1898 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1898 VFL Season
Team(s): 8
Round(s): 14
Finals System: Sectional Round-Robin System
Match(es): 70

Season Results

Premiers: Fitzroy
Runners-Up: Essendon
Minor Premiers: Essendon
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Archie Smith (Collingwood)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Essendon (R) 1st 11 -0- 3 202.1% Charlie Moore (18)
Collingwood 2nd 10 -0- 4 181.0% Archie Smith (24)
Fitzroy (P) 3rd 10 -0- 4 121.6% Chris Kiernan (16)
Geelong 4th 9 -0- 5 151.8% Eddy James (26)
South Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 7 89.6% Charlie Colgan (12)
Melbourne 6th 5 -1- 8 97.1% Charlie Young (20)
Carlton 7th 3 -1- 10 60.3% Tommy O'Day (8)
St Kilda 8th 0 -0- 14 33.5% Andy Stewart (17)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 6
Goal Umpire 14

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1898 3:00 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 16 - 92
SAT 14/05/1898 3:00 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 48 - 27
SAT 14/05/1898 3:00 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 47 - 30
SAT 14/05/1898 3:00 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 70 - 17

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1898 3:00 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 83 - 26
SAT 21/05/1898 3:00 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 85 - 17
SAT 21/05/1898 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 27 - 38
SAT 21/05/1898 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 48 - 36

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
TUE 24/05/1898 3:00 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 46 - 36
TUE 24/05/1898 3:00 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 60 - 8
TUE 24/05/1898 3:00 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 16 - 28
TUE 24/05/1898 3:00 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 16 - 53

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1898 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 38 - 19
SAT 28/05/1898 3:00 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 29 - 30
SAT 28/05/1898 3:00 PM Essendon v St Kilda East Melbourne 112 - 37
SAT 28/05/1898 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 53 - 42

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1898 3:00 PM Essendon v Melbourne East Melbourne 48 - 23
SAT 04/06/1898 3:00 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 34 - 39
SAT 04/06/1898 3:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 48 - 6
SAT 04/06/1898 3:00 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 21 - 62

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1898 3:00 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 13 - 15
SAT 11/06/1898 3:00 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 31 - 24
SAT 11/06/1898 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 37 - 33
SAT 11/06/1898 3:00 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 34 - 68

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1898 3:00 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 59 - 39
SAT 18/06/1898 3:00 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 43 - 33
SAT 18/06/1898 3:00 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 40 - 20
SAT 18/06/1898 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 51 - 22

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1898 3:00 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 45 - 21
SAT 25/06/1898 3:00 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 41 - 22
SAT 25/06/1898 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 44 - 12
SAT 25/06/1898 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 16 - 59

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1898 3:00 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 28 - 28
SAT 09/07/1898 3:00 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 25 - 93
SAT 09/07/1898 3:00 PM Essendon v South Melbourne East Melbourne 54 - 30
SAT 09/07/1898 3:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 35 - 23

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1898 3:00 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 59 - 11
SAT 16/07/1898 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 9 - 29
SAT 16/07/1898 3:00 PM Essendon v Carlton East Melbourne 77 - 9
SAT 16/07/1898 3:00 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 19

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1898 3:00 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 33 - 50
SAT 23/07/1898 3:00 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 58 - 32
SAT 23/07/1898 3:00 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 15 - 71
SAT 23/07/1898 3:00 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 73 - 13

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1898 3:00 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 20 - 75
SAT 30/07/1898 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 39 - 30
SAT 30/07/1898 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 10 - 29
SAT 30/07/1898 3:00 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 87 - 24

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1898 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 43 - 38
SAT 13/08/1898 3:00 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 55 - 37
SAT 13/08/1898 3:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 22 - 54
SAT 13/08/1898 3:00 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 65 - 6

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1898 3:00 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 51 - 19
SAT 20/08/1898 3:00 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 55 - 69
SAT 20/08/1898 3:00 PM Essendon v Collingwood East Melbourne 25 - 56
SAT 20/08/1898 3:00 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 65 - 10

Finals Week 1

Round-Robin Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1898 2:30 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 78 - 16
SAT 27/08/1898 2:30 PM Essendon v Carlton East Melbourne 75 - 8
SAT 27/08/1898 2:30 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 27 - 103
SAT 27/08/1898 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 33 - 47

Finals Week 2

Round-Robin Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1898 2:30 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 17 - 38
SAT 03/09/1898 2:30 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 45 - 30
SAT 03/09/1898 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 90 - 7
SAT 03/09/1898 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 24 - 41

Finals Week 3

Round-Robin Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1898 2:30 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 55 - 41
SAT 10/09/1898 2:30 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 102 - 27
SAT 10/09/1898 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 47 - 22
SAT 10/09/1898 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 16

Finals Week 4

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1898 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 22 - 11 13,120

Finals Week 5

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/09/1898 2:50 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 38 - 23 16,538