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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
W.J Hughes

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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1952 Season (WANFL) Fixture

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South Fremantle's 1952 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H South Fremantle 3.26.77.911.16 82 WON Perth 2.33.55.125.19 49 33 FRE Apr 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H South Fremantle 4.79.1519.2327.33 195 WON Swan Districts 1.21.42.44.7 31 164 FRE May 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 H South Fremantle 4.58.514.1020.13 133 WON East Fremantle 1.34.66.69.9 63 70 FRE May 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A South Fremantle 2.34.79.1211.12 78 WON Claremont 4.16.57.79.11 65 13 CLM May 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H South Fremantle 6.310.416.1021.13 139 WON Subiaco 0.12.34.510.8 68 71 FRE May 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 H South Fremantle 3.07.610.616.16 112 WON West Perth 1.55.714.914.11 95 17 SUB Jun 2 (Mon, 12:00) Scores
7 A South Fremantle 2.15.710.1015.13 103 WON East Perth 1.25.66.69.9 63 40 POV Jun 7 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 A South Fremantle 3.16.68.810.11 71 LOST Claremont 3.25.310.611.9 75 -4 CLM Jun 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 A South Fremantle 3.36.710.1415.26 116 WON Perth 5.210.511.612.7 79 37 WAC Jun 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A South Fremantle 5.38.613.1117.11 113 WON Swan Districts 1.35.55.65.11 41 72 BAS Jun 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A South Fremantle 4.39.712.914.10 94 LOST East Fremantle 6.18.214.416.10 106 -12 FRE Jul 5 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H South Fremantle 6.414.519.1228.18 186 WON Claremont 3.36.66.78.7 55 131 FRE Jul 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 A South Fremantle 4.46.711.1617.20 122 WON Subiaco 4.16.79.79.10 64 58 SUB Jul 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 H South Fremantle 3.510.714.1317.15 117 WON West Perth 5.18.210.318.8 116 1 FRE Jul 26 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H South Fremantle 3.69.913.1820.21 141 WON Perth 0.00.40.51.7 13 128 FRE Aug 2 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 H South Fremantle 2.56.1310.1818.20 128 WON East Perth 2.13.25.57.9 51 77 FRE Aug 9 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A South Fremantle 5.39.1014.1322.19 151 WON Swan Districts 1.04.44.85.9 39 112 BAS Aug 23 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
18 A South Fremantle 2.013.515.524.9 153 WON East Fremantle 2.62.76.137.13 55 98 FRE Aug 30 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
19 A South Fremantle 2.25.66.138.17 65 LOST West Perth 4.39.413.715.13 103 -38 LEE Sep 6 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
20 H South Fremantle 4.38.615.1019.10 124 WON East Perth 3.14.45.79.13 67 57 FRE Sep 13 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2SF H South Fremantle 3.34.46.812.10 82 LOST West Perth 3.29.512.515.7 97 -15 SUB Sep 27 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
PF H South Fremantle 6.36.710.1012.11 83 WON Claremont 0.24.45.66.11 47 36 SUB Oct 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
GF A South Fremantle 1.23.67.1112.19 91 WON West Perth 5.58.610.910.10 70 21 SUB Oct 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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