Essendon
"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
1898 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Essendon's 1898 Fixture
| Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898-05-14 1 | H | Essendon | 1.1 | 5.7 | 9.8 | 10.10 | 70 | WON | Fitzroy | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 17 | 53 | EME | 1898-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-05-21 2 | A | Essendon | 2.2 | 2.4 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 38 | WON | South Melbourne | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 27 | 11 | LAK | 1898-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-05-24 3 | A | Essendon | 2.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 28 | WON | Carlton | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 16 | 12 | PRI | 1898-05-24 May 24 (Tue, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-05-28 4 | H | Essendon | 5.4 | 7.10 | 11.12 | 16.16 | 112 | WON | St. Kilda | 1.1 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 37 | 75 | EME | 1898-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-06-04 5 | H | Essendon | 2.2 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 6.12 | 48 | WON | Melbourne | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 23 | 25 | EME | 1898-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-06-11 6 | A | Essendon | 2.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 24 | LOST | Geelong | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 31 | -7 | COR | 1898-06-11 Jun 11 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-06-18 7 | A | Essendon | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 20 | LOST | Collingwood | 2.2 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.10 | 40 | -20 | VIC | 1898-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-06-25 8 | A | Essendon | 3.2 | 4.5 | 5.10 | 8.11 | 59 | WON | Fitzroy | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 16 | 43 | BWS | 1898-06-25 Jun 25 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-07-09 9 | H | Essendon | 3.4 | 4.8 | 5.10 | 7.12 | 54 | WON | South Melbourne | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 30 | 24 | EME | 1898-07-09 Jul 9 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-07-16 10 | H | Essendon | 1.2 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 10.17 | 77 | WON | Carlton | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 9 | 68 | EME | 1898-07-16 Jul 16 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-07-23 11 | A | Essendon | 4.0 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 10.11 | 71 | WON | St. Kilda | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 15 | 56 | JUN | 1898-07-23 Jul 23 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-07-30 12 | A | Essendon | 3.2 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 11.9 | 75 | WON | Melbourne | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 20 | 55 | MCG | 1898-07-30 Jul 30 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-08-13 13 | H | Essendon | 0.1 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 7.13 | 55 | WON | Geelong | 1.3 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 37 | 18 | EME | 1898-08-13 Aug 13 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-08-20 14 | H | Essendon | 0.2 | 1.9 | 2.11 | 2.13 | 25 | LOST | Collingwood | 4.1 | 5.4 | 5.11 | 7.14 | 56 | -31 | EME | 1898-08-20 Aug 20 (Sat, 3:00) | Scores |
| 1898-08-27 SR1 | H | Essendon | 0.7 | 2.11 | 8.14 | 9.21 | 75 | WON | Carlton | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 8 | 67 | EME | 1898-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
| 1898-09-03 SR2 | A | Essendon | 3.2 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 5.11 | 41 | WON | South Melbourne | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 24 | 17 | LAK | 1898-09-03 Sep 3 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
| 1898-09-10 SR3 | A | Essendon | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 16 | LOST | Fitzroy | 1.1 | 1.11 | 2.12 | 5.15 | 45 | -29 | BWS | 1898-09-10 Sep 10 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
| 1898-09-24 GF | A | Essendon | 1.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 23 | LOST | Fitzroy | 2.5 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 38 | -15 | JUN | 1898-09-24 Sep 24 (Sat, 2:50) | Scores |
1898 Player Stats
| Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson, Jim | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Barr, Pat | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Barry, Son | 12 | 3 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brown, Harold | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Campbell, Colin | 9 | 3 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cleghorn, Arthur | 18 | 14 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Collins, Tod | 15 | 7 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Collins, Maurie | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croft, Edgar | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Currie, Dave | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ferguson, Dave | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Forbes, Charles 'Tracker' | 15 | 4 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gardner, Corrie | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gavin, Hugh | 18 | 4 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gray, Alf | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Groves, Joe | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hall, Alec | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hastings, George | 17 | 8 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jackson, Newhaven | 9 | 7 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kearney, Gus | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kinnear, Ted | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Larkin, Jimmy | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Martin, George | 16 | 3 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Moore, Charlie | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| O'Loughlin, Pat | 16 | 8 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Officer, Ned | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Officer, Gus | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stewart, Horrie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stuckey, George | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tenbrink, Conrad | 12 | 10 | 0.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vautin, George | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Watson, Abe | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Waugh, Norm | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wright, Harry | 17 | 0 | 0.0 |