1898 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 11-0-3, P%: 202.1%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Charlie Moore (18)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): George Stuckey
Vice-Captain(s): Gus Kearney

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Jim 15 R01-R05, R07-R10, R12-R14, RF1-RF2, GF 0
Barr, Pat 3 R01, R04, R07 1
Barry, Son 12 R01-R02, R05-R06, R08, R12-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 3
Brown, Harold 2 R03-R04 0
Campbell, Colin 9 R06-R07, R09-R12, R14, RF1, GF 3
Cleghorn, Arthur 18 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 14
Collins, Maurie 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Collins, Tod 15 R01-R02, R05, R07-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 7
Croft, Edgar 4 R02, R05, R07, R11 2
Currie, Dave 1 R04 1
Ferguson, Dave 1 R03 0
Forbes, Charlie 15 R02-R03, R05-R06, R08-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 4
Gardner, Corrie 12 R01-R03, R05-R10, R12-R14 0
Gavin, Hugh 18 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 4
Gray, Alf 4 RF1-RF3, GF 0
Groves, Joe 13 R01-R08, R13-R14, RF2-RF3, GF 0
Hall, Alec 14 R01-R09, R11-R14, RF3 13
Hastings, George 17 R01-R03, R05-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 8
Jackson, Bill 9 R08-R13, RF1-RF2, GF 7
Kearney, Gus 7 R05-R07, R09-R10, R12, GF 2
Kinnear, Ted 17 R01-R04, R06-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 0
Larkin, Jimmy 8 R01, R03-R04, R10-R11, R14, RF1, RF3 1
Martin, George 16 R01-R14, RF2-RF3 3
Moore, Charlie 15 R01-R10, R13-R14, RF2-RF3, GF 20
Officer, Gus 10 R02-R04, R06, R08-R13 3
Officer, Ned 4 RF1-RF3, GF 0
O'Loughlin, Pat 16 R01-R02, R05-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 8
Stewart, Horrie 1 R04 0
Stuckey, George 16 R01-R06, R08-R13, RF1-RF3, GF 0
Tenbrink, Conrad 12 R01, R03-R04, R10-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 10
Vautin, George 12 R05-R09, R11, R13-R14, RF1-RF3, GF 0
Watson, Abe 2 R03-R04 0
Waugh, Norm 8 R01-R02, R04-R07, R11, RF1 7
Wright, Harry 17 R01-R12, R14, RF1-RF3, GF 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Ted Kinnear Gus Officer Maurie Collins
Half-Back: George Stuckey Jim Anderson George Hastings
Centre: Corrie Gardner Harry Wright Joe Groves
Half-Forward: Norm Waugh Tod Collins Edgar Croft
Forward: Charlie Moore Hugh Gavin George Martin
Follower: Arthur Cleghorn Charlie Forbes Alec Hall
Pat O'Loughlin Son Barry

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 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 53 unknown George Stuckey
21/05/1898 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 11 unknown George Stuckey
24/05/1898 Round 3 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 12 unknown George Stuckey
28/05/1898 Round 4 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 75 unknown George Stuckey
04/06/1898 Round 5 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 25 unknown George Stuckey
11/06/1898 Round 6 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 7 unknown George Stuckey
18/06/1898 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 20 unknown Gus Kearney
25/06/1898 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 43 unknown George Stuckey
09/07/1898 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 24 unknown George Stuckey
16/07/1898 Round 10 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 68 unknown George Stuckey
23/07/1898 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 56 unknown George Stuckey
30/07/1898 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 55 unknown George Stuckey
13/08/1898 Round 13 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 18 unknown George Stuckey
20/08/1898 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 31 unknown Jim Anderson
27/08/1898 Round-Robin Final 1 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 67 unknown George Stuckey
03/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 2 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 17 unknown George Stuckey
10/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 3 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 29 unknown George Stuckey
24/09/1898 Grand Final Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 15 unknown George Stuckey