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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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1992 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Melbourne's 1992 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 Melbourne       Bye        
2 H Melbourne 6.311.712.817.11 113 WON Geelong 2.47.811.1315.15 105 8 MCG Mar 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Melbourne 4.47.910.1313.17 95 LOST Adelaide 4.28.710.1215.14 104 -9 PRI Apr 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Melbourne 1.64.98.129.15 69 LOST Richmond 3.67.911.1317.17 119 -50 MCG Apr 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Melbourne 7.69.914.1014.14 98 LOST Collingwood 4.410.913.1119.17 131 -33 MCG Apr 20 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
6 A Melbourne 7.314.618.719.9 123 LOST Essendon 2.36.910.1418.16 124 -1 MCG Apr 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Melbourne 3.55.810.1313.18 96 DRAW Sydney 2.16.910.1213.18 96 0 MCG May 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Melbourne 1.25.28.210.5 65 LOST St. Kilda 7.410.616.1018.17 125 -60 WAV May 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Melbourne 1.24.46.57.6 48 LOST Hawthorn 1.26.611.1018.12 120 -72 WAV May 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Melbourne 5.28.613.1221.14 140 WON North Melbourne 8.012.113.316.8 104 36 MCG May 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Melbourne 4.16.410.510.5 65 LOST Carlton 3.15.89.1114.15 99 -34 WAV May 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Melbourne 4.35.69.1011.11 77 LOST Brisbane 7.111.414.516.7 103 -26 CRR Jun 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
13 A Melbourne 3.26.37.58.6 54 LOST Footscray 6.311.615.925.11 161 -107 WES Jun 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 Melbourne       Bye        
15 H Melbourne 6.59.511.1016.13 109 WON Fitzroy 4.48.512.813.9 87 22 MCG Jun 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
16 A Melbourne 4.17.29.713.9 87 LOST West Coast 4.36.711.1115.19 109 -22 WAC Jul 3 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
17 A Melbourne 2.103.104.148.15 63 LOST Geelong 3.19.516.621.10 136 -73 KAR Jul 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Melbourne 7.19.114.518.8 116 WON Adelaide 2.22.124.139.13 67 49 FBP Jul 19 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
19 H Melbourne 5.510.717.923.12 150 WON Richmond 2.36.58.1010.15 75 75 MCG Jul 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Melbourne 5.07.612.816.13 109 WON Collingwood 2.86.1113.1514.16 100 9 VIC Aug 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Melbourne 1.48.411.1013.16 94 LOST Essendon 3.410.715.1019.12 126 -32 MCG Aug 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 A Melbourne 7.011.316.621.13 139 WON Sydney 4.27.59.713.10 88 51 SCG Aug 16 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
23 H Melbourne 0.21.35.56.7 43 LOST St. Kilda 1.33.64.98.10 58 -15 MCG Aug 23 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
24 H Melbourne 4.29.513.520.10 130 LOST Hawthorn 6.510.1017.1522.17 149 -19 MCG Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
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1992 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Bennett, Darren 14 76 5.4 13 0.9 89 6.4 54 3.9 13 0.9 7 0.5 8 16 28 2.0 23 191
Beveridge, Luke 6 73 12.2 33 5.5 106 17.7 18 3.0 0 0.0 7 1.2 4 3 6 1.0 2 38
Bryce, Paul 13 93 7.2 38 2.9 131 10.1 43 3.3 10 0.8 6 0.5 16 12 3 0.2 3 21
Burgmann, Shane 1 6 6.0 0 0.0 6 6.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Charles, Sean 9 83 9.2 32 3.6 115 12.8 31 3.4 0 0.0 12 1.3 14 12 14 1.6 11 95
Cuthbertson, Darren 11 109 9.9 29 2.6 138 12.5 36 3.3 0 0.0 16 1.5 19 6 5 0.5 3 33
Dyson, Kevin 5 31 6.2 35 7.0 66 13.2 11 2.2 0 0.0 4 0.8 2 6 1 0.2 0 6
Eishold, Simon 5 28 5.6 16 3.2 44 8.8 11 2.2 1 0.2 7 1.4 4 4 1 0.2 0 6
Febey, Matthew 10 69 6.9 73 7.3 142 14.2 15 1.5 1 0.1 20 2.0 10 12 5 0.5 3 33
Febey, Steven 14 121 8.6 81 5.8 202 14.4 44 3.1 2 0.1 21 1.5 7 16 2 0.1 2 14
Ford, Andrew 4 26 6.5 14 3.5 40 10.0 12 3.0 1 0.3 6 1.5 3 2 0 0.0 0 0
Goodwin, Andy 13 72 5.5 28 2.2 100 7.7 40 3.1 7 0.5 11 0.8 19 19 0 0.0 1 1
Grinter, Rod 3 29 9.7 8 2.7 37 12.3 8 2.7 1 0.3 4 1.3 4 4 0 0.0 0 0
Healy, Greg 11 119 10.8 89 8.1 208 18.9 40 3.6 0 0.0 10 0.9 14 13 9 0.8 7 61
Henwood, Wayne 1 7 7.0 3 3.0 10 10.0 1 1.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Howat, John 5 41 8.2 23 4.6 64 12.8 16 3.2 0 0.0 5 1.0 6 9 3 0.6 0 18
Jakovich, Allen 11 115 10.5 9 0.8 124 11.3 66 6.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 9 17 40 3.6 37 277
Keogh, Rod 13 111 8.5 104 8.0 215 16.5 35 2.7 0 0.0 18 1.4 7 27 3 0.2 2 20
Kowal, Darren 3 17 5.7 4 1.3 21 7.0 6 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0.0 1 1
Lamb, Wayne 2 11 5.5 11 5.5 22 11.0 5 2.5 0 0.0 4 2.0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
Lamprill, Andrew 4 11 2.8 5 1.3 16 4.0 4 1.0 0 0.0 1 0.3 0 3 1 0.3 0 6
Lovell, Andy 19 316 16.6 147 7.7 463 24.4 85 4.5 0 0.0 35 1.8 20 31 26 1.4 19 175
Lovett, Glenn 18 307 17.1 130 7.2 437 24.3 108 6.0 4 0.2 34 1.9 31 19 12 0.7 7 79
Lovett, Brett 20 245 12.3 129 6.5 374 18.7 70 3.5 3 0.2 28 1.4 14 10 4 0.2 4 28
Lyon, Garry 16 211 13.2 101 6.3 312 19.5 84 5.3 6 0.4 34 2.1 18 22 30 1.9 14 194
Mahoney, Mathew 2 11 5.5 1 0.5 12 6.0 9 4.5 1 0.5 0 0.0 3 4 0 0.0 1 1
Obst, Andrew 16 137 8.6 134 8.4 271 16.9 48 3.0 12 0.8 35 2.2 14 30 14 0.9 7 91
Pickering, Michael 11 118 10.7 112 10.2 230 20.9 66 6.0 6 0.5 14 1.3 19 10 10 0.9 5 65
Robins, Haydn 14 149 10.6 72 5.1 221 15.8 49 3.5 0 0.0 25 1.8 27 33 1 0.1 0 6
Rohde, Peter 21 179 8.5 80 3.8 259 12.3 40 1.9 2 0.1 9 0.4 28 12 0 0.0 0 0
Schwarz, David 22 239 10.9 115 5.2 354 16.1 112 5.1 146 6.6 40 1.8 30 41 20 0.9 7 127
Stretch, Steven 18 227 12.6 47 2.6 274 15.2 72 4.0 2 0.1 23 1.3 16 13 14 0.8 7 91
Stynes, Jim 22 334 15.2 180 8.2 514 23.4 166 7.5 335 15.2 13 0.6 53 52 9 0.4 3 57
Stynes, Brian 2 8 4.0 5 2.5 13 6.5 3 1.5 0 0.0 1 0.5 1 3 0 0.0 0 0
Sullivan, Chris 16 126 7.9 48 3.0 174 10.9 28 1.8 0 0.0 14 0.9 9 26 19 1.2 13 127
Tingay, Stephen 6 59 9.8 23 3.8 82 13.7 16 2.7 0 0.0 13 2.2 6 6 1 0.2 3 9
Viney, Todd 22 234 10.6 162 7.4 396 18.0 76 3.5 2 0.1 40 1.8 31 34 7 0.3 4 46
Wearne, Stephen 3 25 8.3 9 3.0 34 11.3 4 1.3 0 0.0 4 1.3 1 6 2 0.7 0 12
Wight, Sean 11 82 7.5 55 5.0 137 12.5 35 3.2 12 1.1 15 1.4 10 11 6 0.5 4 40
Williams, Grant 4 25 6.3 8 2.0 33 8.3 13 3.3 1 0.3 1 0.3 2 4 5 1.3 7 37
Yeats, Graeme 19 253 13.3 75 3.9 328 17.3 73 3.8 0 0.0 14 0.7 21 23 5 0.3 2 32
 

Footnotes

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