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
1985 Season (WAFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1985 Fixture
| Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-03-30 1 | H | East Fremantle | 7.4 | 10.7 | 16.18 | 20.23 | 143 | WON | Swan Districts | 0.4 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 9.10 | 64 | 79 | EFO | 1985-03-30 Mar 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-04-06 2 | A | East Fremantle | 3.7 | 8.15 | 15.18 | 23.28 | 166 | WON | South Fremantle | 4.0 | 8.4 | 11.11 | 14.15 | 99 | 67 | FRE | 1985-04-06 Apr 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-04-14 3 | A | East Fremantle | 3.2 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 16.15 | 111 | WON | Claremont | 2.6 | 6.8 | 8.10 | 13.14 | 92 | 19 | GER | 1985-04-14 Apr 14 (Sun, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-04-20 4 | H | East Fremantle | 5.4 | 11.6 | 23.8 | 31.13 | 199 | WON | East Perth | 4.2 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 11.10 | 76 | 123 | EFO | 1985-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-04-27 5 | A | East Fremantle | 4.0 | 8.4 | 11.10 | 18.17 | 125 | WON | Perth | 6.3 | 9.7 | 12.10 | 15.12 | 102 | 23 | LAT | 1985-04-27 Apr 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-05-04 6 | H | East Fremantle | 6.4 | 11.8 | 14.15 | 28.21 | 189 | WON | West Perth | 3.0 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 61 | 128 | EFO | 1985-05-04 May 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-05-11 7 | A | East Fremantle | 6.5 | 8.9 | 17.17 | 24.18 | 162 | WON | Subiaco | 2.5 | 7.7 | 10.8 | 12.13 | 85 | 77 | SUB | 1985-05-11 May 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-05-18 8 | A | East Fremantle | 5.4 | 11.9 | 14.14 | 23.20 | 158 | WON | Swan Districts | 4.0 | 7.3 | 11.7 | 14.8 | 92 | 66 | BAS | 1985-05-18 May 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-05-25 9 | A | East Fremantle | 7.5 | 11.7 | 13.10 | 19.13 | 127 | WON | Claremont | 1.1 | 6.6 | 10.7 | 12.10 | 82 | 45 | CLM | 1985-05-25 May 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-06-03 10 | H | East Fremantle | 1.3 | 8.6 | 14.10 | 21.12 | 138 | WON | South Fremantle | 4.3 | 5.5 | 10.8 | 13.11 | 89 | 49 | EFO | 1985-06-03 Jun 3 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-06-08 11 | H | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 9.12 | 15.17 | 21.21 | 147 | WON | Perth | 3.5 | 5.7 | 12.8 | 14.11 | 95 | 52 | EFO | 1985-06-08 Jun 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-06-22 12 | A | East Fremantle | 5.4 | 9.7 | 13.8 | 18.11 | 119 | WON | East Perth | 3.2 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 12.9 | 81 | 38 | POV | 1985-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-06-29 13 | A | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 9.11 | 13.12 | 18.15 | 123 | LOST | West Perth | 4.3 | 7.7 | 14.10 | 18.17 | 125 | -2 | SUB | 1985-06-29 Jun 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-07-06 14 | H | East Fremantle | 3.4 | 7.9 | 12.12 | 18.17 | 125 | WON | Subiaco | 1.2 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 8.6 | 54 | 71 | EFO | 1985-07-06 Jul 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-07-13 15 | H | East Fremantle | 2.1 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 10.11 | 71 | LOST | Swan Districts | 5.4 | 9.8 | 12.9 | 12.13 | 85 | -14 | EFO | 1985-07-13 Jul 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-07-20 16 | A | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 12.7 | 13.11 | 20.15 | 135 | WON | South Fremantle | 6.5 | 10.7 | 15.10 | 18.14 | 122 | 13 | FRE | 1985-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-07-27 17 | H | East Fremantle | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 10.13 | 73 | WON | Claremont | 3.3 | 6.4 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 60 | 13 | EFO | 1985-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-08-03 18 | H | East Fremantle | 7.4 | 11.8 | 14.9 | 18.15 | 123 | WON | East Perth | 1.2 | 5.4 | 9.11 | 12.15 | 87 | 36 | EFO | 1985-08-03 Aug 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-08-10 19 | A | East Fremantle | 3.8 | 6.11 | 11.13 | 19.18 | 132 | WON | Perth | 4.2 | 11.8 | 15.11 | 16.15 | 111 | 21 | LAT | 1985-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-08-17 20 | H | East Fremantle | 5.5 | 8.11 | 10.16 | 14.19 | 103 | LOST | West Perth | 3.4 | 7.11 | 13.17 | 18.22 | 130 | -27 | EFO | 1985-08-17 Aug 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-08-24 21 | A | East Fremantle | 4.7 | 7.10 | 13.13 | 15.15 | 105 | LOST | Subiaco | 3.2 | 7.5 | 10.9 | 19.11 | 125 | -20 | SUB | 1985-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-09-07 2SF | H | East Fremantle | 3.5 | 8.7 | 13.8 | 19.11 | 125 | WON | Subiaco | 4.5 | 9.8 | 12.12 | 16.17 | 113 | 12 | SUB | 1985-09-07 Sep 7 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1985-09-21 GF | H | East Fremantle | 3.1 | 9.7 | 12.9 | 15.12 | 102 | WON | Subiaco | 7.4 | 8.7 | 11.12 | 14.13 | 97 | 5 | SUB | 1985-09-21 Sep 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |