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
1963 Season (WANFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1963 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1963-04-06 1 | A | East Fremantle | 3.0 | 6.5 | 9.11 | 12.15 | 87 | LOST | Swan Districts | 3.3 | 7.5 | 10.8 | 13.10 | 88 | -1 | BAS | 1963-04-06 Apr 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-04-13 2 | H | East Fremantle | 0.2 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 8.9 | 57 | WON | South Fremantle | 2.3 | 4.8 | 5.10 | 7.11 | 53 | 4 | EFO | 1963-04-13 Apr 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-04-20 3 | A | East Fremantle | 2.3 | 3.4 | 8.11 | 8.12 | 60 | LOST | Claremont | 2.1 | 8.6 | 10.9 | 13.15 | 93 | -33 | CLM | 1963-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-04-27 4 | H | East Fremantle | 6.1 | 12.7 | 15.14 | 20.16 | 136 | WON | Subiaco | 1.2 | 5.4 | 8.8 | 9.10 | 64 | 72 | EFO | 1963-04-27 Apr 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-05-04 5 | A | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 9.8 | 13.9 | 17.10 | 112 | LOST | Perth | 3.5 | 7.6 | 14.13 | 16.17 | 113 | -1 | LAT | 1963-05-04 May 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-05-11 6 | H | East Fremantle | 5.6 | 10.10 | 14.18 | 18.22 | 130 | WON | East Perth | 2.2 | 7.5 | 9.5 | 13.7 | 85 | 45 | EFO | 1963-05-11 May 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-05-18 7 | A | East Fremantle | 2.2 | 5.6 | 9.6 | 13.10 | 88 | WON | West Perth | 4.2 | 6.5 | 9.8 | 12.9 | 81 | 7 | LEE | 1963-05-18 May 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-05-25 8 | H | East Fremantle | 3.1 | 5.5 | 7.10 | 13.14 | 92 | WON | Swan Districts | 3.1 | 7.2 | 10.4 | 12.9 | 81 | 11 | EFO | 1963-05-25 May 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-06-03 9 | A | East Fremantle | 5.0 | 9.3 | 12.6 | 13.8 | 86 | LOST | South Fremantle | 3.2 | 8.8 | 11.10 | 15.14 | 104 | -18 | FRE | 1963-06-03 Jun 3 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-06-15 10 | H | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 8.8 | 11.17 | 14.21 | 105 | WON | Claremont | 6.3 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 14.14 | 98 | 7 | EFO | 1963-06-15 Jun 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-06-22 11 | A | East Fremantle | 2.0 | 8.9 | 13.17 | 18.19 | 127 | WON | Subiaco | 5.4 | 7.8 | 10.10 | 11.14 | 80 | 47 | SUB | 1963-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-07-06 12 | H | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 8.8 | 11.14 | 18.16 | 124 | WON | Perth | 1.5 | 2.9 | 5.14 | 7.18 | 60 | 64 | EFO | 1963-07-06 Jul 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-07-13 13 | A | East Fremantle | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 21 | LOST | East Perth | 2.0 | 4.8 | 6.11 | 10.16 | 76 | -55 | POV | 1963-07-13 Jul 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-07-20 14 | H | East Fremantle | 3.0 | 8.4 | 14.7 | 17.12 | 114 | WON | West Perth | 3.7 | 4.10 | 8.12 | 8.13 | 61 | 53 | EFO | 1963-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-07-27 15 | A | East Fremantle | 1.2 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 12.9 | 81 | WON | Swan Districts | 2.6 | 5.8 | 9.11 | 11.12 | 78 | 3 | BAS | 1963-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-08-03 16 | H | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 6.4 | 13.9 | 18.11 | 119 | WON | South Fremantle | 2.2 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 9.10 | 64 | 55 | EFO | 1963-08-03 Aug 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-08-10 17 | A | East Fremantle | 6.4 | 7.4 | 14.7 | 15.7 | 97 | WON | Claremont | 2.1 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 12.16 | 88 | 9 | CLM | 1963-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-08-17 18 | H | East Fremantle | 3.5 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 10.10 | 70 | WON | Subiaco | 1.0 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 9.10 | 64 | 6 | EFO | 1963-08-17 Aug 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-08-24 19 | A | East Fremantle | 4.5 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 13.8 | 86 | LOST | Perth | 2.4 | 3.6 | 12.10 | 16.12 | 108 | -22 | LAT | 1963-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-08-31 20 | H | East Fremantle | 5.4 | 8.6 | 13.9 | 15.12 | 102 | LOST | East Perth | 2.3 | 8.7 | 14.8 | 17.12 | 114 | -12 | EFO | 1963-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-09-07 21 | H | East Fremantle | 5.2 | 13.4 | 17.7 | 22.13 | 145 | WON | West Perth | 5.2 | 8.6 | 11.13 | 14.17 | 101 | 44 | EFO | 1963-09-07 Sep 7 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-09-21 2SF | H | East Fremantle | 2.4 | 6.5 | 13.11 | 14.13 | 97 | WON | Perth | 2.6 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 11.10 | 76 | 21 | SUB | 1963-09-21 Sep 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1963-10-05 GF | H | East Fremantle | 5.4 | 6.10 | 11.10 | 13.12 | 90 | LOST | Swan Districts | 2.3 | 7.5 | 12.6 | 17.10 | 112 | -22 | SUB | 1963-10-05 Oct 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |