1898 VFL season
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The 1898 VFL season was the second season of the Victorian Football League, the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs and ran from 14
Fitzroy 1898 VFL premiership team
1898 VFL grand final
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The 1898 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held in Melbourne on 24 September 1898. The match was played to d
1898 VFL season
…14-round home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring all eight clubs. Fitzroy won the premiership, defeating Essendon by 15 points in the 1898 VFL grand final; it was Fitzroy's first VFL premiership. Essendon won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with an 11–3 win–loss record…
The Junction Oval, venue for the match