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
1908 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Essendon's 1908 Fixture
| Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908-05-02 1 | H | Essendon | 2.3 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 14.11 | 95 | WON | University | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 3.11 | 29 | 66 | EME | 1908-05-02 May 2 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-05-09 2 | A | Essendon | 2.2 | 5.7 | 9.11 | 12.14 | 86 | WON | St. Kilda | 3.1 | 3.1 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 48 | 38 | JUN | 1908-05-09 May 9 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-05-16 3 | A | Essendon | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 32 | LOST | Carlton | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.11 | 5.13 | 43 | -11 | PRI | 1908-05-16 May 16 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-05-23 4 | H | Essendon | 3.3 | 5.3 | 8.10 | 11.16 | 82 | WON | Richmond | 1.3 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 45 | 37 | EME | 1908-05-23 May 23 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-05-30 5 | H | Essendon | 2.0 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 69 | WON | Collingwood | 1.7 | 2.8 | 7.9 | 9.10 | 64 | 5 | EME | 1908-05-30 May 30 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-06-06 6 | A | Essendon | 1.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 5.12 | 42 | WON | Fitzroy | 3.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 38 | 4 | BWS | 1908-06-06 Jun 6 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-06-08 7 | A | Essendon | 3.5 | 6.6 | 7.12 | 10.12 | 72 | WON | Melbourne | 3.0 | 7.2 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 66 | 6 | MCG | 1908-06-08 Jun 8 (Mon, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-06-13 8 | H | Essendon | 1.1 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 8.11 | 59 | WON | South Melbourne | 1.2 | 2.3 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 45 | 14 | EME | 1908-06-13 Jun 13 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-06-20 9 | A | Essendon | 1.2 | 3.4 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 51 | WON | Geelong | 1.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 25 | 26 | COR | 1908-06-20 Jun 20 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-06-27 10 | A | Essendon | 0.2 | 2.5 | 3.10 | 7.14 | 56 | WON | University | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 6.10 | 46 | 10 | EME | 1908-06-27 Jun 27 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-07-04 11 | H | Essendon | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 5.10 | 40 | LOST | St. Kilda | 2.1 | 4.6 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 57 | -17 | EME | 1908-07-04 Jul 4 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-07-11 12 | H | Essendon | 2.2 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 42 | WON | Carlton | 2.0 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 29 | 13 | EME | 1908-07-11 Jul 11 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-07-18 13 | A | Essendon | 1.3 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 9.14 | 68 | WON | Richmond | 4.2 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 45 | 23 | PUN | 1908-07-18 Jul 18 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-07-25 14 | A | Essendon | 1.5 | 5.5 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 56 | LOST | Collingwood | 3.4 | 3.8 | 6.11 | 8.12 | 60 | -4 | VIC | 1908-07-25 Jul 25 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-08-01 15 | H | Essendon | 4.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 8.13 | 61 | WON | Fitzroy | 2.1 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 50 | 11 | EME | 1908-08-01 Aug 1 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-08-08 16 | H | Essendon | 6.2 | 11.7 | 13.13 | 17.17 | 119 | WON | Melbourne | 2.3 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 8.11 | 59 | 60 | EME | 1908-08-08 Aug 8 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-08-15 17 | A | Essendon | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.11 | 3.14 | 32 | LOST | South Melbourne | 1.2 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 38 | -6 | LAK | 1908-08-15 Aug 15 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-09-05 18 | H | Essendon | 1.2 | 5.7 | 6.14 | 13.20 | 98 | WON | Geelong | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 27 | 71 | EME | 1908-09-05 Sep 5 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1908-09-12 1SF | H | Essendon | 2.2 | 3.7 | 5.11 | 9.14 | 68 | WON | Collingwood | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 33 | 35 | MCG | 1908-09-12 Sep 12 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
| 1908-09-26 GF | H | Essendon | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 26 | LOST | Carlton | 2.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 35 | -9 | MCG | 1908-09-26 Sep 26 (Sat, 2:50) | Scores |
1908 Player Stats
| # | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Fred | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Armstrong, Lou | 18 | 14 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Belcher, Alan | 15 | 5 | 0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bowe, Len | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Busbridge, Bill | 16 | 2 | 0.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cameron, Ernie | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Campbell, Jim | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Clough, Dick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Crow, Tommy | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Davies, Bill | 15 | 2 | 0.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Daykin, Bert | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Farnsworth, Harry | 15 | 12 | 0.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| French, Bill | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| George, Alf | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Griffith, Billy | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Heaphy, Bill | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Irwin, Alan | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnson, Bill | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Landmann, Otto | 16 | 22 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Legge, Arthur | 16 | 6 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Londerigan, Mick | 16 | 7 | 0.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Martin, Jim | 16 | 17 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Minto, Les | 19 | 5 | 0.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Parkinson, Frank | 18 | 18 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Prout, Harry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ryan, Bert | 15 | 3 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sevior, Tom | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sewart, Bill | 17 | 1 | 0.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Shea, Paddy | 19 | 20 | 1.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Shea, Mark | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sloss, Bruce | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Smith, Lon | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Smith, Dave | 18 | 26 | 1.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Snell, Archie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 360 | 169 | 0.5 | |||||||||||||||||