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
1956 Season (WANFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1956 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1956-04-28 1 | A | East Fremantle | 1.3 | 3.8 | 8.14 | 9.19 | 73 | LOST | Swan Districts | 5.3 | 8.9 | 8.12 | 14.15 | 99 | -26 | BAS | 1956-04-28 Apr 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-05-05 2 | H | East Fremantle | 1.3 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 10.9 | 69 | WON | West Perth | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 33 | 36 | EFO | 1956-05-05 May 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-05-12 3 | A | East Fremantle | 2.1 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 11.11 | 77 | WON | Subiaco | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.12 | 48 | 29 | SUB | 1956-05-12 May 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-05-19 4 | A | East Fremantle | 3.1 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 11.8 | 74 | LOST | South Fremantle | 5.5 | 7.11 | 11.16 | 15.18 | 108 | -34 | FRE | 1956-05-19 May 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-05-26 5 | H | East Fremantle | 2.4 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 12.8 | 80 | WON | East Perth | 1.2 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 62 | 18 | EFO | 1956-05-26 May 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-06-04 6 | A | East Fremantle | 5.0 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 9.11 | 65 | WON | Perth | 2.1 | 4.2 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 62 | 3 | SUB | 1956-06-04 Jun 4 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-06-09 7 | H | East Fremantle | 1.4 | 5.10 | 6.11 | 9.15 | 69 | WON | Claremont | 2.4 | 3.6 | 7.9 | 8.10 | 58 | 11 | EFO | 1956-06-09 Jun 9 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-06-30 8 | H | East Fremantle | 6.7 | 12.7 | 16.14 | 19.17 | 131 | WON | Swan Districts | 1.3 | 5.7 | 9.9 | 11.12 | 78 | 53 | EFO | 1956-06-30 Jun 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-07-07 9 | A | East Fremantle | 2.2 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 11.17 | 83 | LOST | West Perth | 5.5 | 8.8 | 9.17 | 12.18 | 90 | -7 | LEE | 1956-07-07 Jul 7 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-07-14 10 | H | East Fremantle | 1.1 | 6.11 | 9.15 | 9.20 | 74 | WON | Subiaco | 4.4 | 5.4 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 69 | 5 | EFO | 1956-07-14 Jul 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-07-21 11 | H | East Fremantle | 3.0 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 14.5 | 89 | WON | South Fremantle | 2.5 | 2.9 | 5.14 | 6.18 | 54 | 35 | EFO | 1956-07-21 Jul 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-07-28 12 | A | East Fremantle | 2.1 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 45 | LOST | East Perth | 2.2 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 10.10 | 70 | -25 | POV | 1956-07-28 Jul 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-08-04 13 | H | East Fremantle | 2.1 | 5.4 | 8.8 | 12.10 | 82 | LOST | Perth | 0.2 | 5.5 | 10.12 | 12.14 | 86 | -4 | EFO | 1956-08-04 Aug 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-08-11 14 | A | East Fremantle | 5.4 | 8.6 | 14.12 | 18.15 | 123 | WON | Claremont | 5.1 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 12.10 | 82 | 41 | CLM | 1956-08-11 Aug 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-08-18 15 | H | East Fremantle | 4.1 | 7.3 | 12.7 | 16.10 | 106 | WON | Swan Districts | 1.3 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 8.11 | 59 | 47 | EFO | 1956-08-18 Aug 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-08-25 16 | A | East Fremantle | 3.7 | 4.8 | 8.9 | 10.12 | 72 | LOST | South Fremantle | 2.0 | 8.8 | 12.11 | 17.11 | 113 | -41 | FRE | 1956-08-25 Aug 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-09-01 17 | A | East Fremantle | 5.3 | 6.6 | 9.8 | 13.14 | 92 | WON | Subiaco | 4.3 | 6.3 | 9.9 | 11.11 | 77 | 15 | SUB | 1956-09-01 Sep 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-09-08 18 | A | East Fremantle | 2.3 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 9.8 | 62 | LOST | West Perth | 2.4 | 5.6 | 9.10 | 11.15 | 81 | -19 | LEE | 1956-09-08 Sep 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-09-15 19 | H | East Fremantle | 1.1 | 9.5 | 10.9 | 17.13 | 115 | WON | Perth | 1.0 | 1.2 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 37 | 78 | EFO | 1956-09-15 Sep 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-09-22 1SF | H | East Fremantle | 1.3 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 14.13 | 97 | WON | Perth | 4.4 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 9.10 | 64 | 33 | SUB | 1956-09-22 Sep 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
1956-10-06 PF | A | East Fremantle | 4.6 | 4.10 | 7.13 | 8.16 | 64 | LOST | South Fremantle | 3.3 | 7.7 | 8.10 | 12.10 | 82 | -18 | SUB | 1956-10-06 Oct 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |