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 Player Games Goals Milestones 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 11) 9 0 VFL Debut (Round 9) 8 1 15 0 17 3 2 0 VFL Debut (Round 13) 3 1 17 0 9 1 VFL Debut (Round 2) 13 2 VFL Debut (Round 2) 5 0 VFL Debut (Round 3) 17 2 4 0 17 7 13 26 6 3 VFL Debut (Round 11) 3 0 13 13 VFL Debut (Round 5) 1 0 16 9 4 0 VFL Debut (Round 14) 15 1 16 5 17 4 12 0 VFL Debut (Round 1) 16 4 17 0 5 2 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 2) 1 1 16 3 14 10 VFL Debut (Round 2) 16 13 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 +KeyH Home gameA Away gameSR Sectional Round
+ Table of season resultsRoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceReport1 14 May 3 9 27 7 6 48 Victoria Park A - 6th Report2 21 May 11 19 85 2 5 17 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report3 24 May 7 18 60 1 2 8 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report4 28 May 3 12 30 4 5 29 Princes Park A - 3rd Report5 4 June 4 10 34 6 3 39 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report6 11 June 4 7 31 3 6 24 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report7 18 June 5 9 39 9 5 59 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 4th Report8 25 June 6 5 41 2 10 22 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report9 9 July 13 15 93 3 7 25 Junction Oval A - 2nd Report10 16 July 3 11 29 1 3 9 Lake Oval A - 2nd Report11 23 July 8 10 58 5 2 32 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report12 30 July 4 6 30 5 9 39 Brunswick Street Oval A - 3rd Report13 13 August 5 7 37 7 13 55 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 4th Report14 20 August 7 9 51 2 7 19 Corio Oval H - 4th ReportSR1 27 August 11 12 78 2 4 16 Corio Oval H - ReportSR2 3 September 4 6 30 6 9 45 Victoria Park A - ReportSR3 10 September 14 18 102 4 3 27 Corio Oval H - Report
Ladder
Section B Ladder
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