1898 VFL Season
The complete 1898 season — final ladder, results and finals.
Premiers
🏆 Fitzroydef. Essendon
Fitzroy won the 1898 VFL premiership, defeating Essendon in the Grand Final. Essendon had finished on top of the home-and-away ladder as minor premiers.
8 teams contested the season. The 3rd-placed cut-off sent Essendon, Collingwood and Fitzroy into the finals. St Kilda finished last with 0 wins. The full final ladder and round-by-round results follow.
Ladder
| # | Club | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essendon | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 888 | 451 | 196.9 | 52 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 860 | 461 | 186.6 | 52 |
| 3 | Fitzroy | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 750 | 523 | 143.4 | 52 |
| 4 | Geelong | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 855 | 513 | 166.7 | 44 |
| 5 | South Melbourne | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 586 | 648 | 90.4 | 32 |
| 6 | Melbourne | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 624 | 695 | 89.8 | 26 |
| 7 | Carlton | 17 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 419 | 846 | 49.5 | 14 |
| 8 | St Kilda | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 410 | 1255 | 32.7 | 0 |
Top 3 (green) made the finals. Ladder is home-and-away only; percentage = points for ÷ points against.
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Results
70 matches