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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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1917 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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South Melbourne's 1917 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H South Melbourne 2.33.88.159.18 72 WON Geelong 2.43.83.94.14 38 34 LAK May 12 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2 A South Melbourne 1.46.78.98.16 64 WON Richmond 2.63.114.156.16 52 12 PUN May 19 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
3 H South Melbourne 2.53.84.125.16 46 WON Carlton 1.22.53.83.13 31 15 LAK May 26 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
4 A South Melbourne 2.13.36.66.9 45 LOST Collingwood 3.54.105.168.18 66 -21 VIC Jun 2 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
5 H South Melbourne 0.82.143.195.20 50 LOST Fitzroy 1.32.43.58.7 55 -5 LAK Jun 9 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
6 A South Melbourne 1.12.63.76.11 47 LOST Geelong 1.63.75.146.14 50 -3 COR Jun 16 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
7 H South Melbourne 3.54.77.129.17 71 WON Richmond 1.14.34.36.3 39 32 LAK Jun 23 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
8 A South Melbourne 3.23.67.127.12 54 LOST Carlton 1.24.65.89.11 65 -11 PRI Jun 30 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
9 H South Melbourne 4.36.68.1013.12 90 WON Collingwood 2.14.98.910.13 73 17 LAK Jul 7 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
10 A South Melbourne 1.43.76.88.9 57 LOST Fitzroy 1.02.14.69.10 64 -7 BWS Jul 14 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
11 H South Melbourne 4.36.612.1314.14 98 WON Geelong 2.34.84.116.13 49 49 LAK Jul 21 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
12 A South Melbourne 1.32.67.107.14 56 WON Richmond 0.43.83.85.11 41 15 PUN Jul 28 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
13 H South Melbourne 3.14.37.68.7 55 WON Carlton 0.21.82.126.14 50 5 LAK Aug 11 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
14 A South Melbourne 0.20.40.72.9 21 LOST Collingwood 2.83.126.146.16 52 -31 VIC Aug 18 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
15 H South Melbourne 5.15.58.912.13 85 WON Fitzroy 1.13.37.37.5 47 38 LAK Aug 25 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2SF A South Melbourne 0.22.52.63.17 35 LOST Collingwood 2.43.911.1313.17 95 -60 MCG Sep 8 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1917 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Ashton, Jim 4                             0 0.0    
Belcher, Vic 16                             0 0.0    
Bollard, Tom 6                             0 0.0    
Boyce, Alf 12                             13 1.1    
Brennan, Jack 12                             0 0.0    
Caldwell, Jim 14                             3 0.2    
Daly, Bill 16                             0 0.0    
Deas, Bob 16                             3 0.2    
Doherty, Jock 9                             4 0.4    
Hair, Ben 11                             0 0.0    
Howell Snr, Jack 15                             6 0.4    
Hutchinson, Dick 11                             17 1.5    
Jenkins, Wal 2                             0 0.0    
Lakin, Harry 1                             1 1.0    
Lowrie, Mal 4                             3 0.8    
Moloney Snr, George 2                             0 0.0    
Morgan, Harry 15                             23 1.5    
Mullaly, Dick 10                             5 0.5    
O'Donoghue, Alan 6                             3 0.5    
Payne, George 7                             4 0.6    
Prince, Joe 10                             0 0.0    
Purdy Jnr, Harry 7                             5 0.7    
Rademacher, Arthur 16                             0 0.0    
Robertson, Harold 16                             18 1.1    
Ryan, Gerald 10                             5 0.5    
Skehan, Phil 10                             0 0.0    
Stewart, Jim 3                             1 0.3    
Strong, Sydney 2                             0 0.0    
Tandy, Mark 15                             7 0.5    
Wood, Artie 10                             1 0.1    
 

Footnotes

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