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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
J.A Polinelli

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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1942 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1942 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A South Fremantle 5.46.79.1610.19 79 WON Subiaco 3.17.28.410.8 68 11 CLM May 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 South Fremantle       Bye        
3 H South Fremantle 0.23.55.68.7 55 LOST East Perth 6.27.38.69.7 61 -6 CLM May 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 H South Fremantle 3.25.410.912.10 82 LOST Claremont 2.49.911.1416.15 111 -29 SUB May 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 A South Fremantle 3.25.69.810.12 72 DRAW East Fremantle 5.27.510.611.6 72 0 FRE Jun 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 H South Fremantle 5.56.89.1410.17 77 LOST West Perth 3.114.516.619.12 126 -49 FRE Jun 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H South Fremantle 4.38.713.1117.16 118 WON Perth 3.14.35.38.7 55 63 FRE Jun 20 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 A South Fremantle 3.64.68.910.10 70 LOST Subiaco 2.27.58.512.9 81 -11 SUB Jun 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 South Fremantle       Bye        
10 A South Fremantle 3.07.110.313.5 83 WON East Perth 5.48.410.1110.12 72 11 POV Jul 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 H South Fremantle 1.15.37.48.11 59 LOST Claremont 6.211.317.620.6 126 -67 FRE Jul 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H South Fremantle 2.02.22.24.3 27 LOST East Fremantle 2.13.59.612.9 81 -54 FRE Jul 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 A South Fremantle 3.16.27.58.8 56 LOST West Perth 6.29.613.717.12 114 -58 LEE Aug 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A South Fremantle 3.14.67.78.10 58 WON Perth 1.31.45.85.11 41 17 SUB Aug 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H South Fremantle 2.45.55.910.21 81 DRAW Subiaco 2.65.79.1411.15 81 0 FRE Aug 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A South Fremantle 5.28.211.711.8 74 LOST West Perth 4.38.79.916.18 114 -40 LEE Aug 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H South Fremantle 1.39.109.1211.15 81 LOST Claremont 7.58.1112.1315.13 103 -22 FRE Aug 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 H South Fremantle 0.02.42.44.5 29 LOST East Fremantle 1.71.73.147.19 61 -32 FRE Sep 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A South Fremantle 0.11.71.82.12 24 LOST East Perth 2.22.34.127.13 55 -31 POV Sep 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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