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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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1918 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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South Melbourne's 1918 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H South Melbourne 0.50.103.117.15 57 WON Geelong 1.11.52.54.7 31 26 LAK May 11 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2 A South Melbourne 4.05.28.312.6 78 WON Fitzroy 1.23.35.75.8 38 40 BWS May 18 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
3 H South Melbourne 3.26.57.612.13 85 WON Collingwood 1.43.57.99.13 67 18 LAK May 25 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
4 A South Melbourne 1.16.36.36.8 44 LOST St. Kilda 3.63.76.116.13 49 -5 JUN Jun 3 (Mon, 3:00) Scores
5 H South Melbourne 4.35.38.911.10 76 WON Carlton 3.46.97.1010.12 72 4 LAK Jun 8 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
6 A South Melbourne 1.22.46.97.10 52 WON Essendon 0.12.53.64.8 32 20 EME Jun 15 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
7 H South Melbourne 3.25.68.912.14 86 WON Richmond 1.52.54.94.10 34 52 LAK Jun 22 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
8 A South Melbourne 4.15.66.117.13 55 WON Geelong 1.14.44.57.8 50 5 COR Jun 29 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
9 H South Melbourne 3.26.98.1012.14 86 WON Fitzroy 1.41.75.98.13 61 25 LAK Jul 6 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
10 A South Melbourne 3.33.36.87.9 51 WON Collingwood 0.22.33.46.8 44 7 VIC Jul 13 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
11 H South Melbourne 3.36.1110.1414.17 101 WON St. Kilda 1.62.72.77.9 51 50 LAK Jul 20 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
12 A South Melbourne 0.33.45.68.7 55 WON Carlton 0.52.85.105.13 43 12 PRI Jul 27 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
13 H South Melbourne 2.28.410.812.13 85 WON Essendon 2.14.35.97.10 52 33 LAK Aug 3 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
14 A South Melbourne 2.24.84.117.17 59 WON Richmond 4.34.76.117.12 54 5 PUN Aug 10 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2SF A South Melbourne 3.34.36.88.10 58 WON Carlton 2.34.65.77.11 53 5 MCG Aug 31 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF A South Melbourne 2.52.56.69.8 62 WON Collingwood 3.34.97.127.15 57 5 MCG Sep 7 (Sat, 2:50) Scores
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1918 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Barber, Ernie 13                             20 1.5    
Belcher, Vic 16                             1 0.1    
Boyce, Alf 4                             5 1.3    
Brennan, Jack 6                             2 0.3    
Bulpit, Harry 4                             3 0.8    
Caldwell, Jim 14                             7 0.5    
Cummins, Frank 1                             0 0.0    
Daly, Bill 16                             0 0.0    
Doherty, Jock 15                             5 0.3    
Graham, Jim 15                             0 0.0    
Hair, Ben 1                             1 1.0    
Howell Snr, Jack 13                             16 1.2    
Hynes Snr, Tammy 12                             1 0.1    
Laird, Chris 12                             26 2.2    
Magill, Frank 2                             0 0.0    
Morgan, Harry 8                             2 0.3    
O'Donoghue, Alan 10                             2 0.2    
O'Halloran, Tom 16                             5 0.3    
Prince, Joe 2                             0 0.0    
Rademacher, Arthur 15                             0 0.0    
Robertson, Harold 14                             18 1.3    
Ryan, Gerald 16                             32 2.0    
Ryan, Mick 1                             0 0.0    
Sampson, Reg 2                             1 0.5    
Skehan, Phil 15                             0 0.0    
Talbot, Bill 2                             0 0.0    
Tandy, Mark 15                             3 0.2    
Turner, Chip 14                             0 0.0    
Wood, Artie 14                             1 0.1    
 

Footnotes

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