Second season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)
1898 VFL premiership season
Fitzroy 1898 VFL premiership team
Date
14 May—24 September 1898
Teams
8
Premiers
Fitzroy 1st premiership
Minor premiers
Essendon 1st minor premiership
Leading goalkicker medallist
Archie Smith (Collingwood) 31 goals
Matches played
70
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The 1898 VFL season was the second season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs and ran from 14 May to 24 September, comprising a 14-round home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring all eight clubs.
Fitzroy won the premiership after defeating Essendon by 15 points in the 1898 VFL grand final. Essendon won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with an 11–3 win–loss record. Collingwood's Archie Smith won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.
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