1988 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 11-0-11, P%: 104.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Peter Foster (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Simon Beasley (82)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Terry Wallace

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Rick Kennedy

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allday, David #14 6 R05-R09, R17 1 0
Athorn, Mark #20 7 R06-R12 0 0
Bamblett, Les #9 3 R01-R02, R09 0 0
Baxter, Darren #35 19 R01-R08, R12-R22 3 0
Baxter, Peter #26 3 R08-R10 1 0
Beasley, Simon #18 21 R01-R14, R16-R22 82 3
Campbell, Adrian #3 8 R15-R22 6 0
Collins, Darren #34 13 R10-R22 20 0
Cordy, Brian #49 2 R10, R14 2 0
Cousins, Richard #2 20 R01-R17, R20-R22 4 8
Cronan, Phil #17 6 R01-R05, R07 0 0
Cullen, Mark #22 9 R01-R02, R04, R12-R17 4 2
Davies, Darren #4 21 R02-R22 21 3
Eppelstun, Greg #12 22 R01-R22 1 0
Fitzpatrick, Lynton #42 10 R03-R11, R22 0 0
Ford, Michael #45 20 R01-R07, R10-R22 4 2
Foster, Peter #32 18 R01-R07, R11-R17, R19-R22 18 14
Hannebery, Matt #36 10 R01-R02, R14-R20, R22 0 0
Hawkins, Doug #7 20 R01-R16, R19-R22 7 4
Hogg, Matthew #43 14 R01-R11, R13, R18, R21 0 0
Hunter, Mark #44 14 R01-R04, R06-R07, R15-R22 2 0
Irvine, Gary #47 7 R11-R13, R15-R17, R20 0 0
James, Ron #5 4 R07-R08, R18-R19 1 1
Kennedy, Rick #8 15 R01-R02, R06-R16, R21-R22 6 0
Kolyniuk, Steven #21 5 R05-R09 2 1
Liberatore, Tony #39 1 R05 0 0
MacPherson, Stephen #27 12 R03, R05-R06, R08-R09, R11-R13, R19-R22 12 0
McGuinness, Tony #11 21 R01-R14, R16-R22 13 13
McLean, Michael #51 13 R09-R18, R20-R22 2 7
Nicol, Stuart #37 6 R04, R11-R15 4 0
Petraglia, Angelo #38 8 R03-R10 10 0
Royal, Brian #33 22 R01-R22 19 8
Shields, Russell #10 3 R01-R02, R04 7 2
Svilar, Michael #46 2 R08-R09 0 0
Tzatzaris, Zeno #19 4 R03, R05, R14-R15 0 0
Vilcins, Brenton #30 6 R01-R03, R10, R18-R19 0 1
Wallace, Terry #16 21 R01-R06, R08-R22 8 0
Wallis, Steve #24 13 R10-R22 7 2
Wigney, Stuart #50 4 R18-R21 0 0
Williams, Shane #6 6 R01, R03-R04, R17-R19 2 0
Wynd, Scott #52 1 R18 0 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Malthouse, Mick 22 11 -0- 11 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
04/04/1988 Round 1 Sydney HOME WIN FOO by 26 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
09/04/1988 Round 2 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 20 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
16/04/1988 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 51 Mick Malthouse unknown
23/04/1988 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 38 Mick Malthouse unknown
29/04/1988 Round 5 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 7 Mick Malthouse unknown
07/05/1988 Round 6 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 45 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
15/05/1988 Round 7 Brisbane Bears AWAY LOSS BRB by 1 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
21/05/1988 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 6 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
28/05/1988 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 89 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
04/06/1988 Round 10 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 21 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
11/06/1988 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 27 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
18/06/1988 Round 12 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 26 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
25/06/1988 Round 13 Essendon AWAY WIN FOO by 24 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
02/07/1988 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 28 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
09/07/1988 Round 15 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 25 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
17/07/1988 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 27 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
23/07/1988 Round 17 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 46 Mick Malthouse unknown
31/07/1988 Round 18 Brisbane Bears HOME WIN FOO by 41 Mick Malthouse unknown
06/08/1988 Round 19 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 69 Mick Malthouse unknown
13/08/1988 Round 20 Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 10 Mick Malthouse unknown
20/08/1988 Round 21 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 14 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy
28/08/1988 Round 22 West Coast HOME LOSS WCE by 24 Mick Malthouse Rick Kennedy