Australian Football

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

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

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

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"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

2003 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Melbourne's 2003 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
2003-03-30 1	H	Melbourne	2.2	9.5	12.9	16.10	106	WON	Hawthorn	4.2	6.5	9.7	15.10	100	6	MCG	2003-03-30 Mar 30 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
2003-04-05 2	A	Melbourne	4.4	4.7	8.11	10.15	75	LOST	Essendon	2.2	8.4	13.7	17.10	112	-37	MCG	2003-04-05 Apr 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
2003-04-13 3	H	Melbourne	7.2	11.5	17.6	20.7	127	WON	Western Bulldogs	2.3	6.6	10.8	14.11	95	32	DOC	2003-04-13 Apr 13 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
2003-04-19 4	A	Melbourne	3.1	4.6	6.7	6.8	44	LOST	Geelong	2.0	4.5	7.9	13.12	90	-46	KAR	2003-04-19 Apr 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
2003-04-25 5	A	Melbourne	3.2	5.4	10.6	13.7	85	LOST	Sydney	2.3	6.4	7.4	17.7	109	-24	SCG	2003-04-25 Apr 25 (Fri, 6:45)	Scores
2003-05-03 6	H	Melbourne	2.1	7.4	12.6	14.10	94	LOST	West Coast	5.3	6.5	16.8	19.13	127	-33	MCG	2003-05-03 May 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
2003-05-11 7	H	Melbourne	7.5	10.9	13.12	16.15	111	WON	Port Adelaide	3.2	6.5	7.9	12.12	84	27	MCG	2003-05-11 May 11 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
2003-05-17 8	A	Melbourne	7.0	9.3	14.7	16.7	103	LOST	Richmond	7.3	10.4	14.5	17.10	112	-9	MCG	2003-05-17 May 17 (Sat, 7:10)	Scores
2003-05-24 9	H	Melbourne	1.4	6.5	9.6	10.11	71	LOST	Fremantle	4.2	7.2	13.2	16.5	101	-30	MCG	2003-05-24 May 24 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
2003-05-31 10	H	Melbourne	0.1	4.3	6.6	9.9	63	LOST	Brisbane	6.4	13.6	15.13	18.15	123	-60	GAB	2003-05-31 May 31 (Sat, 7:10)	Scores
2003-06-09 11	H	Melbourne	3.4	5.9	6.11	10.17	77	LOST	Collingwood	4.3	11.4	16.8	20.13	133	-56	MCG	2003-06-09 Jun 9 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
2003-06-15 12	A	Melbourne	1.1	3.2	7.5	10.5	65	LOST	Adelaide	6.2	9.7	15.10	21.12	138	-73	FBP	2003-06-15 Jun 15 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
2003-06-28 13	H	Melbourne	4.3	8.6	17.7	21.10	136	WON	St. Kilda	4.3	8.6	10.8	14.10	94	42	MCG	2003-06-28 Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
2003-07-06 14	A	Melbourne	4.3	6.5	8.9	14.13	97	WON	Carlton	7.0	8.3	13.5	14.6	90	7	PRI	2003-07-06 Jul 6 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
2003-07-13 15	A	Melbourne	3.4	7.7	9.10	14.10	94	LOST	North Melbourne	4.3	9.3	13.7	15.11	101	-7	MCG	2003-07-13 Jul 13 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
2003-07-19 16	A	Melbourne	3.3	11.6	11.13	15.16	106	LOST	Hawthorn	2.5	7.6	10.9	17.11	113	-7	MCG	2003-07-19 Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
2003-07-26 17	H	Melbourne	1.3	7.7	8.8	10.11	71	LOST	Essendon	6.2	8.6	10.8	13.10	88	-17	MCG	2003-07-26 Jul 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
2003-08-01 18	A	Melbourne	5.4	7.4	8.6	12.8	80	LOST	Western Bulldogs	3.6	7.8	11.11	14.17	101	-21	DOC	2003-08-01 Aug 1 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
2003-08-08 19	H	Melbourne	1.4	3.8	3.8	6.9	45	LOST	Geelong	4.4	6.8	8.14	11.18	84	-39	MCG	2003-08-08 Aug 8 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
2003-08-16 20	A	Melbourne	2.0	6.5	10.6	15.8	98	LOST	Port Adelaide	6.2	10.3	14.6	17.10	112	-14	FBP	2003-08-16 Aug 16 (Sat, 7:10)	Scores
2003-08-24 21	A	Melbourne	3.1	8.3	11.6	14.7	91	LOST	West Coast	5.6	9.10	15.12	21.17	143	-52	SUB	2003-08-24 Aug 24 (Sun, 1:40)	Scores
2003-08-30 22	H	Melbourne	3.1	5.4	6.5	9.6	60	LOST	Sydney	1.2	3.5	6.9	14.10	94	-34	MCG	2003-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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2003 Player Stats

#	Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
2	Armstrong, Steven	18	120	6.7	111	6.2	231	12.8	57	3.2	0	0.0	43	2.4	13	4	8	0.4	7	55
3	Bizzell, Clint	22	194	8.8	147	6.7	341	15.5	113	5.1	10	0.5	28	1.3	14	9	6	0.3	3	39
25	Brown, Nathan	19	186	9.8	133	7.0	319	16.8	81	4.3	0	0.0	16	0.8	6	7	6	0.3	2	38
32	Bruce, Cameron	20	205	10.3	137	6.9	342	17.1	101	5.1	3	0.2	34	1.7	11	8	25	1.3	18	168
41	Carroll, Nathan	7	46	6.6	30	4.3	76	10.9	27	3.9	1	0.1	15	2.1	3	3	0	0.0	0	0
35	Ferguson, Ryan	17	47	2.8	57	3.4	104	6.1	32	1.9	1	0.1	13	0.8	7	8	1	0.1	0	6
30	Godfrey, Simon	22	165	7.5	157	7.1	322	14.6	47	2.1	3	0.1	100	4.5	22	23	3	0.1	5	23
18	Green, Brad	21	201	9.6	101	4.8	302	14.4	93	4.4	1	0.0	46	2.2	15	18	35	1.7	19	229
1	Heffernan, Chris	20	188	9.4	115	5.8	303	15.2	60	3.0	17	0.9	61	3.1	23	15	7	0.4	4	46
33	Hunter, Cameron	2	1	0.5	4	2.0	5	2.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	1.5	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
40	Jamar, Mark	9	20	2.2	34	3.8	54	6.0	9	1.0	102	11.3	7	0.8	6	2	2	0.2	1	13
16	Johnstone, Travis	16	188	11.8	67	4.2	255	15.9	53	3.3	2	0.1	24	1.5	15	11	10	0.6	4	64
11	Jolly, Darren	19	72	3.8	65	3.4	137	7.2	47	2.5	260	13.7	24	1.3	15	22	4	0.2	0	24
29	Lamb, Chris	3	8	2.7	5	1.7	13	4.3	2	0.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1
36	Leoncelli, Andrew	16	173	10.8	90	5.6	263	16.4	72	4.5	4	0.3	37	2.3	7	10	4	0.3	3	27
23	McDonald, James	21	230	11.0	210	10.0	440	21.0	106	5.0	5	0.2	84	4.0	29	15	4	0.2	4	28
37	Miller, Brad	16	63	3.9	60	3.8	123	7.7	51	3.2	4	0.3	8	0.5	8	7	1	0.1	4	10
7	Moorcroft, Gary	3	21	7.0	10	3.3	31	10.3	8	2.7	0	0.0	7	2.3	0	2	2	0.7	0	12
9	Neitz, David	22	147	6.7	38	1.7	185	8.4	101	4.6	40	1.8	22	1.0	19	36	65	3.0	28	418
8	Nicholson, Alistair	10	35	3.5	36	3.6	71	7.1	30	3.0	3	0.3	10	1.0	2	8	0	0.0	0	0
43	Rigoni, Guy	9	78	8.7	71	7.9	149	16.6	25	2.8	0	0.0	20	2.2	5	6	3	0.3	2	20
27	Rivers, Jared	3	4	1.3	1	0.3	5	1.7	2	0.7	0	0.0	8	2.7	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
24	Robertson, Russell	22	220	10.0	89	4.0	309	14.0	125	5.7	8	0.4	23	1.0	31	15	41	1.9	29	275
15	Smith, Nick	3	2	0.7	4	1.3	6	2.0	2	0.7	2	0.7	1	0.3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Thompson, Scott	13	82	6.3	84	6.5	166	12.8	34	2.6	4	0.3	32	2.5	7	15	5	0.4	3	33
19	Vardy, Peter	9	43	4.8	40	4.4	83	9.2	22	2.4	0	0.0	18	2.0	5	11	5	0.6	9	39
42	Walsh, Peter	16	144	9.0	103	6.4	247	15.4	55	3.4	0	0.0	37	2.3	9	16	5	0.3	6	36
10	Ward, Daniel	20	233	11.7	111	5.6	344	17.2	85	4.3	1	0.1	43	2.2	8	16	3	0.2	7	25
31	Wheatley, Paul	5	38	7.6	20	4.0	58	11.6	14	2.8	0	0.0	5	1.0	2	6	1	0.2	0	6
45	Whelan, Matthew	22	168	7.6	147	6.7	315	14.3	64	2.9	1	0.0	70	3.2	16	11	4	0.2	2	26
34	White, Jeff	16	127	7.9	107	6.7	234	14.6	83	5.2	277	17.3	17	1.1	13	16	9	0.6	1	55
26	Williams, Luke	21	141	6.7	124	5.9	265	12.6	75	3.6	0	0.0	27	1.3	14	7	4	0.2	3	27
13	Yze, Adem	22	340	15.5	113	5.1	453	20.6	74	3.4	0	0.0	43	2.0	19	10	17	0.8	8	110
Totals		484	3930	8.1	2621	5.4	6551	13.5	1750	3.6	749	1.5	926	1.9	346	342	280	0.6	173	1853