1898 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1898 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured seventeen rounds in a triple round-robin format with two qualifying rounds that excluded the team that was placed last on the ladder after the first fifteen rounds. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Footscray were the minor premiers.

The season did not feature a finals series and Footscray were declared the premiers, with Bob Dick as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1898 VFA Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 17 (inc. 2 qualifying rounds)
Matches: 49

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Brunswick	Brunswick Park
Footscray	Western Oval
North Melbourne	Arden Street Oval
Port Melbourne	North Port Oval
Richmond	Punt Road Oval
Williamstown	WCG

Season Results

Premiers: Footscray
Runners-Up: North Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Footscray

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Footscray	1st	13	-0-	4	52	133.5%	670	502	91	124	64	118
North Melbourne	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	120.0%	823	686	111	157	92	134
Port Melbourne	3rd	11	-0-	6	44	189.2%	931	492	130	151	61	126
Richmond	4th	8	-0-	9	32	113.8%	727	639	92	175	85	129
Williamstown	5th	5	-0-	10	20	87.6%	458	523	58	110	70	103
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	15	0	29.3%	318	1,085	41	72	151	179

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Footscray	1st	Not applicable
North Melbourne	2nd	Not applicable
Port Melbourne	3rd	Not applicable
Richmond	4th	Not applicable
Williamstown	5th	Not applicable
Brunswick	6th	Not applicable

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/05/1898		Footscray v Port Melbourne	Western Oval	26	-	18
SAT	14/05/1898		Richmond v North Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	43	-	59
SAT	14/05/1898	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Brunswick	WCG	59	-	7

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Williamstown	1st	1	-0-	0	4	842.9%	59	7
Footscray	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	144.4%	26	18
North Melbourne	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	137.2%	59	43
Richmond	4th	0	-0-	1	0	72.9%	43	59
Port Melbourne	5th	0	-0-	1	0	69.2%	18	26
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	1	0	11.9%	7	59

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/05/1898		Brunswick v North Melbourne	Brunswick Park	13	-	80
SAT	21/05/1898		Port Melbourne v Richmond	North Port Oval	69	-	25
SAT	21/05/1898	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Footscray	WCG	28	-	39

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	2	-0-	0	8	248.2%	139	56
Footscray	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	141.3%	65	46
Williamstown	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	189.1%	87	46
Port Melbourne	4th	1	-0-	1	4	170.6%	87	51
Richmond	5th	0	-0-	2	0	53.1%	68	128
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	2	0	14.4%	20	139

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/07/1898	Footscray v North Melbourne	Western Oval	27	-	26
SAT	09/07/1898	Port Melbourne v Williamstown	North Port Oval	45	-	11
SAT	09/07/1898	Richmond v Brunswick	Punt Road Oval	73	-	12

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	3	-0-	0	12	127.8%	92	72
Port Melbourne	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	212.9%	132	62
North Melbourne	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	198.8%	165	83
Williamstown	4th	1	-0-	2	4	107.7%	98	91
Richmond	5th	1	-0-	2	4	100.7%	141	140
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	3	0	15.1%	32	212

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/05/1898		Richmond v Footscray	Punt Road Oval	46	-	52
SAT	28/05/1898	2:00 PM	Brunswick v Port Melbourne	Brunswick Park	22	-	108
SAT	28/05/1898	2:10 PM	Williamstown v North Melbourne	WCG	30	-	45

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	4	-0-	0	16	122.0%	144	118
Port Melbourne	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	285.7%	240	84
North Melbourne	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	185.8%	210	113
Richmond	4th	1	-0-	3	4	97.4%	187	192
Williamstown	5th	1	-0-	3	4	94.1%	128	136
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	4	0	16.9%	54	320

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/06/1898		Footscray v Brunswick	Western Oval	75	-	35
SAT	04/06/1898		Port Melbourne v North Melbourne	North Port Oval	60	-	19
SAT	04/06/1898	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Richmond	WCG	33	-	15

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	5	-0-	0	20	143.1%	219	153
Port Melbourne	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	291.3%	300	103
North Melbourne	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	132.4%	229	173
Williamstown	4th	2	-0-	3	8	106.6%	161	151
Richmond	5th	1	-0-	4	4	89.8%	202	225
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	5	0	22.5%	89	395

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/06/1898		Port Melbourne v Footscray	North Port Oval	62	-	24
SAT	11/06/1898		Richmond v North Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	75	-	39
SAT	11/06/1898	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Brunswick	WCG	29	-	10

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Melbourne	1st	5	-0-	1	20	285.0%	362	127
Footscray	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	113.0%	243	215
Williamstown	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	118.0%	190	161
North Melbourne	4th	3	-0-	3	12	108.1%	268	248
Richmond	5th	2	-0-	4	8	104.9%	277	264
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	6	0	23.3%	99	424

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/06/1898	Footscray v Williamstown	Western Oval	27	-	19
SAT	18/06/1898	North Melbourne v Brunswick	East Melbourne	69	-	38
SAT	18/06/1898	Richmond v Port Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	28	-	17

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	6	-0-	1	24	115.4%	270	234
Port Melbourne	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	244.5%	379	155
North Melbourne	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	117.8%	337	286
Williamstown	4th	3	-0-	4	12	111.2%	209	188
Richmond	5th	3	-0-	4	12	108.5%	305	281
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	7	0	27.8%	137	493

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/06/1898		Footscray v North Melbourne	Western Oval	42	-	14
SAT	25/06/1898		Richmond v Brunswick	Brunswick Park	49	-	20
SAT	25/06/1898	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Williamstown	WCG	34	-	18

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	7	-0-	1	28	125.8%	312	248
Port Melbourne	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	238.7%	413	173
Richmond	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	117.6%	354	301
North Melbourne	4th	4	-0-	4	16	107.0%	351	328
Williamstown	5th	3	-0-	5	12	102.3%	227	222
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	8	0	29.0%	157	542

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/07/1898		Footscray v Richmond	Western Oval	29	-	13
SAT	02/07/1898	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Williamstown	WCG	51	-	48
SAT	02/07/1898	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Brunswick	North Port Oval	95	-	32

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	8	-0-	1	32	130.7%	341	261
Port Melbourne	2nd	7	-0-	2	28	247.8%	508	205
North Melbourne	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	106.9%	402	376
Richmond	4th	4	-0-	5	16	111.2%	367	330
Williamstown	5th	3	-0-	6	12	100.7%	275	273
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	9	0	29.7%	189	637

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/07/1898	Footscray v Brunswick	Western Oval	79	-	28
SAT	16/07/1898	Richmond v Williamstown	Punt Road Oval	45	-	8
SAT	27/08/1898	North Melbourne v Port Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	55	-	52

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	9	-0-	1	36	145.3%	420	289
Port Melbourne	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	215.4%	560	260
North Melbourne	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	106.8%	457	428
Richmond	4th	5	-0-	5	20	121.9%	412	338
Williamstown	5th	3	-0-	7	12	89.0%	283	318
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	10	0	30.3%	217	716

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/07/1898		Footscray v Port Melbourne	Western Oval	37	-	21
SAT	23/07/1898		North Melbourne v Richmond	Arden Street Oval	38	-	24
SAT	23/07/1898	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Brunswick	WCG	60	-	18

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	10	-0-	1	40	147.4%	457	310
Port Melbourne	2nd	7	-0-	4	28	195.6%	581	297
North Melbourne	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	109.5%	495	452
Richmond	4th	5	-0-	6	20	116.0%	436	376
Williamstown	5th	4	-0-	7	16	102.1%	343	336
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	11	0	30.3%	235	776

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/07/1898		North Melbourne v Brunswick	Arden Street Oval	90	-	34
SAT	30/07/1898		Richmond v Port Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	45	-	43
SAT	30/07/1898	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Footscray	WCG	36	-	22

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	10	-0-	2	40	138.4%	479	346
North Melbourne	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	120.4%	585	486
Port Melbourne	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	182.5%	624	342
Richmond	4th	6	-0-	6	24	114.8%	481	419
Williamstown	5th	5	-0-	7	20	105.9%	379	358
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	12	0	31.1%	269	866

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/08/1898	North Melbourne v Footscray	Arden Street Oval	46	-	31
SAT	06/08/1898	Port Melbourne v Williamstown	North Port Oval	52	-	13
SAT	06/08/1898	Richmond v Brunswick	Punt Road Oval	95	-	14

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	10	-0-	3	40	130.1%	510	392
North Melbourne	2nd	9	-0-	4	36	122.1%	631	517
Port Melbourne	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	190.4%	676	355
Richmond	4th	7	-0-	6	28	133.0%	576	433
Williamstown	5th	5	-0-	8	20	95.6%	392	410
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	13	0	29.4%	283	961

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/08/1898	Footscray v Richmond	Punt Road Oval	34	-	25
SAT	13/08/1898	North Melbourne v Williamstown	Arden Street Oval	51	-	34
SAT	13/08/1898	Port Melbourne v Brunswick	North Port Oval	62	-	25

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	11	-0-	3	44	130.5%	544	417
North Melbourne	2nd	10	-0-	4	40	123.8%	682	551
Port Melbourne	3rd	9	-0-	5	36	194.2%	738	380
Richmond	4th	7	-0-	7	28	128.7%	601	467
Williamstown	5th	5	-0-	9	20	92.4%	426	461
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	14	0	30.1%	308	1,023

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/08/1898	Footscray v Brunswick	Western Oval	62	-	10
SAT	20/08/1898	North Melbourne v Port Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	72	-	47
SAT	20/08/1898	Richmond v Williamstown	Punt Road Oval	62	-	32

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	12	-0-	3	48	141.9%	606	427
North Melbourne	2nd	11	-0-	4	44	126.1%	754	598
Port Melbourne	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	173.7%	785	452
Richmond	4th	8	-0-	7	32	132.9%	663	499
Williamstown	5th	5	-0-	10	20	87.6%	458	523
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	15	0	29.3%	318	1,085

Round 16 (Qualifying Round 1)

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/09/1898		Footscray v North Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	48	-	23
SAT	03/09/1898		Port Melbourne v Richmond	North Port Oval	94	-	24

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	13	-0-	3	52	145.3%	654	450
North Melbourne	2nd	11	-0-	5	44	120.3%	777	646
Port Melbourne	3rd	10	-0-	6	40	184.7%	879	476
Richmond	4th	8	-0-	8	32	115.9%	687	593
Williamstown	5th	5	-0-	10	20	87.6%	458	523
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	15	0	29.3%	318	1,085

Round 17 (Qualifying Round 2)

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/09/1898		North Melbourne v Richmond	Punt Road Oval	46	-	40
SAT	10/09/1898		Port Melbourne v Footscray	North Port Oval	52	-	16

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	13	-0-	4	52	133.5%	670	502
North Melbourne	2nd	12	-0-	5	48	120.0%	823	686
Port Melbourne	3rd	11	-0-	6	44	189.2%	931	492
Richmond	4th	8	-0-	9	32	113.8%	727	639
Williamstown	5th	5	-0-	10	20	87.6%	458	523
Brunswick	6th	0	-0-	15	0	29.3%	318	1,085

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