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
1961 Season (WANFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1961 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-04-15 1 | H | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 10.4 | 14.9 | 18.15 | 123 | WON | South Fremantle | 3.3 | 5.6 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 75 | 48 | EFO | 1961-04-15 Apr 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-04-22 2 | A | East Fremantle | 3.4 | 4.9 | 7.16 | 11.17 | 83 | LOST | Perth | 1.0 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 13.7 | 85 | -2 | LAT | 1961-04-22 Apr 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-04-29 3 | H | East Fremantle | 3.1 | 12.6 | 15.9 | 17.15 | 117 | WON | Subiaco | 3.4 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 13.11 | 89 | 28 | EFO | 1961-04-29 Apr 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-05-06 4 | A | East Fremantle | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.17 | 131 | WON | Claremont | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.11 | 59 | 72 | CLM | 1961-05-06 May 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-05-13 5 | H | East Fremantle | 2.3 | 6.9 | 8.11 | 13.15 | 93 | WON | East Perth | 4.4 | 7.6 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 69 | 24 | EFO | 1961-05-13 May 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-05-20 6 | A | East Fremantle | 1.0 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 13.13 | 91 | DRAW | Swan Districts | 7.5 | 8.8 | 11.10 | 13.13 | 91 | 0 | BAS | 1961-05-20 May 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-05-27 7 | H | East Fremantle | 1.4 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 6.13 | 49 | LOST | West Perth | 0.4 | 7.8 | 10.12 | 12.14 | 86 | -37 | EFO | 1961-05-27 May 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-06-05 8 | A | East Fremantle | 2.2 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 50 | LOST | South Fremantle | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.14 | 7.15 | 57 | -7 | FRE | 1961-06-05 Jun 5 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-06-10 9 | H | East Fremantle | 2.1 | 6.7 | 7.11 | 13.15 | 93 | WON | Perth | 3.8 | 4.12 | 7.19 | 9.19 | 73 | 20 | EFO | 1961-06-10 Jun 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-06-17 10 | A | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 12.10 | 82 | LOST | Subiaco | 2.5 | 5.9 | 9.10 | 15.12 | 102 | -20 | SUB | 1961-06-17 Jun 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-06-24 11 | H | East Fremantle | 3.1 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 62 | LOST | Claremont | 4.2 | 6.7 | 9.12 | 11.23 | 89 | -27 | EFO | 1961-06-24 Jun 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-07-01 12 | A | East Fremantle | 1.4 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 6.13 | 49 | LOST | East Perth | 1.5 | 5.8 | 10.18 | 13.20 | 98 | -49 | POV | 1961-07-01 Jul 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-07-08 13 | H | East Fremantle | 7.2 | 9.6 | 10.9 | 14.10 | 94 | WON | Swan Districts | 1.3 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 10.10 | 70 | 24 | EFO | 1961-07-08 Jul 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-07-22 14 | A | East Fremantle | 3.10 | 3.10 | 6.13 | 7.13 | 55 | LOST | West Perth | 3.2 | 7.13 | 8.18 | 12.26 | 98 | -43 | LEE | 1961-07-22 Jul 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-07-29 15 | H | East Fremantle | 5.3 | 6.5 | 10.9 | 13.13 | 91 | WON | South Fremantle | 3.1 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 62 | 29 | EFO | 1961-07-29 Jul 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-08-05 16 | A | East Fremantle | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 8.10 | 58 | LOST | Perth | 3.1 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 11.12 | 78 | -20 | LAT | 1961-08-05 Aug 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-08-12 17 | H | East Fremantle | 6.6 | 6.6 | 11.11 | 13.12 | 90 | WON | Subiaco | 0.1 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 13.9 | 87 | 3 | EFO | 1961-08-12 Aug 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-08-19 18 | A | East Fremantle | 6.6 | 7.9 | 14.14 | 17.16 | 118 | WON | Claremont | 4.1 | 6.9 | 6.12 | 8.19 | 67 | 51 | CLM | 1961-08-19 Aug 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-08-26 19 | H | East Fremantle | 1.1 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 11.7 | 73 | LOST | East Perth | 3.2 | 7.5 | 11.7 | 15.12 | 102 | -29 | EFO | 1961-08-26 Aug 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-09-02 20 | A | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 48 | LOST | Swan Districts | 0.4 | 4.11 | 5.13 | 9.20 | 74 | -26 | BAS | 1961-09-02 Sep 2 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-09-09 21 | H | East Fremantle | 3.2 | 8.5 | 12.11 | 15.15 | 105 | WON | West Perth | 0.0 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 10.7 | 67 | 38 | EFO | 1961-09-09 Sep 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1961-09-16 1SF | H | East Fremantle | 3.2 | 6.3 | 15.9 | 16.11 | 107 | LOST | Subiaco | 6.2 | 14.10 | 14.12 | 20.17 | 137 | -30 | SUB | 1961-09-16 Sep 16 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |