1898 VFL Season: Collingwood

These are the details of the premiership results for Collingwood for the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Victoria Park as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in second place. After facing St Kilda, Geelong and Melbourne in a round-robin finals series and finishing (section B), Collingwood were defeated by Fitzroy (winners of section A) in the final. Essendon exercised their right to challenge for the premiership by virtue of being the minor premiers, resulting in Collingwood finishing in third place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1898 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Club: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 10-0-4, P%: 181.0)
Finals Performance: Defeated by Fitzroy (Preliminary Final)

Team Leaders

Captain: Bill Proudfoot
Vice-Captain: Dick Condon

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Bird, Bob 1 1 RF1
Callesen, George 2 0 R01, R13
Condon, Dick 16 9 R01-05, R07-08, R10-14, RF1-3, PF
Cowell, George 11 2 R01, R03-06, R09-13, RF3
Dow, Charlie 15 1 R02, R04, R06-14, RF1-3, PF
Dowdall, Harry 13 4 R01-07, R09, R14, RF1-3, PF
Fell, Matthew 17 3 R01-12, R14, RF1-3, PF
Gibbs, Arthur 5 0 R01-04, R06
Gillard, Wal 17 11 R01-04, R06-14, RF1-3, PF
Gregory, Jim 14 6 R01-03, R05-11, R14, RF2-3, PF
Hailwood, Frank 18 8 R01-14, RF1-3, PF
Hellwig, Herman 16 3 R01-08, R11-14, RF1-3, PF
Kay, Fred 1 0 R04
Kennedy, Bill 18 1 R01-14, RF1-3, PF
Leach, Arthur 14 1 R05-14, RF1-3, PF
Leach, Fred 16 1 R01-05, R07-10, R12-14, RF1-3, PF
Lee, Tom 1 0 R05
Lynch, Mick 14 15 R01-06, R08-13, RF1, RF3
McCubbin, Bobby 6 0 R01-06
Monohan, Jack 17 1 R01-14, RF1-2, PF
O'Brien, Bill 16 0 R01-02, R05-14, RF1-3, PF
Pannam, Charlie 18 3 R01-14, RF1-3, PF
Proudfoot, Bill 18 0 R01-14, RF1-3, PF
Sime, Charlie 14 3 R03, R06-14, RF1-3, PF
Smith, Archie 18 31 R01-14, RF1-3, PF
Stranger, Bill 16 1 R02-14, RF2-3, PF
Tulloch, Lardie 15 9 R02-05, R07-14, RF1-2, PF
Williams, George 13 0 R01, R07-14, RF1-3, PF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
14/05/1898 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN COLL by 21 unknown Bill Proudfoot
21/05/1898 Round 2 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 12 unknown Bill Proudfoot
24/05/1898 Round 3 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 10 unknown Bill Proudfoot
28/05/1898 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 11 unknown Bill Proudfoot
04/06/1898 Round 5 Carlton HOME WIN COLL by 42 unknown Bill Proudfoot
11/06/1898 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY WIN COLL by 34 unknown Bill Proudfoot
18/06/1898 Round 7 Essendon HOME WIN COLL by 20 unknown Bill Proudfoot
25/06/1898 Round 8 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEEL by 19 unknown Bill Proudfoot
09/07/1898 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN COLL by 12 unknown Bill Proudfoot
16/07/1898 Round 10 Melbourne HOME WIN COLL by 48 unknown Bill Proudfoot
23/07/1898 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME WIN COLL by 60 unknown Bill Proudfoot
30/07/1898 Round 12 Carlton AWAY WIN COLL by 19 unknown Bill Proudfoot
13/08/1898 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN COLL by 59 unknown Bill Proudfoot
20/08/1898 Round 14 Essendon AWAY WIN COLL by 31 unknown Bill Proudfoot
27/08/1898 Round-Robin Final 1 St Kilda AWAY WIN COLL by 76 unknown Bill Proudfoot
03/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 2 Geelong HOME WIN COLL by 15 unknown Bill Proudfoot
10/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 3 Melbourne HOME WIN COLL by 14 unknown Bill Proudfoot
17/09/1898 Preliminary Final Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 11 unknown Bill Proudfoot