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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
W. Ryder

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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1985 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1985 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 4.58.1110.1610.22 82 LOST West Perth 4.48.513.819.18 132 -50 LEE Mar 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H South Fremantle 4.08.411.1114.15 99 LOST East Fremantle 3.78.1515.1823.28 166 -67 FRE Apr 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A South Fremantle 4.26.59.613.9 87 LOST Perth 5.610.914.1018.17 125 -38 LAT Apr 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A South Fremantle 6.39.812.1416.19 115 LOST Subiaco 3.47.711.1317.16 118 -3 SUB Apr 20 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H South Fremantle 2.412.1118.1724.19 163 WON Claremont 3.64.75.810.12 72 91 FRE Apr 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A South Fremantle 2.47.912.1117.17 119 LOST Swan Districts 7.611.1118.1423.16 154 -35 BAS May 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H South Fremantle 11.516.625.1034.18 222 WON East Perth 4.16.110.215.3 93 129 FRE May 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H South Fremantle 2.65.1215.1919.24 138 WON West Perth 2.64.88.1313.16 94 44 FRE May 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A South Fremantle 3.54.86.1012.16 88 LOST Perth 4.48.915.1517.20 122 -34 SUB May 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A South Fremantle 4.35.510.813.11 89 LOST East Fremantle 1.38.614.1021.12 138 -49 EFO Jun 3 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
11 A South Fremantle 8.110.415.616.9 105 WON Claremont 3.44.78.1112.13 85 20 CLM Jun 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H South Fremantle 3.37.814.1619.19 133 WON Subiaco 7.214.516.620.7 127 6 FRE Jun 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H South Fremantle 8.313.919.1328.15 183 WON Swan Districts 3.59.613.716.11 107 76 FRE Jun 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A South Fremantle 3.47.612.1014.17 101 LOST East Perth 5.510.715.1021.15 141 -40 POV Jul 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A South Fremantle 3.26.510.1011.12 78 LOST West Perth 4.09.413.515.7 97 -19 LEE Jul 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 H South Fremantle 6.510.715.1018.14 122 LOST East Fremantle 4.412.713.1120.15 135 -13 FRE Jul 20 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A South Fremantle 6.36.813.919.12 126 WON Perth 4.38.1110.1414.15 99 27 LAT Jul 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 A South Fremantle 5.38.710.914.13 97 LOST Subiaco 5.310.919.1324.16 160 -63 SUB Aug 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 H South Fremantle 1.12.58.1113.13 91 LOST Claremont 7.411.517.821.11 137 -46 FRE Aug 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 A South Fremantle 2.53.89.1314.16 100 LOST Swan Districts 6.413.1025.1329.18 192 -92 BAS Aug 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 H South Fremantle 5.46.811.1817.22 124 WON East Perth 1.36.610.712.11 83 41 FRE Aug 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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