Match report

Source:Sunday Times 6 August 1916 - via Trove

West Still Winning

Although weather conditions looked moist, some 500 spectators were present at the West Perth-East Fremantle clash on the Leederville Oval. So far as the home team was concerned the match had an important bearing on the composition of the four teams to contest the finals, and they were at full strength.

When the teams lined out it was easily seen that the Fremantleites had the advantage of avoirdupois, and the game hadn't gone far before it was manifest that they were determined to use every ounce. From a spectator point of view the game could not have been better, bursts of open play and fine marking being sandwiched in between displays of brute strength. East Fremantle were supreme in the air, but in the open play their lighter opponents were in most cases more than a match, while the winners' forwards displayed greater accuracy. The game was in doubt right till the clang of the final bell, and West Perth secured a very popular verdict by five points. Their victory secures them a place in the final four.

Harris was the winners' best, if not the best of the 36, and was well backed up by Hallion, Jones, Sinclair (one of his goals a particularly fine shot), Clark, Hoare, Johnston, C. Rodriguez, and Austin. For the losers Truscott was easily the best, with Reynolds, Riconi, Sullivan, Riley and Hesketh next.