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

1984 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1984 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1984-03-31 1	A	Essendon	5.5	9.10	14.13	19.20	134	WON	St. Kilda	4.2	9.7	12.8	14.13	97	37	MOO	1984-03-31 Mar 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-04-07 2	H	Essendon	2.5	8.5	10.8	16.14	110	LOST	Hawthorn	2.4	6.7	13.10	17.14	116	-6	WIN	1984-04-07 Apr 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-04-14 3	H	Essendon	4.2	12.8	20.12	26.13	169	WON	Collingwood	3.5	5.7	10.8	16.10	106	63	WIN	1984-04-14 Apr 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-04-21 4	A	Essendon	3.11	8.15	12.22	17.24	126	WON	Melbourne	2.1	5.2	7.2	14.7	91	35	VFL	1984-04-21 Apr 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-04-25 5	A	Essendon	4.3	11.8	18.11	20.15	135	WON	Richmond	5.3	9.7	10.11	12.14	86	49	MCG	1984-04-25 Apr 25 (Wed, 2:10)	Scores
1984-05-05 6	A	Essendon	4.3	8.7	14.8	22.12	144	WON	Fitzroy	4.5	8.6	12.13	13.15	93	51	JUN	1984-05-05 May 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-05-12 7	H	Essendon	2.2	6.5	9.8	12.10	82	LOST	Footscray	6.2	7.3	13.6	16.8	104	-22	WIN	1984-05-12 May 12 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-05-19 8	H	Essendon	4.2	8.6	12.13	19.19	133	WON	Geelong	2.1	7.2	9.4	14.6	90	43	VFL	1984-05-19 May 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-05-26 9	H	Essendon	2.6	8.8	13.13	16.17	113	WON	Carlton	5.5	8.7	8.9	9.12	66	47	WIN	1984-05-26 May 26 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-06-02 10	A	Essendon	1.0	9.4	11.6	16.12	108	WON	North Melbourne	5.6	7.7	11.12	15.16	106	2	ARD	1984-06-02 Jun 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-06-09 11	H	Essendon	9.7	14.11	16.12	20.15	135	WON	Sydney	2.1	7.6	11.8	14.10	94	41	WIN	1984-06-09 Jun 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-06-16 12	A	Essendon	2.4	4.6	5.8	6.10	46	LOST	Hawthorn	4.5	9.9	11.12	12.21	93	-47	PRI	1984-06-16 Jun 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-06-23 13	A	Essendon	3.5	7.7	13.8	19.9	123	WON	Collingwood	3.4	8.8	11.14	12.17	89	34	VIC	1984-06-23 Jun 23 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-06-30 14	H	Essendon	2.4	5.6	9.9	14.15	99	WON	Melbourne	4.3	4.5	6.9	7.14	56	43	VFL	1984-06-30 Jun 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-07-07 15	H	Essendon	4.0	8.4	9.8	14.10	94	WON	Richmond	1.4	3.10	6.15	7.19	61	33	WIN	1984-07-07 Jul 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-07-14 16	H	Essendon	5.1	11.3	17.6	20.7	127	WON	Fitzroy	2.2	4.7	7.10	9.12	66	61	WIN	1984-07-14 Jul 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-07-28 17	A	Essendon	0.6	0.7	3.9	4.10	34	WON	Footscray	0.3	0.7	0.8	3.14	32	2	WES	1984-07-28 Jul 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-08-04 18	A	Essendon	5.6	8.11	11.18	19.22	136	WON	Geelong	3.4	5.9	10.14	12.17	89	47	VFL	1984-08-04 Aug 4 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-08-11 19	A	Essendon	3.3	8.6	9.9	15.12	102	WON	Carlton	2.4	5.10	11.15	12.18	90	12	PRI	1984-08-11 Aug 11 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-08-18 20	H	Essendon	6.2	10.4	19.6	22.6	138	WON	St. Kilda	2.1	4.2	8.2	13.5	83	55	WIN	1984-08-18 Aug 18 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-08-26 21	A	Essendon	5.4	8.8	12.13	14.15	99	LOST	Sydney	5.1	10.5	15.11	23.17	155	-56	SCG	1984-08-26 Aug 26 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1984-09-01 22	H	Essendon	10.2	17.3	25.3	27.7	169	WON	North Melbourne	3.4	9.11	14.14	19.17	131	38	WIN	1984-09-01 Sep 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1984-09-16 2SF	H	Essendon	3.4	8.10	13.14	15.15	105	LOST	Hawthorn	5.6	9.8	13.13	16.17	113	-8	MCG	1984-09-16 Sep 16 (Sun, 2:30)	Scores
1984-09-22 PF	H	Essendon	8.1	17.6	21.6	28.6	174	WON	Collingwood	2.4	3.6	4.9	5.11	41	133	VFL	1984-09-22 Sep 22 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1984-09-29 GF	H	Essendon	2.4	3.11	5.15	14.21	105	WON	Hawthorn	6.1	8.6	10.8	12.9	81	24	MCG	1984-09-29 Sep 29 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores

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1984 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Baker, Leon	24	332	13.8	117	4.9	449	18.7	116	4.8	2	0.1	46	37	26	1.1	16	172
Banfield, Peter	4	23	5.8	25	6.3	48	12.0	5	1.3	0	0.0	6	2	1	0.3	2	8
Bradbury, Peter	24	272	11.3	128	5.3	400	16.7	79	3.3	0	0.0	56	46	13	0.5	9	87
Buhagiar, Tony	14	186	13.3	111	7.9	297	21.2	35	2.5	1	0.1	32	26	13	0.9	14	92
Carey, Stephen	20	149	7.5	90	4.5	239	12.0	29	1.5	2	0.1	27	25	0	0.0	0	0
Clarke, Neil	14	142	10.1	98	7.0	240	17.1	21	1.5	2	0.1	21	17	4	0.3	3	27
Copping, Stephen	1	2	2.0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	1	1	1.0	0	6
Cox, Doug	3	15	5.0	13	4.3	28	9.3	6	2.0	0	0.0	3	4	0	0.0	1	1
Daniher, Terry	22	271	12.3	117	5.3	388	17.6	140	6.4	26	1.2	36	48	48	2.2	23	311
Duckworth, Bill	24	229	9.5	83	3.5	312	13.0	56	2.3	1	0.0	47	46	3	0.1	2	20
Dunell, Frank	24	240	10.0	84	3.5	324	13.5	72	3.0	0	0.0	23	56	25	1.0	15	165
Elshaug, Tony	15	208	13.9	73	4.9	281	18.7	29	1.9	1	0.1	12	26	14	0.9	12	96
Eustice, Mark	9	79	8.8	24	2.7	103	11.4	17	1.9	0	0.0	7	14	7	0.8	5	47
Ezard, Alan	19	207	10.9	45	2.4	252	13.3	39	2.1	0	0.0	18	32	19	1.0	22	136
Foulds, Garry	18	211	11.7	72	4.0	283	15.7	38	2.1	0	0.0	24	20	3	0.2	3	21
Hannebery, Mark	1	5	5.0	1	1.0	6	6.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Harbinson, Merv	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Harvey, Mark	16	210	13.1	39	2.4	249	15.6	73	4.6	3	0.2	29	23	28	1.8	23	191
Hawker, Glenn	21	263	12.5	108	5.1	371	17.7	69	3.3	1	0.0	29	45	21	1.0	19	145
Heard, Shane	11	71	6.5	66	6.0	137	12.5	8	0.7	0	0.0	20	18	1	0.1	0	6
Madden, Simon	24	177	7.4	137	5.7	314	13.1	151	6.3	699	29.1	57	50	27	1.1	17	179
Merrett, Roger	24	213	8.9	125	5.2	338	14.1	111	4.6	205	8.5	71	65	20	0.8	10	130
Neagle, Merv	18	235	13.1	119	6.6	354	19.7	46	2.6	0	0.0	45	50	8	0.4	3	51
Salmon, Paul	13	137	10.5	22	1.7	159	12.2	91	7.0	84	6.5	20	21	63	4.8	36	414
Thompson, Mark	20	203	10.2	143	7.2	346	17.3	60	3.0	3	0.2	31	29	4	0.2	3	27
Vander Haar, Paul	22	242	11.0	82	3.7	324	14.7	128	5.8	32	1.5	41	41	23	1.0	28	166
Walsh, Kevin	18	119	6.6	76	4.2	195	10.8	45	2.5	8	0.4	18	28	3	0.2	3	21
Waterson, Chris	7	60	8.6	16	2.3	76	10.9	8	1.1	0	0.0	10	7	2	0.3	1	13
Watson, Tim	22	327	14.9	142	6.5	469	21.3	118	5.4	5	0.2	40	43	25	1.1	22	172
West, Tony	1	6	6.0	2	2.0	8	8.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	1	3	0	0.0	0	0
Weston, Paul	11	84	7.6	44	4.0	128	11.6	26	2.4	0	0.0	18	8	2	0.2	1	13
Williams, Darren	19	267	14.1	80	4.2	347	18.3	61	3.2	1	0.1	28	57	27	1.4	13	175
Winton, Brian	2	19	9.5	3	1.5	22	11.0	3	1.5	2	1.0	1	2	1	0.5	0	6
Wood, Bryan	14	145	10.4	62	4.4	207	14.8	53	3.8	0	0.0	25	24	2	0.1	4	16