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KEY FACTS

Official name
Sydney Swans Limited

Known as
Sydney

Nickname
Swans

Former name
South Melbourne

Former name date
1982-01-01

Formed
1874 (as South Melbourne); 1982 (as Swans); 1983 (as Sydney Swans)

Colours
White and red

Associated clubs
Sydney Reserves; Albert Park (Original); Sydney WFC; Sydney Academy; Sydney Academy WFC; Sydney U19s; Sydney WFC (VFLW)

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2025

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1879–1896

Home Ground
S.C.G.

AFL Premierships
2005, 2012 (2 total)

VFL Premierships
1909, 1918, 1933 (3 total)

VFA Premierships
1881, 1885, 1888-9-90 (5 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia - 1909; VFL Night Series - 1956-7, 1960, 1982 (4 total); McClelland Trophy - 1996, 2014, 2016 (3 total)

Most Games
372 - Adam Goodes (1999-2015)

Most Goals
681 - Bob Pratt (1930-39; 1946)

League Top Goalkickers
R.Pratt (109) 1933, (150) 1934 & (103) 1935; L.White (80) 1942; A.Lockett (121) 1996 & (109) 1998; B.Hall (80) 2005; L.Franklin (79) 2014 & (73) 2017 (5 winners/9 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Herbie Matthews 1940; Ron Clegg 1949; Fred Goldsmith 1955; Bob Skilton 1959, 1963 & 1968; Peter Bedford 1970; Graham Teasdale 1977; Barry Round 1981; Greg Williams 1986; Gerard Healy 1988; Paul Kelly 1995; Adam Goodes 2003 & 2006 (11 medallists/14 medals)

Headquarters
Light Tower #4 Driver Ave, Moore Park, NSW 2021

Postal Address
PO Box 173 Paddington, NSW, 2021

Phone: 1300 663 819 

Website
sydneyswans.com.au

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1935 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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South Melbourne's 1935 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A South Melbourne 1.57.811.1315.16 106 LOST Collingwood 5.19.912.1415.18 108 -2 VIC Apr 27 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 H South Melbourne 3.310.313.717.11 113 WON Footscray 5.28.512.715.9 99 14 LAK May 4 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 A South Melbourne 7.37.711.1013.11 89 WON North Melbourne 0.32.84.85.14 44 45 ARD May 11 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 H South Melbourne 4.55.1011.1413.19 97 WON Carlton 6.19.311.314.6 90 7 LAK May 18 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 A South Melbourne 2.19.511.817.12 114 WON Geelong 5.37.714.1015.10 100 14 COR May 25 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 H South Melbourne 2.27.817.1123.14 152 WON Fitzroy 4.36.58.610.11 71 81 LAK Jun 1 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 A South Melbourne 6.710.1114.1415.15 105 WON Richmond 1.33.63.117.17 59 46 PUN Jun 8 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
8 A South Melbourne 3.212.813.817.14 116 WON Hawthorn 3.54.68.199.23 77 39 GLE Jun 15 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
9 H South Melbourne 3.55.97.1813.22 100 WON Essendon 1.14.47.49.7 61 39 LAK Jun 22 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
10 H South Melbourne 2.25.710.1113.16 94 WON St. Kilda 3.44.66.119.15 69 25 LAK Jun 29 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
11 A South Melbourne 1.76.812.1118.14 122 WON Melbourne 3.34.77.711.12 78 44 MCG Jul 6 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
12 H South Melbourne 5.111.814.1118.16 124 WON Collingwood 2.55.69.810.11 71 53 LAK Jul 13 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
13 A South Melbourne 4.211.313.515.8 98 WON Footscray 2.46.59.59.8 62 36 WES Jul 20 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 H South Melbourne 3.49.812.1116.13 109 WON North Melbourne 3.34.511.915.10 100 9 LAK Aug 17 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 A South Melbourne 1.24.89.812.9 81 LOST Carlton 6.79.1312.1916.26 122 -41 PRI Aug 10 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 H South Melbourne 4.37.717.1121.12 138 WON Geelong 1.35.76.98.14 62 76 LAK Aug 24 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 A South Melbourne 1.35.77.710.15 75 WON Fitzroy 2.27.611.811.8 74 1 BWS Aug 31 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 H South Melbourne 3.66.1312.1614.23 107 WON Richmond 5.36.49.69.9 63 44 LAK Sep 7 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2SF A South Melbourne 3.46.712.915.14 104 WON Collingwood 3.15.79.1311.17 83 21 MCG Sep 21 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF A South Melbourne 3.64.86.107.16 58 LOST Collingwood 1.36.68.1011.12 78 -20 MCG Oct 5 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
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1935 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Austin, Jack 19 18 18.0         2 2.0         2 3 0 0.0    
Beard, Bert 1                             0 0.0    
Bisset, Jack 16 9 9.0         2 2.0         2 2 1 0.1    
Brain, Terry 15 19 19.0         2 2.0         5 2 18 1.2    
Clarke, Harry 12 12 12.0         3 3.0         4 2 2 0.2    
Cleary, Jim 14 0 0.0         0 0.0         0 0 3 0.2    
Davies, Frank 14                             11 0.8    
Diggins, Brighton 20 14 14.0         4 4.0         1 8 4 0.2    
Dineen, Syd 13                             5 0.4    
Evans, Owen 1                             2 2.0    
Faul, Bill 7 9 9.0         5 5.0         1 0 0 0.0    
Flynne, Rowley 4                             0 0.0    
Gatti, Lou 4                             1 0.3    
Graham, Jack 3                             2 0.7    
Harris, Wilbur 4                             1 0.3    
Hillis, Ron 20 17 17.0         7 7.0         7 2 0 0.0    
Humphries, Reg 16 10 10.0         4 4.0         0 5 2 0.1    
Kelleher, Dinny 20 12 12.0         5 5.0         1 1 4 0.2    
Matthews Snr, Herbie 11                             1 0.1    
McEachen, Roy 14                             1 0.1    
McKay, Hec 1                             0 0.0    
McKenzie, Jock 17 20 20.0         3 3.0         6 3 0 0.0    
Monaghan, Leo 2                             0 0.0    
Moore, Roy 19 14 14.0         5 5.0         1 4 52 2.7    
Nash, Laurie 18 24 24.0         8 8.0         4 6 51 2.8    
O'Meara, Joe 'Brum' 8 14 14.0         7 7.0         1 4 5 0.6    
Pratt, Bob 18 10 10.0         7 7.0         1 3 103 5.7 56 674
Reid, Jim 19 23 23.0         6 6.0         6 4 3 0.2    
Richards, Lin 'Blue' 18 13 13.0         2 2.0         3 2 0 0.0    
Robertson Snr, Austin 18 19 19.0         3 3.0         4 2 20 1.1    
Welch, Alan 14 15 15.0         1 1.0         2 2 10 0.7    
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.