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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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1924 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1924 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 1.45.66.138.15 63 LOST Collingwood 1.04.17.312.7 79 -16 WIN Apr 26 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 A Essendon 2.62.116.127.14 56 DRAW Carlton 3.24.54.77.14 56 0 PRI May 3 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 H Essendon 3.27.312.712.13 85 WON South Melbourne 2.44.65.98.11 59 26 WIN May 10 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A Essendon 4.07.49.812.8 80 WON Geelong 1.22.65.88.12 60 20 COR May 17 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Essendon 2.29.511.1113.16 94 WON Richmond 1.41.82.113.13 31 63 WIN May 24 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 A Essendon 3.15.36.118.13 61 LOST Fitzroy 5.48.48.710.8 68 -7 BWS May 31 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 Essendon       Bye        
8 H Essendon 5.49.913.1416.17 113 WON St. Kilda 1.32.72.93.13 31 82 WIN Jun 14 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
9 A Essendon 4.16.210.810.11 71 WON Melbourne 1.21.81.105.12 42 29 MCG Jun 21 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
10 A Essendon 3.65.86.108.12 60 WON Collingwood 3.33.74.84.10 34 26 VIC Jun 28 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
11 H Essendon 3.56.128.1610.19 79 WON Carlton 2.53.84.128.14 62 17 WIN Jul 5 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
12 A Essendon 1.42.83.116.13 49 LOST South Melbourne 1.24.36.79.8 62 -13 LAK Jul 12 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
13 H Essendon 4.16.47.1010.14 74 WON Geelong 3.75.106.138.14 62 12 WIN Jul 19 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 A Essendon 2.07.311.712.13 85 WON Richmond 3.45.87.147.14 56 29 PUN Jul 26 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 H Essendon 0.14.47.79.19 73 WON Fitzroy 2.25.49.79.7 61 12 WIN Aug 2 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 Essendon       Bye        
17 A Essendon 4.77.89.1011.17 83 WON St. Kilda 3.17.38.59.5 59 24 JUN Aug 30 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 H Essendon 4.56.611.712.10 82 LOST Melbourne 3.310.512.1014.12 96 -14 WIN Sep 6 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
RRF-1 H Essendon 0.24.64.108.10 58 WON Fitzroy 0.11.31.52.6 18 40 MCG Sep 13 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
RRF-2 H Essendon 2.36.47.710.12 72 WON South Melbourne 1.32.43.94.15 39 33 MCG Sep 20 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
RRF-3 A Essendon 1.42.86.96.11 47 LOST Richmond 4.25.77.89.13 67 -20 LAK Sep 27 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1924 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Adam, Ken 2                             0 0.0    
Baring, Fred 5                             0 0.0    
Barker, Syd 14                             5 0.4    
Beckton, Norm 18                             13 0.7    
Callahan, Joe 9                             5 0.6    
Campbell, Garnet 12                             3 0.3    
Cookson, Bill 2                             3 1.5    
Donaldson, Clyde 19                             0 0.0    
Farrell, Charlie 7                             0 0.0    
Fitzmaurice, Tom 18                             1 0.1    
Garden, Jack 10                             1 0.1    
Gregory, Harry 17                             0 0.0    
Hardy, Charlie 2                             2 1.0    
Harrison, Joe 5                             0 0.0    
Hayes, Bill 2                             0 0.0    
Hunter, Harry 19                             1 0.1    
Irwin, Vince 15                             28 1.9    
Jenkins, Tommy 16                             50 3.1    
Kittle, Les 1                             0 0.0    
Laing, Roy 19                             0 0.0    
Maher, Frank 19                             19 1.0    
Marchesi, Val 1                             0 0.0    
May, Charlie 19                             1 0.1    
McCarthy, Justin 12                             9 0.8    
Rawle, George 17                             4 0.2    
Shorten, George 18                             12 0.7    
Stockdale, Greg 16                             24 1.5    
Sullivan, Jimmy 12                             5 0.4    
Watt, Rowley 16                             2 0.1    
 

Footnotes

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