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- ↑ "RAILWAYS (GOLDFIELDS) V. EAST FREMANTLE" – The Western Mail . Published Saturday, 10 October 1903. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ↑ "WEST PERTH v. RAILWAYS. A DISAPPOINTING GAME. VICTORY FOR THE VISITORS." – Western Argus . Published Tuesday, 17 October 1905. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ↑ "INTER-ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL. EAST FREMANTLE V. BOULDER CITY. – Western Argus . Published Tuesday, 6 July 1909. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ↑ "CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL MATCH. EAST FREMANTLE DEFEAT BOULDER CITY" – Western Argus . Published Tuesday, 18 October 1910. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ↑ "RAILWAYS BEAT SUBIACO." – Western Argus . Published Tuesday, 27 August 1912. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ↑ FOOTBALL – The Western Mail . Published Friday, 24 October 1913. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ↑ "STATE PREMIERSHIP. EAST PERTH BEAT RAILWAYS." – Western Argus . Published Tuesday, 7 October 1919. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ↑ "STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. A WRETCHED GAME." – The Western Mail . Published Thursday, 5 October 1922. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ↑ "EAST PERTH VICTORIOUS." – Western Argus . Published Tuesday, 16 October 1923. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.
- ↑ "THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. SUBIACO DEFEAT BOULDER." – Western Argus . Published Tuesday, 14 October 1924. Retrieved from Trove, 7 September 2011.