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REP - KEY FACTS

Official name
Representative Football

Known as
REP

Duration
1879–2024

Affiliated competitions (Current)
Interstate 1901-2024

Affiliated competitions (Historical)
Women's Interstate 2017; Interstate Carnivals 1908-1988


Interstate

Official Name
REP Interstate

Duration
1901–2024

Affiliated clubs (Current)
WAFL (WA) 1991-2023; SANFL (SA) 1991-2024; TSL (TAS) 1993-2023; VFL (VIC) 1996-2024; QAFL (QLD) 2023

Affiliated clubs (Historical)
Victoria (VIC) 1901-2020; Tasmania (Rep) (TAS) 1901-1993; Western Australia (WA) 1901-1998; South Australia (SA) 1901-1999; Queensland (QLD) 1904-1992; New South Wales (NSW) 1904-1992; VFA (VIC) 1905-1995; New South Wales (B) (NSW) 1905-1948; South Australia (B) (SA) 1908-1980; Victoria (B) (VIC) 1921-1991; Victoria (C) (VIC) 1921-1980; Southern Tasmania (TAS) 1921-1932; Australian Capital Territory (ACT) 1927-2007; Victoria / VFA (VIC) 1951; NSW-ACT (NSW-ACT) 1993; QLD-NT (QLD) 1993; Allies (AUS) 1995-1998; Dream Team (AUS) 2008; NEAFL (Northern) (QLD) 2011-2013; NEAFL (Eastern) (NSW) 2012-2013; NEAFL (AUS) 2014-2017; All-Stars (AUS) 2020

Affiliated grounds (Current)
Glenelg Oval

Affiliated grounds (Historical)
Adelaide Oval; Arden Street; Bassendean Oval; Bellerive Oval; Blacktown; Brisbane Exhibition Ground; Carrara Stadium; Docklands; East Melbourne; Erskineville Oval; Fankhauser Reserve; Football Park; Fremantle Oval; Gabba; Henson Park; Jubilee Oval (WA); Junction Oval; Kalgoorlie Oval; Lathlain Park; Leederville Oval; M.C.G.; Manuka Oval; Mascot Football Ground; Moreton Bay Complex; North Hobart Oval; North Ipswich Reserve; North Port Oval; Northbourne Oval; Perry Park; Perth Oval; Perth Stadium; Princes Park; Punt Road; Richmond Oval; Riverway Stadium; Rushton Park; S.C.G.; Subiaco Oval; Sydney Showground; Trumper Park; W.A.C.A.; Waverley Park; York Park

1948 REP Interstate

 
 

Until fairly recently elite level Australian football meant interstate football. Moreover, it was primarily, indeed almost exclusively, in the interstate arena that football could in any serious way be argued to be a genuinely national sport. Since the transmutation of the VFL into the AFL, however, the overwhelming majority of Australia's elite footballers have participated in a single, national (or near-national) club competition, and the importance of senior interstate footy has diminished. Nevertheless, its overall significance in terms of the sport's development - and, indeed, arguably its very survival - cannot be over-stressed.

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1948 Round by Round

Round OOM

One-off Matches

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowdGate
Queensland6.47.412.917.13 115 Sat 15-May-1948 2:10 pm Brisbane Exhibition Ground  
New South Wales4.611.1214.1516.18 114 Queensland won by 1 point
Australian Capital Territory8.812.1017.14 116 Sun 23-May-1948 2:10 pm Manuka Oval2,000 
New South Wales (B)5.67.78.7 55 Australian Capital Territory won by 61 points
Victoria7.310.511.1413.18 96 Sat 26-Jun-1948 2:10 pm M.C.G.42,656 
South Australia2.28.59.713.11 89 Victoria won by 7 points
New South Wales2.26.78.79.10 64 Sat 26-Jun-1948 2:10 pm S.C.G.23,000 
Victoria (B)2.37.312.1615.24 114 Victoria (B) won by 50 points
New South Wales (B)9.10 64 Sun 27-Jun-1948 2:10 pm Henson Park  
Australian Capital Territory12.16 88 Australian Capital Territory won by 24 points
Western Australia3.38.613.1116.16 112 Sat 31-Jul-1948 2:10 pm Subiaco Oval35,000 
Victoria3.65.88.1410.14 74 Western Australia won by 38 points
Queensland11.11 77 Sat 31-Jul-1948 2:10 pm Brisbane Exhibition Ground  
Australian Capital Territory10.9 69 Queensland won by 8 points
Western Australia4.104.1210.1311.17 83 Tue 3-Aug-1948 2:10 pm Subiaco Oval25,000£1,460
Victoria0.23.94.127.18 60 Western Australia won by 23 points
South Australia7.49.712.1216.15 111 Sat 7-Aug-1948 2:10 pm Adelaide Oval35,276 
Victoria5.39.718.1322.19 151 Victoria won by 40 points

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.