AustralianFootball.com                Celebrating the history of the great australian game                           

 

Club Information

Nickname
Swans

Formed
1934

Address
P.O. Box 61, Bassendean, 6054. WA.

Home Ground
Steel Blue Oval (formerly Bassendean Oval)

Current Affiliation
WAFL/WANFL 1934-present

Colours
Black and white

Emblem
Swans

Website
www.swandistrictsfc.com.au

WAFL Premierships
1961-62-63, 1982-83-84, 1990, 2010 (8 total)

Senior Premierships
R.P. Rodriguez Shield: 1962, 1965, 1974-5, 1980

Most Games
305 - Bill Walker (1961-1976)

Most Goals
555 - Eric Gorman (1961-1969)

League Top Goalkickers
M.George (90) 1974; S.Beasley (97) 1980; B.Hutton (83) 1984

Sandover Medalists
George Krepp 1935; Jim Davies 1944; Haydn Bunton 1962; Bill Walker 1965, 1966, 1967 & 1970; Phil Narkle 1982; Mick Grasso 1990; Jeremy Wasley 1996; Shane Beros 2003; Andrew Krakouer 2010

Swan Districts

Every Player | Honour Board | Most Games | Most Goals | Game Records

Club Biography

Among the newcomers in 1961 to respond to the Bunton technique was rover Bill Walker, who would go on to become arguably the greatest player in the history of the club. Nevertheless, it was Bunton’s “genius (that was) solely responsible for the club’s dizzy climb from the bottom to the top of the premiership table in one winter”. Or perhaps, as one senior player archly put it, “He conned us into playing good football” ...

  • Swans might have been late arrivals in the WAFL but, as John Devaney writes, once they found their feet, they were hard to stop

Read more


2013 Season

  Fixture | Player Stats
Top

Swan Districts's 2013 Fixture

Rnd Home Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 S R Away Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 S Mgn Grd Date  
1 East Fremantle 4.1 8.4 8.5 12.10 82 def by Swan Districts 1.4 7.6 9.12 13.15 93 11 EFO Mar 16 (Sat, 2:10) Details
3 Swan Districts 4.0 4.1 8.6 9.10 64 def by Claremont 2.5 8.10 12.12 18.17 125 -61 BO Mar 30 (Sat, 2:10) Details
4 Swan Districts 3.6 5.7 10.10 14.17 101 def by Perth 5.3 10.6 12.8 15.13 103 -2 BO Apr 6 (Sat, 2:10) Details
5 Swan Districts 3.2 10.5 12.8 15.12 102 def South Fremantle 5.2 5.3 9.9 12.9 81 21 BO Apr 13 (Sat, 2:10) Details
6 Peel Thunder 3.1 10.1 13.5 15.8 98 def Swan Districts 2.2 6.6 9.6 12.12 84 -14 RP Apr 21 (Sun, 2:10) Details
7 West Perth  3.5 5.7 8.10 9.16 70 def by Swan Districts 3.3 6.3 9.5 15.8 98 28 AJ Apr 25 (Thu, 2:10) Details
9 Swan Districts 1.5 6.6 8.14 11.17 83 def by East Perth 3.3 6.5 11.9 15.13 103 -20 BO May 18 (Sat, 2:10) Details
10 Swan Districts           vs Subiaco             BO May 25 (Sat, 2:10)  
11 Perth           vs Swan Districts             LP Jun 1 (Sat, 2:10)  
13 Subiaco           vs Swan Districts             LO Jun 15 (Sat, 2:10)  
14 South Fremantle           vs Swan Districts             FO Jun 22 (Sat, 2:10)  
15 Swan Districts           vs Perth             BO Jun 29 (Sat, 2:10)  
16 Swan Districts           vs Perth             BO Jul 6 (Sat, 2:10)  
17 Claremont           vs Swan Districts             CO Jul 13 (Sat, 2:10)  
18 East Perth           vs Swan Districts             LO Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10)  
19 Swan Districts           vs Peel Thunder             BO Jul 27 (Sat, 2:10)  
21 Peel Thunder           vs Swan Districts             RP Aug 10 (Sat, 2:10)  
22 Claremont           vs Swan Districts             CO Aug 18 (Sun, 2:10)  
23 Swan Districts           vs East Fremantle             BO Aug 24 (Sat, 2:10)  
24 Swan Districts           vs West Perth              BO Aug 31 (Sat, 2:10)  
Top

2013 Player Stats

J Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
There are no players statistics for Swan Districts for the 2013 season.