1961 WANFL season

The 1961 WANFL season was the 77th season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League.^[1]

1961 WAFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	Swan Districts 1st premiership
Minor premiers	East Perth 12th minor premiership
Matches played	88
← 1960 1962 →

Home-and-away season

Round 1

	Round 1
Saturday, 15 April	Swan Districts 12.11 (83)	def.	Perth 11.13 (79)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 5,102)
Saturday, 15 April	West Perth 9.11 (65)	def. by	East Perth 11.17 (83)	Leederville Oval
Saturday, 15 April	Subiaco 14.22 (106)	def.	Claremont 14.6 (90)	Subiaco Oval
Saturday, 15 April	East Fremantle 18.15 (123)	def.	South Fremantle 11.9 (75)	Fremantle Oval

Ladder

1961 ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	East Perth	21	19	2	0	2076	1600	129.8	76
2	Swan Districts (P)	21	12	7	2	2052	1750	117.3	52
3	Subiaco	21	11	10	0	1895	1940	97.7	44
4	East Fremantle	21	10	10	1	1755	1678	104.6	42
5	West Perth	21	9	12	0	1923	1847	104.1	36
6	Perth	21	8	12	1	1739	1847	94.2	34
7	Claremont	21	7	14	0	1848	2244	82.4	28
8	South Fremantle	21	6	15	0	1737	2119	82.0	24

Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Grand Final

	1961 WANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 7 October	East Perth	def. by	Swan Districts	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 41,102)
	1.2 5.6 8.10 12.15 (87)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.1 8.1 14.5 17.9 (111)	Umpires: Len Gardner Simpson Medal: Keith Slater (Swan Districts)