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
1947 Season (WANFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1947 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947-04-26 1 | H | East Fremantle | 5.6 | 10.11 | 11.16 | 12.16 | 88 | WON | Perth | 3.3 | 6.4 | 9.8 | 9.13 | 67 | 21 | FRE | 1947-04-26 Apr 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-05-05 2 | A | East Fremantle | 1.1 | 7.1 | 14.2 | 15.5 | 95 | WON | Subiaco | 1.5 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 8.9 | 57 | 38 | SUB | 1947-05-05 May 5 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-05-10 3 | A | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 11.14 | 80 | WON | Claremont | 3.3 | 4.4 | 8.7 | 9.13 | 67 | 13 | SUB | 1947-05-10 May 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-05-24 5 | H | East Fremantle | 3.5 | 5.7 | 14.10 | 19.12 | 126 | WON | East Perth | 3.6 | 6.10 | 8.11 | 8.12 | 60 | 66 | FRE | 1947-05-24 May 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-06-02 6 | H | East Fremantle | 3.4 | 3.6 | 8.14 | 9.17 | 71 | LOST | West Perth | 4.4 | 7.7 | 9.9 | 13.12 | 90 | -19 | SUB | 1947-06-02 Jun 2 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-06-07 7 | A | East Fremantle | 3.2 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 11.10 | 76 | LOST | Swan Districts | 5.5 | 8.7 | 11.11 | 11.13 | 79 | -3 | BAS | 1947-06-07 Jun 7 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-06-14 8 | A | East Fremantle | 2.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 8.9 | 57 | LOST | Perth | 3.2 | 4.3 | 6.12 | 8.16 | 64 | -7 | WAC | 1947-06-14 Jun 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-06-21 9 | H | East Fremantle | 5.3 | 5.5 | 10.10 | 12.11 | 83 | WON | Subiaco | 1.2 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 9.13 | 67 | 16 | FRE | 1947-06-21 Jun 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-06-28 10 | H | East Fremantle | 6.6 | 11.12 | 17.16 | 26.23 | 179 | WON | Claremont | 2.1 | 4.2 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 70 | 109 | FRE | 1947-06-28 Jun 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-07-05 11 | H | East Fremantle | 3.3 | 3.5 | 8.8 | 9.10 | 64 | LOST | South Fremantle | 6.0 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 12.13 | 85 | -21 | FRE | 1947-07-05 Jul 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-07-12 12 | A | East Fremantle | 2.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.10 | 52 | WON | East Perth | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.13 | 4.14 | 38 | 14 | POV | 1947-07-12 Jul 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-07-19 13 | H | East Fremantle | 1.6 | 5.10 | 9.11 | 11.15 | 81 | WON | West Perth | 2.2 | 4.7 | 6.11 | 10.14 | 74 | 7 | FRE | 1947-07-19 Jul 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-07-26 14 | H | East Fremantle | 7.5 | 7.8 | 13.11 | 16.12 | 108 | WON | Swan Districts | 0.2 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 8.10 | 58 | 50 | FRE | 1947-07-26 Jul 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-08-16 15 | H | East Fremantle | 5.1 | 11.7 | 14.8 | 22.15 | 147 | WON | Subiaco | 6.3 | 7.4 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 65 | 82 | FRE | 1947-08-16 Aug 16 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-08-23 16 | H | East Fremantle | 1.4 | 7.9 | 10.11 | 15.18 | 108 | WON | Claremont | 6.3 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 11.12 | 78 | 30 | FRE | 1947-08-23 Aug 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-08-30 17 | H | East Fremantle | 6.1 | 9.7 | 13.9 | 19.14 | 128 | WON | South Fremantle | 5.5 | 6.6 | 12.11 | 14.13 | 97 | 31 | FRE | 1947-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-09-06 18 | A | East Fremantle | 6.4 | 14.7 | 18.9 | 21.13 | 139 | WON | Swan Districts | 2.4 | 5.7 | 10.9 | 13.12 | 90 | 49 | BAS | 1947-09-06 Sep 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-09-13 19 | A | East Fremantle | 4.1 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 54 | LOST | West Perth | 4.3 | 7.6 | 11.7 | 11.10 | 76 | -22 | LEE | 1947-09-13 Sep 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1947-09-20 1SF | H | East Fremantle | 3.8 | 3.8 | 9.14 | 10.18 | 78 | LOST | Perth | 4.0 | 9.2 | 11.4 | 14.10 | 94 | -16 | SUB | 1947-09-20 Sep 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |