooden spooners West Perth, in rainy conditions, win their fourth straight game by thrashing a depleted Royal team with 8.9 (57) to 2.3 (15) after half-time.

South Australia hold off the locals in a thrilling match, in which a gate of £997^{[note 2]} showed the popularity of football.

• East Fremantle end the Cardinals’ run on another wet Saturday^[32] despite Flemming kicking six of their seven goals.
• South Fremantle win their first game against the depleted Royals, handicapped by injuries to captain Hebbard, Walsh, O‘Meara and Fletcher.

In a thrilling last stanza of a scrappy game, South Fremantle fail to obtain the decisive goal and kick the only 0.3 (3) of the whole last quarter.

• During the two weekends following this round, Western Australia were thrashed at the MCG by 8.10 (58) to 22.11 (143)^[42] and then at the Adelaide Oval on 1 August by 7.8 (50) to 12.22 (94).^[43]
• West Perth went on a tour of Tasmania at this time and played two games against representative teams there, beating Northern Tasmania 10.7 (67) to 7.10 (52) on 25 July^[44] and losing 8.5 (53) to 8.12 (60) against Southern Tasmania on 1 August.^[45]

• The Perth Oval match was postponed because West Perth were delayed in their return from Tasmania.^[3][49]
• The Cardinals, despite having only seventeen players, record a hollow victory over East Perth.^[48]

Subiaco seal the minor premiership as a result of East Perth’s shocking forward work in perfect conditions.

A dubious goal by Beaumont when Sharples almost certainly marked inside the field of play gives West Perth a narrow win.

• East Fremantle’s superior ground play in cold, wet and windy weather ensures them a clear win over the high-flying style of the Cardinals.^[60]
• West Perth never again scored only two goals in a match or a lower total score until 2014.^[61]

An eight-goal second quarter ensures East Perth upset the minor premiers, in the process avenging their loss in the corresponding match from 1924.^[62]

After losing star goalkicker Bonny Campbell with a broken bone in his ankle the Royals are crushed by a rugged East Fremantle outfit.^[63]