Australian Football

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

Essendon

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"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

1931 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1931 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1931-05-02 1	A	Essendon	4.0	7.7	8.13	11.14	80	LOST	St. Kilda	5.6	7.8	10.11	13.14	92	-12	JUN	1931-05-02 May 2 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-05-09 2	H	Essendon	2.2	5.4	8.4	12.5	77	WON	Melbourne	2.5	4.7	8.11	10.13	73	4	WIN	1931-05-09 May 9 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-05-16 3	A	Essendon	1.1	1.7	4.9	5.14	44	LOST	Carlton	6.3	8.8	12.14	18.18	126	-82	PRI	1931-05-16 May 16 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-05-23 4	H	Essendon	5.5	7.8	11.12	12.13	85	WON	North Melbourne	3.1	5.4	6.5	9.9	63	22	WIN	1931-05-23 May 23 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-05-30 5	H	Essendon	2.0	8.8	8.9	10.12	72	LOST	Richmond	4.5	5.6	10.18	11.20	86	-14	WIN	1931-05-30 May 30 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-06-27 6	A	Essendon	6.3	6.4	8.9	10.10	70	WON	Fitzroy	1.1	5.7	5.10	7.14	56	14	BWS	1931-06-27 Jun 27 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-06-13 7	H	Essendon	3.4	5.6	7.10	8.12	60	LOST	Hawthorn	3.2	6.5	7.7	12.8	80	-20	WIN	1931-06-13 Jun 13 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-06-20 8	H	Essendon	1.1	6.8	6.8	7.13	55	LOST	Geelong	5.3	7.7	12.7	13.11	89	-34	WIN	1931-06-20 Jun 20 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-07-04 9	A	Essendon	0.6	2.8	6.8	9.9	63	LOST	South Melbourne	2.3	6.5	9.8	10.13	73	-10	LAK	1931-07-04 Jul 4 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-07-11 10	H	Essendon	3.4	7.7	9.8	12.9	81	WON	Collingwood	2.3	2.4	4.8	8.9	57	24	WIN	1931-07-11 Jul 11 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-07-18 11	A	Essendon	2.6	4.8	9.10	12.13	85	WON	Footscray	2.3	7.5	8.6	8.10	58	27	WES	1931-07-18 Jul 18 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-07-25 12	H	Essendon	2.5	9.8	11.11	15.14	104	WON	St. Kilda	3.1	6.1	9.4	9.5	59	45	WIN	1931-07-25 Jul 25 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-08-01 13	A	Essendon	2.1	4.3	5.8	10.11	71	LOST	Melbourne	1.2	6.3	8.6	11.6	72	-1	MCG	1931-08-01 Aug 1 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-08-08 14	H	Essendon	2.5	7.6	10.8	18.14	122	WON	Carlton	5.4	8.11	10.19	11.22	88	34	WIN	1931-08-08 Aug 8 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-08-22 15	A	Essendon	1.5	4.7	7.11	11.17	83	WON	North Melbourne	1.2	2.3	5.6	9.7	61	22	ARD	1931-08-22 Aug 22 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-08-29 16	A	Essendon	3.3	9.6	11.8	15.11	101	LOST	Richmond	9.5	12.7	20.11	23.14	152	-51	PUN	1931-08-29 Aug 29 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-09-05 17	H	Essendon	5.2	6.6	10.7	15.7	97	WON	Fitzroy	4.3	6.4	8.7	12.8	80	17	WIN	1931-09-05 Sep 5 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1931-09-12 18	A	Essendon	2.4	3.4	8.9	9.12	66	WON	Hawthorn	2.2	2.8	3.9	8.15	63	3	GLE	1931-09-12 Sep 12 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores

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1931 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	M	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Anderson, Bruce	16	18	18.0	7	7.0	4	0	0	0.0	0	0
Campbell, Garnet	15	27	27.0	6	6.0	7	5	7	0.5	0	42
Carman, Syd	17	17	17.0	2	2.0	3	1	0	0.0	0	0
Clarke, Tom	16	23	23.0	2	2.0	5	3	0	0.0	0	0
Coulsell, Fred	2							2	1.0
Coulson, Cliff	1							1	1.0
Forbes, Keith	14	25	25.0	6	6.0	3	3	37	2.6	2	224
Freyer, Ted	18	12	12.0	4	4.0	1	2	50	2.8	1	301
Gomez Jnr, Frank	8							2	0.3
Gubbins, Tommy	1							0	0.0
Hammond, Joe	17	17	17.0	5	5.0	0	0	1	0.1	0	6
Hartigan, Gerry	1							1	1.0
Hearn, Clarrie	11	13	13.0	8	8.0	0	2	31	2.8	6	192
Johnson, Len	18	19	19.0	5	5.0	4	5	20	1.1	0	120
Le Brun, Norm	12	19	19.0	3	3.0	5	1	3	0.3	0	18
Lowenthal, Bill	15	14	14.0	2	2.0	2	0	7	0.5	0	42
Lynch, Billy	4							0	0.0
MacRae, Mal	4							0	0.0
Nash, Frank	14	3	3.0	0	0.0	1	0	3	0.2	0	18
Okey, Howard	15	22	22.0	4	4.0	2	1	5	0.3	0	30
Payne, Roy	8	20	20.0	6	6.0	0	1	2	0.3	1	13
Peterson, Reg	6							4	0.7
Quinn, Jim	3							2	0.7
Regan, Eddie	1							0	0.0
Rennie, Les	13	14	14.0	2	2.0	3	2	0	0.0	0	0
Roberts, Bill	9	18	18.0	1	1.0	5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Russell, Stuart	3							0	0.0
Ryan, John	3							3	1.0
Simpson, Norm	8							2	0.3
Vosti, Jack	16							1	0.1
Walsh, Paddy	14	28	28.0	7	7.0	0	4	1	0.1	0	6
Watt, Rowley	17	14	14.0	2	2.0	1	1	7	0.4	0	42
Webster, Len	15	17	17.0	3	3.0	1	0	8	0.5	1	49
Williamson, Jack	7							1	0.1