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KEY FACTS

Official name
Sturt Football Club

Known as
Sturt

Nickname
Double Blues

Formed
1901

Colours
Oxford and Cambridge blue

Associated clubs
Sturt Reserves; Sturt U18s; Sturt-South Adelaide; Sturt U16s; Sturt WFC; Sturt U14s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1901–2024

Home Ground
Peter Motley Oval

SANFL Premierships
1915, 1919, 1926, 1932, 1940, 1966-67-68-69-70, 1974, 1976, 2002, 2016-17 (15 total)

Senior Premierships
Stanley H Lewis Memorial Trophy: 1968, 1978, 1983, 2008 (4 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-season Series: 1954, 1975 (2 total)

Most Games
360 - Paul Bagshaw (1964-1980)

Most Goals
672 - Brant Chambers (2002-10)

League Top Goalkickers
Frank Golding (30) 1920; Paul Caust (57) 1955; Ross Sawley (70) 1964; Ken Whelan (107) 1973 & (108) 1974; Rick Davies (151) 1983; Brant Chambers (112) 2007, (97) 2008 and (80) 2009; Mark Evans (40) 2018 (10 total)

Magarey Medalists
Hendrick Waye 1903; Harry Cumberland 1911; Vic Richardson 1920; Horrie Riley 1923; Keith Dunn 1933; Len Fitzgerald 1952, 1954 & 1959; John Halbert 1961; Greg Whittlesea 1988; Brodie Atkinson 1997; Damian Squire 1999 & 2000; Jade Sheedy 2002; Tim Weatherald 2002; Luke Crane 2008; Zane Kirkwood 2014 & 2016 (15 medallists/18 medals)

Headquarters
39 Oxford Terrace, Unley, SA 5061

Phone: (08) 8271 4611 

Email
general@sturtfc.com.au

Website
sturtfc.com.au

CEO
GJ Dunstan

President
SJ Chapman

Sturt



"Try a word association test involving the name ‘Sturt’ with South Australian football followers of more than fifty years of age - and long memories - and the chances are that the most popular responses would be terms like “skilful”, “brilliant”, “classy” and “dazzling”. The Sturt side that dominated South Australian football during the second half of the 1960s had an impact which no other team in the history of the SANFL, with the possible exception of the great Port Adelaide side which won six successive premierships during the 1950s, ever managed ... "

  • John Devaney looks at the history of the Double Blues and their extraordinary run of success in the late 1960s

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2000 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Sturt's 2000 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Sturt 3.106.1610.2115.27 117 LOST Central District 4.27.712.820.14 134 -17 UNL Mar 12 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2 A Sturt 6.111.212.615.7 97 LOST Woodville West Torrens 8.113.417.922.10 142 -45 WOO Mar 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Sturt 3.54.1213.1515.21 111 LOST North Adelaide 3.511.914.1220.15 135 -24 UNL Mar 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 Sturt       Bye        
5 H Sturt 5.59.617.1019.14 128 WON Port Adelaide Magpies 2.23.96.1113.11 89 39 UNL Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Sturt 3.86.96.1110.20 80 WON South Adelaide 1.15.67.78.8 56 24 ADO Apr 14 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
7 A Sturt 3.25.310.311.4 70 LOST Norwood 3.37.512.916.11 107 -37 ADO Apr 25 (Tue, 2:10) Scores
8 A Sturt 2.23.67.913.10 88 LOST Glenelg 6.110.214.516.7 103 -15 GLE Apr 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
9 H Sturt 2.42.64.87.13 55 LOST West Adelaide 5.38.612.1216.18 114 -59 UNL May 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Sturt 4.210.713.1117.15 117 WON North Adelaide 3.14.35.56.6 42 75 PRO May 15 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
11 H Sturt 4.212.515.718.11 119 WON Central District 4.310.313.615.7 97 22 ADO May 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Sturt 2.42.56.96.10 46 LOST South Adelaide 1.25.75.87.14 56 -10 NOA May 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
13 H Sturt 3.24.55.59.8 62 WON Norwood 3.15.48.69.7 61 1 UNL Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Sturt 3.36.39.816.14 110 WON Woodville West Torrens 1.46.610.912.11 83 27 ADO Jun 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Sturt 2.29.611.814.11 95 WON Port Adelaide Magpies 3.37.311.414.7 91 4 ALB Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 Sturt       Bye        
17 H Sturt 11.515.1119.1322.19 151 WON Glenelg 1.33.57.610.8 68 83 UNL Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Sturt 4.37.610.1010.12 72 WON West Adelaide 3.64.97.128.17 65 7 RIC Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Sturt 5.45.57.89.11 65 LOST Woodville West Torrens 1.19.715.1019.14 128 -63 UNL Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Sturt 4.110.411.515.9 99 WON Central District 3.47.69.914.11 95 4 ELZ Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 Sturt       Bye        
22 A Sturt 7.113.419.722.8 140 WON Norwood 5.38.511.515.8 98 42 NOR Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
23 H Sturt 6.411.1018.1522.22 154 WON South Adelaide 5.59.710.1012.14 86 68 UNL Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
EF H Sturt 5.18.513.1116.15 111 WON Norwood 0.32.53.66.10 46 65 FBP Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
1SF A Sturt 3.46.612.916.14 110 WON Port Adelaide Magpies 2.26.510.1113.13 91 19 FBP Aug 27 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
PF A Sturt 2.24.28.312.6 78 LOST Woodville West Torrens 2.58.911.1314.16 100 -22 FBP Sep 3 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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