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
1937 Season (WANFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1937 Fixture
| Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937-04-24 1 | A | East Fremantle | 1.2 | 8.7 | 10.8 | 15.17 | 107 | WON | Perth | 2.2 | 5.6 | 10.11 | 10.12 | 72 | 35 | WAC | 1937-04-24 Apr 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-05-01 2 | H | East Fremantle | 6.6 | 14.15 | 20.20 | 28.23 | 191 | WON | South Fremantle | 4.2 | 9.4 | 13.9 | 16.14 | 110 | 81 | FRE | 1937-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-05-03 3 | A | East Fremantle | 3.0 | 7.4 | 9.10 | 16.16 | 112 | WON | Claremont | 6.4 | 8.5 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 93 | 19 | CLM | 1937-05-03 May 3 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-05-08 4 | A | East Fremantle | 5.2 | 9.5 | 12.10 | 14.12 | 96 | LOST | Swan Districts | 4.3 | 7.6 | 13.10 | 15.12 | 102 | -6 | BAS | 1937-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-05-15 5 | A | East Fremantle | 3.5 | 7.8 | 9.11 | 11.14 | 80 | LOST | West Perth | 2.2 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 12.11 | 83 | -3 | LEE | 1937-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-05-22 6 | H | East Fremantle | 5.6 | 8.7 | 16.7 | 21.12 | 138 | WON | Subiaco | 1.1 | 7.11 | 8.16 | 12.20 | 92 | 46 | FRE | 1937-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-05-29 7 | A | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 10.8 | 68 | LOST | East Perth | 6.1 | 9.4 | 12.11 | 18.11 | 119 | -51 | POV | 1937-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-06-05 8 | H | East Fremantle | 2.8 | 6.14 | 15.22 | 16.26 | 122 | WON | Perth | 4.2 | 10.3 | 12.6 | 18.11 | 119 | 3 | FRE | 1937-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-06-07 9 | A | East Fremantle | 3.3 | 6.5 | 10.8 | 14.17 | 101 | LOST | South Fremantle | 5.6 | 10.7 | 16.14 | 16.15 | 111 | -10 | FRE | 1937-06-07 Jun 7 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-06-12 10 | H | East Fremantle | 4.5 | 9.9 | 13.15 | 20.20 | 140 | WON | Claremont | 5.1 | 7.8 | 11.10 | 16.14 | 110 | 30 | FRE | 1937-06-12 Jun 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-06-19 11 | H | East Fremantle | 3.4 | 11.11 | 13.14 | 18.18 | 126 | WON | Swan Districts | 4.6 | 5.9 | 11.12 | 14.15 | 99 | 27 | FRE | 1937-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-06-26 12 | H | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 7.5 | 9.6 | 14.12 | 96 | WON | West Perth | 2.1 | 6.4 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 75 | 21 | FRE | 1937-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-07-03 13 | A | East Fremantle | 0.2 | 5.7 | 11.8 | 15.13 | 103 | WON | Subiaco | 3.2 | 3.5 | 9.13 | 12.13 | 85 | 18 | SUB | 1937-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-07-10 14 | H | East Fremantle | 2.3 | 7.7 | 10.13 | 13.14 | 92 | LOST | East Perth | 2.8 | 5.16 | 12.17 | 14.28 | 112 | -20 | FRE | 1937-07-10 Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-07-17 15 | A | East Fremantle | 4.0 | 8.7 | 11.11 | 16.13 | 109 | WON | Perth | 3.3 | 9.6 | 9.11 | 13.14 | 92 | 17 | WAC | 1937-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-07-24 16 | H | East Fremantle | 5.3 | 10.5 | 14.6 | 20.13 | 133 | WON | South Fremantle | 5.5 | 7.10 | 11.17 | 14.20 | 104 | 29 | FRE | 1937-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-07-31 17 | A | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 5.9 | 9.12 | 15.16 | 106 | WON | Claremont | 1.4 | 5.7 | 10.12 | 12.16 | 88 | 18 | CLM | 1937-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-08-21 18 | H | East Fremantle | 5.7 | 9.9 | 9.11 | 12.15 | 87 | LOST | Swan Districts | 1.4 | 7.9 | 13.13 | 16.18 | 114 | -27 | FRE | 1937-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-08-28 19 | H | East Fremantle | 2.4 | 6.4 | 13.7 | 14.9 | 93 | WON | West Perth | 1.3 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 12.11 | 83 | 10 | FRE | 1937-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-09-04 20 | A | East Fremantle | 1.8 | 3.12 | 9.20 | 12.25 | 97 | WON | Subiaco | 1.3 | 6.8 | 8.9 | 12.10 | 82 | 15 | SUB | 1937-09-04 Sep 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-09-11 21 | A | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 7.6 | 9.13 | 15.19 | 109 | DRAW | East Perth | 6.3 | 9.5 | 12.5 | 17.7 | 109 | 0 | POV | 1937-09-11 Sep 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-09-25 2SF | A | East Fremantle | 1.5 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 10.14 | 74 | LOST | Claremont | 2.4 | 7.4 | 10.10 | 13.10 | 88 | -14 | SUB | 1937-09-25 Sep 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-10-02 PF | A | East Fremantle | 1.1 | 5.5 | 7.8 | 11.12 | 78 | WON | East Perth | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.16 | 6.19 | 55 | 23 | SUB | 1937-10-02 Oct 2 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1937-10-09 GF | A | East Fremantle | 4.0 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 14.13 | 97 | WON | Claremont | 3.1 | 7.2 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 87 | 10 | SUB | 1937-10-09 Oct 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |