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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
RR Tuohy

President
PT Morton OAM / DJ Wark

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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1981 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Sturt's 1981 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Sturt 3.14.313.719.11 125 DRAW Norwood 4.710.913.1019.11 125 0 NOR Apr 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Sturt 4.28.914.1118.15 123 WON Port Adelaide 6.77.710.1015.10 100 23 FBP Apr 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Sturt 1.27.59.1114.14 98 WON South Adelaide 5.46.710.1012.13 85 13 UNL Apr 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Sturt 2.56.1013.1314.17 101 LOST Glenelg 1.46.911.1018.14 122 -21 UNL Apr 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Sturt 3.44.57.711.11 77 LOST West Adelaide 3.67.1412.1819.24 138 -61 RIC May 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Sturt 1.48.1210.1614.24 108 WON North Adelaide 4.96.1115.1415.14 104 4 PRO May 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Sturt 1.25.139.1513.22 100 WON West Torrens 4.25.411.513.7 85 15 FBP May 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Sturt 6.617.1223.1631.20 206 WON Woodville 0.10.22.86.9 45 161 WOO May 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Sturt 4.59.1015.1320.17 137 WON Central District 3.18.410.1016.15 111 26 UNL May 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Sturt 2.44.76.159.17 71 LOST Port Adelaide 1.49.712.1015.15 105 -34 FBP Jun 8 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
11 H Sturt 2.47.812.1315.17 107 WON Norwood 4.26.711.712.8 80 27 UNL Jun 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H Sturt 2.14.66.78.9 57 LOST South Adelaide 3.56.511.813.10 88 -31 FBP Jun 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 A Sturt 2.38.812.1114.12 96 LOST Glenelg 6.57.810.1215.14 104 -8 FBP Jun 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Sturt 2.45.79.89.8 62 LOST West Adelaide 2.24.710.1013.15 93 -31 UNL Jul 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Sturt 5.36.66.96.16 52 LOST North Adelaide 2.66.710.913.13 91 -39 UNL Jul 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Sturt 7.410.1017.1118.16 124 WON West Torrens 3.39.612.1217.16 118 6 FBP Jul 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Sturt 1.24.45.610.13 73 LOST Norwood 6.612.817.1422.16 148 -75 FBP Jul 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 H Sturt 3.44.710.913.10 88 WON Woodville 2.23.24.24.2 26 62 UNL Aug 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Sturt 4.66.811.1417.16 118 WON Central District 4.17.118.1313.16 94 24 ELZ Aug 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Sturt 3.18.210.412.9 81 LOST Port Adelaide 4.27.515.1019.16 130 -49 ALB Aug 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Sturt 3.99.1214.1316.16 112 LOST South Adelaide 5.116.521.725.11 161 -49 FBP Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 H Sturt 5.48.1113.1322.14 146 WON Glenelg 6.511.1016.1120.13 133 13 ADO Sep 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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