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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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1942 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1942 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 7.312.718.1125.14 164 WON Melbourne 3.46.711.816.14 110 54 WIN May 9 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 A Essendon 4.36.611.814.8 92 WON Footscray 3.45.79.812.16 88 4 YAR May 16 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 H Essendon 2.33.66.811.9 75 WON Carlton 3.13.37.411.4 70 5 WIN May 23 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A Essendon 5.812.1314.1420.16 136 WON Collingwood 6.18.412.713.9 87 49 VIC May 30 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Essendon 4.28.910.1515.19 109 WON North Melbourne 3.44.76.129.15 69 40 WIN Jun 6 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
6 H Essendon 1.55.118.1310.17 77 WON Richmond 2.24.58.911.10 76 1 WIN Jun 13 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
7 Essendon       Bye        
8 H Essendon 6.510.817.922.12 144 WON Hawthorn 2.23.65.85.8 38 106 WIN Jun 27 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
9 A Essendon 2.22.93.134.15 39 LOST St. Kilda 3.55.66.86.9 45 -6 TOO Jul 4 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
10 A Essendon 4.48.914.1215.17 107 WON Fitzroy 2.17.311.612.10 82 25 BWS Jul 11 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
11 H Essendon 2.55.87.1210.15 75 WON South Melbourne 2.33.55.58.7 55 20 WIN Jul 18 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
12 A Essendon 4.17.610.712.12 84 LOST Melbourne 2.56.1311.1714.20 104 -20 PUN Jul 25 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
13 H Essendon 4.29.410.815.12 102 WON Footscray 4.15.47.810.8 68 34 WIN Aug 1 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 A Essendon 1.14.45.611.9 75 LOST Carlton 7.59.915.1818.20 128 -53 PRI Aug 8 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 H Essendon 3.56.78.1111.17 83 WON Collingwood 1.23.74.89.10 64 19 WIN Aug 15 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 A Essendon 3.45.76.108.16 64 WON North Melbourne 0.12.43.55.8 38 26 ARD Aug 22 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2SF A Essendon 2.13.26.58.8 56 LOST Richmond 2.33.59.1011.12 78 -22 PRI Sep 5 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
PF H Essendon 2.58.615.919.10 124 WON South Melbourne 4.49.510.1114.12 96 28 PRI Sep 12 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF H Essendon 2.68.1414.1619.18 132 WON Richmond 2.44.45.1011.13 79 53 PRI Sep 19 (Sat, 2:50) Scores
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1942 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Abbott, Gordon 15                             7 0.5    
Bell, George 1                             0 0.0    
Betson, Norm 9                             7 0.8    
Bryce, Ted 10                             17 1.7    
Bushby, Percy 18                             3 0.2    
Buttsworth, Wally 18                             0 0.0    
Caesar, Jack 7                             0 0.0    
Cassin, Jack 12                             18 1.5    
Coward, Ernie 17                             0 0.0    
Dearle, Laurie 10                             7 0.7    
Dimble, Murray 5                             5 1.0    
Edwards, Maurie 1                             0 0.0    
Evans, Joe 7                             0 0.0    
Exelby, Murray 15                             18 1.2    
Flanigan, Bob 18                             0 0.0    
Griggs, Les 2                             1 0.5    
Hall, Billy 1                             0 0.0    
Hird Snr, Allan 18                             0 0.0    
Hutchison, Bill 11                             5 0.5    
Lambert, Chris 9                             0 0.0    
Lane, Gordon 16                             44 2.8    
Leehane, Ted 12                             12 1.0    
Pattinson, George 3                             2 0.7    
Plummer, Elton 18                             0 0.0    
Powell, Ray 3                             1 0.3    
Rawle, Keith 11                             7 0.6    
Reynolds, Tom 17                             61 3.6    
Reynolds, Dick 17                             27 1.6    
Ruddell, Cec 17                             0 0.0    
Silk, Sid 8                             0 0.0    
Torney, Hugh 16                             7 0.4    
 

Footnotes

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