The 1993 WAFL season was the 109th of the various incarnations of the
West Australian Football League
The West Australian Football League (WAFL "waffle" or "W-A-F-L") 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 f ...
. It saw an extraordinarily even competition amongst all the teams except Perth, with only three and a half games separating first and seventh and the smallest dispersion of winning percentages in the WAFL since 1921. West Perth's 13 wins and a percentage marginally under 100 is the fewest wins and lowest percentage to take top position in a major Australian Rules league: indeed no team had headed the ladder with a percentage nearly so low at any stage of a season except
Hawthorn during May of
1969
1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...
[Rogers, Stephen, ''The Complete Book of VFL Records''; p. 278. ] and Perth during June and July 1963.
After early pacesetters Swan Districts and the inconsistent if at times brilliant South Fremantle collapsed in the second half of the season, the bottom two clubs of 1992 in West Perth (already decided on a move
to Joondalup[Casellas, Ken; ‘Falcons Nestled in Promised Land’; '']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 continuousl ...
'', 25 April 1994, p. 61) and Claremont emerged as the favourites for the premiership as the home-and-away season and played off in the Grand Final, where the Falcons’ lack of key forwards ensured their defeat. On an individual level, the season was highlighted by Subiaco's Diamond Valley recruit
Jason Heatley
Jason Heatley (born 21 February 1972) is a former Australian rules football full-forward, who played for and during the 1990s.
Early career
Heatley played with the Wangaratta Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1991 and k ...
, discarded
by Fitzroy, kicking 111 goals in his first WAFL season and playing for the league after only five matches.
[Lague, Steve; ‘Blow-in Heatley Takes WAFL by Storm’; ''The West Australian'', 1 June 1993, p. 88]
This season saw the WAFL adopt 20-minute quarters with extended time-on, a change to be introduced into the AFL
for the following season.
[Wilson, Ray; ‘Coaches Critical of Short Quarters’; '' Inside Football'', 7 April 1993, p. 25]
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
Round 10 (Foundation Day)
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Ladder
Finals
Elimination Final
Qualifying Final
Semi-finals
Preliminary final
Grand Final
Notes
Owing to redevelopment of Perth Oval for soccer club Perth Glory
Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...
, East Perth moved to Leederville after the 1999 season.
References
External links
Official WAFL websiteWest Australian Football League Season 1993
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