The Sydney Swans will today recognise the 75^th Anniversary of South Melbourne’s 1933 Premiership, played on September 30^th, against the Richmond Tigers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

South dominated the match early, kicking three goals and five behinds, to take a 21-point lead at the main break, and they continued to lead all afternoon.  The final score was 9.17 (71) to 4.5 (29).

76,676 people attended the match, which was an Australian record at the time, and the gate takings for the match were 4231 pounds.

South Melbourne legend Bob Pratt had a bit of trouble finding the goals during the match, kicking 3.8 from 12 shots for goal, but his three goals took him to the top of the goal-kickers list for the 1933 season, beating Collingwood legent Gordon Coventry.

Following the victory, a number of South Melbourne players who had been left unemployed by the great depression, including Laurie Nash and B.J. Diggins, were offered jobs in Melbourne investment companies.

In an era in which South Melbourne dominated, it would be their only flag in four successive grand final appearances, and would ultimately prove to be their last for 72 years, until the drought was broken in 2005.