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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

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2023

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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1995 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1995 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 5.77.1214.1316.16 112 WON Fitzroy 0.00.01.06.2 38 74 WES Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Essendon 3.48.810.1212.19 91 WON Fremantle 3.86.127.1611.16 82 9 WAC Apr 7 (Fri, 8:40) Scores
3 H Essendon 3.55.710.814.14 98 WON Melbourne 4.29.611.912.10 82 16 MCG Apr 17 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
4 A Essendon 6.49.711.1116.15 111 DRAW Collingwood 6.17.314.717.9 111 0 MCG Apr 25 (Tue, 2:10) Scores
5 H Essendon 7.514.821.824.10 154 WON St. Kilda 1.13.15.25.8 38 116 PRI Apr 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
6 H Essendon 5.112.516.919.14 128 WON Brisbane 4.38.411.1214.16 100 28 PRI May 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
7 A Essendon 2.54.76.119.13 67 LOST Carlton 3.54.75.1010.15 75 -8 MCG May 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Essendon 6.29.312.716.12 108 WON West Coast 7.39.512.913.12 90 18 SUB May 21 (Sun, 4:15) Scores
9 H Essendon 3.28.89.1015.11 101 WON Footscray 3.26.47.89.13 67 34 MCG May 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 A Essendon 3.05.59.715.9 99 LOST North Melbourne 3.28.613.1119.12 126 -27 MCG Jun 2 (Fri, 8:10) Scores
11 H Essendon 5.411.614.917.10 112 LOST Geelong 3.19.313.819.9 123 -11 MCG Jun 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 H Essendon 3.77.118.1210.18 78 WON Hawthorn 0.12.45.118.12 60 18 MCG Jun 23 (Fri, 8:10) Scores
13 A Essendon 4.38.611.1417.17 119 LOST Sydney 7.215.719.821.12 138 -19 SCG Jul 2 (Sun, 1:15) Scores
14 H Essendon 7.516.1121.1627.20 182 WON Adelaide 2.33.36.78.12 60 122 MCG Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Essendon 5.110.513.815.11 101 DRAW Richmond 4.28.513.615.11 101 0 MCG Jul 14 (Fri, 8:10) Scores
16 H Essendon 9.312.615.1222.18 150 WON Fitzroy 2.25.47.712.7 79 71 MCG Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Essendon 6.110.216.321.9 135 WON Fremantle 3.37.49.813.9 87 48 MCG Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Essendon 6.410.812.1315.16 106 WON Melbourne 3.25.56.611.7 73 33 MCG Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Essendon 4.57.912.1316.14 110 WON Collingwood 3.55.710.1115.12 102 8 MCG Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Essendon 2.45.815.923.13 151 WON St. Kilda 3.46.68.1010.15 75 76 WAV Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Essendon 2.35.109.1112.12 84 LOST Brisbane 8.311.514.1017.14 116 -32 GAB Aug 26 (Sat, 7:40) Scores
22 H Essendon 3.65.96.109.13 67 LOST Carlton 4.59.612.816.12 108 -41 MCG Sep 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
1QF H Essendon 2.45.611.811.8 74 WON West Coast 4.26.57.78.7 55 19 WAV Sep 9 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
2SF A Essendon 3.39.49.611.7 73 LOST Richmond 3.24.49.712.14 86 -13 MCG Sep 16 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1995 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
27 Alessio, Steven 16 137 8.6 73 4.6 210 13.1 91 5.7 85 5.3 14 0.9 15 26 28 1.8 12 180
8 Bewick, Darren 10 138 13.8 53 5.3 191 19.1 22 2.2 0 0.0 13 1.3 14 8 21 2.1 13 139
14 Calthorpe, David 17 168 9.9 74 4.4 242 14.2 42 2.5 0 0.0 14 0.8 12 24 9 0.5 10 64
9 Cockatoo-Collins, Che 14 153 10.9 75 5.4 228 16.3 65 4.6 0 0.0 10 0.7 11 17 19 1.4 11 125
23 Cransberg, Peter 6 36 6.0 14 2.3 50 8.3 20 3.3 3 0.5 0 0.0 4 3 3 0.5 4 22
36 Cummings, Scott 15 111 7.4 41 2.7 152 10.1 51 3.4 6 0.4 12 0.8 10 22 13 0.9 7 85
7 Daniher, Chris 21 137 6.5 103 4.9 240 11.4 69 3.3 0 0.0 28 1.3 8 12 6 0.3 10 46
20 Darcy, Tim 14 77 5.5 61 4.4 138 9.9 50 3.6 0 0.0 6 0.4 15 13 5 0.4 5 35
38 Denham, Sean 24 276 11.5 232 9.7 508 21.2 66 2.8 1 0.0 68 2.8 17 29 11 0.5 15 81
22 Doolan, Ben 9 71 7.9 54 6.0 125 13.9 26 2.9 1 0.1 10 1.1 5 12 0 0.0 2 2
31 Fletcher, Dustin 22 199 9.0 101 4.6 300 13.6 94 4.3 5 0.2 23 1.0 27 25 4 0.2 3 27
28 Flood, David 4 24 6.0 22 5.5 46 11.5 10 2.5 3 0.8 2 0.5 1 4 0 0.0 0 0
30 Fraser, Mark 5 29 5.8 24 4.8 53 10.6 13 2.6 0 0.0 10 2.0 3 1 0 0.0 0 0
29 Grenvold, David 23 143 6.2 85 3.7 228 9.9 52 2.3 0 0.0 15 0.7 10 14 3 0.1 2 20
39 Hardwick, Damien 16 123 7.7 97 6.1 220 13.8 38 2.4 0 0.0 31 1.9 21 14 2 0.1 1 13
1 Harvey, Mark 11 136 12.4 33 3.0 169 15.4 44 4.0 0 0.0 5 0.5 11 10 0 0.0 1 1
11 Hills, Paul 3 18 6.0 14 4.7 32 10.7 4 1.3 0 0.0 1 0.3 4 0 1 0.3 1 7
5 Hird, James 24 254 10.6 201 8.4 455 19.0 177 7.4 12 0.5 25 1.0 14 21 47 2.0 31 313
33 Lewfatt, Shawn 3 20 6.7 11 3.7 31 10.3 5 1.7 0 0.0 5 1.7 0 4 2 0.7 3 15
18 Lloyd, Matthew 5 31 6.2 17 3.4 48 9.6 22 4.4 0 0.0 1 0.2 3 2 7 1.4 6 48
13 Long, Michael 22 294 13.4 221 10.0 515 23.4 80 3.6 0 0.0 40 1.8 29 12 27 1.2 18 180
2 Mercuri, Mark 22 268 12.2 217 9.9 485 22.0 125 5.7 0 0.0 32 1.5 26 23 36 1.6 25 241
24 Misiti, Joe 22 284 12.9 207 9.4 491 22.3 88 4.0 3 0.1 15 0.7 13 12 9 0.4 11 65
46 Moorcroft, Gary 1 3 3.0 2 2.0 5 5.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 2 2.0 0 0 0 0.0 1 1
43 Morgan, Danny 8 51 6.4 50 6.3 101 12.6 9 1.1 0 0.0 7 0.9 6 4 2 0.3 0 12
41 O'Connor, Ryan 18 103 5.7 115 6.4 218 12.1 62 3.4 53 2.9 27 1.5 6 23 14 0.8 11 95
10 O'Donnell, Gary 24 339 14.1 182 7.6 521 21.7 69 2.9 5 0.2 21 0.9 23 19 16 0.7 10 106
47 Olarenshaw, Ricky 11 112 10.2 72 6.5 184 16.7 42 3.8 0 0.0 4 0.4 8 4 3 0.3 2 20
15 Prior, Michael 4 33 8.3 12 3.0 45 11.3 10 2.5 0 0.0 6 1.5 5 3 0 0.0 0 0
3 Salmon, Paul 13 98 7.5 41 3.2 139 10.7 79 6.1 29 2.2 5 0.4 7 10 39 3.0 23 257
19 Somerville, Peter 24 177 7.4 140 5.8 317 13.2 128 5.3 319 13.3 17 0.7 37 47 18 0.8 7 115
12 Symons, Michael 19 190 10.0 128 6.7 318 16.7 91 4.8 3 0.2 25 1.3 22 18 12 0.6 11 83
26 Thompson, Mark 11 99 9.0 65 5.9 164 14.9 32 2.9 0 0.0 10 0.9 6 5 0 0.0 2 2
21 Wallis, Dean 2 4 2.0 3 1.5 7 3.5 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
4 Wanganeen, Gavin 23 267 11.6 124 5.4 391 17.0 60 2.6 0 0.0 27 1.2 28 13 10 0.4 10 70
35 Young, Barry 18 111 6.2 79 4.4 190 10.6 56 3.1 0 0.0 19 1.1 14 10 15 0.8 15 105
Totals 504 4714 9.4 3043 6.0 7757 15.4 1894 3.8 528 1.0 550 1.1 436 465 382 0.8 283 2575
 

Footnotes

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