1898 VFL season
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Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League
season of 1898.
Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds.
Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1898 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the 1898 VFL Premiership System.
TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against
TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against
Attendance: 13,120 at Brunswick Street Oval
defeated Essendon
5.8 (38) to 3.5 (23). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football
).
Attendance: 16,358 at Junction Oval
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
season of 1898.
Premiership season
In 1898, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 20 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves" (although any of the 20 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match).Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds.
Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1898 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the 1898 VFL Premiership System.
Section A Ladder
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Section B Ladder
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Semi Final
| Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzroy Fitzroy Football Club The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897... |
0.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.10 (22) |
| Collingwood Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... |
1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 (11) |
Attendance: 13,120 at Brunswick Street Oval
Brunswick Street Oval
The Brunswick Street Oval, currently known as WT Peterson Community Oval, also known as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria...
- Having won the Semi-Final, Fitzroy were given the right to 'challenge' Minor Premiers Essendon in the Grand Final
Grand final
FitzroyFitzroy Football Club
The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
defeated Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
5.8 (38) to 3.5 (23). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
).
| Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League... |
1.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 (23) |
| Fitzroy Fitzroy Football Club The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897... |
2.5 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 (38) |
Attendance: 16,358 at Junction Oval
Junction Oval
The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...
Awards
- The 1898 VFL Premiership team was FitzroyFitzroy Football ClubThe Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
. - The VFL's leading goalkickerColeman MedalThe Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...
was Archie SmithArchie SmithArchie 'Snapper' Smith was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the years following the formation of the VFL....
of CollingwoodCollingwood Football ClubThe Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
with 31 goals. - The Wooden Spoon went to St Kilda.
Notable events
- On 21 May 1898, playing against St Kilda Football Club, Geelong'sGeelong Football ClubThe Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
Firth McCallum eludes 12 opponents to score a goal. - A VFL representative team played two matches against a combined Ballarat Football LeagueBallarat Football LeagueThe Ballarat Football League is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia.The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football League in 1908 and was briefly known as the Ballarat-Wimmera...
team. The VFL won their home match, and lost their away match. - Essendon player Corrie GardnerCorrie GardnerCornelius H. "Corrie" Gardner was an Australian track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He participated in the long jump competition but his result is unknown...
, who also played for Melbourne Football ClubMelbourne Football ClubThe Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
from 1900 to 1903 and in 1905, and who represented Australia in the hurdles and the long jump at the 1904 Summer Olympics1904 Summer OlympicsThe 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from 1 July 1904, to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University...
at St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
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, won the Australian Amateur Athletics hurdle championship in 1898. - At the end of the home-and away season, Essendon had a VFL record percentage of 202.2%.
- 1898 was the first VFL season that the premiership had been decided in a "challenge" match.
- Two sets of brothers played for FitzroyFitzroy Football ClubThe Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
in the 1898 "Grand Final Match": Bill DaltonBill Dalton (footballer)William 'Bill' Dalton was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League .A dual premiership player, Dalton played beside his younger brother Jack in Fitzroy's 1898 premiership team and was a half forward flanker in the premiership the following...
and Jack DaltonJack Dalton (footballer)Jack G. Dalton was an Australian rules footballer who played for Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League .Dalton was a half back flanker in Fitzroy's 1898 premiership team. Brother of teammate Bill, he missed out on their premiership the following season due to injury.-References:*Holmesby,...
; and Jim GraceJim Grace (footballer)Jim Grace was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the club's early years. His younger brother, Mick Grace, played beside him at Fitzroy....
and Mick GraceMick GraceMichael John Grace was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League and Victorian Football Association ....
.
See also
- 1898 VFL Grand Final1898 VFL Grand FinalThe 1898 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held in Melbourne on 24 September 1898...
- The 1898 VFL Premiership System