1898 MJFA season

The 1898 MJFA season was the seventh season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).^[1][2][3]

1898 MJFA season
Teams	9
Premiers	Collegians 3rd premiership
Minor premiers	Collegians 3rd minor premiership
← 1897 1899 →

Collegians won their third MJFA premiership, having won 14 of its 16 games.^[4]

Association membership

Like the previous season in 1897, a total of nine teams competed in the MJFA.^[5] Waltham disbanded during the 1897 season, while Boroondara appears to have withdrawn several weeks later.^[6]

Beverley and Leopold were both admitted into the competition.^[5]

St Mary's expulsion

In June 1898,^[a] the MJFA disqualified St Mary's for the remainder of the season and expelled the club from the association.^[5] According to the Brighton Southern Cross, the expulsion was for "rough play" and "necessary in the best interests of the game".^[8]

South Yarra withdrawal

Sometime in July 1898, South Yarra withdrew from the MJFA.^[9] They had played six games prior to this, winning two and drawing the remaining four.^[10]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts
1	Collegians (P)	16	14	0	2	62
2	Caulfield	16	10	3	3	46
3	Leopold	16	9	5	2	40
4	Brighton	16	9	6	1	38
5	South St Kilda	16	9	6	1	38
6	Beverley	16	6	6	4	32
7	Windsor	16	4	11	1	18
−	South Yarra (W)	6	2	0	4	8
−	St Mary's (E)	4	2	0	2	8

Source:^{[11][12][13][14][15]}
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew; (E) Club expelled

Notes

1. "A Brief History of the VAFA" gives the expulsion date as 7 June 1898, however the club was reported − on 10 June − as having a game against Windsor on 11 June 1898.^[5][7]