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

1938 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1938 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1938-04-23 1	H	Essendon	3.6	8.11	10.14	17.17	119	WON	St. Kilda	3.5	4.8	10.9	12.13	85	34	WIN	1938-04-23 Apr 23 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1938-04-30 2	A	Essendon	0.1	1.11	5.15	9.20	74	LOST	Collingwood	3.5	9.10	14.15	18.19	127	-53	VIC	1938-04-30 Apr 30 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1938-05-07 3	H	Essendon	2.1	4.7	8.12	14.17	101	LOST	Carlton	3.3	7.11	13.12	15.12	102	-1	WIN	1938-05-07 May 7 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1938-05-14 4	A	Essendon	6.4	12.6	16.7	19.11	125	WON	North Melbourne	4.5	5.11	10.17	14.17	101	24	ARD	1938-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1938-05-21 5	H	Essendon	5.3	8.5	11.11	15.15	105	WON	South Melbourne	2.2	7.10	8.16	11.19	85	20	WIN	1938-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1938-05-28 6	A	Essendon	1.3	4.5	9.8	11.13	79	LOST	Fitzroy	3.0	8.4	11.6	14.9	93	-14	BWS	1938-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1938-06-04 7	H	Essendon	5.4	8.8	11.13	16.20	116	WON	Hawthorn	4.3	9.4	13.5	16.7	103	13	WIN	1938-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1938-06-11 8	H	Essendon	5.3	7.6	10.9	12.12	84	LOST	Geelong	1.8	6.10	10.14	14.23	107	-23	WIN	1938-06-11 Jun 11 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1938-06-18 9	A	Essendon	7.4	10.5	15.8	15.9	99	LOST	Richmond	4.3	6.8	10.12	15.14	104	-5	PUN	1938-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1938-06-25 10	H	Essendon	4.5	7.9	11.12	14.16	100	LOST	Footscray	3.3	8.5	12.7	17.9	111	-11	WIN	1938-06-25 Jun 25 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1938-07-02 11	A	Essendon	4.1	5.1	9.2	13.7	85	WON	Melbourne	3.2	5.6	10.9	11.13	79	6	MCG	1938-07-02 Jul 2 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1938-06-13 12	A	Essendon	6.5	9.9	19.14	22.17	149	WON	St. Kilda	1.1	5.8	7.8	15.13	103	46	JUN	1938-06-13 Jun 13 (Mon, 10:30)	Scores
1938-07-23 13	H	Essendon	4.4	5.8	11.12	17.17	119	WON	Collingwood	5.4	10.8	13.12	17.16	118	1	WIN	1938-07-23 Jul 23 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1938-07-30 14	A	Essendon	4.6	5.9	7.11	10.16	76	LOST	Carlton	1.2	4.6	8.11	11.16	82	-6	PRI	1938-07-30 Jul 30 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1938-08-06 15	H	Essendon	2.3	5.6	7.9	13.9	87	LOST	North Melbourne	4.2	7.5	12.7	16.8	104	-17	WIN	1938-08-06 Aug 6 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1938-08-13 16	A	Essendon	4.2	6.7	8.11	12.14	86	LOST	South Melbourne	2.4	6.7	10.11	13.13	91	-5	LAK	1938-08-13 Aug 13 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1938-08-20 17	H	Essendon	4.3	11.6	13.6	15.17	107	WON	Fitzroy	5.2	9.5	13.6	15.6	96	11	WIN	1938-08-20 Aug 20 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1938-08-27 18	A	Essendon	2.4	5.9	9.16	12.18	90	WON	Hawthorn	2.3	3.8	7.10	9.15	69	21	GLE	1938-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores

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1938 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	M	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Allister, Jack	1							1	1.0
Baker, Norm	15	12	12.0	4	4.0	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
Begley, Les	13	16	16.0	6	6.0	1	2	9	0.7	0	54
Bell, George	10							0	0.0
Bryce, Ted	17	25	25.0	10	10.0	5	3	18	1.1	0	108
Buckley, Paul	2							0	0.0
Caesar, Jack	15	20	20.0	4	4.0	3	3	5	0.3	2	32
Cahill, Bill	12							0	0.0
Cassin, Jack	12							6	0.5
Exelby, Murray	18	14	14.0	5	5.0	1	1	13	0.7	1	79
Hall, Billy	7							5	0.7
Kelly, Frank	12	21	21.0	7	7.0	2	0	2	0.2	0	12
Lippiatt, Harry	13	12	12.0	2	2.0	2	1	1	0.1	0	6
Luff Jnr, Bill	17	22	22.0	4	4.0	7	1	0	0.0	0	0
Maltby, Arnold	6							1	0.2
Maynes, Leo	10	9	9.0	4	4.0	5	3	0	0.0	0	0
McDermott, Norm	5							7	1.4
McGain, Syd	1							1	1.0
Paterson, Peter	2							0	0.0
Plummer, Elton	11	18	18.0	4	4.0	3	7	1	0.1	0	6
Powell, Les	5							0	0.0
Reynolds, Tom	18	8	8.0	2	2.0	1	3	68	3.8	2	410
Reynolds, Dick	17	27	27.0	3	3.0	3	4	44	2.6	51	315
Rippon, Ted	13	12	12.0	5	5.0	0	3	0	0.0	0	0
Slater, Syd	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Smith, Noel	3							0	0.0
Standfield, Bob	13	11	11.0	3	3.0	3	3	1	0.1	0	6
Torney, Hugh	16	27	27.0	15	15.0	0	3	2	0.1	0	12
Wallace, Len	3							0	0.0
Watts, Ray	17	14	14.0	8	8.0	2	2	60	3.5	5	365
Webster, Len	17	9	9.0	1	1.0	0	5	11	0.6	0	66
Welch, Dick	1							0	0.0
Wilson, Stan	15	19	19.0	7	7.0	6	0	0	0.0	0	0