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
1997 Season (WR) Fixture
East Fremantle's 1997 Fixture
| Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-03-31 1 | A | East Fremantle | 3.4 | 5.7 | 8.10 | 11.15 | 81 | WON | West Perth | 3.1 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 11.9 | 75 | 6 | AJO | 1997-03-31 Mar 31 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-04-05 2 | H | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 8.7 | 14.9 | 15.18 | 108 | WON | Peel Thunder | 1.2 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 51 | 57 | EFO | 1997-04-05 Apr 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-04-13 3 | East Fremantle | Bye | 1997-04-13 Apr 13 (Sun, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
| 1997-04-18 4 | A | East Fremantle | 5.5 | 6.8 | 9.9 | 11.9 | 75 | LOST | South Fremantle | 3.1 | 7.4 | 11.12 | 17.14 | 116 | -41 | FRE | 1997-04-18 Apr 18 (Fri, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-04-26 5 | H | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 7.6 | 8.9 | 16.11 | 107 | WON | Claremont | 1.3 | 6.9 | 11.10 | 14.14 | 98 | 9 | EFO | 1997-04-26 Apr 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-05-03 6 | H | East Fremantle | 4.2 | 6.4 | 14.9 | 14.13 | 97 | LOST | Swan Districts | 5.1 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 18.7 | 115 | -18 | EFO | 1997-05-03 May 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-05-10 7 | A | East Fremantle | 3.0 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 11.8 | 74 | LOST | Perth | 4.3 | 6.7 | 11.9 | 13.10 | 88 | -14 | LAT | 1997-05-10 May 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-05-17 8 | A | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 6.5 | 12.9 | 15.9 | 99 | WON | East Perth | 3.0 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 9.10 | 64 | 35 | POV | 1997-05-17 May 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-05-25 9 | East Fremantle | Bye | 1997-05-25 May 25 (Sun, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
| 1997-06-02 10 | H | East Fremantle | 3.2 | 7.4 | 11.5 | 14.13 | 97 | WON | South Fremantle | 2.3 | 5.6 | 6.10 | 8.12 | 60 | 37 | EFO | 1997-06-02 Jun 2 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-06-07 11 | H | East Fremantle | 1.1 | 3.3 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 65 | LOST | West Perth | 4.4 | 7.7 | 14.8 | 18.11 | 119 | -54 | EFO | 1997-06-07 Jun 7 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-06-14 12 | A | East Fremantle | 4.3 | 6.8 | 8.11 | 12.12 | 84 | LOST | Claremont | 2.1 | 6.3 | 11.5 | 14.6 | 90 | -6 | CLM | 1997-06-14 Jun 14 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-06-21 13 | H | East Fremantle | 1.2 | 4.3 | 8.5 | 14.7 | 91 | WON | East Perth | 3.5 | 7.8 | 9.10 | 9.10 | 64 | 27 | EFO | 1997-06-21 Jun 21 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-06-29 14 | A | East Fremantle | 9.3 | 15.6 | 23.12 | 28.15 | 183 | WON | Subiaco | 1.2 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 8.7 | 55 | 128 | SUB | 1997-06-29 Jun 29 (Sun, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-07-05 15 | H | East Fremantle | 0.2 | 3.5 | 6.9 | 10.15 | 75 | LOST | Perth | 3.0 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 13.7 | 85 | -10 | EFO | 1997-07-05 Jul 5 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-07-12 16 | A | East Fremantle | 9.4 | 12.6 | 18.10 | 22.11 | 143 | WON | Peel Thunder | 1.2 | 6.4 | 8.7 | 12.8 | 80 | 63 | RUS | 1997-07-12 Jul 12 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-07-19 17 | A | East Fremantle | 1.4 | 9.7 | 14.13 | 23.18 | 156 | WON | West Perth | 4.0 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 10.5 | 65 | 91 | AJO | 1997-07-19 Jul 19 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-07-26 18 | A | East Fremantle | 7.3 | 15.5 | 21.7 | 24.9 | 153 | WON | Swan Districts | 2.2 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 9.9 | 63 | 90 | BAS | 1997-07-26 Jul 26 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-08-02 19 | H | East Fremantle | 3.3 | 9.5 | 11.9 | 14.15 | 99 | WON | East Perth | 6.1 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 90 | 9 | EFO | 1997-08-02 Aug 2 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-08-11 20 | East Fremantle | Bye | 1997-08-11 Aug 11 (Mon, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
| 1997-08-16 21 | H | East Fremantle | 3.4 | 7.7 | 11.12 | 14.13 | 97 | WON | Subiaco | 1.2 | 5.4 | 8.5 | 13.11 | 89 | 8 | EFO | 1997-08-16 Aug 16 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-08-23 22 | H | East Fremantle | 2.1 | 3.6 | 8.12 | 11.18 | 84 | WON | Claremont | 4.2 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 54 | 30 | EFO | 1997-08-23 Aug 23 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-08-30 23 | A | East Fremantle | 2.5 | 4.7 | 7.13 | 10.14 | 74 | LOST | South Fremantle | 1.2 | 7.2 | 9.3 | 14.6 | 90 | -16 | FRE | 1997-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-09-06 2SF | H | East Fremantle | 2.4 | 7.10 | 7.11 | 10.12 | 72 | WON | South Fremantle | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 47 | 25 | SUB | 1997-09-06 Sep 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1997-09-21 GF | H | East Fremantle | 5.4 | 8.6 | 10.10 | 11.13 | 79 | LOST | South Fremantle | 3.1 | 6.2 | 8.5 | 13.7 | 85 | -6 | SUB | 1997-09-21 Sep 21 (Sun, 12:00) | Scores |