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KEY FACTS

Official name
East Fremantle Football Club

Known as
East Fremantle

Nickname
Sharks (formerly 'Old Easts')

Formed
1898

Colours
Royal blue and white

Associated clubs
East Fremantle Reserves; East Fremantle U19s; East Fremantle WFC

Affiliation (Current)
West Australian Football League (WAFL) 1898–2024

Home Ground
East Fremantle Oval

WAFL Premierships
1900, 1902-03-04, 1906, 1908-09-10-11, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1928-29-30-31, 1933, 1937, 1943*, 1945-46, 1957, 1965, 1974, 1979, 1985, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2023 (30 total)

Senior Premierships
WA State Premierships: 1904, 1906, 1909-10 (4 total); R.P. Rodriguez Shield: 1957, 1977, 1985, 1996, 1997, 1998 (6 total)

Most Games
305 - Brian Peake (1972-1980, 1985-1990)

Most Goals
1095 - George Doig (1933-1945)

League Top Goalkickers
E.Kelly (25) 1904; H.Sharpe (50) 1905, (34) 1906, (48) 1907 & (22) 1908; A.Rawlinson (32) 1917; J.Lawn (47) 1919. Bernie Naylor Medallists: D.Coffey (36) 1923; G.Doig (106) 1933, (152) 1934, (113) 1935, (109) 1936, (144) 1937 & (141) 1941; G.Prince (82) 1949; R.Johnson (92) 1966; K.Taylor (102) 1979; N.Lester-Smith (90) 1989; R.Tregenza (57) 1999 & (86) 2000 (20 total)

Sandover Medalists
Lin Richards 1931; Jim Conway 1950; Jack Clarke 1957; Ray Sorrell 1961 & 1963; David Hollins 1971; Graham Melrose 1974; Brian Peake 1977; Murray Wrensted 1985; Craig Treleven 1995; Adrian Bromage 1998; Rory O'Brien 2013 (11 Medallists/12 Medals)

Headquarters
Moss St & Marmion St, East Fremantle, WA 6158

Postal Address
PO Box 43, Palmyra, WA, 6157

Phone: (08) 9339 5533 

Email
admin@effc.com.au

Website
effc.com.au

President
J. Dolan

East Fremantle



"With skipper Graham Melrose playing probably the best football of his life to secure not only the Sandover Medal but virtually every media award going, East Fremantle at long last returned to the winners’ list in 1974. In what, even for the era, was an extraordinarily closely contested season, East Fremantle finished the home and away rounds in pole position half a game clear of Perth (and, indeed, just six and a half games ahead of wooden spooners West Perth). Once the finals arrived, however, East Fremantle became pre-eminently, as the cliché has it, “a team on a mission” ... "

  • John Devaney reports on the must successful club side in WA football, the mighty Sharks of East Fremantle

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1954 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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East Fremantle's 1954 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H East Fremantle 0.25.411.618.8 116 WON West Perth 3.35.48.59.10 64 52 EFO Apr 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 A East Fremantle 5.39.510.611.7 73 WON South Fremantle 2.14.85.107.17 59 14 FRE May 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 H East Fremantle 5.89.817.1021.12 138 WON Claremont 0.01.53.76.14 50 88 EFO May 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 H East Fremantle 3.37.79.1210.13 73 WON East Perth 2.55.77.810.9 69 4 EFO May 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 A East Fremantle 0.34.55.67.12 54 WON Swan Districts 2.63.104.125.13 43 11 BAS May 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A East Fremantle 3.96.129.1613.18 96 WON Subiaco 0.02.25.47.10 52 44 SUB May 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 A East Fremantle 5.45.78.109.12 66 LOST West Perth 4.37.610.710.12 72 -6 LEE Jun 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H East Fremantle 4.25.29.79.8 62 LOST Perth 1.13.65.99.14 68 -6 SUB Jun 7 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
9 H East Fremantle 4.77.1010.1411.17 83 WON South Fremantle 0.27.411.612.10 82 1 EFO Jun 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A East Fremantle 2.52.85.106.12 48 LOST Claremont 2.03.75.99.12 66 -18 CLM Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A East Fremantle 4.27.38.513.7 85 WON East Perth 4.06.29.79.9 63 22 POV Jun 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H East Fremantle 2.46.612.817.9 111 WON Swan Districts 1.03.15.25.5 35 76 EFO Jul 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H East Fremantle 2.83.126.159.17 71 WON Perth 1.07.39.311.4 70 1 EFO Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 H East Fremantle 2.46.108.129.13 67 WON Subiaco 1.41.51.51.5 11 56 EFO Jul 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H East Fremantle 0.22.84.95.11 41 LOST West Perth 2.44.88.1010.13 73 -32 SUB Jul 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A East Fremantle 1.23.54.78.10 58 LOST South Fremantle 2.65.88.138.17 65 -7 FRE Aug 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H East Fremantle 4.35.410.710.10 70 WON East Perth 0.33.83.93.9 27 43 EFO Aug 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 H East Fremantle 4.212.1015.1023.15 153 WON Swan Districts 3.44.54.146.16 52 101 EFO Aug 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A East Fremantle 0.27.97.913.13 91 WON Subiaco 4.14.29.79.8 62 29 SUB Sep 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 A East Fremantle 3.44.1111.1611.20 86 WON Perth 2.12.22.25.6 36 50 WAC Sep 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF H East Fremantle 1.52.75.117.12 54 WON West Perth 1.05.15.16.6 42 12 SUB Sep 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
GF H East Fremantle 6.37.48.59.8 62 LOST South Fremantle 3.18.715.1121.14 140 -78 SUB Oct 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.