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
1949 Season (WANFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1949 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949-04-23 1 | A | East Fremantle | 3.4 | 5.9 | 7.11 | 11.13 | 79 | LOST | East Perth | 4.3 | 6.9 | 14.13 | 18.16 | 124 | -45 | POV | 1949-04-23 Apr 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-04-30 2 | A | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 6.8 | 13.11 | 16.13 | 109 | WON | Claremont | 2.4 | 4.9 | 6.10 | 8.20 | 68 | 41 | CLM | 1949-04-30 Apr 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-05-07 3 | H | East Fremantle | 2.2 | 3.5 | 9.7 | 13.12 | 90 | LOST | Perth | 4.4 | 8.8 | 11.9 | 15.13 | 103 | -13 | FRE | 1949-05-07 May 7 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-05-14 4 | A | East Fremantle | 3.6 | 8.9 | 11.10 | 14.13 | 97 | LOST | South Fremantle | 5.3 | 9.5 | 14.8 | 15.9 | 99 | -2 | FRE | 1949-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-05-21 5 | H | East Fremantle | 7.4 | 12.10 | 16.13 | 19.19 | 133 | WON | Swan Districts | 1.2 | 5.4 | 7.10 | 11.14 | 80 | 53 | FRE | 1949-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-05-28 6 | A | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 8.4 | 9.8 | 16.11 | 107 | LOST | West Perth | 2.5 | 8.8 | 12.15 | 16.16 | 112 | -5 | LEE | 1949-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-06-04 7 | A | East Fremantle | 5.4 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 12.14 | 86 | WON | Subiaco | 2.2 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 12.12 | 84 | 2 | SUB | 1949-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-06-11 8 | H | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 12.13 | 15.14 | 24.19 | 163 | WON | East Perth | 5.3 | 7.4 | 14.6 | 18.10 | 118 | 45 | FRE | 1949-06-11 Jun 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-06-18 9 | H | East Fremantle | 3.6 | 8.11 | 12.12 | 20.16 | 136 | WON | Claremont | 4.3 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 14.7 | 91 | 45 | FRE | 1949-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-07-09 10 | H | East Fremantle | 3.6 | 3.6 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 63 | LOST | West Perth | 1.5 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 10.16 | 76 | -13 | FRE | 1949-07-09 Jul 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-07-16 11 | A | East Fremantle | 2.3 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 10.8 | 68 | LOST | Perth | 2.3 | 7.5 | 12.12 | 17.17 | 119 | -51 | WAC | 1949-07-16 Jul 16 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-07-23 12 | H | East Fremantle | 8.6 | 8.10 | 15.15 | 21.18 | 144 | WON | South Fremantle | 4.2 | 12.4 | 17.6 | 21.9 | 135 | 9 | FRE | 1949-07-23 Jul 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-07-30 13 | A | East Fremantle | 1.6 | 7.16 | 9.19 | 16.25 | 121 | WON | Swan Districts | 4.2 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 12.12 | 84 | 37 | BAS | 1949-07-30 Jul 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-08-06 14 | H | East Fremantle | 5.11 | 7.17 | 10.24 | 12.30 | 102 | WON | Subiaco | 0.1 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 7.7 | 49 | 53 | FRE | 1949-08-06 Aug 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-08-20 15 | H | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 5.4 | 9.11 | 11.13 | 79 | WON | West Perth | 1.7 | 5.12 | 7.14 | 8.19 | 67 | 12 | SUB | 1949-08-20 Aug 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-08-27 16 | A | East Fremantle | 2.1 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 15.7 | 97 | WON | South Fremantle | 3.4 | 7.10 | 11.12 | 12.13 | 85 | 12 | FRE | 1949-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-09-03 17 | H | East Fremantle | 2.2 | 7.8 | 11.11 | 12.17 | 89 | LOST | East Perth | 4.8 | 5.10 | 7.15 | 12.18 | 90 | -1 | SUB | 1949-09-03 Sep 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-09-10 18 | A | East Fremantle | 6.5 | 9.7 | 15.15 | 18.18 | 126 | WON | Subiaco | 1.2 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 12.13 | 85 | 41 | SUB | 1949-09-10 Sep 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1949-09-17 1SF | H | East Fremantle | 7.6 | 8.10 | 11.11 | 12.13 | 85 | LOST | South Fremantle | 3.3 | 7.8 | 11.10 | 15.16 | 106 | -21 | SUB | 1949-09-17 Sep 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |