1898 VFA season

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1898 premiership season
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  1897
1899  

The 1898 Victorian Football Association season was the 22nd season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Footscray Football Club; it was the first premiership in the club's history, and the first in a sequence of three premierships won consecutively from 1898 to 1900.

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Ladder

The 1898 VFA season was played in two parts.

The result of this was that while Richmond had qualified for the "finals" stage, it had no chance of winning the premiership as it began this stage too far behind Footscray to win. [2]

1898 VFA ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPTS
1 Footscray (P)17134067050252
2 North Melbourne 17125082368648
3 Port Melbourne 17116093149244
4 Richmond 1789072763932
5 Williamstown 15510045852320
6 Brunswick 15015031810850
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [3]

Port Melbourne protest

Following the initial round of fifteen matches, Port Melbourne lodged a protest, seeking to overturn the results of two of its losses against North Melbourne during the season, on the grounds that North Melbourne had fielded former Fitzroy player Kelly without the proper clearance; and that Dick Houston, North Melbourne's captain and caretaker of the North Melbourne ground, had played without a caretaker's permit – a special requirement which ground caretakers were required to obtain in order to play. [4] The Argus reported that during its initial discussion, the Association appeared likely to uphold Port Melbourne's protests, which would have ultimately drawn Port Melbourne level with Footscray for first place and therefore forced a playoff match for the premiership. Then, however, North Melbourne was able to successfully argue that Port Melbourne's protests were informal due to a procedural irregularity: namely that Port Melbourne had not deposited three guineas to the Association for each point of protest. As such, Port Melbourne's protests were dismissed on 23 September by a majority of 6–4 and Footscray was confirmed to be premiers. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Association Premiership". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 24 September 1898. p. 10.
  2. "Football - To-day's matches". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 3 September 1897. p. 10.
  3. Observer (12 September 1898). "The Association Matches". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. p. 7.
  4. "Protest". North Melbourne Gazette. North Melbourne, VIC. 2 September 1898. p. 3.
  5. Observer (5 September 1898). "A serious matter - rough treatment and threats - a team leave the ground". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. p. 7 via National Library of Australia.