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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

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"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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1918 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1918 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 1.12.43.64.10 34 LOST Richmond 1.42.104.125.16 46 -12 PUN May 11 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
2 H Essendon 2.25.86.88.13 61 WON St. Kilda 3.63.66.116.18 54 7 EME May 18 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
3 A Essendon 2.83.84.114.12 36 LOST Geelong 0.14.75.86.16 52 -16 COR May 25 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
4 H Essendon 0.11.73.104.13 37 LOST Carlton 2.82.154.208.27 75 -38 EME Jun 1 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
5 A Essendon 1.41.71.82.13 25 LOST Fitzroy 0.24.88.109.12 66 -41 BWS Jun 8 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
6 H Essendon 0.12.53.64.8 32 LOST South Melbourne 1.22.46.97.10 52 -20 EME Jun 15 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
7 H Essendon 3.24.44.64.9 33 LOST Collingwood 2.24.610.914.14 98 -65 EME Jun 22 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
8 H Essendon 1.12.13.23.4 22 LOST Richmond 1.42.73.75.15 45 -23 EME Jun 29 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
9 A Essendon 2.14.25.46.6 42 LOST St. Kilda 1.33.96.136.14 50 -8 JUN Jul 6 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
10 H Essendon 4.34.65.78.10 58 WON Geelong 0.22.63.75.9 39 19 EME Jul 13 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
11 A Essendon 1.11.63.64.7 31 LOST Carlton 2.44.95.1310.20 80 -49 PRI Jul 20 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
12 H Essendon 2.45.66.88.10 58 WON Fitzroy 0.32.44.66.6 42 16 EME Jul 27 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
13 A Essendon 2.14.35.97.10 52 LOST South Melbourne 2.28.410.812.13 85 -33 LAK Aug 3 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
14 A Essendon 1.31.32.73.8 26 LOST Collingwood 0.34.66.99.14 68 -42 VIC Aug 10 (Sat, 3:00) Scores
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1918 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Alexander, Jim 1                             0 0.0    
Baring, Fred 8                             1 0.1    
Barr, Sydney 1                             0 0.0    
Belcher, Alan 10                             3 0.3    
Bowe, Len 13                             0 0.0    
Chalmers, Wally 6                             1 0.2    
Coffey, Bill 1                             0 0.0    
Condon, Jim 11                             11 1.0    
Day, Bert 14                             0 0.0    
Donald, Bobby 8                             1 0.1    
Drinkwater, Bert 10                             2 0.2    
Dunn, Norm 10                             3 0.3    
Fitzmaurice, Tom 10                             4 0.4    
Furlong, Phil 5                             3 0.6    
Gove, Cyril 2                             0 0.0    
Greenwood, Tom 2                             0 0.0    
Hall, Norm 10                             15 1.5    
Hanson, Bill 3                             1 0.3    
Hemingway, George 1                             0 0.0    
Kirby, Jack 2                             0 0.0    
Laing, Roy 11                             0 0.0    
Lavelle, James 1                             1 1.0    
Martyn, Percy 4                             0 0.0    
McDonald, Paddy 6                             2 0.3    
McGarity, Jack 2                             0 0.0    
McInerney, Leo 9                             2 0.2    
Nankervis, Vic 1                             0 0.0    
O'Connor, Alby 4                             1 0.3    
Ogden, Percy 13                             4 0.3    
Phillips, Len 4                             0 0.0    
Richardson, Ned 14                             0 0.0    
Sawyer, Harry 4                             0 0.0    
Shea, Paddy 12                             7 0.6    
Sinclair, Col 6                             0 0.0    
Sprague, Eric 3                             0 0.0    
Sullivan, Jimmy 10                             2 0.2    
Taylor, Jim 1                             0 0.0    
Walsh, Dave 10                             3 0.3    
Wollacott, Bertie 2                             1 0.5    
Wylie, Bill 7                             1 0.1    
 

Footnotes

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