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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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1946 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1946 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 4.36.611.1214.14 98 LOST Footscray 2.07.78.815.10 100 -2 WES Apr 20 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 H Essendon 2.37.77.910.11 71 WON South Melbourne 2.14.37.58.5 53 18 WIN Apr 27 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 H Essendon 10.512.818.1121.15 141 WON Melbourne 2.16.77.1012.13 85 56 WIN May 4 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A Essendon 6.213.416.1024.13 157 WON Hawthorn 1.13.37.48.6 54 103 GLE May 11 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Essendon 4.17.59.1311.13 79 WON Fitzroy 0.42.84.104.15 39 40 WIN May 18 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 A Essendon 4.77.1010.1411.17 83 WON North Melbourne 1.11.63.65.13 43 40 ARD May 25 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 H Essendon 2.58.1113.1620.20 140 WON St. Kilda 1.22.74.117.16 58 82 WIN Jun 1 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
8 A Essendon 3.46.128.1215.17 107 WON Richmond 3.14.29.810.10 70 37 PUN Jun 8 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
9 H Essendon 3.78.1011.1616.22 118 WON Collingwood 4.37.710.911.10 76 42 WIN Jun 15 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
10 A Essendon 1.15.97.1412.15 87 LOST Geelong 8.611.915.1418.18 126 -39 KAR Jun 22 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
11 H Essendon 3.45.78.1112.12 84 WON Carlton 3.25.48.79.9 63 21 WIN Jul 6 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
12 H Essendon 3.47.1011.1416.24 120 WON Footscray 5.310.414.614.8 92 28 WIN Jul 13 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
13 A Essendon 3.25.66.710.8 68 WON South Melbourne 4.25.57.99.13 67 1 JUN Jul 20 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
14 A Essendon 3.25.67.910.13 73 LOST Melbourne 4.58.119.209.24 78 -5 PUN Jul 27 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
15 H Essendon 4.69.1214.1721.18 144 WON Hawthorn 4.36.39.512.7 79 65 WIN Aug 3 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 A Essendon 1.32.83.137.16 58 LOST Fitzroy 6.48.1012.1414.18 102 -44 BWS Aug 10 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 H Essendon 1.26.710.1018.14 122 WON North Melbourne 2.33.84.94.10 34 88 WIN Aug 17 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 A Essendon 6.89.1513.1916.20 116 WON St. Kilda 2.03.46.411.9 75 41 JUN Aug 24 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
19 H Essendon 4.57.1013.1316.18 114 WON Richmond 5.110.215.218.5 113 1 WIN Aug 31 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2SF H Essendon 5.26.59.1114.16 100 DRAW Collingwood 3.67.1211.1513.22 100 0 MCG Sep 14 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
2SFR H Essendon 2.44.86.1310.16 76 WON Collingwood 3.56.57.78.9 57 19 MCG Sep 21 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF H Essendon 7.29.720.1522.18 150 WON Melbourne 8.310.411.513.9 87 63 MCG Oct 5 (Sat, 2:50) Scores
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1946 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Abbott, Gordon 20                             4 0.2    
Bower, Ray 8                             1 0.1    
Brittingham, Bill 21                             66 3.1    
Bushby, Percy 20                             3 0.2    
Buttsworth, Wally 22                             0 0.0    
Cassin, Jack 20                             28 1.4    
Dearle, Laurie 10                             1 0.1    
Equid, Harry 21                             35 1.7    
Gardiner, Les 22                             0 0.0    
Goodingham, Ivan 3                             1 0.3    
Green, Fred 1                             0 0.0    
Harper, Bert 14                             13 0.9    
Hassell, George 21                             2 0.1    
Hill, Russell 6                             0 0.0    
Hutchison, Bill 21                             46 2.2    
Jones, Jack 20                             16 0.8    
Jory, Ron 7                             2 0.3    
Lambert, Harold 11                             0 0.0    
Lambert, Chris 14                             2 0.1    
Lane, Gordon 21                             32 1.5    
Leehane, Ted 3                             1 0.3    
Lyons, Jack 15                             0 0.0    
Matheson, Allan 3                             2 0.7    
McClure, Bob 8                             4 0.5    
McIvor, Ivor 6                             4 0.7    
Pearson, Bill 18                             7 0.4    
Powell, Ray 4                             4 1.0    
Rawle, Keith 21                             19 0.9    
Reynolds, Dick 21                             33 1.6    
Ruddell, Cec 19                             0 0.0    
Tonkes, Herbie 19                             0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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