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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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1995 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Sydney's 1995 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Sydney 3.45.59.1012.13 85 LOST Footscray 1.17.310.815.12 102 -17 WES Apr 2 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2 H Sydney 3.24.76.1410.15 75 LOST Geelong 3.54.87.1211.14 80 -5 SCG Apr 9 (Sun, 4:15) Scores
3 A Sydney 3.17.510.814.15 99 LOST Brisbane 5.87.1011.1315.14 104 -5 GAB Apr 16 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
4 H Sydney 4.79.914.1017.14 116 WON Fitzroy 1.25.58.1012.12 84 32 SCG Apr 22 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
5 H Sydney 1.45.139.1520.24 144 WON Adelaide 5.77.1012.1412.15 87 57 SCG Apr 30 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
6 A Sydney 6.311.513.816.9 105 LOST Fremantle 6.08.416.925.13 163 -58 WAC May 7 (Sun, 2:15) Scores
7 A Sydney 3.27.69.911.10 76 LOST Collingwood 2.74.147.1513.19 97 -21 VIC May 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Sydney 4.113.118.321.6 132 WON Carlton 2.33.44.108.12 60 72 SCG May 19 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
9 H Sydney 4.38.511.514.6 90 LOST Richmond 4.27.510.817.14 116 -26 SCG May 28 (Sun, 1:15) Scores
10 A Sydney 1.34.46.611.11 77 LOST Melbourne 4.26.711.915.12 102 -25 MCG Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Sydney 2.53.105.149.17 71 LOST Hawthorn 4.48.714.1017.11 113 -42 WAV Jun 12 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
12 A Sydney 2.43.66.1010.12 72 LOST West Coast 2.45.510.611.7 73 -1 SUB Jun 25 (Sun, 4:15) Scores
13 H Sydney 7.215.719.821.12 138 WON Essendon 4.38.611.1417.17 119 19 SCG Jul 2 (Sun, 1:15) Scores
14 H Sydney 5.28.411.614.10 94 LOST St. Kilda 2.48.913.1217.17 119 -25 SCG Jul 9 (Sun, 1:15) Scores
15 A Sydney 4.49.711.1116.17 113 WON North Melbourne 3.14.48.912.12 84 29 MCG Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Sydney 4.27.210.312.7 79 LOST Footscray 3.27.617.721.8 134 -55 SCG Jul 22 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
17 A Sydney 3.35.68.711.8 74 LOST Geelong 6.010.617.923.13 151 -77 KAR Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Sydney 4.29.312.717.9 111 LOST Brisbane 5.413.517.1019.12 126 -15 SCG Aug 6 (Sun, 1:15) Scores
19 A Sydney 8.217.422.627.8 170 WON Fitzroy 2.22.34.76.8 44 126 WES Aug 13 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
20 A Sydney 1.19.314.522.7 139 WON Adelaide 3.57.88.1313.15 93 46 FBP Aug 19 (Sat, 8:40) Scores
21 H Sydney 5.28.512.1219.13 127 LOST Fremantle 4.99.1512.2120.24 144 -17 SCG Aug 27 (Sun, 1:15) Scores
22 H Sydney 3.26.811.1219.13 127 WON Collingwood 5.310.913.1215.14 104 23 SCG Sep 3 (Sun, 1:15) Scores
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1995 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
42 Arnott, Simon 5 31 6.2 11 2.2 42 8.4 10 2.0 0 0.0 4 0.8 2 0 2 0.4 4 16
21 Barry, Leo 1 6 6.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 4 4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 1 1.0 0 6
30 Bayes, Mark 19 216 11.4 75 3.9 291 15.3 87 4.6 12 0.6 19 1.0 14 18 16 0.8 16 112
13 Brunton, Neil 11 85 7.7 55 5.0 140 12.7 18 1.6 0 0.0 18 1.6 11 2 2 0.2 1 13
26 Caven, Peter 9 45 5.0 20 2.2 65 7.2 24 2.7 0 0.0 3 0.3 3 1 1 0.1 1 7
27 Chapman, Wade 11 50 4.5 28 2.5 78 7.1 11 1.0 0 0.0 12 1.1 5 5 2 0.2 1 13
12 Considine, Ed 6 52 8.7 59 9.8 111 18.5 20 3.3 5 0.8 3 0.5 8 5 2 0.3 1 13
23 Crawford, Justin 10 86 8.6 59 5.9 145 14.5 48 4.8 0 0.0 10 1.0 2 17 7 0.7 0 42
8 Cresswell, Daryn 22 306 13.9 201 9.1 507 23.0 111 5.0 1 0.0 24 1.1 22 20 17 0.8 13 115
5 Daniels, Jayson 22 171 7.8 152 6.9 323 14.7 53 2.4 2 0.1 40 1.8 27 24 3 0.1 0 18
18 Direen, Scott 19 175 9.2 143 7.5 318 16.7 56 2.9 1 0.1 9 0.5 14 9 2 0.1 2 14
6 Dunkley, Andrew 22 93 4.2 136 6.2 229 10.4 88 4.0 36 1.6 29 1.3 17 11 4 0.2 5 29
29 Garlick, Simon 16 138 8.6 70 4.4 208 13.0 40 2.5 0 0.0 23 1.4 16 11 16 1.0 12 108
20 Gaspar, Darren 16 91 5.7 66 4.1 157 9.8 31 1.9 8 0.5 21 1.3 14 8 1 0.1 1 7
9 Grant, Shannon 10 80 8.0 47 4.7 127 12.7 38 3.8 0 0.0 11 1.1 15 4 9 0.9 10 64
25 Gray, Troy 19 162 8.5 73 3.8 235 12.4 72 3.8 10 0.5 21 1.1 14 22 11 0.6 5 71
39 Heuskes, Adam 17 133 7.8 112 6.6 245 14.4 51 3.0 1 0.1 20 1.2 10 17 2 0.1 2 14
47 Higgins, Leon 8 74 9.3 41 5.1 115 14.4 17 2.1 0 0.0 9 1.1 8 4 6 0.8 1 37
11 Kappler, Darren 19 222 11.7 80 4.2 302 15.9 57 3.0 0 0.0 18 0.9 9 6 20 1.1 14 134
14 Kelly, Paul 22 285 13.0 153 7.0 438 19.9 68 3.1 2 0.1 77 3.5 36 40 15 0.7 11 101
24 Kickett, Derek 21 203 9.7 169 8.0 372 17.7 82 3.9 4 0.2 30 1.4 17 28 26 1.2 17 173
3 Lewis, Dale 18 239 13.3 111 6.2 350 19.4 109 6.1 4 0.2 33 1.8 22 22 7 0.4 9 51
4 Lockett, Tony 19 176 9.3 42 2.2 218 11.5 139 7.3 1 0.1 16 0.8 12 31 110 5.8 44 704
34 Luff, Troy 10 67 6.7 50 5.0 117 11.7 32 3.2 7 0.7 15 1.5 13 5 11 1.1 4 70
32 McPherson, Daniel 3 13 4.3 4 1.3 17 5.7 5 1.7 0 0.0 2 0.7 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
2 McRae, Dean 21 214 10.2 144 6.9 358 17.0 58 2.8 4 0.2 22 1.0 12 26 14 0.7 10 94
17 Mooney, Jason 11 67 6.1 39 3.5 106 9.6 44 4.0 32 2.9 4 0.4 4 9 7 0.6 4 46
33 Myles, Dion 3 10 3.3 2 0.7 12 4.0 4 1.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 0 0.0 1 1
38 O'Loughlin, Michael 11 62 5.6 52 4.7 114 10.4 24 2.2 0 0.0 16 1.5 3 7 12 1.1 4 76
16 Rocca, Anthony 12 58 4.8 36 3.0 94 7.8 39 3.3 30 2.5 8 0.7 5 8 8 0.7 12 60
1 Roos, Paul 21 234 11.1 187 8.9 421 20.0 113 5.4 12 0.6 14 0.7 29 5 7 0.3 13 55
22 Rose, Gavin 13 65 5.0 88 6.8 153 11.8 40 3.1 171 13.2 16 1.2 10 20 1 0.1 5 11
37 Scott, Tim 1 1 1.0 2 2.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
7 Seymour, Brad 7 26 3.7 53 7.6 79 11.3 11 1.6 1 0.1 17 2.4 8 6 1 0.1 0 6
15 Stafford, Greg 7 25 3.6 26 3.7 51 7.3 24 3.4 55 7.9 6 0.9 2 10 0 0.0 1 1
Totals 462 3961 8.6 2588 5.6 6549 14.2 1629 3.5 399 0.9 570 1.2 386 403 343 0.7 224 2282
 

Footnotes

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