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
1981 Season (WAFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1981 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981-04-11 1 | H | East Fremantle | 9.4 | 14.7 | 18.12 | 21.16 | 142 | WON | Subiaco | 0.3 | 5.5 | 12.9 | 18.12 | 120 | 22 | EFO | 1981-04-11 Apr 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-04-18 2 | A | East Fremantle | 4.5 | 9.12 | 15.13 | 20.14 | 134 | LOST | South Fremantle | 5.4 | 12.6 | 18.15 | 22.21 | 153 | -19 | FRE | 1981-04-18 Apr 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-04-25 3 | H | East Fremantle | 3.6 | 11.12 | 15.16 | 19.25 | 139 | WON | West Perth | 2.5 | 3.8 | 6.13 | 8.17 | 65 | 74 | EFO | 1981-04-25 Apr 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-05-02 4 | A | East Fremantle | 5.1 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 12.6 | 78 | LOST | Swan Districts | 7.1 | 12.7 | 21.14 | 28.17 | 185 | -107 | BAS | 1981-05-02 May 2 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-05-09 5 | H | East Fremantle | 3.6 | 5.10 | 12.17 | 20.21 | 141 | WON | Perth | 2.8 | 6.10 | 11.13 | 13.20 | 98 | 43 | EFO | 1981-05-09 May 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-05-16 6 | H | East Fremantle | 6.0 | 10.6 | 10.11 | 14.12 | 96 | LOST | Claremont | 5.3 | 9.6 | 14.10 | 19.12 | 126 | -30 | EFO | 1981-05-16 May 16 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-05-23 7 | A | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 7.5 | 13.8 | 17.10 | 112 | LOST | East Perth | 6.1 | 15.4 | 19.7 | 24.12 | 156 | -44 | POV | 1981-05-23 May 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-06-01 8 | H | East Fremantle | 2.6 | 6.9 | 9.10 | 13.15 | 93 | LOST | South Fremantle | 4.5 | 15.8 | 23.16 | 27.17 | 179 | -86 | EFO | 1981-06-01 Jun 1 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-06-06 9 | A | East Fremantle | 6.0 | 8.1 | 10.1 | 14.5 | 89 | LOST | Subiaco | 4.5 | 7.6 | 12.8 | 14.13 | 97 | -8 | SUB | 1981-06-06 Jun 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-06-13 10 | A | East Fremantle | 2.1 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 9.7 | 61 | LOST | West Perth | 10.6 | 19.10 | 28.14 | 37.17 | 239 | -178 | LEE | 1981-06-13 Jun 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-06-27 11 | H | East Fremantle | 1.2 | 1.4 | 6.10 | 10.13 | 73 | LOST | Swan Districts | 3.7 | 10.11 | 12.12 | 13.13 | 91 | -18 | EFO | 1981-06-27 Jun 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-07-04 12 | A | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 10.5 | 15.8 | 21.9 | 135 | LOST | Perth | 7.8 | 10.16 | 16.17 | 23.24 | 162 | -27 | LAT | 1981-07-04 Jul 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-07-11 13 | A | East Fremantle | 3.3 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 14.11 | 95 | LOST | Claremont | 4.3 | 15.10 | 25.14 | 30.17 | 197 | -102 | CLM | 1981-07-11 Jul 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-07-18 14 | H | East Fremantle | 2.6 | 5.9 | 9.14 | 9.17 | 71 | LOST | East Perth | 2.1 | 4.7 | 7.9 | 12.11 | 83 | -12 | EFO | 1981-07-18 Jul 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-07-25 15 | H | East Fremantle | 1.2 | 8.6 | 12.8 | 14.9 | 93 | LOST | Subiaco | 6.4 | 7.8 | 12.11 | 18.19 | 127 | -34 | EFO | 1981-07-25 Jul 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-08-01 16 | A | East Fremantle | 5.0 | 10.2 | 14.5 | 19.5 | 119 | LOST | South Fremantle | 9.4 | 13.9 | 21.14 | 24.22 | 166 | -47 | FRE | 1981-08-01 Aug 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-08-08 17 | H | East Fremantle | 5.5 | 9.7 | 14.12 | 21.17 | 143 | WON | West Perth | 5.0 | 10.4 | 14.8 | 16.11 | 107 | 36 | EFO | 1981-08-08 Aug 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-08-15 18 | A | East Fremantle | 0.2 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 8.15 | 63 | LOST | Swan Districts | 8.9 | 15.11 | 21.19 | 24.24 | 168 | -105 | BAS | 1981-08-15 Aug 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-08-22 19 | H | East Fremantle | 6.5 | 13.13 | 14.15 | 20.19 | 139 | WON | Perth | 5.6 | 8.11 | 13.16 | 17.18 | 120 | 19 | SUB | 1981-08-22 Aug 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-08-29 20 | H | East Fremantle | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.12 | 7.16 | 58 | LOST | Claremont | 2.1 | 6.9 | 8.12 | 10.21 | 81 | -23 | EFO | 1981-08-29 Aug 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1981-09-05 21 | A | East Fremantle | 2.2 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 12.10 | 82 | LOST | East Perth | 5.3 | 8.6 | 15.12 | 17.15 | 117 | -35 | POV | 1981-09-05 Sep 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |