13 October 1940 West Australian stories on Claremont’s Hat-trick of Premierships. Stories under the headlines “Nice Work Tigers”, “Fists Fly in One of Roughest Finals Seen for Many Years” and “Players reported”.
The Sunday paper covered the Premiership match between Claremont and South Fremantle. The game was marred by an excess of Spiteful and vicious play from both teams.
Best players for Claremont were O’Neill, Guthrie, Reid, Compton, Heusler, Moloney, Grieve, Serjeant, Reeves and Sutherland. Moloney kicked 5 goals.
