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KEY FACTS

Official name
Melbourne Football Club

Known as
Melbourne

Nickname
Demons (formerly Red Legs, Fuchsias)

Formed
1858

Colours
Navy blue and red

Associated clubs
Casey; Melbourne WFC; Melbourne Reserves; Casey WFC; Melbourne U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2024

Affiliations (Historical)
Challenge Cup (CUP) 1865–1876; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

Home Ground
M.C.G.

AFL Premierships
2021 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1900, 1926, 1939-40-41, 1948, 1955-56-57, 1959-60, 1964 (12 total)

Senior Premierships
VFL Night Series: 1971, 1987, 1989 (3 total); McClelland Trophy 1955-6, 1958, 1990, 2021 (5 total)

Most Games
306 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

Most Goals
631 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

League Top Goalkickers
V.Coutie (39) 1904; H.Brereton (56) 1912; N.Smith (89) 1941; F.Fanning (67) 1944, (67) 1945 & (97) 1947; D.Neitz (82) 2002 (5 winners/7 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Ivor Warne-Smith 1926 & 1928; Don Cordner 1946; Brian Wilson 1982; Peter Moore 1984; Jim Stynes 1991; Shane Woewodin 2000 (6 medallists/7 medals)

Headquarters
Great Southern Stand (MCG), East Melbourne, VIC 3002

Postal Address
PO Box 254, East Melbourne, VIC 8002

Phone: (03) 9652 1111 

Email
info@melbournefc.com.au

Website
melbournefc.com.au

Melbourne



"The seeds of the Melbourne Football Club's greatest ever era began to be sown the following season, in 1952, when favourite son Norm Smith returned from Fitzroy to take over from Alan La Fontaine as senior coach ... and the 1953 season saw the debuts of several players who would go on to play significant roles in the club's impending period of greatness, notably Ron Barassi, Brian Dixon, Ian Ridley, Laurie Mithen and Colin Wilson ..."

Despite their recent lack of success, John Devaney writes that, as the foundation club, their place in the game's history is assured

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1897 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Melbourne's 1897 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Melbourne 3.24.35.46.8 44 WON South Melbourne 0.21.43.63.9 27 17 LAK May 8 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2 H Melbourne 3.25.49.79.10 64 WON Geelong 0.01.11.13.1 19 45 MCG May 15 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
3 A Melbourne 1.33.57.67.8 50 WON Fitzroy 1.01.43.85.9 39 11 BWS May 22 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
4 H Melbourne 2.36.67.711.10 76 WON St. Kilda 2.03.15.27.4 46 30 MCG May 29 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
5 H Melbourne 1.54.109.1315.17 107 WON Carlton 0.20.40.73.8 26 81 MCG Jun 5 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
6 H Melbourne 1.04.05.05.3 33 WON Collingwood 1.22.32.43.8 26 7 MCG Jun 19 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
7 A Melbourne 0.21.22.53.9 27 LOST Essendon 3.34.65.108.15 63 -36 EME Jun 22 (Tue, 3:00) Scores
8 H Melbourne 1.11.12.23.2 20 LOST South Melbourne 0.15.49.411.7 73 -53 MCG Jun 26 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
9 A Melbourne 0.40.70.90.10 10 LOST Geelong 0.11.31.61.9 15 -5 COR Jul 3 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
10 H Melbourne 5.26.27.38.5 53 WON Fitzroy 1.12.33.63.8 26 27 MCG Jul 10 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
11 A Melbourne 2.33.57.1110.11 71 WON St. Kilda 0.20.51.71.7 13 58 JUN Jul 17 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
12 A Melbourne 2.03.65.115.16 46 WON Carlton 1.12.42.42.6 18 28 MCG Jul 24 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
13 A Melbourne 1.52.63.83.10 28 LOST Collingwood 0.25.75.85.13 43 -15 VIC Jul 31 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
14 H Melbourne 2.45.67.88.8 56 WON Essendon 1.21.24.26.3 39 17 MCG Aug 7 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
RRF-1 A Melbourne 1.12.24.57.5 47 LOST Collingwood 1.45.56.87.9 51 -4 MCG Aug 21 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
RRF-2 A Melbourne 3.24.45.65.7 37 LOST Geelong 0.32.84.95.16 46 -9 BWS Aug 28 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
RRF-3 A Melbourne 0.30.40.60.8 8 LOST Essendon 0.10.41.61.8 14 -6 LAK Sep 4 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1897 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Blackham, Fred 2                             0 0.0    
Crawford, Tom 1                             0 0.0    
Fry, Herbert 5                             1 0.2    
Geddes, Stewart 7                             2 0.3    
Godby, Jack 1                             0 0.0    
Goding, Charlie 4                             1 0.3    
Graham, Jack 2                             1 0.5    
Healing, Alf 10                             0 0.0    
Herring, Maurie 15                             1 0.1    
Hughes, Harry 2                             0 0.0    
Jenkyn, Edwin 17                             2 0.1    
Johnston, George 3                             0 0.0    
Kirk, Arthur 1                             0 0.0    
Leith, Jack 17                             26 1.5    
Lewis, Austin 17                             2 0.1    
Lyon, Walter 1                             0 0.0    
Massey, Lew 8                             1 0.1    
McCoy, Jim 1                             0 0.0    
McCulloch, Bill 9                             7 0.8    
McGinis, Fred 17                             10 0.6    
McLeod, Norm 14                             0 0.0    
Mitchell, Henry 15                             1 0.1    
Moodie, George 15                             5 0.3    
Moysey, George 17                             12 0.7    
Murdoch, Alex 1                             0 0.0    
Robinson, Bert 13                             2 0.2    
Russell, Jimmy 1                             1 1.0    
Sheahan, Fred 16                             0 0.0    
Sheahan, Gerald 1                             0 0.0    
Sholl, Eddie 6                             0 0.0    
Steele, Wally 12                             9 0.8    
Strahan, Dave 12                             0 0.0    
Sutton, Ned 17                             0 0.0    
Timothee, John 6                             1 0.2    
Wardill Jnr, Dick 11                             4 0.4    
Watson, Bert 11                             0 0.0    
Wood, Alf 16                             2 0.1    
Young, Charlie 'Nipper' 16                             14 0.9    
 

Footnotes

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