Claremont
"This quasi-mythological view of Claremont as ineffectual weaklings might arguably be said, in part, to have a geographical basis: the suburb of Claremont is one of the most tranquil and outwardly genteel in Perth. Moreover, Claremont was, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, one of very few genuine soccer strongholds in the colony/state of Western Australia ... Whatever the reason for the ‘cream-puff’ theory, the fact that it was essentially mythological in nature needs to be stressed. Premiership pennants in elite Australian football competitions such as the Western Australian Football League quite simply do not end up in the possession of ineffectual weaklings, and Claremont produced a number of flag-winning combinations well before the 1980s ... "
John Devaney on how the Tigers banished their genteel reputation to become a perennial WANFL powerhouse
1961 Season (WANFL) Fixture
Claremont's 1961 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-04-15 1 | A | Claremont | 2.1 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 14.6 | 90 | LOST | Subiaco | 3.11 | 9.15 | 13.22 | 14.22 | 106 | -16 | SUB | 1961-04-15 Apr 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-04-22 2 | H | Claremont | 3.1 | 11.4 | 14.6 | 17.10 | 112 | WON | West Perth | 1.7 | 5.8 | 12.11 | 15.11 | 101 | 11 | CLM | 1961-04-22 Apr 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-04-29 3 | A | Claremont | 4.2 | 8.4 | 10.4 | 15.5 | 95 | LOST | Swan Districts | 5.5 | 7.11 | 14.13 | 19.18 | 132 | -37 | BAS | 1961-04-29 Apr 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-05-06 4 | H | Claremont | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.11 | 59 | LOST | East Fremantle | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.17 | 131 | -72 | CLM | 1961-05-06 May 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-05-13 5 | H | Claremont | 5.3 | 6.8 | 9.13 | 16.15 | 111 | WON | South Fremantle | 4.1 | 8.3 | 11.5 | 14.10 | 94 | 17 | CLM | 1961-05-13 May 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-05-20 6 | A | Claremont | 3.1 | 7.8 | 11.9 | 16.9 | 105 | LOST | East Perth | 7.8 | 8.12 | 13.20 | 19.23 | 137 | -32 | POV | 1961-05-20 May 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-05-27 7 | H | Claremont | 6.7 | 13.13 | 19.15 | 23.18 | 156 | WON | Perth | 5.0 | 7.3 | 11.6 | 16.8 | 104 | 52 | CLM | 1961-05-27 May 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-06-03 8 | A | Claremont | 2.0 | 7.10 | 9.11 | 14.15 | 99 | LOST | Subiaco | 4.7 | 4.8 | 15.10 | 16.10 | 106 | -7 | CLM | 1961-06-03 Jun 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-06-10 9 | A | Claremont | 4.3 | 7.9 | 8.10 | 12.18 | 90 | LOST | West Perth | 1.6 | 7.12 | 12.19 | 16.20 | 116 | -26 | LEE | 1961-06-10 Jun 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-06-17 10 | H | Claremont | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 41 | LOST | Swan Districts | 5.5 | 10.7 | 17.10 | 25.14 | 164 | -123 | CLM | 1961-06-17 Jun 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-06-24 11 | A | Claremont | 4.2 | 6.7 | 9.12 | 11.23 | 89 | WON | East Fremantle | 3.1 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 62 | 27 | EFO | 1961-06-24 Jun 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-07-01 12 | A | Claremont | 3.8 | 6.9 | 10.16 | 13.16 | 94 | WON | South Fremantle | 1.2 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 13.8 | 86 | 8 | FRE | 1961-07-01 Jul 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-07-08 13 | H | Claremont | 2.6 | 4.9 | 5.10 | 6.14 | 50 | LOST | East Perth | 1.2 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 12.7 | 79 | -29 | CLM | 1961-07-08 Jul 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-07-22 14 | H | Claremont | 0.1 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 10.7 | 67 | LOST | Perth | 7.6 | 8.9 | 13.15 | 18.18 | 126 | -59 | CLM | 1961-07-22 Jul 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-07-29 15 | A | Claremont | 5.5 | 8.9 | 10.13 | 10.16 | 76 | LOST | Subiaco | 1.4 | 3.9 | 5.12 | 11.15 | 81 | -5 | SUB | 1961-07-29 Jul 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-08-05 16 | H | Claremont | 3.2 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 15.15 | 105 | WON | West Perth | 3.3 | 5.6 | 10.11 | 13.14 | 92 | 13 | CLM | 1961-08-05 Aug 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-08-12 17 | A | Claremont | 5.3 | 6.7 | 11.12 | 12.13 | 85 | LOST | Swan Districts | 5.0 | 11.2 | 12.7 | 15.12 | 102 | -17 | BAS | 1961-08-12 Aug 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-08-19 18 | H | Claremont | 4.1 | 6.9 | 6.12 | 8.19 | 67 | LOST | East Fremantle | 6.6 | 7.9 | 14.14 | 17.16 | 118 | -51 | CLM | 1961-08-19 Aug 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-08-26 19 | H | Claremont | 6.3 | 8.7 | 10.11 | 13.18 | 96 | WON | South Fremantle | 4.4 | 8.7 | 12.8 | 12.13 | 85 | 11 | CLM | 1961-08-26 Aug 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-09-02 20 | A | Claremont | 6.4 | 7.6 | 10.10 | 12.15 | 87 | LOST | East Perth | 2.5 | 7.11 | 10.18 | 12.22 | 94 | -7 | POV | 1961-09-02 Sep 2 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-09-09 21 | A | Claremont | 3.4 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 10.14 | 74 | LOST | Perth | 4.2 | 10.5 | 15.9 | 19.14 | 128 | -54 | LAT | 1961-09-09 Sep 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |