Sydney University Sports Union (SUSU)

Nearly four decades after the establishment of the University of Sydney a meeting of all the University's Cricket, Football, Boat, Tennis, and Athletics competitors took place in the Stenhouse Library. The result was the formation of the Sydney University Sports Union whose aim was to give students the opportunity to participate in as many sports as possible at an affordable rate. Previously students had been required to subscribe to each individual club, making participating in more than one sport a costly exercise. The Fourth Annual Report of the Sports Union presented in 1894 noted its early success. 'Your Committee cannot but consider that the Sports Union is working well, when they notice the increase in the number of those who not only take part in but represent the University in more than one of these branches.' In its inaugural year the Sports Union had 166 members. By 1915 twenty five percent of the University's 1500 students were representing University teams.

In 2003 the Sydney University Sports Union and the Sydney University Women's Sports Association amalgamated to form Sydney Uni Sport. (Sydney Uni Sport Annual Report 2003)