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KEY FACTS

Official name
South Fremantle Football Club

Known as
South Fremantle

Nickname
Bulldogs

Formed
1900

Colours
White and red

Associated clubs
South Fremantle Reserves; South Fremantle U19s; South Fremantle WFC

Affiliation (Current)
West Australian Football League (WAFL) 1900–2024

Home Ground
Fremantle Oval

WAFL Premierships
1916-17, 1947-48, 1950, 1952-53-54, 1970, 1980, 1997, 2005, 2009, 2020 (14 total)

Senior Premierships
R.P. Rodriguez Shield: 1983-4, 1992, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2016 (7 total)

Most Games
266 - Marty Atkins (1990-2003)

Most Goals
1034 - Bernie Naylor (1941, 1946-1954)

League Top Goalkickers
H.Kelly (50) 1905; G.Thomas (31) 1910; H.Campbell (47) 1922; S.Lawn (75) 1928 & (96) 1929; B.Naylor (131) 1946, (108) 1947, (91) 1948, (147) 1952, (167) 1953, (133) 1954; J.Gerovich (74) 1956, (101) 1960 & (74) 1961; R.Bauskis (108) 1977 & (82) 1978; C.Edwards (54) 1992; J.Dorotich (88) 1996 & (114) 1997; Z.Parsons (65) 2002; B.Saunders (66) 2012, (59) 2014 & (52) 2016; M.Shaw (23) 2020 (24 total)

Sandover Medalists
Jack Rocchi 1928; Frank Jenkins 1937; Clive Lewington 1947; Steve Marsh 1952; John Todd 1955; Stephen Michael 1980 & 1981; Mark Bairstow 1986; Craig Edwards 1989; Toby McGrath 2005; Haiden Schloithe 2017 (10 medallists/11 medals)

Postal Address
PO Box 368, Fremantle, WA, 6160

Website
southfremantlefc.com.au

President
J.A Polinelli

South Fremantle



"Among the champion players to wear the red-and-white jumper with distinction in the 1980s and ‘90s were 1986 Sandover Medallist and eventual Geelong skipper Mark Bairstow, dynamic on-baller Scott Watters, flame haired utility Brad Hardie (later a Brownlow Medallist with Footscray), powerful key position player Jon Dorotich, 1989 Sandover Medallist Craig Edwards, versatile and tenacious English policeman Marty Atkins, and a panoply of West Coast Eagles stalwarts such as Peter Matera, John Worsfold, Glen Jakovich and David Hart ... "

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1948 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1948 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A South Fremantle 3.511.814.816.8 104 WON Claremont 3.36.312.315.8 98 6 CLM Apr 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H South Fremantle 2.36.89.1411.17 83 WON East Perth 1.43.78.1010.11 71 12 SUB May 3 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
3 H South Fremantle 4.29.314.722.12 144 WON Swan Districts 4.07.39.510.7 67 77 FRE May 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A South Fremantle 6.314.417.821.10 136 WON East Fremantle 4.26.68.910.13 73 63 FRE May 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H South Fremantle 1.66.910.1310.22 82 LOST Perth 7.310.813.1015.13 103 -21 FRE May 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A South Fremantle 2.28.89.914.15 99 WON Subiaco 6.48.812.1213.14 92 7 SUB May 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H South Fremantle 3.57.711.1017.14 116 WON West Perth 4.38.411.614.8 92 24 SUB Jun 7 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
8 H South Fremantle 4.26.1010.1215.18 108 WON Claremont 4.410.613.915.9 99 9 FRE Jun 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H South Fremantle 3.54.98.119.13 67 LOST East Perth 1.35.76.911.14 80 -13 FRE Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A South Fremantle 1.212.914.922.18 150 WON Swan Districts 4.56.79.129.13 67 83 BAS Jun 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A South Fremantle 0.06.38.414.9 93 WON East Fremantle 0.100.137.177.18 60 33 FRE Jul 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 A South Fremantle 2.17.28.413.6 84 LOST Perth 2.46.411.615.8 98 -14 WAC Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H South Fremantle 7.712.917.1525.19 169 WON Subiaco 1.24.79.813.11 89 80 FRE Jul 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A South Fremantle 1.22.54.85.13 43 LOST West Perth 4.76.78.814.9 93 -50 LEE Jul 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A South Fremantle 6.47.414.619.10 124 WON East Perth 1.22.94.117.14 56 68 POV Aug 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A South Fremantle 2.64.117.168.21 69 WON East Fremantle 3.75.125.158.20 68 1 FRE Aug 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H South Fremantle 10.214.516.1019.17 131 WON Swan Districts 3.35.67.1010.15 75 56 SUB Aug 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 H South Fremantle 6.19.211.718.9 117 LOST Perth 4.19.215.419.5 119 -2 FRE Sep 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A South Fremantle 7.312.516.719.8 122 WON Subiaco 1.34.79.715.11 101 21 SUB Sep 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF H South Fremantle 2.43.89.1310.15 75 WON West Perth 3.27.48.510.7 67 8 SUB Sep 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
GF A South Fremantle 3.07.48.713.9 87 WON West Perth 0.51.87.138.15 63 24 SUB Oct 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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