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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. O'Connell

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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1996 Season (WASFL) Fixture

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East Fremantle's 1996 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A East Fremantle 7.58.811.1011.13 79 LOST Swan Districts 2.39.612.819.14 128 -49 BAS Apr 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H East Fremantle 4.57.711.1317.14 116 WON South Fremantle 4.28.710.817.10 112 4 EFO Apr 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A East Fremantle 3.26.57.610.10 70 LOST Perth 2.36.412.916.15 111 -41 LAT Apr 20 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 H East Fremantle 3.48.610.713.10 88 WON West Perth 4.08.510.912.10 82 6 EFO Apr 25 (Thu, 12:00) Scores
5 A East Fremantle 5.210.515.816.12 108 WON Claremont 1.13.55.1011.14 80 28 CLM May 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A East Fremantle 4.37.613.1115.14 104 LOST East Perth 6.314.716.719.11 125 -21 POV May 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H East Fremantle 5.47.514.916.13 109 WON Subiaco 1.35.67.613.7 85 24 EFO May 19 (Sun, 12:00) Scores
8 H East Fremantle 5.010.214.717.15 117 WON Swan Districts 5.58.69.615.7 97 20 EFO May 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A East Fremantle 4.06.38.510.9 69 LOST South Fremantle 5.410.916.1020.12 132 -63 FRE Jun 3 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
10 H East Fremantle 4.18.711.1018.14 122 WON Perth 3.43.75.97.11 53 69 EFO Jun 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A East Fremantle 2.24.74.84.9 33 LOST West Perth 2.05.19.59.9 63 -30 AJO Jun 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H East Fremantle 3.08.413.618.10 118 WON Claremont 2.74.75.1011.11 77 41 EFO Jun 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H East Fremantle 2.26.47.69.8 62 LOST East Perth 3.45.612.719.9 123 -61 EFO Jul 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A East Fremantle 3.27.312.817.9 111 WON Subiaco 0.68.99.1811.21 87 24 SUB Jul 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A East Fremantle 5.09.111.416.7 103 WON Swan Districts 1.16.36.98.14 62 41 BAS Jul 20 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 H East Fremantle 2.34.49.59.9 63 WON South Fremantle 4.05.45.68.10 58 5 EFO Jul 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A East Fremantle 3.24.56.78.10 58 WON Perth 1.41.63.104.16 40 18 LAT Aug 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 H East Fremantle 0.45.75.86.11 47 LOST West Perth 3.25.49.89.12 66 -19 EFO Aug 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A East Fremantle 2.25.68.810.12 72 WON Claremont 2.03.35.58.7 55 17 CLM Aug 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 A East Fremantle 2.63.610.615.12 102 WON East Perth 4.09.79.1014.12 96 6 POV Aug 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 H East Fremantle 7.414.819.1426.17 173 WON Subiaco 0.22.62.1211.16 82 91 EFO Aug 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
1SF H East Fremantle 5.410.814.918.13 121 WON West Perth 1.02.16.57.9 51 70 SUB Sep 8 (Sun, 12:00) Scores
PF H East Fremantle 2.24.74.85.10 40 LOST Claremont 2.14.67.1011.16 82 -42 SUB Sep 15 (Sun, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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