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KEY FACTS

Official name
Sturt Football Club

Known as
Sturt

Nickname
Double Blues

Formed
1901

Colours
Oxford and Cambridge blue

Associated clubs
Sturt Reserves; Sturt U18s; Sturt-South Adelaide; Sturt U16s; Sturt WFC; Sturt U14s

Affiliation (Current)
South Australian National Football league (SANFL) 1901–2024

Home Ground
Peter Motley Oval

SANFL Premierships
1915, 1919, 1926, 1932, 1940, 1966-67-68-69-70, 1974, 1976, 2002, 2016-17 (15 total)

Senior Premierships
Stanley H Lewis Memorial Trophy: 1968, 1978, 1983, 2008 (4 total); SANFL Night/Knock-out/Pre-season Series: 1954, 1975 (2 total)

Most Games
360 - Paul Bagshaw (1964-1980)

Most Goals
672 - Brant Chambers (2002-10)

League Top Goalkickers
Frank Golding (30) 1920; Paul Caust (57) 1955; Ross Sawley (70) 1964; Ken Whelan (107) 1973 & (108) 1974; Rick Davies (151) 1983; Brant Chambers (112) 2007, (97) 2008 and (80) 2009; Mark Evans (40) 2018 (10 total)

Magarey Medalists
Hendrick Waye 1903; Harry Cumberland 1911; Vic Richardson 1920; Horrie Riley 1923; Keith Dunn 1933; Len Fitzgerald 1952, 1954 & 1959; John Halbert 1961; Greg Whittlesea 1988; Brodie Atkinson 1997; Damian Squire 1999 & 2000; Jade Sheedy 2002; Tim Weatherald 2002; Luke Crane 2008; Zane Kirkwood 2014 & 2016 (15 medallists/18 medals)

Headquarters
39 Oxford Terrace, Unley, SA 5061

Phone: (08) 8271 4611 

Email
general@sturtfc.com.au

Website
sturtfc.com.au

CEO
WG Noal

President
J McLeay / GA Goddard

Sturt



"Try a word association test involving the name ‘Sturt’ with South Australian football followers of more than fifty years of age - and long memories - and the chances are that the most popular responses would be terms like “skilful”, “brilliant”, “classy” and “dazzling”. The Sturt side that dominated South Australian football during the second half of the 1960s had an impact which no other team in the history of the SANFL, with the possible exception of the great Port Adelaide side which won six successive premierships during the 1950s, ever managed ... "

  • John Devaney looks at the history of the Double Blues and their extraordinary run of success in the late 1960s

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1948 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Sturt's 1948 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Sturt 1.410.1012.1215.14 104 WON Port Adelaide 4.58.612.1313.14 92 12 ADO Apr 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
2 H Sturt 6.29.315.816.11 107 LOST West Adelaide 5.47.1110.1718.21 129 -22 UNL May 1 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
3 A Sturt 6.211.1015.1617.19 121 WON South Adelaide 3.26.38.611.11 77 44 ADO May 8 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
4 A Sturt 4.37.99.1211.14 80 WON Glenelg 3.34.56.98.13 61 19 GLE May 15 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
5 H Sturt 3.46.58.1411.18 84 WON North Adelaide 1.34.85.118.12 60 24 UNL May 22 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
6 A Sturt 2.26.77.811.13 79 LOST West Torrens 4.16.414.615.9 99 -20 THB May 29 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
7 H Sturt 3.84.108.1711.19 85 WON Norwood 2.18.78.912.9 81 4 KEN Jun 12 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
8 A Sturt 4.85.106.119.15 69 WON Port Adelaide 1.14.36.59.6 60 9 ALB Jun 19 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
9 H Sturt 5.49.815.1216.15 111 WON Glenelg 2.16.512.612.10 82 29 UNL Jul 3 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
10 A Sturt 3.56.97.1312.20 92 WON West Adelaide 2.73.84.144.15 39 53 ADO Jul 10 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
11 A Sturt 3.16.17.28.7 55 LOST Norwood 5.56.712.1115.14 104 -49 NOR Jul 17 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
12 H Sturt 4.36.109.1715.19 109 WON South Adelaide 0.51.85.145.17 47 62 UNL Jul 24 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
13 A Sturt 2.03.37.79.9 63 LOST North Adelaide 6.211.513.615.8 98 -35 PRO Jul 31 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
14 A Sturt 5.109.1316.1623.22 160 WON South Adelaide 0.32.45.79.8 62 98 ADO Aug 14 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
15 H Sturt 3.23.47.1210.15 75 LOST West Torrens 1.07.67.812.11 83 -8 UNL Aug 21 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
16 H Sturt 2.06.47.412.9 81 LOST Norwood 1.25.311.914.12 96 -15 UNL Aug 28 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
17 A Sturt 5.45.56.56.5 41 LOST North Adelaide 4.25.66.713.15 93 -52 PRO Sep 4 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
1SF A Sturt 2.42.52.84.9 33 LOST West Adelaide 2.52.82.137.18 60 -27 ADO Sep 11 (Sat, 12:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

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