ANZAC Derby: All you need to know

On Saturday 23^rd April the East Fremantle Football Club will host the South Fremantle Football Club in the WAFL Anzac Derby.

The day will feature fun for the whole family, and sees the 4^th placed East Fremantle take on 2^nd placed South Fremantle.

East & South Fremantle Football Clubs hosts a very special service prior to the League match in memory of those who served our country. ANZAC Day goes beyond the anniversary of the landing on Gallipoli in 1915. It is the day we remember all Australians who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations. Today’s game takes on added significance; it is named in honour of the Fremantle war hero, former South Fremantle Player and former WA Governor, Sir Hughie Edwards. 

Footy Facts

This will be the 100^th Derby played at ATOM Stadium.

This will be the 8^th Anzac Derby. East Fremantle are the current holders of the Cup and hold a 4 – 3 record against South Fremantle over the previous seven meetings.

2015:     SF 11.10.76          def by   EF 13.15.93         (Fremantle Oval)

2014:     EF 9.12.66            def by   SF 13.5.83            (ATOM Stadium)

2013:     SF 7.12.54           def by   EF 12.11.83          (Fremantle Oval)

2012:     EF 18.18.126      def         SF 6.5.41              (ATOM Stadium)

2011:     SF 14.18.102       def         EF 10.13.73          (Fremantle Oval)

2010:     EF 18.15.123       def         SF 11.11.77          (ATOM Stadium)             

2009:     SF 11.14.80          def         EF 11.8.74            (Fremantle Oval)

The away team has won the last 11 derbies, the last time the home team won, East Fremantle defeated South Fremantle in Round 7, 2012 by 85 points.

This is the 372^nd Derby between South Fremantle and East Fremantle.

This will be the first Derby for coach Rob Wiley and the first as Captain for Jamie McNamara.

Timings

9:20am: Colts

11:50am: Development League

2:30pm: Anzac Ceremony

2:40pm: League

5:20pm: Trophy Presentation

5:30pm: Women’s Match

6:30pm: Match Awards

ANZAC Ceremony - 2:30pm

Honour Roll

Last Post - Matt McGlynn

The Ode - Trevor Cangemi

One minutes silence

Reveille - Matt McGlynn

National Anthem -  Paull-Anthony Keightly, WA Opera

Coin Toss - LCDR Steve Alchin

Info for attendees

• 3 Gate Entries - 2 on Moss Street & 1 on Allen Street. Eftpos available at the Main Gate on Moss St. Cash only at Allen St Gate.
• Alcohol must not be brought into the Stadium, including in the outer. Bag checks will be in operation.
• Food may be brought in (food outlets available)
• Glass containers are not permitted
• Smoking is not permitted inside the Stadium

Parking

Gibson Park – gold coin donation

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Kids activities

Meet our mascots Shredder the Shark and Basil the Bulldog

Kids area with bouncy castle, face painting, balloon animals, inflatable sumos

Footy giveaways

Have a kick on the Oval during the breaks

Food & Beverage

Main Grandstand

• Shark Bites Kiosk
• Member's Bar
• Past Players Bar
• Coffee Cart
• Hot Dog Cart

In the Outer

• Carlton United Pop Up Bar
• Catering Vans
• Ice Cream Vans

Media

Channel 7 TV Broadcast - 2:30pm

720 ABC & Grandstand Digital Radio

Urban Cowboy on Periscope App Radio

Match Day Sponsors

• TABTouch
• Kevin’s Water Cartage
• McDonalds
• Kennards
• REIWA
• AHG

Special Guests

• No 1 Ticket holder & Director of Sport & Recreation  – Ron Alexander
• Navy Lieutenant Commander Steve Alchin
• WAFL Hall of Fame – Legends – Jack Sheedy & Steve Marsh
• WAFL Hall of Fame member – Ray Sorrell
• Hon Richard Lewis
• Minister for Transport - Dean Nalder
• Senator Glenn Sterle 
• John McGrath 
• Cockburn RSL – Digger Cleak & wife Kay, plus Malcolm Small & wife Dandy.
• Riverton RSL – Ward Francis, Rex Townsend, Brendan Perkins.
• Bicton RSL – Kevin Hastie & wife Lillian, plus John Nuttman & wife Judy.
• Fremantle RSL – Tony Mitchell & wife Gendy

Wrightson Medal

This year the EFFC Board approved the introduction of a new ANZAC Day Medal to the best East Fremantle player who represents the ANZAC spirit on our ANZAC Day Derby game vs South Fremantle. The medal will be called the Wrightson Medal named after Roy & Arthur Wrightson who were both Premiership Players for EFFC in the early 1910’s, and both lost their lives in France in WW1. (1916 & 1917 respectively).

The Wrightson Medal will be presented on field after the game.

Brothers Arthur and Roy Wrightson were born in Fremantle and both played for football for East Fremantle Football Club, Arthur from 1908 to 1913 and Roy from 1910 to 1915.

In 1915 Roy enlisted in the 11 th Battalion and landed at Marseilles, France on the 5 April 1916 to join the British Expeditionary Force. He was killed in action  in France on the 30 May 1915 at Fleurbaix after less than 2 months active service. He is buried in the Military Cemetery Rue Petillon near Armentieres, France.

Arthur enlisted in April 1916 and was in the 48 th Battalion. He was killed 12 October 1917 at Paschendale, Belgium. The records show some difficulty in the  identification of  the men in the trench Arthur was known to be in and there is no known grave for Arthur. He is one of thousands whose headstone reads….“Known only unto God.”  Arthur is memorialised on the Menin Gate with the thousands of other soldiers never identified.

Sir Hughie Edwards Cup

Sir Hughie Edwards (1914–1982), enlisted in the Permanent Military Forces in March 1934 and served with the 6th Heavy Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, which manned the defences of Fremantle. He played 7 games for South Fremantle Football Club.

Edwards joined the RAAF when he was 21. Following pilot training he transferred to the RAF in Britain under a pre-war arrangement. In Britain Edwards was posted to a bomber squadron in 1936. In May 1941 he was appointed to command No. 105 Squadron RAF; he undertook attacks on Germany and the occupied countries, and on enemy shipping.

On 4 July 1941 Edwards led 12 twin-engined bombers in a low-level attack on the heavily defended port of Bremen. The aircraft had to fly under high-tension wires, through a balloon barrage, and into intense fire. All his bombers were hit, and four were shot down. For his gallantry and determination, Edwards received the Victoria Cross.

Edwards continued to lead his squadron against major targets, and was further decorated; his combination of awards marked him as one of the war’s outstanding pilots. In February 1943 he became Commanding Officer of RAF Station, Binbrook, resuming his association with the RAAF as No. 460 Squadron RAAF operated from the base flying Avro Lancasters. (“G for George”, the centrepiece of the Memorial’s Striking by night program in ANZAC Hall, was one of these.)

After the war Edwards continued his career in the RAF. By 1962 he was Director of Establishments of the Air Ministry in London. Eventually he returned to Australia. He was Governor of Western Australia (1974–75) and was knighted, later retiring because of ill-health.

North Fremantle Football Club

34 players of the North Fremantle Football Club died in World War One, and this lead to the withdrawal of the Club from the WAFL. At the Anzac Derby we welcome representatives of the North Fremantle Football Club and honour those who gave their lives defending our country.