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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) 1897–2024

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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"In retrospect, the 1986-7 period can be seen as something of a false dawn for the Sydney experiment, with the ensuing seven seasons proving as bleak as almost any in the club's long and often tortured past. The private ownership experiment was also a failure. In the end, the club owners overstretched themselves and the club ended up in a much worse position financially than it had been before the move to Sydney...."

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1937 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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South Melbourne's 1937 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A South Melbourne 3.44.86.147.17 59 LOST Carlton 4.69.1113.1618.21 129 -70 PRI Apr 24 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 H South Melbourne 3.24.58.1511.19 85 LOST Collingwood 4.411.1216.1520.20 140 -55 LAK May 1 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 H South Melbourne 4.25.59.1311.15 81 DRAW Richmond 1.56.116.1211.15 81 0 LAK May 8 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A South Melbourne 0.22.43.87.11 53 LOST Geelong 2.93.117.1312.20 92 -39 COR May 15 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 A South Melbourne 0.21.96.147.18 60 LOST Fitzroy 2.65.97.1111.16 82 -22 BWS May 22 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 H South Melbourne 0.08.511.815.11 101 WON Hawthorn 6.68.79.1513.20 98 3 LAK May 29 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 A South Melbourne 3.17.411.711.10 76 LOST Essendon 1.23.59.716.12 108 -32 WIN Jun 5 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
8 H South Melbourne 2.37.1011.1216.18 114 WON North Melbourne 2.44.47.510.10 70 44 LAK Jun 14 (Mon, 2:30) Scores
9 A South Melbourne 3.07.611.918.11 119 WON Footscray 2.34.65.810.8 68 51 WES Jun 19 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
10 H South Melbourne 2.46.910.1314.18 102 WON St. Kilda 0.23.45.108.12 60 42 LAK Jun 26 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
11 A South Melbourne 5.17.28.1211.16 82 LOST Melbourne 6.19.510.713.10 88 -6 MCG Jul 3 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
12 H South Melbourne 1.13.26.413.9 87 WON Carlton 3.04.85.127.14 56 31 LAK Jul 10 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
13 A South Melbourne 2.56.911.915.14 104 LOST Collingwood 3.87.1013.1718.19 127 -23 VIC Jul 17 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
14 A South Melbourne 0.14.68.713.11 89 LOST Richmond 7.1110.1515.2016.23 119 -30 PUN Jul 24 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
15 H South Melbourne 0.02.38.713.10 88 LOST Geelong 5.29.613.816.11 107 -19 LAK Jul 31 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
16 H South Melbourne 1.25.68.910.16 76 LOST Fitzroy 4.36.611.815.8 98 -22 LAK Aug 7 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 A South Melbourne 2.34.76.1010.15 75 LOST Hawthorn 4.27.211.615.12 102 -27 GLE Aug 21 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 H South Melbourne 3.74.116.1210.16 76 WON Essendon 3.04.18.211.7 73 3 LAK Aug 28 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
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1937 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Allen, Tommy 17 80 16.0         14 2.8         13 11 6 0.4 6 42
Austin, Jack 18 78 15.6         21 4.2         18 7 1 0.1 0 6
Brain, Terry 12 70 17.5         12 3.0         12 7 14 1.2 4 88
Bryce, George 12 44 11.0         21 5.3         7 12 2 0.2 4 16
Cleary, Jim 17 66 16.5         9 2.3         8 12 0 0.0 0 0
Coyle, Reg 4 40 13.3         8 2.7         12 2 0 0.0 0 0
Dineen, Syd 4 18 18.0         3 3.0         7 2 7 1.8 1 43
Evans, Owen 7 40 13.3         18 6.0         6 13 14 2.0 5 89
Faul, Bill 17 63 12.6         16 3.2         15 9 1 0.1 0 6
Fletcher, Norm 4                             0 0.0    
Gillett, Ray 5 11 11.0         1 1.0         3 2 0 0.0 0 0
Graham, Jack 17 83 16.6         32 6.4         17 11 4 0.2 0 24
Hacker, Jack 6 0 0.0         0 0.0         0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Harris, Wilbur 16 64 12.8         20 4.0         9 18 12 0.8 2 74
Hedge, Alf 5 11 11.0         1 1.0         4 1 0 0.0 0 0
Hillis, Ron 14 47 11.8         10 2.5         24 12 3 0.2 1 19
Ilott, Percy 7 13 13.0         5 5.0         3 1 3 0.4 0 18
Johnson, Maurie 'Mocha' 11 17 8.5         4 2.0         2 7 13 1.2 3 81
Kendrick, Frank 2                             0 0.0    
Leask, Laurie 5 10 10.0         0 0.0         2 2 4 0.8 1 25
Maher, Jimmy 4 12 12.0         4 4.0         2 4 3 0.8 3 21
Matthews Snr, Herbie 15 94 23.5         20 5.0         26 12 0 0.0 0 0
McInnes, Russell 3 0 0.0         0 0.0         0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Mitchell, Alex 14 64 16.0         16 4.0         8 7 7 0.5 5 47
Moore, Roy 9 47 11.8         28 7.0         8 6 35 3.9 8 218
Mullane, Stan 5 13 13.0         2 2.0         3 3 0 0.0 0 0
Nash, Laurie 13 74 18.5         35 8.8         10 13 37 2.8 8 230
Patterson, Sandy 11 30 7.5         7 1.8         5 6 8 0.7 0 48
Pettiona, Charlie 6                             0 0.0    
Pratt, Bob 6 13 13.0         7 7.0         3 5 12 2.0 3 75
Ritchie, Rex 8 17 17.0         3 3.0         5 3 0 0.0 0 0
Robertson Snr, Austin 12 52 13.0         16 4.0         13 8 5 0.4 2 32
Smith, Keith 12 63 15.8         18 4.5         9 10 0 0.0 0 0
Taylor, Laurie 1                             0 0.0    
Thomas, Len 18 85 17.0         24 4.8         12 8 18 1.0 5 113
Welch, Alan 5 25 12.5         3 1.5         4 8 3 0.6 1 19
 

Footnotes

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