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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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1940 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1940 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 5.78.1014.1418.17 125 WON Melbourne 3.67.89.1116.12 108 17 WIN Apr 27 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 A Essendon 1.15.57.69.12 66 LOST Footscray 6.27.313.817.9 111 -45 WES May 4 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 H Essendon 4.36.89.1012.14 86 WON South Melbourne 2.37.69.910.15 75 11 WIN May 11 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A Essendon 2.25.58.910.16 76 LOST Fitzroy 5.46.910.1512.15 87 -11 BWS May 18 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Essendon 2.44.612.1412.18 90 WON Hawthorn 2.27.77.79.19 73 17 WIN May 25 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 A Essendon 4.46.810.1211.17 83 LOST Collingwood 2.27.98.1012.13 85 -2 VIC Jun 1 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
7 A Essendon 2.73.115.1910.22 82 WON Geelong 1.25.87.109.13 67 15 COR Jun 8 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
8 H Essendon 4.16.47.1212.14 86 WON Carlton 3.36.67.118.15 63 23 WIN Jun 15 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
9 A Essendon 1.25.89.912.10 82 WON Richmond 6.18.111.412.5 77 5 PUN Jun 22 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
10 A Essendon 4.45.58.1115.14 104 WON St. Kilda 2.88.1212.1214.18 102 2 JUN Jun 29 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
11 H Essendon 2.46.816.1019.14 128 WON North Melbourne 3.37.510.616.9 105 23 WIN Jul 6 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
12 A Essendon 3.44.56.97.12 54 LOST Melbourne 4.27.1010.1517.20 122 -68 MCG Jul 13 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
13 H Essendon 4.56.79.1513.17 95 WON Footscray 3.47.711.1013.13 91 4 WIN Jul 20 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
14 A Essendon 5.25.56.137.16 58 LOST South Melbourne 3.15.38.49.6 60 -2 LAK Jul 27 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
15 H Essendon 2.33.66.910.12 72 LOST Fitzroy 2.46.78.1110.15 75 -3 WIN Aug 10 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 A Essendon 4.212.413.918.12 120 WON Hawthorn 4.46.79.1511.18 84 36 GLE Aug 17 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 H Essendon 0.25.710.1312.20 92 WON Collingwood 1.73.83.136.16 52 40 WIN Aug 24 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 H Essendon 3.45.711.1216.16 112 WON Geelong 2.14.54.67.10 52 60 WIN Aug 31 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
1SF A Essendon 5.411.1012.1113.14 92 WON Geelong 3.25.38.1110.14 74 18 MCG Sep 7 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
PF A Essendon 3.48.89.1112.13 85 LOST Melbourne 4.78.119.1612.18 90 -5 MCG Sep 21 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
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1940 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
7 Baker, Norm 17                             0 0.0    
24 Begley, Les 16                             11 0.7    
12 Bell, George 17                             0 0.0    
31 Betson, Norm 8                             12 1.5    
9 Bryce, Ted 17                             48 2.8    
35 Bushby, Percy 7                             12 1.7    
15 Buttsworth, Wally 19                             1 0.1    
5 Caesar, Jack 20                             3 0.2    
19 Cassin, Jack 17                             5 0.3    
22 Challenger, Charlie 2                             0 0.0    
1 Coward, Ernie 17                             1 0.1    
16 Evans, Joe 2                             0 0.0    
4 Exelby, Murray 16                             24 1.5    
32 Green, Bill 3                             6 2.0    
26 Green, Fred 18                             1 0.1    
33 Griggs, Les 16                             5 0.3    
6 Hird Snr, Allan 6                             0 0.0    
18 Hunter, Jack 2                             7 3.5    
18 Lambert, Chris 9                             5 0.6    
17 Lambert, Harold 9                             0 0.0    
22 Lane, Gordon 4                             6 1.5    
11 Luff Jnr, Bill 7                             0 0.0    
10 Maynes, Leo 6                             2 0.3    
30 McIvor, Ivor 2                             0 0.0    
25 Pattinson, George 6                             0 0.0    
8 Plummer, Elton 20                             0 0.0    
29 Reynolds, Tom 17                             44 2.6    
3 Reynolds, Dick 17                             21 1.2    
21 Ruddell, Cec 2                             0 0.0    
2 Smith, Ron 2                             0 0.0    
23 Smith, Max 7                             0 0.0    
6 Standfield, Bob 2                             0 0.0    
20 Torney, Hugh 18                             1 0.1    
28 Watts, Ray 17                             31 1.8    
14 Wilson, Stan 15                             2 0.1    
Totals 380                             248 0.7    
 

Footnotes

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