1988 VFA (D2) Season

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

It featured twenty rounds. Oakleigh were the minor premiers.

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

Premiership Details

Name: 1988 Victorian Football Association (Division 2) Season
Known As: 1988 VFA (D2) Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 58

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Camberwell
Dandenong
Geelong West
Oakleigh
Sunshine
Werribee

Premiership Results

Premiers: Oakleigh
Runners-Up: Sunshine
Minor Premiers: Oakleigh

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Oakleigh	1st	14	-0-	4	56	123.0%	1,855	1,508	266	259	222	176
Werribee	2nd	10	-0-	8	40	108.1%	1,763	1,631	258	215	233	233
Dandenong	3rd	8	-1-	9	34	104.4%	1,678	1,608	246	202	232	216
Sunshine	4th	8	-0-	10	32	92.5%	1,652	1,785	239	218	261	219
Geelong West	5th	7	-1-	10	30	93.1%	1,611	1,731	231	225	249	237
Camberwell	6th	6	-0-	12	24	84.7%	1,636	1,932	237	214	280	252

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Oakleigh	1st	Premiers
Sunshine	2nd	Runners-Up
Werribee	3rd	Defeated by Sunshine (Preliminary Final)
Dandenong	4th	Defeated by Sunshine (Semi Final)
Geelong West	5th	Did not qualify for finals
Camberwell	6th	Did not qualify for finals

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	10/04/1988	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Camberwell	Shepley Oval	104	-	188
SUN	10/04/1988	2:10 PM	Geelong West v Oakleigh	West Oval	91	-	132
SUN	10/04/1988	2:10 PM	Werribee v Sunshine	Chirnside Park	75	-	98

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Camberwell	1st	1	-0-	0	4	180.8%	188	104
Oakleigh	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	145.1%	132	91
Sunshine	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	130.7%	98	75
Werribee	4th	0	-0-	1	0	76.5%	75	98
Geelong West	5th	0	-0-	1	0	68.9%	91	132
Dandenong	6th	0	-0-	1	0	55.3%	104	188

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SUN	17/04/1988	2:10 PM	Camberwell v Geelong West	Camberwell Sports Ground	177	-	159
SUN	17/04/1988	2:10 PM	Oakleigh v Werribee	Warrawee Park	144	-	129

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Camberwell	1st	2	-0-	0	8	138.8%	365	263
Oakleigh	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	125.5%	276	220
Sunshine	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	130.7%	98	75
Werribee	4th	0	-0-	2	0	84.3%	204	242
Geelong West	5th	0	-0-	2	0	80.9%	250	309
Dandenong	6th	0	-0-	1	0	55.3%	104	188

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SUN	24/04/1988	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Camberwell	Skinner Reserve	118	-	146
SUN	24/04/1988	2:10 PM	Werribee v Geelong West	Chirnside Park	109	-	142

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Camberwell	1st	3	-0-	0	12	134.1%	511	381
Oakleigh	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	125.5%	276	220
Sunshine	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	97.7%	216	221
Geelong West	4th	1	-0-	2	4	93.8%	392	418
Werribee	5th	0	-0-	3	0	81.5%	313	384
Dandenong	6th	0	-0-	1	0	55.3%	104	188

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SUN	01/05/1988	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Werribee	Shepley Oval	118	-	130
SUN	01/05/1988	2:10 PM	Oakleigh v Sunshine	Warrawee Park	149	-	118

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Camberwell	1st	3	-0-	0	12	134.1%	511	381
Oakleigh	2nd	3	-0-	0	12	125.7%	425	338
Geelong West	3rd	1	-0-	2	4	93.8%	392	418
Sunshine	4th	1	-0-	2	4	90.3%	334	370
Werribee	5th	1	-0-	3	4	88.2%	443	502
Dandenong	6th	0	-0-	2	0	69.8%	222	318

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SUN	08/05/1988	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Oakleigh	Shepley Oval	108	-	74

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Camberwell	1st	3	-0-	0	12	134.1%	511	381
Oakleigh	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	111.9%	499	446
Geelong West	3rd	1	-0-	2	4	93.8%	392	418
Sunshine	4th	1	-0-	2	4	90.3%	334	370
Werribee	5th	1	-0-	3	4	88.2%	443	502
Dandenong	6th	1	-0-	2	4	84.2%	330	392

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	15/05/1988	2:10 PM	Camberwell v Oakleigh	Camberwell Sports Ground	114	-	91
SUN	15/05/1988	2:10 PM	Geelong West v Sunshine	West Oval	115	-	102
SUN	15/05/1988	2:10 PM	Werribee v Dandenong	Chirnside Park	124	-	57

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Camberwell	1st	4	-0-	0	16	132.4%	625	472
Oakleigh	2nd	3	-0-	2	12	105.4%	590	560
Werribee	3rd	2	-0-	3	8	101.4%	567	559
Geelong West	4th	2	-0-	2	8	97.5%	507	520
Sunshine	5th	1	-0-	3	4	89.9%	436	485
Dandenong	6th	1	-0-	3	4	75.0%	387	516

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	22/05/1988	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Sunshine	Shepley Oval	150	-	79
SUN	22/05/1988	2:10 PM	Geelong West v Camberwell	West Oval	127	-	89
SUN	22/05/1988	2:10 PM	Werribee v Oakleigh	Chirnside Park	150	-	92

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Camberwell	1st	4	-0-	1	16	119.2%	714	599
Werribee	2nd	3	-0-	3	12	110.1%	717	651
Geelong West	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	104.1%	634	609
Oakleigh	4th	3	-0-	3	12	96.1%	682	710
Dandenong	5th	2	-0-	3	8	90.3%	537	595
Sunshine	6th	1	-0-	4	4	81.1%	515	635

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	29/05/1988	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Geelong West	Shepley Oval	98	-	58
SUN	29/05/1988	2:10 PM	Oakleigh v Camberwell	Warrawee Park	130	-	114
SUN	29/05/1988	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Werribee	Skinner Reserve	132	-	78

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Camberwell	1st	4	-0-	2	16	113.6%	828	729
Oakleigh	2nd	4	-0-	3	16	98.5%	812	824
Werribee	3rd	3	-0-	4	12	101.5%	795	783
Geelong West	4th	3	-0-	3	12	97.9%	692	707
Dandenong	5th	3	-0-	3	12	97.2%	635	653
Sunshine	6th	2	-0-	4	8	90.7%	647	713

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	05/06/1988	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Sunshine	Shepley Oval	89	-	65
SUN	05/06/1988	2:10 PM	Oakleigh v Geelong West	Warrawee Park	84	-	78
SUN	05/06/1988	2:10 PM	Werribee v Camberwell	Chirnside Park	93	-	61

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Oakleigh	1st	5	-0-	3	20	99.3%	896	902
Camberwell	2nd	4	-0-	3	16	108.2%	889	822
Werribee	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	105.2%	888	844
Dandenong	4th	4	-0-	3	16	100.8%	724	718
Geelong West	5th	3	-0-	4	12	97.3%	770	791
Sunshine	6th	2	-0-	5	8	88.8%	712	802

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SUN	12/06/1988	2:10 PM	Geelong West v Dandenong	West Oval	57	-	138
SUN	12/06/1988	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Camberwell	Skinner Reserve	127	-	81

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Dandenong	1st	5	-0-	3	20	111.2%	862	775
Oakleigh	2nd	5	-0-	3	20	99.3%	896	902
Werribee	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	105.2%	888	844
Camberwell	4th	4	-0-	4	16	102.2%	970	949
Sunshine	5th	3	-0-	5	12	95.0%	839	883
Geelong West	6th	3	-0-	5	12	89.0%	827	929

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	19/06/1988	2:10 PM	Camberwell v Dandenong	Camberwell Sports Ground	96	-	85
SUN	19/06/1988	2:10 PM	Oakleigh v Geelong West	Warrawee Park	74	-	59
SUN	19/06/1988	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Werribee	Skinner Reserve	111	-	80

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Oakleigh	1st	6	-0-	3	24	100.9%	970	961
Dandenong	2nd	5	-0-	4	20	108.7%	947	871
Camberwell	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	103.1%	1,066	1,034
Werribee	4th	4	-0-	5	16	101.4%	968	955
Sunshine	5th	4	-0-	5	16	98.7%	950	963
Geelong West	6th	3	-0-	6	12	88.3%	886	1,003

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	26/06/1988	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Sunshine	Shepley Oval	144	-	70
SUN	26/06/1988	2:10 PM	Geelong West v Camberwell	West Oval	83	-	78
SUN	26/06/1988	2:10 PM	Werribee v Oakleigh	Chirnside Park	75	-	172

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Oakleigh	1st	7	-0-	3	28	110.2%	1,142	1,036
Dandenong	2nd	6	-0-	4	24	115.9%	1,091	941
Camberwell	3rd	5	-0-	5	20	102.4%	1,144	1,117
Werribee	4th	4	-0-	6	16	92.5%	1,043	1,127
Sunshine	5th	4	-0-	6	16	92.1%	1,020	1,107
Geelong West	6th	4	-0-	6	16	89.6%	969	1,081

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	03/07/1988	2:10 PM	Oakleigh v Dandenong	Warrawee Park	116	-	77
SUN	03/07/1988	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Camberwell	Skinner Reserve	122	-	73
SUN	03/07/1988	2:10 PM	Werribee v Geelong West	Chirnside Park	92	-	76

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Oakleigh	1st	8	-0-	3	32	113.0%	1,258	1,113
Dandenong	2nd	6	-0-	5	24	110.5%	1,168	1,057
Camberwell	3rd	5	-0-	6	20	98.2%	1,217	1,239
Sunshine	4th	5	-0-	6	20	96.8%	1,142	1,180
Werribee	5th	5	-0-	6	20	94.3%	1,135	1,203
Geelong West	6th	4	-0-	7	16	89.1%	1,045	1,173

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	10/07/1988	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Geelong West	Shepley Oval	47	-	47
SUN	10/07/1988	2:10 PM	Oakleigh v Sunshine	Warrawee Park	117	-	33
SUN	10/07/1988	2:10 PM	Werribee v Camberwell	Chirnside Park	178	-	36

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Oakleigh	1st	9	-0-	3	36	120.0%	1,375	1,146
Dandenong	2nd	6	-1-	5	26	110.1%	1,215	1,104
Werribee	3rd	6	-0-	6	24	106.0%	1,313	1,239
Sunshine	4th	5	-0-	7	20	90.6%	1,175	1,297
Camberwell	5th	5	-0-	7	20	88.4%	1,253	1,417
Geelong West	6th	4	-1-	7	18	89.5%	1,092	1,220

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	17/07/1988	2:10 PM	Camberwell v Oakleigh	Camberwell Sports Ground	88	-	76
SUN	17/07/1988	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Geelong West	Skinner Reserve	82	-	73
SUN	17/07/1988	2:10 PM	Werribee v Dandenong	Chirnside Park	74	-	53

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Oakleigh	1st	9	-0-	4	36	117.6%	1,451	1,234
Werribee	2nd	7	-0-	6	28	107.4%	1,387	1,292
Dandenong	3rd	6	-1-	6	26	107.6%	1,268	1,178
Sunshine	4th	6	-0-	7	24	91.8%	1,257	1,370
Camberwell	5th	6	-0-	7	24	89.8%	1,341	1,493
Geelong West	6th	4	-1-	8	18	89.5%	1,165	1,302

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	24/07/1988	2:10 PM	Geelong West v Camberwell	West Oval	90	-	34
SUN	24/07/1988	2:10 PM	Oakleigh v Werribee	Warrawee Park	52	-	22
SUN	24/07/1988	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Dandenong	Skinner Reserve	90	-	23

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Oakleigh	1st	10	-0-	4	40	119.7%	1,503	1,256
Werribee	2nd	7	-0-	7	28	104.8%	1,409	1,344
Sunshine	3rd	7	-0-	7	28	96.7%	1,347	1,393
Dandenong	4th	6	-1-	7	26	101.8%	1,291	1,268
Camberwell	5th	6	-0-	8	24	86.9%	1,375	1,583
Geelong West	6th	5	-1-	8	22	93.9%	1,255	1,336

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	31/07/1988	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Camberwell	Shepley Oval	95	-	69
SUN	31/07/1988	2:10 PM	Oakleigh v Geelong West	Warrawee Park	104	-	78
SUN	31/07/1988	2:10 PM	Werribee v Sunshine	Chirnside Park	139	-	37

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Oakleigh	1st	11	-0-	4	44	120.5%	1,607	1,334
Werribee	2nd	8	-0-	7	32	112.1%	1,548	1,381
Dandenong	3rd	7	-1-	7	30	103.7%	1,386	1,337
Sunshine	4th	7	-0-	8	28	90.3%	1,384	1,532
Camberwell	5th	6	-0-	9	24	86.1%	1,444	1,678
Geelong West	6th	5	-1-	9	22	92.6%	1,333	1,440

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	07/08/1988	2:10 PM	Oakleigh v Dandenong	Warrawee Park	85	-	55
SUN	07/08/1988	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Camberwell	Skinner Reserve	119	-	70
SUN	07/08/1988	2:10 PM	Werribee v Geelong West	Chirnside Park	98	-	54

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Oakleigh	1st	12	-0-	4	48	121.8%	1,692	1,389
Werribee	2nd	9	-0-	7	36	114.7%	1,646	1,435
Sunshine	3rd	8	-0-	8	32	93.8%	1,503	1,602
Dandenong	4th	7	-1-	8	30	101.3%	1,441	1,422
Camberwell	5th	6	-0-	10	24	84.3%	1,514	1,797
Geelong West	6th	5	-1-	10	22	90.2%	1,387	1,538

Round 19

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	14/08/1988	2:10 PM	Geelong West v Dandenong	West Oval	152	-	122
SUN	14/08/1988	2:10 PM	Oakleigh v Sunshine	Warrawee Park	111	-	78
SUN	14/08/1988	2:10 PM	Werribee v Camberwell	Chirnside Park	83	-	81

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Oakleigh	1st	13	-0-	4	52	122.9%	1,803	1,467
Werribee	2nd	10	-0-	7	40	114.1%	1,729	1,516
Sunshine	3rd	8	-0-	9	32	92.3%	1,581	1,713
Dandenong	4th	7	-1-	9	30	99.3%	1,563	1,574
Geelong West	5th	6	-1-	10	26	92.7%	1,539	1,660
Camberwell	6th	6	-0-	11	24	84.8%	1,595	1,880

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SUN	21/08/1988	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Werribee	Shepley Oval	115	-	34
SUN	21/08/1988	2:10 PM	Geelong West v Sunshine	West Oval	72	-	71
SUN	21/08/1988	2:10 PM	Oakleigh v Camberwell	Warrawee Park	52	-	41

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Oakleigh	1st	14	-0-	4	56	123.0%	1,855	1,508
Werribee	2nd	10	-0-	8	40	108.1%	1,763	1,631
Dandenong	3rd	8	-1-	9	34	104.4%	1,678	1,608
Sunshine	4th	8	-0-	10	32	92.5%	1,652	1,785
Geelong West	5th	7	-1-	10	30	93.1%	1,611	1,731
Camberwell	6th	6	-0-	12	24	84.7%	1,636	1,932

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Oakleigh	1st	14	-0-	4	56	123.0%	1,855	1,508	266	259	222	176
Werribee	2nd	10	-0-	8	40	108.1%	1,763	1,631	258	215	233	233
Dandenong	3rd	8	-1-	9	34	104.4%	1,678	1,608	246	202	232	216
Sunshine	4th	8	-0-	10	32	92.5%	1,652	1,785	239	218	261	219
Geelong West	5th	7	-1-	10	30	93.1%	1,611	1,731	231	225	249	237
Camberwell	6th	6	-0-	12	24	84.7%	1,636	1,932	237	214	280	252

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SUN	28/08/1988	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Sunshine	Shepley Oval	79	-	100
SUN	04/09/1988	2:10 PM	Oakleigh v Werribee	Warrawee Park	102	-	49

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Oakleigh	1st
Werribee	2nd
Sunshine	3rd
Dandenong	4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SUN	11/09/1988	2:10 PM	Werribee v Sunshine	Chirnside Park	94	-	98

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Oakleigh	1st
Sunshine	2nd
Werribee	3rd
Dandenong	4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SUN	18/09/1988	11:10 AM	Oakleigh v Sunshine	Windy Hill	149	-	99

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Oakleigh	1st
Sunshine	2nd
Werribee	3rd
Dandenong	4th

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