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
1953 Season (WANFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1953 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953-04-25 1 | H | East Fremantle | 1.7 | 2.8 | 5.15 | 7.18 | 60 | WON | Claremont | 1.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 8.10 | 58 | 2 | EFO | 1953-04-25 Apr 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-05-02 2 | A | East Fremantle | 1.6 | 7.13 | 10.14 | 10.16 | 76 | LOST | Perth | 3.4 | 10.7 | 16.12 | 17.18 | 120 | -44 | WAC | 1953-05-02 May 2 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-05-09 3 | H | East Fremantle | 0.6 | 3.6 | 4.10 | 4.11 | 35 | LOST | East Perth | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 50 | -15 | EFO | 1953-05-09 May 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-05-16 4 | A | East Fremantle | 1.2 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 10.11 | 71 | LOST | South Fremantle | 2.5 | 4.7 | 8.12 | 10.12 | 72 | -1 | FRE | 1953-05-16 May 16 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-05-23 5 | H | East Fremantle | 2.7 | 3.9 | 12.15 | 12.15 | 87 | WON | Swan Districts | 0.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 8.10 | 58 | 29 | EFO | 1953-05-23 May 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-05-30 6 | A | East Fremantle | 3.7 | 7.11 | 10.15 | 14.18 | 102 | WON | Subiaco | 3.2 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 54 | 48 | LEE | 1953-05-30 May 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-06-02 7 | A | East Fremantle | 1.5 | 5.9 | 7.13 | 7.16 | 58 | LOST | West Perth | 7.6 | 11.12 | 18.16 | 21.21 | 147 | -89 | LEE | 1953-06-02 Jun 2 (Tue, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-06-06 8 | A | East Fremantle | 6.2 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 72 | LOST | Claremont | 2.1 | 4.5 | 8.8 | 13.9 | 87 | -15 | CLM | 1953-06-06 Jun 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-06-13 9 | H | East Fremantle | 6.5 | 10.10 | 12.12 | 19.18 | 132 | WON | Perth | 4.2 | 7.7 | 9.10 | 11.11 | 77 | 55 | EFO | 1953-06-13 Jun 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-06-20 10 | A | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 6.3 | 10.7 | 14.12 | 96 | WON | East Perth | 2.2 | 3.8 | 6.9 | 11.12 | 78 | 18 | POV | 1953-06-20 Jun 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-06-27 11 | H | East Fremantle | 2.7 | 6.10 | 11.13 | 13.15 | 93 | LOST | South Fremantle | 3.4 | 7.5 | 11.13 | 18.15 | 123 | -30 | EFO | 1953-06-27 Jun 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-07-04 12 | A | East Fremantle | 3.1 | 5.3 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 74 | LOST | Swan Districts | 3.3 | 8.8 | 11.13 | 15.14 | 104 | -30 | BAS | 1953-07-04 Jul 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-07-18 13 | H | East Fremantle | 4.7 | 6.8 | 9.14 | 10.15 | 75 | WON | Subiaco | 0.0 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 9.6 | 60 | 15 | EFO | 1953-07-18 Jul 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-07-25 14 | H | East Fremantle | 2.2 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 11.9 | 75 | LOST | West Perth | 2.8 | 6.10 | 9.15 | 15.17 | 107 | -32 | EFO | 1953-07-25 Jul 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-08-01 15 | A | East Fremantle | 6.9 | 8.11 | 11.14 | 14.16 | 100 | WON | Claremont | 2.0 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 61 | 39 | CLM | 1953-08-01 Aug 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-08-08 16 | H | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 5.6 | 10.7 | 10.14 | 74 | LOST | Perth | 6.3 | 9.7 | 11.11 | 12.14 | 86 | -12 | EFO | 1953-08-08 Aug 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-08-15 17 | A | East Fremantle | 5.2 | 8.8 | 9.11 | 9.11 | 65 | LOST | East Perth | 2.1 | 7.1 | 11.8 | 13.12 | 90 | -25 | POV | 1953-08-15 Aug 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-08-22 18 | H | East Fremantle | 3.4 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 9.7 | 61 | LOST | South Fremantle | 4.4 | 13.7 | 18.8 | 22.9 | 141 | -80 | EFO | 1953-08-22 Aug 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-08-29 19 | H | East Fremantle | 5.1 | 9.5 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 87 | WON | Swan Districts | 1.2 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 11.8 | 74 | 13 | EFO | 1953-08-29 Aug 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-09-05 20 | H | East Fremantle | 2.3 | 4.5 | 7.10 | 11.15 | 81 | WON | Subiaco | 4.0 | 7.2 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 78 | 3 | EFO | 1953-09-05 Sep 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-09-12 21 | A | East Fremantle | 1.2 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 10.13 | 73 | LOST | West Perth | 6.3 | 8.6 | 12.8 | 17.11 | 113 | -40 | LEE | 1953-09-12 Sep 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-09-19 1SF | H | East Fremantle | 8.2 | 13.7 | 15.12 | 20.15 | 135 | WON | Perth | 3.6 | 5.10 | 10.14 | 10.14 | 74 | 61 | SUB | 1953-09-19 Sep 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1953-10-03 PF | A | East Fremantle | 4.6 | 5.6 | 9.12 | 9.14 | 68 | LOST | West Perth | 3.1 | 11.5 | 15.5 | 18.12 | 120 | -52 | SUB | 1953-10-03 Oct 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |