While the Football Budget, and its predecessor WA Footballer, covered the state games played in Perth, the games played outside Western Australia were usually covered by Victoria's Football Record or the South Australian Football Budget.
Sometimes, the match program was an unnamed "souvenir" publication and these are often the most difficult to find.
Over the years, the programs from state games have become some of the most collected match programs, much like those for grand finals. The most sought after, though, are the programs from the national carnivals, which were played from the early part of last century right through until the 1980s. They're especially tough to find when they were produced for matches played in non-football centres like Brisbane or Sydney.
Below is the massive list of programs I am looking for, including those from matches not involving Western Australia. The size of this list just goes to prove how often state football was played in the days before the AFL.
I've started it from 1919, as there was no match program in WA before this time and there were no state games played in the period 1915-1918 because of WWI. Needless to say, I would be keen on getting hold of programs from any state games played between the first (in 1879) and the last pre-war matches in 1914... there's just not much point listing them here.
Aug 6 Victoria 7.17 (59) v New South Wales 4.7 (31) MCG
Aug 20 New South Wales 12.11 (83) v Tasmania 13.16 (94) Erskineville
Sep 17 Queensland 15.10 (100) v New South Wales 11.10 (76) Davies Park
Sep 21 New South Wales 11.9 (75) v Victoria 17.19 (121) Erskineville
Perth Carnival Overall Program PerthJun 20 Western Australia 7.12 (54) v South Australia 8.9 (57) Subiaco Oval
Jul 4 South Australia 11.11 (77) v Victoria 11.8 (74) Adelaide Ov
Jul 4 Victoria 19.16 (130) v New South Wales 12.17 (89) MCG
Jul 25 Victoria 22.11 (143) v Western Australia 8.10 (58) MCG
Jul 28 South Australia 12.22 (94) v Western Australia 7.8 (50) Adelaide Ov
Aug 15 Victoria 12.16 (88) v South Australia 11.9 (75) MCG
Aug 15 New South Wales 13.10 (88) v Victoria 13.9 (87) Erskineville
Aug 29 South Australia 27.16 (178) v Tasmania 6.7 (43) Adelaide Ov
New South Wales 8.10 (58) v Canberra 7.8 (50) Sydney
Jun 12 New South Wales 7.12 (54) v Victoria 12.15 (87) Erskineville
Jun 12 Victoria 10.17 (77) v South Australia 13.10 (88) MCG
July 3 South Australia 8.10 (58) v Western Ausralia 4.17 (41) Adelaide O
Jul 24 Victoria 17.26 (128) v New South Wales 7.6 (48) MCG
Jul 24 Western Australia 9.5 (59) v Victoria 7.14 (56) Perth Oval
Jul 27 Western Australia 11.10 (76) v Victoria 10.8 (68) Subiaco Oval
Jul 31 Victoria 15.13 (103) v Tasmania 5.11 (41) MCG
Jul 31 South Australia 4.5 (29) v Victoria 11.15 (81) Adelaide O
Aug 28 Western Australia 18.7 (115) v South Australia 10.5 (65) Perth Oval
Sep 18 New South Wales 8.6 (54) v Canberra 6.7 (43) Erskineville
Sep 26 Queensland 8.6 (54) v New South Wales 7.15 (57) Brisbane Ex
Aug 6 Canberra 8.12 (60) v Queensland 9.13 (67) Northmore O
Aug 13 New South Wales 8.6 (54) v Canberra 6.7 (43) SCG
Melbourne Carnival Overall Program
The following matches were all part of the Melbourne Carnival:
Aug 10 Western Australia 12.15 (87) v South Australia 9.18 (72)
Aug 11 New South Wales 12.11 (83) v Tasmania 11.14 (80)
Aug 13 New South Wales 14.19 (103)v Western Australia 18.14 (122)
& Victoria 21.19 (145) v South Australia 14.12 (96)
Aug 15 Victoria 24.11 (155) v Tasmania 13.12 (90)
Aug 17 South Australia 29.20 (194) v New South Wales 6.11 (47)
& Western Australia 12.16 (88) v Tasmania 12.15 (87)
Aug 19 Victoria 24.10 (154) v New South Wales 9.12 (66)
Aug 20 South Australia 20.23 (143) v Tasmania 14.24 (108)
& Victoria 11.19 (85) v Western Australia 10.12 (72)
June 2 Queensland 5.13 (43) v New South Wales 6.10 (46) Brisbane Ex
June 4 Queensland 8.19 (67) v New South Wales 8.9 (57) Brisbane Ex
Jun 16 Victoria 26.12 (169) v New South Wales 14.11 (95) MCG
Jun 16 South Australia 11.22 (88) v Victoria 13.10 (88) Adelaide O
Jul 21 Victoria 15.20 (110) v Western Australia 6.9 (45) MCG
Jul 25 Canberra 9.19 (73) v Western Australia 20.29 (149) Manuka Oval
Jul 28 South Australia 15.9 (99) v Western Australia 13.10 (88) Adelaide O
Aug 25 Victoria 16.12 (108) v South Australia 14.15 (99) MCG
May 25 New South Wales 8.11 (59) v Queensland 9.8 (62) SCG
June 8 Victoria 11.6 (82) v South Australia 11.7 (73) MCG
June 8 New South Wales 15.10 (100) v Victoria 17.16 (118) SCG
Jun 22 New South Wales 14.15 (99) v Tasmania 15.8 (98) SCG
July 6 Queensland 10.14 (74) v New South Wales 11.5 (71) Brisbane Ex
July 6 Western Australia 13.8 (86) v Victoria 15.19 (109) Perth Oval
July 9 Western Australia 5.12 (42) v Victoria 5.9 (39) Perth Oval
Jul 12 South Australia 10.14 (74) v Victoria 8.14 (62) Adelaide O
Aug 10 Western Australia 12.11 (83) v South Australia 9.7 (61) Perth Oval
Aug 13 Western Australia 14.10 (94) v South Australia 6.9 (45) Perth Oval
Jun 11 New South Wales v Victoria
Victoria v Victorian Football Association
Victoria v South Australia
South Australia v Victoria
Tasmania v Victoria
Jun 22 Western Australia v Victoria
Jun 25 Western Australia v Victoria
Jul 13 New South Wales v Queensland
South Australia v Victoria
South Australia v Western Australia
Victoria v South Australia
Jul 18 Western Australia v South Australia
Jul 21 Western Australia v South Australia
Victoria v Victorian Football Association
Australian Capital Territory v Queensland
South Australia v Victoria
Jul 2 South Australia v Victoria
Jul 23 & Jul 26 South Australia v Western Australia
Aug 20 Western Australia v South Australia
Aug 23 Western Australia v South Australia
Victoria v Western Australia
Jun 24 Australian Capital Territory v New South Wales Canberra
Jun 24 Western Australia v Victoria
Jun 26 Western Australia v Victoria
Jul 8 Queensland v New South Wales Brisbane Ex
South Australia v Victoria
Victoria v South Australia
New South Wales v Australian Capital Territory Sydney
Jul 6 New South Wales v Queensland
May 24 New South Wales v Victoria
Jul 12 South Australia v Victoria
Jul 26 New South Wales v Australian Capital Territory Sydney
Jul 7 South Australia v Victoria Adelaide
Jun 26 New South Wales v Victoria
Jun 26 Victoria v South Australia
Jul 31 Western Australia v Victoria
Aug 3 Western Australia v Victoria
Aug 7 South Australia v Victoria
Queensland v New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory v New South Wales
New South Wales v Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales v Tasmania
Australian Capital Territory v Victorian Football Association
Australian Amateurs v Australian Capital Territory
Jul 19-20 VFA v Tas, Qld v Canb, Aus Ams v NSW & SA v WA (Brisbane Carnival)
Jul 22-29 SA v Tas, Vic v WA, Aus Ams v Qld, NSW v Canb, VFA v SA,
Vic v Tas, Aus Ams v Canb, NSW v Qld, Vic v VFA, WA v Tas,
Vic v SA & WA v VFA (Brisbane Carnival)
Jun 14 Victoria v Western Australia
July 5 North West Football Union v Tasmanian AN Football League
Jul 19 South Australia v Victoria
Aug 16 Western Australia v South Australia
Aug 19 Western Australia v South Australia
South Australia v Western Australia
June 29 Western Australia v Victoria
July 2 Western Australia v Victoria
July 20 Victoria v South Australia
July 20 Tasmania 13.14 (92) v Victoria 15.17 (107) North Hobart
July 27 Tasmania 17.10 (112) v South Australia 19.13 (127) North Hobart
Australian Capital Territory v New South Wales
South Australia v Victoria
South Australia v Victorian Football Association
South Australia v Victorian Football Association
June 12 Tasmania v Victorian Football Association
The following matches were all part of the Brisbane Carnival:
Jul 15-16 Victoria v South Australia & Western Australia v Tasmania
July 19 Victoria v Tasmania & South Australia v Western Australia
Jul 22-23 South Australia v Tasmania & Western Australia v Victoria
June 12 Western Australia v Victorian Football AssociationJune 12 New South Wales v Australian Amateurs (2nd Division Carnival)
June 12 Queensland v Australian Capital Territory (2nd Division Carnival)
June 14 Queensland v Australian Amateurs (2nd Division Carnival)June 19 Victoria v South Australia
June 23 Tasmania v South Australia
June 26 Tasmania v South AustraliaJuly 3 Western Australia v Victoria
July 6 Western Australia v Victoria
July 10 South Australia v VictoriaJuly 18 Victorian Football Association v Tasmania
New South Wales v Queensland
Australian Capital Territory v Queensland
Australian Capital Territory v New South Wales (Canberra Division 2 Carnival)
Australian Amateurs v Queensland (Canberra Division 2 Carnival)
Queensland v New South Wales (Canberra Division 2 Carnival)
Australian Amateurs v Australian Capital Territory (Canberra Division 2 Carnival)
July 6 Queensland v New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory v Victorian Football Association
New South Wales v Victoria 2nd XVIII
June 29 Tasmania v Victorian Football Association
June 1 Victoria v South Australia
July 6 Western Australia v Victoria
June 15 South Australia v Western Australia
Australian Football World Tour (The Galahs)
June 7 & 11 Victoria v Tasmania & SA v WA, SA v Tasmania & Victoria v Western Australia
Jun 7 New South Wales v South Australia 2nd XVIII Sydney
June 14 Western Australia v Tasmania & South Australia v Victoria
NSW v SA 2nd XVIII
Victoria 2nd XVIII v New South Wales
Queensland v Northern Territory
Tasmania v Australian Capital Territory
May 18 Queensland v Tasmania
June 14 Vic v Western Australia & SA v Tas (Melb/Adelaide Carnival)
May 26 Victorian Football League v Western Australia Melbourne
Jun 9 Tasmania v Queensland Launceston
Australian Capital Territory v New South Wales
Western Australia v South Australia Leederville
Tasmania v Queensland Hobart
May 12 South Australia 11.10 (76) v Western Australia 15.12 (102) Adelaide O
May 12 Western Australia 13.15 (93) v South Australia 16.4 (100) Perth Stad
Feb 28 Victoria v All-Stars Melbourne
May 15 South Australia v Western Australia Adelaide O