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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

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2023

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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1993 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Sydney's 1993 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 Sydney       Bye        
2 H Sydney 4.28.712.1312.20 92 LOST Hawthorn 4.37.912.1322.17 149 -57 SCG Apr 4 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
3 A Sydney 0.44.98.1313.16 94 LOST St. Kilda 6.610.815.1120.12 132 -38 WAV Apr 10 (Sat, 2:08) Scores
4 H Sydney 4.46.79.714.11 95 LOST Essendon 8.317.523.928.13 181 -86 SCG Apr 18 (Sun, 1:15) Scores
5 A Sydney 3.46.68.711.8 74 LOST Fitzroy 6.410.1213.1824.23 167 -93 PRI Apr 24 (Sat, 2:08) Scores
6 A Sydney 1.38.512.816.9 105 LOST North Melbourne 11.515.725.1035.19 229 -124 PRI May 1 (Sat, 2:08) Scores
7 H Sydney 2.67.1110.1413.17 95 LOST Carlton 5.313.716.821.13 139 -44 SCG May 9 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
8 A Sydney 0.10.42.68.9 57 LOST Brisbane 10.719.1027.1733.21 219 -162 GAB May 16 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
9 H Sydney 2.36.69.815.14 104 LOST Geelong 9.513.715.1119.15 129 -25 SCG May 23 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
10 A Sydney 2.35.410.614.9 93 LOST Richmond 5.29.714.1317.20 122 -29 MCG May 29 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
11 H Sydney 1.06.07.110.3 63 LOST West Coast 6.78.1115.1317.18 120 -57 SCG Jun 13 (Sun, 1:15) Scores
12 A Sydney 2.12.44.710.9 69 LOST Footscray 3.28.810.1313.16 94 -25 WES Jun 19 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
13 H Sydney 5.411.421.823.11 149 WON Melbourne 5.410.710.816.13 109 40 SCG Jun 27 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
14 H Sydney 2.14.56.512.10 82 LOST Adelaide 2.36.812.1518.18 126 -44 SCG Jul 2 (Fri, 7:38) Scores
15 A Sydney 1.46.69.711.11 77 LOST Collingwood 6.311.1018.1525.19 169 -92 VIC Jul 10 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
16 Sydney       Bye        
17 A Sydney 1.22.84.109.13 67 LOST Hawthorn 7.614.1121.1324.15 159 -92 WAV Jul 25 (Sun, 2:00) Scores
18 H Sydney 3.57.89.1417.16 118 LOST St. Kilda 7.216.621.724.11 155 -37 SCG Aug 1 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
19 A Sydney 2.63.128.1513.18 96 LOST Essendon 4.39.512.818.9 117 -21 MCG Aug 6 (Fri, 7:38) Scores
20 H Sydney 3.18.314.715.9 99 LOST Fitzroy 9.012.616.917.12 114 -15 SCG Aug 13 (Fri, 7:38) Scores
21 H Sydney 5.58.612.1014.14 98 LOST North Melbourne 5.115.520.625.10 160 -62 SCG Aug 22 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
22 A Sydney 5.36.712.816.14 110 LOST Carlton 5.610.915.1016.15 111 -1 PRI Aug 28 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
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1993 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
37 Ambrose, Richard 3 12 4.0 6 2.0 18 6.0 11 3.7 2 0.7 1 0.3 2 2 1 0.3 0 6
30 Bayes, Mark 20 201 10.1 75 3.8 276 13.8 51 2.6 32 1.6 25 1.3 24 35 6 0.3 5 41
26 Begovich, Tony 5 25 5.0 20 4.0 45 9.0 13 2.6 0 0.0 5 1.0 1 3 0 0.0 3 3
13 Brunton, Neil 20 192 9.6 122 6.1 314 15.7 50 2.5 0 0.0 41 2.1 20 10 2 0.1 2 14
21 Bryce, Paul 17 183 10.8 71 4.2 254 14.9 96 5.6 49 2.9 11 0.6 18 31 14 0.8 20 104
7 Carroll, Dennis 2 10 5.0 15 7.5 25 12.5 4 2.0 1 0.5 7 3.5 1 2 0 0.0 0 0
12 Considine, Ed 7 45 6.4 39 5.6 84 12.0 25 3.6 5 0.7 12 1.7 11 7 1 0.1 1 7
29 Cordy, Neil 1 5 5.0 4 4.0 9 9.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
28 Cresswell, Daryn 18 224 12.4 83 4.6 307 17.1 75 4.2 0 0.0 18 1.0 24 29 29 1.6 15 189
5 Daniels, Jayson 16 113 7.1 123 7.7 236 14.8 26 1.6 0 0.0 24 1.5 32 31 0 0.0 1 1
24 Dipetta, Aldo 2 14 7.0 8 4.0 22 11.0 5 2.5 0 0.0 4 2.0 0 2 0 0.0 2 2
43 Direen, Scott 11 87 7.9 51 4.6 138 12.5 23 2.1 0 0.0 3 0.3 8 7 6 0.5 3 39
6 Dunkley, Andrew 18 101 5.6 103 5.7 204 11.3 63 3.5 13 0.7 32 1.8 30 18 1 0.1 3 9
48 Gray, Troy 7 40 5.7 37 5.3 77 11.0 22 3.1 0 0.0 10 1.4 5 11 3 0.4 2 20
47 Higgins, Leon 10 101 10.1 33 3.3 134 13.4 22 2.2 0 0.0 14 1.4 7 12 4 0.4 3 27
31 Holmes, Darren 10 64 6.4 51 5.1 115 11.5 21 2.1 2 0.2 18 1.8 11 16 0 0.0 2 2
20 Hutton, John 5 37 7.4 7 1.4 44 8.8 19 3.8 1 0.2 6 1.2 10 5 9 1.8 5 59
36 Irvin, Nathan 1 2 2.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
19 John, Gareth 4 11 2.8 24 6.0 35 8.8 13 3.3 37 9.3 0 0.0 3 6 0 0.0 0 0
11 Kappler, Darren 5 70 14.0 34 6.8 104 20.8 13 2.6 0 0.0 10 2.0 5 7 7 1.4 8 50
14 Kelly, Paul 20 269 13.5 153 7.7 422 21.1 55 2.8 0 0.0 67 3.4 53 56 11 0.6 6 72
1 Lawson, Jamie 12 72 6.0 85 7.1 157 13.1 16 1.3 0 0.0 28 2.3 19 23 4 0.3 7 31
3 Lewis, Dale 16 232 14.5 98 6.1 330 20.6 91 5.7 2 0.1 19 1.2 31 29 13 0.8 17 95
34 Luff, Troy 2 19 9.5 11 5.5 30 15.0 13 6.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 1 0 0.0 1 1
33 Malakellis, Tony 5 45 9.0 30 6.0 75 15.0 12 2.4 2 0.4 6 1.2 6 7 3 0.6 2 20
16 McGovern, Andrew 8 57 7.1 48 6.0 105 13.1 13 1.6 0 0.0 14 1.8 9 5 2 0.3 0 12
48 McMahon, Gavin 2 17 8.5 9 4.5 26 13.0 1 0.5 1 0.5 3 1.5 0 4 0 0.0 0 0
4 McRae, Dean 18 195 10.8 94 5.2 289 16.1 48 2.7 3 0.2 28 1.6 19 32 10 0.6 11 71
8 Minton-Connell, Simon 10 101 10.1 8 0.8 109 10.9 50 5.0 0 0.0 5 0.5 17 12 41 4.1 32 278
17 Mooney, Jason 11 86 7.8 65 5.9 151 13.7 44 4.0 9 0.8 14 1.3 11 16 3 0.3 3 21
35 Murphy, David 11 99 9.0 87 7.9 186 16.9 29 2.6 0 0.0 15 1.4 8 11 4 0.4 3 27
23 Neill, Robert 5 57 11.4 29 5.8 86 17.2 21 4.2 0 0.0 11 2.2 4 6 2 0.4 5 17
18 Nettelbeck, Craig 2 11 5.5 7 3.5 18 9.0 4 2.0 1 0.5 0 0.0 5 3 0 0.0 2 2
44 Osborne, Richard 16 155 9.7 49 3.1 204 12.8 50 3.1 2 0.1 23 1.4 20 31 39 2.4 26 260
22 Rose, Gavin 9 43 4.8 53 5.9 96 10.7 15 1.7 84 9.3 9 1.0 9 18 0 0.0 0 0
45 Stafford, Greg 8 19 2.4 27 3.4 46 5.8 17 2.1 39 4.9 1 0.1 9 15 4 0.5 0 24
41 Stevens, Gary 1 4 4.0 4 4.0 8 8.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 1 5 1 1.0 0 6
15 Strooper, David 10 72 7.2 42 4.2 114 11.4 35 3.5 13 1.3 14 1.4 11 17 14 1.4 7 91
42 Thomson, Andrew 2 6 3.0 10 5.0 16 8.0 3 1.5 0 0.0 2 1.0 2 3 1 0.5 0 6
2 Tunbridge, Brad 5 17 3.4 16 3.2 33 6.6 13 2.6 30 6.0 6 1.2 6 10 1 0.2 0 6
10 Watters, Scott 18 229 12.7 177 9.8 406 22.6 39 2.2 0 0.0 21 1.2 17 12 10 0.6 5 65
9 Werner, Michael 15 94 6.3 58 3.9 152 10.1 48 3.2 4 0.3 12 0.8 16 27 19 1.3 13 127
27 Wheeler, Sanford 12 111 9.3 51 4.3 162 13.5 20 1.7 0 0.0 28 2.3 13 18 1 0.1 0 6
Totals 400 3547 8.9 2117 5.3 5664 14.2 1193 3.0 332 0.8 571 1.4 501 596 266 0.7 215 1811
 

Footnotes

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