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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...."

John Devaney retraces the history of South Melbourne's 'bloodstained angels' - and their modern incarnation into the Sydney Swans

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1926 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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South Melbourne's 1926 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H South Melbourne 4.56.69.911.11 77 LOST Richmond 2.24.96.1112.13 85 -8 LAK May 1 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 A South Melbourne 6.67.612.813.12 90 WON Footscray 1.34.56.78.9 57 33 WES May 8 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 H South Melbourne 1.51.66.116.11 47 LOST St. Kilda 0.02.82.96.14 50 -3 LAK May 15 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A South Melbourne 0.56.87.99.12 66 LOST Carlton 6.36.37.910.11 71 -5 PRI May 22 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H South Melbourne 5.38.69.810.15 75 WON North Melbourne 3.36.49.711.7 73 2 LAK May 29 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 A South Melbourne 3.16.36.78.11 59 LOST Collingwood 3.47.911.1312.16 88 -29 VIC Jun 5 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 A South Melbourne 1.34.76.178.17 65 LOST Melbourne 2.55.1210.1412.16 88 -23 MCG Jun 7 (Mon, 2:45) Scores
8 H South Melbourne 3.45.68.1013.15 93 WON Fitzroy 1.24.27.49.5 59 34 LAK Jun 19 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
9 H South Melbourne 2.44.77.119.15 69 WON Essendon 1.13.35.58.9 57 12 LAK Jun 26 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
10 A South Melbourne 2.55.97.1211.16 82 WON Hawthorn 2.15.77.78.10 58 24 GLE Jul 3 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
11 H South Melbourne 2.45.87.109.13 67 WON Geelong 2.35.56.68.8 56 11 LAK Jul 10 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
12 A South Melbourne 2.34.58.816.12 108 WON Richmond 2.55.119.1410.15 75 33 PUN Jul 17 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
13 H South Melbourne 3.34.78.1115.17 107 WON Footscray 1.43.105.106.12 48 59 LAK Aug 7 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 A South Melbourne 1.26.96.1310.21 81 WON St. Kilda 5.55.57.97.11 53 28 JUN Aug 14 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 H South Melbourne 5.57.811.1012.13 85 WON Carlton 3.17.58.79.8 62 23 LAK Aug 21 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 A South Melbourne 4.26.610.915.16 106 WON North Melbourne 1.63.116.159.16 70 36 ARD Aug 28 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 H South Melbourne 2.22.65.68.9 57 LOST Collingwood 4.26.39.79.9 63 -6 LAK Sep 4 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 A South Melbourne 4.34.59.1010.14 74 WON Essendon 3.26.98.109.17 71 3 WIN Sep 11 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
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1926 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Alexander, Harold 4                             2 0.5    
Allison, Bobby 9                             16 1.8    
Anderson, Charlie 3                             0 0.0    
Barlow, Arthur 17                             5 0.3    
Berryman, Bill 14                             0 0.0    
Cameron, Paul 16                             28 1.8    
Cazaly, Roy 18                             23 1.3    
Clarke, Harry 1                             0 0.0    
Condon, Fred 4                             0 0.0    
Condon, Bill 12                             6 0.5    
Drummond, Tom 5                             1 0.2    
Elmer, John 1                             1 1.0    
Ferguson, Jack 6                             2 0.3    
Hogg, Syd 12                             0 0.0    
Johnson, Ted 17                             45 2.6    
Mahony, Harold 13                             14 1.1    
McDonald, Charles 16                             3 0.2    
McKay, Hec 17                             0 0.0    
Nicholls, Charlie 18                             3 0.2    
O'Meara, Ted 1                             0 0.0    
Pannam Jnr, Charlie 14                             1 0.1    
Reville, Peter 13                             1 0.1    
Ryder, Fred 1                             0 0.0    
Scanlan, Paddy 16                             16 1.0    
Scanlan, Joe 18                             2 0.1    
Stanbridge, Charles 12                             5 0.4    
Sutton, Bert 16                             18 1.1    
Tandy, Mark 3                             1 0.3    
Wheelahan, Danny 9                             0 0.0    
Woodfield, Les 18                             0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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