'B' Representative (Men's)
1896-1919
Early football was played and enjoyed in West Australia’s regional settlements for almost as long as it has in the metropolitan area.
Representative sides from the latter regularly pitted their skills against teams drawn from Southern Cross and Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields, the south-west port towns of Albany and Bunbury as well as the coalmining hub at Collie.
10 July 1896
Perth Combined 0
Southern Cross 2
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Perth Combined: F.James, Arthur Hardwick, W.Lancashire, P.Stone, Archie Burt, E.Pope, J.Fern, Reg Burt, Fred Burt, J.Sedergreen, J.Gibbs
Southern Cross: Taffee, W.Waugh (c), Hoskins, Magor, Lench, Hodge, Austin, Lennox, A.Wilson, Turner, J.Burns
Referee:
Venue: Perth
Attendance:
27 August 1898
Southern Cross Rangers 0
Metropolitan XI 1 (Fred Burt)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Southern Cross Rangers: Walker, Walsh (c), Hodge, W.Wilson, H.Stewart, Aubin, Neal, Goad, D.Wilson, Hoskins, Dickson
Metropolitan XI: A.Letch, C.Pope (c), C.Dyson, Clements, P.Stone, L.Hatfield, George Hatton, Hawkey, Fred Burt, J.Smallwood, R.Taylor
Referee: Mr Waugh
Venue: Yilgarn
Attendance: “a large assemblage”
2 September 1899
Southern Cross 1
Metropolitan XI 5
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Southern Cross:
Metropolitan XI (squad): Hills, Pope, Reed, Archie Burt, Parker, Hatfield, Spring, Sewell, Reg Burt, Taylor, Bristow — Clements, Wolinski, Shaw
Referee:
Venue: Southern Cross
Attendance:
3 September 1899
Boulder 0
Metropolitan XI 0
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Boulder:
Metropolitan XI (squad): Hills, Pope, Reed, Archie Burt, Parker, Hatfield, Spring, Sewell, Reg Burt, Taylor, Bristow — Clements, Wolinski, Shaw
Referee:
Venue: Lake View and Boulder Junction Ground, Boulder
Attendance:
25 September 1899
Perth Combined
Southern Cross
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Perth Combined: Hills, Pope, Hatton, Archie Burt, Stone, Spring, Reg Burt, Taylor, Sewell, Williams, Wolinski
Southern Cross: Goad, Hoskins, Walsh, Jack, Waugh, Hodge, Burns, Whitworth, Beale, Aubin, Withington
Referee: H.J.Collier
Venue: the Esplanade, Perth
Attendance:
27 July 1900
Southern Cross Combined 0
Perth Combined 3 (Sewell, Collier 2)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Southern Cross Combined: Goad, Walsh, Griffiths, Perrim, Wilson, Harris, Graham, Evans, Robinson, Waugh, Jamieson
Perth Combined: Hills, Stone, Spring, Taylor, Clements, Parker, Taylor, Sewell, Collier, Burt, Clare
Referee: Mr Garnett
Venue: Southern Cross
Attendance:
28 July 1900
Goldfields Combined 0
Perth Combined 0
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Goldfields Combined: H.Bennett, C.Bodenham, C.Pope, A.Field, R.Hall, C.Fogg, A.Hutchings, A.Russell, H.Packard, D.Brown, J.Leach
Perth Combined: Hills, Stone, Archie Burt, Hatfield, Taylor, Clements, Williams, Reg Burt, Collier, Sewell, Taylor
Referee: Mr Phillips
Venue: Boulder Recreation Reserve, Boulder
Attendance: “spectators were few and far between”
29 July 1900
Goldfields Combined 2 (H.Griffiths, Rees)
Perth Combined 2 (Collier 2
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Goldfields Combined: Beattie, C.Pope, Cram, C.Bodenham, R.Hall, Docherty, H.Griffiths, C.Fogg, H.Packard, Rees, E.Griffiths
Perth Combined: Hills, Archie Burt, Spring, Taylor, Parker (Clements), Hatfield, Taylor, Smallwood, Collier, Reg Burt, Clare
Referee: Mr Clark
Venue: Coolgardie
Attendance:
1 September 1900
Combined Metropolitan 7 (Collier 4, Reg Burt, Archie Burt 2)
Southern Cross 1
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Combined Metropolitan: Fred Burt, Field, Lee, Clements, McKenzie, Taylor, Reg Burt, Taylor, Collier (c), Archie Burt, Williams
Southern Cross: Goad, Griffiths, Waugh, Wilson, Walsh, Pertam, Evans, Graham, Beattie, Jameson, Beale
Referee: Mr Barmby
Venue: the Esplanade, Perth
Attendance:
8 September 1900
Coastal Combined 2 (Archie Burt 2)
Goldfields Combined 0
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Coastal Combined: Murray, Cooper, Hatton, Clements, McKenzie, Taylor, Archie Burt, Fred Burt, Collier (c), Reg Burt, Taylor
Goldfields Combined: Beattie, Cram, C.Pope (c), Docherty, Hall, C.Fogg, Brown, Leech, Russell, Hutchins, Croudace
Referee: Mr Band
Venue: WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance:
15 June 1901
Yilgarn 2 (R.Wilson, McNamara)
Coastal 3 (own goal, McKenzie, Fred Burt)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Yilgarn: Mackey, Auburn, Waugh, Seaman, Goad, McNamara, Packer, R.Wilson, J.Wilson, Muir, Fornero
Coastal: Hill, Hatton (c), Clements, Taylor, Stone, Parker, Williams, McKenzie, Reg Burt, Fred Burt, Sewell
Referee: Alec Peters
Venue: Southern Cross
Attendance: “very large”
16 June 1901
Southern Cross Ramblers 0
Coastal 1 (Taylor)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Southern Cross Ramblers:
Coastal: Peters, Reg Burt, Clements, Forneo, Parker, Stone, Hills, Jones, Taylor, Lavan, Fred Burt
Referee:
Venue: Southern Cross
Attendance:
16 June 1901
Yilgarn 1 (R.Wilson)
Coastal 2 (Sewell, Fred Burt)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Yilgarn: Mackie, Waugh, Perham, Seaman, Goad, McNamara, R.Wilson, J.Wilson, Packer, Muir, Auburn
Coastal: Hills, Clements, Stone, Fletcher, Taylor, Lavan, Fred Burt, Sewell, Reg Burt, Parker, Williams
Referee: Alec Peters
Venue: Southern Cross
Attendance: “good”
10 August 1901
Perth Combined 4 (Sewell, Hatton 3)
Yilgarn 2 (Waugh 2)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Perth Combined: King, Field, Lukyn, Stone, Fletcher, Clement, Fred Burt, Denton, Hatton, Williams, Sewell
Yilgarn: McKay, Waugh (c), Perham, McNamara, Goad, Seaman, Packer, Fornero, J.Wilson, R.Wilson, Roberts
Referee: Mr Band
Venue: WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance: “a few spectators”
12 September 1901
Albany 1 (McIntosh)
Metropolitan XI 0
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Albany: Kemp, Collier, S.Evans, Hurst, H.Evans, Prince, Gillett, J.Vvans, Brewis, Smith, McIntosh
Metropolitan XI: White, Cooper, Lukyn, Clarke, Hill, Fletcher, Williams, Hatfield, Clare, O’Nurse, Sewell
Referee: Mr Band
Venue: Recreation Ground, Albany
Attendance: “large”
14 September 1901
Albany 0
Metropolitan XI 3 (Williams, own goal 2)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Albany: Kemp, Collier (c), Evans, Prince, Evans, Machelhose, McIntosh, Edwards, Evans, Gillett, Smith
Metropolitan XI: Hills, Lukyn (c), Cooper, Hatfield, Goad, Clarke, Sewell, Fletcher, Williams, Clare, O’Nurse
Referee: Mr Band
Venue: Recreation Ground, Albany
Attendance:
21 September 1901
Yarloop XI 4 (Brown, McEvoy, Girvan, Hamilton)
Metropolitan XI 6 (Sewell 2, Williams, Jones, Jackson, Good)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Yarloop XI: Hills, Cram, Driver, Orchard, Collins, Barrett, Hamilton, Strawick, Brown, McEvoy , Girvan
Metropolitan XI: Kay, Williams, Clements, Fowler, Good, Gliddon, Ball, Jackson, Sewell, Smith, Jones
Referee: Alec Peters
Venue: Yarloop
Attendance:
23 August 1902
Coastal Combined 1 (Hatton)
Goldfields 1 (Brown)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Coastal Combined: Robertson, S.Williams, Clements, Savage, Taylor, Parker, Jeffreys, Thompson, Harper, Smith, Hatton
Goldfields: Ted Rowley, Hall, Kirk, McDowall, Riley, O’Neil, Croudace, Brown, Cram, Tate, Fogg
Referee: Mr Band
Venue: WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance:
14 September 1902
Collie 2 (Lydsey 2)
Coastal Combined 2 (Harper, Fletcher)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Collie: Keating, Sheppard, Gavan, Popler, Stewart, Aubin (c), Hall, Brown, Cram, Aitken, Lydsey
Coastal Combined: Barclay, G.Williams, Fletcher, Abel, Riley, McDowall, Parker, Turner, Harper, Smallwood, Hazeldene
Referee:
Venue: Collie
Attendance: 800
6 June 1903
Goldfields 2
Metropolitan XI 0
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Goldfields: Ted Rowley, R.Hall (c), Denny, Williams, Snell, Saint, McColl, G.Hall, Ritchie, Simm, Fogg
Metropolitan XI: Peters, Jackson, J.Hall, Rimmer, Riley, Clark, Sewell, Lepper, Kay (c), Fletcher, Anderson
Referee:
Venue: Boulder Reserve, Boulder
Attendance: “large”
7 June 1903
Goldfields 6 (Morris 2, G.Hall 2, McLaughlin)
Metropolitan XI 1 (Sewell)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Goldfields: Ted Rowley, R.Hall, Bodenham, O’Neil, McLaughlin, A.McDowall (c), Leach, Morris, G.Hall, Simm, Fogg
Metropolitan XI: Peters, Jackson, J.Hall, Rimmer, Riley, Clark, Sewell, Lepper, Kay, Fletcher (c), Anderson
Referee: Mr McColl
Venue: Boulder Reserve, Boulder
Attendance: “large”
15 August 1903
Collie XI 1
Metropolitan XI 1
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Collie XI:
Metropolitan XI: Girdlestone, G.Hatton, Hall, Savage, W.Riley, Percy Clark, Spence, R.Lepper, F.Burt (c), Rimmer, Pennington — Smallwood, Parker
Referee:
Venue: Collie
Attendance:
19 September 1903
Metropolitan XI 4 (Rimmer, Hatton 2, Burt)
Collie XI 0
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Metropolitan XI: Murray, Lamb, Hall, Riley, Lamb, Cammock, Rimmer, Sewell, Hatton, Harper, Burt (c)
Collie XI: W.Woolcott, H.Girvan, T.Hume, S.Lawson, Kenning, H.Stewart, L.Dodd, D.Gray, Wilson, F.Popple, J.Wilson
Referee: Mr Band
Venue: Fremantle Park, Fremantle
Attendance: “good”
21 September 1907
Goldfields Combined 2
Coastal XI 1 (Frank Burt)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Goldfields Combined: Ted Rowley, Charles Bodenham, John McLaughlin, R.Reeves, P.Docherty (c), Jack O’Neill, A.Reid, T.O’Toole, W.Knox, R.Hall. C.Fogg
Coastal XI: Reading, Jack Booth, A.McDowall (c), W.Nicol, Bill Roskams, A.Kirkpatrick, Clem Bogle, Frank Burt, Royston Evans, H.Cross, Gil Hodges
Referee: Mr W.C.Thomas
Venue: Recreation Ground, Boulder
Attendance: 1,500
22 September 1907
Goldfields Combined 2
Coastal XI 2 (Frank Burt, Frank Snowball)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Goldfields Combined: Ted Rowley, Charles Bodenham, John McLaughlin, R.Reeves, P.Docherty (c), Jack O’Neill, A.Reid, T.O’Toole, W.Knox, R.Hall. C.Fogg
Coastal XI (squad): W.Taylor, Jack Booth, A.McDowall (c), W.Nicol, Bill Roskams, A.Kirkpatrick, Clem Bogle, Frank Burt, Royston Evans, Vic Allen, Frank Snowball
Referee: Micky Taylor
Venue: Recreation Reserve, Kalgoorlie
Attendance: “a few hundred”
1 June 1908
Bunbury 1 (Hayes)
League XI 5 (Frank Burt 4, George Burt)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Bunbury: Warner, Mason, Prain, Dewson, Maltby, Rohan, Hayes, L.Tuke, Tymms, Buttfield, Gooch
League XI (squad): White, Harling, M.Taylor, Fisher, Bower, Frank Burt, Wallace, Turner, George Burt, Hodges, Bogle, Collins
Referee: Mr Thomas
Venue: Recreation Ground, Bunbury
Attendance: 400
24 April 1909
Western Australia 3 (Royston Evans 2, Tommy McCreery)
Combined XI 1 (A.Smallwood)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Western Australia: Arthur Bennett, Charlie Bodenham, Jack Booth, Henry Scott, John O’Neill, John McLaughlin, Vic Allen, Tommy McCreery, Royston Evans, Evander Robertson, Clem Bogle
Combined XI: Olliver, Billy Bennett, B.Cowan, H.Staziker, Norm Bower, J.Nicholl, O.Gomme, A.Smallwood, Gil Hodges, F.Burt, A.Hardwicke
Referee: W.Cameron
Venue: Claremont Showgrounds, Claremont
Attendance: 300
4 September 1909
Goldfields Combined 0
Coastal XI 2 (Allen, Hatton)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Goldfields Combined: Easton, Lewis (c), Plummer, J.Donaldson, D.Donaldson, Johnson, Jack, Tennyson, Firth, Gummow, Williamson
Coastal XI: Smith, Cole, Brine, Brennan, Edmondson (c), Box, Allen, Hayman, Hatton, Abercrombie, Matthews
Referee: Mr Durham
Venue: Recreation Ground, Boulder
Attendance:
5 September 1909
Goldfields Combined 1 (Cram)
Coastal XI 3 (Hatton 2, other scorer unknown)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Goldfields Combined (incomplete): Lewis (c), Plummer, Hall, Jack, O’Neill, Cram
Coastal XI: Smith, Cole, Brine, Brennan, Edmondson (c), Box, Allen, Hayman, Hatton, Abercrombie, Matthews
Referee: Mr Durham
Venue: Recreation Ground, Boulder
Attendance: “fair”
22 August 1910
Perth District XI 0
South Australia 1 (Lewis)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Perth District XI: Taylor, Booth (c), Weir, Hardwick, Simmonds, Fisher, Parsons, Baker, Ewing, Knight, Harper
South Australia: Rowley, Waterman, Smith, Lewis, Wallace, Rae, Turnbull, Pearce, McIllmurray, Stubbs, Dilks
Referee: W.Cameron
Venue: WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance: “moderate”
30 September 1911
Goldfields Combined 3
Coastal Combined 7
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Goldfields Combined (squad): Parker, J.Hall, R.Hall, G.Hall, Vincent, Johnstone, Smith, O’Toole, Box, Pretty, Tennyson, Bone, Senior, Paton, Williamson, Easton, Scott, Fogg, Roberts, Cram
Coastal Combined (squad): H.Brennand, Docherty, J.Falconer, Cockerill, W.Davies, T.Bennie, McEIlroy, F.Buttsworth, J.Woodward, E.Hollis, V.Allen, R.Ross
Referee: Mr Durham
Venue: Recreation Ground, Boulder
Attendance:
1 October 1911
Goldfields Combined 0
Coastal Combined 4
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Goldfields Combined (squad): Parker, J.Hall, Vincent, R.Hall, O’Toole, G.Hall, Bone, Paton, Fogg, Cram, Smith, Williamson, Pretty, Senior
Coastal Combined (squad): H.Brennand, Docherty, J.Falconer, Cockerill, W.Davies, T.Bennie, McEIlroy, F.Buttsworth, J.Woodward, E.Hollis, V.Allen, R.Ross
Referee: Mr Durham
Venue: Recreation Ground, Boulder
Attendance:
31 August 1912
Goldfields XI 1 (Lewis)
Coastal XI 5 (Bowman 2, Robertson, Rodgers, Matthews)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Goldfields XI (squad): Thomas, Pierce, Lewis, Davis, Paton, Lynn, Hunter, Reed, Amale, Leisk, Jones, John, Roberts, Fegan, Troup
Coastal XI: Blunt, Doherty, Booth, Cohen, Brennand, Lunt, Robertson, Matthews, Bowman, Rodgers, Johnston
Referee: Mr McColl
Venue: Boulder
Attendance:
1 September 1912
Goldfields XI 3 (Davies 2, Ferguson)
Coastal XI 0
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Goldfields XI: Paton, R.Hall, Hall, Lewis, Pierce, Smale, Hogg, Davies, Thomas, Lynn, Ferguson — Jones, Stewart, Williams
Coastal XI: Blunt, Doherty, Booth, Cohen, Brennand, Lunt, Robertson, Matthews, Bowman, Rodgers, Johnston
Referee: Mr McColl
Venue: Boulder
Attendance:
10 August 1913
Coastal XI 5 (Smart 4, own goal)
Goldfields 1 (Thomas)
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Coastal XI: Calverley, Bennett, Borthwick, Major, Davies, Ingram, Winning, Nicholls, Smart, Nesbit, Gardener (c)
Goldfields: Binks, Jack Hall (c), Nuttall, Small, Pierce, Lynn, Williams, Thomas, Docherty, Cook, Horton
Referee:
Venue: Claremont Oval, Claremont
Attendance:
13 September 1913
Coastal XI 3 (Dunlop, Pearce, A.Johnston)
Narrogin 0
Status: ‘B’ fixture
Coastal XI: Marr, Evans, R.Johnston, Fisher, M.Stewart, Skinner, Blair, Dunlop, A.Johnston, Dewar, Pearce
Narrogin: Grainger, Howting, Clunas, Hill, Bonny, Grey, Jeffries, Argent, Juggins, Primrose, Squirrel
Referee: H.Brennand
Venue: the Esplanade, Perth
Attendance:
