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KEY FACTS

Official name
South Fremantle Football Club

Known as
South Fremantle

Nickname
Bulldogs

Formed
1900

Colours
White and red

Associated clubs
South Fremantle Reserves; South Fremantle U19s; South Fremantle WFC

Affiliation (Current)
West Australian Football League (WAFL) 1900–2024

Home Ground
Fremantle Oval

WAFL Premierships
1916-17, 1947-48, 1950, 1952-53-54, 1970, 1980, 1997, 2005, 2009, 2020 (14 total)

Senior Premierships
R.P. Rodriguez Shield: 1983-4, 1992, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2016 (7 total)

Most Games
266 - Marty Atkins (1990-2003)

Most Goals
1034 - Bernie Naylor (1941, 1946-1954)

League Top Goalkickers
H.Kelly (50) 1905; G.Thomas (31) 1910; H.Campbell (47) 1922; S.Lawn (75) 1928 & (96) 1929; B.Naylor (131) 1946, (108) 1947, (91) 1948, (147) 1952, (167) 1953, (133) 1954; J.Gerovich (74) 1956, (101) 1960 & (74) 1961; R.Bauskis (108) 1977 & (82) 1978; C.Edwards (54) 1992; J.Dorotich (88) 1996 & (114) 1997; Z.Parsons (65) 2002; B.Saunders (66) 2012, (59) 2014 & (52) 2016; M.Shaw (23) 2020 (24 total)

Sandover Medalists
Jack Rocchi 1928; Frank Jenkins 1937; Clive Lewington 1947; Steve Marsh 1952; John Todd 1955; Stephen Michael 1980 & 1981; Mark Bairstow 1986; Craig Edwards 1989; Toby McGrath 2005; Haiden Schloithe 2017 (10 medallists/11 medals)

Postal Address
PO Box 368, Fremantle, WA, 6160

Website
southfremantlefc.com.au

President
J.A Polinelli

South Fremantle



"Among the champion players to wear the red-and-white jumper with distinction in the 1980s and ‘90s were 1986 Sandover Medallist and eventual Geelong skipper Mark Bairstow, dynamic on-baller Scott Watters, flame haired utility Brad Hardie (later a Brownlow Medallist with Footscray), powerful key position player Jon Dorotich, 1989 Sandover Medallist Craig Edwards, versatile and tenacious English policeman Marty Atkins, and a panoply of West Coast Eagles stalwarts such as Peter Matera, John Worsfold, Glen Jakovich and David Hart ... "

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1940 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1940 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H South Fremantle 4.310.516.620.9 129 WON East Fremantle 3.47.712.1118.11 119 10 FRE Apr 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 A South Fremantle 5.08.416.1318.19 127 WON Swan Districts 1.35.55.68.8 56 71 BAS May 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 H South Fremantle 2.53.143.229.24 78 WON Claremont 6.17.98.129.16 70 8 FRE May 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A South Fremantle 0.20.53.77.10 52 LOST Perth 3.411.815.1018.15 123 -71 WAC May 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 A South Fremantle 1.13.65.710.16 76 LOST East Perth 6.37.613.1414.14 98 -22 SUB May 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A South Fremantle 2.28.610.918.19 127 WON West Perth 7.59.812.1113.11 89 38 WAC Jun 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H South Fremantle 1.38.711.1114.18 102 WON Subiaco 8.69.612.713.9 87 15 FRE Jun 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H South Fremantle 5.78.1616.2222.27 159 WON Swan Districts 2.26.67.711.11 77 82 FRE Jun 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H South Fremantle 2.47.99.1714.18 102 WON East Fremantle 3.55.87.1013.11 89 13 FRE Jun 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A South Fremantle 3.53.76.1110.16 76 LOST Claremont 4.39.815.1024.13 157 -81 CLM Jun 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 H South Fremantle 1.52.98.1212.17 89 WON Perth 3.25.49.99.13 67 22 FRE Jul 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H South Fremantle 2.48.616.1018.14 122 WON East Perth 5.67.108.1010.13 73 49 FRE Jul 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H South Fremantle 5.411.616.1118.15 123 WON West Perth 3.65.99.1112.12 84 39 FRE Jul 20 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A South Fremantle 1.73.155.226.26 62 LOST Subiaco 3.27.48.813.11 89 -27 SUB Jul 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H South Fremantle 7.315.520.624.10 154 WON Swan Districts 2.57.98.1013.10 88 66 SUB Aug 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A South Fremantle 3.44.85.1010.14 74 WON East Fremantle 3.14.38.78.7 55 19 FRE Aug 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 H South Fremantle 4.36.87.109.13 67 WON Claremont 0.42.65.118.14 62 5 FRE Aug 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 H South Fremantle 3.27.811.1213.15 93 WON Perth 2.33.77.99.12 66 27 FRE Aug 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A South Fremantle 4.16.212.313.6 84 LOST West Perth 2.26.49.713.12 90 -6 WAC Sep 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 H South Fremantle 4.312.917.1328.15 183 WON Subiaco 1.21.22.47.6 48 135 FRE Sep 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF H South Fremantle 2.111.816.1319.16 130 WON Claremont 3.64.911.1017.13 115 15 SUB Sep 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
GF H South Fremantle 0.34.65.139.20 74 LOST Claremont 4.75.109.1213.13 91 -17 SUB Oct 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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