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KEY FACTS

Official name
South Fremantle Football Club

Known as
South Fremantle

Nickname
Bulldogs

Formed
1900

Colours
White and red

Associated clubs
South Fremantle Reserves; South Fremantle U19s; South Fremantle WFC

Affiliation (Current)
West Australian Football League (WAFL) 1900–2025

Home Ground
Fremantle Oval

WAFL Premierships
1916-17, 1947-48, 1950, 1952-53-54, 1970, 1980, 1997, 2005, 2009, 2020 (14 total)

Senior Premierships
R.P. Rodriguez Shield: 1983-4, 1992, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2016 (7 total)

Most Games
266 - Marty Atkins (1990-2003)

Most Goals
1034 - Bernie Naylor (1941, 1946-1954)

League Top Goalkickers
H.Kelly (50) 1905; G.Thomas (31) 1910; H.Campbell (47) 1922; S.Lawn (75) 1928 & (96) 1929; B.Naylor (131) 1946, (108) 1947, (91) 1948, (147) 1952, (167) 1953, (133) 1954; J.Gerovich (74) 1956, (101) 1960 & (74) 1961; R.Bauskis (108) 1977 & (82) 1978; C.Edwards (54) 1992; J.Dorotich (88) 1996 & (114) 1997; Z.Parsons (65) 2002; B.Saunders (66) 2012, (59) 2014 & (52) 2016; M.Shaw (23) 2020 (24 total)

Sandover Medalists
Jack Rocchi 1928; Frank Jenkins 1937; Clive Lewington 1947; Steve Marsh 1952; John Todd 1955; Stephen Michael 1980 & 1981; Mark Bairstow 1986; Craig Edwards 1989; Toby McGrath 2005; Haiden Schloithe 2017 (10 medallists/11 medals)

Postal Address
PO Box 368, Fremantle, WA, 6160

Website
southfremantlefc.com.au

President
A.S Putland

South Fremantle



"Among the champion players to wear the red-and-white jumper with distinction in the 1980s and ‘90s were 1986 Sandover Medallist and eventual Geelong skipper Mark Bairstow, dynamic on-baller Scott Watters, flame haired utility Brad Hardie (later a Brownlow Medallist with Footscray), powerful key position player Jon Dorotich, 1989 Sandover Medallist Craig Edwards, versatile and tenacious English policeman Marty Atkins, and a panoply of West Coast Eagles stalwarts such as Peter Matera, John Worsfold, Glen Jakovich and David Hart ... "

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1917 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1917 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 H South Fremantle 2.25.76.88.11 59 LOST Perth 3.25.47.610.9 69 -10 FRE May 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 A South Fremantle 6.48.813.1116.18 114 WON Midland Junction 1.22.64.106.11 47 67 MJO May 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A South Fremantle 5.35.67.87.10 52 WON East Fremantle 2.14.44.76.7 43 9 FRE Jun 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A South Fremantle 2.34.65.77.12 54 WON Subiaco 3.64.67.67.6 48 6 SUB Jun 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 South Fremantle       Bye        
6 H South Fremantle 3.53.144.178.17 65 WON West Perth 0.03.25.48.4 52 13 FRE Jun 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 A South Fremantle 0.04.94.108.18 66 WON East Perth 1.61.63.123.12 30 36 POV Jun 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 A South Fremantle 0.12.72.82.10 22 WON Perth 1.51.61.111.11 17 5 WAC Jul 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H South Fremantle 5.310.615.1418.26 134 WON Midland Junction 1.12.12.12.2 14 120 FRE Jul 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A South Fremantle 2.73.86.136.13 49 WON East Fremantle 0.23.94.115.13 43 6 FRE Jul 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 H South Fremantle 4.14.54.75.7 37 LOST Subiaco 3.27.88.810.10 70 -33 FRE Jul 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 South Fremantle       Bye        
13 A South Fremantle 4.510.812.1116.18 114 WON West Perth 1.22.43.75.7 37 77 MJO Aug 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 H South Fremantle 2.16.610.1315.16 106 WON East Perth 5.36.46.67.8 50 56 FRE Aug 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF A South Fremantle 1.24.59.610.7 67 WON Subiaco 4.24.27.27.4 46 21 WAC Sep 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
PF H South Fremantle 2.22.25.37.6 48 WON East Fremantle 0.12.64.85.10 40 8 SUB Sep 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
GF A South Fremantle 3.33.35.56.5 41 WON East Fremantle 0.02.32.33.8 26 15 WAC Sep 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.