1988 VFLR Season: Essendon Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the Essendon Reserves for the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used Windy Hill as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in fifth place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating the Carlton Reserves in the elimination final and defeating the Hawthorn Reserves in the first semi final, the Essendon Reserves were defeated by the North Melbourne Reserves in the preliminary final, resulting in finishing in third place overall (adjusted for finals).
Team Details
Competition:
1988 VFLR Season
Team:
Essendon Reserves
Club:
Essendon
Home Ground:
Windy Hill
Team Results
Ladder Position:
5th (W-D-L: 12-1-9, P%: 112.8)
Finals Performance:
Defeated by North Melbourne (R) (Preliminary Final)
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw, Robert | 25 | 14 | -1- | 10 | R01-22, EF, SF, PF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/04/1988 | Round 1 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 4 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 09/04/1988 | Round 2 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | LOSS | COLR by 41 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 16/04/1988 | Round 3 | Carlton (R) | HOME | LOSS | CARR by 54 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 23/04/1988 | Round 4 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | LOSS | STKR by 34 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 30/04/1988 | Round 5 | Geelong (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 9 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 07/05/1988 | Round 6 | Melbourne (R) | AWAY | DRAW | drawn | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 14/05/1988 | Round 7 | Footscray (R) | HOME | LOSS | FOOR by 36 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 21/05/1988 | Round 8 | Richmond (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 101 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 28/05/1988 | Round 9 | Carlton (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 74 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 03/06/1988 | Round 10 | Sydney (R) | AWAY | LOSS | SYDR by 6 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 13/06/1988 | Round 11 | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | LOSS | HWTR by 66 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 18/06/1988 | Round 12 | Fitzroy (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 19 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 25/06/1988 | Round 13 | Footscray (R) | HOME | LOSS | FOOR by 52 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 02/07/1988 | Round 14 | St Kilda (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 52 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 10/07/1988 | Round 15 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | LOSS | NMLR by 12 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 16/07/1988 | Round 16 | Fitzroy (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 70 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 23/07/1988 | Round 17 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 27 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 30/07/1988 | Round 18 | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 48 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 06/08/1988 | Round 19 | Geelong (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 33 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 13/08/1988 | Round 20 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | LOSS | COLR by 46 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 20/08/1988 | Round 21 | Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 120 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 27/08/1988 | Round 22 | St Kilda (R) | HOME | WIN | ESSR by 55 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 04/09/1988 | Elimination Final | Carlton (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 56 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 10/09/1988 | Semi Final | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | WIN | ESSR by 2 | Robert Shaw | unknown |
| 17/09/1988 | Preliminary Final | North Melbourne (R) | AWAY | LOSS | NMLR by 25 | Robert Shaw | unknown |