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KEY FACTS

Official name
East Fremantle Football Club

Known as
East Fremantle

Nickname
Sharks (formerly 'Old Easts')

Formed
1898

Colours
Royal blue and white

Associated clubs
East Fremantle Reserves; East Fremantle U19s; East Fremantle WFC

Affiliation (Current)
West Australian Football League (WAFL) 1898–2024

Home Ground
East Fremantle Oval

WAFL Premierships
1900, 1902-03-04, 1906, 1908-09-10-11, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1928-29-30-31, 1933, 1937, 1943*, 1945-46, 1957, 1965, 1974, 1979, 1985, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2023 (30 total)

Senior Premierships
WA State Premierships: 1904, 1906, 1909-10 (4 total); R.P. Rodriguez Shield: 1957, 1977, 1985, 1996, 1997, 1998 (6 total)

Most Games
305 - Brian Peake (1972-1980, 1985-1990)

Most Goals
1095 - George Doig (1933-1945)

League Top Goalkickers
E.Kelly (25) 1904; H.Sharpe (50) 1905, (34) 1906, (48) 1907 & (22) 1908; A.Rawlinson (32) 1917; J.Lawn (47) 1919. Bernie Naylor Medallists: D.Coffey (36) 1923; G.Doig (106) 1933, (152) 1934, (113) 1935, (109) 1936, (144) 1937 & (141) 1941; G.Prince (82) 1949; R.Johnson (92) 1966; K.Taylor (102) 1979; N.Lester-Smith (90) 1989; R.Tregenza (57) 1999 & (86) 2000 (20 total)

Sandover Medalists
Lin Richards 1931; Jim Conway 1950; Jack Clarke 1957; Ray Sorrell 1961 & 1963; David Hollins 1971; Graham Melrose 1974; Brian Peake 1977; Murray Wrensted 1985; Craig Treleven 1995; Adrian Bromage 1998; Rory O'Brien 2013 (11 Medallists/12 Medals)

Headquarters
Moss St & Marmion St, East Fremantle, WA 6158

Postal Address
PO Box 43, Palmyra, WA, 6157

Phone: (08) 9339 5533 

Email
admin@effc.com.au

Website
effc.com.au

President
L. E. Bowden

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

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1913 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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East Fremantle's 1913 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A East Fremantle 1.31.64.64.6 30 LOST Subiaco 1.13.24.45.6 36 -6 SUB Apr 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 A East Fremantle 3.74.108.139.17 71 WON West Perth 0.01.12.22.9 21 50 WAC May 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 East Fremantle       Bye        
4 A East Fremantle 0.13.23.35.8 38 LOST South Fremantle 1.22.26.36.3 39 -1 FRE May 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H East Fremantle 1.52.108.1210.16 76 WON East Perth 2.52.82.113.14 32 44 FRE May 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A East Fremantle 0.33.74.74.8 32 WON North Fremantle 2.42.54.64.6 30 2 NFR May 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H East Fremantle 4.36.58.610.6 66 WON Subiaco 0.13.24.55.8 38 28 FRE Jun 2 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
8 H East Fremantle 3.35.56.126.12 48 WON West Perth 2.14.24.25.3 33 15 FRE Jun 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 East Fremantle       Bye        
10 H East Fremantle 1.41.72.104.15 39 WON South Fremantle 1.12.33.33.3 21 18 FRE Jun 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A East Fremantle 2.42.64.75.8 38 WON East Perth 1.11.41.42.6 18 20 POV Jun 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H East Fremantle 3.53.59.810.8 68 WON North Fremantle 0.22.82.82.15 27 41 FRE Jul 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H East Fremantle 3.54.86.96.11 47 LOST Perth 2.15.47.67.6 48 -1 FRE Jul 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A East Fremantle 0.13.15.27.2 44 LOST Perth 1.103.134.166.19 55 -11 WAC Aug 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H East Fremantle 6.97.1311.1713.19 97 WON North Fremantle 1.02.32.43.7 25 72 FRE Aug 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A East Fremantle 2.54.57.810.11 71 WON South Fremantle 0.12.43.45.5 35 36 FRE Aug 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A East Fremantle 2.18.49.610.9 69 WON West Perth 1.22.26.38.4 52 17 WAC Aug 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 A East Fremantle 0.10.90.91.9 15 LOST Perth 0.51.52.105.11 41 -26 POV Sep 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 H East Fremantle 3.25.59.710.7 67 WON Subiaco 0.11.21.53.10 28 39 SUB Sep 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF A East Fremantle 0.12.23.64.8 32 WON South Fremantle 0.31.43.43.5 23 9 FRE Sep 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
PF A East Fremantle 1.21.22.52.6 18 LOST Perth 2.33.65.66.8 44 -26 SUB Oct 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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