user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: How big was the crowd for Essendon?
Columns: ['Home team', 'Home team score', 'Away team', 'Away team score', 'Venue', 'Crowd', 'Date']
Types: ['text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'real', 'text']
Sample row: ['Geelong', '13.9 (87)', 'St Kilda', '11.19 (85)', 'Kardinia Park', 8500.0, '3 May 1941']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT SUM("Crowd") FROM "Table" WHERE "Home team" = 'Essendon';