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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">1976 WAFL season</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Teams</th><td class="infobox-data">8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Premiers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a><span class="nowrap"><br /> 6th premiership</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minor premiers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a><span class="nowrap"><br /> 14th minor premiership</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sandover_Medal" title="Sandover Medal">Sandover Medallist</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Spencer_(footballer)" title="Peter Spencer (footballer)">Peter Spencer</a> (<a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Bernie_Naylor_Medal" title="Bernie Naylor Medal">Bernie Naylor Medallist</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Norm Uncle (<a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Matches played</th><td class="infobox-data">88</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><div style="width:100%"><div style="float: left; text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1975_WANFL_season" title="1975 WANFL season">1975</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1977_WANFL_season" title="1977 WANFL season">1977</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1976 WANFL season</b> was the 92nd season of the <a href="/wiki/West_Australian_Football_League" title="West Australian Football League">Western Australian National Football League</a> in its various incarnations. </p><p>After a half-decade in which the fortunes of all WANFL clubs, with the exception of East Perth, fluctuated severely, 1975 and 1976 saw a return to more stability, with Perth establishing themselves along with East Perth and South Fremantle as the top three of the league. Claremont, six games clear on the bottom in 1975, began with seven wins from ten matches but won only once more, whilst 1975 premiers West Perth had a disastrous start with injuries but recovered in June and July to clearly re-establish themselves as one of the top bracket. </p><p>Under coach <a href="/wiki/Ken_Armstrong_(Australian_rules_footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ken Armstrong (Australian rules footballer)">Ken Armstrong</a>, the Demons won their first premiership since <a href="/wiki/Mal_Atwell" title="Mal Atwell">Mal Atwell</a>'s great team from 1968 – remarkably not one 1968 premiership player appeared eight years later.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the other end of the ladder, 1950s cellar dwellers Subiaco and Swan Districts returned to that position, with the Lions winning only two of their first nineteen games as they lost with no adequate replacements all but twelve of their 1973 senior players to either the VFL, retirement or, with <a href="/wiki/Mick_Malone_(cricketer)" title="Mick Malone (cricketer)">Mick Malone</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> cricket commitments.<sup id="cite_ref-diehards_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diehards-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The scoring in 1976 increased to a record average score of 108.05 points per team per game beating the previous record of 101.21 from 1970, a figure to be exceeded in each of the next eleven seasons. From the eighth home-and-away round the WANFL followed <a href="/wiki/1976_VFL_season" title="1976 VFL season">the VFL</a> in introducing a second field umpire, a move instantly regarded as a success.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another innovation, in this case five years ahead of the VFL, was playing two games on Sunday afternoons for the first time. Although rated a success, it was not repeated until 1982. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home-and-away_season">Home-and-away season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Home-and-away season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_1">Round 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Round 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 1 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 3 April </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 18.19 (127) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 13.15 (93) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Oval" title="Fremantle Oval">Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 13197) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 3 April </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 11.12 (78) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 25.13 (163) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Leederville_Oval" title="Leederville Oval">Leederville Oval</a> (crowd: 15996) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 3 April </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 12.15 (87) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 14.6 (90) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Lathlain_Park" title="Lathlain Park">Lathlain Park</a> (crowd: 10106) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 3 April </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 10.14 (74) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 17.17 (119) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 8433) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>1975 premiers West Perth's depleted side offers no answer to the Royal midfield whilst 17-year-old full-back <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Hendriks" title="Geoff Hendriks">Geoff Hendriks</a> conceded nine goals to Archie Duda,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who missed 1975 with cartilage problems.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>With Norm Uncle kicking seven goals and contrasting with inaccuracy by the Demons, 1975 wooden spooners Claremont win a thriller otherwise dominated by several Victorian imports.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_2">Round 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Round 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 2 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 10 April </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 17.15 (117) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 17.13 (115) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Bassendean_Oval" title="Bassendean Oval">Bassendean Oval</a> (crowd: 10118) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 10 April </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 13.16 (94) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 12.16 (88) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth Oval">Perth Oval</a> (crowd: 15710) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 10 April </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 21.15 (141) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 8.5 (53) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Oval" title="Claremont Oval">Claremont Oval</a> (crowd: 8187) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 10 April </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 19.15 (129) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 15.12 (102) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Oval" title="East Fremantle Oval">East Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 8588) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>Subiaco, unable to retain any of their early-1970s stars,<sup id="cite_ref-diehards_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-diehards-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are demolished after half-time when Claremont move future <a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a> defender <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Worthington" title="Kevin Worthington">Kevin Worthington</a> to centre-half-forward and score 13.10 (88) to 2.1 (13).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Victorian recruits <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Magee" title="Stuart Magee">Stuart Magee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Casey" title="Gordon Casey">Gordon Casey</a> compensate for the loss of several stars from 1975 as Swans hold on after being thirty-two points ahead at half-time in a 1975 second semi-final replay.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_3_(Easter_weekend)"><span id="Round_3_.28Easter_weekend.29"></span>Round 3 (Easter weekend)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Round 3 (Easter weekend)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 3 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 17 April </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 15.10 (100) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 21.19 (145) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Leederville_Oval" title="Leederville Oval">Leederville Oval</a> (crowd: 16014) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 17 April </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 16.19 (115) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 10.17 (77) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Lathlain_Park" title="Lathlain Park">Lathlain Park</a> (crowd: 7208) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Monday, 19 April </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 27.16 (178) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 13.12 (90) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth Oval">Perth Oval</a> (crowd: 17149) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Monday, 19 April </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 16.10 (106) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 16.11 (107) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Oval" title="East Fremantle Oval">East Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 13060) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>South Fremantle take revenge for their humiliating 1975 Grand Final defeat with a nine-goal burst in fifteen minutes of the third quarter after the Cardinals took the lead.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Claremont equal their 1975 win tally after an amazing comeback from 6.6 (42) to 13.5 (83) down early in the third quarter. East Fremantle fail to goal in the final forty-five minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_4">Round 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Round 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 4 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Monday, 26 April </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 12.14 (86) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 18.16 (124) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 7028) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Monday, 26 April </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 14.16 (100) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 17.15 (117) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Oval" title="Fremantle Oval">Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 11010) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Monday, 26 April </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 16.19 (115) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 15.7 (97) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Oval" title="Claremont Oval">Claremont Oval</a> (crowd: 14967) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Monday, 26 April </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 15.14 (104) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 19.16 (130) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Bassendean_Oval" title="Bassendean Oval">Bassendean Oval</a> (crowd: 9740) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>Owing to an interstate game, this WANFL round was played on the Monday following <a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day" title="Anzac Day">Anzac Day</a>.</li> <li>Claremont's size, strength and stamina allows the Tigers to outlast East Perth and exceed their 1975 win tally in a month.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>With the return of 1973 leading goalkicker Phil Smith after playing 1974 <a href="/wiki/Woodville_Football_Club" title="Woodville Football Club">at Woodville</a> and missing 1975 due to injury,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> West Perth easily win the battle of the only winless clubs.</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_5">Round 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Round 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 5 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 1 May </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 29.22 (196) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 7.6 (48) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Oval" title="Fremantle Oval">Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 6578) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 1 May </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 11.10 (76) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 10.14 (74) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Lathlain_Park" title="Lathlain Park">Lathlain Park</a> (crowd: 8587) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 1 May </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 16.16 (112) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 17.11 (113) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Oval" title="Claremont Oval">Claremont Oval</a> (crowd: 9776) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 1 May </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 13.11 (89) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 12.12 (84) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth Oval">Perth Oval</a> (crowd: 10175) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <p>Subiaco record the biggest loss in the WANFL since they themselves lost to South Fremantle in 1953,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> despite <a href="/wiki/Ray_Bauskis" title="Ray Bauskis">Ray Bauskis</a> kicking 6.10 (46).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_6">Round 6</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Round 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 6 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 8 May </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 21.10 (136) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 13.9 (87) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Bassendean_Oval" title="Bassendean Oval">Bassendean Oval</a> (crowd: 11360) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 8 May </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 9.10 (64) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 15.19 (109) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 6792) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 8 May </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 18.13 (121) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 21.10 (136) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Oval" title="East Fremantle Oval">East Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 14976) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sunday, 9 May </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 13.12 (90) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 15.20 (110) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Leederville_Oval" title="Leederville Oval">Leederville Oval</a> (crowd: 12047) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_7">Round 7</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Round 7"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 7 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 15 May </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 11.11 (77) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 12.14 (86) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 5833) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 15 May </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 17.18 (120) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 16.7 (103) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Lathlain_Park" title="Lathlain Park">Lathlain Park</a> (crowd: 8176) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 15 May </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 24.22 (166) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 10.8 (68) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Oval" title="Fremantle Oval">Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 13096) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 15 May </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 19.10 (124) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 16.12 (108) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Leederville_Oval" title="Leederville Oval">Leederville Oval</a> (crowd: 6513) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <p>Claremont's bubble bursts as – minus Mal Brown and Barry Price – on a partially soft ground they cannot match South Fremantle's skilled and speedy following division in which Eddie Bauskis is dominant.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_8">Round 8</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Round 8"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 8 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 22 May </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 18.10 (118) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 25.21 (171) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Bassendean_Oval" title="Bassendean Oval">Bassendean Oval</a> (crowd: 11870) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 22 May </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 20.13 (133) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 15.15 (105) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth Oval">Perth Oval</a> (crowd: 12092) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 22 May </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 15.9 (99) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 21.12 (138) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Oval" title="Claremont Oval">Claremont Oval</a> (crowd: 8585) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 22 May </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 19.21 (135) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 9.8 (62) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Oval" title="East Fremantle Oval">East Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 5880) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <p>Perth kick twenty of the last 26 goals after being down 1.2 (8) to 9.5 (59) as flag stars-to-be Wiley and Rosbender come to dominate. The last quarter Perth took thirty marks to ten and had 72 kicks to the Tigers’ 46.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_9">Round 9</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Round 9"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 9 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 29 May </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 20.22 (142) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 11.15 (81) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Leederville_Oval" title="Leederville Oval">Leederville Oval</a> (crowd: 6770) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 29 May </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 16.14 (110) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 27.14 (176) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Oval" title="Fremantle Oval">Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 10385) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 29 May </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 9.12 (66) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 19.12 (126) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 4875) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 29 May </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 27.12 (174) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 11.21 (87) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Lathlain_Park" title="Lathlain Park">Lathlain Park</a> (crowd: 6089) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>The return to form of <a href="/wiki/Bill_Valli" title="Bill Valli">Bill Valli</a>, discarded at the end of 1975, awakens West Perth, second last on the ladder, after Phil smith injures a knee again.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>With their win over a disappointing East Fremantle, Perth move two games clear inside the four despite having several key players in the reserves. Injury-plagued Chester McKean dominated the ruck.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_10">Round 10</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Round 10"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 10 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 5 June </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 21.10 (136) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 15.14 (104) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Oval" title="Fremantle Oval">Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 10127) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 5 June </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 20.9 (129) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 23.15 (153) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Bassendean_Oval" title="Bassendean Oval">Bassendean Oval</a> (crowd: 10680) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 5 June </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 16.8 (104) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 14.12 (96) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 5565) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 5 June </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 24.13 (157) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 8.21 (69) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Oval" title="Claremont Oval">Claremont Oval</a> (crowd: 7682) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>Despite losing the last three quarters and being without full-forward Gary Fathers, Subiaco win their first game for 1976 against the eventual premiers.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>With Norm Uncle kicking eight and veterans Bennett and Hayes back in form, Claremont suggest they will be a strong double chance candidate despite not displace South Fremantle from second.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_11">Round 11</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Round 11"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 11 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sunday, 13 June </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 27.18 (180) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 11.13 (79) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth Oval">Perth Oval</a> (crowd: 16785) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 19 June </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 14.17 (101) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 4.6 (30) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Leederville_Oval" title="Leederville Oval">Leederville Oval</a> (crowd: 5346) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 19 June </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 20.14 (134) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 12.15 (87) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Lathlain_Park" title="Lathlain Park">Lathlain Park</a> (crowd: 8418) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 19 June </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 24.11 (155) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 16.19 (115) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Oval" title="East Fremantle Oval">East Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 5900) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>Owing to National Football League matches against VFL and SANFL clubs, there were no WANFL games on Saturday 12 June</li> <li>In front of Claremont's second biggest home-and-away crowd to that point,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> East Perth, boosted by the move of full-back John Daniel to attack, crush the Tigers and stamp themselves as strong premiership favourites.</li> <li>On the first wet day of the season<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and despite West Perth “still disappointing” apart from seven-goal full-forward Northcott,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subiaco are the last WA(N)FL team goalless in the second and third quarters until East Fremantle against Claremont in the second last round of 1981.</li> <li>Perth blanket Brian Ciccosto and <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Rioli" title="Maurice Rioli">Maurice Rioli</a> to kick 10.4 (64) to 0.5 (5) during the third quarter and stand only percentage behind the Bulldogs in the quest for second position.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_12">Round 12</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Round 12"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 12 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 26 June </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 11.11 (77) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 13.12 (90) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 5519) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 26 June </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 20.13 (133) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 9.13 (67) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Leederville_Oval" title="Leederville Oval">Leederville Oval</a> (crowd: 8674) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 26 June </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 24.13 (157) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 21.13 (139) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Bassendean_Oval" title="Bassendean Oval">Bassendean Oval</a> (crowd: 8015) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 26 June </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 22.17 (149) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 17.10 (112) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Oval" title="East Fremantle Oval">East Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 8487) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>Ian Logan and veterans Whinnen and Dempsey return to their 1975 form to lift West Perth to sixth and suggest they still can defend their premiership.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>During the third quarter, Perth players were robbed of cash, watches and jewellery by a thief.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Claremont equal the 1970 record for the highest losing score in WANFL history<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in a shootout dominated by full-forwards Mark Olsen with nine goals and Norm Uncle with ten, including five in as many minutes during the third quarter.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_13">Round 13</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Round 13"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 13 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 3 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 22.19 (151) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 9.9 (63) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Lathlain_Park" title="Lathlain Park">Lathlain Park</a> (crowd: 9564) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 3 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 25.22 (172) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 9.5 (59) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth Oval">Perth Oval</a> (crowd: 6825) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 3 July </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 13.12 (90) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 22.15 (147) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Oval" title="Claremont Oval">Claremont Oval</a> (crowd: 8865) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 3 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 18.16 (124) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 10.12 (72) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Oval" title="Fremantle Oval">Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 12817) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>Unexpected moves, notable <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Rioli" title="Maurice Rioli">Maurice Rioli</a> to a back pocket, allow South of overcome being jumped by Old Easts for an easy derby win to keep second position.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>With the decline of early-season stars Barry Price (centre) and Greg Bennet (rover), Claremont look certain to lose their finals place as West Perth retain their 1975 form.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_14">Round 14</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Round 14"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 14 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 10 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 15.24 (114) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 11.7 (73) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Bassendean_Oval" title="Bassendean Oval">Bassendean Oval</a> (crowd: 5354) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 10 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 15.15 (105) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 10.9 (69) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth Oval">Perth Oval</a> (crowd: 12313) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 10 July </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 11.11 (77) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 12.20 (92) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Oval" title="Claremont Oval">Claremont Oval</a> (crowd: 8837) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 10 July </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 9.7 (61) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 9.11 (65) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Oval" title="East Fremantle Oval">East Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 8370) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>On a windy day, Perth thrash the Royals – flattered by the score – with a superb display in defence led by young full-back Brian Cook.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Whinnen" title="Mel Whinnen">Mel Whinnen</a>'s dominance and East Fremantle's repeated use of the “dead” side on a windswept ground ensure the Cardinals enter the four for the first time in 1976 – in the process blacking East Fremantle's only chance to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A magnificent goal by Swans’ <a href="/wiki/Garry_Sidebottom" title="Garry Sidebottom">Garry Sidebottom</a> after the black and whites looked like kicking themselves out of the contest at 5.16 (46) pushed Swan Districts to an easy win over the cellar-dwelling Lions.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_15">Round 15</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Round 15"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 15 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 17 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 19.21 (135) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 9.16 (70) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Oval" title="Fremantle Oval">Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 9670) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 17 July </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 17.14 (116) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 23.11 (149) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Leederville_Oval" title="Leederville Oval">Leederville Oval</a> (crowd: 13826) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 17 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 27.7 (169) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 20.13 (133) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Lathlain_Park" title="Lathlain Park">Lathlain Park</a> (crowd: 7292) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 17 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 20.22 (142) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 12.13 (85) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 4237) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>Perth's direct play and the roving of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wiley" title="Robert Wiley">Wiley</a> (seven goals) ensures they defeat an improved Claremont in a high-scoring game that was close for over a half.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Given an incentive of <a href="/wiki/Australian_dollar" title="Australian dollar">$</a>3,000 to win three games in the third series, Subiaco, with rovers <a href="/wiki/Vin_Catoggio" title="Vin Catoggio">Vin Catoggio</a> (in his third WANFL game), Graeme Schultz (ex-<a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a>) and Neil Randall dominant, thrash finals hopeful East Fremantle despite spearhead Fathers kicking 3.6 (24).<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Swan Districts do not goal until the 14-minute mark of the third quarter, becoming the last WA(N)FL team goalless at half-time until West Perth at Claremont Oval in the sixteenth round of 1989, as future <a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a> star <a href="/wiki/Stan_Magro" title="Stan Magro">Stan Magro</a> dominates the packs.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_16">Round 16</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Round 16"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 16 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 24 July </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 17.17 (119) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 25.11 (161) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Bassendean_Oval" title="Bassendean Oval">Bassendean Oval</a> (crowd: 7013) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 24 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 19.12 (126) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 15.8 (98) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth Oval">Perth Oval</a> (crowd: 13286) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 24 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 19.15 (129) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 12.13 (85) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Oval" title="Claremont Oval">Claremont Oval</a> (crowd: 5090) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 24 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 25.17 (167) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 14.14 (98) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Oval" title="East Fremantle Oval">East Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 5819) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>West Perth's impressive win over Swan Districts goes a long way towards sealing the four – the loser of the game between Claremont and East Fremantle became sure to drop out of the running.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Tom_Grljusich" title="Tom Grljusich">Tom Grljusich</a>'s 300th game of senior football, the Bulldogs struggle gamely after being outscored with the wind in the opening quarter, despite a superb lone hand in a depleted ruck by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Michael" title="Stephen Michael">Stephen Michael</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_17">Round 17</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Round 17"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 17 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 31 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 18.17 (125) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 15.16 (106) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Leederville_Oval" title="Leederville Oval">Leederville Oval</a> (crowd: 12660) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 31 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 24.23 (167) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 11.13 (79) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth Oval">Perth Oval</a> (crowd: 7567) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 31 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 20.19 (139) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 11.12 (78) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Lathlain_Park" title="Lathlain Park">Lathlain Park</a> (crowd: 5438) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 31 July </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 24.21 (165) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 14.7 (91) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Oval" title="East Fremantle Oval">East Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 8475) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>Without Mel Whinnen, West Perth nonetheless produce an impressive win led by the revitalised Bill Valli to give a look ominously similar to that before their devastating displays in the 1975 finals.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>East Fremantle show what “might have been” as they exploit superbly Claremont's roving weakness and end the Tigers’ finals hopes.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_18">Round 18</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Round 18"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 18 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 7 August </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 7.11 (53) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 23.24 (162) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 4525) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 7 August </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 13.17 (95) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 21.15 (141) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Oval" title="Fremantle Oval">Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 8072) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 7 August </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 10.12 (72) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 18.12 (120) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Oval" title="Claremont Oval">Claremont Oval</a> (crowd: 5285) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 7 August </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 6.17 (53) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 25.18 (168) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Bassendean_Oval" title="Bassendean Oval">Bassendean Oval</a> (crowd: 4220) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <p>Perth take second position with a convincing win over an injury-depleted South Fremantle, as Robert Wiley finally confirms himself Western Australia's best rover since <a href="/wiki/Barry_Cable" title="Barry Cable">Cable</a> with six goals and superb work on the ball.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_19">Round 19</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Round 19"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 19 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 14 August </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 8.21 (69) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 9.6 (60) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Oval" title="Fremantle Oval">Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 4098) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 14 August </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 15.15 (105) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 7.7 (49) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Lathlain_Park" title="Lathlain Park">Lathlain Park</a> (crowd: 7209) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 14 August </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 6.14 (50) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 6.16 (52) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Oval" title="Claremont Oval">Claremont Oval</a> (crowd: 3142) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 14 August </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 16.18 (114) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 9.12 (66) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Perth Oval">Perth Oval</a> (crowd: 5616) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>On Perth's wettest football day since the infamous “Swim Through Perth” of May 1956,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Perth produce a vintage display, holding West Perth to 1.7 (13) in the final three quarters whilst Murray Couper – given a roving commission – kicks 6.4 (40) himself.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Subiaco's stubborn backline and a five-goal burst in ten minutes nearly steals the game from an inaccurate South Fremantle – looking to get several key players into full fitness for the finals.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Claremont lose despite dominating the play as Victorian recruit Gordon Casey plays his best game for Swans and Tiger defender Kim Craig kicks a rare misdirected pass for the first of two winning behinds.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_20">Round 20</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Round 20"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 20 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 21 August </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 10.13 (73) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 19.12 (126) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Bassendean_Oval" title="Bassendean Oval">Bassendean Oval</a> (crowd: 6973) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 21 August </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 20.11 (131) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 17.10 (112) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 5642) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 21 August </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 20.21 (141) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 13.18 (96) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Leederville_Oval" title="Leederville Oval">Leederville Oval</a> (crowd: 7816) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 21 August </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 12.15 (87) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 29.15 (189) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Oval" title="East Fremantle Oval">East Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 12703) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <ul><li>Claremont coach <a href="/wiki/Mal_Brown" title="Mal Brown">Mal Brown</a> illegally brought back John Colreavy when Jeff Murray was injured in a collision with Norm Uncle, which led to the introduction of the interchange rule despite a West Perth protest.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In Colin Williams’ record 252nd match for the club, Subiaco win an amazing match with a record 19.3 (117) kicked in the third quarter<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before Subiaco's defence holds East Perth goalless in the last and overpowers the top-of-the-ladder Royals. Subiaco runner Darryl Foster was reported for abusive language.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_21">Round 21</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Round 21"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Round 21 </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 28 August </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> 16.13 (109) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> 13.13 (91) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 3817) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 28 August </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 10.7 (67) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 11.14 (80) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Lathlain_Park" title="Lathlain Park">Lathlain Park</a> (crowd: 9568) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 28 August </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 15.26 (116) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> 7.12 (54) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Oval" title="Fremantle Oval">Fremantle Oval</a> (crowd: 5962) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 28 August </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 13.12 (90) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> 8.14 (62) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Leederville_Oval" title="Leederville Oval">Leederville Oval</a> (crowd: 4828) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <p>A brilliant display by Sandover Medallist Spencer in wet conditions silences Perth's on-ball brigade to place the Demons in an uncomfortable position against West Perth in the first semi.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ladder">Ladder</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Ladder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1011077906">.mw-parser-output .sports-table-notes{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em}</style> <p><span class="anchor" id="sports-table-Ladder"></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>1976 ladder </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="190">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Point percentage">PP</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">16 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">5 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2696 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2004 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">134.5 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">64 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2576 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2062 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">124.9 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">56 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> <span style="font-weight:bold">(P)</span> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2414 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2026 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">119.2 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">56 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;"><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2346 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">2093 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:#CCFFCC;">112.1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:#CCFFCC;">48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/East_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="East Fremantle Football Club">East Fremantle</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">9 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2325 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2322 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">100.1 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">36 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Claremont_Football_Club" title="Claremont Football Club">Claremont</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2135 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2409 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">88.6 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">32 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Swan_Districts_Football_Club" title="Swan Districts Football Club">Swan Districts</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2053 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2726 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">75.3 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">28 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Football_Club" title="Subiaco Football Club">Subiaco</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">21 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">17 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">0 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1608 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2511 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">64.0 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">16 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://waflfootyfacts.net/season/games/results.php?Season=1976#Ladder">WAFL Footy Facts</a><br />Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold">(P)</span> Premiers</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Finals">Finals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_semi-final">First semi-final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: First semi-final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">First semi-final </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 4 September </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 20.18 (138) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Perth_Football_Club" title="West Perth Football Club">West Perth</a> 13.4 (82) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 23,091) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <p>Young ruckmen Dean Herbert and Wim Rosbender revitalised Perth to a remarkable comeback from 34 points down halfway through the third quarter to kick 16.7 (103) to 2.1 (13) for the remainder of the match.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_semi-final">Second semi-final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Second semi-final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Second semi-final </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 11 September </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;" align="right"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> 20.18 (138) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 15.15 (105) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 31,147) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <p>East Perth win well despite playing the last three quarters with sixteen fit players,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which leads to angry criticism by Bulldog coach Colin Beard about his team's last two finals efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preliminary_final">Preliminary final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Preliminary final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Preliminary final </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 18 September </td> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/South_Fremantle_Football_Club" title="South Fremantle Football Club">South Fremantle</a> 10.21 (81) </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> 20.19 (139) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 23,137) </td> <td style="font-size: 85%"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <p>A decision to give Perth first use of the wind backfires as an inaccurate South Fremantle are never in the match and coach Beard said he was ready to give up despite the club's confidence in him.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grand_Final">Grand Final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Grand Final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">1976 WANFL Grand Final </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Saturday, 25 September </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/East_Perth_Football_Club" title="East Perth Football Club">East Perth</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. by </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a> </td> <td style="font-size: 100%"><a href="/wiki/Subiaco_Oval" title="Subiaco Oval">Subiaco Oval</a> (crowd: 45,823) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.0 (12)<br />4.2 (26)<br />9.3 (57)<br /><span>11.3 (69)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;font-weight: bold;">Q1<br />Q2<br />Q3<br />Final </td> <td>3.5 (23)<br />6.10 (46)<br />10.12 (72)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">13.14 (92)</span> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top" colspan="2"><b>Umpires:</b> Ross Capes, Ron Powell<br /> <b><a href="/wiki/Simpson_Medal" title="Simpson Medal">Simpson Medal</a>:</b> Mal Day (<a href="/wiki/Perth_Football_Club" title="Perth Football Club">Perth</a>)<br /> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size: 85%">Duda 4, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Quartermaine_(footballer)" title="Alan Quartermaine (footballer)">Quatermaine</a> 3, Levetzke, Hamilton, Daniel, Verstegen </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>Goals</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%">Couper 4, Gibellini 3, Mitsopoulos 2, Hargrave, Farrant, Herbert, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wiley" title="Robert Wiley">Wiley</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%">Smith, Hamilton, Webster, McGinnty, Quartermaine, Spencer, Webster </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>Best</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%">Day, Gibellini, Herbert, Rosbender, Watt, Wiley, Will, Couper </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-top: 2px solid #D0E5F5" colspan="6"> <p>In a dour game in windy conditions, Perth via a superb defence<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> comfortably account for a Royal team only kept in the game by accuracy. </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-3"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">East, Alan (2004); <i>From Redlegs to Demons: A History of the Perth Football Club</i>; pp. 122-148</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">‘Malone Decides to Hang Up His Boots’; <i><a href="/wiki/The_West_Australian" title="The West Australian">The West Australian</a></i>, 26 April 1976, p. 58</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-diehards-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-diehards_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-diehards_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Spillman, Ken; <i>Diehards: The Story of the Subiaco Football Club 1946-2000</i>; pp. 178-185 <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9578185-0-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-9578185-0-5">0-9578185-0-5</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">‘Thumbs Up for Two Umpires’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 24 May 1976, p. 46</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘East Perth the Masters’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 5 April 1976, p. 55</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">‘Duda's Knee Goes Again’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 20 April 1976, p. 55</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">East, Alan; ‘Claremont Put Value into Their Dollars’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 5 April 1976, p. 55</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hopkins, Colin; ‘Worthington a Success Story, Too’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 12 April 1976, p. 78</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">East, Alan; ‘It Pays to Dig Deep at Swans’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 12 April 1976, p. 56</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">East, Alan; ‘East Perth Warp It All Up with One Burst’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 20 April 1976, pp. 79</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘South Explode to Victory in 15 Minutes’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 19 April 1976, p. 51</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘Claremont Grab Victory in Last Gasp’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 20 April 1976, pp. 56, 55</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘Claremont stand All Alone on Top’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 27 April 1976, pp. 76, 74</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">‘Smith's Back’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 26 April 1976, p. 58</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://australianfootball.com/clubs/biggest_losses/Subiaco/238">Subiaco: Biggest Losses</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">East, Alan; ‘South Are Supreme, Subiaco Pitiful’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 3 May 1976,p. 54</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘A Day to Remember for South Fans’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 17 May 1976, p. 66</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘Perth show How to Win a Game’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 24 May 1976, p. 47</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wright, Frank; ‘Valli Comes in from the Cold’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 31 May 1976, p. 78</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hopkins, Colin; ‘East Fremantle on the Skids’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 31 May 1976, p. 77</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘Subiaco Put Dent in Perth's Confidence’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 7 June 1976, p. 47</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wright, Frank; ‘Claremoent Shatter East F‘Tle’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 7 June 1976, p. 46</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://australianfootball.com/clubs/biggest_crowd/Claremont/80/129/100/ha">Claremont – Biggest Home-and-Away Crowds</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_display_type=dataDGraph&p_stn_num=009034&p_nccObsCode=136&p_month=06&p_startYear=1976">Perth Regional Office (009034) June 1976 rainfall</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">East, Alan; ‘West Perth Still Have Long Way to Go’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 21 June 1976, p. 51</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘Beware of Perth is the Warning’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 21 June 1976, p. 51</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘More like the West Perth of 1975’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 28 June 1976, p. 63</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">‘Perth Were Robbed’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 28 June 1976, p. 62</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://australianfootball.com/seasons/biggest_match_aggregates/WAFL_129">West Australian Football League: Highest Match Aggregate Scores</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131225095639/http://australianfootball.com/seasons/biggest_match_aggregates/WAFL_129">Archived</a> 25 December 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wright, Frank; ‘Olsen Was the Key for Swans’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 28 June 1976, p. 62</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘South Are Back in Business’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 5 July 1976, p. 59</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hopkins, Colin; ‘<a href="/wiki/Mal_Brown" title="Mal Brown">Brown</a> Has Few Tricks Left to Play’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 5 July 1976, p. 59</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘Perth Leave East Perth Standing – and Wondering’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 12 July 1976, p. 63</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hopkins, Colin; ‘East Fremantle Can Blame Themselves’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 12 July 1976, p. 62</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wright, Frank; ‘It Took One Long Goal’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 12 July 1976, p. 63</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">East, Alan; ‘Fewer Kicks, More Value the Story with Perth’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 19 July 1976, p. 78</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hopkins, Colin; ‘Subiaco Given $3000 Spur’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 19 July 1976, p. 78</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wright, Frank; ‘Magro the Key to South's Teamwork’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 19 July 1976, p. 79</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘West Perth the Foes This Week’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 26 July 1976, pp. 66, 68</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘East Perth Steal March on South’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 26 July 1976, p. 67</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘West Perth Are Dangers Again’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 2 August 1976, p. 58</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hopkins, Colin; ‘East Fremantle Put It All Together’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 2 August 1976, p. 58</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hopkins, Colin; ‘South Flaws Soon Exposed by Perth’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 9 August 1976, p. 79</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/weatherData/av?p_display_type=dataDGraph&p_stn_num=009034&p_nccObsCode=136&p_month=08&p_startYear=1976">Perth Regional Office (009034) August 1976 rainfall</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘Perth Are Just Cherry-Ripe for the Finals’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 16 August 1976, p. 51</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hopkins, Colin; ‘South Can Take Heart’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 16 August 1976, p. 50</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wright, Frank; ‘Casey Clicks in the Wet’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 16 August 1976, p. 51</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">‘West Perth to Protest on On-Off Player’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 23 August 1976, p. 72</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131104071109/http://waflfootyfacts.net/QtrHalfRecords.html#13">"WAFL Footy Facts: Most Combined Points in Third Quarter"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://waflfootyfacts.net/QtrHalfRecords.html">the original</a> on 4 November 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 April</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=WAFL+Footy+Facts%3A+Most+Combined+Points+in+Third+Quarter&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwaflfootyfacts.net%2FQtrHalfRecords.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1976+WANFL+season" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">‘Three on Charges’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 23 August 1976, p. 47</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘East Perth Take the Steam out of Perth’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 30 August 1976, p. 75</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘Herbert, Rosbender Were the Unsung Heroes’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 6 September 1976, p. 71</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘Two Mottoes Tell the Story of East Perth’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 13 September 1976, p. 55</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hopkins, Colin; ‘Beard Throws It Back to His Players’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 20 September 1976, p. 56</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Christian, Geoff; ‘It Was All Over By Quarter-Time’; <i>The West Australian</i>, 20 September 1976, p. 70</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">‘Perth's Defence Didn't Give One Centimetre’; in <i>The West Australian</i>; 27 September 1976; p. 75</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_WANFL_season&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wafl.com.au/fixtures-and-results/1976/undefined">Official WAFL website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160308210117/http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/WAFL/1976">Western Australian National Football League (WANFL), 1976</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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class="mw-redirect" title="1907 WAFA season">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_WAFL_season" title="1908 WAFL season">1908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1909_WAFL_season" title="1909 WAFL season">1909</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1910_WAFL_season" title="1910 WAFL season">1910</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1911_WAFL_season" title="1911 WAFL season">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_WAFL_season" title="1912 WAFL season">1912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_WAFL_season" title="1913 WAFL season">1913</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_WAFL_season" title="1914 WAFL season">1914</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_WAFL_season" title="1915 WAFL season">1915</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_WAFL_season" title="1916 WAFL season">1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_WAFL_season" title="1917 WAFL season">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_WAFL_season" title="1918 WAFL season">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1919_WAFL_season" title="1919 WAFL season">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_WAFL_season" title="1920 WAFL season">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_WAFL_season" title="1921 WAFL season">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_WAFL_season" title="1922 WAFL season">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_WAFL_season" title="1923 WAFL season">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_WAFL_season" title="1924 WAFL season">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1925_WAFL_season" title="1925 WAFL season">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_WAFL_season" title="1926 WAFL season">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_WAFL_season" title="1927 WAFL season">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_WAFL_season" title="1928 WAFL season">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_WAFL_season" title="1929 WAFL season">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_WAFL_season" title="1930 WAFL season">1930</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold; color:black; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 black, inset -1px -1px 0 black;;width:1%">WANFL era (1931–1979)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1931_WANFL_season" title="1931 WANFL season">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_WANFL_season" title="1932 WANFL season">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_WANFL_season" title="1933 WANFL season">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_WANFL_season" title="1934 WANFL season">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_WANFL_season" title="1935 WANFL season">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_WANFL_season" title="1936 WANFL season">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_WANFL_season" title="1937 WANFL season">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_WANFL_season" title="1938 WANFL season">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_WANFL_season" title="1939 WANFL season">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_WANFL_season" title="1940 WANFL season">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_WANFL_season" title="1941 WANFL season">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_WANFL_season" title="1942 WANFL season">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_WANFL_season" title="1943 WANFL season">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_WANFL_season" title="1944 WANFL season">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_WANFL_season" title="1945 WANFL season">1945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_WANFL_season" title="1946 WANFL season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_WANFL_season" title="1947 WANFL season">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_WANFL_season" title="1948 WANFL season">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_WANFL_season" title="1949 WANFL season">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_WANFL_season" title="1950 WANFL season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_WANFL_season" title="1951 WANFL season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_WANFL_season" title="1952 WANFL season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_WANFL_season" title="1953 WANFL season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_WANFL_season" title="1954 WANFL season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_WANFL_season" title="1955 WANFL season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_WANFL_season" title="1956 WANFL season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_WANFL_season" title="1957 WANFL season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_WANFL_season" title="1958 WANFL season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_WANFL_season" title="1959 WANFL season">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_WANFL_season" title="1960 WANFL season">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_WANFL_season" title="1961 WANFL season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_WANFL_season" title="1962 WANFL season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_WANFL_season" title="1963 WANFL season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_WANFL_season" title="1964 WANFL season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_WANFL_season" title="1965 WANFL season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_WANFL_season" title="1966 WANFL season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_WANFL_season" title="1967 WANFL season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_WANFL_season" title="1968 WANFL season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_WANFL_season" title="1969 WANFL season">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_WANFL_season" title="1970 WANFL season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_WANFL_season" title="1971 WANFL season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_WANFL_season" title="1972 WANFL season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_WANFL_season" title="1973 WANFL season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_WANFL_season" title="1974 WANFL season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_WANFL_season" title="1975 WANFL season">1975</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_WANFL_season" title="1977 WANFL season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_WANFL_season" title="1978 WANFL season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_WANFL_season" title="1979 WANFL season">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold; color:black; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 black, inset -1px -1px 0 black;;width:1%">Second WAFL era (1980–1996)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_WAFL_season" title="1980 WAFL season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_WAFL_season" title="1981 WAFL season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_WAFL_season" title="1982 WAFL season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_WAFL_season" title="1983 WAFL season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_WAFL_season" title="1984 WAFL season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_WAFL_season" title="1985 WAFL season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_WAFL_season" title="1986 WAFL season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_WAFL_season" title="1987 WAFL season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_WAFL_season" title="1988 WAFL season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_WAFL_season" title="1989 WAFL season">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_WASFL_season" title="1990 WASFL season">1990</a> (<i>WASFL</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_WAFL_season" title="1991 WAFL season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_WAFL_season" title="1992 WAFL season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_WAFL_season" title="1993 WAFL season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_WAFL_season" title="1994 WAFL season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_WAFL_season" title="1995 WAFL season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_WAFL_season" title="1996 WAFL season">1996</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold; color:black; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 black, inset -1px -1px 0 black;;width:1%">Westar Rules era (1997–2000)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_Westar_Rules_season" title="1997 Westar Rules season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Westar_Rules_season" title="1998 Westar Rules season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Westar_Rules_season" title="1999 Westar Rules season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Westar_Rules_season" title="2000 Westar Rules season">2000</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:gold; color:black; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 black, inset -1px -1px 0 black;;width:1%">Third WAFL era (2001–onwards)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2001_WAFL_season" title="2001 WAFL season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_WAFL_season" title="2002 WAFL season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_WAFL_season" title="2003 WAFL season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_WAFL_season" title="2004 WAFL season">2004</a></li> 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