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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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1923 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1923 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 4.28.99.1015.13 103 WON St. Kilda 4.35.46.118.12 60 43 WIN May 5 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 A Essendon 5.47.510.712.7 79 WON Collingwood 3.15.75.89.11 65 14 VIC May 12 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 A Essendon 1.13.75.96.13 49 WON South Melbourne 2.62.94.134.15 39 10 LAK May 19 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A Essendon 4.47.88.1414.19 103 WON Carlton 1.54.76.109.11 65 38 PRI May 26 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Essendon 1.32.53.94.13 37 LOST Fitzroy 1.13.55.98.12 60 -23 WIN Jun 2 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 A Essendon 3.13.104.1312.15 87 WON Richmond 2.64.97.99.11 65 22 PUN Jun 9 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 A Essendon 4.36.67.811.8 74 WON Melbourne 1.33.44.98.12 60 14 MCG Jun 16 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
8 H Essendon 4.36.410.714.13 97 WON Geelong 1.42.66.68.6 54 43 WIN Jun 23 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
9 Essendon       Bye        
10 A Essendon 0.20.50.81.12 18 LOST St. Kilda 1.12.22.55.5 35 -17 JUN Jul 14 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
11 H Essendon 3.36.69.1113.13 91 WON Collingwood 2.24.55.67.9 51 40 WIN Jul 21 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
12 H Essendon 4.05.17.210.8 68 WON South Melbourne 3.14.64.97.9 51 17 WIN Jul 28 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
13 H Essendon 4.35.510.815.13 103 WON Carlton 3.04.34.55.7 37 66 WIN Aug 4 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 A Essendon 3.55.67.68.9 57 LOST Fitzroy 2.46.118.1610.18 78 -21 BWS Aug 11 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 H Essendon 2.25.37.49.8 62 WON Richmond 3.13.35.58.6 54 8 WIN Aug 25 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 H Essendon 1.88.119.1313.20 98 WON Melbourne 2.34.46.46.5 41 57 WIN Sep 1 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 A Essendon 3.44.77.148.14 62 WON Geelong 1.15.25.29.6 60 2 COR Sep 8 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 Essendon       Bye        
2SF A Essendon 2.55.57.88.9 57 LOST South Melbourne 1.24.76.1010.14 74 -17 MCG Sep 29 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF H Essendon 3.24.106.138.15 63 WON Fitzroy 3.35.55.96.10 46 17 MCG Oct 20 (Sat, 2:50) Scores
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1923 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Adam, Ken 10                             0 0.0    
Baring, Fred 4                             0 0.0    
Barker, Syd 18                             8 0.4    
Beckton, Norm 18                             13 0.7    
Callahan, Joe 14                             5 0.4    
Campbell, Garnet 4                             2 0.5    
Donaldson, Clyde 17                             0 0.0    
Farrell, Charlie 9                             0 0.0    
Fitzmaurice, Tom 14                             0 0.0    
Garden, Jack 18                             2 0.1    
Hardy, Charlie 6                             3 0.5    
Harrison, Joe 9                             1 0.1    
Harrison, Harry 3                             0 0.0    
Hayes, Bill 2                             0 0.0    
Hunter, Harry 15                             2 0.1    
Irwin, Vince 11                             6 0.5    
Jenkins, Tommy 13                             19 1.5    
Laidlaw, Col 2                             0 0.0    
Laing, Roy 17                             0 0.0    
Maher, Frank 18                             11 0.6    
Marchesi, Val 7                             0 0.0    
May, Charlie 15                             1 0.1    
McCarthy, Justin 16                             23 1.4    
Raisbeck, Ralph 1                             0 0.0    
Rawle, George 1                             0 0.0    
Shorten, George 14                             8 0.6    
Stockdale, Greg 18                             68 3.8    
Sullivan, Jimmy 14                             3 0.2    
Watt, Rowley 16                             6 0.4    
 

Footnotes

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