1988 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

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

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 7-1-14, P%: 89.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 45
Brownlow Leader(s): Mark Arceri, Jim Krakouer, Matthew Larkin (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jim Krakouer (35)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Matthew Larkin

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Law, Wayne Schimmelbusch

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ackerly, David #10 10 R01-R03, R14-R16, R19-R22 1 0
Allison, Brett #33 22 R01-R22 21 7
Arceri, Mark #17 18 R01-R03, R07-R16, R18-R22 27 9
Bryce, Paul #40 14 R06-R08, R12-R22 8 3
Buckley, Ben #14 11 R04-R10, R19-R22 3 1
Chandler, Jeff #30 5 R07, R10-R13 0 1
Clarkson, Alastair #23 19 R04-R22 34 2
Crocker, Darren #27 4 R01, R03, R09-R10 0 0
Fairley, Ian #6 14 R01-R03, R10-R11, R13-R15, R17-R22 12 1
German, Peter #29 22 R01-R22 25 2
Harris, Brenton #38 2 R16-R17 0 0
Harris, Darren #26 15 R01-R02, R05-R10, R13, R17-R22 13 0
Hepburn, Mark #34 10 R01-R03, R06-R09, R12-R14 4 0
Hickey, Steve #24 2 R04-R05 1 0
Holt, John #2 1 R01 0 0
Hughes, Kevin #48 1 R01 0 0
Jonas, Peter #45 3 R06-R07, R11 3 0
Kerr, Robert #59 3 R03-R04, R18 0 0
Krakouer, Jim #3 19 R01-R06, R08-R14, R17-R22 35 9
Krakouer, Phil #8 21 R01-R21 27 4
Larkin, Matthew #9 19 R03-R21 15 9
Law, John #13 16 R01-R13, R16-R18 1 0
Lisle, Mark #1 2 R01-R02 0 0
Longmire, John #43 11 R04-R05, R14-R22 21 0
Love, Jason #39 12 R03-R06, R11-R18 24 0
MacKenzie, Brett #55 1 R19 0 0
Martyn, Mick #50 21 R02-R22 1 2
McCann, Stephen #16 3 R06-R08 0 0
McCarthy, John #41 15 R08-R22 9 0
McDonald, Donald #25 13 R01, R03-R11, R16-R17, R22 7 3
McRae, Dean #19 22 R01-R22 8 0
Mossop, John #4 14 R02-R05, R10-R12, R15-R16, R18-R22 3 0
Murphy, Michael #11 3 R01-R02, R22 0 0
O'Donoghue, Mark #49 2 R02-R03 2 0
Ogier, Darren #42 2 R07-R08 3 0
Passmore, Michael #37 3 R01, R16-R17 0 0
Robertson, Rohan #12 4 R04-R06, R17 1 0
Rock, Anthony #52 4 R12-R15 2 0
Romero, Jose #36 2 R21-R22 0 0
Schwass, Wayne #46 7 R01-R02, R18-R22 3 0
Smith, Ross #15 10 R08-R11, R14-R15, R18-R21 0 0
Smith, Shaun #32 9 R06-R07, R09-R15 5 0
Spargo, Paul #31 15 R02-R09, R11-R12, R15-R17, R20, R22 21 4
Steele, Darren #7 11 R01-R05, R09, R12-R16 2 1
Stevenson, Jamie #18 3 R02, R04-R05 1 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)
Kennedy, John 22 7 -1- 14 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/04/1988 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 82 John Kennedy John Law
09/04/1988 Round 2 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 15 John Kennedy John Law
16/04/1988 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 26 John Kennedy John Law
23/04/1988 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN NOR by 38 John Kennedy John Law
30/04/1988 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 77 John Kennedy John Law
06/05/1988 Round 6 West Coast HOME WIN NOR by 13 John Kennedy John Law
15/05/1988 Round 7 Richmond AWAY WIN NOR by 77 John Kennedy John Law
21/05/1988 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 13 John Kennedy John Law
28/05/1988 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 48 John Kennedy John Law
04/06/1988 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 33 John Kennedy John Law
10/06/1988 Round 11 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 7 John Kennedy John Law
18/06/1988 Round 12 Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 13 John Kennedy John Law
25/06/1988 Round 13 Brisbane Bears HOME WIN NOR by 66 John Kennedy John Law
02/07/1988 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY WIN NOR by 39 John Kennedy unknown
10/07/1988 Round 15 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 46 John Kennedy unknown
17/07/1988 Round 16 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 27 John Kennedy John Law
23/07/1988 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY DRAW drawn John Kennedy John Law
30/07/1988 Round 18 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 31 John Kennedy John Law
07/08/1988 Round 19 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 31 John Kennedy unknown
13/08/1988 Round 20 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 4 John Kennedy unknown
19/08/1988 Round 21 Sydney HOME WIN NOR by 12 John Kennedy unknown
27/08/1988 Round 22 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 95 John Kennedy unknown