1898 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Competition: 1898 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Corio Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 9-0-5, P%: 151.8)
Finals Performance: 2nd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder B)

Team Leaders

Captain: Jack Conway
Vice-Captain: Joe McShane

Player Results

Player	Matches	Goals	Rounds
Anderson, Ernie	1	0	R11
Bailiff, Les	9	0	R09-14, RF1-3
Barling, Bert	8	1	R01, R04, R06-11
Brockwell, Sam	15	0	R01-03, R05-08, R10-14, RF1-3
Burns, Peter	17	3	R01-14, RF1-3
Calvert, Ossie	2	0	R13-14
Coles, Charlie	3	1	R01-03
Conway, Jack	17	0	R01-14, RF1-3
Cooke, Walter	9	1	R02-05, R09-12, RF3
Dear, Alf	13	2	R02-09, R13-14, RF1-3
Dore, Jack	5	0	R03-05, R07-08
Flynn, Jim	17	2	R01-14, RF1-3
Greeves, Ted	4	0	R05, R13, RF1-2
Holligan, Teddy	17	7	R01-14, RF1-3
James, Eddy	13	26	R01-13
King, Alec	6	3	R11-14, RF1, RF3
Leahy, Paddy	3	0	R03, R05-06
Leighton, Ernie	13	13	R05-14, RF1-3
Maguire, Tom	1	0	R01
McCallum, Firth	16	9	R01-10, R12-14, RF1-3
McKenzie, Arthur	4	0	R14, RF1-3
McShane, Henry	15	1	R01, R04-14, RF1-3
McShane, Jim	16	5	R01-04, R06-14, RF1-3
McShane, Joe	17	4	R01-14, RF1-3
O'Loughlin, Jack	12	0	R01-12
Parkin, Jack	16	4	R01-04, R06-14, RF1-3
Pincott, Arthur	17	0	R01-14, RF1-3
Quinn, Jack	5	2	R01-05
Robertson, Bill	1	0	R02
Sandford, Cecil	1	1	R01
Thompson, Archie	16	3	R01-04, R06-14, RF1-3
Walker, Dick	14	10	R02, R04-10, R12-14, RF1-3
White, Fred	16	13	R01-12, R14, RF1-3
Young, Henry	1	1	RF2

Coach Results

Coach	Matches (W-D-L)				Rounds

Team Line-Up

Back:	Jack O'Loughlin	Peter Burns	Arthur Pincott
Half-Back:	Jack Dore	Jack Conway	Archie Thompson
Centre:	Sam Brockwell	Firth McCallum	Paddy Leahy
Half-Forward:	Teddy Holligan	Eddy James	Jim Flynn
Forward:	Charlie Coles	Jack Quinn	Fred White
Follower:	Walter Cooke	Alf Dear	Joe McShane
Follower:	Jack Parkin	Jim McShane

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available complete positional records from this season.
Names in bold indicate that the player was named in this position at least ten times this season (exc. interchange).
Positional information from 1 out of 17 matches was used.

Match Results

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Result		Coach	Captain (Nominated)
14/05/1898	Round 1	Collingwood	AWAY	LOSS	COLL by 21	unknown	Jack Conway
21/05/1898	Round 2	St Kilda	HOME	WIN	GEEL by 68	unknown	Jack Conway
24/05/1898	Round 3	South Melbourne	HOME	WIN	GEEL by 52	unknown	Jack Conway
28/05/1898	Round 4	Carlton	AWAY	WIN	GEEL by 1	unknown	Jack Conway
04/06/1898	Round 5	Fitzroy	HOME	LOSS	FITZ by 5	unknown	Jack Conway
11/06/1898	Round 6	Essendon	HOME	WIN	GEEL by 7	unknown	Jack Conway
18/06/1898	Round 7	Melbourne	AWAY	LOSS	MELB by 20	unknown	Jack Conway
25/06/1898	Round 8	Collingwood	HOME	WIN	GEEL by 19	unknown	Jack Conway
09/07/1898	Round 9	St Kilda	AWAY	WIN	GEEL by 68	unknown	Jack Conway
16/07/1898	Round 10	South Melbourne	AWAY	WIN	GEEL by 20	unknown	Jack Conway
23/07/1898	Round 11	Carlton	HOME	WIN	GEEL by 26	unknown	Jack Conway
30/07/1898	Round 12	Fitzroy	AWAY	LOSS	FITZ by 9	unknown	Jack Conway
13/08/1898	Round 13	Essendon	AWAY	LOSS	ESSE by 18	unknown	Jack Conway
20/08/1898	Round 14	Melbourne	HOME	WIN	GEEL by 32	unknown	Jack Conway
27/08/1898	Round-Robin Final 1	Melbourne	HOME	WIN	GEEL by 62	unknown	Jack Conway
03/09/1898	Round-Robin Final 2	Collingwood	AWAY	LOSS	COLL by 15	unknown	Jack Conway
10/09/1898	Round-Robin Final 3	St Kilda	HOME	WIN	GEEL by 75	unknown	Jack Conway

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