1898 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1898 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 7-0-7, P%: 89.6%)
Finals Performance: Qualified for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Charlie Colgan (12)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Fraser

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adamson, Dave 12 R02, R04-R10, R12, RF1-RF3 1
Adamson, Jack 2 R10-R11 0
Armstrong, Warwick 1 RF3 0
Brown, Eddie 5 R01-R05 1
Burns, Allen 13 R01-R08, R13-R14, RF1-RF3 7
Chandler, Joe 3 R14, RF1-RF2 2
Colgan, Charlie 16 R01-R14, RF1-RF2 13
Cornelius, George 16 R01-R11, R13-R14, RF1-RF3 2
Davidson, George 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Davis, Johnny 9 R01, R03, R07, R09, R11-R14, RF3 6
Fleming, Jack 7 R01-R04, R06-R07, R10 0
Fraser, Bill 15 R01-R02, R04-R13, RF1-RF3 4
Gardner, Harry 4 R13-R14, RF1-RF2 0
Gibson, Dick 16 R01-R10, R12-R14, RF1-RF3 6
Gilligan, Tom 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 12
Howson, Bert 11 R01-R05, R09, R13-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Jeanneret, Henri 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Jolly, Jim 7 R03-R09 0
Kenny, Billy 2 R01-R02 0
Machin, Artie 3 R03, R05-R06 0
McArthur, Jim 1 R14 0
McDermott, John 5 R08-R12 3
McNair, Arch 6 R11-R14, RF2-RF3 0
Minahan, Mick 1 R01 1
O'Donnell, Bob 3 R08-R09, R11 2
O'Hara, Frank 15 R03-R14, RF1-RF3 1
O'Hara, Jack 2 RF1, RF3 1
Pleass, Mick 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 5
Purdy, Harry 16 R02-R14, RF1-RF3 4
Ralph, Jason 5 R06-R08, R10-R11 0
Robertson, Val 6 R12-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Smith, Tom 2 R11-R12 0
Southern, Jack 15 R01-R12, R14, RF2-RF3 1
Sparrow, George 14 R01-R13, RF1 2
Strong, Joe 2 R10, R12 0
Taylor, George 1 R13 0
Trim, Albert 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 0
Williamson, George 2 R01-R02 0
Windley, Bill 17 R01-R14, RF1-RF3 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Albert Trim Frank O'Hara George Sparrow
Half-Back: George Davidson Dave Adamson Henri Jeanneret
Centre: Jack Southern Jim Jolly Bert Howson
Half-Forward: Tom Gilligan Bill Fraser George Cornelius
Forward: Allen Burns Charlie Colgan Eddie Brown
Follower: Jack Fleming Dick Gibson Mick Pleass
Harry Purdy Bill Windley

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 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 17 unknown Bill Fraser
21/05/1898 Round 2 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 11 unknown Bill Fraser
24/05/1898 Round 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 52 unknown Dick Gibson
28/05/1898 Round 4 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 11 unknown Bill Fraser
04/06/1898 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 41 unknown Bill Fraser
11/06/1898 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 2 unknown Bill Fraser
18/06/1898 Round 7 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 29 unknown Bill Fraser
25/06/1898 Round 8 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 32 unknown Bill Fraser
09/07/1898 Round 9 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 24 unknown Bill Fraser
16/07/1898 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 20 unknown Bill Fraser
23/07/1898 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 60 unknown Bill Fraser
30/07/1898 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 63 unknown Bill Fraser
13/08/1898 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 5 unknown Bill Fraser
20/08/1898 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 55 unknown Dick Gibson
27/08/1898 Round-Robin Final 1 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 14 unknown Bill Fraser
03/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 2 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 17 unknown Bill Fraser
10/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 3 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 25 unknown Bill Fraser