South Bunbury Football Club is a semi-professional Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 club based in Bunbury, Western Australia

Bunbury, Western Australia

The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...

. The club plays in the South West Football League

South West Football League

The South West Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the south-west of Western Australia. The league is affiliated to the West Australian Country Football League.-History:...

. Since being founded in 1897 the club has won 44 premierships and has been a runner-up 24 times. Since joining the SWFL in 1957 they have won 14 premierships.

History

The South Bunbury club was founded in May 1897 at a meeting at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Bunbury.

South Bunbury picked up the nickname Tigers after the relative inaccessibility and perceived wildness of the South Bunbury area around the turn of the 20th century.

Club records

• Total League Premierships: 44 (1898, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1913, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1966, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1933, 2002)
• Reserves Premierships: 27 (1921, 1922, 1923, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1993, 2007)
• Colts Premierships: 6 (1964, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 2005)
• Most career games: 277, Ian Cahill
• Most goals in a game: 14, Adam Matson, 2000
• Most goals in a season: 87 Don Aldersea, 1967

Notable players

• Syd Jackson
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• Adam Hunter
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• Stephen Bilcich
• Alan Cransberg
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• Joel Cornelius
• Trevor Nisbett
  Trevor Nisbett
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• Phillip Matson
  Phillip Matson
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• Leon Baker
  Leon Baker
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• Michael Warren
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• David Hollins
  David Hollins
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