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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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1987 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1987 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Essendon 2.17.313.619.7 121 WON Footscray 3.36.37.49.8 62 59 VFL Mar 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Essendon 3.411.513.1117.17 119 WON West Coast 4.310.414.917.12 114 5 WIN Apr 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Essendon 2.57.610.912.12 84 LOST Richmond 6.210.513.1219.16 130 -46 MCG Apr 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Essendon 3.35.310.817.11 113 WON Sydney 1.26.76.109.12 66 47 WIN Apr 20 (Mon, 2:10) Scores
5 A Essendon 1.44.56.69.8 62 LOST Carlton 2.69.713.1117.14 116 -54 VFL Apr 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Essendon 5.28.510.714.12 96 DRAW Geelong 1.57.910.1513.18 96 0 WIN May 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Essendon 5.413.616.821.8 134 LOST Fitzroy 4.17.315.725.9 159 -25 PRI May 9 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Essendon 3.36.413.614.10 94 WON Collingwood 1.12.16.410.8 68 26 VFL May 16 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Essendon 1.21.33.37.9 51 LOST Hawthorn 6.711.1019.1325.15 165 -114 VFL May 23 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Essendon 1.36.88.1011.14 80 LOST Melbourne 4.45.614.915.12 102 -22 WIN May 30 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Essendon 5.38.814.1018.13 121 WON St. Kilda 4.17.510.916.10 106 15 MOO Jun 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Essendon 2.06.37.89.10 64 LOST North Melbourne 4.37.59.715.10 100 -36 MCG Jun 12 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
13 H Essendon 3.34.36.59.10 64 WON Brisbane 0.22.32.53.9 27 37 WIN Jun 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Essendon 0.24.45.67.10 52 LOST Footscray 2.15.37.89.10 64 -12 WIN Jun 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Essendon 5.69.1316.1721.20 146 WON West Coast 4.37.510.818.10 118 28 WAC Jul 3 (Fri, 7:40) Scores
16 H Essendon 7.413.518.821.11 137 WON Richmond 0.34.66.1012.11 83 54 WIN Jul 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Essendon 5.28.210.511.7 73 LOST Sydney 5.415.823.1336.20 236 -163 SCG Jul 26 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
18 H Essendon 2.15.27.710.9 69 LOST Carlton 3.24.57.810.10 70 -1 VFL Aug 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Essendon 4.47.68.99.11 65 LOST Geelong 1.64.109.1312.20 92 -27 KAR Aug 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Essendon 3.29.214.520.7 127 WON Fitzroy 2.82.109.1311.20 86 41 WIN Aug 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 H Essendon 3.17.47.49.10 64 LOST Hawthorn 4.15.414.1017.12 114 -50 VFL Aug 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 H Essendon 7.312.617.1121.13 139 LOST Collingwood 4.312.317.623.6 144 -5 MCG Aug 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
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1987 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
2 Antrobus, Tony 1 1 1.0 3 3.0 4 4.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
31 Bailey, Dean 15 113 7.5 75 5.0 188 12.5 21 1.4 1 0.1 30 2.0 23 26 7 0.5 3 45
4 Baker, Leon 11 166 15.1 64 5.8 230 20.9 43 3.9 0 0.0 36 3.3 25 22 6 0.5 6 42
20 Barnes, John 6 21 3.5 8 1.3 29 4.8 14 2.3 2 0.3 6 1.0 2 4 9 1.5 4 58
12 Clark, Steven 11 80 7.3 47 4.3 127 11.5 15 1.4 0 0.0 12 1.1 17 14 11 1.0 9 75
8 Clarke, Neil 11 114 10.4 66 6.0 180 16.4 30 2.7 0 0.0 23 2.1 10 13 10 0.9 3 63
37 Considine, Ed 9 73 8.1 26 2.9 99 11.0 24 2.7 0 0.0 13 1.4 9 12 4 0.4 4 28
38 Cunningham, Daryl 7 57 8.1 31 4.4 88 12.6 15 2.1 0 0.0 8 1.1 12 13 5 0.7 7 37
5 Daniher, Terry 22 248 11.3 112 5.1 360 16.4 135 6.1 4 0.2 27 1.2 39 27 30 1.4 11 191
7 Daniher, Chris 2 5 2.5 8 4.0 13 6.5 5 2.5 0 0.0 3 1.5 2 2 0 0.0 1 1
6 Daniher, Anthony 4 37 9.3 24 6.0 61 15.3 26 6.5 0 0.0 7 1.8 3 4 3 0.8 1 19
22 Duckworth, Bill 14 107 7.6 47 3.4 154 11.0 42 3.0 0 0.0 26 1.9 18 38 15 1.1 7 97
14 Elshaug, Tony 7 93 13.3 34 4.9 127 18.1 22 3.1 0 0.0 12 1.7 5 11 7 1.0 5 47
15 Ezard, Alan 17 217 12.8 54 3.2 271 15.9 38 2.2 0 0.0 26 1.5 32 22 34 2.0 14 218
28 Flood, David 4 18 4.5 14 3.5 32 8.0 5 1.3 0 0.0 4 1.0 2 7 4 1.0 3 27
10 Foulds, Garry 20 278 13.9 111 5.6 389 19.5 61 3.1 0 0.0 22 1.1 26 19 8 0.4 5 53
17 Francis, Peter 15 181 12.1 52 3.5 233 15.5 34 2.3 0 0.0 31 2.1 24 26 2 0.1 3 15
16 Hamilton, Paul 19 139 7.3 130 6.8 269 14.2 69 3.6 0 0.0 27 1.4 36 8 1 0.1 0 6
1 Harvey, Mark 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
33 Hawker, Glenn 21 282 13.4 135 6.4 417 19.9 67 3.2 4 0.2 38 1.8 32 57 19 0.9 14 128
9 Heard, Shane 17 135 7.9 126 7.4 261 15.4 28 1.6 0 0.0 35 2.1 16 22 1 0.1 1 7
46 Johnston, David 11 85 7.7 52 4.7 137 12.5 21 1.9 0 0.0 27 2.5 11 13 0 0.0 0 0
35 Keane, Gavin 16 246 15.4 71 4.4 317 19.8 54 3.4 0 0.0 33 2.1 30 22 9 0.6 12 66
27 Madden, Simon 14 85 6.1 65 4.6 150 10.7 69 4.9 252 18.0 12 0.9 30 19 9 0.6 4 58
25 Merrett, Roger 18 139 7.7 99 5.5 238 13.2 80 4.4 52 2.9 42 2.3 38 63 11 0.6 8 74
56 Moore, Brendon 1 1 1.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
44 O'Donnell, Gary 1 4 4.0 3 3.0 7 7.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
11 Parker, Geoff 1 5 5.0 1 1.0 6 6.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
3 Salmon, Paul 22 173 7.9 75 3.4 248 11.3 114 5.2 214 9.7 24 1.1 39 24 43 2.0 22 280
23 Spencer, Trevor 8 35 4.4 19 2.4 54 6.8 19 2.4 11 1.4 11 1.4 5 11 2 0.3 4 16
19 Sullivan, David 5 26 5.2 12 2.4 38 7.6 14 2.8 0 0.0 5 1.0 2 9 8 1.6 2 50
26 Thompson, Mark 18 217 12.1 131 7.3 348 19.3 75 4.2 0 0.0 32 1.8 35 27 16 0.9 9 105
18 Vander Haar, Paul 8 53 6.6 13 1.6 66 8.3 31 3.9 1 0.1 15 1.9 8 6 6 0.8 8 44
21 Wallis, Dean 11 76 6.9 38 3.5 114 10.4 21 1.9 0 0.0 31 2.8 10 18 2 0.2 0 12
30 Walsh, Kevin 17 143 8.4 97 5.7 240 14.1 57 3.4 22 1.3 27 1.6 24 21 5 0.3 4 34
29 Walsh, Nick 8 52 6.5 30 3.8 82 10.3 13 1.6 0 0.0 6 0.8 11 12 1 0.1 4 10
32 Watson, Tim 7 84 12.0 29 4.1 113 16.1 18 2.6 0 0.0 13 1.9 14 15 5 0.7 8 38
13 Williams, Darren 20 275 13.8 134 6.7 409 20.5 62 3.1 2 0.1 34 1.7 53 52 12 0.6 16 88
24 Winton, Brian 20 196 9.8 105 5.3 301 15.1 44 2.2 0 0.0 25 1.3 29 25 1 0.1 3 9
Totals 440 4261 9.7 2142 4.9 6403 14.6 1390 3.2 565 1.3 730 1.7 674 687 306 0.7 205 2041
 

Footnotes

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