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
1979 Season (WANFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1979 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-03-31 1 | H | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 18.10 | 118 | WON | Swan Districts | 0.4 | 1.5 | 9.13 | 11.13 | 79 | 39 | EFO | 1979-03-31 Mar 31 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-04-07 2 | A | East Fremantle | 4.5 | 7.11 | 18.14 | 21.17 | 143 | WON | Claremont | 4.4 | 8.5 | 11.7 | 15.11 | 101 | 42 | CLM | 1979-04-07 Apr 7 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-04-14 3 | H | East Fremantle | 1.3 | 6.9 | 9.13 | 17.18 | 120 | WON | South Fremantle | 4.7 | 8.11 | 12.16 | 14.19 | 103 | 17 | EFO | 1979-04-14 Apr 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-04-21 4 | H | East Fremantle | 2.4 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 9.16 | 70 | WON | East Perth | 1.3 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 8.10 | 58 | 12 | EFO | 1979-04-21 Apr 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-04-28 5 | H | East Fremantle | 3.5 | 7.13 | 11.16 | 18.24 | 132 | WON | West Perth | 3.5 | 7.6 | 13.8 | 17.12 | 114 | 18 | EFO | 1979-04-28 Apr 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-05-05 6 | A | East Fremantle | 3.4 | 8.8 | 10.9 | 13.12 | 90 | LOST | Perth | 3.5 | 6.7 | 11.10 | 15.18 | 108 | -18 | LAT | 1979-05-05 May 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-05-12 7 | H | East Fremantle | 6.2 | 11.9 | 22.15 | 27.21 | 183 | WON | Subiaco | 2.1 | 6.2 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 57 | 126 | EFO | 1979-05-12 May 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-05-19 8 | A | East Fremantle | 7.2 | 10.3 | 14.10 | 22.16 | 148 | WON | Swan Districts | 1.2 | 10.12 | 15.16 | 20.20 | 140 | 8 | BAS | 1979-05-19 May 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-05-26 9 | H | East Fremantle | 6.8 | 11.11 | 13.14 | 17.18 | 120 | LOST | Claremont | 5.3 | 7.8 | 13.11 | 21.14 | 140 | -20 | EFO | 1979-05-26 May 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-06-04 10 | A | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 8.6 | 15.11 | 20.15 | 135 | LOST | South Fremantle | 3.10 | 7.17 | 12.23 | 20.30 | 150 | -15 | FRE | 1979-06-04 Jun 4 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-06-09 11 | A | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 18.12 | 120 | LOST | East Perth | 4.3 | 7.4 | 17.6 | 25.8 | 158 | -38 | POV | 1979-06-09 Jun 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-06-16 12 | A | East Fremantle | 1.2 | 4.6 | 7.9 | 10.11 | 71 | LOST | West Perth | 6.6 | 9.10 | 10.14 | 12.16 | 88 | -17 | LEE | 1979-06-16 Jun 16 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-06-23 13 | H | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 14.7 | 17.9 | 22.14 | 146 | WON | Perth | 7.5 | 9.6 | 14.9 | 16.11 | 107 | 39 | EFO | 1979-06-23 Jun 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-06-30 14 | A | East Fremantle | 7.9 | 9.16 | 11.21 | 17.25 | 127 | WON | Subiaco | 4.1 | 11.6 | 15.10 | 17.11 | 113 | 14 | SUB | 1979-06-30 Jun 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-07-14 15 | H | East Fremantle | 5.5 | 7.9 | 13.17 | 19.21 | 135 | WON | Swan Districts | 0.2 | 4.7 | 6.10 | 7.11 | 53 | 82 | EFO | 1979-07-14 Jul 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-07-21 16 | A | East Fremantle | 5.9 | 7.12 | 9.15 | 10.17 | 77 | LOST | Claremont | 4.3 | 10.11 | 15.16 | 24.19 | 163 | -86 | CLM | 1979-07-21 Jul 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-07-28 17 | A | East Fremantle | 2.0 | 8.8 | 14.14 | 20.22 | 142 | WON | South Fremantle | 5.11 | 8.13 | 14.13 | 17.17 | 119 | 23 | FRE | 1979-07-28 Jul 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-08-04 18 | H | East Fremantle | 3.3 | 5.8 | 10.13 | 13.15 | 93 | LOST | East Perth | 9.2 | 18.4 | 24.6 | 31.10 | 196 | -103 | EFO | 1979-08-04 Aug 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-08-11 19 | H | East Fremantle | 4.7 | 13.11 | 22.15 | 32.23 | 215 | WON | West Perth | 5.1 | 9.8 | 13.11 | 19.12 | 126 | 89 | EFO | 1979-08-11 Aug 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-08-18 20 | A | East Fremantle | 3.1 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 11.6 | 72 | WON | Perth | 1.3 | 4.7 | 8.12 | 8.16 | 64 | 8 | LAT | 1979-08-18 Aug 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-08-25 21 | H | East Fremantle | 3.3 | 11.8 | 17.10 | 25.16 | 166 | WON | Subiaco | 1.3 | 4.4 | 8.8 | 13.8 | 86 | 80 | EFO | 1979-08-25 Aug 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-09-01 1SF | H | East Fremantle | 6.2 | 13.4 | 16.8 | 19.14 | 128 | WON | East Perth | 6.6 | 9.9 | 13.14 | 18.18 | 126 | 2 | SUB | 1979-09-01 Sep 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-09-15 PF | H | East Fremantle | 6.5 | 13.9 | 15.14 | 19.20 | 134 | WON | Claremont | 4.5 | 8.7 | 15.12 | 15.17 | 107 | 27 | SUB | 1979-09-15 Sep 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1979-09-22 GF | A | East Fremantle | 3.5 | 10.13 | 13.16 | 21.19 | 145 | WON | South Fremantle | 4.5 | 8.10 | 14.14 | 16.16 | 112 | 33 | SUB | 1979-09-22 Sep 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |