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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
J. T. Tonkin

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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1950 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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East Fremantle's 1950 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H East Fremantle 4.116.1213.1619.22 136 WON East Perth 3.46.96.1210.14 74 62 FRE Apr 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 A East Fremantle 4.214.1015.1422.19 151 WON Subiaco 3.34.47.910.10 70 81 SUB Apr 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A East Fremantle 4.39.1016.1419.18 132 WON Claremont 4.14.77.1014.13 97 35 CLM May 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A East Fremantle 7.716.1116.1419.17 131 WON Swan Districts 0.12.35.128.13 61 70 BAS May 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H East Fremantle 4.38.312.914.9 93 LOST South Fremantle 4.59.1112.1220.18 138 -45 FRE May 20 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 H East Fremantle 4.27.710.1114.15 99 LOST West Perth 6.08.415.1120.14 134 -35 FRE May 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H East Fremantle 3.38.810.1316.19 115 WON Perth 2.24.411.717.8 110 5 FRE Jun 5 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
8 A East Fremantle 3.17.29.39.5 59 WON East Perth 2.54.96.117.15 57 2 POV Jun 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H East Fremantle 3.56.68.1111.14 80 LOST Subiaco 2.48.1010.1114.15 99 -19 FRE Jun 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 H East Fremantle 3.410.1013.1122.24 156 WON Claremont 6.78.913.1415.15 105 51 FRE Jun 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 H East Fremantle 3.56.1111.1618.22 130 WON Swan Districts 4.58.611.814.13 97 33 FRE Jul 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H East Fremantle 3.27.611.814.11 95 LOST South Fremantle 5.78.811.1014.14 98 -3 FRE Jul 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 A East Fremantle 4.36.38.99.9 63 LOST West Perth 1.26.610.919.19 133 -70 LEE Jul 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A East Fremantle 4.25.47.67.6 48 LOST Perth 3.37.78.811.15 81 -33 WAC Jul 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A East Fremantle 2.43.66.108.15 63 LOST East Perth 2.45.68.1011.13 79 -16 POV Aug 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A East Fremantle 6.812.1014.1421.16 142 WON Subiaco 3.07.410.616.9 105 37 SUB Aug 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H East Fremantle 5.18.39.611.10 76 LOST Claremont 5.310.813.916.11 107 -31 FRE Aug 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 H East Fremantle 3.66.89.1512.22 94 WON Swan Districts 4.26.59.711.9 75 19 FRE Aug 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 H East Fremantle 3.36.511.815.8 98 LOST South Fremantle 4.106.1610.1821.23 149 -51 FRE Sep 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 A East Fremantle 1.37.57.613.8 86 LOST West Perth 6.311.316.719.11 125 -39 LEE Sep 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 A East Fremantle 1.35.176.1713.21 99 LOST Perth 8.59.714.815.11 101 -2 WAC Sep 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
1SF H East Fremantle 2.44.86.910.12 72 LOST Perth 6.58.612.1313.16 94 -22 SUB Sep 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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