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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; Essendon Wheelchair

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
[email protected]

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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1947 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Essendon's 1947 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Essendon 3.75.1010.1716.23 119 WON South Melbourne 3.16.48.410.8 68 51 WIN Apr 19 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 A Essendon 1.15.710.813.11 89 LOST Footscray 5.56.812.1015.13 103 -14 WES Apr 26 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 H Essendon 7.213.315.721.10 136 WON St. Kilda 5.48.513.719.11 125 11 WIN May 3 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 A Essendon 5.510.1013.1316.19 115 WON Geelong 3.45.99.1511.17 83 32 KAR May 10 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Essendon 1.43.105.118.16 64 LOST Carlton 5.07.013.514.7 91 -27 WIN May 17 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 A Essendon 6.49.814.1014.10 94 LOST North Melbourne 2.24.77.815.12 102 -8 ARD May 24 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 H Essendon 2.57.1010.1511.17 83 WON Fitzroy 2.43.66.1110.14 74 9 WIN May 31 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
8 H Essendon 1.25.106.139.14 68 LOST Collingwood 3.64.97.1511.16 82 -14 WIN Jun 7 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
9 A Essendon 5.59.714.1518.17 125 WON Richmond 1.24.65.77.14 56 69 PUN Jun 14 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
10 A Essendon 4.36.712.1418.20 128 WON Hawthorn 3.43.64.96.9 45 83 GLE Jun 21 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
11 H Essendon 3.25.78.812.13 85 WON Melbourne 4.36.69.1010.15 75 10 WIN Jun 28 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
12 A Essendon 2.53.911.1511.17 83 WON South Melbourne 0.33.64.98.14 62 21 LAK Jul 5 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
13 H Essendon 5.58.98.1310.18 78 WON Footscray 0.02.33.88.11 59 19 WIN Jul 12 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
14 A Essendon 5.49.710.1514.18 102 WON St. Kilda 1.33.56.87.13 55 47 JUN Jul 19 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
15 H Essendon 4.17.1310.1616.21 117 WON Geelong 4.16.110.212.5 77 40 WIN Jul 26 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
16 A Essendon 1.54.87.1013.16 94 WON Carlton 1.44.87.107.12 54 40 PRI Aug 2 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 H Essendon 3.411.614.919.12 126 WON North Melbourne 1.25.68.1112.14 86 40 WIN Aug 16 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 A Essendon 4.36.57.98.14 62 LOST Fitzroy 2.47.1213.1818.22 130 -68 BWS Aug 23 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
19 A Essendon 3.57.79.1016.12 108 WON Collingwood 6.310.612.1514.17 101 7 VIC Aug 30 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2SF H Essendon 3.86.1210.1411.17 83 LOST Carlton 0.17.59.1114.15 99 -16 MCG Sep 13 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
PF H Essendon 5.49.710.816.13 109 WON Fitzroy 3.16.710.914.12 96 13 MCG Sep 20 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF H Essendon 3.78.1110.1511.19 85 LOST Carlton 4.08.010.413.8 86 -1 MCG Sep 27 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
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1947 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Abbott, Gordon 5                             4 0.8    
Allanson, Noel 16                             0 0.0    
Bigelow, Doug 6                             2 0.3    
Bower, Ray 2                             0 0.0    
Bradley, Bob 11                             2 0.2    
Brittingham, Bill 18                             20 1.1    
Bushby, Percy 21                             4 0.2    
Buttsworth, Wally 21                             0 0.0    
Cassin, Jack 1                             1 1.0    
Dearle, Laurie 6                             1 0.2    
Equid, Harry 7                             15 2.1    
Field, Les 2                             0 0.0    
Gardiner, Les 15                             0 0.0    
Goodingham, Ivan 17                             21 1.2    
Harper, Bert 18                             7 0.4    
Hassell, George 10                             0 0.0    
Hill, Russell 7                             0 0.0    
Hutchison, Bill 20                             48 2.4    
Johnson, Jack 5                             8 1.6    
Jones, Jack 22                             25 1.1    
Lambert, Harold 7                             0 0.0    
Lambert, Chris 12                             1 0.1    
Lane, Gordon 17                             24 1.4    
Leehane, Ted 18                             50 2.8    
May, Wally 8                             0 0.0    
McClure, Bob 22                             6 0.3    
McDonald, Norm 19                             0 0.0    
Newton, Ken 5                             1 0.2    
Pearson, Bill 17                             6 0.4    
Powell, Ray 4                             1 0.3    
Rawle, Keith 22                             21 1.0    
Reynolds, Dick 22                             28 1.3    
Ruddell, Cec 17                             0 0.0    
Syme, Bob 3                             0 0.0    
Tate, Greg 6                             5 0.8    
Tonkes, Herbie 11                             0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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