St George Crows

St George has only been intermittently successful in terms of winning premierships but the club has been part of the top echelon of football in Sydney for almost eighty years.

The club joined the New South Wales Australian National Football League (precursor of today's Sydney AFL) in 1929, finishing last. In 1934 the Dragons reached the preliminary final, and went one better the following year when it made its first grand final, going down by 52 points to South Sydney.

In 1937 St George won its first premiership, going back to back the following year.In 1943 it added a third flag, downing South Sydney by 37 points in a hard fought grand final. St George reached another grand final in 1946, losing to Newtown, but there then followed a prolonged period of mediocrity, with just half a dozen finals appearances in the next 19 seasons.

The Saints or Dragons as they were interchangeably known at the time rediscovered the winning habit in 1964 when a 10 goal grand final pounding of Western Suburbs suggested that a prolonged era of success was just around the corner. As it was, although the side reached the next two grand finals it was to be almost another three decades before they again tasted premiership success. During the interim St George struggled for the most part, its only grand final appearance coming in 1987, when it was annihilated by Campbelltown by 87 points.

St George's 1993 combination, however, restored club pride with a vengeance, defeating North Shore by 35 points, 17.13 (115) to 9.26 (80).

There have been no further flags since 1993, although the side did play off in the grand finals of 1997 and 2004, losing to Balmain and North Shore respectively.

After missing the finals in 2005, the Crows improved slightly in 2006, but their season was brought to an end at the 1st semi final stage by Pennant Hills. They improved still further in 2007 to reach the grand final, only to lose to North Shore by 21 points.

Having forged an affiliation with AFL club Adelaide, St George now plays under the Crows emblem.

Club Snapshot

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City	Sydney
Home Ground	Olds Park, Forest Road, Peakhurst
Club Address	PO Box 165, Hurtsville NSW 2220
Established	1929
Nickname:	Crows
President:	Andrew Cubitt
Premierships:	1937-38, 1943, 1964, 1993
Phone Contact:	0408 447 812
Email Contact:	president@stgeorgefc.com.au
Website:	http://www.stgeorgefc.com.au
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