The Fremantle Football Club was an

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club, based in

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, that played in the Western Australian Football Association (WAFA) from 1885 to 1886. The team won the WAFA premiership in 1886. The club played their games at the Esplanade in Fremantle, on the present site of the

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History

Formation

The club was formed in 1882 as a

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club. In 1883 the club was the primary instigator of the change of most clubs from rugby football to Victorian rules, the predecessor to

WAFA

The club was a founding member of the Western Australian Football Association in 1885. In the inaugural season, Fremantle finished third out of three teams, behind Rovers, Victorians and a

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team which dropped out of the competition two rounds into the season. The next season, 1886, the team finished first in the league to claim the premiership. The club recorded large victories over most of the competition, including 6–2 against both Rovers and Unions and 4–1 against Victorians. The club's most notable player during this period was the captain Bill Bateman, an inaugural inductee of the

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. The club went defunct at the end of the 1886 season, with most of its players transferring to Unions, also based in Fremantle, who adopted the name "Fremantle Football Club" in 1890.

Officials

Honours

Premierships

*WAFA: ::1886

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fremantle Football Club (1882-1886) Australian rules football clubs in Western Australia Former West Australian Football League clubs Australian rules football clubs disestablished in 1886 Australian rules football clubs established in 1882 1882 establishments in Australia 1886 disestablishments in Australia