The 2011 WAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Claremont Football Club and the Subiaco Football Club, on 25 September 2011 at Patersons Stadium, to determine the premier team of the West Australian Football League (WAFL) for the 2011 season.[1] Claremont won the game by 56 points, 19.13 (127) to 10.11 (71), with Beau Wilkes of Claremont winning the Simpson Medal as best on ground. The attendance of 15,459 was the lowest since 8,991 people attended the 1944 Grand Final.[2]
| 2011 WAFL Grand Final | |||||
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| Date | 25 September 2011 | ||||
| Stadium | Patersons Stadium | ||||
| Attendance | 15,459 | ||||
| Accolades | |||||
| Simpson Medal | Beau Wilkes (Claremont) | ||||
| Broadcast in Australia | |||||
| Network | ABC1 (television) 720 ABC (radio) ABC Grandstand (radio/online) | ||||
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Lead-up to the grand final edit
The two teams had previously met twice in the season, with Claremont winning both encounters.
Claremont edit
Claremont had lost by one point to Swan Districts in the previous year's Grand Final, and finished minor premiers in 2011, winning fifteen games and losing five. The club won eight of their first ten matches.
Subiaco edit
The club won only three of their first ten matches, but drew back later in the season to win nine of their last ten matches, including the first semi-final, against South Fremantle, and preliminary final, against West Perth.
| Claremont | Subiaco | |||||||||
| Rd.1 | East Fremantle | BYE | ||||||||
| Rd.2 | Swan Districts | West Perth | ||||||||
| Rd.3 | Peel Thunder | East Fremantle | ||||||||
| Rd.4 | East Perth | Perth | ||||||||
| Rd.5 | Subiaco | Claremont | ||||||||
| Rd.6 | BYE | East Perth | ||||||||
| Rd.7 | West Perth | South Fremantle | ||||||||
| Rd.8 | Perth | BYE | ||||||||
| Rd.9 | East Fremantle | Swan Districts | ||||||||
| Rd.10 | South Fremantle | Peel Thunder | ||||||||
| Rd.11 | Swan Districts | Perth | ||||||||
| Rd.12 | Subiaco | Claremont | ||||||||
| Rd.13 | BYE | East Perth | ||||||||
| Rd.14 | Perth | East Fremantle | ||||||||
| Rd.15 | South Fremantle | West Perth | ||||||||
| Rd.16 | West Perth | South Fremantle | ||||||||
| Rd.17 | BYE | BYE | ||||||||
| Rd.18 | Peel Thunder | Swan Districts | ||||||||
| Rd.19 | East Perth | Peel Thunder | ||||||||
| Rd.20 | BYE | Perth | ||||||||
| Rd.21 | Swan Districts | East Perth | ||||||||
| Rd.22 | East Fremantle | BYE | ||||||||
| Rd.23 | Peel Thunder | East Fremantle | ||||||||
| Rd.24 | East Perth | Peel Thunder | ||||||||
| SF | West Perth | South Fremantle | ||||||||
| SF | DNP | West Perth | ||||||||
| GF | Subiaco | Claremont | ||||||||
| Legend: Win Loss | ||||||||||
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Teams edit
Claremont edit
| FB: | Clancy Rudeforth (c) | Brandon Franz | Brett Jones |
| HB: | Alroy Gilligan | David Crawford | Trinity Handley |
| C: | Tom Swift | Kane Mitchell | Lewis Stevenson |
| HF: | Gerrick Weedon | Beau Wilkes | Ian Richardson |
| FF: | Andrew Foster | Chad Jones | Luke Blackwell |
| R: | Mitch Andrews | Andrew Browne | Byron Schammer |
| I: | Jake Murphy | Clay McLernon | Tom Lee |
| Jesse Laurie | |||
| Coach: | Simon McPhee | ||
Subiaco edit
| FB: | Robert Forrest | Darren Rumble | Kane Bloxsidge |
| HB: | Rhett Kerr | Aidan Parker (c) | Des Headland |
| C: | Shaun Hildebrandt | Chris Phelan | Pat Hassett |
| HF: | Kyal Horsley | Bradley Stevenson | Jason Bristow |
| FF: | Danny Hughes | Blake Broadhurst | Reece Blechynden |
| R: | Clancy Wheeler | Adam Cockie | Abe Davey |
| I: | Ben Randall | Allistair Pickett | Scott Worthington |
| George Hampson | |||
| Coach: | Chris Waterman | ||
Match edit
| 2011 WAFL Grand Final | |||||
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| Saturday, 25 September 2:15pm | Claremont | def. | Subiaco | Patersons Stadium (crowd: 15,459) | Report |
| 6.3 (39) 10.7 (67) 13.12 (90) 19.13 (127) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
4.3 (27) 6.6 (42) 8.9 (57) 10.11 (71) |
Umpires: Hendrie, Parry, McPhee Simpson Medal: Beau Wilkes Television broadcast: ABC1 | ||
| Wilkes 5 Gilligan 3 Handley, Richardson, Rudeforth 2 Crawford, Foster, Lee, Schammer, Weedon 1 |
Goals | 3 Broadhurst, Headland 2 Pickett 1 Kerr, B. Stevenson, | |||
| Wilkes, Andrews, Mitchell, Gilligan, Murphy, B Jones, Foster | Best | Bristow, Horsley, Kerr, Blechynden, Headland | |||
| Murphy (head) | Injuries | Wheeler (head), Randall (ankle) | |||
| Reports | Headland (forceful front-on contact) | ||||
References edit
- ^ WAFL Grand Final preview Archived 23 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine – wafl.com.au. Published 22 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ Premiers Archived 26 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine – wafl.com.au. Retrieved 25 September 2011.