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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

1959 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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1959 Round by Round

Round OOM

One-off Matches

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowdGate
Victoria5.416.1023.1331.21 207 Sat 20-Jun-1959 2:10 pm M.C.G.28,130 
Western Australia1.21.42.83.11 29 Victoria won by 178 points
Tasmania (Rep)5.39.513.1213.16 94 Wed 24-Jun-1959 2:10 pm North Hobart Oval11,740£2,528
Western Australia4.46.914.1025.15 165 Western Australia won by 71 points
South Australia6.79.1013.1213.13 91 Sat 27-Jun-1959 2:10 pm Adelaide Oval32,700 
Western Australia1.24.77.1312.17 89 South Australia won by 2 points
South Australia2.04.26.411.7 73 Sat 18-Jul-1959 2:10 pm Adelaide Oval36,000 
Victoria6.413.815.2221.25 151 Victoria won by 78 points
Western Australia1.57.87.1615.21 111 Sat 8-Aug-1959 2:10 pm Subiaco Oval25,045£4,080
South Australia4.45.57.79.10 64 Western Australia won by 47 points
Western Australia7.58.1014.1318.19 127 Tue 11-Aug-1959 2:10 pm Subiaco Oval6,295£826
South Australia0.32.810.1214.17 101 Western Australia won by 26 points

Footnotes

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