1898 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 5-1-8, P%: 97.1%)
Finals Performance: Qualified for finals
Players: 44
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Charlie Young (20)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ned Sutton
Vice-Captain(s): George Moysey

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aitken, Jimmy 4 R07-R10 0
Atkinson, Art 4 R14, RF1-RF3 1
Atkinson, Bill 3 RF1-RF3 0
Byers, Eddie 13 R01-R12, R14 0
Coghlan, Johnny 5 R09-R10, R12-R13, RF1 0
Cumberland, Vic 3 RF1-RF3 0
Davey, Tom 8 R01, R04-R07, R09-R10, R14 0
Davidson, Jack 4 R13-R14, RF2-RF3 0
Fry, Herb 1 R01 0
Geddes, Stewart 11 R01, R03-R05, R09-R13, RF2-RF3 3
Graham, Jack 4 R06-R08, R12 0
Hagenauer, Henry 1 R13 0
Herring, Maurie 13 R02-R08, R10-R12, RF1-RF3 0
Howard, Percy 5 R02-R03, R08-R09, R14 4
Johnstone, George 5 R10-R12, R14, RF3 0
Lanigan, Denis 16 R01-R06, R08-R14, RF1-RF3 1
Leith, Jack 16 R01-R08, R10-R14, RF1-RF3 17
Lewis, Austin 16 R01-R09, R11-R14, RF1-RF3 2
MacPherson, Les 3 R01, R04, R08 1
McClelland, Bill 1 R11 0
McCulloch, Bill 3 R05, RF1-RF2 1
McGinis, Fred 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 5
McLeod, Norm 4 R04-R07 0
Mitchell, Henry 12 R01-R07, R09, R11-R14 0
Moodie, George 16 R01-R07, R09-R14, RF1-RF3 5
Moore, Bob 2 R01, R05 0
Moysey, George 8 R01-R07, RF2 5
Pirrie, Dick 12 R01-R11, R14 2
Rippon, Harold 4 R14, RF1-RF3 0
Rippon, Les 6 R12-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Rippon, Norm 1 RF2 0
Robertson, Dick 5 R13-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Royle, Bobby 3 R01-R03 0
Russell, Jimmy 4 R07-R08, R12-R13 3
Scanlan, Pat 5 R08-R11, R13 2
Sholl, Eddie 11 R01-R04, R06, R09-R13, RF1 0
Staines, Frank 5 R02-R04, R08, R10 0
Steele, Wally 14 R01-R03, R05-R08, R11-R14, RF1-RF3 3
Strahan, Dave 11 R02-R11, RF1 0
Sutton, Ned 15 R01-R09, R11-R14, RF1, RF3 0
Timothee, John 2 R09-R10 0
Wardill, Dick 12 R02, R06-R13, RF1-RF3 5
Wood, Alf 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 1
Young, Charlie 15 R01-R14, RF3 21

Team Line-Up

Back: Dave Strahan Ned Sutton Norm McLeod
Half-Back: Eddie Sholl Alf Wood Maurie Herring
Centre: Henry Mitchell Austin Lewis Eddie Byers
Half-Forward: Wally Steele George Moysey Jack Leith
Forward: Charlie Young Denis Lanigan Tom Davey
Follower: Jack Graham George Moodie Dick Pirrie
Dick Wardill Fred McGinis

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 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 76 unknown Ned Sutton
21/05/1898 Round 2 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 57 unknown Ned Sutton
24/05/1898 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 10 unknown Ned Sutton
28/05/1898 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 19 unknown Ned Sutton
04/06/1898 Round 5 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 25 unknown Ned Sutton
11/06/1898 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 2 unknown Ned Sutton
18/06/1898 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 20 unknown Ned Sutton
25/06/1898 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 24 unknown Ned Sutton
09/07/1898 Round 9 Carlton AWAY DRAW drawn unknown Ned Sutton
16/07/1898 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 48 unknown unknown
23/07/1898 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 17 unknown Ned Sutton
30/07/1898 Round 12 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 55 unknown Ned Sutton
13/08/1898 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 5 unknown Ned Sutton
20/08/1898 Round 14 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 32 unknown Ned Sutton
27/08/1898 Round-Robin Final 1 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 62 unknown Ned Sutton
03/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 21 unknown George Moysey
10/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 14 unknown Ned Sutton