1898 Geelong Football Club season

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 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 →

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 10VFL Debut (Round 11)
Les Bailiff 90VFL Debut (Round 9)
Bert Barling 81
Sam Brockwell 150
Peter Burns 173
Ossie Calvert 20VFL Debut (Round 13)
Charlie Coles 31
Jack Conway 170
Walter Cooke 91VFL Debut (Round 2)
Alf Dear 132VFL Debut (Round 2)
Jack Dore 50VFL Debut (Round 3)
Jim Flynn 172
Ted Greeves 40
Teddy Holligan 177
Eddy James 1326
Alec King 63VFL Debut (Round 11)
Paddy Leahy 30
Ernie Leighton 1313VFL Debut (Round 5)
Tom Maguire 10
Firth McCallum 169
Arthur McKenzie 40VFL Debut (Round 14)
Henry McShane 151
Jim McShane 165
Joe McShane 174
Jack O'Loughlin 120VFL Debut (Round 1)
Jack Parkin 164
Arthur Pincott 170
Jack Quinn 52
Bill Robertson 10VFL Debut (Round 2)
Cecil Sandford 11
Archie Thompson 163
Dick Walker 1410VFL Debut (Round 2)
Fred White 1613
Henry Young 11

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
1898 VFL ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP 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
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.

Section B Ladder
Section B Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP 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
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

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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