Essendon
"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
1897 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Essendon's 1897 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897-05-08 1 | A | Essendon | 3.2 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 47 | WON | Geelong | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 24 | 23 | COR | 1897-05-08 May 8 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-05-15 2 | H | Essendon | 1.3 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 30 | LOST | Collingwood | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 8.2 | 50 | -20 | EME | 1897-05-15 May 15 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-05-24 3 | H | Essendon | 5.2 | 8.2 | 11.5 | 12.6 | 78 | WON | Carlton | 1.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 41 | 37 | EME | 1897-05-24 May 24 (Mon, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-05-29 4 | A | Essendon | 1.1 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 42 | WON | Fitzroy | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 20 | 22 | BWS | 1897-05-29 May 29 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-06-05 5 | A | Essendon | 2.1 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 63 | WON | St. Kilda | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 26 | 37 | JUN | 1897-06-05 Jun 5 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-06-19 6 | A | Essendon | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.11 | 1.13 | 19 | WON | South Melbourne | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 16 | 3 | LAK | 1897-06-19 Jun 19 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-06-22 7 | H | Essendon | 3.3 | 4.6 | 5.10 | 8.15 | 63 | WON | Melbourne | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 27 | 36 | EME | 1897-06-22 Jun 22 (Tue, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-06-26 8 | H | Essendon | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 32 | LOST | Geelong | 1.1 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 8.9 | 57 | -25 | EME | 1897-06-26 Jun 26 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-07-03 9 | A | Essendon | 2.4 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 6.10 | 46 | WON | Collingwood | 0.1 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 37 | 9 | VIC | 1897-07-03 Jul 3 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-07-10 10 | A | Essendon | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 5.12 | 42 | WON | Carlton | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 13 | 29 | PRI | 1897-07-10 Jul 10 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-07-17 11 | H | Essendon | 3.0 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 9.8 | 62 | WON | Fitzroy | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 30 | 32 | EME | 1897-07-17 Jul 17 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-07-24 12 | H | Essendon | 3.6 | 7.8 | 9.11 | 13.16 | 94 | WON | St. Kilda | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3 | 91 | EME | 1897-07-24 Jul 24 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-07-31 13 | H | Essendon | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 8.1 | 49 | WON | South Melbourne | 2.2 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 45 | 4 | EME | 1897-07-31 Jul 31 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-08-07 14 | A | Essendon | 1.2 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 39 | LOST | Melbourne | 2.4 | 5.6 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 56 | -17 | MCG | 1897-08-07 Aug 7 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1897-08-21 RRF-1 | A | Essendon | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 5.5 | 35 | WON | Geelong | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.10 | 3.11 | 29 | 6 | COR | 1897-08-21 Aug 21 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
| 1897-08-28 RRF-2 | H | Essendon | 1.1 | 2.8 | 4.11 | 9.16 | 70 | WON | Collingwood | 1.2 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 30 | 40 | MCG | 1897-08-28 Aug 28 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
| 1897-09-04 RRF-3 | H | Essendon | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 14 | WON | Melbourne | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 8 | 6 | LAK | 1897-09-04 Sep 4 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
1897 Player Stats
Player |
GP |
K |
Avg |
H |
Avg |
D |
Avg |
M |
Avg |
HO |
Avg |
T |
Avg |
FF |
FA |
G |
Avg |
B |
TS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Jim | 16 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ball, Fred | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Barry, Son | 17 | 5 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brown, Harold | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Campbell, Colin | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cleghorn, Arthur | 15 | 13 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cochrane, George | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Collins, Tod | 14 | 8 | 0.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Collins, Maurie | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croft, Edgar | 10 | 10 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Darcy, Jim | 9 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ferguson, Dave | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Forbes, Charles 'Tracker' | 16 | 2 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gavin, Hugh | 15 | 14 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Graham, Johnny | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Groves, Joe | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hastings, George | 8 | 2 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kearney, Gus | 11 | 6 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kinnear, Ted | 16 | 3 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Leach, Arthur | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Martin, George | 16 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| McCormick, Bob | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Moore, Charlie | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| O'Loughlin, Pat | 16 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Officer, Ned | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Officer, Gus | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Park, Jim | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Salkeld, Bert | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stamp, Alby | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stuckey, George | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sykes, Archie | 11 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thurgood, Jimmy | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vautin, George | 14 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Waugh, Norm | 15 | 23 | 1.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| White, Jim | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wright, Harry | 16 | 2 | 0.1 |