1998 AFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1998 AFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 14-0-8, P%: 102.7%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by North Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Todd Viney (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Garry Lyon (37)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Todd Viney

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Todd Viney
Vice-Captain(s): Glenn Lovett, David Neitz

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bishop, Matthew #48 10 R05-R08, R10-R14, R20 3 0
Bradly, Mark #40 4 R10, R13-R15 3 0
Brown, Nathan #41 3 R04, R14-R15 0 0
Cockatoo-Collins, Don #31 3 R02, R14, R16 2 0
Collins, Matthew #28 4 R19-R22 0 0
Farmer, Jeff #33 19 R01-R03, R05-R08, R11, R15-R22, QF, SF, PF 47 6
Febey, Matthew #20 21 R04-R06, R08-R22, QF, SF, PF 8 3
Febey, Steven #21 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 7 12
Gaspar, Damien #32 1 R19 0 0
Grgic, Brent #4 19 R01-R03, R06-R15, R18, R21-R22, QF, SF, PF 7 1
Hopgood, Paul #15 15 R01-R13, R15-R16 1 0
Ingerson, Anthony #27 24 R01-R13, R15-R22, QF, SF, PF 1 6
Johnstone, Travis #16 13 R01-R02, R05-R13, R17, SF 12 0
Kowal, Darren #7 14 R01-R02, R05, R14-R15, R17-R22, QF, SF, PF 6 1
Lamaro, Hayden #46 2 R01, R09 0 0
Leoncelli, Andrew #36 23 R02-R04, R06-R22, QF, SF, PF 5 0
Longmuir, Troy #45 4 R09, R11-R13 1 0
Lovett, Glenn #6 1 R03 0 0
Lyon, Garry #3 21 R02-R07, R09-R19, R21-R22, QF, PF 40 0
McDonald, Anthony #35 24 R01, R03-R22, QF, SF, PF 12 0
McDonald, James #23 22 R01-R10, R14-R22, QF, SF, PF 10 0
Neitz, David #9 14 R01-R04, R16-R22, QF, SF, PF 33 0
Rigoni, Guy #43 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 6 1
Robertson, Russell #24 16 R03-R07, R14-R18, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF 15 0
Schwarz, David #5 18 R01-R12, R18-R20, QF, SF, PF 29 1
Seecamp, Marcus #10 20 R01-R04, R08-R17, R20-R22, QF, SF, PF 2 0
Shanahan, Jamie #1 22 R01-R08, R10-R12, R15-R22, QF, SF, PF 0 0
Smith, Shaun #29 11 R01-R02, R05, R07-R10, R13-R14, R16-R17 15 0
Smoker, Craig #39 16 R01-R14, R18-R19 12 1
Stynes, Jim #11 20 R01-R04, R07-R09, R11-R13, R16-R22, QF, SF, PF 2 4
Tingay, Stephen #2 15 R04-R06, R14-R22, QF, SF, PF 8 6
Viney, Todd #12 22 R01, R03-R09, R12-R22, QF, SF, PF 15 20
Ward, Daniel #49 4 R10-R13 0 0
White, Jeff #34 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 17 11
Woewodin, Shane #22 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 10 6
Yze, Adem #13 25 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF 7 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)
Daniher, Neale 25 16 -0- 9 R01-R22, QF, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
29/03/1998 Round 1 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 23 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
04/04/1998 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 25 Neale Daniher David Neitz
13/04/1998 Round 3 Brisbane Lions AWAY WIN MEL by 13 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
19/04/1998 Round 4 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 2 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
26/04/1998 Round 5 Port Adelaide HOME WIN MEL by 49 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
03/05/1998 Round 6 Sydney AWAY WIN MEL by 19 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
10/05/1998 Round 7 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 42 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
17/05/1998 Round 8 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 3 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
23/05/1998 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 38 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
31/05/1998 Round 10 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 53 Neale Daniher unknown
06/06/1998 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 47 Neale Daniher unknown
13/06/1998 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 95 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
21/06/1998 Round 13 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 85 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
28/06/1998 Round 14 West Coast AWAY WIN MEL by 17 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
04/07/1998 Round 15 Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 18 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
18/07/1998 Round 16 Fremantle HOME WIN MEL by 23 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
25/07/1998 Round 17 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 65 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
01/08/1998 Round 18 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN MEL by 95 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
08/08/1998 Round 19 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 49 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
16/08/1998 Round 20 Port Adelaide AWAY WIN MEL by 23 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
24/08/1998 Round 21 Sydney HOME WIN MEL by 31 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
30/08/1998 Round 22 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 76 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
05/09/1998 Qualifying Final Adelaide HOME WIN MEL by 48 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
12/09/1998 Semi Final St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 51 Neale Daniher Todd Viney
18/09/1998 Preliminary Final North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 30 Neale Daniher Todd Viney