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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
[email protected]

Website
sturtfc.com.au

CEO
GJ Dunstan

President
SJ Chapman

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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2002 Season (SANFL) Fixture

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Sturt's 2002 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Sturt 5.37.512.1114.17 101 WON Norwood 0.22.54.76.10 46 55 NOR Mar 22 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
2 H Sturt 5.310.415.821.12 138 WON South Adelaide 1.37.67.79.10 64 74 UNL Apr 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Sturt 3.46.712.1317.19 121 WON Woodville West Torrens 3.17.37.311.4 70 51 WOO Apr 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
4 Sturt       Bye        
5 H Sturt 2.212.416.519.13 127 WON Glenelg 0.10.25.58.7 55 72 UNL Apr 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 A Sturt 3.28.59.812.8 80 LOST Central District 7.010.413.818.10 118 -38 ELZ May 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Sturt 1.16.511.614.9 93 WON West Adelaide 6.47.510.811.11 77 16 RIC May 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Sturt 4.212.418.823.12 150 WON North Adelaide 2.35.48.48.4 52 98 UNL May 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Sturt 3.64.88.1711.22 88 WON Port Adelaide Magpies 3.37.49.510.9 69 19 ADO May 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Sturt 7.110.311.816.11 107 WON Norwood 3.17.48.69.6 60 47 ADO May 31 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
11 H Sturt 4.19.311.515.7 97 WON Woodville West Torrens 2.23.45.69.8 62 35 ADO Jun 7 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
12 H Sturt 2.46.1012.1516.17 113 WON South Adelaide 3.26.68.811.8 74 39 UNL Jun 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 Sturt       Bye        
14 H Sturt 5.111.217.819.13 127 WON West Adelaide 3.28.410.512.9 81 46 UNL Jul 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Sturt 1.11.13.34.6 30 LOST Central District 3.36.69.812.8 80 -50 UNL Jul 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Sturt 4.36.79.1216.13 109 WON Glenelg 4.48.510.612.9 81 28 GLE Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Sturt 3.19.513.1014.12 96 WON North Adelaide 1.13.24.37.6 48 48 PRO Jul 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Sturt 3.15.65.98.10 58 LOST Norwood 3.18.211.512.9 81 -23 ADO Aug 2 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
19 A Sturt 5.27.69.811.11 77 WON Port Adelaide Magpies 0.33.48.59.8 62 15 ADO Aug 9 (Fri, 2:10) Scores
20 Sturt       Bye        
21 H Sturt 3.63.76.119.15 69 WON Woodville West Torrens 0.25.46.78.10 58 11 UNL Aug 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A Sturt 5.813.918.1424.15 159 WON South Adelaide 6.18.311.312.6 78 81 NOA Sep 1 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
23 A Sturt 4.14.18.29.2 56 LOST Central District 2.26.410.713.8 86 -30 ELZ Sep 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
QF A Sturt 1.47.513.915.9 99 WON Norwood 3.15.66.69.12 66 33 FBP Sep 15 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
2SF A Sturt 4.35.37.58.6 54 LOST Central District 1.45.87.109.14 68 -14 FBP Sep 22 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
PF H Sturt 6.411.814.1217.15 117 WON Norwood 3.46.66.610.8 68 49 ADO Sep 29 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
GF A Sturt 4.68.711.1213.14 92 WON Central District 0.12.45.66.9 45 47 FBP Oct 6 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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