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1998 AFL Premiership Season
1998 AFL Premiership Season
Teams	16
Premiers	Adelaide; (2nd premiership)
Minor Premiers	North Melbourne; (4th minor premiership)
AFL Cup Winner	North Melbourne; (2nd pre-season cup win)
Coleman Medallist	Tony Lockett (Sydney)
Brownlow Medallist	Robert Harvey (St Kilda)

Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1998.

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

[edit] AFL Draft

See 1998 AFL Draft for more information.

[edit] National Cup Final

North Melbourne defeated St Kilda 14.13 (97) to 12.11 (83).

[edit] Premiership Season

[edit] Round 1

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
North Melbourne	15.13.103	West Coast	15.11.101	Melbourne Cricket Ground	27,150	Friday, 27 March
Carlton	10.13.73	Adelaide	9.9.63	Princes Park	20,957	Saturday, 28 March
Collingwood	18.15.123	Hawthorn	12.12.84	Melbourne Cricket Ground	47,628	Saturday, 28 March
St Kilda	17.7.109	Geelong	13.13.91	Waverley Park	34,323	Saturday, 28 March
Brisbane	10.12.72	Western Bulldogs	17.16.118	The Gabba	18,788	Saturday, 28 March
Port Adelaide	17.15.117	Sydney	20.4.124	Football Park	31,230	Sunday, 29 March
Richmond	14.19.103	Essendon	13.11.89	Melbourne Cricket Ground	70,200	Sunday, 29 March
Fremantle	13.6.84	Melbourne	8.13.61	Subiaco Oval	18,133	Sunday, 29 March

[edit] Round 2

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
West Coast	17.14.116	Collingwood	8.8.56	Subiaco Oval	35,909	Friday, 3 April
Geelong	14.15.99	Richmond	11.14.80	Kardinya Park	26,669	Saturday, 4 April
Hawthorn	10.7.67	Port Adelaide	17.10.112	Waverley Park	18,698	Saturday, 4 April
Melbourne	19.11.125	North Melbourne	15.10.100	Melbourne Cricket Ground	29,990	Saturday, 4 April
Sydney	20.15.135	Brisbane	14.13.97	Sydney Cricket Ground	32,111	Saturday, 4 April
Adelaide	25.17.167	Fremantle	11.8.74	Football Park	40,602	Sunday, 5 April
Essendon	28.14.182	St Kilda	13.15.93	Melbourne Cricket Ground	53,905	Sunday, 5 April
Western Bulldogs	22.8.140	Carlton	13.6.84	Princes Park	27,659	Sunday, 5 April

[edit] Round 3

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Richmond	15.13.103	Hawthorn	15.7.97	Melbourne Cricket Ground	39,954	Saturday, 11 April
Western Bulldogs	16.23.119	Collingwood	13.7.85	Princes Park	26,518	Saturday, 11 April
Port Adelaide	10.9.69	North Melbourne	15.8.98	Football Park	28,167	Saturday, 11 April
St Kilda	12.10.82	Adelaide	8.12.60	Waverley Park	20,532	Sunday, 12 April
Sydney	24.16.160	Geelong	7.15.57	Sydney Cricket Ground	29,614	Sunday, 12 April
Fremantle	10.7.67	West Coast	14.10.94	Subiaco Oval	34,710	Sunday, 12 April
Brisbane	12.15.87	Melbourne	15.10.100	The Gabba	17,161	Monday, 13 April
Carlton	14.14.98	Essendon	14.15.99	Melbourne Cricket Ground	68,177	Monday, 13 April

[edit] Round 4

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Collingwood	20.13.133	Richmond	12.16.88	Melbourne Cricket Ground	78,259	Friday, 17 April
Geelong	11.13.79	Western Bulldogs	14.10.94	Kardinya Park	26,301	Saturday, 18 April
Hawthorn	18.13.121	St Kilda	20.9.129	Waverley Park	36,117	Saturday, 18 April
West Coast	14.15.99	Sydney	18.10.118	WACA	27,059	Saturday, 18 April
Port Adelaide	11.7.73	Adelaide	8.16.64	Football Park	41,476	Sunday, 19 April
Carlton	10.10.70	Melbourne	10.12.72	Princes Park	27,508	Sunday, 19 April
Essendon	11.10.76	Fremantle	14.16.100	Waverley Park	26,241	Sunday, 19 April
North Melbourne	21.11.137	Brisbane	17.18.120	Melbourne Cricket Ground	22,688	Sunday, 19 April

[edit] Round 5

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Richmond	12.14.86	West Coast	10.11.71	Melbourne Cricket Ground	34,837	Friday, 24 April
Collingwood	15.18.108	Essendon	12.16.88	Melbourne Cricket Ground	81,542	Saturday, 25 April
Hawthorn	18.16.124	Brisbane	12.11.83	Waverley Park	22,366	Saturday, 25 April
Fremantle	16.8.104	North Melbourne	12.15.87	WACA	26,335	Saturday, 25 April
Melbourne	14.18.102	Port Adelaide	6.17.53	Melbourne Cricket Ground	21,726	Sunday, 26 April
St Kilda	13.10.88	Carlton	9.12.66	Waverley Park	31,955	Sunday, 26 April
Sydney	14.15.99	Western Bulldogs	12.11.83	Sydney Cricket Ground	36,505	Sunday, 26 April
Adelaide	12.15.87	Geelong	8.13.61	Football Park	39,974	Sunday, 26 April

[edit] Round 6

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Brisbane	13.8.86	Richmond	7.9.51	The Gabba	19,219	Friday, 1 May
Carlton	9.13.67	Collingwood	14.12.96	Melbourne Cricket Ground	69,963	Saturday, 2 May
Geelong	13.12.90	Hawthorn	10.13.73	Kardinya Park	23,267	Saturday, 2 May
Western Bulldogs	13.19.97	Essendon	13.11.89	Princes Park	24,813	Saturday, 2 May
Port Adelaide	13.18.96	Fremantle	9.6.60	Football Park	30,519	Saturday, 2 May
North Melbourne	15.16.106	Adelaide	15.12.102	Melbourne Cricket Ground	23,041	Sunday, 3 May
Sydney	8.13.61	Melbourne	12.8.80	Sydney Cricket Ground	25,951	Sunday, 3 May
West Coast	18.11.119	St Kilda	18.13.121	Subiaco Oval	36,406	Sunday, 3 May

[edit] Round 7

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Collingwood	12.7.79	Sydney	18.7.115	Melbourne Cricket Ground	57,894	Friday, 8 May
Fremantle	8.9.57	Hawthorn	15.9.99	WACA	22,037	Friday, 8 May
Carlton	11.10.76	Port Adelaide	25.15.165	Princes Park	16,058	Saturday, 9 May
St Kilda	11.16.82	Brisbane	15.9.99	Waverley Park	23,960	Saturday, 9 May
Essendon	11.4.70	Geelong	12.7.79	Melbourne Cricket Ground	56,093	Saturday, 9 May
Adelaide	11.13.79	West Coast	10.11.71	Football Park	39,057	Sunday, 10 May
Richmond	13.13.91	Melbourne	7.7.49	Melbourne Cricket Ground	46,217	Sunday, 10 May
Western Bulldogs	16.15.111	North Melbourne	12.11.83	Princes Park	22,058	Sunday, 10 May

[edit] Round 8

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Essendon	12.12.84	Brisbane	8.22.70	Melbourne Cricket Ground	35,384	Friday, 15 May
Geelong	12.4.76	Fremantle	6.18.54	Kardinya Park	19,449	Saturday, 16 May
North Melbourne	15.15.105	Sydney	14.11.95	Melbourne Cricket Ground	43,400	Saturday, 16 May
St Kilda	10.12.72	Port Adelaide	5.15.45	Waverley Park	20,063	Saturday, 16 May
West Coast	12.20.92	Carlton	12.12.84	Subiaco Oval	37,361	Sunday, 17 May
Hawthorn	14.12.96	Western Bulldogs	21.10.136	Waverley Park	34,541	Sunday, 17 May
Melbourne	17.12.114	Collingwood	16.15.111	Melbourne Cricket Ground	57,425	Sunday, 17 May
Adelaide	11.13.79	Richmond	14.8.92	Football Park	40,559	Sunday, 17 May

[edit] Round 9

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Fremantle	14.21.105	St Kilda	13.12.90	WACA	22,803	Friday, 22 May
Carlton	10.14.74	North Melbourne	17.13.115	Princes Park	20,205	Saturday, 23 May
Geelong	5.14.44	West Coast	9.11.65	Kardinya Park	19,848	Saturday, 23 May
Melbourne	12.12.84	Essendon	18.14.122	Melbourne Cricket Ground	49,580	Saturday, 23 May
Western Bulldogs	13.10.88	Richmond	11.9.75	Waverley Park	36,428	Saturday, 23 May
Brisbane	6.14.50	Adelaide	14.14.98	The Gabba	19,509	Saturday, 23 May
Sydney	17.15.117	Hawthorn	11.14.80	Sydney Cricket Ground	31,420	Sunday, 24 May
Port Adelaide	11.14.80	Collingwood	9.9.63	Football Park	35,659	Sunday, 24 May

[edit] Round 10

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
West Coast	16.17.113	Western Bulldogs	15.10.100	WACA	28,193	Friday, 29 May
Carlton	17.9.111	Brisbane	12.15.87	Princes Park	18,317	Saturday, 30 May
Hawthorn	13.9.87	Essendon	13.15.93	Waverley Park	41,780	Saturday, 30 May
Richmond	13.19.97	Port Adelaide	9.13.67	Melbourne Cricket Ground	31,225	Saturday, 30 May
Sydney	8.5.53	St Kilda	24.10.154	Sydney Cricket Ground	36,180	Saturday, 30 May
Adelaide	17.9.111	Melbourne	8.10.58	Football Park	40,844	Sunday, 31 May
Collingwood	19.5.119	Fremantle	17.10.112	Victoria Park	23,188	Sunday, 31 May
North Melbourne	13.13.91	Geelong	17.12.114	Melbourne Cricket Ground	35,595	Sunday, 31 May

[edit] Round 11

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Essendon	24.16.160	Sydney	15.10.100	Melbourne Cricket Ground	62,866	Friday, 5 June
Geelong	12.8.80	Carlton	9.9.63	Melbourne Cricket Ground	41,222	Saturday, 6 June
Hawthorn	10.10.70	Melbourne	18.9.117	Waverley Park	31,365	Saturday, 6 June
Port Adelaide	8.13.61	West Coast	8.9.57	Football Park	28,284	Saturday, 6 June
Fremantle	17.19.121	Brisbane	7.8.50	Subiaco Oval	17,452	Sunday, 7 June
Western Bulldogs	24.11.155	Adelaide	13.10.88	Princes Park	21,165	Sunday, 7 June
North Melbourne	19.12.126	Collingwood	13.19.97	Melbourne Cricket Ground	58,369	Monday, 8 June
St Kilda	21.11.137	Richmond	16.14.110	Waverley Park	71,488	Monday, 8 June

Two games were played on the Queens Birthday Holiday which since season 1999, has been between rivals Collingwood and Melbourne every year. This was the last time Collingwood and Melbourne did not play on the public holiday.

[edit] Round 12

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
West Coast	19.9.123	Hawthorn	17.6.108	WACA	27,112	Friday, 12 June
Carlton	14.16.100	Sydney	11.8.74	Princes Park	23,226	Saturday, 13 June
Melbourne	7.4.46	Geelong	22.9.141	Melbourne Cricket Ground	41,567	Saturday, 13 June
Adelaide	15.18.108	Essendon	15.16.106	Football Park	40,700	Saturday, 13 June
Brisbane	18.15.123	Port Adelaide	18.15.123	The Gabba	15,924	Sunday, 14 June
Collingwood	11.16.82	St Kilda	17.15.117	Waverley Park	50,578	Sunday, 14 June
Richmond	19.13.127	North Melbourne	14.8.92	Melbourne Cricket Ground	43,497	Sunday, 14 June
Western Bulldogs	18.14.122	Fremantle	15.6.96	Princes Park	16,487	Sunday, 14 June

[edit] Round 13

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Essendon	11.6.72	West Coast	11.17.83	Melbourne Cricket Ground	45,277	Friday, 19 June
Collingwood	10.10.70	Adelaide	11.13.79	Melbourne Cricket Ground	34,630	Saturday, 20 June
Geelong	12.8.80	Brisbane	15.16.106	Kardinya Park	21,833	Saturday, 20 June
Hawthorn	17.12.114	North Melbourne	17.10.112	Waverley Park	23,845	Saturday, 20 June
Port Adelaide	11.7.73	Western Bulldogs	5.9.39	Football Park	28,746	Saturday, 20 June
Melbourne	5.12.42	St Kilda	19.13.127	Melbourne Cricket Ground	35,055	Sunday, 21 June
Sydney	16.6.102	Richmond	13.13.91	Sydney Cricket Ground	28,445	Sunday, 21 June
Fremantle	10.16.76	Carlton	10.8.68	Subiaco Oval	23,899	Sunday, 21 June

[edit] Round 14

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
North Melbourne	19.13.127	Essendon	16.13.109	Melbourne Cricket Ground	48,618	Friday, 26 June
Carlton	13.14.92	Hawthorn	11.10.76	Princes Park	25,529	Saturday, 27 June
Richmond	23.7.145	Fremantle	8.7.55	Melbourne Cricket Ground	25,723	Saturday, 27 June
St Kilda	12.15.87	Western Bulldogs	10.12.72	Waverley Park	49,706	Saturday, 27 June
Port Adelaide	13.13.91	Geelong	10.13.73	Football Park	32,431	Saturday, 27 June
Brisbane	19.21.135	Collingwood	12.11.83	The Gabba	17,275	Sunday, 28 June
Sydney	12.15.87	Adelaide	18.16.124	Sydney Cricket Ground	30,735	Sunday, 28 June
West Coast	11.13.79	Melbourne	14.12.96	Subiaco Oval	35,238	Sunday, 28 June

[edit] Round 15

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Richmond	20.12.132	Carlton	11.4.70	Melbourne Cricket Ground	66,287	Friday, 3 July
Essendon	16.12.108	Port Adelaide	12.9.81	Melbourne Cricket Ground	37,685	Saturday, 4 July
St Kilda	12.7.79	North Melbourne	22.13.145	Waverley Park	36,557	Saturday, 4 July
Western Bulldogs	12.11.83	Melbourne	9.11.65	Princes Park	20,782	Saturday, 4 July
Brisbane	6.13.49	West Coast	11.10.76	The Gabba	15,369	Saturday, 4 July
Adelaide	9.14.68	Hawthorn	4.11.35	Football Park	38,430	Sunday, 5 July
Collingwood	10.11.71	Geelong	9.7.61	Melbourne Cricket Ground	44,806	Sunday, 5 July
Fremantle	10.9.69	Sydney	13.4.82	Subiaco Oval	21,042	Sunday, 5 July

[edit] Round 16

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Adelaide	16.5.101	Carlton	16.9.105	Football Park	42,713	Friday, 17 July
Geelong	10.16.76	St Kilda	15.10.100	Kardinya Park	26,879	Saturday, 18 July
Hawthorn	4.14.38	Collingwood	19.10.124	Waverley Park	39,325	Saturday, 18 July
Melbourne	16.10.106	Fremantle	13.5.83	Melbourne Cricket Ground	20,365	Saturday, 18 July
Western Bulldogs	27.15.177	Brisbane	13.8.86	Princes Park	16,131	Saturday, 18 July
Essendon	14.10.94	Richmond	10.15.75	Melbourne Cricket Ground	83,773	Sunday, 19 July
Sydney	18.10.118	Port Adelaide	12.12.84	Sydney Cricket Ground	29,325	Sunday, 19 July
West Coast	11.14.80	North Melbourne	13.16.94	Subiaco Oval	36,463	Sunday, 19 July

[edit] Round 17

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Fremantle	14.14.98	Adelaide	15.7.97	Subiaco Oval	18,876	Friday, 24 July
Carlton	29.11.185	Western Bulldogs	15.15.105	Princes Park	26,911	Saturday, 25 July
Collingwood	9.11.65	West Coast	13.8.86	Victoria Park	23,293	Saturday, 25 July
North Melbourne	22.20.152	Melbourne	13.9.87	Melbourne Cricket Ground	36,042	Saturday, 25 July
Port Adelaide	18.11.119	Hawthorn	15.8.98	Football Park	30,104	Saturday, 25 July
Brisbane	14.5.89	Sydney	22.17.149	The Gabba	15,475	Sunday, 26 July
Richmond	10.7.67	Geelong	8.10.58	Melbourne Cricket Ground	44,222	Sunday, 26 July
St Kilda	13.9.87	Essendon	14.6.90	Waverley Park	50,778	Sunday, 26 July

[edit] Round 18

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Collingwood	10.7.67	Western Bulldogs	16.14.110	Melbourne Cricket Ground	40,832	Friday, 31 July
Geelong	12.15.87	Sydney	19.7.121	Kardinya Park	23,137	Saturday, 1 August
Melbourne	22.19.151	Brisbane	8.8.56	Melbourne Cricket Ground	16,518	Saturday, 1 August
North Melbourne	18.23.131	Port Adelaide	10.16.76	Manuka Oval	11,321	Saturday, 1 August
Adelaide	19.23.137	St Kilda	10.7.67	Football Park	40,670	Saturday, 1 August
Essendon	12.12.84	Carlton	11.12.78	Melbourne Cricket Ground	70,969	Sunday, 2 August
Hawthorn	10.10.70	Richmond	4.10.34	Waverley Park	37,297	Sunday, 2 August
West Coast	15.9.99	Fremantle	8.12.60	Subiaco Oval	37,145	Sunday, 2 August

[edit] Round 19

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Brisbane	12.14.86	North Melbourne	15.23.113	The Gabba	14,973	Friday, 7 August
Melbourne	16.17.113	Carlton	8.16.64	Melbourne Cricket Ground	39,704	Saturday, 8 August
St Kilda	10.9.69	Hawthorn	19.14.128	Waverley Park	32,286	Saturday, 8 August
Western Bulldogs	13.18.96	Geelong	14.13.97	Princes Park	17,535	Saturday, 8 August
Fremantle	12.14.86	Essendon	18.11.119	Subiaco Oval	28,444	Saturday, 8 August
Richmond	12.14.86	Collingwood	9.13.67	Melbourne Cricket Ground	57,303	Sunday, 9 August
Sydney	10.14.74	West Coast	9.14.68	Sydney Cricket Ground	30,934	Sunday, 9 August
Adelaide	22.12.144	Port Adelaide	10.10.70	Football Park	46,850	Sunday, 9 August

[edit] Round 20

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
North Melbourne	22.19.151	Fremantle	7.5.47	Melbourne Cricket Ground	19,429	Friday, 14 August
Essendon	16.13.109	Collingwood	14.15.99	Melbourne Cricket Ground	64,480	Saturday, 15 August
Geelong	6.8.44	Adelaide	18.10.118	Kardinya Park	22,384	Saturday, 15 August
Western Bulldogs	15.9.99	Sydney	15.7.97	Waverley Park	32,577	Saturday, 15 August
Brisbane	7.17.59	Hawthorn	13.16.94	The Gabba	14,738	Saturday, 15 August
Port Adelaide	10.11.71	Melbourne	14.10.94	Football Park	28,660	Sunday, 16 August
Carlton	19.20.134	St Kilda	15.14.104	Melbourne Cricket Ground	42,120	Sunday, 16 August
West Coast	16.16.112	Richmond	11.7.73	Subiaco Oval	37,920	Sunday, 16 August

[edit] Round 21

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Essendon	13.12.90	Western Bulldogs	14.17.101	Melbourne Cricket Ground	67,157	Friday, 21 August
Richmond	24.11.155	Brisbane	11.12.78	Melbourne Cricket Ground	27,912	Saturday, 22 August
St Kilda	9.9.63	West Coast	7.13.55	Waverley Park	26,895	Saturday, 22 August
Adelaide	13.14.92	North Melbourne	14.21.105	Football Park	43,297	Saturday, 22 August
Collingwood	8.15.63	Carlton	17.16.118	Melbourne Cricket Ground	60,741	Sunday, 23 August
Hawthorn	11.18.84	Geelong	8.15.63	Waverley Park	28,833	Sunday, 23 August
Fremantle	10.11.71	Port Adelaide	19.10.124	Subiaco Oval	20,412	Sunday, 23 August
Melbourne	17.12.114	Sydney	12.11.83	Melbourne Cricket Ground	52,614	Monday, 24 August

[edit] Round 22

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
North Melbourne	17.11.113	Western Bulldogs	16.12.108	Melbourne Cricket Ground	68,050	Friday, 28 August
Geelong	19.13.127	Essendon	18.9.117	Melbourne Cricket Ground	61,089	Saturday, 29 August
Hawthorn	22.17.149	Fremantle	9.6.60	Waverley Park	39,735	Saturday, 29 August
West Coast	12.9.81	Adelaide	15.16.106	Subiaco Oval	37,388	Saturday, 29 August
Brisbane	12.20.92	St Kilda	13.13.91	The Gabba	14,993	Saturday, 29 August
Melbourne	19.19.133	Richmond	8.9.57	Melbourne Cricket Ground	76,387	Sunday, 30 August
Sydney	18.11.119	Collingwood	16.11.107	Sydney Cricket Ground	35,814	Sunday, 30 August
Port Adelaide	12.12.84	Carlton	21.12.138	Football Park	34,518	Sunday, 30 August

[edit] Finals series

[edit] Qualifying Finals

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
North Melbourne	11.16.82	Essendon	8.12.60	MCG	71,154	Friday, 4 September
Melbourne	17.13.115	Adelaide	9.13.67	MCG	60,817	Saturday, 5 September
Sydney	12.17.89	St Kilda	13.9.87	SCG	36,076	Saturday, 5 September
Western Bulldogs	18.13.121	West Coast	7.9.51	MCG	43,025	Sunday, 6 September

[edit] Semi Finals

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Melbourne	15.17.107	St Kilda	7.14.56	MCG	88,456	Saturday, 12 September
Sydney	10.7.67	Adelaide	14.10.94	SCG	37,498	Saturday, 12 September

[edit] Preliminary Finals

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
North Melbourne	17.12.114	Melbourne	12.12.84	MCG	73,719	Friday, 18 September
Western Bulldogs	13.15.93	Adelaide	24.17.161	MCG	67,557	Saturday, 19 September

[edit] Grand Final

Main article: 1998 AFL Grand Final

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Adelaide	15.15.105	North Melbourne	8.22.70	MCG	94,431	Saturday, 26 September

[edit] Ladder

All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 176. An additional 9 games were played during the finals series.

1998 AFL Ladder

TEAM

P

W

L

D

PF

PA

%

PTS

1

North Melbourne

22

16

6

0

2486

2117

117.43

64

2

Western Bulldogs

22

15

7

0

2353

2019

116.54

60

3

Sydney

22

14

8

0

2283

2143

106.53

56

4

Melbourne

22

14

8

0

2009

1956

102.71

56

5

Adelaide (P)

22

13

9

0

2172

1763

123.20

52

6

St Kilda

22

13

9

0

2148

2104

102.10

52

7

West Coast

22

12

10

0

1940

1773

109.42

48

8

Essendon

22

12

10

0

2250

2071

108.64

48

9

Richmond

22

12

10

0

2018

1926

104.78

48

10

Port Adelaide

22

9

12

1

1928

2017

95.56

38

11

Carlton

22

9

13

0

2018

2109

95.69

36

12

Geelong

22

9

13

0

1777

1963

90.52

36

13

Hawthorn

22

8

14

0

1992

2083

95.63

32

14

Collingwood

22

7

15

0

1968

2167

90.82

28

15

Fremantle

22

7

15

0

1739

2277

76.37

28

16

Brisbane Lions

22

5

16

1

1860

2453

75.83

22

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against

[edit] Awards

The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Robert Harvey of St Kilda
The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Wayne Carey of North Melbourne
The Coleman Medal was awarded to Tony Lockett of Sydney
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Andrew McLeod of Adelaide
The AFL Rising Star award was awarded to Byron Pickett of North Melbourne
The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to Brisbane

[edit] References

1998 Season - AFL Tables

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