Fremantle
"Without the draft concessions enjoyed by their near neighbours West Coast almost a decade before, Fremantle's early years in the 'big time' proved to be significantly less noteworthy, and overall it would probably be fair to suggest that they have not yet been able to do justice to the rich traditions of Fremantle football ... Indeed, had a merged East and South Fremantle been able to participate in the VFL at almost any time since its inception there is little doubt that premiership cups would have been heading west across the Nullarbor well before the Eagles' eventual breakthrough in 1992."
John Devaney examines the old rivalry between South and East Fremantle - and the AFL team that that tradition helped to spawn in 1994.
1997 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Fremantle's 1997 Fixture
| Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-03-29 1 | A | Fremantle | 3.4 | 5.8 | 6.13 | 10.20 | 80 | WON | Western Bulldogs | 0.1 | 5.6 | 10.6 | 11.10 | 76 | 4 | PRI | 1997-03-29 Mar 29 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1997-04-06 2 | H | Fremantle | 6.1 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 13.9 | 87 | WON | Hawthorn | 3.1 | 5.6 | 9.13 | 10.13 | 73 | 14 | SUB | 1997-04-06 Apr 6 (Sun, 4:10) | Scores |
| 1997-04-13 3 | A | Fremantle | 2.2 | 4.7 | 6.12 | 9.17 | 71 | LOST | West Coast | 5.2 | 10.8 | 12.10 | 16.15 | 111 | -40 | SUB | 1997-04-13 Apr 13 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1997-04-19 4 | A | Fremantle | 2.3 | 4.5 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 67 | LOST | Richmond | 2.4 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 10.12 | 72 | -5 | PRI | 1997-04-19 Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1997-04-25 5 | H | Fremantle | 2.4 | 10.5 | 13.10 | 16.11 | 107 | WON | St. Kilda | 2.5 | 8.7 | 12.9 | 15.11 | 101 | 6 | SUB | 1997-04-25 Apr 25 (Fri, 8:45) | Scores |
| 1997-05-03 6 | A | Fremantle | 2.1 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 43 | LOST | Geelong | 5.6 | 7.6 | 12.10 | 14.13 | 97 | -54 | KAR | 1997-05-03 May 3 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1997-05-10 7 | H | Fremantle | 4.8 | 7.9 | 14.16 | 17.22 | 124 | WON | Melbourne | 1.4 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 10.9 | 69 | 55 | WAC | 1997-05-10 May 10 (Sat, 8:40) | Scores |
| 1997-05-18 8 | H | Fremantle | 5.4 | 8.7 | 12.11 | 14.14 | 98 | WON | Brisbane | 5.1 | 8.2 | 12.2 | 15.3 | 93 | 5 | SUB | 1997-05-18 May 18 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1997-05-24 9 | A | Fremantle | 4.2 | 6.3 | 10.4 | 14.4 | 88 | LOST | Carlton | 4.3 | 10.5 | 13.6 | 16.9 | 105 | -17 | PRI | 1997-05-24 May 24 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1997-06-02 10 | H | Fremantle | 1.2 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 10.12 | 72 | LOST | Adelaide | 4.2 | 8.4 | 14.7 | 16.9 | 105 | -33 | SUB | 1997-06-02 Jun 2 (Mon, 8:40) | Scores |
| 1997-06-09 11 | A | Fremantle | 3.3 | 6.5 | 10.5 | 12.7 | 79 | LOST | North Melbourne | 2.5 | 6.7 | 10.12 | 15.15 | 105 | -26 | MCG | 1997-06-09 Jun 9 (Mon, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1997-06-15 12 | H | Fremantle | 5.6 | 11.8 | 18.10 | 24.13 | 157 | WON | Essendon | 2.1 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 9.6 | 60 | 97 | SUB | 1997-06-15 Jun 15 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1997-06-28 13 | A | Fremantle | 4.2 | 5.4 | 6.9 | 7.12 | 54 | LOST | Port Adelaide | 5.1 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 10.9 | 69 | -15 | FBP | 1997-06-28 Jun 28 (Sat, 8:40) | Scores |
| 1997-07-05 14 | H | Fremantle | 4.6 | 5.7 | 5.11 | 6.12 | 48 | WON | Sydney | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.11 | 3.15 | 33 | 15 | WAC | 1997-07-05 Jul 5 (Sat, 8:40) | Scores |
| 1997-07-12 15 | A | Fremantle | 1.2 | 5.4 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 60 | LOST | Collingwood | 3.2 | 9.4 | 15.9 | 25.10 | 160 | -100 | VIC | 1997-07-12 Jul 12 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1997-07-20 16 | H | Fremantle | 5.2 | 9.4 | 12.7 | 15.7 | 97 | WON | Western Bulldogs | 3.1 | 7.5 | 10.8 | 13.13 | 91 | 6 | SUB | 1997-07-20 Jul 20 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1997-07-26 17 | A | Fremantle | 2.2 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 10.11 | 71 | WON | Hawthorn | 6.3 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 62 | 9 | WAV | 1997-07-26 Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1997-08-03 18 | H | Fremantle | 2.1 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 49 | LOST | West Coast | 2.0 | 5.2 | 10.2 | 13.4 | 82 | -33 | SUB | 1997-08-03 Aug 3 (Sun, 4:10) | Scores |
| 1997-08-09 19 | H | Fremantle | 4.3 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 12.13 | 85 | WON | Richmond | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.11 | 5.12 | 42 | 43 | WAC | 1997-08-09 Aug 9 (Sat, 8:40) | Scores |
| 1997-08-16 20 | A | Fremantle | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 9.10 | 64 | LOST | St. Kilda | 2.1 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 12.5 | 77 | -13 | WAV | 1997-08-16 Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1997-08-24 21 | H | Fremantle | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.12 | 9.14 | 68 | LOST | Geelong | 3.4 | 7.7 | 11.9 | 14.16 | 100 | -32 | SUB | 1997-08-24 Aug 24 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
| 1997-08-30 22 | A | Fremantle | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 11.13 | 79 | LOST | Melbourne | 1.4 | 5.8 | 12.9 | 18.11 | 119 | -40 | MCG | 1997-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1997 Player Stats
| # | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Abraham, Winston | 13 | 93 | 7.2 | 37 | 2.8 | 130 | 10.0 | 29 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1.1 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 1.2 | 13 | 109 |
| 7 | Allan, Ben | 17 | 194 | 11.4 | 57 | 3.4 | 251 | 14.8 | 65 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.6 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 1.0 | 11 | 113 |
| 44 | Bandy, Daniel | 18 | 118 | 6.6 | 97 | 5.4 | 215 | 11.9 | 77 | 4.3 | 101 | 5.6 | 16 | 0.9 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 1.0 | 11 | 119 |
| 21 | Black, Heath | 15 | 124 | 8.3 | 63 | 4.2 | 187 | 12.5 | 37 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.7 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0.5 | 3 | 51 |
| 18 | Brown, Michael | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 3 | 0.8 | 26 | 6.5 | 12 | 3.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0.8 | 3 | 21 |
| 33 | Burrows, Craig | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burton, Matthew | 11 | 71 | 6.5 | 63 | 5.7 | 134 | 12.2 | 43 | 3.9 | 131 | 11.9 | 3 | 0.3 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 |
| 42 | Callaghan, Craig | 21 | 302 | 14.4 | 124 | 5.9 | 426 | 20.3 | 79 | 3.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 61 | 2.9 | 29 | 36 | 14 | 0.7 | 14 | 98 |
| 46 | Carroll, Trent | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 26 | 4.3 | 50 | 8.3 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Chisholm, Scott | 14 | 136 | 9.7 | 85 | 6.1 | 221 | 15.8 | 52 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 1.7 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 0.2 | 2 | 20 |
| 31 | Clement, James | 21 | 160 | 7.6 | 84 | 4.0 | 244 | 11.6 | 79 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 1.2 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 0.2 | 5 | 29 |
| 41 | Clucas, Matthew | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Delaney, Tony | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 42 | 5.3 | 111 | 13.9 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 1.3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 |
| 19 | Dhurrkay, Gary | 15 | 156 | 10.4 | 62 | 4.1 | 218 | 14.5 | 44 | 2.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 21 | 1.4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0.5 | 3 | 45 |
| 37 | Gale, Mark | 16 | 143 | 8.9 | 97 | 6.1 | 240 | 15.0 | 48 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1.1 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0.1 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Harding, Greg | 18 | 191 | 10.6 | 101 | 5.6 | 292 | 16.2 | 70 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0.9 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | Hunter, Kingsley | 11 | 79 | 7.2 | 17 | 1.5 | 96 | 8.7 | 47 | 4.3 | 13 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 10 | 6 | 32 | 2.9 | 16 | 208 |
| 16 | Hynes, David | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Jones, Anthony | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 26 | 3.7 | 69 | 9.9 | 18 | 2.6 | 2 | 0.3 | 7 | 1.0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Kickett, Dale | 22 | 207 | 9.4 | 182 | 8.3 | 389 | 17.7 | 73 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 2.1 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 |
| 28 | Koops, Steven | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 23 | 5.8 | 42 | 10.5 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1.0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 42 |
| 36 | Leach, Quenton | 21 | 209 | 10.0 | 107 | 5.1 | 316 | 15.0 | 81 | 3.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 1.6 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 0.8 | 9 | 111 |
| 17 | Madigan, Greg | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 20 | 5.0 | 39 | 9.8 | 11 | 2.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Mann, Peter | 17 | 157 | 9.2 | 96 | 5.6 | 253 | 14.9 | 87 | 5.1 | 38 | 2.2 | 16 | 0.9 | 17 | 27 | 20 | 1.2 | 20 | 140 |
| 43 | McGovern, Andrew | 18 | 160 | 8.9 | 113 | 6.3 | 273 | 15.2 | 59 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 2.1 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | McManus, Shaun | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 4.7 | 42 | 14.0 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Merillo, Jamie | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 7 | 3.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | Mitchell, Gavin | 15 | 131 | 8.7 | 90 | 6.0 | 221 | 14.7 | 51 | 3.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 32 | 2.1 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 0.5 | 4 | 46 |
| 25 | Norrish, Jason | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 81 | 10.1 | 150 | 18.8 | 25 | 3.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 12 | 1.5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | O'Reilly, Stephen | 20 | 153 | 7.7 | 65 | 3.3 | 218 | 10.9 | 70 | 3.5 | 4 | 0.2 | 24 | 1.2 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Parker, Daniel | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 17 | 1.5 | 73 | 6.6 | 43 | 3.9 | 3 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 1.5 | 13 | 109 |
| 23 | Parker, Shane | 22 | 174 | 7.9 | 138 | 6.3 | 312 | 14.2 | 70 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 1.3 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sinclair, Jess | 9 | 74 | 8.2 | 22 | 2.4 | 96 | 10.7 | 22 | 2.4 | 2 | 0.2 | 16 | 1.8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0.3 | 2 | 20 |
| 1 | Toia, Luke | 18 | 182 | 10.1 | 148 | 8.2 | 330 | 18.3 | 62 | 3.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 47 | 2.6 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 0.6 | 9 | 75 |
| 26 | Waterhouse, Clive | 15 | 113 | 7.5 | 59 | 3.9 | 172 | 11.5 | 52 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.1 | 16 | 1.1 | 10 | 22 | 20 | 1.3 | 17 | 137 |
| 34 | White, Jeff | 13 | 88 | 6.8 | 51 | 3.9 | 139 | 10.7 | 65 | 5.0 | 131 | 10.1 | 2 | 0.2 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 4 | 16 |
| 20 | Whitelaw, Martin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Wills, Andrew | 21 | 294 | 14.0 | 105 | 5.0 | 399 | 19.0 | 98 | 4.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 1.9 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 0.9 | 29 | 143 |
| Totals | 462 | 4080 | 8.8 | 2325 | 5.0 | 6405 | 13.9 | 1631 | 3.5 | 459 | 1.0 | 611 | 1.3 | 403 | 421 | 250 | 0.5 | 209 | 1709 | |