1898 VFL season
| 1898 VFL Premiership season | |
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| Teams | 8 |
| Premiers |
Fitzroy (1st premiership) |
| Minor premiers |
Essendon (1st minor premiership) |
| Matches played | 70 |
| Highest attendance | 16,358 |
| Leading Goalkicker Medallist | Archie Smith (Collingwood) |
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The 1898 Victorian Football League season was the second season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
In 1898, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 20 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves" (although any of the 20 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match).
Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds.
Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1898 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the 1898 VFL Premiership System.
Bold – Home game
Opponent for round listed above margin
* Having won the Semi-Final, Fitzroy were given the right to 'challenge' Minor Premiers Essendon in the Grand Final.
Fitzroy defeated Essendon 5.8 (38) to 3.5 (23). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
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