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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) 1897–2025

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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1904 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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South Melbourne's 1904 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A South Melbourne 0.11.32.52.5 17 LOST Essendon 5.17.47.78.10 58 -41 EME May 7 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2 H South Melbourne 1.31.51.101.13 19 LOST Carlton 2.32.32.55.6 36 -17 LAK May 14 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
3 A South Melbourne 3.65.76.107.13 55 WON Collingwood 0.12.23.54.5 29 26 VIC May 21 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
4 A South Melbourne 0.74.85.126.16 52 WON Geelong 4.14.14.36.4 40 12 COR May 28 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
5 H South Melbourne 4.56.106.148.16 64 WON Melbourne 0.12.74.75.9 39 25 LAK Jun 4 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
6 H South Melbourne 2.47.613.715.10 100 WON St. Kilda 1.13.14.39.4 58 42 LAK Jun 6 (Mon, 3:00) Scores
7 A South Melbourne 1.33.43.85.14 44 LOST Fitzroy 1.34.66.86.9 45 -1 BWS Jun 11 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
8 H South Melbourne 2.25.67.910.9 69 WON Essendon 1.04.04.24.5 29 40 LAK Jun 25 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
9 A South Melbourne 1.12.23.55.7 37 LOST Carlton 1.13.46.59.7 61 -24 PRI Jul 2 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
10 H South Melbourne 1.72.74.125.15 45 WON Collingwood 0.13.24.36.6 42 3 LAK Jul 9 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
11 H South Melbourne 2.04.25.36.5 41 WON Geelong 1.51.52.134.15 39 2 LAK Jul 16 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
12 A South Melbourne 2.24.29.511.7 73 WON Melbourne 2.16.77.79.13 67 6 MCG Jul 23 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
13 A South Melbourne 2.16.48.410.5 65 WON St. Kilda 1.22.24.66.10 46 19 JUN Jul 30 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
14 H South Melbourne 1.33.103.125.16 46 LOST Fitzroy 5.15.58.98.10 58 -12 LAK Aug 13 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
SR1 A South Melbourne 2.42.73.103.15 33 LOST Fitzroy 1.24.34.104.14 38 -5 BWS Aug 20 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
SR2 H South Melbourne 1.12.24.34.3 27 LOST Essendon 1.13.53.78.11 59 -32 LAK Aug 27 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
SR3 A South Melbourne 2.22.43.76.8 44 WON Geelong 0.12.23.33.4 22 22 COR Sep 3 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1904 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Bruton, Herb 2                             0 0.0    
Butler, Charlie 1                             0 0.0    
Cameron, Jim 13                             4 0.3    
Catarinich, John 4                             0 0.0    
Clements, Charles 16                             37 2.3    
Darcy, Tom 1                             0 0.0    
Daykin, Robert 1                             0 0.0    
Fogarty Snr, Tom 15                             3 0.2    
Fraser, Bill 1                             0 0.0    
Gent, Billy 14                             5 0.4    
Gibson, Harry 12                             5 0.4    
Goding, Charlie 1                             0 0.0    
Griffiths, Bill 8                             0 0.0    
Haigbloom, Charlie 5                             1 0.2    
Hassett, Jack 15                             12 0.8    
Hawking, Tom 1                             0 0.0    
Hickey, Bill 17                             0 0.0    
Hogan, Con 1                             0 0.0    
Hope, Leslie 1                             0 0.0    
Howson, Bert 16                             0 0.0    
James, Charlie 16                             0 0.0    
Johnson, Edmund 1                             0 0.0    
Johnson, Bill 14                             0 0.0    
Kidgell, Morley 5                             0 0.0    
Lampe, Harry 17                             0 0.0    
McCabe, Dick 17                             0 0.0    
McCann, Peter 1                             0 0.0    
McColl, Dave 5                             0 0.0    
McGee, Billy 14                             5 0.4    
Percy, Artie 2                             0 0.0    
Pleass, Mick 3                             0 0.0    
Rippon, Norm 1                             0 0.0    
Schellnack, Jim 7                             6 0.9    
Scott, Bill 17                             8 0.5    
Sharpe, Bert 7                             6 0.9    
Strang, Bill 7                             7 1.0    
Weate, Les 2                             1 0.5    
Wenborn, Tom 11                             0 0.0    
Windley, Bill 11                             9 0.8    
Wright, Syd 3                             0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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