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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
VG O’Donnell

President
CR Dunnage / RWH Kutcher OAM

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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1964 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Sturt's 1964 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Sturt 6.413.719.1022.12 144 WON Glenelg 3.07.49.1018.13 121 23 UNL Apr 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Sturt 5.511.715.1220.17 137 WON Woodville 1.13.24.75.9 39 98 WOO Apr 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Sturt 3.63.84.85.13 43 LOST Norwood 6.18.1011.1313.18 96 -53 NOR Apr 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Sturt 6.17.212.713.9 87 WON South Adelaide 1.25.77.78.10 58 29 UNL May 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Sturt 4.17.37.411.8 74 LOST Port Adelaide 3.56.913.1016.11 107 -33 UNL May 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Sturt 2.48.149.1711.21 87 WON West Torrens 3.26.49.1410.17 77 10 THB May 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Sturt 3.26.1015.1520.18 138 WON Central District 5.410.811.1214.16 100 38 UNL May 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Sturt 4.67.1115.1717.20 122 WON North Adelaide 2.58.1011.1014.14 98 24 UNL May 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Sturt 1.26.610.1114.16 100 WON Norwood 3.54.88.1310.15 75 25 UNL Jun 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Sturt 3.49.614.916.15 111 WON Woodville 1.11.74.104.12 36 75 WOO Jun 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Sturt 0.26.66.87.13 55 LOST West Adelaide 3.85.912.1714.17 101 -46 UNL Jul 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Sturt 1.05.77.98.11 59 LOST South Adelaide 4.74.118.198.20 68 -9 ADO Jul 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Sturt 5.45.411.814.9 93 WON Glenelg 2.14.84.1110.14 74 19 GLE Jul 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Sturt 1.12.44.68.9 57 LOST Port Adelaide 6.48.713.1015.13 103 -46 ADO Jul 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Sturt 7.38.713.1720.17 137 WON Central District 2.03.73.77.15 57 80 ELZ Aug 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Sturt 3.55.89.1113.12 90 WON West Torrens 3.56.87.119.11 65 25 UNL Aug 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Sturt 5.15.28.712.9 81 WON North Adelaide 1.24.74.94.12 36 45 PRO Aug 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Sturt 1.22.53.76.8 44 LOST West Adelaide 3.35.58.511.9 75 -31 RIC Aug 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Sturt 4.89.1013.1417.23 125 WON Norwood 2.14.36.79.9 63 62 ADO Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Sturt 5.313.1119.1323.21 159 WON Woodville 6.47.512.613.8 86 73 UNL Sep 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
1SF H Sturt 1.13.47.1212.14 86 WON Glenelg 0.25.58.712.9 81 5 ADO Sep 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
PF A Sturt 1.13.43.68.7 55 LOST South Adelaide 4.27.411.1014.12 96 -41 ADO Sep 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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