1898 Geelong Football Club season

January 2020 January 2020 Geelong Football Club 1898 J. H. Grey Jack Conway(2nd season) Corio Oval VFL Season 4th 1898 Finals Series 2nd Section B Eddy 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 statistics1898 Stats - Player Lists - Geelong http://afltables.com/afl/stats/1898.html#9 AFL Tables 27 January 2020 Player Games Goals MilestonesErnest Anderson Ernest Anderson (footballer) 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 11)Les Bailiff 9 0 VFL Debut (Round 9)Bert Barling 8 1 Sam Brockwell 15 0 Peter Burns Peter Burns (footballer, born 1866) 17 3 Ossie Calvert 2 0 VFL Debut (Round 13)Charlie Coles Charles Coles (footballer) 3 1 Jack Conway Jack Conway (footballer) 17 0 Walter Cooke Walter Cooke (footballer) 9 1 VFL Debut (Round 2)Alf Dear 13 2 VFL Debut (Round 2)Jack Dore 5 0 VFL Debut (Round 3)Jim Flynn Jim Flynn (footballer) 17 2 Ted Greeves 4 0 Teddy Holligan 17 7 Eddy James 13 26 Alec King 6 3 VFL Debut (Round 11)Paddy Leahy Paddy Leahy (footballer) 3 0 Ernie Leighton 13 13 VFL Debut (Round 5)Tom Maguire Tom Maguire (footballer) 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 Jack O'Loughlin (Australian footballer) 12 0 VFL Debut (Round 1)Jack Parkin 16 4 Arthur Pincott 17 0 Jack Quinn Jack Quinn (footballer, born 1874) 5 2 Bill Robertson Bill Robertson (Australian footballer) 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 2)Cecil Sandford Cecil Sandford (footballer) 1 1 Archie Thompson Archie Thompson (Australian rules footballer) 16 3 Dick Walker Dick Walker (Australian footballer) 14 10 VFL Debut (Round 2)Fred White Fred White (Australian footballer) 16 13 Henry Young Henry Young (footballer) 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 results1898 Season Scores and Results http://afltables.com/afl/seas/1898.html AFL Tables 27 January 2020RoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceLadder Ladder positionReportG GoalsB BehindsT Total scoreG GoalsB BehindsT Total score1 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 - 1st ReportSR2 3 September 4 6 30 6 9 45 Victoria Park A - 2nd ReportSR3 10 September 14 18 102 4 3 27 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report Ladder ladder Section B Ladder SectB ladder References Category:Geelong Football Club seasons Category:1898 in Australian rules football