The following list details all of the major goalkicking records relating specifically to Essendon Football Club, including season highs, career highs, and game highs for both the Australian Football League (formerly the Victorian Football League) and AFL Women's, as well as the club's pre-VFL/AFL records. The AFL's annual leading goalkicker award, the Coleman Medal, is named after Essendon's John Coleman. At the 2009 Essendon Best & Fairest awards night, outgoing CEO Peter Jackson announced that the Essendon leading goalkicker medal would be named the Matthew Lloyd Medal in honour of the recently retired Matthew Lloyd.[1] This is sometimes referred to as the Matthew Lloyd Leading Goalkicker Award.[2]
Leading goalkickers by season
The following is a list of Essendon leading goalkickers in each season.[3]
Pre-VFA era
| Season | Player(s) | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1873 | [data missing] | |
| 1874 | James Robertson | 4 |
| 1875 | [data missing] | |
| 1876 | W. Martin | 5 |
| George Miller | ||
VFA era
| Season | Player(s) | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1877 | Bob Amess | 3 |
| 1878 | M. O'Meara | 7 |
| 1879 | Alf Goding | 7 |
| 1880 | Tom Bloomfield | 7 |
| 1881 | J. M. Carter | 4 |
| A. Crow | ||
| 1882 | G. Cairns | 13 |
| 1883 | Wilfred Kent-Hughes | 14 |
| 1884 | H. C. Caldwell | 13 |
| 1885 | Phil McShane | 18 |
| 1886 | H. C. Caldwell (2) | 11 |
| 1887 | H. C. Caldwell (3) | 11 |
| 1888 | Alf Carter | 9 |
| Finlay | ||
| 1889 | Alf Carter (2) | 15 |
| 1890 | Fergusson | 14 |
| 1891 | W. Christian | 20 |
| 1892 | Albert Thurgood | 56 |
| 1893 | Albert Thurgood (2) | 63 |
| 1894 | Albert Thurgood (3) | 62 |
| 1895 | Alec Hall | 9 |
| Norman Waugh | ||
| 1896 | Norman Waugh (2) | 29 |
VFL/AFL era
| ✪ | Player won Coleman Medal (or equivalent) | |
| † | Team played finals (which count for the tally) | |
| Bold text indicates player currently plays in AFL or AFLW | ||
Multiple leading goalkickers
| Multiple leading goalkickers (5 minimum) | |
|---|---|
| 12 | Matthew Lloyd |
| 7 | Alan Noonan |
| 7 | Paul Salmon |
| 6 | John Coleman |
| 5 | Ted Freyer |
Leading career goalkickers for Essendon
Matthew Lloyd is the club's career leading goalkicker. In addition to being the club's leading goalkicker a record 12 times, Lloyd has 926 career goals, also a club record.
| Player | Games | Goals | Average | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Lloyd | 270 | 926 | 3.43 | 1995–2009 |
| 2 | Simon Madden | 378 | 575 | 1.52 | 1974–1992 |
| 3 | John Coleman | 98 | 537 | 5.48 | 1949–1954 |
| 4 | Paul Salmon | 224 | 520 | 2.32 | 1983–2002 |
| 5 | Bill Hutchison | 290 | 496 | 1.71 | 1942–1957 |
| 6 | Scott Lucas | 270 | 471 | 1.74 | 1996–2009 |
| 7 | Terry Daniher | 294 | 447 | 1.52 | 1978–1992 |
| 8 | Dick Reynolds | 320 | 442 | 1.38 | 1933–1951 |
| 9 | Alan Noonan | 182 | 420 | 2.31 | 1966–1976 |
| 10 | Keith Forbes | 152 | 415 | 2.73 | 1928–1937 |
| 11 | Ted Freyer | 124 | 372 | 3 | 1929–1937 |
| 12 | Tom Reynolds | 109 | 361 | 3.31 | 1937–1944 |
| 13 | James Hird | 253 | 343 | 1.36 | 1992–2007 |
| 14 | Tim Watson | 307 | 335 | 1.09 | 1977–1994 |
| 15 | Darren Bewick | 238 | 332 | 1.39 | 1988–2000 |
| 16 | John Birt | 193 | 303 | 1.57 | 1957–1967 |
| 17 | Hugh Mitchell | 224 | 301 | 1.34 | 1953–1967 |
| 18 | Paul Vander Haar | 201 | 278 | 1.38 | 1977–1990 |
| 19 | Gordon Lane | 131 | 256 | 1.95 | 1940–1949 |
| 20 | Mark Mercuri | 207 | 242 | 1.17 | 1992–2004 |
Coleman, seen here taking a spectacular mark over North Melbourne's full-back Vic Lawrence in 1953,[4] retired with a record average of 5.48 goals per game (subsequently only beaten by Hawthorn's Peter Hudson), and his 14 goals in a single game remains a club record.
Most goals in a game
| Goals | Player | Opponent | Round | Year | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | John Coleman | Fitzroy | R7 | 1954 | Windy Hill |
| 13 | Matthew Lloyd | Sydney | R3 | 1999 | M.C.G. |
| 13 | John Coleman | Geelong | R8 | 1952 | Brisbane Exhibition Ground |
| 13 | John Coleman | Hawthorn | R18 | 1952 | Windy Hill |
| 12 | Fred Gallagher | Geelong | R8 | 1957 | Windy Hill |
| 12 | John Coleman | Hawthorn | R1 | 1949 | Windy Hill |
| 12 | Ted Freyer | Melbourne | R1 | 1935 | M.C.G. |
| 11 | Matthew Lloyd | Western Bulldogs | R19 | 2003 | Docklands |
| 11 | Paul Salmon | West Coast | R15 | 1987 | W.A.C.A. |
| 11 | Paul Salmon | Richmond | R19 | 1986 | VFL Park |
| 11 | Geoff Blethyn | Footscray | R12 | 1972 | Windy Hill |
| 11 | John Coleman | South Melbourne | R2 | 1953 | Lake Oval |
| 11 | John Coleman | South Melbourne | R2 | 1950 | Windy Hill |
AFL Women's
Leading goalkickers by season
| Season | Player(s) | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 (S7) | Daria Bannister | 8 |
| 2023 | Bonnie Toogood | 16† |
See also
References
- ↑ "The Collecting Bug". The Collecting Bug. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Wright claims maiden Crichton Medal". essendonfc.com.au. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ↑ "Australian Football - Essendon Football Club - Honour Board". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
- ↑ The Sporting Globe's photographer, Gerard Reilly, was at the same match; and his photograph of Coleman's mark appeared on the front page of the Saturday, 30 May 1953 Sporting Globe. In the following issue, under the title "Coleman Makes It Look So Easy", the Sporting Globe published the entire five-frame sequence of Gerard Reilly's photographs.
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