1947 WANFL Premiership Season
The WAFL (West Australian Football League) is the premier League and governing body for Australian Football in Western Australia. Originally formed as the West Australian Football Association (WAFA) in 1885, the WAFL has undergone a variety of name changes since then, re-adopting its current name in 2001. The league currently consists of nine teams, which play each other in a 24-round season usually lasting from March to September, with the top five teams playing off in a finals series, culminating in a Grand Final.
1947 Ladder
| LP | Club | P | W | L | D | For | Agn | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Fremantle | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1798 | 1287 | 139.71 | 60 |
| 2 | West Perth | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1693 | 1422 | 119.06 | 56 |
| 3 | East Fremantle | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1736 | 1282 | 135.41 | 52 |
| 4 | Perth | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1463 | 1347 | 108.61 | 40 |
| 5 | East Perth | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1449 | 1386 | 104.55 | 40 |
| 6 | Claremont | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1337 | 1731 | 77.24 | 24 |
| 7 | Swan Districts | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1221 | 1822 | 67.01 | 16 |
| 8 | Subiaco | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1226 | 1646 | 74.48 | 12 |
| H&A | 75 | 75 | 75 | 0 | 11923 | 11923 | 100.00 | 300 | |
| Finals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 740 | 740 | 100.00 | 16 | |
| Total | 79 | 79 | 79 | 0 | 12663 | 12663 | 100.00 | 316 |
1947 Round by Round
Round
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
1SF |
2SF |
PF |
GF
Round 1[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Swan Districts | 3.2 | 7.2 | 11.6 | 13.12 | 90 | Sat 26-Apr-1947 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 2,225 | |
| South Fremantle | 3.2 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 13.13 | 91 | South Fremantle won by 1 point | |||
| West Perth | 4.6 | 6.10 | 10.12 | 16.14 | 110 | Sat 26-Apr-1947 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 5,647 | |
| East Perth | 0.4 | 4.5 | 6.10 | 7.14 | 56 | West Perth won by 54 points | |||
| Claremont | 5.4 | 7.6 | 10.10 | 12.11 | 83 | Sat 26-Apr-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 2,684 | |
| Subiaco | 3.2 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.13 | 55 | Claremont won by 28 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 5.6 | 10.11 | 11.16 | 12.16 | 88 | Sat 26-Apr-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 3,394 | |
| Perth | 3.3 | 6.4 | 9.8 | 9.13 | 67 | East Fremantle won by 21 points | |||
Round 2[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| South Fremantle | 7.4 | 10.7 | 18.12 | 21.17 | 143 | Sat 3-May-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 6,134 | |
| West Perth | 1.1 | 3.8 | 3.10 | 5.12 | 42 | South Fremantle won by 101 points | |||
| East Perth | 4.2 | 7.8 | 9.15 | 12.16 | 88 | Sat 3-May-1947 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 3,948 | |
| Swan Districts | 0.4 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 42 | East Perth won by 46 points | |||
| Claremont | 2.1 | 4.3 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 55 | Sat 3-May-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 3,231 | |
| Perth | 1.0 | 5.3 | 8.6 | 12.11 | 83 | Perth won by 28 points | |||
| Subiaco | 1.5 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 8.9 | 57 | Mon 5-May-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 5,794 | |
| East Fremantle | 1.1 | 7.1 | 14.2 | 15.5 | 95 | East Fremantle won by 38 points | |||
Round 3[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Swan Districts | 2.2 | 8.5 | 10.7 | 13.11 | 89 | Sat 10-May-1947 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 2,967 | |
| West Perth | 8.4 | 9.4 | 12.15 | 14.17 | 101 | West Perth won by 12 points | |||
| South Fremantle | 4.5 | 11.12 | 13.13 | 16.20 | 116 | Sat 10-May-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 5,247 | |
| East Perth | 2.7 | 3.10 | 8.17 | 10.21 | 81 | South Fremantle won by 35 points | |||
| Perth | 1.1 | 8.5 | 11.7 | 17.16 | 118 | Sat 10-May-1947 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 3,607 | |
| Subiaco | 6.0 | 7.0 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 59 | Perth won by 59 points | |||
| Claremont | 3.3 | 4.4 | 8.7 | 9.13 | 67 | Sat 10-May-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 2,755 | |
| East Fremantle | 4.4 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 11.14 | 80 | East Fremantle won by 13 points | |||
Round 4[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Subiaco | 2.0 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 60 | Sat 17-May-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 3,293 | |
| West Perth | 3.12 | 6.13 | 9.17 | 10.20 | 80 | West Perth won by 20 points | |||
| Perth | 2.1 | 8.3 | 9.6 | 14.14 | 98 | Sat 17-May-1947 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 2,557 | |
| Swan Districts | 6.4 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 73 | Perth won by 25 points | |||
| East Perth | 3.5 | 5.11 | 8.17 | 11.19 | 85 | Sat 17-May-1947 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 2,760 | |
| Claremont | 2.2 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 10.10 | 70 | East Perth won by 15 points | |||
Round 5[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Swan Districts | 4.5 | 5.5 | 9.9 | 10.10 | 70 | Sat 24-May-1947 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 2,193 | |
| Subiaco | 3.1 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 9.10 | 64 | Swan Districts won by 6 points | |||
| West Perth | 5.3 | 8.7 | 13.8 | 15.9 | 99 | Sat 24-May-1947 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 8,211 | |
| Perth | 3.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.14 | 62 | West Perth won by 37 points | |||
| Claremont | 3.0 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 9.5 | 59 | Sat 24-May-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 3,476 | |
| South Fremantle | 7.5 | 8.8 | 13.15 | 17.21 | 123 | South Fremantle won by 64 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 3.5 | 5.7 | 14.10 | 19.12 | 126 | Sat 24-May-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 4,164 | |
| East Perth | 3.6 | 6.10 | 8.11 | 8.12 | 60 | East Fremantle won by 66 points | |||
Round 6[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Perth | 0.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 36 | Sat 31-May-1947 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 4,548 | |
| East Perth | 2.2 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 45 | East Perth won by 9 points | |||
| Claremont | 2.2 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 6.10 | 46 | Sat 31-May-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 2,684 | |
| Swan Districts | 3.0 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 9.5 | 59 | Swan Districts won by 13 points | |||
| South Fremantle | 5.0 | 10.2 | 12.7 | 17.12 | 114 | Mon 2-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 4,138 | |
| Subiaco | 3.3 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 55 | South Fremantle won by 59 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 3.4 | 3.6 | 8.14 | 9.17 | 71 | Mon 2-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 15,048 | |
| West Perth | 4.4 | 7.7 | 9.9 | 13.12 | 90 | West Perth won by 19 points | |||
Round 7[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| South Fremantle | 2.1 | 2.4 | 8.9 | 12.17 | 89 | Sat 7-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 3,804 | |
| Perth | 4.5 | 5.8 | 9.10 | 9.11 | 65 | South Fremantle won by 24 points | |||
| East Perth | 4.5 | 6.12 | 6.14 | 9.16 | 70 | Sat 7-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 2,727 | |
| Subiaco | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 45 | East Perth won by 25 points | |||
| Claremont | 3.1 | 7.9 | 7.11 | 11.18 | 84 | Sat 7-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 3,399 | |
| West Perth | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.13 | 5.13 | 43 | Claremont won by 41 points | |||
| Swan Districts | 5.5 | 8.7 | 11.11 | 11.13 | 79 | Sat 7-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 2,012 | |
| East Fremantle | 3.2 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 11.10 | 76 | Swan Districts won by 3 points | |||
Round 8[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| South Fremantle | 0.0 | 4.5 | 9.7 | 11.11 | 77 | Sat 14-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 4,964 | |
| Swan Districts | 3.3 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 8.11 | 59 | South Fremantle won by 18 points | |||
| East Perth | 0.2 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 7.11 | 53 | Sat 14-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 5,368 | |
| West Perth | 2.0 | 7.3 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 78 | West Perth won by 25 points | |||
| Subiaco | 4.0 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 56 | Sat 14-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 2,499 | |
| Claremont | 3.7 | 4.10 | 8.12 | 11.14 | 80 | Claremont won by 24 points | |||
| Perth | 3.2 | 4.3 | 6.12 | 8.16 | 64 | Sat 14-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 2,402 | |
| East Fremantle | 2.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 8.9 | 57 | Perth won by 7 points | |||
Round 9[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| West Perth | 3.2 | 8.5 | 12.12 | 16.13 | 109 | Sat 21-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 14,784 | |
| South Fremantle | 2.2 | 5.5 | 11.8 | 18.11 | 119 | South Fremantle won by 10 points | |||
| Swan Districts | 5.0 | 6.2 | 9.3 | 11.5 | 71 | Sat 21-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 2,711 | |
| East Perth | 2.4 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 10.9 | 69 | Swan Districts won by 2 points | |||
| Perth | 4.5 | 6.8 | 7.10 | 11.16 | 82 | Sat 21-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 2,624 | |
| Claremont | 3.1 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 12.6 | 78 | Perth won by 4 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 5.3 | 5.5 | 10.10 | 12.11 | 83 | Sat 21-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 2,099 | |
| Subiaco | 1.2 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 9.13 | 67 | East Fremantle won by 16 points | |||
Round 10[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| West Perth | 2.3 | 4.7 | 9.16 | 14.19 | 103 | Sat 28-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 5,320 | |
| Swan Districts | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 39 | West Perth won by 64 points | |||
| East Perth | 3.5 | 7.12 | 8.15 | 9.16 | 70 | Sat 28-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 4,217 | |
| South Fremantle | 1.4 | 5.7 | 7.12 | 9.15 | 69 | East Perth won by 1 point | |||
| Subiaco | 1.1 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 47 | Sat 28-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 1,981 | |
| Perth | 3.7 | 4.7 | 5.10 | 9.14 | 68 | Perth won by 21 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 6.6 | 11.12 | 17.16 | 26.23 | 179 | Sat 28-Jun-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 3,618 | |
| Claremont | 2.1 | 4.2 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 70 | East Fremantle won by 109 points | |||
Round 11[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| West Perth | 2.2 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 63 | Sat 5-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 2,977 | |
| Subiaco | 4.6 | 4.7 | 6.10 | 7.14 | 56 | West Perth won by 7 points | |||
| Swan Districts | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 23 | Sat 5-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 2,780 | |
| Perth | 4.4 | 10.10 | 15.16 | 17.19 | 121 | Perth won by 98 points | |||
| Claremont | 1.0 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 47 | Sat 5-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 3,401 | |
| East Perth | 6.6 | 10.8 | 14.13 | 20.16 | 136 | East Perth won by 89 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 3.3 | 3.5 | 8.8 | 9.10 | 64 | Sat 5-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 15,263 | |
| South Fremantle | 6.0 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 12.13 | 85 | South Fremantle won by 21 points | |||
Round 12[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Subiaco | 1.3 | 7.11 | 9.14 | 17.20 | 122 | Sat 12-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 1,801 | |
| Swan Districts | 4.3 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 40 | Subiaco won by 82 points | |||
| Perth | 3.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 44 | Sat 12-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 3,343 | |
| West Perth | 0.0 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 6.11 | 47 | West Perth won by 3 points | |||
| South Fremantle | 1.2 | 4.8 | 10.10 | 14.14 | 98 | Sat 12-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 2,363 | |
| Claremont | 2.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 45 | South Fremantle won by 53 points | |||
| East Perth | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.13 | 4.14 | 38 | Sat 12-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 5,665 | |
| East Fremantle | 2.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.10 | 52 | East Fremantle won by 14 points | |||
Round 13[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Subiaco | 4.1 | 5.6 | 7.6 | 10.8 | 68 | Sat 19-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 2,097 | |
| South Fremantle | 1.0 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 9.6 | 60 | Subiaco won by 8 points | |||
| Perth | 3.6 | 5.9 | 7.10 | 9.11 | 65 | Sat 19-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 3,088 | |
| East Perth | 2.1 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 9.6 | 60 | Perth won by 5 points | |||
| Swan Districts | 2.1 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 45 | Sat 19-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 836 | |
| Claremont | 2.2 | 3.3 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 49 | Claremont won by 4 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 1.6 | 5.10 | 9.11 | 11.15 | 81 | Sat 19-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 3,260 | |
| West Perth | 2.2 | 4.7 | 6.11 | 10.14 | 74 | East Fremantle won by 7 points | |||
Round 14[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Perth | 2.5 | 3.11 | 4.12 | 5.12 | 42 | Sat 26-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 5,298 | |
| South Fremantle | 0.1 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 9.5 | 59 | South Fremantle won by 17 points | |||
| Subiaco | 0.2 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 9.17 | 71 | Sat 26-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 4,647 | |
| East Perth | 2.6 | 4.11 | 6.12 | 7.15 | 57 | Subiaco won by 14 points | |||
| West Perth | 1.6 | 7.10 | 11.11 | 16.20 | 116 | Sat 26-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 3,232 | |
| Claremont | 1.3 | 4.6 | 10.6 | 13.6 | 84 | West Perth won by 32 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 7.5 | 7.8 | 13.11 | 16.12 | 108 | Sat 26-Jul-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 1,764 | |
| Swan Districts | 0.2 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 8.10 | 58 | East Fremantle won by 50 points | |||
Round 15[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| South Fremantle | 3.4 | 7.7 | 13.8 | 15.9 | 99 | Sat 16-Aug-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 8,477 | |
| West Perth | 4.4 | 5.9 | 6.15 | 12.17 | 89 | South Fremantle won by 10 points | |||
| Swan Districts | 3.2 | 6.5 | 8.8 | 11.11 | 77 | Sat 16-Aug-1947 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 1,586 | |
| East Perth | 3.2 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 15.12 | 102 | East Perth won by 25 points | |||
| Perth | 2.3 | 5.6 | 8.7 | 12.13 | 85 | Sat 16-Aug-1947 12:00 pm | W.A.C.A. | 3,734 | |
| Claremont | 7.5 | 9.5 | 11.9 | 15.12 | 102 | Claremont won by 17 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 5.1 | 11.7 | 14.8 | 22.15 | 147 | Sat 16-Aug-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 5,085 | |
| Subiaco | 6.3 | 7.4 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 65 | East Fremantle won by 82 points | |||
Round 16[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| East Fremantle | 1.4 | 7.9 | 10.11 | 15.18 | 108 | Sat 23-Aug-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 3,014 | |
| Claremont | 6.3 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 11.12 | 78 | East Fremantle won by 30 points | |||
| Subiaco | 1.1 | 3.8 | 5.10 | 11.16 | 82 | Sat 23-Aug-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 3,852 | |
| Perth | 1.7 | 5.10 | 10.18 | 11.20 | 86 | Perth won by 4 points | |||
| East Perth | 2.5 | 5.8 | 7.14 | 11.20 | 86 | Sat 23-Aug-1947 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 7,184 | |
| South Fremantle | 4.2 | 8.7 | 11.13 | 14.16 | 100 | South Fremantle won by 14 points | |||
| West Perth | 4.3 | 9.12 | 18.16 | 22.16 | 148 | Sat 23-Aug-1947 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 2,648 | |
| Swan Districts | 2.4 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 12.8 | 80 | West Perth won by 68 points | |||
Round 17[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| West Perth | 6.9 | 9.13 | 13.15 | 16.16 | 112 | Sat 30-Aug-1947 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 4,408 | |
| Subiaco | 1.1 | 7.6 | 9.6 | 12.10 | 82 | West Perth won by 30 points | |||
| Swan Districts | 0.1 | 2.8 | 6.9 | 9.14 | 68 | Sat 30-Aug-1947 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 1,198 | |
| Perth | 8.5 | 12.9 | 18.13 | 20.15 | 135 | Perth won by 67 points | |||
| East Perth | 4.1 | 9.5 | 12.9 | 17.14 | 116 | Sat 30-Aug-1947 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 3,013 | |
| Claremont | 4.4 | 8.9 | 10.10 | 13.11 | 89 | East Perth won by 27 points | |||
| East Fremantle | 6.1 | 9.7 | 13.9 | 19.14 | 128 | Sat 30-Aug-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 11,411 | |
| South Fremantle | 5.5 | 6.6 | 12.11 | 14.13 | 97 | East Fremantle won by 31 points | |||
Round 18[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Swan Districts | 2.4 | 5.7 | 10.9 | 13.12 | 90 | Sat 6-Sep-1947 12:00 pm | Bassendean Oval | 748 | |
| East Fremantle | 6.4 | 14.7 | 18.9 | 21.13 | 139 | East Fremantle won by 49 points | |||
| West Perth | 4.3 | 6.8 | 11.13 | 16.17 | 113 | Sat 6-Sep-1947 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 3,779 | |
| Claremont | 3.3 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 9.12 | 66 | West Perth won by 47 points | |||
| Subiaco | 3.2 | 6.8 | 7.10 | 10.14 | 74 | Sat 6-Sep-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 3,625 | |
| East Perth | 3.4 | 10.5 | 13.10 | 19.12 | 126 | East Perth won by 52 points | |||
| South Fremantle | 6.2 | 14.9 | 19.11 | 25.15 | 165 | Sat 6-Sep-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 5,443 | |
| Perth | 0.6 | 2.7 | 9.12 | 13.16 | 94 | South Fremantle won by 71 points | |||
Round 19[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| West Perth | 4.3 | 7.6 | 11.7 | 11.10 | 76 | Sat 13-Sep-1947 12:00 pm | Leederville Oval | 4,580 | |
| East Fremantle | 4.1 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 54 | West Perth won by 22 points | |||
| Claremont | 0.1 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 12.13 | 85 | Sat 13-Sep-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 535 | |
| Swan Districts | 1.4 | 1.7 | 5.12 | 9.15 | 69 | Claremont won by 16 points | |||
| East Perth | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 7.9 | 51 | Sat 13-Sep-1947 12:00 pm | Perth Oval | 3,918 | |
| Perth | 1.3 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 48 | East Perth won by 3 points | |||
| South Fremantle | 1.3 | 3.9 | 7.12 | 13.16 | 94 | Sat 13-Sep-1947 12:00 pm | Fremantle Oval | 1,276 | |
| Subiaco | 2.4 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 5.11 | 41 | South Fremantle won by 53 points | |||
1947 Ladder
| LP | Club | P | W | L | D | For | Agn | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Fremantle | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1798 | 1287 | 139.71 | 60 |
| 2 | West Perth | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1693 | 1422 | 119.06 | 56 |
| 3 | East Fremantle | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1736 | 1282 | 135.41 | 52 |
| 4 | Perth | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1463 | 1347 | 108.61 | 40 |
| 5 | East Perth | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1449 | 1386 | 104.55 | 40 |
| 6 | Claremont | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1337 | 1731 | 77.24 | 24 |
| 7 | Swan Districts | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1221 | 1822 | 67.01 | 16 |
| 8 | Subiaco | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1226 | 1646 | 74.48 | 12 |
| H&A | 75 | 75 | 75 | 0 | 11923 | 11923 | 100.00 | 300 | |
| Finals | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 740 | 740 | 100.00 | 16 | |
| Total | 79 | 79 | 79 | 0 | 12663 | 12663 | 100.00 | 316 |
First Semi-final
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| East Fremantle | 3.8 | 3.8 | 9.14 | 10.18 | 78 | Sat 20-Sep-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 15,808 | |
| Perth | 4.0 | 9.2 | 11.4 | 14.10 | 94 | Perth won by 16 points | |||
Second Semi-final
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| South Fremantle | 7.3 | 11.3 | 15.5 | 20.8 | 128 | Sat 27-Sep-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 23,847 | |
| West Perth | 3.2 | 7.3 | 9.8 | 13.9 | 87 | South Fremantle won by 41 points | |||
Preliminary Final
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Perth | 2.3 | 5.5 | 11.9 | 13.10 | 88 | Sat 4-Oct-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 21,168 | |
| West Perth | 0.2 | 6.7 | 12.9 | 16.12 | 108 | West Perth won by 20 points | |||
Grand Final
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| South Fremantle | 1.1 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 13.8 | 86 | Sat 11-Oct-1947 12:00 pm | Subiaco Oval | 27,112 | |
| West Perth | 3.9 | 4.10 | 9.15 | 9.17 | 71 | South Fremantle won by 15 points | |||