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KEY FACTS

Official name
East Perth Football Club

Known as
East Perth

Nickname
Royals

Former name
Union

Formed
1902 (as Union Football Club)

Colours
Blue and black

Associated clubs
West Coast; East Perth Reserves; East Perth U19s; East Perth WFC

Affiliation (Current)
West Australian Football League (WAFL) 1906–2025

Home Ground
Leederville Oval

WAFL Premierships
1919-20-21-22-23, 1926-27, 1936, 1944, 1956, 1958-59, 1972, 1978, 2000-1-2 (17 total)

Senior Premierships
WA State Premierships: 1919, 1922-23 (3 total); 3rd Rate Association: 1902-03 (2 total); 1st Rate Association: 1904 (1 total); R.P. Rodriguez Shield: 1958-9, 1961, 1966-7, 1969, 1971, 1976, 2000 (9 total)

Most Games
286 - Craig Wulff (2002-2016)

Most Goals
621 - Phil Tierney (1962–1972)

League Top Goalkickers
S.Sloss (30) 1909; H.Campbell (67) 1924, (89) 1926 & (87) 1927; A.Watts (101) 1944*; W.Mose (115) 1958; N.Hawke (114) 1959; P.Tierney (119) 1967; G.Bartlett (69) 1990; T.Wilson (74) 2006; J.Smith (62) 2013 (11 total)

Sandover Medalists
William 'Digger' Thomas 1923; George 'Staunch' Owens 1925; William 'Billy' Thomas 1929; Frank Allen 1950; Graham 'Polly' Farmer 1956, 1957 & 1960; Ted 'Square' Kilmurray 1958; Malcolm Brown 1969; Alan Quartermaine 1975; Peter Spencer 1976 & 1984; Phil Kelly 1978 & 1979; John Ironmonger 1983; David Bain 1988; Brady Anderson 1997; Ryan Turnbull 2001 (14 Medallists/18 Medals)

Headquarters
246 Vincent Street, Leederville, WA 6007

Postal Address
PO Box 447, Leederville, WA, 6903

Phone: (08) 9443 2259 

Email
royals@eastperthfc.com.au

Website
eastperthfc.com.au

East Perth



"Much more importantly, however, the club had firmly re-established itself as one of the competition’s heavyweights, a position it reinforced in 2001 with a convincing second successive premiership. The victims on grand final day on this occasion were East Fremantle’s near neighbours South Fremantle, whom the Royals held to just three points after half time en route to a 17.18 (120) to 5.8 (victory). It was the third occasion East Perth and South Fremantle had met on grand final day, and the third time East Perth had emerged victorious ... "

  • Royal watcher John Devaney looks at the boom-or-bust cycle that has dominated East Perth's history

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1984 Season (WAFL) Fixture

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East Perth's 1984 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 H East Perth 3.47.714.1319.13 127 WON Swan Districts 4.48.910.1216.17 113 14 HAN Apr 1 (Sun, 12:00) Scores
2 H East Perth 2.712.921.1231.19 205 WON West Perth 5.29.1012.1117.13 115 90 POV Apr 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A East Perth 1.23.38.513.9 87 LOST Perth 7.412.1015.1425.18 168 -81 LAT Apr 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 H East Perth 1.32.43.89.9 63 LOST South Fremantle 7.315.1020.1833.23 221 -158 POV Apr 23 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
5 A East Perth 2.24.58.1713.23 101 LOST Subiaco 0.412.915.1517.21 123 -22 SUB Apr 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A East Perth 7.510.912.1112.15 87 WON Claremont 2.12.26.76.12 48 39 CLM May 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H East Perth 5.313.618.823.15 153 WON East Fremantle 4.47.912.1314.18 102 51 SUB May 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H East Perth 5.26.57.714.8 92 LOST Swan Districts 5.610.1117.1721.20 146 -54 POV May 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H East Perth 3.27.49.813.15 93 WON Perth 3.44.66.1412.15 87 6 POV May 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A East Perth 3.45.89.810.10 70 LOST West Perth 3.85.127.1811.22 88 -18 LEE Jun 4 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
11 A East Perth 4.59.815.1318.18 126 WON South Fremantle 6.210.513.818.10 118 8 FRE Jun 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H East Perth 7.411.814.1217.15 117 WON Subiaco 2.08.412.1015.15 105 12 POV Jun 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H East Perth 3.23.85.912.10 82 LOST Claremont 4.411.618.819.15 129 -47 POV Jun 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A East Perth 4.24.66.88.8 56 LOST East Fremantle 1.33.86.1410.15 75 -19 EFO Jul 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A East Perth 8.39.513.1018.10 118 LOST Swan Districts 4.312.816.1422.18 150 -32 BAS Jul 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 H East Perth 2.59.914.1219.15 129 WON West Perth 1.57.912.1218.17 125 4 POV Jul 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A East Perth 4.46.68.1114.16 100 LOST Perth 3.410.1019.1524.18 162 -62 LAT Jul 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 H East Perth 4.28.314.522.7 139 WON South Fremantle 2.29.712.1016.16 112 27 POV Aug 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A East Perth 6.411.1015.1021.11 137 WON Subiaco 5.210.315.919.10 124 13 SUB Aug 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 A East Perth 3.46.510.1213.16 94 LOST Claremont 1.18.311.615.11 101 -7 CLM Aug 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
21 H East Perth 5.210.415.720.10 130 WON East Fremantle 2.36.912.1415.16 106 24 POV Aug 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
1SF A East Perth 4.511.715.1019.12 126 LOST Claremont 6.112.417.623.10 148 -22 SUB Sep 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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