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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
D.N MacDonald

South Fremantle



Grand Finals | Honour board | Notable players
Game records

"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 ... "

  • John Devaney reports on how the Bulldogs' star power has not always translated into premierships

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1981 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1981 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 8.211.813.1318.18 126 LOST Claremont 4.610.1017.1522.22 154 -28 CLM Apr 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H South Fremantle 5.412.618.1522.21 153 WON East Fremantle 4.59.1215.1320.14 134 19 FRE Apr 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A South Fremantle 3.75.1010.1117.14 116 LOST East Perth 6.114.318.821.9 135 -19 POV Apr 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A South Fremantle 5.516.1121.1626.28 184 WON Perth 4.26.415.917.13 115 69 LAT May 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H South Fremantle 4.59.1116.1517.19 121 WON Swan Districts 7.29.411.916.16 112 9 FRE May 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A South Fremantle 7.77.813.1317.13 115 WON Subiaco 4.27.1110.1613.19 97 18 SUB May 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 A South Fremantle 6.511.716.1318.18 126 WON West Perth 5.510.913.1217.14 116 10 SUB May 24 (Sun, 12:00) Scores
8 A South Fremantle 4.515.823.1627.17 179 WON East Fremantle 2.66.99.1013.15 93 86 EFO Jun 1 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
9 H South Fremantle 3.06.611.916.19 115 WON Claremont 4.56.911.1313.17 95 20 FRE Jun 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 H South Fremantle 4.713.919.1122.15 147 WON East Perth 6.18.210.711.11 77 70 FRE Jun 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 H South Fremantle 6.412.619.1130.18 198 WON Perth 6.38.59.810.13 73 125 FRE Jun 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 A South Fremantle 2.17.510.613.8 86 LOST Swan Districts 3.88.1210.1819.20 134 -48 BAS Jul 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H South Fremantle 4.612.1418.1623.20 158 WON Subiaco 5.37.89.1210.17 77 81 FRE Jul 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A South Fremantle 4.79.1215.1619.19 133 LOST West Perth 7.210.713.823.8 146 -13 LEE Jul 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A South Fremantle 3.75.1111.1914.25 109 LOST Claremont 4.712.1317.1723.22 160 -51 CLM Jul 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 H South Fremantle 9.413.921.1424.22 166 WON East Fremantle 5.010.214.519.5 119 47 FRE Aug 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A South Fremantle 3.59.1111.1916.22 118 LOST East Perth 10.314.517.920.11 131 -13 SUB Aug 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 A South Fremantle 5.36.413.715.13 103 LOST Perth 4.38.612.1018.13 121 -18 LAT Aug 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 H South Fremantle 6.89.1314.1821.22 148 WON Swan Districts 1.45.911.1316.17 113 35 FRE Aug 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 A South Fremantle 0.53.106.1610.23 83 LOST Subiaco 5.38.413.718.12 120 -37 SUB Aug 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 H South Fremantle 13.521.1030.1640.18 258 WON West Perth 3.15.28.312.6 78 180 FRE Sep 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
1SF A South Fremantle 2.27.613.1019.14 128 WON East Perth 4.49.511.813.10 88 40 SUB Sep 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
PF H South Fremantle 4.28.518.628.10 178 WON Swan Districts 3.28.911.1015.15 105 73 SUB Sep 27 (Sun, 12:00) Scores
GF A South Fremantle 1.37.1510.2012.24 96 LOST Claremont 4.57.711.1316.15 111 -15 SUB Oct 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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