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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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1943 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1943 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H South Fremantle 3.27.69.1013.16 94 WON East Perth 6.47.68.69.6 60 34 FRE May 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H South Fremantle 1.27.78.910.9 69 LOST Swan Districts 6.79.917.1824.22 166 -97 SUB May 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A South Fremantle 3.19.610.611.12 78 LOST West Perth 6.514.720.1329.16 190 -112 SUB May 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 H South Fremantle 0.02.64.86.8 44 LOST East Fremantle 5.310.512.1020.16 136 -92 FRE Jun 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 A South Fremantle 3.53.85.126.13 49 LOST Subiaco 1.25.68.1012.14 86 -37 SUB Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A South Fremantle 0.21.63.66.6 42 LOST Perth 3.14.35.76.13 49 -7 WAC Jun 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 A South Fremantle 3.27.29.412.5 77 WON Claremont 2.44.55.77.8 50 27 CLM Jul 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 A South Fremantle 0.42.55.55.5 35 LOST East Perth 2.16.127.1515.23 113 -78 POV Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H South Fremantle 2.37.510.612.12 84 WON Perth 0.31.99.1210.14 74 10 FRE Jul 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 H South Fremantle 0.13.44.84.8 32 LOST Subiaco 3.55.66.79.15 69 -37 FRE Jul 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A South Fremantle 3.45.68.88.14 62 LOST Swan Districts 1.05.29.613.6 84 -22 SUB Jul 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H South Fremantle 1.73.105.1010.11 71 WON East Fremantle 2.15.77.88.11 59 12 FRE Aug 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 A South Fremantle 2.02.13.73.13 31 LOST West Perth 2.69.1313.1617.19 121 -90 LEE Aug 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 H South Fremantle 0.15.57.510.8 68 LOST Claremont 5.37.616.922.12 144 -76 FRE Aug 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H South Fremantle 1.33.54.126.12 48 LOST East Perth 2.48.713.1318.15 123 -75 FRE Aug 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A South Fremantle 2.24.24.46.7 43 LOST East Fremantle 5.119.623.927.17 179 -136 FRE Sep 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A South Fremantle 2.23.24.35.4 34 LOST Subiaco 1.38.129.1520.26 146 -112 SUB Sep 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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