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KEY FACTS

Official name
East Perth Football Club

Known as
East Perth

Nickname
Royals

Former name
Union

Formed
1902 (as Union Football Club)

Colours
Blue and black

Associated clubs
West Coast; East Perth Reserves; East Perth U19s; East Perth WFC

Affiliation (Current)
West Australian Football League (WAFL) 1906–2025

Home Ground
Leederville Oval

WAFL Premierships
1919-20-21-22-23, 1926-27, 1936, 1944, 1956, 1958-59, 1972, 1978, 2000-1-2 (17 total)

Senior Premierships
WA State Premierships: 1919, 1922-23 (3 total); 3rd Rate Association: 1902-03 (2 total); 1st Rate Association: 1904 (1 total); R.P. Rodriguez Shield: 1958-9, 1961, 1966-7, 1969, 1971, 1976, 2000 (9 total)

Most Games
286 - Craig Wulff (2002-2016)

Most Goals
621 - Phil Tierney (1962–1972)

League Top Goalkickers
S.Sloss (30) 1909; H.Campbell (67) 1924, (89) 1926 & (87) 1927; A.Watts (101) 1944*; W.Mose (115) 1958; N.Hawke (114) 1959; P.Tierney (119) 1967; G.Bartlett (69) 1990; T.Wilson (74) 2006; J.Smith (62) 2013 (11 total)

Sandover Medalists
William 'Digger' Thomas 1923; George 'Staunch' Owens 1925; William 'Billy' Thomas 1929; Frank Allen 1950; Graham 'Polly' Farmer 1956, 1957 & 1960; Ted 'Square' Kilmurray 1958; Malcolm Brown 1969; Alan Quartermaine 1975; Peter Spencer 1976 & 1984; Phil Kelly 1978 & 1979; John Ironmonger 1983; David Bain 1988; Brady Anderson 1997; Ryan Turnbull 2001 (14 Medallists/18 Medals)

Headquarters
246 Vincent Street, Leederville, WA 6007

Postal Address
PO Box 447, Leederville, WA, 6903

Phone: (08) 9443 2259 

Email
royals@eastperthfc.com.au

Website
eastperthfc.com.au

East Perth



"Much more importantly, however, the club had firmly re-established itself as one of the competition’s heavyweights, a position it reinforced in 2001 with a convincing second successive premiership. The victims on grand final day on this occasion were East Fremantle’s near neighbours South Fremantle, whom the Royals held to just three points after half time en route to a 17.18 (120) to 5.8 (victory). It was the third occasion East Perth and South Fremantle had met on grand final day, and the third time East Perth had emerged victorious ... "

  • Royal watcher John Devaney looks at the boom-or-bust cycle that has dominated East Perth's history

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1967 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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East Perth's 1967 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 H East Perth 2.49.814.1121.13 139 WON Swan Districts 4.47.119.1615.23 113 26 POV Apr 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 A East Perth 4.47.108.1512.16 88 WON East Fremantle 3.25.47.68.9 57 31 EFO Apr 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 H East Perth 6.313.719.925.10 160 WON Subiaco 5.211.713.1216.14 110 50 POV Apr 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A East Perth 3.26.511.1418.16 124 WON West Perth 4.37.711.1116.11 107 17 LEE Apr 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H East Perth 8.411.1117.1120.12 132 WON Claremont 2.27.69.711.9 75 57 POV May 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A East Perth 9.212.1015.1017.15 117 WON Perth 1.36.610.1312.16 88 29 LAT May 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 A East Perth 2.35.107.1511.19 85 LOST South Fremantle 5.59.813.1618.17 125 -40 FRE May 20 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 A East Perth 5.99.1211.1416.15 111 WON Swan Districts 2.46.88.1112.16 88 23 BAS May 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H East Perth 1.82.125.1611.18 84 WON East Fremantle 2.55.69.810.11 71 13 POV Jun 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A East Perth 2.43.78.1210.13 73 WON Subiaco 2.17.49.411.6 72 1 SUB Jun 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 H East Perth 2.44.107.1411.17 83 WON West Perth 6.58.79.1111.16 82 1 POV Jun 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 A East Perth 3.110.311.718.9 117 WON Claremont 3.55.712.915.14 104 13 CLM Jun 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H East Perth 5.55.812.1314.16 100 WON Perth 1.55.128.1312.17 89 11 POV Jul 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 H East Perth 2.65.97.1216.19 115 WON South Fremantle 0.23.97.107.10 52 63 POV Jul 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A East Perth 4.111.913.1018.12 120 WON Swan Districts 7.610.714.1317.13 115 5 BAS Jul 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A East Perth 7.111.417.725.10 160 WON West Perth 2.54.88.1312.14 86 74 LEE Jul 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H East Perth 4.58.1111.1414.18 102 LOST Subiaco 6.110.114.419.9 123 -21 POV Aug 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 A East Perth 1.26.59.1014.15 99 WON East Fremantle 2.34.45.77.14 56 43 EFO Aug 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 H East Perth 3.18.611.913.10 88 LOST Claremont 1.72.88.1014.13 97 -9 POV Aug 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 H East Perth 3.35.56.1212.13 85 LOST Perth 2.47.512.716.8 104 -19 POV Aug 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 H East Perth 2.29.510.811.10 76 WON South Fremantle 1.33.67.89.9 63 13 POV Sep 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF H East Perth 0.34.66.78.10 58 LOST Perth 3.44.46.89.9 63 -5 SUB Sep 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
PF A East Perth 2.26.411.1420.18 138 WON South Fremantle 3.49.910.1413.20 98 40 SUB Sep 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
GF A East Perth 4.27.413.715.12 102 LOST Perth 3.59.912.918.12 120 -18 SUB Sep 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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