1898 VFL Season: St Kilda
These are the details of the premiership results of St Kilda for the 1898 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in eighth place. St Kilda then faced Collingwood, Geelong and Melbourne in a round-robin finals series (section B), finishing fourth, resulting in finishing in eighth place overall (regular season position with an adjustment for finals).
Season Team Details
Competition:
1898 VFL Season
Team:
St Kilda
Home Ground:
Junction Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
8th (W-D-L: 0-0-14, P%: 33.5)
Finals Performance:
4th place in round-robin finals series (Ladder B)
Team Leaders
Captain:
Billy Shaw
Vice-Captain:
Harry Aylwin
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archer, Artie | 5 | 0 | R01-04, R07 | |
| Aylwin, Harry | 14 | 0 | R01-05, R07-11, R14, RF1-3 | |
| Barr, Harry | 1 | 0 | R03 | |
| Beggs, Billy | 2 | 0 | R02, R04 | |
| Blake, George | 1 | 0 | RF2 | |
| Blake, Mick | 14 | 1 | R01-10, R14, RF1-3 | |
| Blake, Tom | 13 | 2 | R02-12, R14, RF1 | |
| Brady, Peter | 7 | 3 | R01-03, R05-08 | |
| Brookes, Harold | 2 | 2 | R07-08 | |
| Clauscen, Alf | 2 | 0 | R13, RF1 | |
| Collins, Dan | 1 | 0 | R03 | |
| Cumming, Mark | 4 | 0 | R01-04 | |
| Damman, Percy | 7 | 0 | R07-08, R11-13, RF1, RF3 | |
| Dando, Johnny | 13 | 0 | R03, R05-12, R14, RF1-3 | |
| Duigan, Harry | 5 | 1 | R08-09, R11, R14, RF2 | |
| Dunne, Ernie | 3 | 2 | R01-03 | |
| Fogarty, Tom | 10 | 0 | R07-10, R12-14, RF1-3 | |
| Gaunson, David | 1 | 0 | R01 | |
| Gibson, Dave | 10 | 0 | R03-04, R06-10, R12-14 | |
| Hall, Ted | 16 | 2 | R01-14, RF1, RF3 | |
| Hatch, Ralph | 1 | 0 | R13 | |
| Hogan, Joe | 13 | 4 | R04-07, R09-14, RF1-3 | |
| Howell, Charlie | 2 | 0 | R01-02 | |
| Hunter, George | 1 | 0 | R13 | |
| Jennings, Jack | 8 | 1 | R01-02, R04-05, R08, R13-14, RF1 | |
| Jones, Ernest | 8 | 1 | R08-14, RF3 | |
| Kay, Bert | 1 | 0 | R04 | |
| Kirwin, Edmund | 1 | 0 | R01 | |
| Louch, Herb | 1 | 0 | RF3 | |
| Lowe, Arch | 2 | 0 | R05-06 | |
| Lyons, Horrie | 5 | 1 | R01-05 | |
| Maddox, Edgar | 1 | 0 | R06 | |
| Matthews, Bill | 12 | 1 | R01, R05-07, R10-14, RF1-3 | |
| May, George | 3 | 1 | RF1-3 | |
| McNamara, Tom | 10 | 0 | R02, R04, R06-12, RF1 | |
| Morehouse, Joe | 10 | 0 | R01, R04-12 | |
| Morgan, George | 5 | 1 | R11-13, RF1-2 | |
| Parker, Alf | 1 | 0 | RF2 | |
| Phillips, Syd | 12 | 0 | R01-02, R06-14, RF2 | |
| Porter, Billy | 3 | 0 | RF1-3 | |
| Purse, Jack | 1 | 0 | RF3 | |
| Richardson, Arthur | 3 | 0 | R01, R05, RF3 | |
| Rutherford, George | 11 | 0 | R01-03, R05-06, R09, R13-14, RF1-3 | |
| Shaw, Billy | 9 | 1 | R01-06, R14, RF2-3 | |
| Smith, Alf | 1 | 0 | R14 | |
| Smith, Howard | 13 | 1 | R01-13 | |
| Stewart, Andy | 15 | 23 | R03-14, RF1-3 | |
| Stewart, George | 12 | 1 | R03-07, R09-13, RF1-2 | |
| Stewart, Reg | 2 | 1 | R01-02 | |
| Stewart, Walter | 9 | 1 | R02-05, R09-13 | |
| Thompson, Harry | 1 | 0 | R12 | |
| Todd, Jack | 1 | 0 | RF3 | |
| Walker, Don | 1 | 0 | R06 | |
| Warne, Jim | 8 | 1 | R10-14, RF1-3 | |
| Whitelaw, Fred | 15 | 2 | R02-14, RF1-2 | |
| Woodhouse, Bill | 7 | 2 | R08-11, R14, RF2-3 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/05/1898 | Round 1 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 76 | unknown | Billy Shaw |
| 21/05/1898 | Round 2 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 68 | unknown | Billy Shaw |
| 24/05/1898 | Round 3 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 37 | unknown | Billy Shaw |
| 28/05/1898 | Round 4 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 75 | unknown | Billy Shaw |
| 04/06/1898 | Round 5 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 41 | unknown | Billy Shaw |
| 11/06/1898 | Round 6 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 34 | unknown | Billy Shaw |
| 18/06/1898 | Round 7 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 10 | unknown | Harry Aylwin |
| 25/06/1898 | Round 8 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 24 | unknown | Harry Aylwin |
| 09/07/1898 | Round 9 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 68 | unknown | Harry Aylwin |
| 16/07/1898 | Round 10 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 48 | unknown | Harry Aylwin |
| 23/07/1898 | Round 11 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 56 | unknown | Harry Aylwin |
| 30/07/1898 | Round 12 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 63 | unknown | Tom Blake |
| 13/08/1898 | Round 13 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 59 | unknown | unknown |
| 20/08/1898 | Round 14 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 14 | unknown | Billy Shaw |
| 27/08/1898 | Round-Robin Final 1 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 76 | unknown | Harry Aylwin |
| 03/09/1898 | Round-Robin Final 2 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 21 | unknown | Billy Shaw |
| 10/09/1898 | Round-Robin Final 3 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 75 | unknown | Billy Shaw |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.