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
1971 Season (WANFL) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1971 Fixture
| Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971-04-10 1 | A | East Fremantle | 7.7 | 11.9 | 16.10 | 19.12 | 126 | WON | Claremont | 3.1 | 6.9 | 13.13 | 17.20 | 122 | 4 | CLM | 1971-04-10 Apr 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-04-17 2 | H | East Fremantle | 3.6 | 7.9 | 13.12 | 17.13 | 115 | LOST | South Fremantle | 3.2 | 9.6 | 12.10 | 18.15 | 123 | -8 | EFO | 1971-04-17 Apr 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-04-24 3 | A | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 6.4 | 9.9 | 11.9 | 75 | LOST | Swan Districts | 3.6 | 7.7 | 10.13 | 15.21 | 111 | -36 | BAS | 1971-04-24 Apr 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-05-01 4 | H | East Fremantle | 0.6 | 5.9 | 9.11 | 12.12 | 84 | LOST | Subiaco | 6.3 | 11.5 | 15.13 | 15.19 | 109 | -25 | EFO | 1971-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-05-08 5 | H | East Fremantle | 4.5 | 11.10 | 19.12 | 23.16 | 154 | WON | East Perth | 7.2 | 11.8 | 15.15 | 18.17 | 125 | 29 | EFO | 1971-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-05-15 6 | A | East Fremantle | 3.4 | 10.6 | 15.9 | 19.11 | 125 | WON | Perth | 6.7 | 7.10 | 11.12 | 14.12 | 96 | 29 | LAT | 1971-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-05-22 7 | H | East Fremantle | 2.2 | 3.2 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 59 | WON | West Perth | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 6.11 | 47 | 12 | EFO | 1971-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-05-29 8 | H | East Fremantle | 4.0 | 5.3 | 10.6 | 16.10 | 106 | LOST | Claremont | 5.3 | 16.6 | 22.12 | 27.13 | 175 | -69 | EFO | 1971-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-06-07 9 | A | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 9.3 | 19.6 | 24.10 | 154 | WON | South Fremantle | 2.1 | 6.12 | 8.18 | 12.19 | 91 | 63 | FRE | 1971-06-07 Jun 7 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-06-12 10 | H | East Fremantle | 2.1 | 6.7 | 13.15 | 19.19 | 133 | WON | Swan Districts | 7.3 | 9.9 | 9.12 | 9.16 | 70 | 63 | EFO | 1971-06-12 Jun 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-06-19 11 | A | East Fremantle | 2.4 | 9.6 | 10.8 | 13.9 | 87 | LOST | Subiaco | 6.2 | 8.3 | 15.6 | 21.8 | 134 | -47 | SUB | 1971-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-06-26 12 | A | East Fremantle | 3.2 | 6.8 | 9.8 | 14.10 | 94 | LOST | East Perth | 5.3 | 8.6 | 18.9 | 20.13 | 133 | -39 | POV | 1971-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-07-03 13 | H | East Fremantle | 2.4 | 6.8 | 8.9 | 14.15 | 99 | WON | Perth | 7.5 | 8.7 | 13.12 | 14.13 | 97 | 2 | EFO | 1971-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-07-10 14 | A | East Fremantle | 3.1 | 7.2 | 12.7 | 13.14 | 92 | WON | West Perth | 4.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 9.10 | 64 | 28 | LEE | 1971-07-10 Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-07-24 15 | A | East Fremantle | 3.1 | 5.4 | 6.11 | 7.14 | 56 | LOST | Claremont | 7.4 | 9.6 | 12.9 | 16.11 | 107 | -51 | CLM | 1971-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-07-31 16 | H | East Fremantle | 1.5 | 2.6 | 6.12 | 7.14 | 56 | LOST | South Fremantle | 4.2 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 18.12 | 120 | -64 | EFO | 1971-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-08-07 17 | A | East Fremantle | 5.2 | 7.6 | 10.10 | 13.15 | 93 | WON | Swan Districts | 2.5 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 9.9 | 63 | 30 | BAS | 1971-08-07 Aug 7 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-08-14 18 | H | East Fremantle | 1.1 | 5.11 | 6.14 | 12.18 | 90 | WON | Subiaco | 2.9 | 3.10 | 6.20 | 8.21 | 69 | 21 | EFO | 1971-08-14 Aug 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-08-21 19 | H | East Fremantle | 4.8 | 8.13 | 13.16 | 15.19 | 109 | WON | East Perth | 2.3 | 3.8 | 8.10 | 12.13 | 85 | 24 | EFO | 1971-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-08-28 20 | A | East Fremantle | 2.3 | 6.10 | 8.12 | 13.16 | 94 | WON | Perth | 6.5 | 10.6 | 12.8 | 13.11 | 89 | 5 | LAT | 1971-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-09-04 21 | H | East Fremantle | 0.4 | 1.5 | 7.10 | 9.11 | 65 | LOST | West Perth | 5.1 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 16.14 | 110 | -45 | EFO | 1971-09-04 Sep 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-09-11 1SF | A | East Fremantle | 4.4 | 8.7 | 13.15 | 18.21 | 129 | WON | Claremont | 2.3 | 6.9 | 8.12 | 11.16 | 82 | 47 | SUB | 1971-09-11 Sep 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1971-09-25 PF | H | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 11.10 | 76 | LOST | West Perth | 5.1 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 79 | -3 | SUB | 1971-09-25 Sep 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |