Australian Football

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; Essendon Wheelchair

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2025

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

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"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

1941 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1941 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1941-04-26 1	A	Essendon	3.3	7.4	12.7	15.9	99	LOST	Carlton	5.7	11.8	13.10	15.12	102	-3	PRI	1941-04-26 Apr 26 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1941-05-03 2	H	Essendon	1.2	4.5	11.7	22.13	145	WON	North Melbourne	6.4	10.7	15.11	16.12	108	37	WIN	1941-05-03 May 3 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1941-05-10 3	A	Essendon	5.3	8.3	11.5	16.7	103	WON	St. Kilda	2.4	5.8	7.13	7.16	58	45	JUN	1941-05-10 May 10 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1941-05-17 4	H	Essendon	4.3	9.9	13.12	15.14	104	WON	Richmond	4.3	7.4	11.5	14.8	92	12	WIN	1941-05-17 May 17 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1941-05-31 5	A	Essendon	3.3	12.5	20.10	23.18	156	WON	Hawthorn	2.4	7.6	8.8	8.12	60	96	GLE	1941-05-31 May 31 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1941-06-07 6	A	Essendon	3.4	5.8	11.14	13.18	96	WON	South Melbourne	1.4	4.6	6.7	8.13	61	35	LAK	1941-06-07 Jun 7 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1941-06-14 7	H	Essendon	1.5	4.8	7.17	9.24	78	WON	Fitzroy	1.2	1.6	3.7	4.12	36	42	WIN	1941-06-14 Jun 14 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1941-06-21 8	A	Essendon	2.4	3.5	5.9	7.10	52	LOST	Collingwood	1.2	5.6	6.10	8.12	60	-8	VIC	1941-06-21 Jun 21 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1941-06-28 9	H	Essendon	2.4	5.8	13.10	18.12	120	WON	Geelong	4.3	6.6	11.9	11.13	79	41	WIN	1941-06-28 Jun 28 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1941-07-05 10	A	Essendon	1.4	3.4	4.7	9.11	65	LOST	Melbourne	3.5	8.8	12.11	16.17	113	-48	MCG	1941-07-05 Jul 5 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1941-07-12 11	H	Essendon	6.8	8.12	12.14	15.14	104	WON	Footscray	1.2	2.7	6.8	9.11	65	39	WIN	1941-07-12 Jul 12 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1941-07-19 12	H	Essendon	3.5	6.7	10.8	12.11	83	LOST	Carlton	5.5	11.8	12.13	18.14	122	-39	WIN	1941-07-19 Jul 19 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1941-07-26 13	A	Essendon	3.1	8.1	12.4	17.8	110	WON	North Melbourne	2.4	7.5	10.9	12.14	86	24	ARD	1941-07-26 Jul 26 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1941-08-02 14	H	Essendon	2.4	7.6	12.12	16.17	113	WON	St. Kilda	3.2	4.7	6.10	6.13	49	64	WIN	1941-08-02 Aug 2 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1941-08-09 15	A	Essendon	1.2	4.11	7.14	12.16	88	LOST	Richmond	8.0	10.2	12.7	14.11	95	-7	PUN	1941-08-09 Aug 9 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1941-08-16 16	H	Essendon	7.4	10.9	15.13	19.17	131	WON	Hawthorn	4.2	8.3	9.4	14.9	93	38	WIN	1941-08-16 Aug 16 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1941-08-23 17	H	Essendon	2.4	5.10	7.18	12.23	95	WON	South Melbourne	2.1	2.2	3.2	7.4	46	49	WIN	1941-08-23 Aug 23 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1941-08-30 18	A	Essendon	5.3	10.4	14.9	18.14	122	WON	Fitzroy	1.5	5.8	10.10	15.16	106	16	BWS	1941-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores
1941-09-06 1SF	H	Essendon	8.1	10.4	13.7	21.9	135	WON	Richmond	2.4	7.7	8.11	11.15	81	54	MCG	1941-09-06 Sep 6 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1941-09-20 PF	H	Essendon	2.6	6.8	12.12	13.15	93	WON	Carlton	2.2	2.6	4.12	9.14	68	25	MCG	1941-09-20 Sep 20 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1941-09-27 GF	A	Essendon	1.1	2.6	6.12	13.20	98	LOST	Melbourne	6.6	11.9	14.11	19.13	127	-29	MCG	1941-09-27 Sep 27 (Sat, 2:45)	Scores

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1941 Player Stats

Player	GP	G	Avg
Abbott, Gordon	18	12	0.7
Baker, Norm	6	0	0.0
Begley, Les	5	0	0.0
Bell, George	16	0	0.0
Betson, Norm	7	4	0.6
Bryce, Ted	15	29	1.9
Bushby, Percy	9	2	0.2
Buttsworth, Wally	20	0	0.0
Caesar, Jack	20	4	0.2
Cassin, Jack	15	33	2.2
Coward, Ernie	15	4	0.3
Evans, Joe	12	1	0.1
Exelby, Murray	16	19	1.2
Flanigan, Bob	11	1	0.1
Forsyth, Keith	2	0	0.0
Green, Fred	20	5	0.3
Griggs, Les	19	29	1.5
Hird Snr, Allan	21	0	0.0
Keddie, Jack	1	0	0.0
Lambert, Chris	8	8	1.0
Lambert, Harold	11	1	0.1
Lane, Gordon	16	50	3.1
McPartland, Andy	1	0	0.0
Molloy, Dick	2	0	0.0
Plummer, Elton	21	0	0.0
Regan, Ted	5	1	0.2
Reynolds, Tom	18	65	3.6
Reynolds, Dick	20	36	1.8
Ruddell, Cec	13	0	0.0
Silk, Sid	1	0	0.0
Smith, Ron	6	0	0.0
Thomas, Ritchie	4	0	0.0
Torney, Hugh	18	4	0.2
Watts, Ray	2	7	3.5
Wilson, Stan	5	0	0.0