1898 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 10-0-4, P%: 121.6%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Chris Kiernan (16)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Mick Grace

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Alec Sloan

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Clarke, Harry 10 R10-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 0
Cleary, Bill 5 R01-R05 0
Dalton, Bill 19 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 6
Dalton, Jack 19 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 0
Davidson, Alex 1 R01 0
Davidson, Arthur 2 R07, R10 0
Descrimes, Pat 19 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 2
Doherty, Charlie 2 R03, R06 0
Drohan, Eddie 17 R01-R05, R08-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 0
Fontaine, Fred 9 R09-R10, R12-R14, RF2-RF3, PF, GF 1
Grace, Jim 17 R01, R04-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 9
Grace, Mick 16 R04-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 15
Hickey, Pat 13 R01-R06, R08-R11, RF3, PF, GF 1
Jenkins, Charlie 8 R01-R08 0
Jenkins, Ern 8 R01-R08 2
Kiernan, Chris 19 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 18
Lamley, Roger 2 R02-R03 0
McDougall, Abe 14 R06-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 7
McEwen, Hugh 5 R01, R06-R09 0
McKay, Dick 13 R02-R07, R10-R14, RF1-RF2 9
McSpeerin, Bill 18 R01-R07, R09-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 17
Muirhead, Arch 4 R08-R09, RF1-RF2 2
Nolan, Herb 1 R01 0
Nolan, Jerry 18 R02-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 1
Noonan, Paddy 19 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 3
Potter, Bill 18 R01-R05, R07-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 2
Power, Johnny 7 R02, R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 0
Reid, Stan 16 R01-R09, R11-R13, RF1, RF3, PF, GF 0
Robinson, James 18 R02-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 0
Sharpe, Bert 18 R01-R09, R11-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 10
Shaw, George 5 R10-R14 1
Sloan, Alec 19 R01-R14, RF1-RF3, PF, GF 0
Tulloch, Jim 1 R01 0

Team Line-Up

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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 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 53 unknown Alec Sloan
21/05/1898 Round 2 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 12 unknown Alec Sloan
24/05/1898 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 37 unknown Alec Sloan
28/05/1898 Round 4 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 19 unknown Alec Sloan
04/06/1898 Round 5 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 5 unknown Alec Sloan
11/06/1898 Round 6 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 4 unknown Alec Sloan
18/06/1898 Round 7 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 29 unknown Alec Sloan
25/06/1898 Round 8 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 43 unknown Alec Sloan
09/07/1898 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 12 unknown Alec Sloan
16/07/1898 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 48 unknown Alec Sloan
23/07/1898 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 17 unknown Alec Sloan
30/07/1898 Round 12 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 9 unknown Alec Sloan
13/08/1898 Round 13 Carlton AWAY WIN FIT by 32 unknown Alec Sloan
20/08/1898 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 55 unknown Alec Sloan
27/08/1898 Round-Robin Final 1 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 14 unknown Alec Sloan
03/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 2 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 83 unknown Alec Sloan
10/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 3 Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 29 unknown Alec Sloan
17/09/1898 Preliminary Final Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 11 unknown Alec Sloan
24/09/1898 Grand Final Essendon HOME WIN FIT by 15 unknown Alec Sloan