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1898 VFL Premiership Season
Teams	8
Premiers	Fitzroy (1st premiership)
Minor Premiers	Essendon (1st minor premiership)
Leading Goalkicker	Archie Smith (Collingwood)

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League 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.

Round 1

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Essendon	10.10 (70)	Fitzroy	2.5 (17)	EMCG	14 May 1898
Collingwood	7.6 (48)	Geelong	3.9 (27)	Victoria Park	14 May 1898
Carlton	6.11 (47)	South Melbourne	3.12 (30)	Princes Park	14 May 1898
St Kilda	2.4 (16)	Melbourne	13.14 (92)	Junction Oval	14 May 1898

Round 2

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Geelong	11.19 (85)	St Kilda	2.5 (17)	Corio Oval	21 May 1898
South Melbourne	3.9 (27)	Essendon	5.8 (38)	Lake Oval	21 May 1898
Fitzroy	7.6 (48)	Collingwood	5.6 (36)	Brunswick Street Oval	21 May 1898
Melbourne	12.11 (83)	Carlton	4.2 (26)	MCG	21 May 1898

Round 3

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Geelong	7.18 (60)	South Melbourne	1.2 (8)	Corio Oval	24 May 1898
Carlton	2.4 (16)	Essendon	4.4 (28)	Princes Park	24 May 1898
St Kilda	2.4 (16)	Fitzroy	7.11 (53)	Junction Oval	24 May 1898
Melbourne	6.10 (46)	Collingwood	5.6 (36)	MCG	24 May 1898

Round 4

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Fitzroy	4.14 (38)	Melbourne	2.7 (19)	Brunswick Street Oval	28 May 1898
Essendon	16.16 (112)	St Kilda	5.7 (37)	EMCG	28 May 1898
Carlton	4.5 (29)	Geelong	3.12 (30)	Princes Park	28 May 1898
South Melbourne	7.11 (53)	Collingwood	6.6 (42)	Lake Oval	28 May 1898

Round 5

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
St Kilda	3.3 (21)	South Melbourne	7.20 (62)	Junction Oval	4 June 1898
Essendon	6.12 (48)	Melbourne	3.5 (23)	EMCG	4 June 1898
Geelong	4.10 (34)	Fitzroy	6.3 (39)	Corio Oval	4 June 1898
Collingwood	6.12 (48)	Carlton	0.6 (6)	Victoria Park	4 June 1898

Round 6

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Melbourne	1.7 (13)	South Melbourne	2.3 (15)	MCG	11 June 1898
Geelong	4.7 (31)	Essendon	3.6 (24)	Corio Oval	11 June 1898
St Kilda	5.4 (34)	Collingwood	10.8 (68)	Junction Oval	11 June 1898
Fitzroy	5.7 (37)	Carlton	4.9 (33)	Brunswick Street Oval	11 June 1898

Round 7

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Collingwood	5.10 (40)	Essendon	3.2 (20)	Victoria Park	18 June 1898
Carlton	5.13 (43)	St Kilda	5.3 (33)	Princes Park	18 June 1898
Melbourne	9.5 (59)	Geelong	5.9 (39)	MCG	18 June 1898
South Melbourne	7.9 (51)	Fitzroy	2.10 (22)	Lake Oval	18 June 1898

Round 8

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Melbourne	5.15 (45)	St Kilda	3.3 (21)	MCG	25 June 1898
Fitzroy	2.4 (16)	Essendon	8.11 (59)	Brunswick Street Oval	25 June 1898
Geelong	6.5 (41)	Collingwood	2.10 (22)	Corio Oval	25 June 1898
South Melbourne	6.8 (44)	Carlton	1.6 (12)	Lake Oval	25 June 1898

Round 9

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Essendon	7.12 (54)	South Melbourne	4.6 (30)	EMCG	9 July 1898
Collingwood	4.11 (35)	Fitzroy	3.5 (23)	Victoria Park	9 July 1898
Carlton	4.4 (28)	Melbourne	3.10 (28)	Princes Park	9 July 1898
St Kilda	3.7 (25)	Geelong	13.15 (93)	Junction Oval	9 July 1898

Round 10

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Fitzroy	9.13 (67)	St Kilda	3.1 (19)	Brunswick Street Oval	16 July 1898
Collingwood	8.11 (59)	Melbourne	1.5 (11)	Victoria Park	16 July 1898
South Melbourne	1.3 (9)	Geelong	3.11 (29)	Lake Oval	16 July 1898
Essendon	10.17 (77)	Carlton	1.3 (9)	EMCG	16 July 1898

Round 11

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Collingwood	10.13 (73)	South Melbourne	1.7 (13)	Victoria Park	23 July 1898
Melbourne	5.3 (33)	Fitzroy	7.8 (50)	MCG	23 July 1898
St Kilda	1.9 (15)	Essendon	10.11 (71)	Junction Oval	23 July 1898
Geelong	8.10 (58)	Carlton	5.2 (32)	Corio Oval	23 July 1898

Round 12

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Fitzroy	5.9 (39)	Geelong	4.6 (30)	Brunswick Street Oval	30 July 1898
Carlton	1.4 (10)	Collingwood	3.11 (29)	Princes Park	30 July 1898
South Melbourne	12.15 (87)	St Kilda	3.6 (24)	Lake Oval	30 July 1898
Melbourne	2.8 (20)	Essendon	11.9 (75)	MCG	30 July 1898

Round 13

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Essendon	7.13 (55)	Geelong	5.7 (37)	EMCG	13 August 1898
Collingwood	8.17 (65)	St Kilda	1.0 (6)	Victoria Park	13 August 1898
Carlton	3.4 (22)	Fitzroy	8.6 (54)	Princes Park	13 August 1898
South Melbourne	6.7 (43)	Melbourne	5.8 (38)	Lake Oval	13 August 1898

Round 14

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Geelong	7.9 (51)	Melbourne	2.7 (19)	Corio Oval	20 August 1898
Fitzroy	9.11 (65)	South Melbourne	1.4 (10)	Brunswick Street Oval	20 August 1898
Essendon	2.13 (25)	Collingwood	7.14 (56)	EMCG	20 August 1898
St Kilda	8.7 (55)	Carlton	10.9 (69)	Junction Oval	20 August 1898

Home and away ladder

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	Points
1	Essendon	11	3	0	44
2	Collingwood	10	4	0	40
3	Fitzroy	10	4	0	40
4	Geelong	9	5	0	36

5	South Melbourne	7	7	0	28
6	Melbourne	5	8	1	22
7	Carlton	3	10	1	14
8	St Kilda	0	14	0	0

Finals

Sectional Round 1

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Essendon	9.21 (75)	Carlton	1.2 (8)	EMCG	27 August 1898
St Kilda	4.3 (27)	Collingwood	14.19 (103)	Junction Oval	27 August 1898
South Melbourne	5.3 (33)	Fitzroy	6.11 (47)	Lake Oval	27 August 1898
Geelong	11.12 (78)	Melbourne	2.4 (16)	Corio Oval	27 August 1898

Sectional Round 2

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
Fitzroy	12.18 (90)	Carlton	1.1 (7)	Brunswick Street Oval	3 September 1898
Collingwood	6.9 (45)	Geelong	4.6 (30)	Victoria Park	3 September 1898
South Melbourne	3.6 (24)	Essendon	5.11 (41)	Lake Oval	3 September 1898
St Kilda	2.5 (17)	Melbourne	5.8 (38)	Junction Oval	3 September 1898

Sectional Round 3

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Date
South Melbourne	6.11 (47)	Carlton	3.4 (22)	Lake Oval	10 September 1898
Collingwood	7.13 (55)	Melbourne	6.5 (41)	Victoria Park	10 September 1898
Fitzroy	5.15 (45)	Essendon	2.4 (16)	Brunswick Street Oval	10 September 1898
Geelong	14.18 (102)	St Kilda	4.3 (27)	Corio Oval	10 September 1898

Finals Ladder

Section A ladder

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	Points
1	Fitzroy	3	0	0	12
2	Essendon	2	1	0	8
3	South Melbourne	1	2	0	4
4	Carlton	0	3	0	0

Section B ladder

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	Points
1	Collingwood	3	0	0	12
2	Geelong	2	1	0	8
3	Melbourne	1	2	0	4
4	St Kilda	0	3	0	0

Semi Final

Team	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	Final
Fitzroy	0.3	1.5	1.8	2.10 (22)
Collingwood	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.5 (11)

Attendance: 13,120 at Brunswick Street Oval

Having won the Semi-Final, Fitzroy were given the right to 'challenge' Minor Premiers Essendon in the Grand Final

Grand final

Main article: 1898 VFL Grand Final

Fitzroy defeated Essendon 5.8 (38) to 3.5 (23). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).

Team	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	Final
Essendon	1.0	3.1	3.2	3.5 (23)
Fitzroy	2.5	4.5	5.6	5.8 (38)

Attendance: 16,358 at Junction Oval

Awards

The 1898 VFL Premiership team was Fitzroy.
The VFL's leading goalkicker was Archie Smith of Collingwood with 31 goals.

Notable events

On 21 May 1898, playing against St Kilda Football Club, Geelong's Firth McCallum eludes 12 opponents to score a goal.
A VFL representative team played two matches against a combined Ballarat Football League team. The VFL won their home match, and lost their away match.
Essendon player Corrie Gardner, who also played for Melbourne Football Club from 1900 to 1903 and in 1905, and who represented Australia in the hurdles and the long jump at the 1904 Summer Olympics at St. Louis, Missouri in the USA, 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 Fitzroy in the 1898 "Grand Final Match": Bill Dalton and Jack Dalton; and Jim Grace and Mick Grace.

References

Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-959-17402-8
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897-1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0

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