Perth eventually settled as third in the WANFL pecking order during this period .
Perth eventually surprisingly even took a first - ever minor premiership in 1949 before making its first grand final for thirty - four years , only to lose to a more hardened West Perth .
Perth eventually settled as third in the WANFL pecking order during this period , and surprisingly even took a first - ever minor premiership in 1949 before making its first grand final for thirty - four years , only to lose to a more hardened West Perth .