Geelong Football Club
1898 season
PresidentJ. H. Grey
Captain(s)Jack Conway
(2nd season)
Home groundCorio Oval
VFL Season4th
1898 Finals Series2nd Section B
Leading goalkickerEddy James (26 goals)
← 1897 1899 →

The 1898 VFL Season was the Geelong Football Club's second season in the Victorian Football League and its second with Jack Conway as captain.

Geelong finished the home and away with 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing in fourth position. In the final series, Geelong finished with 2 wins and 1 loss, finishing in second position on the Section B Ladder. Geelong failed to qualify for the semi-final.

The leading goalkicker was Eddy James with 26 goals.

Playing List

Twelve Geelong players made their VFL debuts and a total of 34 players were used during the season. Six players played 17 games for Geelong this season, and, Eddy James again was the club's leading goalkicker with 26 this season.

Statistics

Denotes statistical category leader for season
Geelong's 1898 playing list and statistics[1]
Player Games Goals Milestones
Ernest Anderson 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 11)
Les Bailiff 9 0 VFL Debut (Round 9)
Bert Barling 8 1
Sam Brockwell 15 0
Peter Burns 17 3
Ossie Calvert 2 0 VFL Debut (Round 13)
Charlie Coles 3 1
Jack Conway 17 0
Walter Cooke 9 1 VFL Debut (Round 2)
Alf Dear 13 2 VFL Debut (Round 2)
Jack Dore 5 0 VFL Debut (Round 3)
Jim Flynn 17 2
Ted Greeves 4 0
Teddy Holligan 17 7
Eddy James 13 26
Alec King 6 3 VFL Debut (Round 11)
Paddy Leahy 3 0
Ernie Leighton 13 13 VFL Debut (Round 5)
Tom Maguire 1 0
Firth McCallum 16 9
Arthur McKenzie 4 0 VFL Debut (Round 14)
Henry McShane 15 1
Jim McShane 16 5
Joe McShane 17 4
Jack O'Loughlin 12 0 VFL Debut (Round 1)
Jack Parkin 16 4
Arthur Pincott 17 0
Jack Quinn 5 2
Bill Robertson 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 2)
Cecil Sandford 1 1
Archie Thompson 16 3
Dick Walker 14 10 VFL Debut (Round 2)
Fred White 16 13
Henry Young 1 1

Season summary

In a quite competitive season, Geelong's 9-5 record meant that Geelong finished in fourth position on the ladder and, therefore, qualified for the Section B finals group. In Section B, Geelong had a 2-1 record which meant the finished in second position and did not qualify for the semi-finals.

Results

Key
H Home game
A Away game
SR Sectional Round
Table of season results[2]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder Report
G B T G B T
1 14 May Lost 3 9 27 Collingwood 7 6 48 Victoria Park A - 6th Report
2 21 May Won 11 19 85 St Kilda 2 5 17 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
3 24 May Won 7 18 60 South Melbourne 1 2 8 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
4 28 May Won 3 12 30 Carlton 4 5 29 Princes Park A - 3rd Report
5 4 June Lost 4 10 34 Fitzroy 6 3 39 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
6 11 June Won 4 7 31 Essendon 3 6 24 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
7 18 June Lost 5 9 39 Melbourne 9 5 59 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 4th Report
8 25 June Won 6 5 41 Collingwood 2 10 22 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
9 9 July Won 13 15 93 St Kilda 3 7 25 Junction Oval A - 2nd Report
10 16 July Won 3 11 29 South Melbourne 1 3 9 Lake Oval A - 2nd Report
11 23 July Won 8 10 58 Carlton 5 2 32 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report
12 30 July Lost 4 6 30 Fitzroy 5 9 39 Brunswick Street Oval A - 3rd Report
13 13 August Lost 5 7 37 Essendon 7 13 55 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 4th Report
14 20 August Won 7 9 51 Melbourne 2 7 19 Corio Oval H - 4th Report
SR1 27 August Won 11 12 78 Melbourne 2 4 16 Corio Oval H - 1st Report
SR2 3 September Lost 4 6 30 Collingwood 6 9 45 Victoria Park A - 2nd Report
SR3 10 September Won 14 18 102 St Kilda 4 3 27 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report

Ladder

(P) Premiers
Section A
Section B
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Essendon 14 11 3 0 756 374 202.1 44
2 Collingwood 14 10 4 0 657 363 181.0 40
3 Fitzroy (P) 14 10 4 0 568 467 121.6 40
4 Geelong 14 9 5 0 645 425 151.8 36
5 South Melbourne 14 7 7 0 482 538 89.6 28
6 Melbourne 14 5 8 1 529 545 97.1 22
7 Carlton 14 3 10 1 382 634 60.3 14
8 St Kilda 14 0 14 0 339 1012 33.5 0

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 38.9
Source: AFL Tables

Section B Ladder

Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Collingwood 3 3 0 0 203 98 207.1 12
2 Geelong 3 2 1 0 210 88 238.6 8
3 Melbourne 3 1 2 0 95 150 63.3 4
4 St Kilda 3 0 3 0 71 243 29.2 0

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: AFL Tables

References

  1. ^ "1898 Stats - Player Lists - Geelong". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ^ "1898 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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