1898 VFL Season

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

It featured fourteen rounds in a double round-robin format. Essendon were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Sectional Round-Robin system. Fitzroy were the premiers, with Alec Sloan as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1898 VFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Sectional Round-Robin System
Matches: 70

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton	Princes Park
Collingwood	Victoria Park
Essendon	East Melbourne
Fitzroy	Brunswick Street Oval
Geelong	Corio Oval
Melbourne	MCG
South Melbourne	Lakeside Oval
St Kilda	Junction Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Fitzroy
Runners-Up: Essendon
Minor Premiers: Essendon

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Essendon	1st	11	-0-	3	44	202.1%	756	374	102	144	46	98
Collingwood	2nd	10	-0-	4	40	181.0%	657	363	86	141	46	87
Fitzroy	3rd	10	-0-	4	40	121.6%	568	467	76	112	62	95
Geelong	4th	9	-0-	5	36	151.8%	645	425	83	147	57	83
South Melbourne	5th	7	-0-	7	28	89.6%	482	538	61	116	68	130
Melbourne	6th	5	-1-	8	22	97.1%	529	545	69	115	74	101
Carlton	7th	3	-1-	10	14	60.3%	382	634	50	82	84	130
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	14	0	33.5%	339	1,012	46	63	136	196

Major Premiership Results

Sectional Ladder A

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Fitzroy	1st	3	-0-	0	12	325.0%	182	56	23	44	8	8
Essendon	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	171.4%	132	77	16	36	9	23
South Melbourne	3rd	1	-0-	2	4	94.5%	104	110	14	20	14	26
Carlton	4th	0	-0-	3	0	17.5%	37	212	5	7	27	50

Sectional Ladder B

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Collingwood	1st	3	-0-	0	12	207.1%	203	98	27	41	14	14
Geelong	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	238.6%	210	88	29	36	12	16
Melbourne	3rd	1	-0-	2	4	63.3%	95	150	13	17	20	30
St Kilda	4th	0	-0-	3	0	29.2%	71	243	10	11	33	45

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Fitzroy	1st	Premiers
Essendon	2nd	Runners-Up
Collingwood	3rd	Defeated by Fitzroy (Preliminary Final)
Geelong	4th	2nd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder B)
South Melbourne	5th	3rd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder A)
Melbourne	6th	3rd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder B)
Carlton	7th	4th place in round-robin finals series (Ladder A)
St Kilda	8th	4th place in round-robin finals series (Ladder B)

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/05/1898	3:00 PM	Carlton v South Melbourne	Princes Park	47	-	30
SAT	14/05/1898	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Geelong	Victoria Park	48	-	27
SAT	14/05/1898	3:00 PM	Essendon v Fitzroy	East Melbourne	70	-	17
SAT	14/05/1898	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Melbourne	Junction Oval	16	-	92

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Melbourne	1st	1	-0-	0	4	575.0%	92	16
Essendon	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	411.8%	70	17
Collingwood	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	177.8%	48	27
Carlton	4th	1	-0-	0	4	156.7%	47	30
South Melbourne	5th	0	-0-	1	0	63.8%	30	47
Geelong	6th	0	-0-	1	0	56.3%	27	48
Fitzroy	7th	0	-0-	1	0	24.3%	17	70
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	1	0	17.4%	16	92

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/05/1898	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Collingwood	Brunswick Street Oval	48	-	36
SAT	21/05/1898	3:00 PM	Geelong v St Kilda	Corio Oval	85	-	17
SAT	21/05/1898	3:00 PM	Melbourne v Carlton	MCG	83	-	26
SAT	21/05/1898	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Essendon	Lakeside Oval	27	-	38

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Melbourne	1st	2	-0-	0	8	416.7%	175	42
Essendon	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	245.5%	108	44
Geelong	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	172.3%	112	65
Collingwood	4th	1	-0-	1	4	112.0%	84	75
Carlton	5th	1	-0-	1	4	64.6%	73	113
Fitzroy	6th	1	-0-	1	4	61.3%	65	106
South Melbourne	7th	0	-0-	2	0	67.1%	57	85
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	2	0	18.6%	33	177

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
TUE	24/05/1898	3:00 PM	Carlton v Essendon	Princes Park	16	-	28
TUE	24/05/1898	3:00 PM	Geelong v South Melbourne	Corio Oval	60	-	8
TUE	24/05/1898	3:00 PM	Melbourne v Collingwood	MCG	46	-	36
TUE	24/05/1898	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Fitzroy	Junction Oval	16	-	53

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Melbourne	1st	3	-0-	0	12	283.3%	221	78
Essendon	2nd	3	-0-	0	12	226.7%	136	60
Geelong	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	235.6%	172	73
Fitzroy	4th	2	-0-	1	8	96.7%	118	122
Collingwood	5th	1	-0-	2	4	99.2%	120	121
Carlton	6th	1	-0-	2	4	63.1%	89	141
South Melbourne	7th	0	-0-	3	0	44.8%	65	145
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	3	0	21.3%	49	230

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/05/1898	3:00 PM	Carlton v Geelong	Princes Park	29	-	30
SAT	28/05/1898	3:00 PM	Essendon v St Kilda	East Melbourne	112	-	37
SAT	28/05/1898	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Melbourne	Brunswick Street Oval	38	-	19
SAT	28/05/1898	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Collingwood	Lakeside Oval	53	-	42

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon	1st	4	-0-	0	16	255.7%	248	97
Melbourne	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	206.9%	240	116
Geelong	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	198.0%	202	102
Fitzroy	4th	3	-0-	1	12	110.6%	156	141
Collingwood	5th	1	-0-	3	4	93.1%	162	174
Carlton	6th	1	-0-	3	4	69.0%	118	171
South Melbourne	7th	1	-0-	3	4	63.1%	118	187
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	4	0	25.1%	86	342

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/06/1898	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Carlton	Victoria Park	48	-	6
SAT	04/06/1898	3:00 PM	Essendon v Melbourne	East Melbourne	48	-	23
SAT	04/06/1898	3:00 PM	Geelong v Fitzroy	Corio Oval	34	-	39
SAT	04/06/1898	3:00 PM	St Kilda v South Melbourne	Junction Oval	21	-	62

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon	1st	5	-0-	0	20	246.7%	296	120
Fitzroy	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	111.4%	195	175
Geelong	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	167.4%	236	141
Melbourne	4th	3	-0-	2	12	160.4%	263	164
Collingwood	5th	2	-0-	3	8	116.7%	210	180
South Melbourne	6th	2	-0-	3	8	86.5%	180	208
Carlton	7th	1	-0-	4	4	56.6%	124	219
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	5	0	26.5%	107	404

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/06/1898	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Carlton	Brunswick Street Oval	37	-	33
SAT	11/06/1898	3:00 PM	Geelong v Essendon	Corio Oval	31	-	24
SAT	11/06/1898	3:00 PM	Melbourne v South Melbourne	MCG	13	-	15
SAT	11/06/1898	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Collingwood	Junction Oval	34	-	68

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon	1st	5	-0-	1	20	211.9%	320	151
Fitzroy	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	111.5%	232	208
Geelong	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	161.8%	267	165
Melbourne	4th	3	-0-	3	12	154.2%	276	179
Collingwood	5th	3	-0-	3	12	129.9%	278	214
South Melbourne	6th	3	-0-	3	12	88.2%	195	221
Carlton	7th	1	-0-	5	4	61.3%	157	256
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	6	0	29.9%	141	472

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/06/1898	3:00 PM	Carlton v St Kilda	Princes Park	43	-	33
SAT	18/06/1898	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Essendon	Victoria Park	40	-	20
SAT	18/06/1898	3:00 PM	Melbourne v Geelong	MCG	59	-	39
SAT	18/06/1898	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Fitzroy	Lakeside Oval	51	-	22

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon	1st	5	-0-	2	20	178.0%	340	191
Fitzroy	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	98.1%	254	259
Melbourne	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	153.7%	335	218
Geelong	4th	4	-0-	3	16	136.6%	306	224
Collingwood	5th	4	-0-	3	16	135.9%	318	234
South Melbourne	6th	4	-0-	3	16	101.2%	246	243
Carlton	7th	2	-0-	5	8	69.2%	200	289
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	7	0	33.8%	174	515

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/06/1898	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Essendon	Brunswick Street Oval	16	-	59
SAT	25/06/1898	3:00 PM	Geelong v Collingwood	Corio Oval	41	-	22
SAT	25/06/1898	3:00 PM	Melbourne v St Kilda	MCG	45	-	21
SAT	25/06/1898	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Carlton	Lakeside Oval	44	-	12

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon	1st	6	-0-	2	24	192.8%	399	207
Melbourne	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	159.0%	380	239
Geelong	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	141.1%	347	246
South Melbourne	4th	5	-0-	3	20	113.7%	290	255
Fitzroy	5th	5	-0-	3	20	84.9%	270	318
Collingwood	6th	4	-0-	4	16	123.6%	340	275
Carlton	7th	2	-0-	6	8	63.7%	212	333
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	8	0	34.8%	195	560

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/07/1898	3:00 PM	Carlton v Melbourne	Princes Park	28	-	28
SAT	09/07/1898	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Fitzroy	Victoria Park	35	-	23
SAT	09/07/1898	3:00 PM	Essendon v South Melbourne	East Melbourne	54	-	30
SAT	09/07/1898	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Geelong	Junction Oval	25	-	93

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon	1st	7	-0-	2	28	191.1%	453	237
Geelong	2nd	6	-0-	3	24	162.4%	440	271
Melbourne	3rd	5	-1-	3	22	152.8%	408	267
Collingwood	4th	5	-0-	4	20	125.8%	375	298
South Melbourne	5th	5	-0-	4	20	103.6%	320	309
Fitzroy	6th	5	-0-	4	20	83.0%	293	353
Carlton	7th	2	-1-	6	10	66.5%	240	361
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	9	0	33.7%	220	653

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/07/1898	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Melbourne	Victoria Park	59	-	11
SAT	16/07/1898	3:00 PM	Essendon v Carlton	East Melbourne	77	-	9
SAT	16/07/1898	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v St Kilda	Brunswick Street Oval	67	-	19
SAT	16/07/1898	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Geelong	Lakeside Oval	9	-	29

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon	1st	8	-0-	2	32	215.4%	530	246
Geelong	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	167.5%	469	280
Collingwood	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	140.5%	434	309
Fitzroy	4th	6	-0-	4	24	96.8%	360	372
Melbourne	5th	5	-1-	4	22	128.5%	419	326
South Melbourne	6th	5	-0-	5	20	97.3%	329	338
Carlton	7th	2	-1-	7	10	56.8%	249	438
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	10	0	33.2%	239	720

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/07/1898	3:00 PM	Collingwood v South Melbourne	Victoria Park	73	-	13
SAT	23/07/1898	3:00 PM	Geelong v Carlton	Corio Oval	58	-	32
SAT	23/07/1898	3:00 PM	Melbourne v Fitzroy	MCG	33	-	50
SAT	23/07/1898	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Essendon	Junction Oval	15	-	71

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon	1st	9	-0-	2	36	230.3%	601	261
Geelong	2nd	8	-0-	3	32	168.9%	527	312
Collingwood	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	157.5%	507	322
Fitzroy	4th	7	-0-	4	28	101.2%	410	405
Melbourne	5th	5	-1-	5	22	120.2%	452	376
South Melbourne	6th	5	-0-	6	20	83.2%	342	411
Carlton	7th	2	-1-	8	10	56.7%	281	496
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	11	0	32.1%	254	791

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/07/1898	3:00 PM	Carlton v Collingwood	Princes Park	10	-	29
SAT	30/07/1898	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Geelong	Brunswick Street Oval	39	-	30
SAT	30/07/1898	3:00 PM	Melbourne v Essendon	MCG	20	-	75
SAT	30/07/1898	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v St Kilda	Lakeside Oval	87	-	24

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon	1st	10	-0-	2	40	240.6%	676	281
Collingwood	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	161.4%	536	332
Geelong	3rd	8	-0-	4	32	158.7%	557	351
Fitzroy	4th	8	-0-	4	32	103.2%	449	435
South Melbourne	5th	6	-0-	6	24	98.6%	429	435
Melbourne	6th	5	-1-	6	22	104.7%	472	451
Carlton	7th	2	-1-	9	10	55.4%	291	525
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	12	0	31.7%	278	878

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/08/1898	3:00 PM	Carlton v Fitzroy	Princes Park	22	-	54
SAT	13/08/1898	3:00 PM	Collingwood v St Kilda	Victoria Park	65	-	6
SAT	13/08/1898	3:00 PM	Essendon v Geelong	East Melbourne	55	-	37
SAT	13/08/1898	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Melbourne	Lakeside Oval	43	-	38

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon	1st	11	-0-	2	44	229.9%	731	318
Collingwood	2nd	9	-0-	4	36	177.8%	601	338
Fitzroy	3rd	9	-0-	4	36	110.1%	503	457
Geelong	4th	8	-0-	5	32	146.3%	594	406
South Melbourne	5th	7	-0-	6	28	99.8%	472	473
Melbourne	6th	5	-1-	7	22	103.2%	510	494
Carlton	7th	2	-1-	10	10	54.1%	313	579
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	13	0	30.1%	284	943

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/08/1898	3:00 PM	Essendon v Collingwood	East Melbourne	25	-	56
SAT	20/08/1898	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v South Melbourne	Brunswick Street Oval	65	-	10
SAT	20/08/1898	3:00 PM	Geelong v Melbourne	Corio Oval	51	-	19
SAT	20/08/1898	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Carlton	Junction Oval	55	-	69

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon	1st	11	-0-	3	44	202.1%	756	374
Collingwood	2nd	10	-0-	4	40	181.0%	657	363
Fitzroy	3rd	10	-0-	4	40	121.6%	568	467
Geelong	4th	9	-0-	5	36	151.8%	645	425
South Melbourne	5th	7	-0-	7	28	89.6%	482	538
Melbourne	6th	5	-1-	8	22	97.1%	529	545
Carlton	7th	3	-1-	10	14	60.3%	382	634
St Kilda	8th	0	-0-	14	0	33.5%	339	1,012

Final Round 1

Round-Robin Final 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/08/1898	2:30 PM	Essendon v Carlton	East Melbourne	75	-	8
SAT	27/08/1898	2:30 PM	Geelong v Melbourne	Corio Oval	78	-	16
SAT	27/08/1898	2:30 PM	South Melbourne v Fitzroy	Lakeside Oval	33	-	47
SAT	27/08/1898	2:30 PM	St Kilda v Collingwood	Junction Oval	27	-	103

Final Round 2

Round-Robin Final 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/09/1898	2:30 PM	Collingwood v Geelong	Victoria Park	45	-	30
SAT	03/09/1898	2:30 PM	Fitzroy v Carlton	Brunswick Street Oval	90	-	7
SAT	03/09/1898	2:30 PM	South Melbourne v Essendon	Lakeside Oval	24	-	41
SAT	03/09/1898	2:30 PM	St Kilda v Melbourne	Junction Oval	17	-	38

Final Round 3

Round-Robin Final 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/09/1898	2:30 PM	Collingwood v Melbourne	Victoria Park	55	-	41
SAT	10/09/1898	2:30 PM	Fitzroy v Essendon	Brunswick Street Oval	45	-	16
SAT	10/09/1898	2:30 PM	Geelong v St Kilda	Corio Oval	102	-	27
SAT	10/09/1898	2:30 PM	South Melbourne v Carlton	Lakeside Oval	47	-	22

Final Round 4

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/09/1898	2:30 PM	Fitzroy v Collingwood	Brunswick Street Oval	22	-	11	13,120

Final Round 5

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/09/1898	2:50 PM	Fitzroy v Essendon	Junction Oval	38	-	23	16,538

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