Australian Football

Australian Football

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

Sydney

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"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

1937 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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South Melbourne's 1937 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1937-04-24 1	A	South Melbourne	3.4	4.8	6.14	7.17	59	LOST	Carlton	4.6	9.11	13.16	18.21	129	-70	PRI	1937-04-24 Apr 24 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1937-05-01 2	H	South Melbourne	3.2	4.5	8.15	11.19	85	LOST	Collingwood	4.4	11.12	16.15	20.20	140	-55	LAK	1937-05-01 May 1 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1937-05-08 3	H	South Melbourne	4.2	5.5	9.13	11.15	81	DRAW	Richmond	1.5	6.11	6.12	11.15	81	0	LAK	1937-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1937-05-15 4	A	South Melbourne	0.2	2.4	3.8	7.11	53	LOST	Geelong	2.9	3.11	7.13	12.20	92	-39	COR	1937-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1937-05-22 5	A	South Melbourne	0.2	1.9	6.14	7.18	60	LOST	Fitzroy	2.6	5.9	7.11	11.16	82	-22	BWS	1937-05-22 May 22 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1937-05-29 6	H	South Melbourne	0.0	8.5	11.8	15.11	101	WON	Hawthorn	6.6	8.7	9.15	13.20	98	3	LAK	1937-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1937-06-05 7	A	South Melbourne	3.1	7.4	11.7	11.10	76	LOST	Essendon	1.2	3.5	9.7	16.12	108	-32	WIN	1937-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1937-06-14 8	H	South Melbourne	2.3	7.10	11.12	16.18	114	WON	North Melbourne	2.4	4.4	7.5	10.10	70	44	LAK	1937-06-14 Jun 14 (Mon, 2:30)	Scores
1937-06-19 9	A	South Melbourne	3.0	7.6	11.9	18.11	119	WON	Footscray	2.3	4.6	5.8	10.8	68	51	WES	1937-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1937-06-26 10	H	South Melbourne	2.4	6.9	10.13	14.18	102	WON	St. Kilda	0.2	3.4	5.10	8.12	60	42	LAK	1937-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1937-07-03 11	A	South Melbourne	5.1	7.2	8.12	11.16	82	LOST	Melbourne	6.1	9.5	10.7	13.10	88	-6	MCG	1937-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1937-07-10 12	H	South Melbourne	1.1	3.2	6.4	13.9	87	WON	Carlton	3.0	4.8	5.12	7.14	56	31	LAK	1937-07-10 Jul 10 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1937-07-17 13	A	South Melbourne	2.5	6.9	11.9	15.14	104	LOST	Collingwood	3.8	7.10	13.17	18.19	127	-23	VIC	1937-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1937-07-24 14	A	South Melbourne	0.1	4.6	8.7	13.11	89	LOST	Richmond	7.11	10.15	15.20	16.23	119	-30	PUN	1937-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1937-07-31 15	H	South Melbourne	0.0	2.3	8.7	13.10	88	LOST	Geelong	5.2	9.6	13.8	16.11	107	-19	LAK	1937-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1937-08-07 16	H	South Melbourne	1.2	5.6	8.9	10.16	76	LOST	Fitzroy	4.3	6.6	11.8	15.8	98	-22	LAK	1937-08-07 Aug 7 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1937-08-21 17	A	South Melbourne	2.3	4.7	6.10	10.15	75	LOST	Hawthorn	4.2	7.2	11.6	15.12	102	-27	GLE	1937-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1937-08-28 18	H	South Melbourne	3.7	4.11	6.12	10.16	76	WON	Essendon	3.0	4.1	8.2	11.7	73	3	LAK	1937-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores

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1937 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	M	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Allen, Tommy	17	80	16.0	14	2.8	13	11	6	0.4	6	42
Austin, Jack	18	78	15.6	21	4.2	18	7	1	0.1	0	6
Brain, Terry	12	70	17.5	12	3.0	12	7	14	1.2	4	88
Bryce, George	12	44	11.0	21	5.3	7	12	2	0.2	4	16
Cleary, Jim	17	66	16.5	9	2.3	8	12	0	0.0	0	0
Coyle, Reg	4	40	13.3	8	2.7	12	2	0	0.0	0	0
Dineen, Syd	4	18	18.0	3	3.0	7	2	7	1.8	1	43
Evans, Owen	7	40	13.3	18	6.0	6	13	14	2.0	5	89
Faul, Bill	17	63	12.6	16	3.2	15	9	1	0.1	0	6
Fletcher, Norm	4							0	0.0
Gillett, Ray	5	11	11.0	1	1.0	3	2	0	0.0	0	0
Graham, Jack	17	83	16.6	32	6.4	17	11	4	0.2	0	24
Hacker, Jack	6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Harris, Wilbur	16	64	12.8	20	4.0	9	18	12	0.8	2	74
Hedge, Alf	5	11	11.0	1	1.0	4	1	0	0.0	0	0
Hillis, Ron	14	47	11.8	10	2.5	24	12	3	0.2	1	19
Ilott, Percy	7	13	13.0	5	5.0	3	1	3	0.4	0	18
Johnson, Maurie 'Mocha'	11	17	8.5	4	2.0	2	7	13	1.2	3	81
Kendrick, Frank	2							0	0.0
Leask, Laurie	5	10	10.0	0	0.0	2	2	4	0.8	1	25
Maher, Jimmy	4	12	12.0	4	4.0	2	4	3	0.8	3	21
Matthews Snr, Herbie	15	94	23.5	20	5.0	26	12	0	0.0	0	0
McInnes, Russell	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mitchell, Alex	14	64	16.0	16	4.0	8	7	7	0.5	5	47
Moore, Roy	9	47	11.8	28	7.0	8	6	35	3.9	8	218
Mullane, Stan	5	13	13.0	2	2.0	3	3	0	0.0	0	0
Nash, Laurie	13	74	18.5	35	8.8	10	13	37	2.8	8	230
Patterson, Sandy	11	30	7.5	7	1.8	5	6	8	0.7	0	48
Pettiona, Charlie	6							0	0.0
Pratt, Bob	6	13	13.0	7	7.0	3	5	12	2.0	14	86
Ritchie, Rex	8	17	17.0	3	3.0	5	3	0	0.0	0	0
Robertson Snr, Austin	12	52	13.0	16	4.0	13	8	5	0.4	2	32
Smith, Keith	12	63	15.8	18	4.5	9	10	0	0.0	0	0
Taylor, Laurie	1							0	0.0
Thomas, Len	18	85	17.0	24	4.8	12	8	18	1.0	5	113
Welch, Alan	5	25	12.5	3	1.5	4	8	3	0.6	1	19

KEY FACTS

Sydney

1937 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

South Melbourne's 1937 Fixture

1937 Player Stats

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