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
1945 Season (WANFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1945 Fixture
| Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945-05-05 1 | H | East Fremantle | 6.6 | 7.7 | 14.16 | 16.20 | 116 | WON | Subiaco | 2.0 | 2.12 | 2.13 | 3.17 | 35 | 81 | FRE | 1945-05-05 May 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-05-12 2 | A | East Fremantle | 4.0 | 13.6 | 17.9 | 20.14 | 134 | WON | Claremont | 4.4 | 5.8 | 8.10 | 10.12 | 72 | 62 | SUB | 1945-05-12 May 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-05-19 3 | H | East Fremantle | 6.5 | 11.8 | 16.14 | 20.17 | 137 | WON | Perth | 1.4 | 4.8 | 10.14 | 14.14 | 98 | 39 | FRE | 1945-05-19 May 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-05-26 4 | H | East Fremantle | 4.1 | 8.4 | 10.7 | 18.14 | 122 | WON | South Fremantle | 6.6 | 10.7 | 11.12 | 13.13 | 91 | 31 | FRE | 1945-05-26 May 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-06-02 5 | A | East Fremantle | 2.0 | 8.7 | 9.10 | 14.14 | 98 | LOST | West Perth | 4.4 | 8.6 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 105 | -7 | LEE | 1945-06-02 Jun 2 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-06-09 6 | H | East Fremantle | 2.8 | 3.9 | 5.14 | 7.16 | 58 | LOST | Swan Districts | 0.4 | 5.6 | 7.11 | 11.15 | 81 | -23 | FRE | 1945-06-09 Jun 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-06-16 7 | H | East Fremantle | 4.0 | 8.3 | 9.7 | 11.10 | 76 | WON | East Perth | 2.1 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 10.3 | 63 | 13 | POV | 1945-06-16 Jun 16 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-06-23 8 | H | East Fremantle | 0.0 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 11.13 | 79 | WON | Subiaco | 5.4 | 5.4 | 7.13 | 7.14 | 56 | 23 | SUB | 1945-06-23 Jun 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-06-30 9 | H | East Fremantle | 3.3 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 15.17 | 107 | WON | Claremont | 4.1 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 45 | 62 | FRE | 1945-06-30 Jun 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-07-07 10 | H | East Fremantle | 4.5 | 5.7 | 11.12 | 18.18 | 126 | WON | Perth | 2.0 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 47 | 79 | WAC | 1945-07-07 Jul 7 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-07-14 11 | H | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 10.5 | 12.9 | 15.12 | 102 | LOST | South Fremantle | 3.3 | 7.5 | 12.12 | 16.14 | 110 | -8 | FRE | 1945-07-14 Jul 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-07-21 12 | H | East Fremantle | 3.2 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 7.14 | 56 | LOST | West Perth | 1.3 | 5.6 | 7.12 | 8.13 | 61 | -5 | SUB | 1945-07-21 Jul 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-07-28 13 | H | East Fremantle | 6.4 | 7.4 | 14.8 | 15.10 | 100 | WON | Swan Districts | 2.1 | 5.5 | 9.7 | 14.13 | 97 | 3 | BAS | 1945-07-28 Jul 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-08-04 14 | H | East Fremantle | 6.3 | 12.6 | 20.9 | 23.12 | 150 | WON | East Perth | 1.2 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 6.10 | 46 | 104 | FRE | 1945-08-04 Aug 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-08-11 15 | A | East Fremantle | 0.1 | 5.9 | 6.10 | 12.15 | 87 | WON | Subiaco | 7.2 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 71 | 16 | SUB | 1945-08-11 Aug 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-08-18 16 | H | East Fremantle | 3.3 | 7.9 | 13.11 | 23.19 | 157 | WON | Claremont | 0.2 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 9.5 | 59 | 98 | FRE | 1945-08-18 Aug 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-08-25 17 | H | East Fremantle | 5.0 | 12.3 | 14.4 | 19.7 | 121 | WON | Perth | 2.4 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 9.10 | 64 | 57 | FRE | 1945-08-25 Aug 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-09-01 18 | H | East Fremantle | 3.1 | 7.4 | 10.8 | 18.15 | 123 | WON | South Fremantle | 2.3 | 8.10 | 11.12 | 12.14 | 86 | 37 | FRE | 1945-09-01 Sep 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-09-08 19 | H | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 11.9 | 17.11 | 19.13 | 127 | WON | West Perth | 2.0 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 11.9 | 75 | 52 | FRE | 1945-09-08 Sep 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-09-15 20 | A | East Fremantle | 4.1 | 6.7 | 6.10 | 9.19 | 73 | WON | East Perth | 1.3 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 38 | 35 | POV | 1945-09-15 Sep 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-09-29 2SF | H | East Fremantle | 3.1 | 7.4 | 8.8 | 14.14 | 98 | WON | West Perth | 1.2 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 6.10 | 46 | 52 | SUB | 1945-09-29 Sep 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1945-10-13 GF | H | East Fremantle | 2.2 | 5.6 | 6.10 | 12.15 | 87 | WON | South Fremantle | 4.6 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 51 | 36 | SUB | 1945-10-13 Oct 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |