1898 VFL Season: South Melbourne

These are the details of the premiership results for South Melbourne for the 1898 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Lakeside Oval as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in fifth place. After facing Fitzroy, Essendon and Carlton in a round-robin finals series (section A), South Melbourne finished third, resulting in finishing in fifth place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1898 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Club: Sydney
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 7-0-7, P%: 89.6)
Finals Performance: 3rd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder A)

Team Leaders

Captain: Bill Fraser
Vice-Captain: Dick Gibson

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Adamson, Dave 12 1 R02, R04-10, R12, RF1-3
Adamson, Jack 2 0 R10-11
Armstrong, Warwick 1 0 RF3
Brown, Eddie 5 1 R01-05
Burns, Allen 13 7 R01-08, R13-14, RF1-3
Chandler, Joe 3 2 R14, RF1-2
Colgan, Charlie 16 13 R01-14, RF1-2
Cornelius, George 16 2 R01-11, R13-14, RF1-3
Davidson, George 17 0 R01-14, RF1-3
Davis, Johnny 9 6 R01, R03, R07, R09, R11-14, RF3
Fleming, Jack 7 0 R01-04, R06-07, R10
Fraser, Bill 15 4 R01-02, R04-13, RF1-3
Gardner, Harry 4 0 R13-14, RF1-2
Gibson, Dick 16 6 R01-10, R12-14, RF1-3
Gilligan, Tom 17 12 R01-14, RF1-3
Howson, Bert 11 0 R01-05, R09, R13-14, RF1-3
Jeanneret, Henri 17 0 R01-14, RF1-3
Jolly, Jim 7 0 R03-09
Kenny, Billy 2 0 R01-02
Machin, Artie 3 0 R03, R05-06
McArthur, Jim 1 0 R14
McDermott, John 5 3 R08-12
McNair, Arch 6 0 R11-14, RF2-3
Minahan, Mick 1 1 R01
O'Donnell, Bob 3 2 R08-09, R11
O'Hara, Frank 15 1 R03-14, RF1-3
O'Hara, Jack 2 1 RF1, RF3
Pleass, Mick 17 5 R01-14, RF1-3
Purdy, Harry 16 4 R02-14, RF1-3
Ralph, Jason 5 0 R06-08, R10-11
Robertson, Val 6 0 R12-14, RF1-3
Smith, Tom 2 0 R11-12
Southern, Jack 15 1 R01-12, R14, RF2-3
Sparrow, George 14 2 R01-13, RF1
Strong, Joe 2 0 R10, R12
Taylor, George 1 0 R13
Trim, Albert 17 0 R01-14, RF1-3
Williamson, George 2 0 R01-02
Windley, Bill 17 1 R01-14, RF1-3

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
14/05/1898 Round 1 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 17 unknown Bill Fraser
21/05/1898 Round 2 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 11 unknown Bill Fraser
24/05/1898 Round 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEEL by 52 unknown Dick Gibson
28/05/1898 Round 4 Collingwood HOME WIN SMLB by 11 unknown Bill Fraser
04/06/1898 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY WIN SMLB by 41 unknown Bill Fraser
11/06/1898 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY WIN SMLB by 2 unknown Bill Fraser
18/06/1898 Round 7 Fitzroy HOME WIN SMLB by 29 unknown Bill Fraser
25/06/1898 Round 8 Carlton HOME WIN SMLB by 32 unknown Bill Fraser
09/07/1898 Round 9 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 24 unknown Bill Fraser
16/07/1898 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEEL by 20 unknown Bill Fraser
23/07/1898 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 60 unknown Bill Fraser
30/07/1898 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN SMLB by 63 unknown Bill Fraser
13/08/1898 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN SMLB by 5 unknown Bill Fraser
20/08/1898 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 55 unknown Dick Gibson
27/08/1898 Round-Robin Final 1 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FITZ by 14 unknown Bill Fraser
03/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 2 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 17 unknown Bill Fraser
10/09/1898 Round-Robin Final 3 Carlton HOME WIN SMLB by 25 unknown Bill Fraser