2011 WAFL Grand Final

2011 WAFL Grand Final
Claremont Subiaco
19.13 (127) 10.11 (71)
Date 25 September 2011
Stadium Patersons Stadium
Attendance 15,459
Accolades
Simpson Medal Beau Wilkes (Claremont)
Broadcast in Australia
Network ABC1 (television)
720 ABC (radio)
ABC Grandstand (radio/online)

The 2011 WAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Claremont Football Club and the Subiaco Football Club, on 25 September 2011 at Patersons Stadium, to determine the premier team of the West Australian Football League (WAFL) for the 2011 season.[1] Claremont won the game by 56 points, 19.13 (127) to 10.11 (71), with Beau Wilkes of Claremont winning the Simpson Medal as best on ground. The attendance of 15,459 was the lowest since 8,991 people attended the 1944 Grand Final.[2]

Lead-up to the grand final

The two teams had previously met twice in the season, with Claremont winning both encounters.

Claremont

Claremont had lost by one point to Swan Districts in the previous year's Grand Final, and finished minor premiers in 2011, winning fifteen games and losing five. The club won eight of their first ten matches.

Subiaco

The club won only three of their first ten matches, but drew back later in the season to win nine of their last ten matches, including the first semi-final, against South Fremantle, and preliminary final, against West Perth.

Claremont Subiaco
Rd.1 East Fremantle BYE
Rd.2 Swan Districts West Perth
Rd.3 Peel Thunder East Fremantle
Rd.4 East Perth Perth
Rd.5 Subiaco Claremont
Rd.6 BYE East Perth
Rd.7 West Perth South Fremantle
Rd.8 Perth BYE
Rd.9 East Fremantle Swan Districts
Rd.10 South Fremantle Peel Thunder
Rd.11 Swan Districts Perth
Rd.12 Subiaco Claremont
Rd.13 BYE East Perth
Rd.14 Perth East Fremantle
Rd.15 South Fremantle West Perth
Rd.16 West Perth South Fremantle
Rd.17 BYE BYE
Rd.18 Peel Thunder Swan Districts
Rd.19 East Perth Peel Thunder
Rd.20 BYE Perth
Rd.21 Swan Districts East Perth
Rd.22 East Fremantle BYE
Rd.23 Peel Thunder East Fremantle
Rd.24 East Perth Peel Thunder
SF West Perth South Fremantle
SF DNP West Perth
GF Subiaco Claremont
Legend:   Win   Loss

Teams

Claremont

FB: Clancy Rudeforth (c) Brandon Franz Brett Jones
HB: Alroy Gilligan David Crawford Trinity Handley
C: Tom Swift Kane Mitchell Lewis Stevenson
HF: Gerrick Weedon Beau Wilkes Ian Richardson
FF: Andrew Foster Chad Jones Luke Blackwell
R: Mitch Andrews Andrew Browne Byron Schammer
I: Jake Murphy Clay McLernon Tom Lee
Jesse Laurie
Coach: Simon McPhee

Subiaco

FB: Robert Forrest Darren Rumble Kane Bloxsidge
HB: Rhett Kerr Aidan Parker (c) Des Headland
C: Shaun Hildebrandt Chris Phelan Pat Hassett
HF: Kyal Horsley Bradley Stevenson Jason Bristow
FF: Danny Hughes Blake Broadhurst Reece Blechynden
R: Clancy Wheeler Adam Cockie Abe Davey
I: Ben Randall Allistair Pickett Scott Worthington
George Hampson
Coach: Chris Waterman

Match

2011 WAFL Grand Final
Saturday, 25 September 2:15pm Claremont def. Subiaco Patersons Stadium (Crowd: 15,459) Report
6.3 (39)
10.7 (67)
13.12 (90)
19.13 (127)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
4.3 (27)
6.6 (42)
8.9 (57)
10.11 (71)
Umpires: Hendrie, Parry, McPhee
Simpson Medal: Beau Wilkes
Television broadcast: ABC1
Wilkes 5
Gilligan 3
Handley, Richardson, Rudeforth 2
Crawford, Foster, Lee, Schammer, Weedon 1
Goals 3 Broadhurst, Headland
2 Pickett
1 Kerr, B. Stevenson,
Wilkes, Andrews, Mitchell, Gilligan, Murphy, B Jones, Foster Best Bristow, Horsley, Kerr, Blechynden, Headland
Murphy (head) Injuries Wheeler (head), Randall (ankle)
Reports Headland (forceful front-on contact)

References

  1. WAFL Grand Final preview – wafl.com.au. Published 22 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  2. Premiers – wafl.com.au. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
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