1988 VFL Season: Sydney

Season Team Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Team: Sydney
Home Ground: SCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 12-0-10, P%: 99.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Gerard Healy (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Barry Mitchell (35)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Gerard Healy

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dennis Carroll

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Battiston, Adrian #34 7 R06-R10, R14-R15 3 0
Bayes, Mark #30 19 R01-R04, R08-R22 3 0
Bolton, David #16 15 R01-R05, R13-R22 8 2
Brinkkotter, John #44 2 R01, R22 1 0
Brown, David #41 5 R06-R10 14 0
Byrne, Michael #14 8 R03-R05, R18-R22 3 0
Carroll, Dennis #7 21 R01-R21 3 8
Carter, Rod #13 20 R01-R08, R11-R22 0 0
Coleman, Glenn #23 16 R01-R08, R15-R22 32 1
Cordner, David #11 5 R02-R05, R07 6 0
Cordy, Graeme #28 10 R01, R09-R11, R15-R17, R20-R22 1 0
Cordy, Neil #29 20 R01, R04-R22 4 8
Davis, Craig #60 9 R01-R07, R13-R14 17 0
Eustice, Mark #6 5 R17, R19-R22 0 0
Healy, Gerard #3 20 R01-R16, R18-R21 26 20
Henwood, Wayne #9 16 R04-R05, R07-R18, R21-R22 12 2
Higgins, Leon #47 13 R01-R07, R12, R17-R21 17 2
Holden, Craig #22 4 R06-R08, R20 1 0
Kellett, Mark #46 11 R12-R22 0 3
Lloyd, Matthew #18 9 R09-R16, R22 0 1
Lockman, Michael #39 11 R01-R11 1 0
McAsey, Darren #12 2 R01, R06 0 0
Mitchell, Barry #10 21 R02-R22 35 3
Morwood, Tony #21 13 R01-R03, R05-R06, R08-R12, R16, R18-R19 21 2
Murphy, David #35 21 R01-R21 14 11
Neagle, Merv #4 2 R13-R14 0 0
Parsons, Michael #1 12 R02, R04-R05, R09-R17 6 3
Phyland, Michael #31 4 R01-R03, R07 0 0
Potter, Craig #17 14 R08, R10-R22 6 1
Roberts, Ian #5 16 R01-R09, R11-R12, R14, R17-R19, R22 2 0
Silvestro, Jim #36 8 R03-R04, R09-R13, R22 7 0
Smith, Tony #19 10 R01-R03, R08-R14 1 0
Thripp, Terry #33 5 R02-R06 1 0
Toohey, Bernard #15 22 R01-R22 13 0
Williams, Greg #2 18 R05-R22 20 2
Willis, David #25 8 R15-R22 0 0
Wright, Stephen #26 18 R01-R02, R06-R13, R15-R22 23 2

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)
Hafey, Tom 22 12 -0- 10 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
04/04/1988 Round 1 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 26 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
10/04/1988 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN SYD by 11 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
16/04/1988 Round 3 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 21 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
24/04/1988 Round 4 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 86 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
01/05/1988 Round 5 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 27 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
08/05/1988 Round 6 Geelong AWAY WIN SYD by 3 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
14/05/1988 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 39 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
20/05/1988 Round 8 Brisbane Bears HOME LOSS BRB by 28 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
28/05/1988 Round 9 Richmond AWAY WIN SYD by 63 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
03/06/1988 Round 10 Essendon HOME WIN SYD by 22 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
10/06/1988 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME WIN SYD by 7 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
19/06/1988 Round 12 West Coast HOME WIN SYD by 43 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
25/06/1988 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 45 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
01/07/1988 Round 14 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 35 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
09/07/1988 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY WIN SYD by 73 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
17/07/1988 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME WIN SYD by 51 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
23/07/1988 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY WIN SYD by 7 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
29/07/1988 Round 18 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 63 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
06/08/1988 Round 19 Carlton AWAY WIN SYD by 28 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
14/08/1988 Round 20 Fitzroy HOME WIN SYD by 63 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
19/08/1988 Round 21 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 12 Tom Hafey Dennis Carroll
28/08/1988 Round 22 Brisbane Bears AWAY WIN SYD by 4 Tom Hafey unknown