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KEY FACTS

Official name
Melbourne Football Club

Known as
Melbourne

Nickname
Demons (formerly Red Legs, Fuchsias)

Formed
1858

Colours
Navy blue and red

Associated clubs
Casey; Melbourne WFC; Melbourne Reserves; Casey WFC; Melbourne U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2025

Affiliations (Historical)
Challenge Cup (CUP) 1865–1876; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

Home Ground
M.C.G.

AFL Premierships
2021 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1900, 1926, 1939-40-41, 1948, 1955-56-57, 1959-60, 1964 (12 total)

Senior Premierships
VFL Night Series: 1971, 1987, 1989 (3 total); McClelland Trophy 1955-6, 1958, 1990, 2021 (5 total)

Most Games
306 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

Most Goals
631 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

League Top Goalkickers
V.Coutie (39) 1904; H.Brereton (56) 1912; N.Smith (89) 1941; F.Fanning (67) 1944, (67) 1945 & (97) 1947; D.Neitz (82) 2002 (5 winners/7 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Ivor Warne-Smith 1926 & 1928; Don Cordner 1946; Brian Wilson 1982; Peter Moore 1984; Jim Stynes 1991; Shane Woewodin 2000 (6 medallists/7 medals)

Headquarters
Great Southern Stand (MCG), East Melbourne, VIC 3002

Postal Address
PO Box 254, East Melbourne, VIC 8002

Phone: (03) 9652 1111 

Email
info@melbournefc.com.au

Website
melbournefc.com.au

Melbourne



"The seeds of the Melbourne Football Club's greatest ever era began to be sown the following season, in 1952, when favourite son Norm Smith returned from Fitzroy to take over from Alan La Fontaine as senior coach ... and the 1953 season saw the debuts of several players who would go on to play significant roles in the club's impending period of greatness, notably Ron Barassi, Brian Dixon, Ian Ridley, Laurie Mithen and Colin Wilson ..."

Despite their recent lack of success, John Devaney writes that, as the foundation club, their place in the game's history is assured

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1994 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Melbourne's 1994 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 H Melbourne 6.312.817.1426.18 174 WON Geelong 3.38.812.1016.13 109 65 MCG Mar 27 (Sun, 2:00) Scores
2 A Melbourne 9.111.516.1217.16 118 WON Hawthorn 1.13.46.108.16 64 54 WAV Apr 2 (Sat, 2:08) Scores
3 Melbourne       Bye        
4 A Melbourne 2.26.39.812.12 84 WON Essendon 2.54.65.109.12 66 18 MCG Apr 16 (Sat, 2:08) Scores
5 H Melbourne 4.49.512.1117.15 117 WON Brisbane 0.10.33.44.6 30 87 MCG Apr 22 (Fri, 7:38) Scores
6 A Melbourne 3.46.47.59.6 60 WON Collingwood 1.13.35.58.7 55 5 WAV Apr 30 (Sat, 2:08) Scores
7 H Melbourne 2.25.45.68.10 58 LOST North Melbourne 2.56.89.1113.12 90 -32 MCG May 7 (Sat, 2:08) Scores
8 H Melbourne 4.48.810.1013.13 91 LOST Footscray 3.25.411.714.10 94 -3 MCG May 15 (Sun, 2:00) Scores
9 H Melbourne 4.38.512.1114.13 97 LOST Sydney 1.17.59.616.10 106 -9 MCG May 21 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
10 A Melbourne 3.56.611.1215.16 106 WON St. Kilda 0.02.22.64.8 32 74 WAV May 28 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
11 H Melbourne 2.13.66.611.8 74 LOST West Coast 4.18.513.918.10 118 -44 MCG Jun 5 (Sun, 2:08) Scores
12 H Melbourne 4.49.89.1413.16 94 LOST Carlton 5.111.213.518.13 121 -27 MCG Jun 11 (Sat, 2:08) Scores
13 A Melbourne 4.05.06.212.6 78 LOST Adelaide 4.46.108.1511.17 83 -5 FBP Jun 19 (Sun, 5:45) Scores
14 H Melbourne 2.46.69.79.8 62 LOST Richmond 2.34.58.1011.12 78 -16 MCG Jun 25 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
15 A Melbourne 0.27.59.716.15 111 WON Fitzroy 3.66.88.109.11 65 46 WES Jul 2 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
16 A Melbourne 5.38.814.917.13 115 LOST Geelong 6.411.413.722.13 145 -30 KAR Jul 9 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
17 H Melbourne 4.08.414.917.10 112 WON Hawthorn 2.14.37.411.8 74 38 PRI Jul 16 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
18 Melbourne       Bye        
19 H Melbourne 7.39.417.421.9 135 WON Essendon 3.16.58.88.10 58 77 MCG Jul 30 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
20 A Melbourne 3.38.711.914.15 99 WON Brisbane 4.16.610.912.12 84 15 GAB Aug 7 (Sun, 1:15) Scores
21 H Melbourne 2.17.59.89.10 64 LOST Collingwood 3.46.109.1113.14 92 -28 MCG Aug 13 (Sat, 2:08) Scores
22 A Melbourne 6.49.711.915.13 103 WON North Melbourne 5.28.39.912.11 83 20 MCG Aug 19 (Fri, 8:08) Scores
23 A Melbourne 5.19.29.311.5 71 LOST Footscray 3.37.812.1216.15 111 -40 WES Aug 27 (Sat, 2:08) Scores
24 A Melbourne 8.214.221.427.5 167 WON Sydney 6.411.614.1018.13 121 46 SCG Sep 4 (Sun, 1:15) Scores
3QF H Melbourne 4.49.514.1118.15 123 WON Carlton 3.19.711.814.12 96 27 MCG Sep 11 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
1SF H Melbourne 5.49.719.1121.18 144 WON Footscray 1.56.78.99.11 65 79 MCG Sep 18 (Sun, 2:30) Scores
2PF A Melbourne 1.06.36.48.4 52 LOST West Coast 4.77.913.1616.21 117 -65 WAC Sep 24 (Sat, 4:45) Scores
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1994 Player Stats

Player
GP
K
Avg
H
Avg
D
Avg
M
Avg
HO
Avg
T
Avg
FF
FA
G
Avg
B
TS
Campbell, Bradley 1 2 2.0 1 1.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
Charles, Sean 13 139 10.7 54 4.2 193 14.8 35 2.7 1 0.1 22 1.7 10 17 24 1.8 16 160
Doyle, Greg 13 94 7.2 60 4.6 154 11.8 53 4.1 79 6.1 6 0.5 17 13 8 0.6 4 52
Dyson, Kevin 18 204 11.3 171 9.5 375 20.8 41 2.3 0 0.0 26 1.4 13 26 6 0.3 10 46
Febey, Matthew 22 273 12.4 193 8.8 466 21.2 83 3.8 0 0.0 47 2.1 37 24 4 0.2 10 34
Febey, Steven 25 301 12.0 154 6.2 455 18.2 66 2.6 0 0.0 43 1.7 32 27 3 0.1 4 22
Gilbert, Phil 10 30 3.0 11 1.1 41 4.1 20 2.0 0 0.0 6 0.6 3 7 5 0.5 4 34
Grinter, Rod 9 44 4.9 16 1.8 60 6.7 9 1.0 0 0.0 7 0.8 6 7 2 0.2 0 12
Hilton, Jeff 19 115 6.1 89 4.7 204 10.7 44 2.3 0 0.0 29 1.5 10 31 9 0.5 10 64
Hopgood, Paul 6 39 6.5 21 3.5 60 10.0 13 2.2 0 0.0 5 0.8 3 7 1 0.2 1 7
Irving, Dean 6 16 2.7 19 3.2 35 5.8 10 1.7 58 9.7 3 0.5 2 6 2 0.3 1 13
Jakovich, Allen 13 123 9.5 17 1.3 140 10.8 82 6.3 0 0.0 5 0.4 7 20 51 3.9 31 337
Kowal, Darren 14 102 7.3 76 5.4 178 12.7 26 1.9 0 0.0 16 1.1 8 8 2 0.1 3 15
Lamprill, Andrew 4 17 4.3 1 0.3 18 4.5 4 1.0 0 0.0 7 1.8 3 5 1 0.3 1 7
Lovell, Andy 24 275 11.5 145 6.0 420 17.5 96 4.0 1 0.0 40 1.7 23 23 29 1.2 19 193
Lovett, Brett 25 296 11.8 241 9.6 537 21.5 96 3.8 5 0.2 34 1.4 21 25 14 0.6 3 87
Lovett, Glenn 11 133 12.1 92 8.4 225 20.5 39 3.5 1 0.1 17 1.5 14 7 11 1.0 7 73
Lyon, Garry 24 295 12.3 80 3.3 375 15.6 151 6.3 3 0.1 36 1.5 35 30 79 3.3 47 521
Molloy, Glenn 6 21 3.5 11 1.8 32 5.3 4 0.7 0 0.0 7 1.2 6 9 1 0.2 1 7
Neitz, David 24 189 7.9 123 5.1 312 13.0 81 3.4 9 0.4 22 0.9 19 28 2 0.1 2 14
Norrish, Jason 15 102 6.8 98 6.5 200 13.3 40 2.7 1 0.1 23 1.5 10 18 1 0.1 1 7
Obst, Andrew 16 141 8.8 120 7.5 261 16.3 45 2.8 3 0.2 26 1.6 18 23 3 0.2 3 21
Pike, Martin 16 102 6.4 39 2.4 141 8.8 49 3.1 1 0.1 14 0.9 12 24 25 1.6 16 166
Prymke, Paul 24 74 3.1 97 4.0 171 7.1 38 1.6 9 0.4 13 0.5 10 16 1 0.0 1 7
Rohde, Peter 14 79 5.6 47 3.4 126 9.0 25 1.8 1 0.1 8 0.6 7 7 2 0.1 2 14
Schwarz, David 25 280 11.2 126 5.0 406 16.2 173 6.9 79 3.2 34 1.4 30 50 60 2.4 23 383
Stynes, Jim 25 241 9.6 179 7.2 420 16.8 126 5.0 269 10.8 16 0.6 43 36 10 0.4 8 68
Sullivan, Chris 11 47 4.3 35 3.2 82 7.5 14 1.3 0 0.0 12 1.1 0 6 3 0.3 8 26
Tingay, Stephen 24 332 13.8 207 8.6 539 22.5 81 3.4 3 0.1 59 2.5 16 38 8 0.3 5 53
Viney, Todd 25 258 10.3 288 11.5 546 21.8 74 3.0 4 0.2 59 2.4 24 48 3 0.1 2 20
Wight, Sean 24 147 6.1 78 3.3 225 9.4 67 2.8 1 0.0 21 0.9 22 17 0 0.0 0 0
Yeats, Graeme 19 190 10.0 69 3.6 259 13.6 51 2.7 1 0.1 23 1.2 32 19 0 0.0 0 0
 

Footnotes

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