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

1998 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1998 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1998-03-29 1	A	Essendon	3.1	9.3	10.7	13.11	89	LOST	Richmond	4.6	5.11	8.15	14.19	103	-14	MCG	1998-03-29 Mar 29 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1998-04-05 2	H	Essendon	6.4	11.7	21.11	28.14	182	WON	St. Kilda	2.4	4.9	8.12	13.15	93	89	MCG	1998-04-05 Apr 5 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1998-04-13 3	A	Essendon	5.4	10.10	12.12	14.15	99	WON	Carlton	3.3	5.5	10.7	14.14	98	1	MCG	1998-04-13 Apr 13 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1998-04-19 4	H	Essendon	3.2	4.7	9.9	11.10	76	LOST	Fremantle	5.5	8.9	11.11	14.16	100	-24	WAV	1998-04-19 Apr 19 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1998-04-25 5	A	Essendon	4.3	9.6	9.12	12.16	88	LOST	Collingwood	3.6	6.12	11.17	15.18	108	-20	MCG	1998-04-25 Apr 25 (Sat, 3:40)	Scores
1998-05-02 6	A	Essendon	4.2	9.4	11.9	13.11	89	LOST	Western Bulldogs	4.4	6.9	10.14	13.19	97	-8	PRI	1998-05-02 May 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1998-05-09 7	H	Essendon	3.0	6.0	7.1	11.4	70	LOST	Geelong	2.1	5.4	9.7	12.7	79	-9	MCG	1998-05-09 May 9 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
1998-05-15 8	H	Essendon	2.1	5.3	10.8	12.12	84	WON	Brisbane	2.5	6.11	7.17	8.22	70	14	MCG	1998-05-15 May 15 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1998-05-23 9	A	Essendon	4.2	9.6	12.10	18.14	122	WON	Melbourne	4.3	6.6	9.10	12.12	84	38	MCG	1998-05-23 May 23 (Sat, 3:40)	Scores
1998-05-30 10	A	Essendon	5.4	6.8	9.12	13.15	93	WON	Hawthorn	2.2	5.6	7.8	13.9	87	6	WAV	1998-05-30 May 30 (Sat, 3:40)	Scores
1998-06-05 11	H	Essendon	7.8	13.11	20.12	24.16	160	WON	Sydney	4.1	8.4	11.9	15.10	100	60	MCG	1998-06-05 Jun 5 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1998-06-13 12	A	Essendon	4.4	7.6	12.10	15.16	106	LOST	Adelaide	3.5	6.6	13.11	15.18	108	-2	FBP	1998-06-13 Jun 13 (Sat, 8:40)	Scores
1998-06-19 13	H	Essendon	3.2	5.5	9.5	11.6	72	LOST	West Coast	1.2	5.5	7.7	11.17	83	-11	MCG	1998-06-19 Jun 19 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1998-06-26 14	A	Essendon	4.0	8.6	11.10	16.13	109	LOST	North Melbourne	5.4	12.5	16.7	19.13	127	-18	MCG	1998-06-26 Jun 26 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1998-07-04 15	H	Essendon	6.4	11.7	13.11	16.12	108	WON	Port Adelaide	3.0	6.2	7.5	12.9	81	27	MCG	1998-07-04 Jul 4 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1998-07-19 16	H	Essendon	6.3	7.5	10.6	14.10	94	WON	Richmond	2.3	6.11	10.13	10.15	75	19	MCG	1998-07-19 Jul 19 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1998-07-26 17	A	Essendon	3.3	6.5	12.6	14.6	90	WON	St. Kilda	2.4	6.6	9.8	13.9	87	3	WAV	1998-07-26 Jul 26 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1998-08-02 18	H	Essendon	1.4	4.7	6.10	12.12	84	WON	Carlton	0.5	5.6	8.10	11.12	78	6	MCG	1998-08-02 Aug 2 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1998-08-08 19	A	Essendon	7.3	9.8	16.9	18.11	119	WON	Fremantle	2.2	7.6	10.10	12.14	86	33	SUB	1998-08-08 Aug 8 (Sat, 8:40)	Scores
1998-08-15 20	H	Essendon	6.6	10.8	13.13	16.13	109	WON	Collingwood	3.0	9.3	13.6	14.15	99	10	MCG	1998-08-15 Aug 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1998-08-21 21	H	Essendon	4.3	7.6	10.8	13.12	90	LOST	Western Bulldogs	4.5	6.10	10.17	14.17	101	-11	MCG	1998-08-21 Aug 21 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1998-08-29 22	A	Essendon	6.0	10.3	15.6	18.9	117	LOST	Geelong	4.5	9.8	14.9	19.13	127	-10	MCG	1998-08-29 Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1998-09-04 4QF	H	Essendon	2.4	3.6	5.11	8.12	60	LOST	North Melbourne	1.1	2.7	8.12	11.16	82	-22	MCG	1998-09-04 Sep 4 (Fri, 7:45)	Scores

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1998 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Alessio, Steven	12	82	6.8	63	5.3	145	12.1	61	5.1	110	9.2	14	1.2	7	16	15	1.3	10	100
Banks, Matthew	1	5	5.0	1	1.0	6	6.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	3	0	0.0	0	0
Barnard, Paul	17	116	6.8	84	4.9	200	11.8	68	4.0	6	0.4	14	0.8	13	12	4	0.2	5	29
Berbakov, Peter	16	108	6.8	49	3.1	157	9.8	55	3.4	3	0.2	12	0.8	13	8	1	0.1	0	6
Bewick, Darren	23	256	11.1	87	3.8	343	14.9	64	2.8	1	0.0	17	0.7	15	12	32	1.4	16	208
Blumfield, Justin	21	197	9.4	162	7.7	359	17.1	108	5.1	3	0.1	32	1.5	9	10	12	0.6	9	81
Bolton, Mark	4	19	4.8	13	3.3	32	8.0	10	2.5	0	0.0	3	0.8	1	6	1	0.3	0	6
Bomford, Andrew	10	79	7.9	61	6.1	140	14.0	32	3.2	1	0.1	9	0.9	2	10	3	0.3	2	20
Calthorpe, David	21	264	12.6	112	5.3	376	17.9	92	4.4	1	0.0	24	1.1	15	23	13	0.6	10	88
Caracella, Blake	16	149	9.3	97	6.1	246	15.4	78	4.9	3	0.2	24	1.5	12	15	13	0.8	7	85
Cockatoo-Collins, Che	14	106	7.6	44	3.1	150	10.7	47	3.4	0	0.0	9	0.6	12	7	12	0.9	8	80
Denham, Sean	11	95	8.6	77	7.0	172	15.6	23	2.1	1	0.1	20	1.8	7	10	3	0.3	2	20
Doolan, Ben	11	67	6.1	54	4.9	121	11.0	29	2.6	0	0.0	17	1.5	6	7	0	0.0	0	0
Eastaugh, Simon	12	76	6.3	50	4.2	126	10.5	44	3.7	167	13.9	12	1.0	9	16	0	0.0	3	3
Fletcher, Dustin	18	186	10.3	39	2.2	225	12.5	57	3.2	14	0.8	16	0.9	17	14	4	0.2	2	26
Fraser, Mark	18	135	7.5	115	6.4	250	13.9	52	2.9	0	0.0	26	1.4	14	5	8	0.4	9	57
Hardwick, Damien	23	325	14.1	117	5.1	442	19.2	87	3.8	0	0.0	43	1.9	37	23	0	0.0	1	1
Heffernan, Chris	12	71	5.9	53	4.4	124	10.3	12	1.0	3	0.3	31	2.6	9	13	3	0.3	0	18
Hird, James	13	159	12.2	89	6.8	248	19.1	73	5.6	4	0.3	24	1.8	12	20	19	1.5	19	133
Johnson, Jason	8	55	6.9	29	3.6	84	10.5	22	2.8	1	0.1	9	1.1	6	6	2	0.3	0	12
Lalich, Judd	2	14	7.0	3	1.5	17	8.5	10	5.0	3	1.5	0	0.0	1	2	0	0.0	2	2
Lloyd, Matthew	23	249	10.8	77	3.3	326	14.2	156	6.8	2	0.1	24	1.0	17	34	70	3.0	38	458
Long, Michael	9	54	6.0	60	6.7	114	12.7	30	3.3	0	0.0	9	1.0	7	3	9	1.0	4	58
Lucas, Scott	23	287	12.5	51	2.2	338	14.7	123	5.3	3	0.1	30	1.3	23	28	49	2.1	31	325
Mercuri, Mark	20	224	11.2	141	7.1	365	18.3	112	5.6	1	0.1	27	1.4	18	23	24	1.2	14	158
Misiti, Joe	19	214	11.3	179	9.4	393	20.7	64	3.4	2	0.1	29	1.5	8	8	6	0.3	4	40
Moorcroft, Gary	17	114	6.7	53	3.1	167	9.8	53	3.1	1	0.1	28	1.6	8	25	14	0.8	9	93
O'Connor, Ryan	14	46	3.3	57	4.1	103	7.4	28	2.0	45	3.2	15	1.1	10	15	8	0.6	4	52
O'Donnell, Gary	17	205	12.1	92	5.4	297	17.5	45	2.6	2	0.1	34	2.0	9	9	3	0.2	2	20
Olarenshaw, Ricky	17	140	8.2	122	7.2	262	15.4	50	2.9	0	0.0	23	1.4	22	10	2	0.1	5	17
Prior, Michael	8	77	9.6	29	3.6	106	13.3	30	3.8	0	0.0	10	1.3	4	2	2	0.3	0	12
Solomon, Dean	7	38	5.4	25	3.6	63	9.0	12	1.7	3	0.4	13	1.9	3	10	2	0.3	1	13
Somerville, Peter	12	64	5.3	37	3.1	101	8.4	34	2.8	212	17.7	8	0.7	8	18	0	0.0	2	2
Symons, Michael	3	24	8.0	17	5.7	41	13.7	12	4.0	0	0.0	6	2.0	4	2	0	0.0	0	0
Ukovic, Andrew	7	40	5.7	33	4.7	73	10.4	19	2.7	0	0.0	8	1.1	3	5	3	0.4	1	19
Wallis, Dean	1	3	3.0	0	0.0	3	3.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wellman, Sean	23	248	10.8	111	4.8	359	15.6	122	5.3	15	0.7	15	0.7	21	14	2	0.1	3	15
Young, Barry	3	36	12.0	15	5.0	51	17.0	18	6.0	2	0.7	5	1.7	3	2	1	0.3	1	7