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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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1947 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1947 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 3.210.810.913.13 91 WON Swan Districts 3.27.211.613.12 90 1 BAS Apr 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H South Fremantle 7.410.718.1221.17 143 WON West Perth 1.13.83.105.12 42 101 FRE May 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 H South Fremantle 4.511.1213.1316.20 116 WON East Perth 2.73.108.1710.21 81 35 FRE May 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 A South Fremantle 7.58.813.1517.21 123 WON Claremont 3.06.26.39.5 59 64 SUB May 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 H South Fremantle 5.010.212.717.12 114 WON Subiaco 3.33.56.58.7 55 59 FRE Jun 2 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
7 H South Fremantle 2.12.48.912.17 89 WON Perth 4.55.89.109.11 65 24 FRE Jun 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 H South Fremantle 0.04.59.711.11 77 WON Swan Districts 3.34.36.98.11 59 18 FRE Jun 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A South Fremantle 2.25.511.818.11 119 WON West Perth 3.28.512.1216.13 109 10 LEE Jun 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A South Fremantle 1.45.77.129.15 69 LOST East Perth 3.57.128.159.16 70 -1 POV Jun 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A South Fremantle 6.08.611.812.13 85 WON East Fremantle 3.33.58.89.10 64 21 FRE Jul 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H South Fremantle 1.24.810.1014.14 98 WON Claremont 2.33.44.66.9 45 53 FRE Jul 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 A South Fremantle 1.06.08.19.6 60 LOST Subiaco 4.15.67.610.8 68 -8 SUB Jul 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A South Fremantle 0.13.26.39.5 59 WON Perth 2.53.114.125.12 42 17 WAC Jul 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H South Fremantle 3.47.713.815.9 99 WON West Perth 4.45.96.1512.17 89 10 FRE Aug 16 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 A South Fremantle 4.28.711.1314.16 100 WON East Perth 2.55.87.1411.20 86 14 POV Aug 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A South Fremantle 5.56.612.1114.13 97 LOST East Fremantle 6.19.713.919.14 128 -31 FRE Aug 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 H South Fremantle 6.214.919.1125.15 165 WON Perth 0.62.79.1213.16 94 71 FRE Sep 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 H South Fremantle 1.33.97.1213.16 94 WON Subiaco 2.44.65.95.11 41 53 FRE Sep 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF H South Fremantle 7.311.315.520.8 128 WON West Perth 3.27.39.813.9 87 41 SUB Sep 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
GF H South Fremantle 1.18.28.413.8 86 WON West Perth 3.94.109.159.17 71 15 SUB Oct 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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