1898 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Corio Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 9-0-5, P%: 151.8%)
Finals Performance: Qualified for finals
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Eddy James (26)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Conway

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Ernie 1 R11 0
Bailiff, Les 9 R09-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Barling, Bert 8 R01, R04, R06-R11 1
Brockwell, Sam 15 R01-R03, R05-R08, R10-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Burns, Peter 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 3
Calvert, Ossie 2 R13-R14 0
Coles, Charlie 3 R01-R03 1
Conway, Jack 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Cooke, Walter 9 R02-R05, R09-R12, RF3 1
Dear, Alf 13 R02-R09, R13-R14, RF1-RF3 2
Dore, Jack 5 R03-R05, R07-R08 0
Flynn, Jim 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 2
Greeves, Ted 4 R05, R13, RF1-RF2 0
Holligan, Teddy 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 7
James, Eddy 13 R01-R13 26
King, Alec 6 R11-R14, RF1, RF3 3
Leahy, Paddy 3 R03, R05-R06 0
Leighton, Ernie 13 R05-R14, RF1-RF3 13
Maguire, Tom 1 R01 0
McCallum, Firth 16 R01-R10, R12-R14, RF1-RF3 9
McKenzie, Arthur 4 R14, RF1-RF3 0
McShane, Henry 15 R01, R04-R14, RF1-RF3 1
McShane, Jim 16 R01-R04, R06-R14, RF1-RF3 5
McShane, Joe 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 4
O'Loughlin, Jack 12 R01-R12 0
Parkin, Jack 16 R01-R04, R06-R14, RF1-RF3 4
Pincott, Arthur 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Quinn, Jack 5 R01-R05 2
Robertson, Bill 1 R02 0
Sandford, Cecil 1 R01 1
Thompson, Archie 16 R01-R04, R06-R14, RF1-RF3 3
Walker, Dick 14 R02, R04-R10, R12-R14, RF1-RF3 10
White, Fred 16 R01-R12, R14, RF1-RF3 13
Young, Henry 1 RF2 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Jack O'Loughlin Peter Burns Arthur Pincott
Half-Back: Jack Dore Jack Conway Archie Thompson
Centre: Sam Brockwell Firth McCallum Paddy Leahy
Half-Forward: Teddy Holligan Eddy James Jim Flynn
Forward: Charlie Coles Jack Quinn Fred White
Follower: Walter Cooke Alf Dear Joe McShane
Jack Parkin Jim McShane

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 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 21 unknown Jack Conway
21/05/1898 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 68 unknown Jack Conway
24/05/1898 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 52 unknown Jack Conway
28/05/1898 Round 4 Carlton AWAY WIN GEE by 1 unknown Jack Conway
04/06/1898 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 5 unknown Jack Conway
11/06/1898 Round 6 Essendon HOME WIN GEE by 7 unknown Jack Conway
18/06/1898 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 20 unknown Jack Conway
25/06/1898 Round 8 Collingwood HOME WIN GEE by 19 unknown Jack Conway
09/07/1898 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY WIN GEE by 68 unknown Jack Conway
16/07/1898 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 20 unknown Jack Conway
23/07/1898 Round 11 Carlton HOME WIN GEE by 26 unknown Jack Conway
30/07/1898 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 9 unknown Jack Conway
13/08/1898 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 18 unknown Jack Conway
20/08/1898 Round 14 Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 32 unknown Jack Conway
27/08/1898 Round-Robin Final 1 Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 62 unknown Jack Conway
03/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 2 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 15 unknown Jack Conway
10/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 3 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 75 unknown Jack Conway