Sydney Football Club (NSWAFL)

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Full nameSydney Football Club
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Club details
Founded7th August, 1880
Dissolved1954
Competition NSWAFA (1880-1893), NSWAFL (1903-1954)

The Sydney Football Club was an Australian rules football club founded on 7 August 1880 [1] and based in Sydney. [2] Earlier, short lived, clubs by the same name had been formed in 1865 and 1868.

In 1886 the club went undefeated winning 12 games and drawing 2. [3] In that season, they scored 52 goals, the record for goals scored up to that point. [4]

The club had sustained success until the 1930s, winning NSWAFL premierships in 1905, 1907, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1925 and 1931.

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References

  1. "NEW SOUTH WALES". Evening Journal . Vol. XII, no. 3528. South Australia. 7 August 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 29 April 2022 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Australian Football - sydney+%28original%29 Football Club - Stats".
  3. "Australian Football - Sydney Football Club, 1886". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. "Sydney Football Club, 1886". Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912). 23 October 1886. p. 872. Retrieved 7 August 2020.