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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

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

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



"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

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1902 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1902 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 4.55.95.95.9 39 LOST Fitzroy 1.04.15.87.10 52 -13 EME May 3 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2 A Essendon 4.45.68.1110.17 77 WON Geelong 0.12.52.53.6 24 53 COR May 10 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
3 H Essendon 1.23.36.57.6 48 WON Melbourne 1.21.43.63.7 25 23 EME May 17 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
4 H Essendon 0.22.35.35.8 38 WON South Melbourne 2.23.44.104.11 35 3 EME May 24 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
5 H Essendon 1.93.125.167.16 58 WON Carlton 0.01.31.45.8 38 20 EME May 31 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
6 A Essendon 2.26.310.811.10 76 WON Collingwood 2.13.34.86.15 51 25 VIC Jun 7 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
7 A Essendon 1.07.17.110.4 64 WON St. Kilda 4.14.16.36.4 40 24 JUN Jun 9 (Mon, 3:00) Scores
8 A Essendon 1.32.56.67.6 48 WON Fitzroy 0.33.63.95.12 42 6 BWS Jun 14 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
9 H Essendon 1.01.22.22.3 15 LOST Geelong 0.23.83.84.10 34 -19 EME Jun 21 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
10 A Essendon 2.53.94.116.12 48 WON Melbourne 0.11.43.63.9 27 21 MCG Jul 5 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
11 A Essendon 0.22.64.76.7 43 WON South Melbourne 2.12.33.55.6 36 7 LAK Jul 12 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
12 A Essendon 0.10.41.71.10 16 LOST Carlton 2.33.53.64.9 33 -17 PRI Jul 19 (Sat, 3:15) Scores
13 H Essendon 0.32.44.55.6 36 LOST Collingwood 1.12.15.37.5 47 -11 EME Jul 26 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
14 H Essendon 3.09.39.912.12 84 WON St. Kilda 1.02.33.43.4 22 62 EME Aug 2 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
SR1 A Essendon 4.45.88.1110.12 72 WON St. Kilda 0.21.31.33.5 23 49 JUN Aug 16 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
SR2 H Essendon 1.33.88.911.11 77 WON Melbourne 4.35.37.78.8 56 21 EME Aug 23 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
SR3 A Essendon 2.23.25.47.4 46 WON Carlton 0.23.44.55.10 40 6 PRI Aug 30 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
1SF A Essendon 2.23.55.79.7 61 WON Melbourne 3.36.46.87.9 51 10 PRI Sep 6 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
PF H Essendon 2.54.56.76.9 45 WON Fitzroy 1.23.73.84.10 34 11 MCG Sep 13 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF A Essendon 1.32.73.73.9 27 LOST Collingwood 1.23.25.59.6 60 -33 MCG Sep 20 (Sat, 2:50) Scores
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1902 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Anderson, Jim 14                             0 0.0    
Barry, Son 15                             0 0.0    
Baxter, Ben 13                             3 0.2    
Cochrane, George 6                             1 0.2    
Collins, Tod 9                             0 0.0    
Collins, Maurie 10                             3 0.3    
Deas, Jack 3                             0 0.0    
Forbes, Charles 'Tracker' 1                             0 0.0    
Ford, Harry 2                             0 0.0    
Gavin, Hugh 20                             0 0.0    
Geggie, Jack 11                             6 0.5    
Gray, Alf 1                             0 0.0    
Griffith, Billy 16                             0 0.0    
Hall, Syd 8                             1 0.1    
Hastings, George 19                             4 0.2    
Hiskins, Fred 16                             25 1.6    
Holligan, John 1                             1 1.0    
Hutchins, Vic 11                             8 0.7    
Kennedy, Ted 19                             0 0.0    
Kinnear, Ted 17                             6 0.4    
Larkin, Jimmy 17                             12 0.7    
Mann, Fred 17                             1 0.1    
Martin, George 19                             8 0.4    
McKenzie, Jack 'Dookie' 20                             12 0.6    
O'Loughlin, Pat 14                             3 0.2    
Peppard, Mick 9                             7 0.8    
Robinson, Bill 13                             4 0.3    
Stuckey, George 2                             2 1.0    
Thurgood, Albert 16                             32 2.0    
Vollugi, Herc 12                             0 0.0    
Webb, Bill 1                             1 1.0    
Wright, Harry 8                             0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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