1988 VFA (D1) Season

This page displays the results for the 1988 season of the first division of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds in a double round-robin format. Coburg were the minor premiers.

The premiership ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Coburg were the premiers.

Premiership Details

Name: 1988 Victorian Football Association (Division 1) Season
Known As: 1988 VFA (D1) Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 94

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Box Hill Box Hill City Oval Harold Martin
Brunswick A. G. Gillon Oval
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Frankston Frankston Park Jeff Sarau
Port Melbourne North Port Oval George Allen
Prahran Toorak Park Greg Hutchison
Preston Preston City Oval Peter Weightman
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Bob Keddie
Springvale Springvale Reserve Phil Maylin
Williamstown WCG Terry Wheeler

Premiership Results

Premiers: Coburg
Runners-Up: Williamstown
Minor Premiers: Coburg

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Coburg 1st 13 -0- 5 52 135.7% 2,102 1,549 302 290 221 223
Preston 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 119.0% 2,114 1,777 309 260 253 259
Williamstown 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 123.2% 1,980 1,607 291 234 226 251
Port Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 8 40 113.1% 2,056 1,818 300 256 262 246
Springvale 5th 10 -0- 8 40 107.1% 1,550 1,447 214 266 211 181
Brunswick 6th 8 -0- 10 32 90.6% 1,578 1,742 228 210 245 272
Box Hill 7th 8 -0- 10 32 80.4% 1,616 2,011 233 218 292 259
Frankston 8th 7 -0- 11 28 90.2% 1,721 1,909 247 239 281 223
Sandringham 9th 6 -0- 12 24 86.4% 1,791 2,074 254 267 298 286
Prahran 10th 5 -0- 13 20 70.2% 1,350 1,924 189 216 278 256

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Coburg 1st Premiers
Williamstown 2nd Runners-Up
Preston 3rd Defeated by Williamstown (Preliminary Final)
Port Melbourne 4th Defeated by Williamstown (Semi Final)
Springvale 5th Did not qualify for finals
Brunswick 6th Did not qualify for finals
Box Hill 7th Did not qualify for finals
Frankston 8th Did not qualify for finals
Sandringham 9th Did not qualify for finals
Prahran 10th Did not qualify for finals

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/04/1988 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown North Port Oval 123 - 61 2,000
SUN 10/04/1988 2:10 PM Brunswick v Preston A. G. Gillon Oval 113 - 89 3,450
SUN 10/04/1988 2:10 PM Frankston v Box Hill Frankston Park 128 - 97 4,500
SUN 10/04/1988 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 171 - 88 4,500
SUN 10/04/1988 2:10 PM Springvale v Sandringham Springvale Reserve 132 - 93 4,469

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 1 -0- 0 4 201.6% 123 61
Port Melbourne 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 194.3% 171 88
Springvale 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 141.9% 132 93
Frankston 4th 1 -0- 0 4 132.0% 128 97
Brunswick 5th 1 -0- 0 4 127.0% 113 89
Preston 6th 0 -0- 1 0 78.8% 89 113
Box Hill 7th 0 -0- 1 0 75.8% 97 128
Sandringham 8th 0 -0- 1 0 70.5% 93 132
Prahran 9th 0 -0- 1 0 51.5% 88 171
Williamstown 10th 0 -0- 1 0 49.6% 61 123

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1988 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brunswick North Port Oval 115 - 101
SUN 17/04/1988 2:10 PM Box Hill v Port Melbourne Box Hill City Oval 110 - 151
SUN 17/04/1988 2:10 PM Prahran v Springvale Toorak Park 48 - 114
SUN 17/04/1988 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 126 - 115
SUN 17/04/1988 2:10 PM Williamstown v Frankston WCG 134 - 57

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Springvale 1st 2 -0- 0 8 174.5% 246 141
Port Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 162.6% 322 198
Coburg 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 127.3% 238 187
Williamstown 4th 1 -0- 1 4 108.3% 195 180
Brunswick 5th 1 -0- 1 4 104.9% 214 204
Preston 6th 1 -0- 1 4 94.3% 215 228
Sandringham 7th 1 -0- 1 4 89.3% 208 233
Frankston 8th 1 -0- 1 4 80.1% 185 231
Box Hill 9th 0 -0- 2 0 74.2% 207 279
Prahran 10th 0 -0- 2 0 47.7% 136 285

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1988 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 140 - 127
SUN 24/04/1988 2:10 PM Brunswick v Prahran A. G. Gillon Oval 122 - 90
SUN 24/04/1988 2:10 PM Frankston v Coburg Frankston Park 91 - 146
SUN 24/04/1988 2:10 PM Sandringham v Preston Beach Road Oval 110 - 113
SUN 24/04/1988 2:10 PM Springvale v Box Hill Springvale Reserve 197 - 96

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Springvale 1st 3 -0- 0 12 186.9% 443 237
Port Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 142.2% 462 325
Coburg 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 138.1% 384 278
Brunswick 4th 2 -0- 1 8 114.3% 336 294
Preston 5th 2 -0- 1 8 97.0% 328 338
Williamstown 6th 1 -0- 2 4 100.6% 322 320
Sandringham 7th 1 -0- 2 4 91.9% 318 346
Frankston 8th 1 -0- 2 4 73.2% 276 377
Box Hill 9th 0 -0- 3 0 63.7% 303 476
Prahran 10th 0 -0- 3 0 55.5% 226 407

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1988 2:10 PM Frankston v Preston Frankston Park 81 - 137
SUN 01/05/1988 2:10 PM Box Hill v Brunswick Box Hill City Oval 143 - 123
SUN 01/05/1988 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 158 - 102
SUN 01/05/1988 2:10 PM Prahran v Sandringham Toorak Park 117 - 133
SAT 07/05/1988 2:10 PM Williamstown v Springvale WCG 89 - 83

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Springvale 1st 3 -0- 1 12 161.3% 526 326
Coburg 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 142.6% 542 380
Port Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 116.8% 564 483
Preston 4th 3 -0- 1 12 111.0% 465 419
Brunswick 5th 2 -0- 2 8 105.0% 459 437
Williamstown 6th 2 -0- 2 8 102.0% 411 403
Sandringham 7th 2 -0- 2 8 97.4% 451 463
Box Hill 8th 1 -0- 3 4 74.5% 446 599
Frankston 9th 1 -0- 3 4 69.5% 357 514
Prahran 10th 0 -0- 4 0 63.5% 343 540

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1988 2:10 PM Sandringham v Box Hill Beach Road Oval 86 - 95
SAT 14/05/1988 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brunswick North Port Oval 137 - 81
SUN 15/05/1988 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Frankston North Port Oval 113 - 81
SUN 15/05/1988 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Preston City Oval 142 - 92
SUN 15/05/1988 2:10 PM Springvale v Coburg Springvale Reserve 63 - 81

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 4 -0- 1 16 140.6% 623 443
Port Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 120.0% 677 564
Preston 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 118.8% 607 511
Springvale 4th 3 -0- 2 12 144.7% 589 407
Williamstown 5th 3 -0- 2 12 113.2% 548 484
Sandringham 6th 2 -0- 3 8 96.2% 537 558
Brunswick 7th 2 -0- 3 8 94.1% 540 574
Box Hill 8th 2 -0- 3 8 79.0% 541 685
Frankston 9th 1 -0- 4 4 69.9% 438 627
Prahran 10th 0 -0- 5 0 63.8% 435 682

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 22/05/1988 2:10 PM Box Hill v Prahran Box Hill City Oval 138 - 83
SUN 22/05/1988 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 150 - 79
SUN 22/05/1988 2:10 PM Frankston v Springvale Frankston Park 124 - 97
SUN 22/05/1988 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 102 - 167
SUN 22/05/1988 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 155 - 105

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 5 -0- 1 20 148.1% 773 522
Preston 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 126.3% 774 613
Williamstown 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 119.4% 703 589
Port Melbourne 4th 4 -0- 2 16 106.6% 779 731
Springvale 5th 3 -0- 3 12 129.2% 686 531
Box Hill 6th 3 -0- 3 12 88.4% 679 768
Sandringham 7th 2 -0- 4 8 90.0% 642 713
Brunswick 8th 2 -0- 4 8 85.5% 619 724
Frankston 9th 2 -0- 4 8 77.6% 562 724
Prahran 10th 0 -0- 6 0 63.2% 518 820

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 29/05/1988 2:10 PM Brunswick v Frankston A. G. Gillon Oval 112 - 105
SUN 29/05/1988 2:10 PM Prahran v Williamstown Toorak Park 96 - 79
SUN 29/05/1988 2:10 PM Preston v Box Hill Preston City Oval 115 - 137
SUN 29/05/1988 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 89 - 105
SUN 29/05/1988 2:10 PM Springvale v Port Melbourne Springvale Reserve 93 - 85

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 6 -0- 1 24 143.7% 878 611
Preston 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 118.5% 889 750
Springvale 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 126.5% 779 616
Williamstown 4th 4 -0- 3 16 114.2% 782 685
Port Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 3 16 104.9% 864 824
Box Hill 6th 4 -0- 3 16 92.4% 816 883
Brunswick 7th 3 -0- 4 12 88.2% 731 829
Sandringham 8th 2 -0- 5 8 89.4% 731 818
Frankston 9th 2 -0- 5 8 79.8% 667 836
Prahran 10th 1 -0- 6 4 68.3% 614 899

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 05/06/1988 2:10 PM Coburg v Prahran Coburg City Oval 158 - 72
SUN 05/06/1988 2:10 PM Frankston v Sandringham Frankston Park 80 - 142
SUN 05/06/1988 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brunswick North Port Oval 69 - 75
SUN 05/06/1988 2:10 PM Springvale v Preston Springvale Reserve 119 - 106
SUN 05/06/1988 2:10 PM Williamstown v Box Hill WCG 160 - 72

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 7 -0- 1 28 151.7% 1,036 683
Williamstown 2nd 5 -0- 3 20 124.4% 942 757
Springvale 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 124.4% 898 722
Preston 4th 5 -0- 3 20 114.5% 995 869
Port Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 4 16 103.8% 933 899
Brunswick 6th 4 -0- 4 16 89.8% 806 898
Box Hill 7th 4 -0- 4 16 85.1% 888 1,043
Sandringham 8th 3 -0- 5 12 97.2% 873 898
Frankston 9th 2 -0- 6 8 76.4% 747 978
Prahran 10th 1 -0- 7 4 64.9% 686 1,057

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 19/06/1988 2:10 PM Box Hill v Coburg Box Hill City Oval 54 - 130
SUN 19/06/1988 2:10 PM Brunswick v Springvale A. G. Gillon Oval 110 - 92
SUN 19/06/1988 2:10 PM Prahran v Frankston Toorak Park 71 - 50
SUN 19/06/1988 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Preston City Oval 97 - 108
SUN 19/06/1988 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 69 - 120

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 8 -0- 1 32 158.2% 1,166 737
Williamstown 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 123.0% 1,050 854
Springvale 3rd 5 -0- 4 20 119.0% 990 832
Preston 4th 5 -0- 4 20 111.8% 1,092 977
Port Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 4 20 108.8% 1,053 968
Brunswick 6th 5 -0- 4 20 92.5% 916 990
Box Hill 7th 4 -0- 5 16 80.3% 942 1,173
Sandringham 8th 3 -0- 6 12 92.5% 942 1,018
Frankston 9th 2 -0- 7 8 76.0% 797 1,049
Prahran 10th 2 -0- 7 8 68.4% 757 1,107

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 26/06/1988 2:10 PM Box Hill v Frankston Box Hill City Oval 90 - 83
SUN 26/06/1988 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Toorak Park 74 - 147
SUN 26/06/1988 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Preston City Oval 100 - 120
SUN 26/06/1988 2:10 PM Sandringham v Springvale Beach Road Oval 120 - 51
SUN 26/06/1988 2:10 PM Williamstown v Coburg WCG 109 - 87

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 8 -0- 2 32 148.1% 1,253 846
Williamstown 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 123.2% 1,159 941
Port Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 115.2% 1,200 1,042
Brunswick 4th 6 -0- 4 24 95.0% 1,036 1,090
Springvale 5th 5 -0- 5 20 109.3% 1,041 952
Preston 6th 5 -0- 5 20 108.7% 1,192 1,097
Box Hill 7th 5 -0- 5 20 82.2% 1,032 1,256
Sandringham 8th 4 -0- 6 16 99.3% 1,062 1,069
Frankston 9th 2 -0- 8 8 77.3% 880 1,139
Prahran 10th 2 -0- 8 8 66.3% 831 1,254

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 03/07/1988 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham A. G. Gillon Oval 95 - 96
SUN 03/07/1988 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 106 - 122
SUN 03/07/1988 2:10 PM Frankston v Williamstown Frankston Park 155 - 127
SUN 03/07/1988 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Box Hill North Port Oval 148 - 87
SUN 03/07/1988 2:10 PM Springvale v Prahran Springvale Reserve 40 - 57

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 8 -0- 3 32 140.4% 1,359 968
Port Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 119.4% 1,348 1,129
Williamstown 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 117.3% 1,286 1,096
Preston 4th 6 -0- 5 24 109.2% 1,314 1,203
Brunswick 5th 6 -0- 5 24 95.4% 1,131 1,186
Springvale 6th 5 -0- 6 20 107.1% 1,081 1,009
Sandringham 7th 5 -0- 6 20 99.5% 1,158 1,164
Box Hill 8th 5 -0- 6 20 79.7% 1,119 1,404
Frankston 9th 3 -0- 8 12 81.8% 1,035 1,266
Prahran 10th 3 -0- 8 12 68.6% 888 1,294

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 10/07/1988 2:10 PM Box Hill v Springvale Box Hill City Oval 35 - 51
SUN 10/07/1988 2:10 PM Coburg v Frankston Coburg City Oval 102 - 78
SUN 10/07/1988 2:10 PM Prahran v Brunswick Toorak Park 112 - 47
SUN 10/07/1988 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 121 - 88
SUN 10/07/1988 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne WCG 88 - 92

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 9 -0- 3 36 139.7% 1,461 1,046
Port Melbourne 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 118.3% 1,440 1,217
Williamstown 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 115.7% 1,374 1,188
Preston 4th 7 -0- 5 28 111.2% 1,435 1,291
Springvale 5th 6 -0- 6 24 108.4% 1,132 1,044
Brunswick 6th 6 -0- 6 24 90.8% 1,178 1,298
Sandringham 7th 5 -0- 7 20 97.0% 1,246 1,285
Box Hill 8th 5 -0- 7 20 79.3% 1,154 1,455
Prahran 9th 4 -0- 8 16 74.6% 1,000 1,341
Frankston 10th 3 -0- 9 12 81.4% 1,113 1,368

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 17/07/1988 2:10 PM Brunswick v Box Hill A. G. Gillon Oval 79 - 86
SUN 17/07/1988 2:10 PM Frankston v Preston Frankston Park 70 - 139
SUN 17/07/1988 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 164 - 105
SUN 17/07/1988 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 136 - 115
SUN 17/07/1988 2:10 PM Springvale v Williamstown Springvale Reserve 78 - 48

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 9 -0- 4 36 129.4% 1,566 1,210
Port Melbourne 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 121.3% 1,604 1,322
Preston 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 115.7% 1,574 1,361
Williamstown 4th 7 -0- 6 28 112.3% 1,422 1,266
Springvale 5th 7 -0- 6 28 110.8% 1,210 1,092
Sandringham 6th 6 -0- 7 24 98.7% 1,382 1,400
Brunswick 7th 6 -0- 7 24 90.8% 1,257 1,384
Box Hill 8th 6 -0- 7 24 80.8% 1,240 1,534
Prahran 9th 4 -0- 9 16 75.5% 1,115 1,477
Frankston 10th 3 -0- 10 12 78.5% 1,183 1,507

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 24/07/1988 2:10 PM Box Hill v Sandringham Box Hill City Oval 90 - 39
SUN 24/07/1988 2:10 PM Coburg v Springvale Coburg City Oval 134 - 64
SUN 24/07/1988 2:10 PM Frankston v Port Melbourne Frankston Park 116 - 73
SUN 24/07/1988 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 26 - 71
SUN 24/07/1988 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brunswick WCG 31 - 47

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 10 -0- 4 40 133.4% 1,700 1,274
Preston 2nd 9 -0- 5 36 118.6% 1,645 1,387
Port Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 116.6% 1,677 1,438
Williamstown 4th 7 -0- 7 28 110.7% 1,453 1,313
Springvale 5th 7 -0- 7 28 103.9% 1,274 1,226
Brunswick 6th 7 -0- 7 28 92.2% 1,304 1,415
Box Hill 7th 7 -0- 7 28 84.6% 1,330 1,573
Sandringham 8th 6 -0- 8 24 95.4% 1,421 1,490
Frankston 9th 4 -0- 10 16 82.2% 1,299 1,580
Prahran 10th 4 -0- 10 16 73.7% 1,141 1,548

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 31/07/1988 2:10 PM Brunswick v Coburg A. G. Gillon Oval 56 - 80
SUN 31/07/1988 2:10 PM Prahran v Box Hill Toorak Park 35 - 83
SUN 31/07/1988 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 128 - 79
SUN 31/07/1988 2:10 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Beach Road Oval 110 - 140
SUN 31/07/1988 2:10 PM Springvale v Frankston Springvale Reserve 95 - 73

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 11 -0- 4 44 133.8% 1,780 1,330
Preston 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 120.9% 1,773 1,466
Port Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 112.1% 1,756 1,566
Williamstown 4th 8 -0- 7 32 111.9% 1,593 1,423
Springvale 5th 8 -0- 7 32 105.4% 1,369 1,299
Box Hill 6th 8 -0- 7 32 87.9% 1,413 1,608
Brunswick 7th 7 -0- 8 28 91.0% 1,360 1,495
Sandringham 8th 6 -0- 9 24 93.9% 1,531 1,630
Frankston 9th 4 -0- 11 16 81.9% 1,372 1,675
Prahran 10th 4 -0- 11 16 72.1% 1,176 1,631

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 07/08/1988 2:10 PM Box Hill v Preston Box Hill City Oval 94 - 142
SUN 07/08/1988 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 122 - 55
SUN 07/08/1988 2:10 PM Frankston v Brunswick Frankston Park 108 - 88
SUN 07/08/1988 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Springvale North Port Oval 31 - 46
SUN 07/08/1988 2:10 PM Williamstown v Prahran WCG 103 - 42

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 12 -0- 4 48 137.3% 1,902 1,385
Preston 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 122.8% 1,915 1,560
Williamstown 3rd 9 -0- 7 36 115.8% 1,696 1,465
Port Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 7 36 110.9% 1,787 1,612
Springvale 5th 9 -0- 7 36 106.4% 1,415 1,330
Box Hill 6th 8 -0- 8 32 86.1% 1,507 1,750
Brunswick 7th 7 -0- 9 28 90.3% 1,448 1,603
Sandringham 8th 6 -0- 10 24 90.5% 1,586 1,752
Frankston 9th 5 -0- 11 20 83.9% 1,480 1,763
Prahran 10th 4 -0- 12 16 70.2% 1,218 1,734

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 14/08/1988 2:10 PM Box Hill v Williamstown Box Hill City Oval 38 - 152
SUN 14/08/1988 2:10 PM Brunswick v Port Melbourne A. G. Gillon Oval 108 - 89
SUN 14/08/1988 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 93 - 91
SUN 14/08/1988 2:10 PM Preston v Springvale Preston City Oval 95 - 85
SUN 14/08/1988 2:10 PM Sandringham v Frankston Beach Road Oval 107 - 142

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 12 -0- 5 48 134.8% 1,993 1,478
Preston 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 122.2% 2,010 1,645
Williamstown 3rd 10 -0- 7 40 123.0% 1,848 1,503
Port Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 8 36 109.1% 1,876 1,720
Springvale 5th 9 -0- 8 36 105.3% 1,500 1,425
Brunswick 6th 8 -0- 9 32 92.0% 1,556 1,692
Box Hill 7th 8 -0- 9 32 81.2% 1,545 1,902
Sandringham 8th 6 -0- 11 24 89.4% 1,693 1,894
Frankston 9th 6 -0- 11 24 86.7% 1,622 1,870
Prahran 10th 5 -0- 12 20 71.8% 1,311 1,825

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 21/08/1988 2:10 PM Coburg v Box Hill Coburg City Oval 109 - 71
SUN 21/08/1988 2:10 PM Frankston v Prahran Frankston Park 99 - 39
SUN 21/08/1988 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 180 - 98
SUN 21/08/1988 2:10 PM Springvale v Brunswick Springvale Reserve 50 - 22
SUN 21/08/1988 2:10 PM Williamstown v Preston WCG 132 - 104

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 13 -0- 5 52 135.7% 2,102 1,549
Preston 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 119.0% 2,114 1,777
Williamstown 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 123.2% 1,980 1,607
Port Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 8 40 113.1% 2,056 1,818
Springvale 5th 10 -0- 8 40 107.1% 1,550 1,447
Brunswick 6th 8 -0- 10 32 90.6% 1,578 1,742
Box Hill 7th 8 -0- 10 32 80.4% 1,616 2,011
Frankston 8th 7 -0- 11 28 90.2% 1,721 1,909
Sandringham 9th 6 -0- 12 24 86.4% 1,791 2,074
Prahran 10th 5 -0- 13 20 70.2% 1,350 1,924

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Coburg 1st 13 -0- 5 52 135.7% 2,102 1,549 302 290 221 223
Preston 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 119.0% 2,114 1,777 309 260 253 259
Williamstown 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 123.2% 1,980 1,607 291 234 226 251
Port Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 8 40 113.1% 2,056 1,818 300 256 262 246
Springvale 5th 10 -0- 8 40 107.1% 1,550 1,447 214 266 211 181
Brunswick 6th 8 -0- 10 32 90.6% 1,578 1,742 228 210 245 272
Box Hill 7th 8 -0- 10 32 80.4% 1,616 2,011 233 218 292 259
Frankston 8th 7 -0- 11 28 90.2% 1,721 1,909 247 239 281 223
Sandringham 9th 6 -0- 12 24 86.4% 1,791 2,074 254 267 298 286
Prahran 10th 5 -0- 13 20 70.2% 1,350 1,924 189 216 278 256

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1988 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne North Port Oval 159 - 108 4,596
SAT 03/09/1988 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston North Port Oval 146 - 53 4,626

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Coburg 1st
Preston 2nd
Williamstown 3rd
Port Melbourne 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1988 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown North Port Oval 75 - 125 4,865

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Coburg 1st
Williamstown 2nd
Preston 3rd
Port Melbourne 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 18/09/1988 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown Windy Hill 114 - 87 22,034

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Coburg 1st
Williamstown 2nd
Preston 3rd
Port Melbourne 4th