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
1974 Season (WANFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1974 Fixture
| Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974-04-06 1 | H | East Fremantle | 1.10 | 2.12 | 7.20 | 9.22 | 76 | LOST | West Perth | 2.0 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 12.8 | 80 | -4 | EFO | 1974-04-06 Apr 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-04-13 2 | A | East Fremantle | 1.4 | 7.9 | 11.11 | 13.14 | 92 | WON | South Fremantle | 2.4 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 10.13 | 73 | 19 | FRE | 1974-04-13 Apr 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-04-20 3 | H | East Fremantle | 1.6 | 5.8 | 7.10 | 11.14 | 80 | DRAW | Swan Districts | 3.3 | 5.3 | 9.8 | 11.14 | 80 | 0 | EFO | 1974-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-04-27 4 | A | East Fremantle | 7.5 | 10.6 | 19.9 | 23.12 | 150 | WON | Claremont | 2.1 | 3.5 | 6.10 | 11.12 | 78 | 72 | CLM | 1974-04-27 Apr 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-05-04 5 | A | East Fremantle | 2.3 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 11.15 | 81 | WON | Perth | 4.5 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 68 | 13 | LAT | 1974-05-04 May 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-05-11 6 | H | East Fremantle | 3.0 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 69 | WON | Subiaco | 1.1 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 7.4 | 46 | 23 | EFO | 1974-05-11 May 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-05-18 7 | A | East Fremantle | 2.5 | 6.6 | 10.12 | 13.19 | 97 | LOST | East Perth | 4.1 | 9.8 | 12.11 | 14.17 | 101 | -4 | POV | 1974-05-18 May 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-05-25 8 | H | East Fremantle | 2.4 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 6.10 | 46 | LOST | South Fremantle | 3.5 | 8.7 | 11.9 | 13.17 | 95 | -49 | EFO | 1974-05-25 May 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-06-01 9 | A | East Fremantle | 2.6 | 8.9 | 14.15 | 20.19 | 139 | WON | West Perth | 6.5 | 7.9 | 11.12 | 13.15 | 93 | 46 | LEE | 1974-06-01 Jun 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-06-08 10 | A | East Fremantle | 4.7 | 8.10 | 12.13 | 15.16 | 106 | LOST | Swan Districts | 3.6 | 9.11 | 11.17 | 19.17 | 131 | -25 | BAS | 1974-06-08 Jun 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-06-15 11 | H | East Fremantle | 3.3 | 9.8 | 15.10 | 25.13 | 163 | WON | Claremont | 2.4 | 5.9 | 10.15 | 11.17 | 83 | 80 | EFO | 1974-06-15 Jun 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-06-22 12 | H | East Fremantle | 6.5 | 8.6 | 15.11 | 16.14 | 110 | WON | Perth | 2.3 | 5.7 | 6.10 | 9.15 | 69 | 41 | EFO | 1974-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-06-29 13 | A | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 5.4 | 12.10 | 16.14 | 110 | WON | Subiaco | 2.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 11.12 | 78 | 32 | SUB | 1974-06-29 Jun 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-07-06 14 | H | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 7.7 | 7.12 | 11.17 | 83 | LOST | East Perth | 3.3 | 10.4 | 13.7 | 16.9 | 105 | -22 | EFO | 1974-07-06 Jul 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-07-20 15 | H | East Fremantle | 4.1 | 11.6 | 15.9 | 21.12 | 138 | WON | West Perth | 5.2 | 8.4 | 11.8 | 14.8 | 92 | 46 | EFO | 1974-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-07-27 16 | A | East Fremantle | 4.6 | 5.13 | 9.13 | 13.17 | 95 | LOST | South Fremantle | 2.1 | 7.2 | 13.6 | 20.10 | 130 | -35 | FRE | 1974-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-08-03 17 | H | East Fremantle | 1.2 | 8.7 | 12.8 | 20.14 | 134 | WON | Swan Districts | 5.3 | 6.5 | 10.12 | 14.15 | 99 | 35 | EFO | 1974-08-03 Aug 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-08-10 18 | A | East Fremantle | 3.5 | 8.10 | 11.11 | 13.16 | 94 | WON | Claremont | 2.5 | 4.7 | 8.11 | 13.11 | 89 | 5 | CLM | 1974-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-08-17 19 | A | East Fremantle | 1.5 | 3.8 | 6.11 | 12.15 | 87 | WON | Perth | 3.3 | 4.3 | 11.4 | 13.5 | 83 | 4 | LAT | 1974-08-17 Aug 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-08-24 20 | H | East Fremantle | 4.6 | 6.7 | 11.12 | 13.12 | 90 | WON | Subiaco | 1.1 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 11.6 | 72 | 18 | EFO | 1974-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-08-31 21 | A | East Fremantle | 7.6 | 13.11 | 17.13 | 18.16 | 124 | LOST | East Perth | 5.4 | 11.6 | 15.9 | 20.13 | 133 | -9 | POV | 1974-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-09-14 2SF | H | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 5.8 | 9.14 | 17.15 | 117 | WON | Perth | 4.6 | 6.9 | 8.15 | 13.16 | 94 | 23 | SUB | 1974-09-14 Sep 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1974-09-28 GF | H | East Fremantle | 2.5 | 7.11 | 11.13 | 17.20 | 122 | WON | Perth | 4.3 | 7.4 | 12.9 | 15.10 | 100 | 22 | SUB | 1974-09-28 Sep 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |