Alf Moffat played first-class cricket for Western Australia and Australian rules football for several clubs in the West Australian Football League.
12 Facts About Alf Moffat
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Alf Moffat's father, George Moffat, was a convict who had been transported to Western Australia in 1850 for the crime of forgery.
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East Perth was disbanded at the end of the 1892 season, and Alf Moffat subsequently switched to West Perth.
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Outside of football, Alf Moffat played club cricket for the West Perth Cricket Club, as a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
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Alf Moffat played in his team's matches against South Australia and Victoria, both of which would later be granted first-class status.
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Western Australia lost both matches by large margins, with Alf Moffat going wicketless in the first game and taking a single wicket in the second.
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Alf Moffat served as the Perth Football Club's delegate to the WAFL from 1903 to 1919.
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Alf Moffat was elected president of the league in 1920, and served until 1932, when he resigned due to a dispute over player clearances.
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Alf Moffat served as president of the Australian Football Council, the nationwide governing body for Australian football, from 1924 to 1929.
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Alf Moffat had been made a life member of the WAFL in 1909, a life member of the Perth Football Club in 1910, and a life member of the AFC in 1927.
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In 2011, Alf Moffat was posthumously inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.
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Alf Moffat was cited as "one of the critical fosterers of the early growth of the game in Western Australia".