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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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1992 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Sydney's 1992 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 Sydney       Bye        
2 H Sydney 4.37.611.1014.14 98 WON West Coast 3.39.511.814.11 95 3 SCG Mar 29 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
3 A Sydney 3.55.78.1413.19 97 LOST Collingwood 5.69.1012.1217.14 116 -19 VIC Apr 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Sydney 3.48.913.1417.17 119 LOST Footscray 7.214.420.725.15 165 -46 SCG Apr 12 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 A Sydney 3.28.411.714.10 94 WON Carlton 3.54.97.910.13 73 21 PRI Apr 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Sydney 3.26.29.711.10 76 LOST North Melbourne 2.29.812.1418.17 125 -49 SCG Apr 24 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
7 A Sydney 2.16.910.1213.18 96 DRAW Melbourne 3.55.810.1313.18 96 0 MCG May 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Sydney 4.312.715.1819.21 135 WON Brisbane 4.17.37.58.13 61 74 SCG May 8 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
9 A Sydney 4.510.911.1314.18 102 LOST Richmond 4.38.812.1119.20 134 -32 MCG May 17 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
10 H Sydney 2.57.88.1012.13 85 LOST Hawthorn 3.312.1018.1521.20 146 -61 SCG May 24 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
11 A Sydney 0.54.75.1110.13 73 LOST Essendon 3.76.89.1516.20 116 -43 MCG May 31 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 Sydney       Bye        
13 A Sydney 3.07.29.915.14 104 LOST St. Kilda 10.314.820.1024.13 157 -53 MOO Jun 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Sydney 6.57.89.1511.17 83 LOST Geelong 4.211.617.924.14 158 -75 SCG Jun 21 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
15 A Sydney 5.17.210.213.4 82 LOST Adelaide 7.411.1219.1522.17 149 -67 FBP Jun 26 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
16 H Sydney 4.44.98.1211.17 83 LOST Fitzroy 6.210.415.821.10 136 -53 SCG Jul 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
17 A Sydney 3.34.46.48.6 54 LOST West Coast 2.18.510.816.11 107 -53 SUB Jul 12 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
18 H Sydney 3.46.411.914.12 96 LOST Collingwood 3.610.915.1017.12 114 -18 SCG Jul 17 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
19 A Sydney 5.46.68.88.9 57 LOST Footscray 3.16.67.1215.13 103 -46 WES Jul 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Sydney 4.012.316.720.10 130 LOST Carlton 5.58.814.1221.13 139 -9 SCG Aug 2 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
21 A Sydney 4.15.68.1011.14 80 LOST North Melbourne 3.77.1312.1515.21 111 -31 MCG Aug 7 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
22 H Sydney 4.27.59.713.10 88 LOST Melbourne 7.011.316.621.13 139 -51 SCG Aug 16 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
23 A Sydney 1.31.63.119.16 70 LOST Brisbane 5.29.1015.1119.15 129 -59 CRR Aug 22 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
24 H Sydney 2.24.96.1313.17 95 LOST Richmond 2.38.913.1318.17 125 -30 SCG Aug 28 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
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1992 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Angove, Damien 4 31 7.8 9 2.3 40 10.0 8 2.0 0 0.0 5 1.3 2 6 0 0.0 1 1
Atkins, Paul 2 10 5.0 18 9.0 28 14.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 2.0 2 2 0 0.0 1 1
Bayes, Mark 20 248 12.4 63 3.2 311 15.6 62 3.1 7 0.4 20 1.0 16 22 6 0.3 6 42
Brunton, Neil 22 231 10.5 148 6.7 379 17.2 58 2.6 0 0.0 33 1.5 16 13 4 0.2 7 31
Carroll, Dennis 13 151 11.6 102 7.8 253 19.5 42 3.2 5 0.4 19 1.5 11 16 11 0.8 10 76
Cordy, Neil 7 33 4.7 17 2.4 50 7.1 14 2.0 1 0.1 3 0.4 5 3 0 0.0 0 0
Cresswell, Daryn 8 100 12.5 56 7.0 156 19.5 23 2.9 0 0.0 1 0.1 4 4 4 0.5 14 38
Doolan, Ben 12 121 10.1 78 6.5 199 16.6 25 2.1 0 0.0 16 1.3 11 13 0 0.0 1 1
Dunkley, Andrew 18 120 6.7 71 3.9 191 10.6 63 3.5 11 0.6 20 1.1 28 29 0 0.0 3 3
Gray, Troy 12 75 6.3 42 3.5 117 9.8 30 2.5 0 0.0 11 0.9 11 8 7 0.6 7 49
Higgins, Leon 16 204 12.8 73 4.6 277 17.3 44 2.8 0 0.0 36 2.3 16 28 6 0.4 11 47
Holmes, Darren 19 134 7.1 79 4.2 213 11.2 30 1.6 1 0.1 24 1.3 13 30 3 0.2 5 23
John, Gareth 6 21 3.5 15 2.5 36 6.0 13 2.2 44 7.3 5 0.8 6 7 2 0.3 0 12
Kappler, Darren 16 220 13.8 59 3.7 279 17.4 36 2.3 0 0.0 23 1.4 15 12 22 1.4 10 142
Kelly, Paul 22 310 14.1 216 9.8 526 23.9 63 2.9 1 0.0 73 3.3 39 50 8 0.4 16 64
Lawson, Jamie 18 134 7.4 134 7.4 268 14.9 19 1.1 1 0.1 22 1.2 21 20 12 0.7 13 85
Lewis, Dale 20 261 13.1 103 5.2 364 18.2 99 5.0 0 0.0 23 1.2 21 26 17 0.9 9 111
Love, Jason 2 7 3.5 2 1.0 9 4.5 3 1.5 0 0.0 3 1.5 1 4 2 1.0 1 13
Luff, Troy 8 75 9.4 37 4.6 112 14.0 33 4.1 0 0.0 11 1.4 8 15 6 0.8 3 39
McGovern, Andrew 12 122 10.2 62 5.2 184 15.3 33 2.8 0 0.0 23 1.9 14 2 5 0.4 3 33
McKellar, Allan 2 4 2.0 7 3.5 11 5.5 2 1.0 0 0.0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
McKenzie, Warren 4 13 3.3 13 3.3 26 6.5 7 1.8 6 1.5 2 0.5 3 3 1 0.3 2 8
Minton-Connell, Simon 16 131 8.2 29 1.8 160 10.0 77 4.8 1 0.1 16 1.0 12 17 60 3.8 42 402
Mitchell, Barry 22 376 17.1 276 12.5 652 29.6 57 2.6 1 0.0 45 2.0 56 28 18 0.8 11 119
Mooney, Jason 8 73 9.1 40 5.0 113 14.1 19 2.4 3 0.4 5 0.6 14 6 0 0.0 0 0
Murphy, David 12 121 10.1 84 7.0 205 17.1 36 3.0 0 0.0 21 1.8 16 15 2 0.2 7 19
Neill, Robert 1 4 4.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Nettelbeck, Craig 21 147 7.0 119 5.7 266 12.7 93 4.4 8 0.4 20 1.0 19 35 15 0.7 15 105
Rose, Gavin 10 27 2.7 29 2.9 56 5.6 19 1.9 10 1.0 6 0.6 1 6 0 0.0 1 1
Scott, Dion 2 11 5.5 14 7.0 25 12.5 7 3.5 10 5.0 3 1.5 5 2 0 0.0 2 2
Stevens, Gary 4 13 3.3 3 0.8 16 4.0 1 0.3 0 0.0 3 0.8 3 7 0 0.0 4 4
Strooper, David 22 192 8.7 108 4.9 300 13.6 131 6.0 2 0.1 19 0.9 24 31 44 2.0 33 297
Thorpe, Alan 3 17 5.7 15 5.0 32 10.7 7 2.3 1 0.3 0 0.0 1 5 5 1.7 5 35
Thripp, Terry 9 56 6.2 39 4.3 95 10.6 18 2.0 1 0.1 14 1.6 4 13 2 0.2 3 15
Tunbridge, Brad 21 152 7.2 153 7.3 305 14.5 107 5.1 293 14.0 23 1.1 39 60 8 0.4 6 54
West, Jim 6 42 7.0 18 3.0 60 10.0 22 3.7 1 0.2 5 0.8 1 9 9 1.5 12 66
Wheeler, Sanford 10 72 7.2 26 2.6 98 9.8 17 1.7 0 0.0 16 1.6 9 10 2 0.2 4 16
Wigney, Stuart 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Wright, Stephen 9 63 7.0 72 8.0 135 15.0 18 2.0 0 0.0 23 2.6 13 11 2 0.2 2 14
 

Footnotes

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