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
1938 Season (WANFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1938 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938-04-23 1 | H | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 9.9 | 13.9 | 17.10 | 112 | WON | South Fremantle | 2.3 | 4.4 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 65 | 47 | FRE | 1938-04-23 Apr 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-04-30 2 | A | East Fremantle | 5.7 | 9.7 | 12.12 | 13.12 | 90 | LOST | Claremont | 4.4 | 6.9 | 8.12 | 19.12 | 126 | -36 | CLM | 1938-04-30 Apr 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-05-07 3 | A | East Fremantle | 0.4 | 4.13 | 9.18 | 10.19 | 79 | WON | Swan Districts | 3.2 | 7.4 | 8.5 | 9.8 | 62 | 17 | BAS | 1938-05-07 May 7 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-05-14 4 | H | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 21.12 | 138 | WON | West Perth | 3.3 | 5.4 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 80 | 58 | FRE | 1938-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-05-21 5 | A | East Fremantle | 1.1 | 3.9 | 9.12 | 12.14 | 86 | WON | Subiaco | 2.7 | 4.11 | 8.13 | 11.13 | 79 | 7 | SUB | 1938-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-05-28 6 | A | East Fremantle | 1.1 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 10.11 | 71 | LOST | Perth | 3.7 | 6.10 | 9.12 | 12.17 | 89 | -18 | WAC | 1938-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-06-04 7 | A | East Fremantle | 1.3 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 9.12 | 66 | DRAW | East Perth | 1.5 | 4.8 | 4.11 | 9.12 | 66 | 0 | POV | 1938-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-06-06 8 | A | East Fremantle | 7.5 | 10.7 | 13.11 | 14.15 | 99 | WON | South Fremantle | 4.3 | 7.8 | 12.10 | 14.14 | 98 | 1 | FRE | 1938-06-06 Jun 6 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-06-11 9 | H | East Fremantle | 2.4 | 5.8 | 10.9 | 15.12 | 102 | WON | Claremont | 2.4 | 7.7 | 12.14 | 13.16 | 94 | 8 | FRE | 1938-06-11 Jun 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-06-18 10 | H | East Fremantle | 3.2 | 5.3 | 11.10 | 13.11 | 89 | LOST | Swan Districts | 1.2 | 6.11 | 7.11 | 14.15 | 99 | -10 | FRE | 1938-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-06-25 11 | A | East Fremantle | 6.1 | 8.6 | 11.13 | 14.13 | 97 | WON | West Perth | 3.4 | 8.5 | 13.8 | 14.11 | 95 | 2 | LEE | 1938-06-25 Jun 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-07-02 12 | H | East Fremantle | 2.2 | 4.4 | 7.10 | 11.12 | 78 | WON | Subiaco | 3.2 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 10.10 | 70 | 8 | FRE | 1938-07-02 Jul 2 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-07-09 13 | A | East Fremantle | 2.2 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 10.12 | 72 | LOST | South Fremantle | 6.6 | 8.9 | 12.15 | 13.20 | 98 | -26 | FRE | 1938-07-09 Jul 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-07-23 14 | H | East Fremantle | 1.1 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 17.16 | 118 | WON | East Perth | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5.10 | 8.12 | 60 | 58 | SUB | 1938-07-23 Jul 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-07-30 15 | H | East Fremantle | 5.1 | 11.6 | 16.10 | 22.15 | 147 | WON | Perth | 4.3 | 8.9 | 10.11 | 13.12 | 90 | 57 | FRE | 1938-07-30 Jul 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-08-06 16 | A | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 13.10 | 88 | WON | Claremont | 2.3 | 5.6 | 9.6 | 12.7 | 79 | 9 | CLM | 1938-08-06 Aug 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-08-13 17 | A | East Fremantle | 3.5 | 5.6 | 12.13 | 14.19 | 103 | WON | Swan Districts | 3.2 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 8.11 | 59 | 44 | BAS | 1938-08-13 Aug 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-08-27 18 | A | East Fremantle | 3.5 | 8.11 | 8.16 | 12.22 | 94 | WON | West Perth | 2.2 | 5.2 | 9.3 | 10.5 | 65 | 29 | LEE | 1938-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-09-03 19 | H | East Fremantle | 8.3 | 9.6 | 19.9 | 21.12 | 138 | WON | Subiaco | 5.3 | 8.10 | 9.11 | 14.18 | 102 | 36 | FRE | 1938-09-03 Sep 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-09-10 20 | H | East Fremantle | 6.3 | 8.5 | 11.12 | 13.18 | 96 | WON | East Perth | 2.0 | 7.4 | 9.6 | 14.10 | 94 | 2 | FRE | 1938-09-10 Sep 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-09-24 2SF | A | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 6.7 | 8.12 | 13.18 | 96 | LOST | Claremont | 4.4 | 6.8 | 12.16 | 17.19 | 121 | -25 | SUB | 1938-09-24 Sep 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-10-01 PF | A | East Fremantle | 1.1 | 4.8 | 8.8 | 15.9 | 99 | WON | East Perth | 5.3 | 8.5 | 8.10 | 9.13 | 67 | 32 | SUB | 1938-10-01 Oct 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-10-08 GF | A | East Fremantle | 3.5 | 6.7 | 10.8 | 14.10 | 94 | DRAW | Claremont | 4.2 | 9.6 | 10.12 | 13.16 | 94 | 0 | SUB | 1938-10-08 Oct 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1938-10-15 GFR | A | East Fremantle | 0.1 | 6.12 | 9.13 | 11.13 | 79 | LOST | Claremont | 2.9 | 6.9 | 11.12 | 14.17 | 101 | -22 | SUB | 1938-10-15 Oct 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |