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

1949 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1949 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1949-04-16 1	H	Essendon	7.3	11.7	14.9	18.12	120	WON	Hawthorn	1.1	4.2	5.2	9.3	57	63	WIN	1949-04-16 Apr 16 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-04-23 2	A	Essendon	3.3	5.6	7.10	10.15	75	WON	North Melbourne	1.3	2.8	5.11	7.14	56	19	ARD	1949-04-23 Apr 23 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-04-30 3	A	Essendon	1.2	7.8	8.8	13.16	94	WON	St. Kilda	2.8	2.8	5.15	5.15	45	49	JUN	1949-04-30 Apr 30 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-05-07 4	H	Essendon	2.2	5.4	5.5	6.9	45	LOST	Carlton	1.4	4.7	5.18	7.22	64	-19	WIN	1949-05-07 May 7 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-05-14 5	H	Essendon	3.4	7.7	7.14	11.18	84	WON	Richmond	2.4	5.8	5.14	9.15	69	15	WIN	1949-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-05-21 6	A	Essendon	5.3	9.3	12.6	12.9	81	LOST	Collingwood	1.2	7.8	7.11	11.16	82	-1	VIC	1949-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-05-28 7	H	Essendon	3.3	6.4	10.8	11.9	75	LOST	Melbourne	4.3	5.7	9.10	13.12	90	-15	WIN	1949-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-06-04 8	A	Essendon	2.3	6.5	6.5	10.12	72	WON	Footscray	2.9	2.11	6.15	7.17	59	13	WES	1949-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-06-11 9	A	Essendon	4.1	8.3	11.5	12.9	81	LOST	South Melbourne	1.4	3.11	9.13	15.16	106	-25	LAK	1949-06-11 Jun 11 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-06-18 10	H	Essendon	2.3	5.7	8.11	8.19	67	LOST	Fitzroy	2.3	6.6	9.8	10.10	70	-3	WIN	1949-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-07-02 11	A	Essendon	1.1	3.2	7.3	11.6	72	LOST	Geelong	6.3	13.8	19.13	25.17	167	-95	KAR	1949-07-02 Jul 2 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-07-09 12	A	Essendon	2.5	5.7	12.12	16.16	112	WON	Hawthorn	0.0	3.0	3.0	7.0	42	70	GLE	1949-07-09 Jul 9 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-07-16 13	H	Essendon	4.5	5.10	5.17	8.22	70	WON	North Melbourne	2.1	2.3	6.7	6.13	49	21	WIN	1949-07-16 Jul 16 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-07-23 14	H	Essendon	3.5	4.6	11.16	13.17	95	WON	St. Kilda	3.1	8.5	8.7	9.10	64	31	WIN	1949-07-23 Jul 23 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-07-30 15	A	Essendon	5.4	6.7	14.9	17.11	113	WON	Carlton	0.3	5.8	7.11	11.16	82	31	PRI	1949-07-30 Jul 30 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-08-06 16	A	Essendon	5.5	6.6	11.9	11.12	78	WON	Richmond	0.2	3.7	5.9	7.14	56	22	PUN	1949-08-06 Aug 6 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-08-13 17	H	Essendon	1.8	7.11	11.17	16.21	117	WON	Collingwood	4.3	6.5	7.7	10.11	71	46	WIN	1949-08-13 Aug 13 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-08-20 18	A	Essendon	5.1	7.2	12.9	15.11	101	WON	Melbourne	2.2	7.4	7.5	11.10	76	25	MCG	1949-08-20 Aug 20 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-08-27 19	H	Essendon	6.2	9.5	12.7	14.13	97	WON	Footscray	1.1	4.4	7.11	8.13	61	36	WIN	1949-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-09-03 1SF	H	Essendon	4.1	11.3	15.9	20.16	136	WON	Collingwood	2.0	4.1	6.4	8.6	54	82	MCG	1949-09-03 Sep 3 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-09-17 PF	H	Essendon	3.2	6.8	8.10	11.12	78	WON	North Melbourne	2.1	4.1	7.4	9.7	61	17	MCG	1949-09-17 Sep 17 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1949-09-24 GF	H	Essendon	3.3	7.7	12.15	18.17	125	WON	Carlton	2.4	2.10	3.12	6.16	52	73	MCG	1949-09-24 Sep 24 (Sat, 2:35)	Scores

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1949 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	M	Avg	FF	G	Avg
Allanson, Noel	15						0	0.0
Bigelow, Doug	18						6	0.3
Bradley, Bob	17	18	18.0	2	2.0	1	0	0.0
Brittingham, Bill	20	4	4.0	2	2.0	0	4	0.2
Buttsworth, Wally	10						0	0.0
Coleman, John	21	12	12.0	5	5.0	0	100	4.8
Fisher, Vic	13	10	10.0	1	1.0	1	2	0.2
Gardiner, Les	22	14	14.0	0	0.0	1	0	0.0
Goninon, George	5						3	0.6
Goodingham, Ivan	3						0	0.0
Harper, Bert	7						0	0.0
Hassell, George	12	3	3.0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1
Hutchison, Bill	21	31	31.0	9	9.0	2	37	1.8
Jones, Jack	22	25	25.0	7	7.0	0	20	0.9
Lambert, Harold	17	17	17.0	5	5.0	1	0	0.0
Lambert, Chris	13						0	0.0
Lane, Gordon	7	2	2.0	1	1.0	0	8	1.1
Leehane, Ted	13	14	14.0	6	6.0	0	18	1.4
May, Wally	19	3	3.0	1	1.0	0	0	0.0
McClure, Bob	17	19	19.0	9	9.0	3	2	0.1
McConnell, Roy	15	12	12.0	3	3.0	2	0	0.0
McDonald, Norm	21	18	18.0	6	6.0	1	0	0.0
McEwin, Ron	10	20	20.0	3	3.0	1	6	0.6
McLeish, John	8						0	0.0
Newton, Ken	8						4	0.5
Payne, Fred	3						2	0.7
Rawle, Keith	19	13	13.0	3	3.0	1	14	0.7
Reynolds, Dick	20	22	22.0	3	3.0	0	23	1.2
Ruddell, Cec	1						0	0.0
Simpson, Jack	4						0	0.0
Syme, Bob	17	14	14.0	3	3.0	1	12	0.7
Tate, Greg	16						19	1.2
Thaw, Alan	6	7	7.0	1	1.0	0	0	0.0