1988 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1988 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured twenty-two rounds. Port Adelaide were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Port Adelaide were the premiers, with John Cahill as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1988 SANFL Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 116

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Central District Elizabeth Oval Neil Kerley
Glenelg Glenelg Oval Graham Cornes
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Mike Nunan
Norwood Norwood Oval Neil Balme
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval John Cahill
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval John Reid
Sturt Adelaide Oval Merv Keane
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Kevin Morris
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Paul Weston
Woodville Woodville Oval Russell Ebert

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: Glenelg
Minor Premiers: Port Adelaide

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Adelaide 1st 16 -0- 6 32 56.0% 2,426 1,903 353 308 269 289
Central District 2nd 15 -1- 6 31 57.2% 2,572 1,923 382 280 276 267
Norwood 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 56.9% 2,384 1,808 350 284 263 230
Glenelg 4th 13 -0- 9 26 57.0% 2,456 1,854 361 290 264 270
Sturt 5th 13 -0- 9 26 51.8% 2,458 2,284 357 316 332 292
North Adelaide 6th 11 -1- 10 23 52.4% 2,182 1,983 311 316 293 225
Woodville 7th 9 -0- 13 18 47.5% 2,350 2,594 349 256 381 308
West Adelaide 8th 9 -0- 13 18 46.8% 2,112 2,403 304 288 350 303
West Torrens 9th 8 -0- 14 16 44.4% 1,986 2,488 284 282 366 292
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 21 2 32.3% 1,540 3,226 222 208 479 352

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Port Adelaide 1st Premiers
Glenelg 2nd Runners-Up
Norwood 3rd Defeated by Glenelg (Preliminary Final)
Central District 4th Defeated by Glenelg (Semi Final)
Sturt 5th Defeated by Glenelg (Elimination Final)
North Adelaide 6th Did not qualify for finals
Woodville 7th Did not qualify for finals
West Adelaide 8th Did not qualify for finals
West Torrens 9th Did not qualify for finals
South Adelaide 10th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/04/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Football Park 116 - 68 16,174
SAT 09/04/1988 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 95 - 93 7,990
SAT 09/04/1988 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 146 - 94 9,451
SAT 09/04/1988 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 103 - 102 5,155
SAT 09/04/1988 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 127 - 63 4,911

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Torrens 1st 1 -0- 0 2 66.8% 127 63
Glenelg 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 63.0% 116 68
Port Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 60.8% 146 94
Central District 4th 1 -0- 0 2 50.5% 95 93
West Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 0 2 50.2% 103 102
Woodville 6th 0 -0- 1 0 49.8% 102 103
North Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 49.5% 93 95
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 1 0 39.2% 94 146
Norwood 9th 0 -0- 1 0 37.0% 68 116
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 1 0 33.2% 63 127

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 142 - 103 11,951
SAT 16/04/1988 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 127 - 54 3,744
SAT 16/04/1988 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Adelaide Oval 66 - 149 8,458
SAT 16/04/1988 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Football Park 66 - 86 6,388
SAT 16/04/1988 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 83 - 97 4,891

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 2 -0- 0 4 60.1% 258 171
West Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 52.9% 189 168
Central District 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 52.2% 192 176
North Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 1 2 59.6% 220 149
West Torrens 5th 1 -0- 1 2 56.4% 193 149
Norwood 6th 1 -0- 1 2 54.4% 217 182
Port Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 1 2 51.3% 249 236
Woodville 8th 0 -0- 2 0 48.1% 185 200
Sturt 9th 0 -0- 2 0 35.2% 160 295
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 2 0 31.5% 117 254

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1988 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Football Park 115 - 99 10,941
SAT 23/04/1988 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 78 - 113 6,959
MON 25/04/1988 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Football Park 72 - 91 22,693
MON 25/04/1988 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 78 - 136 4,704
MON 25/04/1988 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Football Park 117 - 115 22,693

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 3 -0- 0 6 59.8% 371 249
Norwood 2nd 2 -0- 1 4 54.2% 332 281
West Torrens 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 54.0% 310 264
Port Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 1 4 52.5% 340 308
Central District 5th 2 -0- 1 4 49.7% 264 267
West Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 1 4 48.7% 267 281
North Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 2 2 54.7% 319 264
Sturt 8th 1 -0- 2 2 44.2% 296 373
Woodville 9th 0 -0- 3 0 48.6% 300 317
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 3 0 33.3% 195 390

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1988 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 233 - 35 6,109
SAT 30/04/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Football Park 98 - 109 7,252
SAT 30/04/1988 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 130 - 81 5,007
SAT 30/04/1988 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 57 - 65 13,604
SAT 30/04/1988 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 126 - 97 2,743

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 3 -0- 1 6 62.2% 497 302
Glenelg 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 56.7% 469 358
Port Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 52.6% 405 365
North Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 2 4 56.5% 449 345
Norwood 5th 2 -0- 2 4 52.9% 389 346
West Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 2 4 47.2% 364 407
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 2 4 46.2% 405 471
West Torrens 8th 2 -0- 2 4 41.0% 345 497
South Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 3 2 39.7% 321 487
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 4 0 46.0% 381 447

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1988 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 59 - 95 8,898
SAT 07/05/1988 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Football Park 84 - 147 3,623
SAT 07/05/1988 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 93 - 111 6,013
SAT 07/05/1988 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 105 - 157 4,682
SAT 07/05/1988 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Woodville Oval 55 - 181 3,946

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 4 -0- 1 8 62.5% 644 386
Glenelg 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 61.1% 650 413
North Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 57.4% 544 404
Norwood 4th 3 -0- 2 6 54.8% 546 451
Port Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 2 6 50.2% 464 460
West Torrens 6th 3 -0- 2 6 43.6% 456 590
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 3 4 46.1% 498 582
West Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 3 4 45.4% 469 564
South Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 4 2 39.0% 405 634
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 5 0 41.0% 436 628

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 82 - 49 14,718
SAT 14/05/1988 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 49 - 112 5,282
SAT 14/05/1988 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 54 - 57 5,979
MON 16/05/1988 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 99 - 129 18,294
MON 16/05/1988 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Football Park 171 - 120 18,294

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 5 -0- 1 10 61.3% 732 462
Central District 2nd 4 -0- 2 8 59.7% 693 468
Norwood 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 56.8% 658 500
North Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 2 8 56.8% 601 458
Port Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 2 8 51.5% 593 559
West Torrens 6th 3 -0- 3 6 44.1% 510 647
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 4 4 45.1% 618 753
West Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 4 4 45.0% 568 693
Woodville 9th 1 -0- 5 2 44.8% 607 748
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 5 2 37.8% 454 746

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Football Park 150 - 77 7,401
SAT 21/05/1988 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 93 - 96 4,955
SAT 21/05/1988 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 179 - 71 6,868
SAT 21/05/1988 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 64 - 191 5,153
SAT 21/05/1988 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 119 - 168 3,540

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 6 -0- 1 12 62.1% 882 539
Central District 2nd 5 -0- 2 10 59.5% 861 587
Norwood 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 59.4% 837 571
Port Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 2 10 55.7% 784 623
North Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 3 8 55.6% 694 554
Sturt 6th 3 -0- 4 6 45.8% 714 846
West Torrens 7th 3 -0- 4 6 42.4% 587 797
West Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 5 4 44.4% 687 861
Woodville 9th 1 -0- 6 2 42.2% 678 927
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 6 2 35.6% 518 937

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1988 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Elizabeth Oval 114 - 107 8,135
SAT 28/05/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Football Park 105 - 89 12,294
SAT 28/05/1988 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 156 - 88 6,111
SAT 28/05/1988 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 182 - 43 4,940
SAT 28/05/1988 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 144 - 78 1,811

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 7 -0- 1 14 61.1% 987 628
Central District 2nd 6 -0- 2 12 58.4% 975 694
Port Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 2 12 56.9% 940 711
Norwood 4th 5 -0- 3 10 57.9% 944 685
North Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 4 8 54.3% 783 659
Sturt 6th 4 -0- 4 8 50.2% 896 889
West Torrens 7th 3 -0- 5 6 41.5% 675 953
Woodville 8th 2 -0- 6 4 45.0% 822 1,005
West Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 6 4 41.2% 730 1,043
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 7 2 35.5% 596 1,081

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1988 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 57 - 57 4,647
SAT 04/06/1988 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 71 - 47 8,024
SAT 04/06/1988 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 109 - 40 8,672
SAT 04/06/1988 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 79 - 88 2,008
SAT 04/06/1988 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Football Park 117 - 36 2,712

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 7 -0- 2 14 59.7% 1,034 699
Central District 2nd 6 -1- 2 13 57.9% 1,032 751
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 58.1% 1,015 732
Port Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 3 12 54.4% 980 820
Sturt 5th 5 -0- 4 10 52.0% 1,005 929
North Adelaide 6th 4 -1- 4 9 54.0% 840 716
West Torrens 7th 4 -0- 5 8 44.5% 792 989
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 6 6 45.6% 910 1,084
West Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 7 4 41.7% 809 1,131
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 8 2 34.5% 632 1,198

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 157 - 68 4,711
SAT 11/06/1988 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 55 - 160 8,032
SAT 11/06/1988 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Football Park 83 - 117 11,144
MON 13/06/1988 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Football Park 89 - 108 19,274
MON 13/06/1988 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Football Park 53 - 35 19,274

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 8 -0- 2 16 60.8% 1,191 767
Norwood 2nd 7 -0- 3 14 59.9% 1,175 787
Port Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 3 14 54.9% 1,097 903
Central District 4th 6 -1- 3 13 56.6% 1,121 859
Sturt 5th 6 -0- 4 12 52.2% 1,113 1,018
North Adelaide 6th 5 -1- 4 11 54.3% 893 751
West Torrens 7th 4 -0- 6 8 42.4% 847 1,149
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 7 6 45.3% 993 1,201
West Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 8 4 41.6% 844 1,184
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 9 2 34.1% 700 1,355

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1988 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 152 - 81 4,407
SAT 18/06/1988 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 83 - 73 9,445
SAT 18/06/1988 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 78 - 139 3,185
SAT 18/06/1988 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Football Park 76 - 119 13,272
SAT 18/06/1988 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 87 - 79 3,448

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 8 -0- 3 16 60.0% 1,294 863
Glenelg 2nd 8 -0- 3 16 59.8% 1,264 850
Port Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 3 16 54.7% 1,180 976
Central District 4th 7 -1- 3 15 57.5% 1,273 940
North Adelaide 5th 6 -1- 4 13 55.5% 1,032 829
Sturt 6th 6 -0- 5 12 51.1% 1,189 1,137
West Torrens 7th 5 -0- 6 10 43.2% 934 1,228
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 8 6 44.3% 1,074 1,353
West Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 9 4 42.1% 923 1,271
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 10 2 34.2% 778 1,494

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1988 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 158 - 93 12,081
SAT 25/06/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 87 - 106 5,114
SAT 25/06/1988 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 106 - 147 11,532
SAT 25/06/1988 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Football Park 211 - 66 4,186
SAT 25/06/1988 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 149 - 98 3,986

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 8 -1- 3 17 58.1% 1,431 1,033
Glenelg 2nd 8 -0- 4 16 58.6% 1,351 956
Norwood 3rd 8 -0- 4 16 58.1% 1,400 1,010
Port Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 4 16 52.9% 1,273 1,134
North Adelaide 5th 7 -1- 4 15 55.8% 1,179 935
Sturt 6th 7 -0- 5 14 53.8% 1,400 1,203
West Torrens 7th 5 -0- 7 10 42.8% 1,032 1,377
Woodville 8th 4 -0- 8 8 45.7% 1,223 1,451
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 9 6 43.1% 1,029 1,358
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 11 2 33.1% 844 1,705

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1988 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 117 - 65 17,785
SAT 02/07/1988 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 138 - 126 11,002
SAT 02/07/1988 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 109 - 133 3,919
SUN 03/07/1988 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 138 - 64 8,419
SUN 03/07/1988 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Football Park 74 - 93 8,419

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 9 -1- 3 19 57.9% 1,524 1,107
Port Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 4 18 53.7% 1,390 1,199
North Adelaide 3rd 8 -1- 4 17 55.7% 1,312 1,044
Glenelg 4th 8 -0- 5 16 57.4% 1,477 1,094
Norwood 5th 8 -0- 5 16 56.5% 1,465 1,127
Sturt 6th 8 -0- 5 16 53.6% 1,538 1,329
West Torrens 7th 5 -0- 8 10 42.9% 1,106 1,470
Woodville 8th 4 -0- 9 8 45.7% 1,332 1,584
West Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 9 8 45.1% 1,167 1,422
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 12 2 33.0% 908 1,843

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1988 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 228 - 50 3,698
SAT 09/07/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 111 - 97 3,517
SAT 09/07/1988 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 75 - 79 12,949
SAT 09/07/1988 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 115 - 55 5,524
SAT 09/07/1988 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 79 - 107 4,011

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 10 -1- 3 21 60.2% 1,752 1,157
Port Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 4 20 53.6% 1,469 1,274
Norwood 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 57.2% 1,580 1,182
Glenelg 4th 9 -0- 5 18 57.1% 1,588 1,191
Sturt 5th 9 -0- 5 18 53.9% 1,645 1,408
North Adelaide 6th 8 -1- 5 17 55.3% 1,387 1,123
West Torrens 7th 5 -0- 9 10 42.9% 1,185 1,577
Woodville 8th 4 -0- 10 8 45.7% 1,429 1,695
West Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 10 8 44.3% 1,222 1,537
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 13 2 31.6% 958 2,071

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1988 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Football Park 85 - 62 8,709
SAT 16/07/1988 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 115 - 78 3,380
SAT 16/07/1988 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 85 - 94 4,726
SAT 16/07/1988 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 20 - 124 2,959
SAT 16/07/1988 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 51 - 127 2,904

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 11 -1- 3 23 60.1% 1,837 1,219
Norwood 2nd 10 -0- 5 20 58.6% 1,704 1,202
Sturt 3rd 10 -0- 5 20 54.8% 1,772 1,459
Port Adelaide 4th 10 -0- 5 20 53.2% 1,554 1,368
North Adelaide 5th 9 -1- 5 19 55.6% 1,502 1,201
Glenelg 6th 9 -0- 6 18 56.4% 1,650 1,276
West Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 10 10 44.8% 1,316 1,622
West Torrens 8th 5 -0- 10 10 42.7% 1,263 1,692
Woodville 9th 4 -0- 11 8 44.8% 1,480 1,822
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 14 2 30.8% 978 2,195

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1988 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Football Park 102 - 95 5,536
SAT 23/07/1988 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 222 - 63 4,188
SAT 23/07/1988 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 132 - 86 13,162
SAT 23/07/1988 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 126 - 103 4,629
SAT 23/07/1988 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 98 - 74 3,999

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 12 -1- 3 25 59.6% 1,939 1,314
Port Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 5 22 55.4% 1,776 1,431
Sturt 3rd 11 -0- 5 22 55.2% 1,904 1,545
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 6 20 57.8% 1,778 1,300
North Adelaide 5th 9 -1- 6 19 54.4% 1,588 1,333
Glenelg 6th 9 -0- 7 18 55.6% 1,753 1,402
West Torrens 7th 6 -0- 10 12 43.6% 1,389 1,795
Woodville 8th 5 -0- 11 10 45.4% 1,578 1,896
West Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 11 10 45.0% 1,411 1,724
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 15 2 30.1% 1,041 2,417

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1988 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 78 - 111 7,143
SAT 30/07/1988 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 106 - 92 9,383
SAT 30/07/1988 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 94 - 136 1,904
SAT 30/07/1988 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 152 - 83 5,098
SAT 30/07/1988 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Football Park 64 - 90 9,324

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 12 -1- 4 25 58.9% 2,031 1,420
Port Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 5 24 55.5% 1,866 1,495
Norwood 3rd 11 -0- 6 22 57.5% 1,884 1,392
Sturt 4th 11 -0- 6 22 53.9% 1,987 1,697
Glenelg 5th 10 -0- 7 20 55.7% 1,864 1,480
North Adelaide 6th 9 -1- 7 19 53.6% 1,666 1,444
West Adelaide 7th 6 -0- 11 12 46.4% 1,563 1,807
Woodville 8th 6 -0- 11 12 46.3% 1,714 1,990
West Torrens 9th 6 -0- 11 12 43.5% 1,453 1,885
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 16 2 30.8% 1,135 2,553

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1988 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 112 - 83 8,845
SAT 06/08/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Football Park 134 - 28 4,369
SAT 06/08/1988 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 141 - 98 4,665
SAT 06/08/1988 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 158 - 79 6,672
SAT 06/08/1988 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Woodville Oval 96 - 171 5,688

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 13 -1- 4 27 58.8% 2,143 1,503
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 5 26 56.1% 2,037 1,591
Norwood 3rd 12 -0- 6 24 58.1% 2,042 1,471
Glenelg 4th 11 -0- 7 22 57.0% 1,998 1,508
Sturt 5th 11 -0- 7 22 53.4% 2,070 1,809
North Adelaide 6th 10 -1- 7 21 54.0% 1,807 1,542
West Adelaide 7th 6 -0- 12 12 46.0% 1,661 1,948
Woodville 8th 6 -0- 12 12 45.6% 1,810 2,161
West Torrens 9th 6 -0- 12 12 42.9% 1,532 2,043
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 17 2 30.2% 1,163 2,687

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 108 - 71 11,646
SAT 13/08/1988 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 106 - 158 2,296
SAT 13/08/1988 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 99 - 180 3,113
SUN 14/08/1988 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Football Park 145 - 100 38,213
SUN 14/08/1988 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 105 - 106 38,213

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 14 -1- 4 29 58.8% 2,288 1,603
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 6 26 55.8% 2,142 1,697
Norwood 3rd 12 -0- 7 24 57.2% 2,113 1,579
Glenelg 4th 12 -0- 7 24 57.2% 2,106 1,579
Sturt 5th 12 -0- 7 24 53.2% 2,176 1,914
North Adelaide 6th 10 -1- 8 21 53.1% 1,907 1,687
Woodville 7th 7 -0- 12 14 46.8% 1,990 2,260
West Torrens 8th 7 -0- 12 14 44.0% 1,690 2,149
West Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 13 12 45.3% 1,760 2,128
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 18 2 30.8% 1,269 2,845

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1988 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Adelaide Oval 108 - 148 4,501
SAT 20/08/1988 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 110 - 102 21,382
SAT 20/08/1988 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 138 - 77 13,049
SAT 20/08/1988 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 105 - 102 21,382
SAT 20/08/1988 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 116 - 90 2,819

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 14 -1- 5 29 57.8% 2,396 1,751
Port Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 6 28 55.5% 2,247 1,799
Norwood 3rd 13 -0- 7 26 57.6% 2,251 1,656
Glenelg 4th 12 -0- 8 24 56.7% 2,208 1,684
Sturt 5th 12 -0- 8 24 52.3% 2,253 2,052
North Adelaide 6th 11 -1- 8 23 53.0% 2,017 1,789
Woodville 7th 8 -0- 12 16 47.4% 2,138 2,368
West Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 13 14 45.8% 1,876 2,218
West Torrens 9th 7 -0- 13 14 44.0% 1,780 2,265
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 19 2 31.7% 1,371 2,955

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Football Park 83 - 95 8,972
SAT 27/08/1988 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 67 - 77 7,738
SAT 27/08/1988 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 94 - 48 12,158
SAT 27/08/1988 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 130 - 67 4,036
SAT 27/08/1988 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Football Park 128 - 95 8,972

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 6 30 55.9% 2,341 1,847
Central District 2nd 14 -1- 6 29 57.0% 2,444 1,845
Norwood 3rd 14 -0- 7 28 57.5% 2,328 1,723
Sturt 4th 13 -0- 8 26 52.9% 2,383 2,119
Glenelg 5th 12 -0- 9 24 56.3% 2,291 1,779
North Adelaide 6th 11 -1- 9 23 52.8% 2,084 1,866
Woodville 7th 8 -0- 13 16 47.2% 2,233 2,496
West Adelaide 8th 8 -0- 13 16 46.1% 1,971 2,301
West Torrens 9th 8 -0- 13 16 44.7% 1,908 2,360
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 20 2 31.8% 1,438 3,085

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 165 - 75 10,947
SAT 03/09/1988 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 98 - 117 33,892
SAT 03/09/1988 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 85 - 56 33,892
SAT 03/09/1988 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 141 - 102 2,232
SAT 03/09/1988 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 78 - 128 4,509

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 16 -0- 6 32 56.0% 2,426 1,903
Central District 2nd 15 -1- 6 31 57.2% 2,572 1,923
Norwood 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 56.9% 2,384 1,808
Glenelg 4th 13 -0- 9 26 57.0% 2,456 1,854
Sturt 5th 13 -0- 9 26 51.8% 2,458 2,284
North Adelaide 6th 11 -1- 10 23 52.4% 2,182 1,983
Woodville 7th 9 -0- 13 18 47.5% 2,350 2,594
West Adelaide 8th 9 -0- 13 18 46.8% 2,112 2,403
West Torrens 9th 8 -0- 14 16 44.4% 1,986 2,488
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 21 2 32.3% 1,540 3,226

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 11/09/1988 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Football Park 102 - 43 22,462

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1988 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Football Park 61 - 100 17,762

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1988 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 77 - 17 27,048
SUN 18/09/1988 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Football Park 60 - 81 20,377

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 25/09/1988 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Football Park 71 - 76 28,375

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/10/1988 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 84 - 55 50,313