1929 WAFL season

South Fremantle come back from 31 points down to beat Perth, whilst Claremont-Cottesloe record a first-ever win^[11] over an "experimental" East Fremantle lineup^[12]

No teams had two wins after two rounds, as a succession of close finishes and the defeat of all the opening round victors suggested at this early stage that the seven clubs were very evenly matched.^[16]

West Perth score a century against Old Easts for the first time, ending the longest sequence of scores under 100 by one club against another.^[23]

South Fremantle, with Sol Lawn maintaining an average of six goals a game despite Perth's wettest May since 1879^[27] win their fifth on end in a match memorable for former umpire Percy Trotter, who was a spectator, officiating in the last quarter after field umpire Frank O‘Connor had to leave the field because of a twisted knee and was replaced by boundary umpire Oakley.^[28]

• Claremont-Cottesloe led East Perth 7.8 (50) to 0.2 (2) at quarter-time before holding on to win by only four points; umpire Trotter was mobbed after the game^[41]

Claremont-Cottesloe entered the top four for the first time in their history with a skilful display of precise ball movement that leaves them the sole unbeaten team since the clubs had met each other once.

• Alan Evans kicked ten goals for Perth, and Frank Hopkins kicked eight goals for West Perth.
• East Perth lost its eighth consecutive match, breaking its club-record from 1911 record of seven consecutive losses. The streak ultimately finished at 15 matches, which remains the club record as of 2014.^[50]

• East Perth suffered its heaviest loss until 1984,^[57] and East Fremantle kicked the highest WAFL score since 1917.^[58]
• Castles of South Fremantle missed with the last kick of the match, allowing West Perth to achieve a narrow win after being behind almost all day.

• The South Fremantle versus Perth game is brought forward fourteen weeks to allow Perth to tour the eastern states during a break for interstate football, and played as the only match on the days of the King's Cup horse race.^[16] Sol Lawn kicked eight goals.
• The match between Subiaco and West Perth was affected by a hailstorm at three-quarter time, which saw players and spectators seek shelter for several minutes away from the grandstand, though there was no actual interruption.^[65]

Claremont-Cottesloe kick their highest score in the WA(N)FL until 1937 and their first ever twenty-goal score,^[69] leaving West Perth as the only existing club not to have scored twenty goals in a game.^{[note 2]} The result leaves the Tigers three wins clear inside the top four.

Subiaco's second-half recovery to beat South Fremantle leaves the red and whites' battle with Claremont-Cottesloe a must-win for the latter team to remain with a final chance owing to their last-round bye and poor percentage.^[76]

Claremont-Cottesloe dropped out of the running for the finals, but Perth kept its chances of playing major round football alive by easily beating East Fremantle, who were resting players for the finals.

• Sol Lawn kicked thirteen goals to finish with ninety for the home-and-away season, in the process beating Bonny Campbell's 1926 record of 82 for the home-and-away season and 89 for a full season with finals to come.^[80]
• East Perth ended its fifteen-match losing streak with a thrilling comeback win over minor premiers East Fremantle.
• Subiaco played Perth in a match which directly determined which club finished fourth. Subiaco won convincingly, and with Faul dominating they kicked 11.6 (72) to 1.5 (11) after half-time.

The crowd established a record for a club match at Fremantle Oval^[83]