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

1996 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1996 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1996-03-30 1	A	Essendon	7.1	13.4	15.7	19.8	122	WON	Richmond	4.4	7.7	12.10	15.14	104	18	MCG	1996-03-30 Mar 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-04-07 2	H	Essendon	2.4	4.7	6.9	10.12	72	LOST	Carlton	2.4	7.5	12.9	15.11	101	-29	MCG	1996-04-07 Apr 7 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1996-04-14 3	H	Essendon	6.4	13.8	13.10	16.13	109	WON	West Coast	2.3	2.3	3.10	6.14	50	59	WAV	1996-04-14 Apr 14 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1996-04-20 4	A	Essendon	1.3	2.6	5.7	9.11	65	LOST	Adelaide	6.4	10.9	18.16	23.23	161	-96	FBP	1996-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 8:40)	Scores
1996-04-25 5	H	Essendon	7.1	10.5	14.8	16.9	105	LOST	Collingwood	2.4	6.10	11.13	17.15	117	-12	MCG	1996-04-25 Apr 25 (Thu, 2:10)	Scores
1996-05-03 6	A	Essendon	1.4	6.7	10.13	12.18	90	DRAW	Sydney	3.0	7.0	8.3	14.6	90	0	SCG	1996-05-03 May 3 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1996-05-08 7	H	Essendon	4.2	11.5	15.6	22.11	143	WON	Geelong	4.2	9.6	16.9	17.12	114	29	MCG	1996-05-08 May 8 (Wed, 8:10)	Scores
1996-05-19 8	A	Essendon	8.4	12.7	19.11	23.13	151	WON	Footscray	1.1	4.3	8.5	13.6	84	67	MCG	1996-05-19 May 19 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1996-05-25 9	H	Essendon	2.8	4.12	8.18	11.23	89	WON	Melbourne	3.1	5.2	10.3	12.5	77	12	MCG	1996-05-25 May 25 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-06-08 10	A	Essendon	4.2	7.5	9.9	13.11	89	WON	St. Kilda	2.3	5.6	7.7	9.13	67	22	WAV	1996-06-08 Jun 8 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
1996-06-16 11	H	Essendon	4.4	7.5	9.7	13.12	90	WON	Fremantle	1.2	6.5	9.13	12.17	89	1	MCG	1996-06-16 Jun 16 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1996-06-23 12	A	Essendon	4.2	7.4	8.10	14.11	95	LOST	North Melbourne	6.3	9.8	11.9	16.11	107	-12	MCG	1996-06-23 Jun 23 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1996-06-29 13	H	Essendon	4.1	11.6	14.10	18.13	121	WON	Hawthorn	5.2	9.7	14.10	15.10	100	21	MCG	1996-06-29 Jun 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-07-06 14	A	Essendon	4.5	7.8	12.9	17.16	118	WON	Fitzroy	3.4	4.6	5.10	7.10	52	66	PRI	1996-07-06 Jul 6 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-07-14 15	A	Essendon	2.4	2.5	7.8	10.8	68	LOST	Brisbane	1.1	7.6	10.8	15.13	103	-35	GAB	1996-07-14 Jul 14 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1996-07-20 16	H	Essendon	3.7	3.11	11.13	15.18	108	WON	Richmond	5.3	8.7	9.8	13.10	88	20	MCG	1996-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-07-27 17	A	Essendon	3.1	6.7	7.10	11.16	82	LOST	Carlton	4.3	9.6	12.10	13.13	91	-9	MCG	1996-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-08-04 18	A	Essendon	4.1	5.4	14.8	14.9	93	LOST	West Coast	4.4	8.6	11.9	14.15	99	-6	SUB	1996-08-04 Aug 4 (Sun, 4:10)	Scores
1996-08-10 19	H	Essendon	4.5	8.9	13.12	21.17	143	WON	Adelaide	3.4	8.7	13.9	16.11	107	36	PRI	1996-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-08-18 20	A	Essendon	2.2	6.8	9.10	11.11	77	WON	Collingwood	4.0	5.3	8.6	9.10	64	13	MCG	1996-08-18 Aug 18 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1996-08-24 21	H	Essendon	3.6	8.7	12.12	14.16	100	WON	Sydney	5.4	9.5	11.8	12.10	82	18	MCG	1996-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-08-30 22	H	Essendon	2.2	6.8	8.10	11.13	79	WON	Footscray	2.2	4.3	7.6	11.10	76	3	MCG	1996-08-30 Aug 30 (Fri, 8:10)	Scores
1996-09-06 2QF	A	Essendon	2.1	8.2	10.5	15.10	100	LOST	Brisbane	4.6	6.8	11.9	15.11	101	-1	GAB	1996-09-06 Sep 6 (Fri, 7:45)	Scores
1996-09-14 1SF	H	Essendon	5.4	9.6	15.10	22.12	144	WON	West Coast	0.3	4.11	6.13	8.19	67	77	MCG	1996-09-14 Sep 14 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1996-09-21 2PF	A	Essendon	4.4	4.6	8.6	10.9	69	LOST	Sydney	1.3	6.6	8.7	10.10	70	-1	SCG	1996-09-21 Sep 21 (Sat, 7:45)	Scores

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1996 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Alessio, Steven	18	108	6.0	83	4.6	191	10.6	71	3.9	121	6.7	21	1.2	13	22	22	1.2	14	146
Barnard, Paul	15	107	7.1	93	6.2	200	13.3	47	3.1	3	0.2	21	1.4	12	13	3	0.2	8	26
Berbakov, Peter	17	105	6.2	47	2.8	152	8.9	52	3.1	4	0.2	19	1.1	12	13	0	0.0	0	0
Bewick, Darren	18	226	12.6	89	4.9	315	17.5	61	3.4	0	0.0	15	0.8	19	13	28	1.6	21	189
Blumfield, Justin	10	66	6.6	51	5.1	117	11.7	34	3.4	2	0.2	18	1.8	7	8	3	0.3	4	22
Calthorpe, David	16	141	8.8	50	3.1	191	11.9	24	1.5	0	0.0	19	1.2	12	26	7	0.4	13	55
Cockatoo-Collins, Che	24	175	7.3	126	5.3	301	12.5	81	3.4	0	0.0	32	1.3	18	26	37	1.5	20	242
Cransberg, Peter	2	12	6.0	8	4.0	20	10.0	4	2.0	3	1.5	4	2.0	1	2	2	1.0	1	13
Cummings, Scott	15	96	6.4	28	1.9	124	8.3	55	3.7	0	0.0	11	0.7	17	22	38	2.5	23	251
Daniher, Chris	19	172	9.1	108	5.7	280	14.7	85	4.5	0	0.0	34	1.8	13	9	13	0.7	6	84
Denham, Sean	17	166	9.8	174	10.2	340	20.0	31	1.8	1	0.1	52	3.1	14	26	2	0.1	5	17
Doolan, Ben	24	289	12.0	171	7.1	460	19.2	79	3.3	0	0.0	35	1.5	16	16	6	0.3	4	40
Fletcher, Dustin	23	235	10.2	52	2.3	287	12.5	105	4.6	13	0.6	16	0.7	16	17	16	0.7	10	106
Fraser, Mark	8	58	7.3	49	6.1	107	13.4	18	2.3	0	0.0	9	1.1	8	3	4	0.5	5	29
Grenvold, David	1	6	6.0	5	5.0	11	11.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Hardwick, Damien	17	170	10.0	102	6.0	272	16.0	60	3.5	0	0.0	22	1.3	21	14	1	0.1	1	7
Harvey, Mark	24	313	13.0	99	4.1	412	17.2	105	4.4	0	0.0	39	1.6	17	28	5	0.2	4	34
Hills, Paul	1	1	1.0	5	5.0	6	6.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Hird, James	24	330	13.8	237	9.9	567	23.6	175	7.3	32	1.3	34	1.4	28	37	39	1.6	39	273
Lloyd, Matthew	11	78	7.1	34	3.1	112	10.2	46	4.2	1	0.1	11	1.0	9	9	18	1.6	7	115
Long, Michael	2	9	4.5	6	3.0	15	7.5	1	0.5	0	0.0	2	1.0	3	2	2	1.0	0	12
Lucas, Scott	14	84	6.0	49	3.5	133	9.5	44	3.1	7	0.5	19	1.4	7	15	11	0.8	11	77
Mercuri, Mark	21	244	11.6	200	9.5	444	21.1	115	5.5	1	0.0	32	1.5	24	26	37	1.8	25	247
Misiti, Joe	22	292	13.3	207	9.4	499	22.7	56	2.5	0	0.0	30	1.4	18	21	9	0.4	11	65
Morgan, Danny	3	14	4.7	16	5.3	30	10.0	6	2.0	0	0.0	5	1.7	0	3	0	0.0	0	0
O'Connor, Ryan	11	78	7.1	67	6.1	145	13.2	42	3.8	32	2.9	17	1.5	9	14	11	1.0	10	76
O'Donnell, Gary	25	281	11.2	195	7.8	476	19.0	81	3.2	2	0.1	46	1.8	25	14	8	0.3	6	54
Olarenshaw, Ricky	8	96	12.0	76	9.5	172	21.5	46	5.8	0	0.0	7	0.9	7	2	1	0.1	0	6
Prior, Michael	17	203	11.9	53	3.1	256	15.1	52	3.1	1	0.1	20	1.2	22	23	3	0.2	3	21
Somerville, Peter	21	110	5.2	100	4.8	210	10.0	73	3.5	289	13.8	10	0.5	20	42	5	0.2	5	35
Symons, Michael	18	126	7.0	109	6.1	235	13.1	55	3.1	2	0.1	42	2.3	14	17	11	0.6	8	74
Thompson, Mark	8	84	10.5	42	5.3	126	15.8	37	4.6	0	0.0	12	1.5	7	11	1	0.1	1	7
Wallis, Dean	12	55	4.6	46	3.8	101	8.4	33	2.8	3	0.3	25	2.1	7	12	6	0.5	3	39
Wanganeen, Gavin	21	242	11.5	111	5.3	353	16.8	64	3.0	0	0.0	43	2.0	38	13	14	0.7	8	92
Wellman, Sean	9	59	6.6	37	4.1	96	10.7	28	3.1	1	0.1	4	0.4	3	9	0	0.0	0	0
Young, Barry	14	105	7.5	92	6.6	197	14.1	56	4.0	1	0.1	31	2.2	7	9	4	0.3	6	30