when a club won it for three seasons (not necessarily in successive years) the cup would become absolute property of that club." The club having won the premiership from 1887-1889, became permanent holders of the Dixson Challenge Cup. "The club awarded the cup to its premiership captain of 1889, Paddy Knox." The club changed its name to "Fremantle Football Club" in April 1890 to better represent the locality in which they were based. A third successive Premiership followed in 1890. In 1891, the club were unbeaten up until round 6. In round 7, they lost against their only serious rivals for the premiership, Rovers, after several contentious decision made by the umpire, a Mr. Croft, who formerly played for Rovers. Due to his previous decisions, Fremantle refused to play in any match umpired by him for the remainder of the season, which resulted in them forfeiting their last three fixtures, and thus losing the premiership to Rovers. The club continued to dominate the competition for the rest of the decade, winning five consecutive premierships from 1892–96 and another in 1898. The club was forced to disband after the 1899 season due to large debts. Many of the club's players transferred to the new South Fremantle Football Club, admitted to the WAFA the next year. The club had an overall win rate of 68.7% during its fourteen seasons in the competition. Honours Premierships WAFA (10): 1887–90, 1892–96, 1898 Leading goalkicker WAFA (4): 1893: Paddy Knox (10) 1895: Albert Thurgood (53) 1896: Albert Thurgood (47) 1897: Albert Thurgood (27) Union/Fremantle FC 1886: Harry Fay & George Herbert (2) 1887: Fred Loukes & Andy Woods (2) 1888: Leo Waters (7) 1889: Harry Fay (7) 1890: Patrick Roachock (12) 1891: Oscar Wehrstedt (4) 1892: Harry Fay (15) 1893: Paddy Knox (10) 1893: Harry Cooper (19) 1895: Albert Thurgood (53) 1896: Albert Thurgood (47) 1897: Albert Thurgood (27) 1898: Harry Fay & George Kain (12) 1899: William Annois (16) Notable players By far the highest-profile player to represent the club was Albert Thurgood, who arrived from Essendon Football Club for the 1895 season. Thurgood would go on to represent the club 48 times and kicked 128 goals from 1895-1898. He topped the WAFA goalkicking from 1895-1897. In 1996, Thurgood was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. He was named in the Essendon Team of the Century, which was selected in their VFL/AFL centenary