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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

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

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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1922 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1922 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 3.37.68.711.14 80 WON Carlton 3.34.59.79.8 62 18 WIN May 6 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 A Essendon 3.33.57.128.16 64 WON Geelong 1.15.46.46.6 42 22 COR May 13 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 H Essendon 1.33.85.1212.12 84 WON South Melbourne 3.45.68.88.13 61 23 WIN May 20 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A Essendon 1.31.73.77.9 51 DRAW Fitzroy 0.42.54.126.15 51 0 BWS May 27 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 A Essendon 4.15.47.69.10 64 WON Richmond 1.23.85.107.12 54 10 PUN Jun 5 (Mon, 2:45) Scores
6 H Essendon 3.65.125.1312.21 93 WON Melbourne 2.22.54.105.12 42 51 WIN Jun 10 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 A Essendon 2.27.311.515.7 97 WON St. Kilda 0.44.79.913.11 89 8 JUN Jun 17 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
8 Essendon       Bye        
9 H Essendon 2.34.75.87.14 56 LOST Collingwood 5.18.19.410.5 65 -9 WIN Jul 1 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
10 A Essendon 1.35.76.87.10 52 LOST Carlton 4.65.128.1611.19 85 -33 PRI Jul 15 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
11 H Essendon 2.46.88.912.10 82 LOST Geelong 4.56.69.1313.16 94 -12 WIN Jul 22 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
12 A Essendon 2.47.69.711.8 74 LOST South Melbourne 2.45.99.1314.15 99 -25 LAK Jul 29 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
13 H Essendon 4.110.312.415.7 97 WON Fitzroy 3.55.98.1312.16 88 9 WIN Aug 5 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 H Essendon 1.18.49.815.13 103 WON Richmond 4.26.47.410.6 66 37 WIN Aug 19 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 A Essendon 3.24.45.66.8 44 WON Melbourne 2.32.62.83.10 28 16 MCG Aug 26 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 H Essendon 1.43.95.148.15 63 WON St. Kilda 2.35.67.68.7 55 8 WIN Sep 2 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 Essendon       Bye        
18 A Essendon 2.04.24.66.7 43 LOST Collingwood 2.24.54.66.11 47 -4 VIC Sep 16 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
1SF H Essendon 1.03.33.55.9 39 WON Carlton 2.42.54.84.10 34 5 MCG Sep 23 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
PF A Essendon 1.23.56.66.9 45 LOST Fitzroy 0.33.44.129.14 68 -23 MCG Oct 7 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1922 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
26 Adam, Ken 9                             0 0.0    
5 Baring, Fred 9                             1 0.1    
1 Barker, Syd 18                             7 0.4    
5 Beckton, Norm 18                             14 0.8    
22 Callahan, Joe 4                             1 0.3    
19 Clowe, Clarrie 5                             1 0.2    
2 Donaldson, Clyde 17                             0 0.0    
4 Farrell, Charlie 15                             0 0.0    
6 Fitzmaurice, Tom 17                             3 0.2    
21 Fraser, Wally 4                             0 0.0    
28 Garden, Jack 16                             2 0.1    
10 Gardiner, Teddy 1                             0 0.0    
33 Hardy, Charlie 14                             5 0.4    
7 Hunter, Harry 12                             3 0.3    
30 Irwin, Vince 17                             9 0.5    
3 Jenkins, Tommy 13                             29 2.2    
9 Kemp, Roy 12                             4 0.3    
19 Laidlaw, Col 8                             4 0.5    
15 Laing, Roy 13                             2 0.2    
24 Maher, Frank 15                             16 1.1    
14 May, Charlie 16                             0 0.0    
22 McCarthy, Justin 14                             16 1.1    
23 Moriarty, Jack 13                             36 2.8    
20 Raisbeck, Ralph 2                             0 0.0    
12 Stockdale, Greg 4                             5 1.3    
8 Sullivan, Jimmy 18                             2 0.1    
26 Thomas, Enos 1                             0 0.0    
4 Wardley, Gilbert 1                             0 0.0    
10 Watt, Rowley 14                             5 0.4    
17 Woodfield, Les 4                             7 1.8    
Totals 324                             172 0.5    
 

Footnotes

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