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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; Essendon Wheelchair

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2025

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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1920 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1920 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Essendon 3.23.56.87.12 54 WON Collingwood 3.04.44.45.6 36 18 VIC May 1 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2 H Essendon 3.27.48.119.11 65 LOST Melbourne 3.26.38.712.8 80 -15 EME May 8 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
3 H Essendon 4.44.86.127.13 55 LOST South Melbourne 1.16.47.49.9 63 -8 EME May 15 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
4 H Essendon 3.34.65.107.13 55 LOST Carlton 1.48.812.1014.17 101 -46 EME May 22 (Sat, 3:15) Scores
5 A Essendon 0.44.86.118.15 63 WON St. Kilda 1.23.37.58.6 54 9 JUN May 26 (Wed, 3:00) Scores
6 H Essendon 4.510.1511.1613.26 104 WON Geelong 3.36.411.1112.13 85 19 EME Jun 7 (Mon, 3:00) Scores
7 A Essendon 6.18.611.714.9 93 WON Fitzroy 3.34.46.66.7 43 50 BWS Jun 12 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
8 Essendon       Bye        
9 A Essendon 6.56.611.911.9 75 LOST Richmond 1.43.95.1013.17 95 -20 PUN Jun 26 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
10 H Essendon 0.04.45.68.7 55 LOST Collingwood 3.56.58.89.8 62 -7 EME Jul 3 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
11 A Essendon 4.25.76.137.18 60 WON Melbourne 2.34.75.95.13 43 17 MCG Jul 10 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
12 A Essendon 2.03.35.47.7 49 LOST South Melbourne 0.51.106.128.14 62 -13 LAK Jul 17 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
13 H Essendon 3.24.35.57.9 51 LOST St. Kilda 2.35.88.810.10 70 -19 EME Jul 31 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 A Essendon 2.53.85.108.14 62 LOST Carlton 2.07.310.713.11 89 -27 PRI Aug 7 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 A Essendon 3.34.97.1210.13 73 LOST Geelong 3.28.210.514.10 94 -21 COR Aug 14 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 H Essendon 2.24.310.710.7 67 LOST Fitzroy 1.12.54.512.11 83 -16 EME Aug 21 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 Essendon       Bye        
18 H Essendon 1.13.25.36.5 41 LOST Richmond 1.37.710.815.14 104 -63 EME Sep 4 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
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1920 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Baring, Fred 11                             10 0.9    
Bowe, Len 6                             0 0.0    
Collins, Jim 12                             1 0.1    
Cornall, Ralph 7                             0 0.0    
Day, Bert 15                             0 0.0    
Donald, Bobby 2                             1 0.5    
Donaldson, Clyde 14                             3 0.2    
Donnelly, Andy 10                             0 0.0    
Drinkwater, Bert 1                             0 0.0    
Dussell, Harry 15                             2 0.1    
Farrell, Charlie 8                             5 0.6    
Faulkner, George 12                             10 0.8    
Fitzmaurice, Tom 12                             14 1.2    
Fraser, Wally 14                             10 0.7    
Garden, Jack 16                             9 0.6    
Gardiner, Ralph 3                             0 0.0    
Giles, Archie 2                             0 0.0    
Laidlaw, Col 11                             3 0.3    
Laing, Roy 15                             0 0.0    
Martyn, Percy 16                             1 0.1    
McDonald, Frank 11                             33 3.0    
McFadyen, Hector 4                             2 0.5    
McLean, Norm 6                             0 0.0    
O'Brien, Jack 14                             15 1.1    
Ogden, Percy 14                             15 1.1    
Robertson, Pat 6                             0 0.0    
Stockdale, Greg 2                             0 0.0    
Sullivan, Jimmy 14                             2 0.1    
Walker, Bob 11                             2 0.2    
Walsh, Dave 1                             0 0.0    
Watson, Percy 1                             0 0.0    
Wollacott, Bertie 2                             1 0.5    
 

Footnotes

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