1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup, The semi-final
Once again, the players were sent to Matlock Bath for a week of special training. In the match at Bramall Lane, Forest took the lead after only five minutes with a goal from  Len Benbow. Following a collision with the Forest goalkeeper, Southampton's centre-forward Jack Farrell was reduced to a passenger for the remainder of the match; despite this, Southampton equalised through Harry Haynes to earn a replay at Crystal Palace.


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup, The semi-final
The replay on 23 March was played in a blizzard. After a scoreless first half (in which Joe Turner missed a penalty for Southampton), in the second half Saints were on top when, with ten minutes left to play, referee John Lewis stopped the match for a time and the players left the pitch. When the match restarted, according to one report: "hardly had the players taken up their positions again when the snow recommenced with redoubled fury, and the Forest, assisted by the blizzard, put on a couple of goals in the last minutes".


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup, The semi-final
Another account claimed that the Saints' goalkeeper, George Clawley had his eyes "choked with snow" when he conceded the two goals. All reports of the match confirm that the storm was worse when the two goals were scored than when the players were taken from the pitch. Forest's goals came from Tom McInnes and Charlie Richards, as Forest went on to defeat Derby County in the final.


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup, The semi-final
The Southampton board immediately lodged a protest with the Football Association, and there were numerous letters of complaint to both the national and local press. Despite the protests, the F.A. decided that the result should stand – this was perhaps not surprising as Lewis was an eminent member of the F.A. board. Some spectators objected to Southampton's protests, including one who wrote to the Morning Leader :


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, FA Cup, The semi-final
The demoralising effect of an imported team of mercenaries was evident in the behaviour of the southern partisans at the Crystal Place on Thursday. Anything more unsportsmanlike it would be difficult to conceive.


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, New stadium
Since 1896, Southampton had been tenants of Hampshire County Cricket Club at the County Ground, having vacated the Antelope Ground in the summer of 1896. The rent payable to the cricket club (£200 p.a.) was putting a strain on the football club's finances and, in an attempt to reduce this burden, the club had considered a merger with the Freemantle club and a move to their ground in Shirley. The merger proposals had fallen down, but at the Extraordinary general meeting in June 1897, the  members were informed that "the committee had a ground in view".


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, New stadium
At a shareholders' meeting on 11 November 1897, the chairman stated:


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, New stadium
. . . that all being well, by next season the company would be in possession of its own ground which was at the present time in the hands of George Thomas Esq. who was devoting his time to its early completion.


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, New stadium
Although the minutes do not record the location of the new ground, it was common knowledge within the town that the new ground was situated


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, New stadium
. . . in the dell that is not far from the County Ground, and nearer West Station and the town, and at the present time it is a narrow valley with a stone culvert running along the bottom. It will not be a large ground, but the natural banks on all sides will be a great help in arranging for the convenience of the spectators.


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, New stadium
The site on which the ground was built was described in Philip Brannon's Picture of Southampton, published in 1850, as "a lovely dell with a gurgling stream and lofty aspens"; the stream is the Rollsbrook which flows out of Southampton Common, running parallel to Hill Lane before now disappearing under Commercial Road and the Central Station, from where it is conduited under Southampton Docks into Southampton Water.


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, New stadium
The land had been purchased in the 1880s by the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway to enable them to continue the line from Shawford via Otterbourne and Bassett into Shirley (it is often incorrectly supposed that a station was to be situated in what is now St. James' Park, opposite St. James' Church). From here the line would have travelled south across Hill Lane to run through the dell and then on an embankment and viaduct over Commercial Road and the London and South Western line before terminating on the Western Esplanade at the foot of Arundel Tower. The dell was stripped of vegetation and the stream channelled into a conduit with work started on the embankment and viaduct, before the project was abandoned and the D.N.S.R. obtained running rights over the L.S.W.R. from Winchester into Southampton.


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, New stadium, Construction
George Thomas, a fish merchant who had been appointed as a director of the limited company when it was formed in the summer of 1896, who lived in Shirley, saw the potential of the cleared site and purchased the land from the D.N.S.R. By the beginning of the 1898–99 season, Thomas had incurred expenditure of between £7,500 and £9,000 on acquiring and clearing the site, and erecting the new stands and had agreed an initial three-year lease to the football club at a rental of £250 p.a.


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, New stadium, Construction
The dell had been drained with 13,000 ft of pipe being laid, all draining into the central culvert formed from the Rollsbrook stream. The playing field had to be levelled and the ground made up and turfed ready for the opening of the new season. On completion, the stadium was described in the Southampton Observer:


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, New stadium, Construction
. . . the rising staging on the north side of the ground will hold 5,500 spectators, who have of course to stand up; the covered east and west stands will seat 4,000 spectators comfortably, and the staging and sloping bank on the south side will hold 15,000 spectators. This totals up to 24,500.


1897–98 Southampton F.C. season, New stadium, Construction
At this stage, the new ground did not have an official name, with various names suggested including "the Fitzhugh Dell", "The Archer's Ground" and "Milton Park" but gradually the ground became known by default as "The Dell".


1897–98 Southern Football League
The 1897–98 season was the fourth in the history of the Southern League. Southampton won the Division One championship for the second successive season. Bristol City applied for election to Division Two of the Football League. However, they were not elected.


1897–98 Southern Football League, Division One
A total of 12 teams contest the division, including eleven sides from previous season and one new team.


1897–98 Southern Football League, Division Two
A total of 12 teams contest the division, including ten sides from previous season and two new teams.


1897–98 Southern Football League, Promotion-relegation test matches
Unlike previous seasons in which individual test matches had been played between clubs, this season saw the bottom two clubs in Division One and the top two clubs in Division two play in a four-club round robin, with the top two retaining or earning a place in Division One. Both Division Two clubs were promoted after the matches, with Northfleet leaving the league after the season ended.


1897–98 Southern Football League, Football League elections
Only one Southern League club, Bristol City, applied for election to Division Two of the Football League. However, they were not elected. Although Darwen were initially voted out of the league, a decision was made to expand the League by four clubs, and they were readmitted, along with New Brighton Tower, Glossop North End and Barnsley.


1897–98 St Helens RLFC season
The 1897-98 St Helens R.F.C. season was the club's third in the Northern Rugby Football Union, the 24th in their history. The club finished 8th out of 14 in an improved performance from the previous year in the Lancashire League. In the Challenge Cup, St Helens were knocked out in the first round by last years final opponents Batley.


1897–98 St Helens RLFC season, Lancashire Senior Championship
Source: . League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0. Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points.


1897–98 St Helens RLFC season, Lancashire Senior Championship
^ a: Salford had 2 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player^ b: Leigh had 2 points deducted for fielding an ineligible player


1897–98 Stoke F.C. season
The 1897–98 season was Stoke's ninth season in the Football League.


1897–98 Stoke F.C. season
It was another season of struggle for Stoke who finished bottom of the First Division on goal average level on points with five teams. They entered the test matches for the second time against Newcastle United and Burnley and again came out victorious. However it was in controversial circumstances as in the final test match against Burnley, both sides needed a draw to be in the First Division for next season and for 90 minutes the Stoke and Burnley players did not attempt to win and the match finished in a 0–0 draw. After this obvious exploitation of the rules the league scrapped the test match system in favour of automatic promotion and relegation.


1897–98 Stoke F.C. season, Season Review, League
In September 1897 Horace Austerberry was appointed secretary-manager of Stoke in succession of Bill Rowley who became general secretary. Also Mr J. T. Fenton assumed the role of chairman taking over from Mr. S. Barker. The Stoke directors continued to search in Scotland for quality players following the success of William Maxwell and they did find one in the form of Alex Raisbeck who went on to gain international caps for his country unfortunately he only played eight matches for Stoke before deciding to join Liverpool.


1897–98 Stoke F.C. season, Season Review, League
The bottom five teams in the First Division finished with 24 points but Stoke had the poorest goal average of them all and took bottom spot. They had to play the top two sides from the Second Division, Burnley and Newcastle United. Stoke came through successfully, beating each side once and drawing with Burnley to stay up.


1897–98 Stoke F.C. season, Season Review, League
In the final test match Stoke and Burnley needed a draw to be in the First Division next season. It finished 0–0 after a farcical 90 minutes during which neither side put in a challenge or had a shot at goal and at one point a few fans in the crowd held on to the ball and refused to return it to the players. After this obvious exploit of the rules the league scrapped the test match system in favour of automatic promotion and relegation.


1897–98 Stoke F.C. season, Season Review, FA Cup
Stoke beat Bury 2–1 in the first round but crashed out 5–1 to Everton in the second round replay.


1897–98 Swiss Serie A
The first Swiss football championship was held 1897–98. The championship was not organized by the Swiss Football Association (SFA; founded in 1895) and is therefore considered as unofficial. The tournament was organized by the Geneva newspaper La Suisse Sportive and its editors François-Jean Dégérine and Dr. Aimé Schwob. The championship trophy was donated by the company Ruinart. Only four of the clubs competing were members of the SFA; FC Château de Lancy, Grasshopper Club Zürich, Neuchâtel FC and La Villa Ouchy). The series A was divided into three regional groups, group A in the north, group B the district  around Lausanne and group C district of Genève). The winner of each group qualified for the finals.


1897–98 Swiss Serie A
The following are the statistics to the first Swiss national football (soccer) competition (later Swiss Super League).


1897–98 Thames Ironworks F.C. season
The 1897–98 season was Thames Ironworks' third season after the club's formation in 1895.


1897–98 Thames Ironworks F.C. season
Thames Ironworks' new venue, the Memorial Grounds, was opened on Jubilee Day, 1897, to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria on the throne. Thames' new home had cost £20,000 of Arnold Hills' money to build. It was situated close to where West Ham station now stands. Aside from a football pitch, the stadium contained a cycle track, a cinder running track and one of the largest outdoor swimming pools in England. It was said at the time that the grounds were "good enough to stage an English Cup Final." To coincide with this raised standard, for the first time ever the club committee had introduced players' insurance. This meant the players would be covered against loss of wages caused by injuries sustained from playing football.


1897–98 Thames Ironworks F.C. season
On 11 September 1897, in their first game of the new season of the London League and also at their new ground, Thames beat Brentford 1–0. This was closely followed by the first two qualifying rounds of the FA Cup. On 18 September Thames overcame Redhill thanks to an own goal and a brace from Scottish defender Simon Chisholm. This was followed by a game against the Royal Engineers Training Battalion which Thames won 2–1 with goals from another of The Irons' Scotsmen Jimmy Reid and former Reading centre forward Edward Hatton.


1897–98 Thames Ironworks F.C. season
Their cup form was matched by great league form as "The Irons" went on to win their first six London League games, the second of which was a 4–0 victory over Leyton F.C.. A contemporary reporter wrote this at the time:


1897–98 Thames Ironworks F.C. season
There was a two-week break from fixture commitments before Thames Ironworks briefly resumed their FA Cup involvement in the third qualifying round. On 16 October 1897, they faced St Albans and lost the game 0–2. Disappointment soon faded, and it was perhaps in the third London League game away to champions 3rd Grenadier Guards, that "The Irons" found real belief in their ability to challenge for the London League. The managed to win 1–0 against a team who had beaten them 4–1 and 5–0 during the previous season.


1897–98 Thames Ironworks F.C. season
On 27 November they faced Novacastrians F.C. in the first round of the London Senior Cup, which they won 1–0. The second round tie against 2nd Grenadier Guards was postponed after the Guards withdrew, and The Irons were granted a walkover. 1897 ended with "The Irons" top of the table and unbeaten in the London League, having only conceded five goals, three of them coming in a 3–3 thriller against local rivals Ilford.


1897–98 Thames Ironworks F.C. season
It was another game against Ilford F.C. that kicked off the new year on 1 January 1898. This time, in front of their home crowd, "The Irons" won 4–0. January continued in a similar vein with a 4–2 win against Stanley F.C. being quickly followed by their highest scoring game of the season on 15 January, when a 'ten goal thriller' against Bromley F.C. went The Ironworks' way 7–3. On 22 January there was yet another game against rivals Ilford F.C., this time in the third round of the London Senior Cup. Revenge for their New Years Day's defeat was had, and Ilford triumphed over "The Irons" 3–1.


1897–98 Thames Ironworks F.C. season
After two draws in late February and early March, their impressive league run continued with a 5–1 against Bromley on 19 March, and a 3–1 home win against 3rd Grenadier Guards F.C. on 2 April.


1897–98 Thames Ironworks F.C. season
The penultimate fixture of the London League season was against second placed Brentford who were only one point behind "The Irons". The game caused much local interest, including a newspaper feature in the East Ham Echo prior to the game, containing an article on Thames Ironworks' rising star Charlie Dove. At Shooters Field on 23 April 1898, Thames lost the tie 0–1, and Brentford leap-frogged "The Irons" and were now one point ahead with one game left to play.


1897–98 Thames Ironworks F.C. season
A final day victory away to 2nd Grenadier Guards on 30 April ensured that Thames Ironworks won the London League title by a single point, as fellow challengers Brentford F.C. had lost to Barking Woodville. Thames had finished the season with a 100% home record. In total they had won twelve and drawn three of their sixteen London League games, only losing in the game away to Brentford. On the way to the title they had scored 47 goals and conceded 15, the best offensive and defensive record in the division.


1897–98 Thames Ironworks F.C. season
Thames Ironworks F.C. were also successful in their application to the Southern League and would begin the following season in Southern League Division Two.


1897–98 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season
The 1897–98 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season was the 3rd season of collegiate ice hockey.


1897–98 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season
With the addition of Brown University and Harvard University to the ice hockey ranks, the first ice hockey conference was formed and named the first unofficial collegiate champion.


1897–98 United States collegiate men's ice hockey season
After the school year ended, Johns Hopkins University became the first college to dissolve its ice hockey program, citing travel costs, disagreements between the rink managers, and lack of support from the student body. Johns Hopkins would not field another ice hockey team for 90 years.


1897–98 Welsh Amateur Cup
The 1897–98 Welsh Amateur Cup was the eighth season of the Welsh Amateur Cup. The cup was won by Rhos Eagle Wanderers who defeated Shrewsbury based team Singleton & Coles 6-1 in the final, at Chirk.


1897–98 Welsh Amateur Cup, First Round
Hanwood Rovers reported as being against Aberystwyth, with Congregational United having a Bye.


1897–98 Western Football League
The 1897–98 season was the sixth in the history of the Western Football League.


1897–98 Western Football League
For this season the league was restructured, with a new Professional Section being formed, taking five clubs from Division One and three new clubs joining. Division One and Division Two remained as the Amateur Section, with four clubs being promoted from Division Two to Division One, and several new clubs joining both divisions.


1897–98 Western Football League
Bristol City were the champions of the new Professional Section, and also competed in the Southern League during this season, along with Swindon Town, Reading and Warmley. Division One of the Amateur Section was won by Bedminster, and the Division Two champions were newcomers Hanham. Many clubs left the Amateur Section at the end of the season, necessitating a merger of the two amateur divisions for the following season.


1897–98 Western Football League, Final tables, Professional section
The three new clubs admitted to the league to play in this eight-club section were:


1897–98 Western Football League, Final tables, Amateur Division One
This ten-club division was a continuation of the old Division One, with six new clubs:


1897–98 Western Football League, Final tables, Amateur Division Two
This eight-club division was a continuation of the old Division Two, with seven new clubs:


1897–98 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 1897–98 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University in college basketball during the 1897–98 season. The team finished the season with a 12–9 record. They were disqualified for playing a game against 4th Sep. Company in Yonkers but were later reinstated. Yale's coach was Henry S. Anderson and their team captain was William H. Peck.


1897–98 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season
The 1897–98 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season was the 3rd season of play for the program.


1897–98 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season
For the first time the Elis played a majority of their games against fellow college programs as well as play most of their games at home.


1897–98 Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey season, Season
The team did not have a coach, however, M. Mullally served as team manager.


1897–98 in Belgian football
The 1897–98 season was the third competitive season in Belgian football.


1897–98 in Belgian football, Overview
Only one official league existed at the time. It was called Coupe de Championnat (Championship Cup) and was disputed between 5 teams as no new team was admitted.


1897–98 in Belgian football, Overview
No team was relegated this season since the FA decided to split the division into two leagues. Four new teams were thus admitted at the end of the season and they formed one of the two leagues:  F.C. Brugeois (that had already played in the first competitive season), C.S. Brugeois, R.C. Gantois and F.C. Courtraisien.


1897–98 in English football
The 1897–98 season was the 27th season of competitive football in England.


1897–98 in English football, Honours
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition


1897–98 in English football, Football League, First Division
Sheffield United won the First Division to become champions of English football for the only time in their history.


1897–98 in English football, Football League, Second Division
This was the final season of using 'Test Matches' to decide relegation and promotion between the divisions. The Second Division was won by Burnley; both they and runners-up Newcastle United were promoted to the expanded First Division, rendering the results of the end of season Test Matches meaningless. From the 1898–99 season onwards, automatic relegation and promotion of the bottom two/top two sides from each division was introduced.


1897–98 in Scottish football
The season of 1897–98 in Scottish football was the 25th season of competitive football in Scotland and the eighth season of the Scottish Football League.


1897–98 in Scottish football, Scottish Division Two
Kilmarnock won the Scottish Division Two but were not promoted.


1897–98 in Scottish football, Scottish Cup
Rangers were winners of the Scottish cup after a 2–0 win over Kilmarnock.


1897–98 in Scottish football, Junior Cup
Dalziel Rovers were winners of the Junior Cup after a 2–1 win over Parkhead.


1898
1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1898th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 898th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th  year of the 19th century, and the  9th   year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1898, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.


1898 AHAC season
The 1898 Amateur Hockey Association of Canada season was the twelfth and final season of the league. Each team played 8 games, and Montreal Victorias were again first with an 8–0 record, to retain the Stanley Cup. This was their fourth-straight league championship. The league would dissolve prior to the next season.


1898 AHAC season, League business, Executive
The Ottawa Capitals applied to join the league, but were turned down because they had not won an intermediate-level championship.


1898 AHAC season, Season, Highlights
The game of February 12, 1898, between Ottawa and the Victorias was notable because Fred Chittick, the regular goalkeeper of Ottawa staged a one-man strike because he had not received his share of complimentary tickets. Ottawa played A. Cope instead and lost 9–5. The fans in attendance heckled the defence pair of Harvey Pulford and Weldy Young, and in response Mr. Young went into the crowd to attack a spectator.


1898 AHAC season, Exhibition tours, Shamrocks tour New York
From February 14 through 19th, the Shamrocks toured New York city, playing teams of the Amateur Hockey League. They played the New York Hockey Club twice and the Brooklyn Skating Club once. The Shamrocks split the two with New York 2–1 and 0–1 at the Lexington Avenue Ice Palace. The series was considered close however in the second game play turned rough and several Montreal players were ejected; Desse Brown (Montreal) and Billy Russell (New York). Benny Phillips of New York would score the only goal and assists were rewarded to DeCasanova and Russell. The Shamrocks also defeated Brooklyn 4–3 at the Clermont Avenue Rink.


1898 AHAC season, Exhibition tours, Victorias tour New York
The first game was dubbed by the American media as establishing the amateur international championship, between the top American team, The New York Athletic Club and the top Canadian team the Montreal Victorias. After the season, the Victorias visited New York, first playing the New York Athletic Club at the St. Nicholas Rink, winning 6–1 on March 4. The game was in attendance of 3000 people. The game was noted as the Victorias were able to 'disarm' their opponents illustrating stealing the puck from the opposing players through stick-handling. Montreal scorers were (2 goals each) Macdougall, Davidson, Drinkwater to Fenwicks single goal


1898 AHAC season, Exhibition tours, Victorias tour New York
On March 5, the Victorias defeated the St. Nicholas Skating Club 8–0.


1898 AHAC season, Playoffs
There were no playoffs as the Victorias won first place exclusively.


1898 AHAC season, Stanley Cup challenges, Victorias vs. Ottawa
Prior to the season, Victorias would play Ottawa Capitals of the CCHA in a single-elimination game on December 27, 1897, winning 15–2. It was originally scheduled as the first best-of-three challenge, but the series ended after the first game because the Victorias clearly was the superior team with a 15–2 victory and the Ottawa team withdrew its challenge.


1898 AHAC season, Stanley Cup challenges, Victorias vs. Ottawa
Referee – J. A. FindlayUmpires – M. J. Polan, A. McKerrow


1898 Add-Ran Christian football team
The 1898 Add-Ran Christian football team represented Add-Ran Christian University—now known as Texas Christian University (TCU)—as an independent during the 1898 college football season. They played their home games in Waco, Texas.


1898 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 1898 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on August 1, 1898, in order to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat Joseph F. Johnston ran for a second term in office.


1898 Albion football team
The 1898 Albion football team was an American football team that represented Albion College in the 1898 college football season.


1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 12th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Dublin were the winners.


1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the eleventh All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Dublin, who led 1-6 to 0-3 at the interval, were the winners, with Joe Ledwidge scoring both goals. The captain of the winning team was Matt Rea.


1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
At this time, club teams represented their counties with the Geraldines club representing Dublin and Waterford represented by the Erin's Hope club of Dungarvan.


1898 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
It was the fifth of six All-Ireland football titles won by Dublin in the 1890s.


1898 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1898 was the 12th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Kilkenny 7-13 to 3-10 in the final.


1898 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone game which sees the winners of the Munster championship play Galway who receive a bye to this stage. One team is eliminated while the winning team advances to the final.


1898 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Format
Final: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final play the winners of the Munster championship.


1898 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1898 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 11th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1898 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Jones' Road, Dublin, on 25 March 1900 between Kilkenny, represented by club side Three Castles, and Tipperary, represented by club side Tubberadora. The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 7-13 to 3-10.


1898 All-Western college football team
The 1898 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1898 college football season.


1898 Argentine Primera División
The 1898 Argentine Primera División was the 7th season of top division football in Argentina. It was won by Lomas, achieving its 5th Argentine championship in 6 seasons. The runner-up was Lobos. Flores AC and Belgrano AC "B" left the championship, being replaced by Lobos -which returned to the Association- and new team United Banks.


1898 Argentine Primera División, Primera división, Championship playoff
Lomas and Lobos finished first with 20 points each so they had to play a match to define a champion. After the first game was declared null by the Association attending to a request by Lobos, a second match was played, with Lomas winning the title.


1898 Argentine presidential election
The Argentine presidential election of 1898 was held on 10 April to choose the president of Argentina. Julio Argentino Roca was elected president for a second period.


1898 Argentine presidential election, Background
Having obtained the aging Luis Sáenz Peña's resignation in favor of Vice President José Evaristo Uriburu (who was good stead with both Roca and Mitre), Roca once again carried the PAN standard in 1898. The UCR, which had lost its founder, Leandro Alem, to suicide in 1896, was divided between those who backed Senator Bernardo de Irigoyen's drive to form coalitions with more conservative parties, and those who supported the party's new leader, Hipólito Yrigoyen (who boycotted this and future "election songs" - establishing what later became known as the UCR's "break before bending" policy). Public debate was heated on the eve of the January 30 elections to a constitutional assembly entrusted to increase the number of congressmen and cabinet members, as well before the April 10, 1898, general election. The electoral college yielded no surprises, though, and Roca was returned to the presidency.


1898 Arkansas Industrial Cardinals football team
The 1898 Arkansas Industrial Cardinals football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1898 college football season The team played two intercollegiate football games, both against Drury. Arkansas won both games, the first by a 17–0 score and the second by a 12–6 score. The Cardinals concluded their season with a 36–8 loss against Fort Scott High School.


1898 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 1898 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on September 5, 1898.


1898 Arkansas gubernatorial election
Incumbent Democratic Governor Daniel W. Jones defeated Republican nominee Henry F. Auten and Populist nominee W. Scott Morgan with 67.35% of the vote.


1898 Army Cadets football team
The 1898 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1898 college football season. In their second season under head coach Herman Koehler, the Cadets compiled a 3–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 90 to 51. The Cadets' two losses came against undefeated co-national champion Harvard and Yale. The Army–Navy Game was not played in 1898.


1898 Army Cadets football team
Four Army Cadets were honored on the 1898 College Football All-America Team. Fullback Charles Romeyn was a consensus first-team All-American, receiving first-team honors from Caspar Whitney and the New York Sun. Quarterback Leon Kromer, tackle Robert Foy, and end Walter Smith were recognized as third-team All-Americans by Walter Camp.


1898 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1898 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1898. The season was a fairly active one, with 11 storms forming, 5 of which became hurricanes.


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane One
A "feeble" tropical disturbance developed into a tropical storm near West End, Grand Bahama, early on August 2. Three hours later, the storm made landfall in Hobe Sound, Florida, with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h). The system briefly weakened to a tropical depression on August 2, before re-strengthening into a tropical storm and emerging into the Gulf of Mexico near Tarpon Springs.


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane One
Later that day, the cyclone intensified quickly, becoming a Category 1 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale at 23:00 UTC. Simultaneously, the hurricane made landfall on St. George Island with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h). After moving inland, it rapidly weakened and dissipated over southwestern Alabama late on August 3.


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane One
About 24 hours of heavy rainfall was observed in the Tampa area, with "great damage done in many places." In the Florida Panhandle, considerable impact was inflicted to crops, turpentine farms, and property. Offshore, three barges, four tugboats, and many sailing crafts were sunk. Among the capsized vessels was the tugboat Nimrod, with 12 people aboard, all of whom drowned.


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
The next storm formed off the northern coast of Florida on August 30 causing significant damage to coastland communities when it made landfall. It hit around the border usually between South Carolina and Georgia with 85 mph (137 km/h) winds, and dissipated on September 1, causing $400,000 in damage (1898 dollars).


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
At Port Royal, South Carolina, this storm caused 10.82 in (275 mm) of rain over the course of a day, breaking the previous one-day record by 5.89 in (150 mm)., with a storm total of 12.4 inches (310 mm).


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Three
A hurricane was first observed on September 3 over the northeastern Atlantic, likely having existed for several days prior. It headed northeastward, and became extratropical on September 5 north of the Azores.


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Four
The next storm formed on September 5 off the coast of Africa. It moved westward and hit the Lesser Antilles with 110 mph (180 km/h) winds, where it caused heavy damage across the islands. The hurricane turned to the north, remaining a hurricane until becoming extratropical on September 19 near Newfoundland. The hurricane caused $2.5 million in damage and 383 deaths.


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Five
The fifth storm formed over the western Caribbean Sea on September 12. It tracked northwestward, and hit the Yucatán Peninsula with 60 mph (97 km/h) winds. Later, the storm traveled north. It hit Louisiana on September 20 with 60 mph (97 km/h) winds and dissipated over Illinois on September 22.


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Six
The sixth storm formed over the western Caribbean Sea on September 20. It followed a path similar to the fifth storm, tracking northwestward and hitting the Yucatán Peninsula with 60 mph (97 km/h) winds. Later, it traveled north. The system hit the United States near the Texas/Louisiana border on September 28, and dissipated shortly thereafter. Heavy rainfall fell across the central Gulf coast and up the Mississippi Valley, with the highest totals recorded at Pensacola, Florida with 12.61 inches (320 mm) and Sikeston, Missouri where 11.67 inches (296 mm) fell.


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Seven
The seventh storm formed to the east of the Lesser Antilles on September 25 and traveled northwest, reaching 110 mph (177 km/h) winds but sparing the islands. On the 2nd, it made landfall as a category 4 hurricane in Cumberland Island, Georgia and northeast Florida with 130 mph (217 km/h) winds, causing heavy damage amounting to around $2.5 million, and 179 casualties. It dissipated after winding its way through Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, southern Canada, part of Maine, and Newfoundland on October 6.


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Eight
The eighth storm formed in the Western Caribbean, crossing to the northeast across Cuba, and dissipated over the Bahamas. It formed on September 25 and dissipated on September 28.


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Nine
A tropical wave forms into a tropical depression on October 2 with winds of 45 MPH. The storm moved across Cuba causing minor flooding and crop damage killing 2, then nearly struck Florida. It then moved to the North Eastern sea and dissipated October 14.


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Nine
This caused flooding and extensive damage on Sapelo Island, Georgia, including destroying a church at the community of Hanging Bull and washing away an entire cemetery.


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ten
The 10th storm of the season followed a path similar to the 8th storm, forming in the West Caribbean, crossing Cuba, and dissipating over the Bahamas. This storm lasted from October 21 to October 23


1898 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Eleven
The final storm of the season formed over the Northern Lesser Antilles on October 27 and took a nearly straight-lined path to the west, hitting the Yucatán Peninsula with 60 mph (95 km/h) winds, and dissapted soon after on November 4.


1898 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1898 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. It was the Tigers' seventh season and they competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). The team was led by head coach John Heisman, in his fourth year, and finished with a record of two wins and one loss (2–1 overall, 2–1 in the SIAA).


1898 Baloch uprising
The 1898 Baloch uprising was a revolt against the British that occurred in Balochistan, under Mir Baloch Khan Nousherwani and Sardar Mehrab Khan Gichki.


1898 Baloch uprising, History
Sardar Mehrab Khan Gichki, who was the prime mover in the revolt. made an attack on the Nazim, Diwan Udho Dass, on the morning of the 6th of January and took him prisoner, at the same time taking possession of the Turbat fort. The Nazim was eventually released and sought refuge at Kalatuk.


1898 Baloch uprising, History
Mehrab Khan next communicated with his brother, Mir Rustam Khan, who was in charge of the escort with a survey party working in the Kolwa hills under Captain Burn, and Rustam Khan with Mir Baloch Khan, Nausherwani, made an attack on the camp which resulted in some men of the party being killed and a large quantity of Government property being lost. Small parties of rebels moved in the direction of the sea coast, looted Pasni, and destroyed much of the telegraph line between Pasni and Gwadar.


1898 Baloch uprising, History
A column was promptly despatched from Karachi under Colonel Mayne consisting or 400 Infantry and two guns, and the rebels were defeated with heavy loss in an action at the defile of Gokprosh, south of Turbat. Baloch Khan was killed along with about 150 others. The forts of Shahrak, Nag, Hor and Sehr were subsequently demolished.


1898 Baloch uprising, Motives
There appeared to have been five causes of the outbreak. In the first place Mir Baloch Khan, Nausherwani, who already held the surrounding country, had been granted the Bit fort in Buleda by the Khan of Kalat. It was occupied, however, by Mir Azum Khan, Buledi, who held a sanad for its possession from the Khan and consequently refused to give it up, and the question was referred to the Agent to the Governor-General who decided it in favour of Mir Azum Khan, thus incensing Mir Baloch Khan against the nazim who was considered responsible for the decision.


1898 Baloch uprising, Motives
Secondly, Mehrab Khan, Gichki, had long cherished resentment at Sir Robert Sandeman's action in nominating to the chieftainship of the Kech Gichkis, his elder brother, Sheh Umar, a man of much inferior capacity to himself. Innovations introduced by the nazim into the system of levying revenue, his personal unpopularity among a Muslim people, and the general unrest which had extended all down the North-Western frontier during the previous year, were other factors in the situation.


1898 Baloch uprising, Outcome
The rising led to arrangements for the introduction of a new form of administration, and at the end of the year Mir Mehrulla Khan, Raisani, was sent to Makran as nazim, where he has since continued to direct affairs (1905).


1898 Baltimore Orioles season
The 1898 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. Although there was no Temple Cup after the season, the Orioles still finished second in the National League for the second straight year with a record of 96–53, 6 games behind the Boston Beaneaters. The Orioles set a Major League record which still stands, for the most batters hit by a pitch in a season, with 148.


1898 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1898 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1898 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1898 Baltimore Orioles season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1898 Balıkesir earthquake
The 1898 Balıkesir earthquake occurred around 11:30 local time (8:30 UTC) on 29 January 1898 in Ottoman Empire, modern Turkey. It was the deadliest earthquake in history of Balıkesir. Around 500 people died as a result of the earthquake. Only 51 of the 11,000 buildings in city remained unaffected. Around 53,000 people from the city and around the city were affected.


1898 Belgian general election
Partial legislative elections were held in Belgium on 22 May 1898, with run-off elections held on 29 May. Under the alternating system, elections for the Chamber of Representatives were held in only four out of the nine provinces: Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders. Thus, only 75 seats out of the 152 seats in the Chamber of Representatives were up for election. The Catholic Party retained their absolute majority.


1898 Belgian general election
Notably, Adolf Daens, who was elected in 1894 for Aalst and served one term, was convinced not to run for re-election. His fight for a social Christian Democratic party was opposed by conservative Catholics, especially fellow Aalst MP Charles Woeste. None of the other "Daensists" (Christene Volkspartij) who ran were elected.


1898 Belgian general election
A special election in Bastogne was held on 24 July 1898. Henry Delvaux de Fenffe was elected to replace Emile Van Hoorde, who became provincial senator.


1898 Belgian general election
They were the last regular legislative elections under a majority system; the next elections in 1900 saw the introduction of a proportional system.


1898 Belgian general election
The newly elected legislature met in regular session on 8 November 1898.


1898 Belgian general election, Constituencies
Liberals gained two seats from Catholics in Ath, socialists gained a seat from Catholics and a seat from liberals in Thuin, socialists gained a seat from liberals in Huy and Catholics gained four seats from socialists in Verviers, resulting in a total of one seat changing from socialists to Catholics.


1898 Birthday Honours
The Queen's Birthday Honours 1898 were announced on 21 May 1898 in celebration of the birthday of Queen Victoria. The list included appointments to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and British India.


1898 Birthday Honours
The list was published in The Times on 21 May 1898 and the various honours were gazetted in The London Gazette on 21 June 1898, and on 3 June 1898.


1898 Birthday Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed or referred to as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour and where appropriate by rank (Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander, etc.) then divisions (Military, Civil).


1898 Birthday Honours, Promotions
The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve the grant to His Highness Sir Hira Singh Malwandar Bahadur, Raja of Nabha, GCSI, as a personal distinction, of an increase of two guns to his salute of 13 guns.


1898 Boston Beaneaters season
The 1898 Boston Beaneaters season was the 28th season of the franchise. The Beaneaters won their second straight National League pennant and their eighth overall. It was also their fifth, and last, of the decade. This team has been cited (along with the 1880s St. Louis Browns and the 1890s Baltimore Orioles) as one of the greatest of the 19th century. This was the end of a tremendous run of success for the team, which won four straight National Association titles (1872–1875) and eight National League pennants (1877-78, 1883, 1891-93, 1897-98).


1898 Boston Beaneaters season
The starting line-up featured three Hall of Famers: third baseman Jimmy Collins and outfielders Billy Hamilton and Hugh Duffy. Collins led the league with 15 home runs, and Hamilton hit .369 with 54 stolen bases. The pitching staff was led by Hall of Famers Kid Nichols and Vic Willis. Nichols led the NL with 31 wins and had an ERA of 2.13.


1898 Boston Beaneaters season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1898 Boston Beaneaters season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1898 Boston Beaneaters season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1898 Boston Beaneaters season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1898 Boston College football team
The 1898 Boston College football team was an American football team that represented Boston College during the 1898 college football season.


1898 Brazilian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1898. The result was a victory for Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales of the Republican Party of São Paulo, who received 90.9% of the vote.


1898 British Columbia general election
The 1898 British Columbia general election was held in 1898. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.


1898 British Columbia general election, Party politics
There were no political parties in this election — until the 1903 election, British Columbia politics were officially non-partisan and political parties were not part of the process. This trend began to change in the 1898 and 1900 elections with the appearance of party-designated candidates and some party-declared members; for example, Ralph Smith in South Nanaimo. The political alignments designated at the time of the dropping of the writ did not necessarily have anything to do with the jockeying for power and support once the election returns were in.


1898 British Columbia general election, Party politics
Therefore, members shown as "Government" or "Opposition" only ran under that slate and had no necessary allegiances or party loyalties to follow. If a new government formed from the "Opposition" slate, as here with Charles Augustus Semlin, there was  nothing to say that someone who'd run under the "Government" banner might not cross the floor either to join the governing caucus, or actually be invited over to take a cabinet position.


1898 British Columbia general election, Party politics
In the table below, the seating is only as it was when the House convened. The failure of Semlin's government fell on the shoulders of an over-ambitious Joseph Martin by early 1900. He held on to power despite a petition from Members of the House to the Lieutenant-Governor, but the Lieutenant-Governor, Thomas Robert McInnes, continued to support Martin so long as there was no sitting of the House, such that a situation of non-confidence could be proven, even though Martin had only himself and one other member in his caucus. Martin held out for six months, but the inevitable sitting of the House and immediate vote of non-confidence and subsequent election removed him from power and brought in James Dunsmuir.


1898 British Columbia general election, Party politics
It was because of this debacle, born in this election and the ones that preceded it, that party politics was finally introduced to British Columbia for the 1903 election.


1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season
The 1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms suffered a huge loss on January 4 when team founder Charles Byrne died. Charles Ebbets became the new president of the team and moved them into the new Washington Park. The team struggled all season, finishing in a distant tenth place in the National League race.


1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season, Regular season
Billy Barnie was fired as manager in June with the team's record at 15–20 and the team mired in ninth place. Ebbets took over himself for a while before they handed the team over to Mike Griffin to finish the season. The results weren't much better, as the team immediately lost five out of their next six, with an overall 39–71 record after Barnie's departure.


1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases


1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases


1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games


1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games


1898 Brooklyn Bridegrooms season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts


1898 Brown Bears football team
The 1898 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented Brown University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their first year under head coach Eddie N. Robinson, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 135 to 96. Fred W. Murphy was the team captain.


1898 Buffalo football team
The 1898 Buffalo football team represented the University at Buffalo as an independent during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 214 to 42. The team had no coach and played its home games at Olympic Park in Buffalo, New York.


1898 Calgary municipal election
The 1898 Calgary municipal election was held on December 12, 1898 to elect a Mayor and nine Councilors to sit on the fifteenth Calgary City Council from January 3, 1899 to January 2, 1900.


1898 Calgary municipal election, Background
Voting rights were provided to any male, single woman, or widowed British subject over twenty-one years of age who are assessed on the last revised assessment roll with a minimum property value of $200.


1898 Calgary municipal election, Background
The election was held under multiple non-transferable vote where each elector was able to cast a ballot for the mayor and up to three ballots for separate councillors with a voter's designated ward.


1898 Calgary municipal election, By-elections
Councilor George Albert Allen submitted his resignation to City Council effective April 20, 1899. William Henry Cushing won a by-election held on May 8, 1899 defeating Crispin E. Smith 52-22.


1898 California Golden Bears football team
The 1898 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1898 college football season. The team competed as an independent under head coach Garrett Cochran and compiled a record of 8–0–2. The season's victory in that year's Big Game was its first win against Stanford.


1898 California gubernatorial election
The 1898 California gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898, to elect the governor of California.


1898 Canadian prohibition plebiscite
A plebiscite on prohibition was held in Canada on 29 September 1898, the first national referendum in the country's history. The Liberal government had made an election promise in 1896 to provide an opportunity for Canadians to register their opinions about the sale of alcohol. The non-binding plebiscite saw 51.3% in favour of introducing prohibition, although turnout was only 44%. A majority voted for its introduction in all provinces except Quebec, where 81.2% opposed it.


1898 Canadian prohibition plebiscite
Despite the majority in favour, Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier's government chose not to introduce a federal bill on prohibition. As a result, Canadian prohibition was instead enacted through laws passed by the provinces during the first twenty years of the 20th century.


1898 Canadian prohibition plebiscite
A 2012 study found that religion was by far the most important factor in determining how Canadians voted, with Evangelicals favoring prohibition, whereas Catholics and Anglicans opposed it. More urbanized districts were less likely to favor prohibition.


1898 Cape Colony parliamentary election
Elections to the Parliament of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope were held in 1898. The Legislative Council was elected on 16 March and the House of Assembly between 9 August and 5 September. These were the first elections contested on a more-or-less two-party basis after the emergence of responsible government in 1872. Party divisions were still hazy at the time of the elections, but the result was a narrow victory for opponents of the Progressive Party of Cecil Rhodes, despite the Progressives winning the popular vote. Incumbent Prime Minister Gordon Sprigg had become aligned with the nascent Progressive party, and was succeeded by William Philip Schreiner, an Independent supported by the Afrikaner Bond, upon the inauguration of the new House of Assembly.


1898 Cape Colony parliamentary election, Electoral System
Twenty-three members of the Legislative Council were elected from nine constituencies termed "provinces," seven of which elected three members each by cumulative voting, and the remaining two provinces one member each. The House of Assembly was composed of 79 members elected from 39 electoral divisions which elected between one and four members each, in which each voter had as many votes as there were candidates to be elected, but was not permitted to cast them cumulatively, as for the Legislative Council.


1898 Cape Colony parliamentary election, Results, House of Assembly
The fact that voters in different constituencies could cast varying numbers of votes, and that votes were not counted where any candidates ran unopposed, means that raw popular vote totals are a poor estimate of party support. Alan John Charrington Smith's analysis of voting patterns estimated that support was approximately 43,243 voters (57.35%) for the Progressive party and 32,165 (42.65%) for its opponents. The table below lists raw vote totals.


1898 Cape Colony parliamentary election, Results, Legislative Council
The Progressive candidate in Griqualand West was elected unopposed. All other provinces had more candidates than seats to fill.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election
The fourth elections for Cardiganshire County Council took place in March 1898. They were preceded by the 1895 election and followed by the 1901 election


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, Overview of the Result
At the fourth elections held for the County Council, the Liberals retained their large majority.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, Boundary Changes
There were boundary changes in the Aberaeron area, arising from the formation of the Aberaeron Urban District Council in 1894.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, Unopposed Returns
There were a number of unopposed returns. The Conservatives held seats they won in 1895 including Borth and Cardigan South while Independent Conservative  Henry Bonsall was returned unopposed for Bow Street.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, Contested Elections
The Liberals won Aberystwyth No.1, lost in 1895, after the Unionists failed to field a candidate.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, Retiring Aldermen
Eight aldermen retired. Of these only Peter Jones  (Trefeurig) and Jenkin Jenkins (Felinfach) sought re-election, although two others (John Powell and Evan Richards) would be re-elected without facing the electorate. Jenkins was defeated at Felinfach by Walter T. Davies. Davies, however was among those who were chosen as new aldermen enabling Jenkins to contest the by-election (see below). Four aldermen retired namely W.O. Brigstocke, Dr Jenkin Lewis, David Lloyd and D.W. E. Rowland.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, The New Council
J.C. Harford of Falcondale was elected as the first Conservaticve chairman on a motion moved by Peter Jones.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, Results, Aberbanc
David Lloyd, an alderman from 1889 to 1895 was returned unopposed.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, Results, Aberystwyth Division 3
A repeat of the contest in 1895. Ellis increased his majority from 7 to 29.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, Results, Aberystwyth Division 4
James had been elected at the 1895 by-election following C.M. Williams's re-appointment as alderman.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, Results, Cwmrheidol
The seat changed hands for the third time, with Nicholas Bray, the victor in 1889 and 1895 being defeated as he was in 1892.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, Results, Felinfach
The sitting councillor defeated Alderman Jenkin Jenkins, who had defeated him by a small majority in 1892.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, Election of Aldermen
In addition to the 48 councillors the council consisted of 16 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the elections, the following Alderman were appointed by the newly elected council.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, Election of Aldermen
With the exception of Sir Marteine Lloyd, of the eight elected aldermen were Liberals. This broke the pattern established in 1889 whereby there were three Conservatives on the aldermanic bench. Of those elected, four were elected members of the Council and four were not. Two retiring aldermen (John Powell and Evan Richards) did not seek re-election although Peter Jones did so. Sir Marteine Lloyd and Rev T. Mason Jones were members of the previous council who did not seek re-election.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, By-elections, Aeron by-election
Following the election of J.M. Howell as alderman, a disagreement among local Liberals led to the unopposed return of a prominent Conservative.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, By-elections, Cardigan North by-election
Following the election of the Rev John Williams as alderman, O. Beynon Evans was returned unopposed.


1898 Cardiganshire County Council election, By-elections, Felinfach by-election
Having lost the election, as retiring alderman, to the retiring councillor, Jenkin Jenkins of Blaenplwyf was returned.


1898 Carlisle Indians football team
The 1898 Carlisle Indians football team was an American football team that represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its first season under head coach John A. Hall, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 203 to 99.


1898 Carlisle Indians football team
Key players included Frank Cayou, Frank Hudson, Bemus Pierce, Hawley Pierce, and Eddie Rogers. Hudson was selected by Outing magazine as the first-team quarterback on its 1898 All-America college football team.


1898 Carmarthen Rural District Council election
The second election to the Carmarthen Rural District Council was held in April 1898. It was preceded by the 1894 election and followed by the 1901 election. The successful candidates were also elected to the Carmarthen Board of Guardians.


1898 Carmarthen Rural District Council election
There were unopposed returns in most wards at this election with some candidates withdrawing soon after nomination day to remove the need for a contest.


1898 Carmarthen Rural District Council election, Carmarthen Board of Guardians
All members of the District Council also served as members of Carmarthen Board of Guardians. In addition six members were elected to represent the borough of Carmarthen. In 1898 all the sitting members were returned unopposed.


1898 Carmarthenshire County Council election
The third election to the Carmarthenshire County Council was held in March 1898. It was preceded by the 1895 election and followed by the 1901 election.


1898 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Contested elections
There were a large number of contested elections and the majorities were small in most instances.


1898 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Summary of results
This section summarises the detailed results which are noted in the following sections. This was the inaugural county election and therefore no comparison can be made with the previous elections. In some cases there is an ambiguity in the sources over the party affiliations and this is explained below where relevant.


1898 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Summary of results
This table summarises the result of the elections in all wards. 51 councillors were elected.


1898 Carmarthenshire County Council election, Election of Aldermen
In addition to the 51 councillors the council consisted of 17 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the elections, the following aldermen were appointed by the newly elected council.


1898 Central Colonels football team
The 1898 Central Colonels football team represented Central University in Richmond, Kentucky during the 1898 college football season. The team defeated Vanderbilt and Centre.


1898 Central Michigan Normalites football team
The 1898 Central Michigan Normalites football team represented Central Michigan Normal School, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1898 college football season. Under head coach Carl Pray, the Normalites compiled a 1–2 record, but outscored their opponents by a total of 37 to 32.


1898 Centre football team
The 1898 Centre football team represented Centre College in the 1898 college football season. The head coach was Dick Van Winkle, coaching his first season with the Praying Colonels.


1898 Challenge Cup
The 1898 Challenge Cup was the 2nd staging of rugby league's oldest knockout competition, the Challenge Cup.


1898 Challenge Cup
The final was contested by Batley and Bradford at Headingley Stadium in Leeds.


1898 Challenge Cup
The final was played on Saturday 23 April 1898, where Batley beat Bradford 7-0 at Headingley in front of a crowd of 27,941.


1898 Chicago Maroons football team
The 1898 Chicago Maroons football team represented the University of Chicago during the 1898 Western Conference football season.


1898 Chicago Orphans season
The 1898 Chicago Orphans season was the 27th season of the Chicago Orphans franchise, the 23rd in the National League and the 6th at West Side Park. The Orphans, formerly known as the Colts, finished in fourth place in the National League with a record of 85–65, 17.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.


1898 Chicago Orphans season
1898 was the first season since 1876 that the team was without manager and first baseman Cap Anson, who had been fired during the offseason. Cap, who was also often called "Pop", was replaced as manager by Tom Burns, who had played for the team from 1880 until 1891, and had managed the Springfield Ponies in 1897. The media, picking up on Anson's absence, began referring to the team as the "Orphans", as they had lost their "Pop".


1898 Chicago Orphans season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1898 Chicago Orphans season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1898 Chicago Orphans season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1898 Chicago Orphans season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1898 Cincinnati Reds season
The 1898 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished in third place in the National League with a record of 92–60, 11.5 games behind the Boston Beaneaters.


1898 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
The Cincinnati Reds came into the 1898 season with high hopes, and hoping not to have a late season collapse, which had happened the previous three seasons.


1898 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
The club retained manager Buck Ewing for a fourth season, and made a few player changes in the off-season. Cincinnati was involved in a seven player trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the Reds sent Bill Gray, Jack McCarthy, Billy Rhines, Pop Schriver and Ace Stewart to the Pirates for Pink Hawley, Mike Smith and $1,500. Hawley had a record of 18–18 with Pittsburgh in 1897, posting an ERA of 4.80. His best season was in 1895 with the Pirates, as he was 31–22 with a 3.18 ERA in a National League high 56 games pitched.


1898 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
Smith batted .310 with six home runs and 54 RBI with the Pirates in 1897. He also previously played for the Reds when they were members of the American Association, as he saw limited playing time in Cincinnati from 1886–1889. The Reds also acquired Algie McBride, who spent the 1897 season with the St. Paul Saints of the Western League, hitting .381 there. McBride had previous major league experience, appearing in nine games with the Chicago Colts in 1896.


1898 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
Jake Beckley led the offense, as he hit a solid .294 with a team high four home runs, while earning 72 RBI. Tommy Corcoran led the club with 87 RBI, while Mike Smith hit a team best .342, as well as hitting one home run and driving in 66 runners.


1898 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season
On the mound, Hawley was very solid, going 27–11 with a 3.37 ERA in 43 games pitched. Ted Breitenstein cracked the 20 win plateau, as he was 20–14 with a 3.42 ERA. Frank Dwyer and Bill Dammann each went 16–10.


1898 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season, Season summary
The Reds got off to a great start, as they posted a record of 18–4 in their first twenty-two games, three games ahead of the second place Cleveland Spiders. Cincinnati remained hot, as their record improved to 27–7, and took a four-game lead over the Spiders, however, a 7–12 slump in their next nineteen games saw their lead dwindle down to one game over the second place Boston Beaneaters.


1898 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season, Season summary
The Reds held on to first place, as they got hot once again, and took a five-game lead over the Beaneaters with a 65–32 record during the first week of August. The team then fell into a 2–8 slump over their next ten games and found themselves in second place, 3.5 games behind Boston.


1898 Cincinnati Reds season, Regular season, Season summary
Cincinnati regained first place, and hung on to it going into the start of September, with a 78–44 record, but a 2–9 mark during their next eleven games saw the Reds fall out of first place for good, as they fell into third, 6.5 games behind the Beaneaters. Cincinnati finished out the season in third place with a 92–60 record, 11.5 games behind Boston.


1898 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1898 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1898 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1898 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1898 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1898 Cincinnati football team
The 1898 Cincinnati football team was an American football team that represented the University of Cincinnati as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their first season under head coach Frank Cavanaugh, the Bearcats compiled a 5–1–3 record. Albert Morrill was the team captain. The team played its home games at Union Ball Park in Cincinnati.


1898 City of Wellington by-election
The City of Wellington by-election 1898 was held on 9 March 1898 to decide the next member of parliament for the City of Wellington electorate. The contest was caused by resignation of Robert Stout and was won by former mayor of Wellington John Duthie.


1898 City of Wellington by-election, Results, 1896 election
1 Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Fisher: 5,858) and highest losing poll (Atkinson: 5,830)


1898 City of Wellington by-election, Results, 1896 election
2 Turnout is total number of voters - as voters had three votes each total votes cast was higher (37,618))


1898 Clemson Tigers football team
The 1898 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson Agricultural College in the 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Tigers completed their third season as an independent with a record of 3–1, with wins over Bingham Military School, South Carolina, and Georgia Tech, and a loss to Georgia. For the first time, Clemson played a game at home, on October 20 against Bingham Military School, and a neutral site game at Augusta, Georgia against Georgia Tech. John Penton served as the team's coach for his first season while Shack Shealy was the captain.


1898 Cleveland Spiders season
The 1898 Cleveland Spiders finished with an 81–68 record, good for fifth place in the National League. After the season, the team's owners, Frank and Stanley Robison, additionally purchased the St. Louis Browns from Chris von der Ahe. Claiming disappointment in attendance in Cleveland, they transferred many of the Spiders' better players to the St. Louis team, which they renamed the Perfectos. The Spiders would fold after the 1899 season.


1898 Cleveland Spiders season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1898 Cleveland Spiders season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1898 Cleveland Spiders season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1898 Cleveland Spiders season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1898 Colgate football team
The 1898 Colgate football team represented Colgate University in the 1898 college football season. Colgate reports the record for the season as 2–5, however, a reporting error in early record keeping failed to account for a 6–6 tie with Hamilton on October 1.


1898 College Football All-America Team
The 1898 College Football All-America team is composed of American football players who were selected as the best players at their positions by various organizations that chose College Football All-America Teams that season. The organizations that chose the teams included Collier's Weekly selected by Walter Camp and the Syracuse Herald.


1898 College Football All-America Team
The 1898 season marked the first time players from the west were named to the All-American teams. Michigan center William Cunningham and Chicago fullback Clarence Herschberger were the first two western players to receive the recognition. Prior to 1898, all of the prior All-America football teams had been selected from among five Ivy League teams – Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Penn, and Cornell.


1898 College Football All-Southern Team
The 1898 College Football All-Southern Team consists of American football players selected to the College Football All-Southern Teams selected by various organizations in 1898. North Carolina won the SIAA championship.


1898 College Football All-Southern Team, All-Southerns of 1898
WAL = selected by W. A. Lambeth in Outing. The Vanderbilt Hustler reported his selection of Fitzgerald must have been a mistake, for he was only a sub and in 1896 and 1897, while in 1898 he was no longer on the team.


1898 Colombian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Colombia on 1 February 1898. The result was a victory for Manuel Antonio Sanclemente of the National Party.


1898 Colombian presidential election, Electoral system
The 1886 constitution changed the presidential electoral system from one where a candidate had to win a majority of states to be elected (or be elected by Congress if no candidate won a majority of states), to a two-stage system. Voters meeting literacy and property requirements (which were not required for local and regional elections) elected members of an electoral college, who in turn elected the President.


1898 Colorado Silver and Gold football team
The 1898 Colorado Silver and Gold football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Colorado Football Association during the 1898 college football season. Head coach Fred Folsom led the team to a mark of 4–4 overall and 0–2 in the CFA.


1898 Colorado gubernatorial election
The 1898 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898. Democratic nominee Charles S. Thomas defeated Republican nominee Henry R. Wolcott with 62.89% of the vote.


1898 Columbian Orange and Blue football team
The 1898 Columbian Orange and Blue football team was an American football team that represented Columbian University (now known as George Washington University) as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their third season under head coach Graham Nichols, the team compiled a 3–6 record.


1898 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1898 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898. Republican nominee George E. Lounsbury defeated Democratic nominee Daniel N. Morgan with 54.17% of the vote.


1898 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 1898 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 12th staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887.


1898 Cork Senior Football Championship
Fermoy won the championship after a successful appeal against Dohenys who defeated them by 0-01 to 0-02 in the final at Cork Park. This was their second championship title overall and their first title since 1895.


1898 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1898 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 12th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887.


1898 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
On 11 September 1898, Blackrock won the championship following a 2-9 to 0-2 defeat of Carrigtwohill in the final. This was their eighth championship title overall and their second title in succession.


1898 Cornell Big Red football team
The 1898 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1898 college football season. In their second season under head coach Pop Warner, the Big Red compiled a 10–2 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 296 to 29. Three Cornell players received honors on the 1898 College Football All-America Team: tackle Edwin Sweetland (Walter Camp-3); guard Daniel A. Reed, Cornell (Camp-3, Leslie's Weekly-2); and halfback Allen E. Whiting, Cornell (Outing-2, Leslie's-2).


1898 County Championship
The 1898 County Championship was the ninth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 9 May to 3 September 1898. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their third championship title, with Middlesex finishing as runners-up for the first time.


1898 County Championship
In April, John Tunnicliffe and Jack Brown of Yorkshire, set a then-record partnership for any wicket of 554, against Derbyshire at Queen's Park, Chesterfield.


1898 Currie Cup
The 1898 Currie Cup was the fifth edition of the Currie Cup, the premier annual domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.


1898 Currie Cup
The tournament was won by  Western Province for the fifth time, who won all five of their matches in the competition.


1898 Danish Folketing election
Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 5 April 1898.


1898 Danish Landsting election
Landsting elections were held in Denmark on 21 September 1898.


1898 Danish Landsting election
Of the twelve constituencies the seats representing constituencies number 1 (the city of Copenhagen), number 2 (Copenhagen County, Frederiksborg County and Holbæk County), number 4 (Bornholm County), number 7 (Hjørring County and Aalborg County) and number 9 (Aarhus County, Randers County and parts of Viborg County) were up for election.


1898 Dartmouth football team
The 1898 Dartmouth football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1898 college football season.


1898 Dartmouth football team
Despite finishing with a losing record, the 1898 Dartmouth team was regarded by some eastern sportswriters, most notably Outing, to be the best fielded by head coach William Wurtenburg. Against an expanded schedule, the squad went only 5–6, but managed to outscore their opponents by a total of 205–137. The year began with a defeat of regular opponent Phillips Exeter Academy, and was followed by a shutout loss to Harvard. After two consecutive wins over nearby schools, Dartmouth lost to former Triangular Football League opponentWesleyan, 23–5. The following two contests were against Triangular Football League opponents Amherst and Williams.


1898 Dartmouth football team
The latter game was regarded as Dartmouth's most significant game of the season by eastern sportswriters, since Williams had hired two new coaches and expanded practices in order to win the conference in 1898. Dartmouth outdid Williams, however, and defeated them 10–6 to claim a sixth straight conference championship. The season ended on a sour note with four straight losses on the road, two of them coming against Midwestern teams.


1898 DePauw football team
The 1898 DePauw football team was an American football team that represented DePauw University in the 1898 college football season. The team compiled a 3–4–2 record, and shut out three opponents. However, they were outscored 97 to 91, and suffered four shutouts against them by college opponents.


1898 Denver Pioneers football team
The 1898 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled a 6–4–1 record and was outscored by a total of 121 to 78. The team's Thanksgiving Day victory over Wyoming was the program's first game against an opponent from outside the State of Colorado.


1898 Detroit College Tigers football team
The 1898 Detroit College Tigers football team  was an American football team that represented Detroit College (renamed the University of Detroit in 1911) as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its third season under head coach William S. Robinson, the team compiled a 5–0 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 91 to 12. The team played games against Detroit School for Boys, Irvings, Detroit Alumni, Michigan Military Academy and Mount Clemens High School.


1898 Dickinson football team
The 1898 Dickinson football team was an American football team that represented Dickinson College as an independent during the 1898 college football season. The team compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 211 to 86. Nathan Stauffer was the team's head coach, and A. M. Devall was the captain.


1898 Dickinson football team
Andrew Kerr, later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, was a student at Dickinson at the time but did not play for the varsity football team.


1898 Drake Bulldogs football team
The 1898 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In its second season under head coach A. B. Potter, the team compiled a 4–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 102 to 55. It was Drake's first winning season. In the final game of the season, the team defeated Nebraska.


1898 Drexel Dragons football team
The 1898 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by D. Leroy Reeves. The team went undefeated, and allowed 0 points against the entire season.


1898 Duquesne Country and Athletic Club season
The 1898 Duquesne Country and Athletic Club football season  was their fourth season in existence. The team finished with a record of 9-0-1. The team was named the top team in western Pennsylvania.


1898 Edmonton municipal election
The 1898 municipal election was held December 12, 1898. In previous elections, an entire town council had been elected at once for a one-year term; 1898 marked the beginning of staggered aldermanic terms, such that half of the six aldermen would be elected each year to two-year terms. The mayor continued to be elected annually.


1898 Edmonton municipal election
Because in the previous election all six aldermen had been elected to a one-year term, it was still necessary to elect six aldermen. However, in order to set up the staggered terms, three were to be elected to one-year terms and three to two-year terms.


1898 Edmonton municipal election
In addition to the city council, five public school trustees and four private school trustees were elected.


1898 Edmonton municipal election, Voter turnout
Voter turnout figures for the 1898 municipal election are no longer available.


1898 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Public school trustees
Thomas Bellamy, James Ross, Colin Strang, Alex Taylor, and Hedley C. Taylor were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.


1898 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Separate (Catholic) school trustees
N D Beck, Sandy Larue, Antonio Prince, and Georges Roy were elected. Detailed results are no longer available.


1898 English cricket season
1898 was the ninth season of County Championship cricket in England. Yorkshire won the championship for the second time in three years. It was an emphatic victory with a record of sixteen wins and seven draws in 26 games. Middlesex finished second after two wins over Kent in late August to improve five places on their 1897 finish. Derbyshire broke their streak of 22 Championship matches without victory by beating Hampshire in late May. As for individual performances, Surrey batsman Bobby Abel made 1800 runs for the second season in succession, one run shy of his own championship record in 1897.


1898 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1898 European Figure Skating Championships were held on February 26 in Trondheim, Norway. Elite figure skaters competed for the title of European Champion in the category of men's singles. The competitors performed only compulsory figures.


1898 European Rowing Championships
The 1898 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the river Po in the Italian city of Turin on a day in mid-August. The competition was for men only and they competed in five boat classes (M1x, M2x, M2+, M4+, M8+); it was the first year that the double scull event formed part of the competition.


1898 FA Cup Final
The 1898 FA Cup Final was an association football match between Derby County and Nottingham Forest on Saturday, 16 April 1898 at the Crystal Palace stadium in south London. It was the final match of the 1897–98 FA Cup, the 27th edition of the world's oldest football knockout competition, and England's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, better known as the FA Cup.


1898 FA Cup Final
Derby County and Nottingham Forest were both appearing in their first final. As members of the Football League First Division, they were exempt from the competition's qualifying phase and each joined the competition in the first round proper, progressing through four rounds to the final.


1898 FA Cup Final
The final was watched by a crowd of 62,017 and Forest, leading 2–1 at half-time, won the match 3–1 with goals by Arthur Capes (2) and John McPherson. Steve Bloomer scored for Derby. Forest won the cup again in 1959. Derby reached the final again in 1899 but were defeated by Sheffield United; they won the cup in 1946.


1898 FA Cup Final, Background
The FA Cup, known officially as The Football Association Challenge Cup, is an annual knockout association football competition in men's domestic English football. The competition was first proposed on 20 July 1871 by C. W. Alcock at a meeting of The Football Association committee. The tournament was first played in the 1871–72 season and is the world's oldest association football competition. The 1898 match between Derby County and Nottingham Forest at Crystal Palace was the 27th final. Both teams were appearing in the final for the first time.


1898 FA Cup Final, Background
Derby County and Nottingham Forest were both members of the Football League First Division. In the 1897–98 league championship, Forest amassed 31 points to finish in eighth place, eleven points behind champions Sheffield United. Derby finished in tenth place, three points behind Forest.


1898 FA Cup Final, Background
Both teams were selected by a committee with the club secretary in charge on match days. Derby's secretary was Harry Newbould who, in 1900, became their first formally appointed team manager. Nottingham Forest retained the policy of selection by committee until 1936. In 1898, their secretary was Harry Hallam.


1898 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Derby County
Derby County entered the competition in the first round proper and played five matches, including one replay, en route to the final. All four of their opponents were other teams in the First Division.


1898 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Derby County, Early rounds
In the first round on Saturday, 29 January, Derby were at home to Aston Villa


1898 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Derby County, Semi-final
The semi-finals were staged at neutral venues on Saturday, 19 March. Derby faced Liverpool's Merseyside neighbours Everton at Molineux, where Derby had won their second round tie in February.


1898 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest entered the competition in the first round proper and played five matches, including one replay, en route to the final. One of their opponents was in the First Division, two were in the Second Division and one was in the Southern League.


1898 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Nottingham Forest, Early rounds
In the first round on Saturday, 29 January, Forest were at home to Second Division Grimsby Town.


1898 FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Nottingham Forest, Semi-final
The semi-finals were staged at neutral venues on Saturday, 19 March, and Forest were drawn to play Southern League champions Southampton at Bramall Lane in Sheffield.


1898 FA Cup Final, Match, First half
Forest took the lead with a goal by Capes which Bloomer equalised.


1898 FA Cup Final, Match, First half
After 42 minutes, Richards tried to lob from a McInnes cross. Fryer was reached it first but he dropped the ball at the feet of Capes, who turned it into the empty net.


1898 Fairmount Wheatshockers football team
The 1898 Fairmount Wheatshockers football team was an American football team that represented Fairmount College (now known as Wichita State University) as an independent during the 1898 college football season. They played in one game, a 5–0 loss against Friends.


1898 Fort Smith, Arkansas, tornado
The 1898 Fort Smith tornado was a tornado which struck the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, during the night of Tuesday, January 11, 1898. It touched down about 100 miles to the southwest, and struck the city around midnight, killing 55 people and injuring 113. The twister nearly destroyed the newly constructed Fort Smith High School that had opened in fall 1897. Another tornado was also reported that night in Alma, Arkansas.


1898 Fort Smith, Arkansas, tornado
The Fort Smith tornado is tied with one that struck Warren in 1949 for the deadliest tornado to strike Arkansas. Both tornadoes were estimated to be rated F4 on the Fujita scale.


1898 French legislative election
The 1898 general election was held on 8 and 22 May 1898.


1898 French legislative election
The government of Jules Méline, who had been premier since April 1896, had relied on the support of Conservatives, contrary to the convention of republican concentration, according to which no government should rely on the support of monarchists and Bonapartists in the Chamber of Deputies if it could not rely on a republican majority.


1898 French legislative election
The election was dominated by the Dreyfus Affair, and saw several notable supporters of Dreyfus (Joseph Reinach, Jean Jaurès, Jules Guesde) lose their seats. Twenty-two professed anti-Semites were also elected, including Édouard Drumont. Overall, however, the election saw the defeat of Méline and his supporters: the Radicals were victorious, allowing Henri Brisson to form a republican government.


1898 Geelong Football Club season
The 1898 VFL Season was the Geelong Football Club's second season in the Victorian Football League and its second with Jack Conway as captain.


1898 Geelong Football Club season
Geelong finished the home and away with 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing in fourth position. In the final series, Geelong finished with 2 wins and 1 loss, finishing in second position on the Section B Ladder. Geelong failed to qualify for the semi-final.


1898 Geelong Football Club season, Playing List
Twelve Geelong players made their VFL debuts and a total of 34 players were used during the season. Six players played 17 games for Geelong this season, and, Eddy James again was the club's leading goalkicker with 26 this season.


1898 Geelong Football Club season, Season summary
In a quite competitive season, Geelong's 9-5 record meant that Geelong finished in fourth position on the ladder and, therefore, qualified for the Section B finals group. In Section B, Geelong had a 2-1 record which meant the finished in second position and did not qualify for the semi-finals.


1898 Geneva Covenanters football team
The 1898 Geneva Covenanters football team was an American football team that represented Geneva College as an independent during the 1898 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Ross Fiscus, Geneva compiled a record of 0–6–1.


1898 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team
The 1899 Georgetown Blue and Gray football team represented Georgetown University during the 1898 college football season. Led by William Fitz Donovan, in his first and only year as head coach, the Blue and Gray had a record of 7–3.


1898 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1898 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The Bulldogs competed as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) and compiled a 4–2 record. The team got off to 4–0 start that included a second straight victory over Georgia Tech, but finished with losses to Auburn and North Carolina. 1898 also marked the first time the Bulldogs beat Vanderbilt in three tries. This was the team's second and final season under the guidance of head coach Charles McCarthy.


1898 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The backfield was led by quarterbacks "Kid" Huff and F. K. McCutcheon, and fullback A. Clarence Jones, one of the south's best punters. Jones was selected All-Southern by W. A. Lambeth of Virginia. Quarterback Huff saved a touchdown in the Vanderbilt game when he tackled the large Wallace Crutchfield.


1898 Georgia Tech football team
The 1898 Georgia Tech football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1898 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season.


1898 Georgia hurricane
The 1898 Georgia hurricane was a major hurricane that hit the U.S. state of Georgia, as well as the strongest on record in the state. It was first observed on September 29, although modern researchers estimated that it developed four days earlier to the east of the Lesser Antilles. The hurricane maintained a general northwest track throughout its duration, and it reached peak winds of 135 mph (215 km/h) on October 2. That day, it made landfall on Cumberland Island in Camden County, Georgia, causing record storm surge flooding.


1898 Georgia hurricane
The hurricane caused heavy damage throughout the region, and killed at least 179 people. Impact was most severe in Brunswick, where a 16 ft (4.9 m) storm surge was recorded. Overall damage was estimated at $1.5 million (1898 USD), most of which occurred in Georgia. In extreme northeastern Florida, strong winds nearly destroyed the city of Fernandina, while light crop damage was reported in southern South Carolina. After moving ashore, the hurricane quickly weakened and traversed much of North America; it continued northwestward until reaching the Ohio Valley and turning northeastward, and it was last observed on October 6 near Newfoundland.


1898 Georgia hurricane, Meteorological history
On September 28, 1898, island stations in the Lesser Antilles indicated the presence of a tropical cyclone, which was confirmed by the next day. Modern researchers determined that the system developed on September 25 about 220 miles (350 km) east of Guadeloupe. For most of its duration, the system maintained a northwest track, reaching hurricane status on September 27. Later that day, a barometric pressure of 977 mbar, suggesting winds of 90 mph (150 km/h). Its intensification rate slowed on September 28, before strengthening continued on October 1. The winds reached 115 mph (185 km/h), which is the equivalent of a major hurricane, or Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Around that time, the hurricane turned toward more to the west-northwest, due to a large ridge across the western Atlantic.


1898 Georgia hurricane, Meteorological history
On October 2, the hurricane continued toward the west-northwest, approaching the southeastern United States. That day, it made landfall on Cumberland Island in Camden County, Georgia, and initially was thought to have done so as a Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. A storm surge of 16 ft (4.9 m) was observed in Brunswick, Georgia, suggesting a central pressure of 938 mbar based on the SLOSH model. Such intensity ranked the hurricane tied for the 16th strongest United States landfall, as well as the strongest in the state of Georgia.


1898 Georgia hurricane, Meteorological history
It is also the most recent major hurricane to hit the state. Additionally, its radius of maximum wind was estimated at 20 miles (33 km). Almost a century after the hurricane, researchers estimated the hurricane made landfall with winds of 135 mph (215 km/h), a Category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. After making landfall, the hurricane quickly weakened, deteriorating to tropical storm status within 12 hours. After moving across Georgia, the storm weakened further to tropical depression status over northeastern Alabama on October 3. It continued northwestward through the Ohio Valley before recurving northeastward, accelerating through southeastern Canada and later dissipating over Newfoundland on October 6.


1898 Georgia hurricane, Impact
On October 1, a day before the hurricane moved ashore, the U.S. Weather Bureau issued northeast storm signals from Key West, Florida, to Norfolk, Virginia. Similar warnings were issued in the hours preceding the hurricane moving ashore. The advisories were credited with saving dozens of lives and millions of dollars in shipping cargo, due to advance warning for boats to remain ashore.