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
1938 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Essendon's 1938 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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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, 2:30) | 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 |
1938 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
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6 | Allister, Jack | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Baker, Norm | 15 | 12 | 12.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
24 | Begley, Les | 13 | 16 | 16.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.7 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
12 | Bell, George | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Bryce, Ted | 17 | 25 | 25.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 1.1 | 0 | 108 | ||||||||
18 | Buckley, Paul | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Caesar, Jack | 15 | 20 | 20.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0.3 | 2 | 32 | ||||||||
22 | Cahill, Bill | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
19 | Cassin, Jack | 12 | 6 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Exelby, Murray | 18 | 14 | 14.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0.7 | 1 | 79 | ||||||||
31 | Hall, Billy | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | ||||||||||||||||
23 | Kelly, Frank | 12 | 21 | 21.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
17 | Lippiatt, Harry | 13 | 12 | 12.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
11 | Luff Jnr, Bill | 17 | 22 | 22.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
5 | Maltby, Arnold | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Maynes, Leo | 10 | 9 | 9.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
2 | McDermott, Norm | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | ||||||||||||||||
22 | McGain, Syd | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||
18 | Paterson, Peter | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Plummer, Elton | 11 | 18 | 18.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
15 | Powell, Les | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
29 | Reynolds, Tom | 18 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 3.8 | 2 | 410 | ||||||||
3 | Reynolds, Dick | 17 | 27 | 27.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 2.6 | 2 | 266 | ||||||||
21 | Rippon, Ted | 13 | 12 | 12.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
16 | Slater, Syd | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
30 | Smith, Noel | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Standfield, Bob | 13 | 11 | 11.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
20 | Torney, Hugh | 16 | 27 | 27.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
17 | Wallace, Len | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
28 | Watts, Ray | 17 | 14 | 14.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 3.5 | 5 | 365 | ||||||||
32 | Webster, Len | 17 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0.6 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
15 | Welch, Dick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
14 | Wilson, Stan | 15 | 19 | 19.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Totals | 342 | 256 | 0.7 |