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
1987 Season (WAFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1987 Fixture
| Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-04-05 1 | A | East Fremantle | 3.5 | 5.13 | 12.17 | 18.21 | 129 | WON | Subiaco | 0.6 | 5.8 | 8.11 | 14.15 | 99 | 30 | SUB | 1987-04-05 Apr 5 (Sun, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-04-11 2 | H | East Fremantle | 3.2 | 10.9 | 15.11 | 23.17 | 155 | WON | Swan Districts | 4.8 | 5.10 | 10.14 | 11.16 | 82 | 73 | EFO | 1987-04-11 Apr 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-04-19 3 | A | East Fremantle | 2.3 | 3.7 | 6.10 | 11.14 | 80 | LOST | Claremont | 2.1 | 7.4 | 11.11 | 12.14 | 86 | -6 | MtB | 1987-04-19 Apr 19 (Sun, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-04-27 4 | A | East Fremantle | 3.2 | 10.4 | 16.7 | 16.13 | 109 | WON | South Fremantle | 6.1 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 14.8 | 92 | 17 | FRE | 1987-04-27 Apr 27 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-05-01 5 | A | East Fremantle | 5.6 | 8.10 | 15.16 | 17.22 | 124 | WON | Perth | 4.0 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 11.15 | 81 | 43 | WAC | 1987-05-01 May 1 (Fri, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-05-09 6 | H | East Fremantle | 2.5 | 4.8 | 9.8 | 14.11 | 95 | WON | West Perth | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.11 | 4.11 | 35 | 60 | EFO | 1987-05-09 May 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-05-16 7 | H | East Fremantle | 9.2 | 16.2 | 21.2 | 26.5 | 161 | WON | Subiaco | 5.1 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 14.15 | 99 | 62 | EFO | 1987-05-16 May 16 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-05-23 8 | A | East Fremantle | 7.5 | 13.7 | 16.14 | 26.18 | 174 | WON | East Perth | 3.4 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 10.10 | 70 | 104 | POV | 1987-05-23 May 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-05-30 9 | H | East Fremantle | 2.9 | 9.15 | 12.21 | 22.22 | 154 | WON | South Fremantle | 4.1 | 6.4 | 11.5 | 17.11 | 113 | 41 | EFO | 1987-05-30 May 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-06-06 10 | H | East Fremantle | 3.1 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 10.14 | 74 | LOST | Claremont | 4.2 | 8.3 | 13.11 | 13.13 | 91 | -17 | EFO | 1987-06-06 Jun 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-06-13 11 | A | East Fremantle | 6.8 | 9.9 | 12.10 | 16.13 | 109 | LOST | Swan Districts | 1.2 | 4.9 | 15.12 | 22.12 | 144 | -35 | BAS | 1987-06-13 Jun 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-06-20 12 | H | East Fremantle | 2.3 | 6.11 | 8.11 | 15.13 | 103 | WON | Perth | 1.3 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 32 | 71 | EFO | 1987-06-20 Jun 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-06-27 13 | A | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 5.9 | 8.13 | 12.19 | 91 | LOST | West Perth | 3.4 | 11.9 | 15.14 | 19.14 | 128 | -37 | LEE | 1987-06-27 Jun 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-07-04 14 | H | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 13.8 | 23.9 | 30.12 | 192 | WON | East Perth | 8.3 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 17.10 | 112 | 80 | EFO | 1987-07-04 Jul 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-07-11 15 | A | East Fremantle | 5.5 | 9.12 | 13.14 | 20.18 | 138 | WON | Subiaco | 0.2 | 4.6 | 10.11 | 13.11 | 89 | 49 | SUB | 1987-07-11 Jul 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-07-18 16 | A | East Fremantle | 4.6 | 8.9 | 12.13 | 15.15 | 105 | LOST | Swan Districts | 7.3 | 11.9 | 17.14 | 22.18 | 150 | -45 | WAC | 1987-07-18 Jul 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-07-25 17 | A | East Fremantle | 8.3 | 10.7 | 15.10 | 17.10 | 112 | LOST | Claremont | 6.2 | 13.3 | 21.5 | 25.8 | 158 | -46 | CLM | 1987-07-25 Jul 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-08-01 18 | H | East Fremantle | 6.3 | 11.6 | 19.11 | 24.13 | 157 | WON | South Fremantle | 10.1 | 13.5 | 13.6 | 18.8 | 116 | 41 | EFO | 1987-08-01 Aug 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-08-08 19 | A | East Fremantle | 3.2 | 9.4 | 13.8 | 16.9 | 105 | LOST | Perth | 3.3 | 6.6 | 7.14 | 15.17 | 107 | -2 | SUB | 1987-08-08 Aug 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-08-15 20 | H | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 6.8 | 15.11 | 23.15 | 153 | WON | West Perth | 3.6 | 7.10 | 9.12 | 12.15 | 87 | 66 | EFO | 1987-08-15 Aug 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-08-22 21 | A | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 5.4 | 9.5 | 12.7 | 79 | LOST | East Perth | 4.3 | 5.7 | 12.12 | 17.17 | 119 | -40 | POV | 1987-08-22 Aug 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-08-29 1SF | H | East Fremantle | 2.4 | 8.9 | 12.17 | 19.24 | 138 | WON | Swan Districts | 3.7 | 4.12 | 9.15 | 11.16 | 82 | 56 | SUB | 1987-08-29 Aug 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1987-09-12 PF | H | East Fremantle | 1.1 | 6.4 | 8.8 | 11.12 | 78 | LOST | Subiaco | 9.3 | 12.5 | 15.11 | 17.14 | 116 | -38 | SUB | 1987-09-12 Sep 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |