1988 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds. Hawthorn were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Hawthorn were the premiers, with Michael Tuck as the premiership captain and Alan Joyce as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1988 VFL Season
Teams: 14
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 160

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Brisbane Bears Carrara Stadium Peter Knights
Carlton Princes Park Robert Walls
Collingwood Victoria Park Leigh Matthews
Essendon Windy Hill Kevin Sheedy
Fitzroy Princes Park David Parkin
Footscray Western Oval Mick Malthouse
Geelong Kardinia Park John Devine
Hawthorn Princes Park Alan Joyce
Melbourne MCG John Northey
North Melbourne MCG John Kennedy
Richmond MCG Kevin Bartlett
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Darrel Baldock
Sydney SCG Tom Hafey
West Coast Subiaco Oval John Todd

Season Results

Premiers: Hawthorn
Runners-Up: Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Hawthorn

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Hawthorn 1st 19 -0- 3 76 142.3% 2,791 1,962 411 325 279 288
Collingwood 2nd 15 -1- 6 62 112.7% 1,948 1,728 279 274 242 276
Carlton 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 119.4% 2,342 1,961 336 326 277 299
West Coast 4th 13 -0- 9 52 111.9% 2,199 1,966 315 309 276 310
Melbourne 5th 13 -0- 9 52 102.1% 2,003 1,961 286 287 284 257
Essendon 6th 12 -0- 10 48 108.4% 2,186 2,017 319 272 292 265
Sydney 7th 12 -0- 10 48 99.7% 2,169 2,176 301 363 314 292
Footscray 8th 11 -0- 11 44 104.3% 1,880 1,803 269 266 256 267
Geelong 9th 10 -0- 12 40 104.9% 2,356 2,246 344 292 326 290
Richmond 10th 8 -0- 14 32 85.1% 2,161 2,540 310 301 367 338
North Melbourne 11th 7 -1- 14 30 89.5% 2,361 2,638 343 303 387 316
Fitzroy 12th 7 -0- 15 28 83.8% 2,128 2,538 303 310 370 318
Brisbane Bears 13th 7 -0- 15 28 74.6% 1,806 2,421 254 282 342 369
St Kilda 14th 4 -0- 18 16 82.1% 1,708 2,081 240 268 298 293

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Hawthorn 1st Premiers
Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Carlton 3rd Defeated by Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Collingwood 4th Defeated by Melbourne (Semi Final)
West Coast 5th Defeated by Melbourne (Elimination Final)
Essendon 6th Did not qualify for finals
Sydney 7th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 8th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 9th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 10th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 11th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 12th Did not qualify for finals
Brisbane Bears 13th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 14th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/04/1988 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 126 - 111 27,266
SAT 02/04/1988 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 164 - 82 18,410
SAT 02/04/1988 2:10 PM Geelong v West Coast Kardinia Park 83 - 104 20,781
SUN 03/04/1988 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Collingwood Carrara Stadium 75 - 83 11,306
MON 04/04/1988 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Princes Park 140 - 118 17,609
MON 04/04/1988 2:10 PM Footscray v Sydney VFL Park 102 - 76 18,980
MON 04/04/1988 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 108 - 154 34,824

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 1 -0- 0 4 200.0% 164 82
Melbourne 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 142.6% 154 108
Footscray 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 134.2% 102 76
West Coast 4th 1 -0- 0 4 125.3% 104 83
Fitzroy 5th 1 -0- 0 4 118.6% 140 118
Carlton 6th 1 -0- 0 4 113.5% 126 111
Collingwood 7th 1 -0- 0 4 110.7% 83 75
Brisbane Bears 8th 0 -0- 1 0 90.4% 75 83
Hawthorn 9th 0 -0- 1 0 88.1% 111 126
St Kilda 10th 0 -0- 1 0 84.3% 118 140
Geelong 11th 0 -0- 1 0 79.8% 83 104
Sydney 12th 0 -0- 1 0 74.5% 76 102
Richmond 13th 0 -0- 1 0 70.1% 108 154
North Melbourne 14th 0 -0- 1 0 50.0% 82 164

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 08/04/1988 7:40 PM West Coast v Essendon WACA 175 - 76 24,886
SAT 09/04/1988 2:10 PM Carlton v Brisbane Bears Princes Park 129 - 61 15,805
SAT 09/04/1988 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 102 - 70 24,314
SAT 09/04/1988 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 66 - 86 15,693
SAT 09/04/1988 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond VFL Park 171 - 86 18,082
SAT 09/04/1988 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong MCG 127 - 142 15,233
SUN 10/04/1988 2:10 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 66 - 55 9,089

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Coast 1st 2 -0- 0 8 175.5% 279 159
Carlton 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 148.3% 255 172
Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 137.9% 240 174
Collingwood 4th 2 -0- 0 8 127.6% 185 145
Hawthorn 5th 1 -0- 1 4 133.0% 282 212
Footscray 6th 1 -0- 1 4 103.7% 168 162
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 1 4 97.4% 225 231
Fitzroy 8th 1 -0- 1 4 95.5% 210 220
Essendon 9th 1 -0- 1 4 93.4% 240 257
Sydney 10th 1 -0- 1 4 90.4% 142 157
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 2 0 84.0% 173 206
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 68.3% 209 306
Brisbane Bears 13th 0 -0- 2 0 64.2% 136 212
Richmond 14th 0 -0- 2 0 59.7% 194 325

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1988 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 79 - 151 21,472
SAT 16/04/1988 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 108 - 57 12,783
SAT 16/04/1988 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Sydney Princes Park 114 - 93 9,802
SAT 16/04/1988 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 72 - 64 30,873
SAT 16/04/1988 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood VFL Park 80 - 150 34,444
SAT 16/04/1988 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 108 - 82 16,573
SUN 17/04/1988 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v West Coast WACA 74 - 192 16,354

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Coast 1st 3 -0- 0 12 202.1% 471 233
Carlton 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 161.8% 406 251
Collingwood 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 148.9% 335 225
Melbourne 4th 3 -0- 0 12 131.1% 312 238
Hawthorn 5th 2 -0- 1 8 129.8% 396 305
Footscray 6th 2 -0- 1 8 126.0% 276 219
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 2 4 97.6% 281 288
Geelong 8th 1 -0- 2 4 95.4% 289 303
Sydney 9th 1 -0- 2 4 86.7% 235 271
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 2 4 81.4% 267 328
Essendon 11th 1 -0- 2 4 78.2% 319 408
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 3 0 70.3% 291 414
Richmond 13th 0 -0- 3 0 57.7% 274 475
Brisbane Bears 14th 0 -0- 3 0 52.0% 210 404

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 22/04/1988 7:40 PM Melbourne v Brisbane Bears MCG 96 - 41 18,908
SAT 23/04/1988 2:10 PM Collingwood v West Coast Victoria Park 94 - 55 26,276
SAT 23/04/1988 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 120 - 106 13,205
SAT 23/04/1988 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray VFL Park 125 - 87 14,948
SUN 24/04/1988 2:10 PM Sydney v Carlton SCG 80 - 166 16,091
MON 25/04/1988 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 82 - 161 27,417
MON 25/04/1988 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 69 - 91 31,679

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 4 -0- 0 16 172.8% 572 331
Collingwood 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 153.2% 429 280
Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 0 16 146.2% 408 279
West Coast 4th 3 -0- 1 12 160.9% 526 327
Hawthorn 5th 3 -0- 1 12 125.5% 516 411
Geelong 6th 2 -0- 2 8 116.9% 450 385
Footscray 7th 2 -0- 2 8 105.5% 363 344
Essendon 8th 2 -0- 2 8 86.0% 410 477
St Kilda 9th 1 -0- 3 4 92.3% 350 379
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 3 4 83.3% 373 448
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 3 4 83.0% 416 501
Sydney 12th 1 -0- 3 4 72.1% 315 437
Richmond 13th 0 -0- 4 0 56.0% 356 636
Brisbane Bears 14th 0 -0- 4 0 50.2% 251 500

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 29/04/1988 7:40 PM West Coast v Footscray WACA 100 - 93 17,662
SAT 30/04/1988 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood VFL Park 69 - 97 76,354
SAT 30/04/1988 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Princes Park 91 - 153 8,808
SAT 30/04/1988 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 116 - 92 23,840
SAT 30/04/1988 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 128 - 205 15,438
SAT 30/04/1988 2:10 PM St Kilda v Brisbane Bears Moorabbin Oval 84 - 93 15,260
SUN 01/05/1988 2:10 PM Sydney v Melbourne SCG 89 - 116 9,269

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 5 -0- 0 20 150.7% 526 349
Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 142.4% 524 368
Carlton 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 149.8% 641 428
West Coast 4th 4 -0- 1 16 149.0% 626 420
Hawthorn 5th 4 -0- 1 16 133.8% 721 539
Geelong 6th 3 -0- 2 12 118.7% 566 477
Footscray 7th 2 -0- 3 8 102.7% 456 444
Essendon 8th 2 -0- 3 8 84.7% 502 593
St Kilda 9th 1 -0- 4 4 91.9% 434 472
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 4 4 77.2% 464 601
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 4 4 77.1% 544 706
Sydney 12th 1 -0- 4 4 73.1% 404 553
Richmond 13th 1 -0- 4 4 70.0% 509 727
Brisbane Bears 14th 1 -0- 4 4 58.9% 344 584

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 06/05/1988 7:40 PM North Melbourne v West Coast MCG 123 - 110 10,133
SAT 07/05/1988 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 72 - 32 15,617
SAT 07/05/1988 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn VFL Park 91 - 93 53,184
SAT 07/05/1988 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 91 - 46 12,374
SAT 07/05/1988 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 68 - 101 34,697
SUN 08/05/1988 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Fitzroy Carrara Stadium 113 - 111 9,981
SUN 08/05/1988 2:10 PM Geelong v Sydney Kardinia Park 111 - 114 19,132

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 5 -0- 1 20 155.0% 713 460
Collingwood 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 139.6% 617 442
Hawthorn 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 129.2% 814 630
Melbourne 4th 5 -0- 1 20 126.2% 592 469
West Coast 5th 4 -0- 2 16 135.5% 736 543
Geelong 6th 3 -0- 3 12 114.6% 677 591
Footscray 7th 3 -0- 3 12 111.6% 547 490
Essendon 8th 3 -0- 3 12 91.2% 603 661
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 81.7% 667 816
Sydney 10th 2 -0- 4 8 78.0% 518 664
Brisbane Bears 11th 2 -0- 4 8 65.8% 457 695
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 5 4 85.7% 466 544
Fitzroy 13th 1 -0- 5 4 80.5% 575 714
Richmond 14th 1 -0- 5 4 67.8% 555 818

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 13/05/1988 7:40 PM West Coast v St Kilda WACA 112 - 36 12,803
SAT 14/05/1988 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 119 - 75 24,224
SAT 14/05/1988 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Sydney Princes Park 106 - 67 8,394
SAT 14/05/1988 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton VFL Park 104 - 93 26,372
SAT 14/05/1988 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 111 - 90 34,773
SUN 15/05/1988 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Footscray Carrara Stadium 72 - 71 10,898
SUN 15/05/1988 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 73 - 150 12,880

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 1 24 125.8% 703 559
West Coast 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 146.5% 848 579
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 142.9% 806 564
Collingwood 4th 5 -0- 2 20 123.4% 692 561
Hawthorn 5th 5 -0- 2 20 122.0% 904 741
Geelong 6th 4 -0- 3 16 114.2% 781 684
Essendon 7th 4 -0- 3 16 98.1% 722 736
Footscray 8th 3 -0- 4 12 110.0% 618 562
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 4 12 91.9% 817 889
Brisbane Bears 10th 3 -0- 4 12 69.1% 529 766
Fitzroy 11th 2 -0- 5 8 87.2% 681 781
Sydney 12th 2 -0- 5 8 76.0% 585 770
St Kilda 13th 1 -0- 6 4 76.5% 502 656
Richmond 14th 1 -0- 6 4 64.9% 628 968

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 20/05/1988 7:40 PM Sydney v Brisbane Bears SCG 87 - 115 13,322
SAT 21/05/1988 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne VFL Park 134 - 121 22,978
SAT 21/05/1988 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 88 - 82 22,731
SAT 21/05/1988 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 137 - 89 14,568
SAT 21/05/1988 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Princes Park 89 - 115 12,747
SUN 22/05/1988 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 108 - 114 20,366
SUN 22/05/1988 2:10 PM West Coast v Hawthorn Subiaco Oval 63 - 116 27,344

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 1 28 126.2% 818 648
Carlton 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 137.2% 940 685
Hawthorn 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 126.9% 1,020 804
Collingwood 4th 6 -0- 2 24 121.3% 780 643
West Coast 5th 5 -0- 3 20 131.1% 911 695
Essendon 6th 5 -0- 3 20 104.1% 859 825
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 4 16 111.4% 889 798
Brisbane Bears 8th 4 -0- 4 16 75.5% 644 853
Footscray 9th 3 -0- 5 12 107.7% 700 650
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 5 12 91.7% 938 1,023
Fitzroy 11th 2 -0- 6 8 85.9% 770 896
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 6 8 80.6% 616 764
Sydney 13th 2 -0- 6 8 75.9% 672 885
Richmond 14th 1 -0- 7 4 64.9% 717 1,105

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 27/05/1988 7:40 PM Essendon v Brisbane Bears MCG 194 - 54 26,653
SAT 28/05/1988 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 133 - 100 13,968
SAT 28/05/1988 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Princes Park 154 - 65 12,786
SAT 28/05/1988 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood VFL Park 35 - 83 28,849
SAT 28/05/1988 2:10 PM Richmond v Sydney MCG 73 - 136 11,468
SAT 28/05/1988 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 106 - 78 21,333
SUN 29/05/1988 2:10 PM West Coast v Carlton Subiaco Oval 87 - 100 27,663

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 7 -0- 2 28 135.1% 1,174 869
Carlton 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 134.7% 1,040 772
Collingwood 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 127.3% 863 678
Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 2 28 118.8% 896 754
Essendon 5th 6 -0- 3 24 119.8% 1,053 879
West Coast 6th 5 -0- 4 20 125.5% 998 795
Geelong 7th 5 -0- 4 20 113.8% 1,022 898
Brisbane Bears 8th 4 -0- 5 16 66.7% 698 1,047
Footscray 9th 3 -0- 6 12 95.1% 765 804
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 6 12 88.0% 973 1,106
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 6 12 85.7% 722 842
Sydney 12th 3 -0- 6 12 84.3% 808 958
Fitzroy 13th 2 -0- 7 8 84.5% 870 1,029
Richmond 14th 1 -0- 8 4 63.7% 790 1,241

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 03/06/1988 7:40 PM Sydney v Essendon SCG 77 - 55 14,753
SAT 04/06/1988 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne VFL Park 71 - 84 61,163
SAT 04/06/1988 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Princes Park 157 - 124 8,280
SAT 04/06/1988 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 75 - 96 17,515
SAT 04/06/1988 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn MCG 121 - 137 25,693
SUN 05/06/1988 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Geelong Carrara Stadium 109 - 162 8,736
SUN 05/06/1988 2:10 PM Richmond v West Coast MCG 116 - 75 7,157

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 8 -0- 2 32 134.1% 1,136 847
Hawthorn 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 132.4% 1,311 990
Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 118.8% 980 825
Collingwood 4th 7 -0- 3 28 122.6% 934 762
Geelong 5th 6 -0- 4 24 117.6% 1,184 1,007
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 4 24 115.9% 1,108 956
West Coast 7th 5 -0- 5 20 117.8% 1,073 911
Sydney 8th 4 -0- 6 16 87.4% 885 1,013
Brisbane Bears 9th 4 -0- 6 16 66.7% 807 1,209
Footscray 10th 3 -0- 7 12 93.3% 840 900
Fitzroy 11th 3 -0- 7 12 89.1% 1,027 1,153
North Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 7 12 86.9% 1,097 1,263
St Kilda 13th 3 -0- 7 12 86.1% 843 979
Richmond 14th 2 -0- 8 8 68.8% 906 1,316

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 10/06/1988 7:40 PM Sydney v North Melbourne SCG 132 - 125 11,729
SAT 11/06/1988 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 144 - 101 21,501
SAT 11/06/1988 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray VFL Park 51 - 78 24,149
SUN 12/06/1988 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Richmond Carrara Stadium 151 - 103 13,322
MON 13/06/1988 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 64 - 103 35,322
MON 13/06/1988 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Princes Park 118 - 68 27,642
MON 13/06/1988 2:10 PM Melbourne v West Coast MCG 93 - 73 28,045

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 9 -0- 2 36 135.1% 1,429 1,058
Carlton 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 135.0% 1,280 948
Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 2 36 119.5% 1,073 898
Collingwood 4th 8 -0- 3 32 125.5% 1,037 826
Geelong 5th 6 -0- 5 24 112.4% 1,248 1,110
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 5 24 109.5% 1,176 1,074
West Coast 7th 5 -0- 6 20 114.1% 1,146 1,004
Sydney 8th 5 -0- 6 20 89.4% 1,017 1,138
Brisbane Bears 9th 5 -0- 6 20 73.0% 958 1,312
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 7 16 96.5% 918 951
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 8 12 87.6% 1,222 1,395
Fitzroy 12th 3 -0- 8 12 87.0% 1,128 1,297
St Kilda 13th 3 -0- 8 12 84.6% 894 1,057
Richmond 14th 2 -0- 9 8 68.8% 1,009 1,467

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 17/06/1988 7:40 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 110 - 93 19,458
SAT 18/06/1988 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon VFL Park 51 - 33 18,854
SAT 18/06/1988 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 56 - 30 13,720
SAT 18/06/1988 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Brisbane Bears Princes Park 80 - 17 8,176
SAT 18/06/1988 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne MCG 74 - 61 18,078
SAT 18/06/1988 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 30 - 51 23,880
SUN 19/06/1988 2:10 PM Sydney v West Coast SCG 104 - 61 12,664

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 10 -0- 2 40 140.4% 1,509 1,075
Carlton 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 129.8% 1,373 1,058
Collingwood 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 127.1% 1,088 856
Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 3 36 116.7% 1,134 972
Geelong 5th 6 -0- 6 24 109.6% 1,278 1,166
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 6 24 107.5% 1,209 1,125
Sydney 7th 6 -0- 6 24 93.5% 1,121 1,199
West Coast 8th 5 -0- 7 20 108.9% 1,207 1,108
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 7 20 99.3% 974 981
Brisbane Bears 10th 5 -0- 7 20 70.0% 975 1,392
North Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 8 16 89.0% 1,296 1,456
Fitzroy 12th 4 -0- 8 16 88.6% 1,179 1,330
St Kilda 13th 3 -0- 9 12 83.4% 924 1,108
Richmond 14th 3 -0- 9 12 71.7% 1,119 1,560

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1988 2:10 PM Collingwood v Sydney Victoria Park 68 - 23 23,031
SAT 25/06/1988 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 75 - 99 15,861
SAT 25/06/1988 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Princes Park 112 - 87 13,867
SAT 25/06/1988 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton VFL Park 66 - 43 37,953
SAT 25/06/1988 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Brisbane Bears MCG 151 - 85 7,764
SAT 25/06/1988 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Moorabbin Oval 66 - 41 17,770
SUN 26/06/1988 2:10 PM West Coast v Fitzroy Subiaco Oval 121 - 87 15,028

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 11 -0- 2 44 139.5% 1,621 1,162
Collingwood 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 131.5% 1,156 879
Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 118.2% 1,200 1,015
Carlton 4th 9 -0- 4 36 126.0% 1,416 1,124
West Coast 5th 6 -0- 7 24 111.1% 1,328 1,195
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 7 24 106.8% 1,365 1,278
Essendon 7th 6 -0- 7 24 104.9% 1,284 1,224
Footscray 8th 6 -0- 7 24 101.6% 1,073 1,056
Sydney 9th 6 -0- 7 24 90.3% 1,144 1,267
North Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 8 20 93.9% 1,447 1,541
Brisbane Bears 11th 5 -0- 8 20 68.7% 1,060 1,543
Fitzroy 12th 4 -0- 9 16 87.3% 1,266 1,451
St Kilda 13th 4 -0- 9 16 86.2% 990 1,149
Richmond 14th 3 -0- 10 12 71.3% 1,160 1,626

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 01/07/1988 7:40 PM Sydney v Richmond SCG 96 - 131 8,008
SAT 02/07/1988 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood MCG 87 - 110 72,906
SAT 02/07/1988 2:10 PM Essendon v West Coast Windy Hill 112 - 85 10,298
SAT 02/07/1988 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne VFL Park 71 - 110 10,310
SAT 02/07/1988 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 77 - 105 14,338
SAT 02/07/1988 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 56 - 89 17,227
SUN 03/07/1988 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v St Kilda Carrara Stadium 99 - 89 10,394

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 12 -0- 2 48 139.3% 1,726 1,239
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 131.1% 1,266 966
Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 120.4% 1,289 1,071
Carlton 4th 9 -0- 5 36 121.8% 1,503 1,234
Essendon 5th 7 -0- 7 28 106.6% 1,396 1,309
West Coast 6th 6 -0- 8 24 108.1% 1,413 1,307
Geelong 7th 6 -0- 8 24 104.0% 1,421 1,367
Footscray 8th 6 -0- 8 24 99.1% 1,150 1,161
North Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 8 24 96.6% 1,557 1,612
Sydney 10th 6 -0- 8 24 88.7% 1,240 1,398
Brisbane Bears 11th 6 -0- 8 24 71.0% 1,159 1,632
St Kilda 12th 4 -0- 10 16 86.5% 1,079 1,248
Fitzroy 13th 4 -0- 10 16 85.7% 1,337 1,561
Richmond 14th 4 -0- 10 16 75.0% 1,291 1,722

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1988 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Princes Park 142 - 52 13,841
SAT 09/07/1988 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond VFL Park 80 - 55 14,721
SAT 09/07/1988 2:10 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 57 - 130 20,269
SAT 09/07/1988 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 65 - 69 15,416
SUN 10/07/1988 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Hawthorn Carrara Stadium 91 - 115 14,213
SUN 10/07/1988 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon MCG 94 - 140 26,755
SUN 10/07/1988 2:10 PM West Coast v Geelong Subiaco Oval 126 - 106 18,537

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -0- 2 52 138.4% 1,841 1,330
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 119.0% 1,318 1,108
Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 112.1% 1,346 1,201
Carlton 4th 10 -0- 5 40 121.0% 1,572 1,299
Essendon 5th 8 -0- 7 32 109.5% 1,536 1,403
West Coast 6th 7 -0- 8 28 108.9% 1,539 1,413
Footscray 7th 7 -0- 8 28 101.2% 1,230 1,216
Sydney 8th 7 -0- 8 28 94.2% 1,370 1,455
Geelong 9th 6 -0- 9 24 102.3% 1,527 1,493
North Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 9 24 94.2% 1,651 1,752
Brisbane Bears 11th 6 -0- 9 24 71.6% 1,250 1,747
Fitzroy 12th 5 -0- 10 20 91.7% 1,479 1,613
St Kilda 13th 4 -0- 11 16 86.9% 1,144 1,317
Richmond 14th 4 -0- 11 16 74.7% 1,346 1,802

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 15/07/1988 7:40 PM West Coast v Brisbane Bears WACA 98 - 89 16,074
SAT 16/07/1988 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 141 - 98 17,463
SAT 16/07/1988 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 110 - 66 14,477
SAT 16/07/1988 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 94 - 48 74,964
SAT 16/07/1988 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda VFL Park 115 - 98 20,199
SUN 17/07/1988 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray MCG 86 - 113 16,872
SUN 17/07/1988 2:10 PM Sydney v Hawthorn SCG 163 - 112 14,591

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -0- 3 52 130.8% 1,953 1,493
Melbourne 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 115.3% 1,440 1,249
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 122.6% 1,713 1,397
Collingwood 4th 11 -0- 5 44 113.6% 1,366 1,202
Essendon 5th 9 -0- 7 36 112.0% 1,646 1,469
West Coast 6th 8 -0- 8 32 109.0% 1,637 1,502
Footscray 7th 8 -0- 8 32 103.1% 1,343 1,302
Sydney 8th 8 -0- 8 32 97.8% 1,533 1,567
Geelong 9th 6 -0- 10 24 99.4% 1,625 1,634
North Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 10 24 93.1% 1,737 1,865
Brisbane Bears 11th 6 -0- 10 24 72.6% 1,339 1,845
Fitzroy 12th 5 -0- 11 20 89.7% 1,545 1,723
Richmond 13th 5 -0- 11 20 76.9% 1,461 1,900
St Kilda 14th 4 -0- 12 16 86.7% 1,242 1,432

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 22/07/1988 7:40 PM Fitzroy v West Coast MCG 134 - 64 7,611
SAT 23/07/1988 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 100 - 60 17,333
SAT 23/07/1988 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 92 - 92 16,082
SAT 23/07/1988 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 115 - 69 13,505
SAT 23/07/1988 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn VFL Park 68 - 137 37,307
SAT 23/07/1988 2:10 PM St Kilda v Sydney Moorabbin Oval 92 - 99 11,657
SUN 24/07/1988 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Essendon Carrara Stadium 74 - 103 15,950

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 14 -0- 3 56 133.9% 2,090 1,561
Carlton 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 124.4% 1,813 1,457
Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 108.8% 1,508 1,386
Collingwood 4th 11 -1- 5 46 112.7% 1,458 1,294
Essendon 5th 10 -0- 7 40 113.4% 1,749 1,543
Sydney 6th 9 -0- 8 36 98.4% 1,632 1,659
West Coast 7th 8 -0- 9 32 104.0% 1,701 1,636
Footscray 8th 8 -0- 9 32 99.6% 1,412 1,417
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 10 28 102.2% 1,740 1,703
North Melbourne 10th 6 -1- 10 26 93.5% 1,829 1,957
Fitzroy 11th 6 -0- 11 24 94.0% 1,679 1,787
Brisbane Bears 12th 6 -0- 11 24 72.5% 1,413 1,948
Richmond 13th 5 -0- 12 20 76.1% 1,521 2,000
St Kilda 14th 4 -0- 13 16 87.1% 1,334 1,531

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 29/07/1988 7:40 PM Sydney v Geelong SCG 88 - 151 12,228
SAT 30/07/1988 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 114 - 80 16,408
SAT 30/07/1988 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Princes Park 67 - 143 15,430
SAT 30/07/1988 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon VFL Park 88 - 62 35,662
SAT 30/07/1988 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond MCG 109 - 140 11,909
SUN 31/07/1988 2:10 PM Footscray v Brisbane Bears Western Oval 84 - 43 11,694
SUN 31/07/1988 2:10 PM West Coast v Melbourne Subiaco Oval 122 - 78 16,266

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 15 -0- 3 60 134.2% 2,178 1,623
Carlton 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 128.3% 1,956 1,524
Collingwood 3rd 12 -1- 5 50 114.4% 1,572 1,374
Melbourne 4th 12 -0- 6 48 105.2% 1,586 1,508
Essendon 5th 10 -0- 8 40 111.0% 1,811 1,631
West Coast 6th 9 -0- 9 36 106.4% 1,823 1,714
Footscray 7th 9 -0- 9 36 102.5% 1,496 1,460
Sydney 8th 9 -0- 9 36 95.0% 1,720 1,810
Geelong 9th 8 -0- 10 32 105.6% 1,891 1,791
North Melbourne 10th 6 -1- 11 26 92.4% 1,938 2,097
Fitzroy 11th 6 -0- 12 24 90.5% 1,746 1,930
Richmond 12th 6 -0- 12 24 78.8% 1,661 2,109
Brisbane Bears 13th 6 -0- 12 24 71.7% 1,456 2,032
St Kilda 14th 4 -0- 14 16 86.0% 1,414 1,645

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 05/08/1988 7:40 PM Collingwood v Brisbane Bears MCG 122 - 76 20,575
SAT 06/08/1988 2:10 PM Carlton v Sydney VFL Park 79 - 107 18,355
SAT 06/08/1988 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 90 - 157 15,636
SAT 06/08/1988 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 132 - 63 10,477
SAT 06/08/1988 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 178 - 104 12,646
SAT 06/08/1988 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 149 - 131 20,475
SUN 07/08/1988 2:10 PM West Coast v North Melbourne Subiaco Oval 115 - 84 18,193

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 16 -0- 3 64 136.4% 2,356 1,727
Collingwood 2nd 13 -1- 5 54 116.8% 1,694 1,450
Carlton 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 124.8% 2,035 1,631
Melbourne 4th 12 -0- 7 48 103.6% 1,717 1,657
West Coast 5th 10 -0- 9 40 107.8% 1,938 1,798
Footscray 6th 10 -0- 9 40 106.9% 1,628 1,523
Essendon 7th 10 -0- 9 40 106.3% 1,901 1,788
Sydney 8th 10 -0- 9 40 96.7% 1,827 1,889
Geelong 9th 9 -0- 10 36 108.9% 2,048 1,881
Richmond 10th 7 -0- 12 28 80.8% 1,810 2,240
North Melbourne 11th 6 -1- 12 26 91.4% 2,022 2,212
Fitzroy 12th 6 -0- 13 24 87.8% 1,850 2,108
Brisbane Bears 13th 6 -0- 13 24 71.1% 1,532 2,154
St Kilda 14th 4 -0- 15 16 83.1% 1,477 1,777

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 12/08/1988 7:40 PM Richmond v Brisbane Bears MCG 86 - 100 15,026
SAT 13/08/1988 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 141 - 137 16,469
SAT 13/08/1988 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon VFL Park 74 - 73 52,719
SAT 13/08/1988 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 100 - 110 27,026
SAT 13/08/1988 2:10 PM St Kilda v West Coast Moorabbin Oval 88 - 97 11,074
SUN 14/08/1988 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 68 - 128 23,821
SUN 14/08/1988 2:10 PM Sydney v Fitzroy SCG 160 - 97 13,811

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 17 -0- 3 68 138.4% 2,484 1,795
Collingwood 2nd 14 -1- 5 58 116.1% 1,768 1,523
Carlton 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 123.1% 2,176 1,768
Melbourne 4th 12 -0- 8 48 102.8% 1,817 1,767
West Coast 5th 11 -0- 9 44 107.9% 2,035 1,886
Footscray 6th 11 -0- 9 44 107.1% 1,738 1,623
Sydney 7th 11 -0- 9 44 100.1% 1,987 1,986
Essendon 8th 10 -0- 10 40 106.0% 1,974 1,862
Geelong 9th 9 -0- 11 36 105.3% 2,116 2,009
Richmond 10th 7 -0- 13 28 81.0% 1,896 2,340
Brisbane Bears 11th 7 -0- 13 28 72.9% 1,632 2,240
North Melbourne 12th 6 -1- 13 26 91.8% 2,159 2,353
Fitzroy 13th 6 -0- 14 24 85.8% 1,947 2,268
St Kilda 14th 4 -0- 16 16 83.5% 1,565 1,874

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 19/08/1988 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Sydney MCG 113 - 101 14,772
SAT 20/08/1988 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 128 - 90 19,163
SAT 20/08/1988 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Princes Park 127 - 113 12,841
SAT 20/08/1988 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 146 - 108 14,359
SAT 20/08/1988 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda VFL Park 123 - 78 19,222
SUN 21/08/1988 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Carlton Carrara Stadium 97 - 100 16,727
SUN 21/08/1988 2:10 PM West Coast v Collingwood Subiaco Oval 111 - 51 36,638

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 18 -0- 3 72 139.2% 2,607 1,873
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 6 60 122.0% 2,276 1,865
Collingwood 3rd 14 -1- 6 58 111.3% 1,819 1,634
West Coast 4th 12 -0- 9 48 110.8% 2,146 1,937
Melbourne 5th 12 -0- 9 48 100.6% 1,907 1,895
Essendon 6th 11 -0- 10 44 107.7% 2,102 1,952
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 10 44 105.8% 1,851 1,750
Sydney 8th 11 -0- 10 44 99.5% 2,088 2,099
Geelong 9th 10 -0- 11 40 106.8% 2,262 2,117
North Melbourne 10th 7 -1- 13 30 92.6% 2,272 2,454
Fitzroy 11th 7 -0- 14 28 87.1% 2,074 2,381
Richmond 12th 7 -0- 14 28 80.6% 2,004 2,486
Brisbane Bears 13th 7 -0- 14 28 73.9% 1,729 2,340
St Kilda 14th 4 -0- 17 16 82.3% 1,643 1,997

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 26/08/1988 7:40 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 157 - 54 19,496
SAT 27/08/1988 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 129 - 94 19,771
SAT 27/08/1988 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda VFL Park 84 - 65 26,134
SAT 27/08/1988 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Princes Park 184 - 89 11,903
SAT 27/08/1988 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 96 - 66 50,178
SUN 28/08/1988 2:10 PM Brisbane Bears v Sydney Carrara Stadium 77 - 81 12,718
SUN 28/08/1988 2:10 PM Footscray v West Coast Western Oval 29 - 53 18,456

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 19 -0- 3 76 142.3% 2,791 1,962
Collingwood 2nd 15 -1- 6 62 112.7% 1,948 1,728
Carlton 3rd 15 -0- 7 60 119.4% 2,342 1,961
West Coast 4th 13 -0- 9 52 111.9% 2,199 1,966
Melbourne 5th 13 -0- 9 52 102.1% 2,003 1,961
Essendon 6th 12 -0- 10 48 108.4% 2,186 2,017
Sydney 7th 12 -0- 10 48 99.7% 2,169 2,176
Footscray 8th 11 -0- 11 44 104.3% 1,880 1,803
Geelong 9th 10 -0- 12 40 104.9% 2,356 2,246
Richmond 10th 8 -0- 14 32 85.1% 2,161 2,540
North Melbourne 11th 7 -1- 14 30 89.5% 2,361 2,638
Fitzroy 12th 7 -0- 15 28 83.8% 2,128 2,538
Brisbane Bears 13th 7 -0- 15 28 74.6% 1,806 2,421
St Kilda 14th 4 -0- 18 16 82.1% 1,708 2,081

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1988 2:30 PM West Coast v Melbourne VFL Park 71 - 73 43,438

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 04/09/1988 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton MCG 107 - 145 83,032

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1988 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Carlton VFL Park 66 - 45 60,052
SUN 11/09/1988 2:30 PM Collingwood v Melbourne MCG 82 - 95 87,407

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1988 2:30 PM Carlton v Melbourne VFL Park 98 - 120 68,516

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/09/1988 2:50 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne MCG 152 - 56 93,754