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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) 1900–2025

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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1945 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1945 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A South Fremantle 5.38.611.812.9 81 LOST West Perth 5.19.410.812.12 84 -3 LEE May 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H South Fremantle 3.410.1014.1318.19 127 WON East Perth 4.14.57.1013.12 90 37 FRE May 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A South Fremantle 3.74.89.1113.11 89 WON Swan Districts 3.17.69.811.10 76 13 BAS May 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A South Fremantle 6.610.711.1213.13 91 LOST East Fremantle 4.18.410.718.14 122 -31 FRE May 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H South Fremantle 3.65.107.118.14 62 LOST Subiaco 4.16.59.813.13 91 -29 TAL Jun 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A South Fremantle 1.13.15.26.6 42 LOST Perth 5.36.38.89.12 66 -24 WAC Jun 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H South Fremantle 2.38.612.1012.14 86 WON Claremont 2.25.77.1210.15 75 11 FRE Jun 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H South Fremantle 6.611.917.1617.17 119 WON West Perth 3.25.89.914.14 98 21 FRE Jun 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A South Fremantle 1.41.65.127.18 60 LOST East Perth 2.011.815.1219.16 130 -70 POV Jun 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 H South Fremantle 3.46.167.2110.26 86 WON Swan Districts 4.46.69.1211.14 80 6 FRE Jul 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A South Fremantle 3.37.512.1216.14 110 WON East Fremantle 4.210.512.915.12 102 8 FRE Jul 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H South Fremantle 4.108.1113.1415.15 105 WON Subiaco 1.04.25.47.7 49 56 FRE Jul 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 H South Fremantle 3.28.68.710.8 68 WON Perth 2.54.77.127.14 56 12 FRE Jul 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A South Fremantle 2.34.610.1116.13 109 WON Claremont 2.05.36.98.11 59 50 SUB Aug 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 A South Fremantle 5.59.710.813.16 94 WON West Perth 1.43.69.811.10 76 18 LEE Aug 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A South Fremantle 5.47.710.713.9 87 WON East Perth 2.14.66.118.14 62 25 POV Aug 18 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A South Fremantle 3.56.68.1410.15 75 LOST Swan Districts 2.27.39.415.12 102 -27 BAS Aug 25 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 A South Fremantle 2.38.1011.1212.14 86 LOST East Fremantle 3.17.410.818.15 123 -37 FRE Sep 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A South Fremantle 6.38.410.714.7 91 LOST Subiaco 2.19.512.616.16 112 -21 SUB Sep 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 H South Fremantle 6.510.915.1421.18 144 WON Claremont 3.56.710.914.12 96 48 FRE Sep 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
1SF H South Fremantle 6.46.411.816.13 109 WON Swan Districts 1.15.56.89.11 65 44 SUB Sep 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
PF H South Fremantle 1.17.610.816.11 107 WON West Perth 2.26.38.59.7 61 46 SUB Oct 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
GF A South Fremantle 4.64.66.97.9 51 LOST East Fremantle 2.25.66.1012.15 87 -36 SUB Oct 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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