Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1898.

Season 1897 – Season 1898 – Season 1899

See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.

Contents

1 Grand Final 2 Ladder 2.1 Home and away ladder 2.2 Section A ladder 2.3 Section B ladder

Grand Final

Fitzroy defeated Essendon 5.8 (38) to 3.5 (23). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).

Ladder

All teams played 14 games during the home and away season, for a total of 56. A sectional round of 3 games per team was then played, for a total of 12. An additional 2 games were played during the finals series.

Home and away ladder

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	Points
1	Essendon	11	3	0	44
2	Collingwood	10	4	0	40
3	Fitzroy	10	4	0	40
4	Geelong	9	5	0	36
5	South Melbourne	7	7	0	28
6	Melbourne	5	8	1	22
7	Carlton	3	10	1	14
8	St Kilda	0	14	0	0

Section A ladder

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	Points
1	Fitzroy	3	0	0	12
2	Essendon	2	1	0	8
3	South Melbourne	1	2	0	4
4	Carlton	0	3	0	0

Section B ladder

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	Points
1	Collingwood	3	0	0	12
2	Geelong	2	1	0	8
3	Melbourne	1	2	0	4
4	St Kilda	0	3	0	0