1898 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 10-0-4, P%: 181.0%)
Finals Performance: Qualified for finals
Players: 28
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Archie Smith (24)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Proudfoot

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bird, Bob 1 RF1 1
Callesen, George 2 R01, R13 0
Condon, Dick 16 R01-R05, R07-R08, R10-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 9
Cowell, George 11 R01, R03-R06, R09-R13, RF3 2
Dow, Charlie 15 R02, R04, R06-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 1
Dowdall, Harry 13 R01-R07, R09, R14, RF1-RF3, PF 4
Fell, Matthew 17 R01-R12, R14, RF1-RF3, PF 3
Gibbs, Arthur 5 R01-R04, R06 0
Gillard, Wal 17 R01-R04, R06-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 11
Gregory, Jim 14 R01-R03, R05-R11, R14, RF2-RF3, PF 6
Hailwood, Frank 18 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 8
Hellwig, Herman 16 R01-R08, R11-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 3
Kay, Fred 1 R04 0
Kennedy, Bill 18 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 1
Leach, Arthur 14 R05-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 1
Leach, Fred 16 R01-R05, R07-R10, R12-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 1
Lee, Tom 1 R05 0
Lynch, Mick 14 R01-R06, R08-R13, RF1, RF3 15
McCubbin, Bobby 6 R01-R06 0
Monohan, Jack 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF2, PF 1
O'Brien, Bill 16 R01-R02, R05-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 0
Pannam, Charlie 18 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 3
Proudfoot, Bill 18 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 0
Sime, Charlie 14 R03, R06-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 3
Smith, Archie 18 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 31
Stranger, Bill 16 R02-R14, RF2-RF3, PF 1
Tulloch, Lardie 15 R02-R05, R07-R14, RF1-RF2, PF 9
Williams, George 13 R01, R07-R14, RF1-RF3, PF 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Matthew Fell Bill Proudfoot Arthur Gibbs
Half-Back: Charlie Dow Jack Monohan Wal Gillard
Centre: Charlie Pannam Fred Leach George Cowell
Half-Forward: Lardie Tulloch Herman Hellwig Bill Kennedy
Forward: Fred Kay Mick Lynch Archie Smith
Follower: Harry Dowdall Frank Hailwood Bobby McCubbin
Bill Stranger Dick Condon

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
14/05/1898 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 21 unknown Bill Proudfoot
21/05/1898 Round 2 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 12 unknown Bill Proudfoot
24/05/1898 Round 3 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 10 unknown Bill Proudfoot
28/05/1898 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 11 unknown Bill Proudfoot
04/06/1898 Round 5 Carlton HOME WIN COL by 42 unknown Bill Proudfoot
11/06/1898 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY WIN COL by 34 unknown Bill Proudfoot
18/06/1898 Round 7 Essendon HOME WIN COL by 20 unknown Bill Proudfoot
25/06/1898 Round 8 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 19 unknown Bill Proudfoot
09/07/1898 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 12 unknown Bill Proudfoot
16/07/1898 Round 10 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 48 unknown Bill Proudfoot
23/07/1898 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 60 unknown Bill Proudfoot
30/07/1898 Round 12 Carlton AWAY WIN COL by 19 unknown Bill Proudfoot
13/08/1898 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 59 unknown Bill Proudfoot
20/08/1898 Round 14 Essendon AWAY WIN COL by 31 unknown Bill Proudfoot
27/08/1898 Round-Robin Final 1 St Kilda AWAY WIN COL by 76 unknown Bill Proudfoot
03/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 2 Geelong HOME WIN COL by 15 unknown Bill Proudfoot
10/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 3 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 14 unknown Bill Proudfoot
17/09/1898 Preliminary Final Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 11 unknown Bill Proudfoot