1988 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 13-0-9, P%: 102.1%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Brett Lovett, Steven O'Dwyer (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ricky Jackson (36)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Steven O'Dwyer

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Greg Healy
Vice-Captain(s): Danny Hughes, Todd Viney

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bailey, Bret #24 16 R01-R15, R19 6 0
Campbell, Tony #4 17 R01-R10, R12, R16-R21 15 0
Chiron, Dean #29 7 R07-R09, R14-R17 0 0
Dean, Warren #23 7 R01-R06, R20 3 0
Duursma, Jamie #28 13 R07-R09, R11-R12, R14-R15, R21-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 0 0
Eishold, Simon #25 7 R01-R06, R20 5 0
Febey, Steven #21 12 R07-R13, R15, R17, R20, PF, GF 1 2
Fidge, Ted #36 1 R10 1 0
Flintoff, David #37 9 R09, R13-R15, R19-R21, PF, GF 6 0
Grinter, Rod #14 19 R01-R02, R10-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 0 0
Healy, Greg #33 22 R01-R08, R10-R11, R15-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 13 3
Hughes, Danny #10 18 R01-R07, R10-R13, R16-R17, R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 1 0
Jackson, Ricky #45 26 R01-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 43 7
Johnson, Alan #9 25 R02-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 13 5
Koop, Doug #39 7 R03-R05, R20-R21, EF, SF 0 0
Lovell, Andy #16 22 R03-R09, R11-R18, R20-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 23 0
Lovett, Brett #17 26 R01-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 2 10
Lyon, Garry #3 22 R01-R06, R09-R11, R13-R14, R16-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 41 0
Newport, Stephen #34 24 R01-R19, R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 11 0
O'Dwyer, Steven #1 24 R01-R20, R22, EF, SF, PF 16 10
Payne, Paul #19 1 R01 0 0
Rohde, Peter #41 7 R06-R09, R20-R22 0 0
Spalding, Earl #5 22 R01-R06, R10-R19, R21-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 9 1
Sparks, Bradley #42 1 R18 1 0
Stretch, Steven #18 26 R01-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 5 5
Stynes, Jim #11 26 R01-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 26 4
Viney, Jay #26 3 R18-R19, R21 2 0
Viney, Todd #12 12 R08, R12-R16, R18-R19, R22, EF, SF, GF 1 0
Wight, Sean #27 26 R01-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 17 1
Williams, David #15 21 R01-R02, R07-R14, R16-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 33 2
Wilson, Brian #7 25 R01-R19, R21-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 32 9
Yeats, Graeme #8 26 R01-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF 9 6

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)
Northey, John 26 16 -0- 10 R01-R22, EF, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
04/04/1988 Round 1 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 46 John Northey Greg Healy
09/04/1988 Round 2 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 20 John Northey Greg Healy
16/04/1988 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 8 John Northey Greg Healy
22/04/1988 Round 4 Brisbane Bears HOME WIN MEL by 55 John Northey Greg Healy
01/05/1988 Round 5 Sydney AWAY WIN MEL by 27 John Northey Greg Healy
07/05/1988 Round 6 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 33 John Northey Greg Healy
14/05/1988 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 21 John Northey Greg Healy
21/05/1988 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 26 John Northey Greg Healy
28/05/1988 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 28 John Northey unknown
04/06/1988 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 13 John Northey Greg Healy
13/06/1988 Round 11 West Coast HOME WIN MEL by 20 John Northey Greg Healy
18/06/1988 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 13 John Northey unknown
25/06/1988 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 23 John Northey unknown
02/07/1988 Round 14 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 33 John Northey Todd Viney
09/07/1988 Round 15 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 73 John Northey Greg Healy
16/07/1988 Round 16 Collingwood HOME WIN MEL by 46 John Northey Greg Healy
23/07/1988 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 69 John Northey Greg Healy
31/07/1988 Round 18 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 44 John Northey Greg Healy
06/08/1988 Round 19 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 18 John Northey Greg Healy
13/08/1988 Round 20 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 10 John Northey Greg Healy
20/08/1988 Round 21 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 38 John Northey Greg Healy
27/08/1988 Round 22 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 30 John Northey Greg Healy
03/09/1988 Elimination Final West Coast AWAY WIN MEL by 2 John Northey Greg Healy
11/09/1988 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 13 John Northey Greg Healy
17/09/1988 Preliminary Final Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 22 John Northey Greg Healy
24/09/1988 Grand Final Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 96 John Northey Greg Healy