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KEY FACTS

Official name
Essendon Football Club

Known as
Essendon

Nickname
Bombers

Formed
1873

Colours
Black and red

Associated clubs
Essendon Reserves; Essendon WFC (VFLW); Essendon WFC; Essendon U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2024

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1878–1896

AFL Premierships
1993, 2000 (2 total)

VFL Premierships
1897, 1901, 1911-12, 1923-4, 1942, 1946, 1949-50, 1962, 1965, 1984-5 (14 total)

VFA Premierships
1891-2-3-4 (4 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia: 1893 (1 total); VFL/AFL Night Series: 1981, 1984, 1990, 1993-4, 2000 (6 total); McClelland Trophy: 1951, 1953, 1957, 1968, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2000-1 (9 total)

Most Games
400 - Dustin Fletcher (1993-2015)

Most Goals
926 - Matthew Lloyd (1995-2009)

League Top Goalkickers
A.Thurgood (25) 1900; F.Hiskins (34) 1901; G.Stockdale (68) 1923; W.Brittingham (66) 1946; J.Coleman (100) 1949, (120) 1950, (103) 1951 & (97) 1952; R.Evans (78) 1959 & (67) 1960; E.Fordham (76) 1966; M.Lloyd (109) 2000, (105) 2001 & (93) 2003 (8 winners/14 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Dick Reynolds 1934, 1937 & 1938; Bill Hutchison 1952 & 1953; Graham Moss 1976; Gavin Wanganeen 1993; James Hird 1996 (5 medallists/8 medals)

Headquarters
275 Melrose Drive, Melbourne Airport, VIC 3045

Postal Address
PO Box 17, Essendon, VIC, 3040

Phone: (03) 8340 2000 

Email
generalenquiries@essendonfc.com.au

Website
essendonfc.com.au

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"Essendon's performances in season 2000 were among the most noteworthy in football history. After waltzing unbeaten to the Ansett Cup, the Bombers won all bar one of 25 home-and-away and finals matches culminating in an apparently effortless 10-goal grand final demolition of Melbourne. Such bare statistics cannot convey the full extent of Essendon's supremacy, however. At times the Bombers seemed to be performing on a different plane than every other team ... "

In looking at their grand history, John Devaney sees the Bombers fly up, up to a record-equalling 16 V/AFL premierships

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1948 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1948 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 4.18.58.1113.18 96 WON Melbourne 5.26.29.412.5 77 19 MCG Apr 17 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
2 H Essendon 1.62.87.1411.16 82 WON Hawthorn 3.04.45.68.11 59 23 WIN Apr 26 (Mon, 2:30) Scores
3 H Essendon 3.28.613.816.12 108 WON Collingwood 5.16.310.614.9 93 15 WIN May 1 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
4 A Essendon 2.58.1112.1220.20 140 WON South Melbourne 5.37.710.1011.12 78 62 LAK May 8 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
5 H Essendon 5.38.810.1313.17 95 DRAW Richmond 4.57.714.914.11 95 0 WIN May 15 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
6 A Essendon 6.211.316.419.7 121 WON Carlton 4.45.79.814.9 93 28 PRI May 22 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
7 H Essendon 5.37.89.1012.11 83 LOST Geelong 1.39.711.1114.15 99 -16 WIN May 29 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
8 A Essendon 2.54.67.99.10 64 LOST Fitzroy 1.25.510.612.8 80 -16 BWS Jun 5 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
9 H Essendon 3.34.89.1212.14 86 WON North Melbourne 0.21.52.64.8 32 54 WIN Jun 12 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
10 H Essendon 6.38.715.1218.12 120 WON Footscray 0.23.63.84.14 38 82 WIN Jun 19 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
11 A Essendon 4.36.510.1217.22 124 WON St. Kilda 1.07.210.211.6 72 52 JUN Jul 3 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
12 H Essendon 3.46.79.913.13 91 WON Melbourne 0.32.95.119.11 65 26 WIN Jul 10 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
13 A Essendon 4.19.811.1118.14 122 WON Hawthorn 2.62.78.119.12 66 56 GLE Jul 17 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
14 A Essendon 0.36.611.716.11 107 WON Collingwood 3.55.612.1112.13 85 22 VIC Jul 24 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
15 H Essendon 4.56.88.1711.21 87 WON South Melbourne 1.25.45.58.11 59 28 WIN Aug 7 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
16 A Essendon 3.54.68.108.10 58 WON Richmond 2.05.45.48.7 55 3 PUN Aug 14 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
17 H Essendon 5.16.59.1316.15 111 WON Carlton 3.26.68.711.11 77 34 WIN Aug 21 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
18 A Essendon 4.18.39.1010.12 72 WON Geelong 3.37.57.69.10 64 8 KAR Aug 28 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
19 H Essendon 3.35.76.910.11 71 WON Fitzroy 2.02.36.67.11 53 18 WIN Sep 4 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
2SF H Essendon 3.28.912.1213.16 94 WON Melbourne 3.24.38.88.10 58 36 MCG Sep 18 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF A Essendon 0.62.156.217.27 69 DRAW Melbourne 3.04.56.810.9 69 0 MCG Oct 2 (Sat, 2:50) Scores
GFR H Essendon 0.35.56.67.8 50 LOST Melbourne 6.29.311.613.11 89 -39 MCG Oct 9 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1948 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Allanson, Noel 15                             0 0.0    
Bigelow, Doug 16                             8 0.5    
Bradley, Bob 21                             3 0.1    
Brittingham, Bill 21                             39 1.9    
Bryar, Dick 3                             0 0.0    
Bushby, Percy 9                             1 0.1    
Buttsworth, Wally 16                             0 0.0    
Equid, Harry 11                             14 1.3    
Fisher, Vic 12                             2 0.2    
Gardiner, Les 14                             0 0.0    
Goninon, George 2                             7 3.5    
Goodingham, Ivan 13                             15 1.2    
Harper, Bert 8                             0 0.0    
Hassell, George 18                             1 0.1    
Hutchison, Bill 20                             52 2.6    
Jones, Jack 22                             26 1.2    
Lambert, Chris 18                             0 0.0    
Lambert, Harold 16                             1 0.1    
Lane, Gordon 3                             10 3.3    
Leehane, Ted 22                             30 1.4    
May, Wally 15                             1 0.1    
McClure, Bob 21                             3 0.1    
McDonald, Norm 21                             0 0.0    
McEwin, Ron 9                             1 0.1    
Newton, Ken 8                             14 1.8    
Rawle, Keith 22                             20 0.9    
Reynolds, Dick 22                             25 1.1    
Ruddell, Cec 19                             0 0.0    
Syme, Bob 11                             12 1.1    
Tate, Greg 11                             4 0.4    
Ward, John 1                             0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.