1988 VFLR Season: North Melbourne Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the North Melbourne Reserves for the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves). The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (seven as hosts and four as visitors). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating the Hawthorn Reserves in the qualifying final, being defeated by the Footscray Reserves in the second semi final and defeating the Essendon Reserves in the preliminary final, the North Melbourne Reserves were defeated by the Footscray Reserves in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.
Team Details
Competition:
1988 VFLR Season
Team:
North Melbourne Reserves
Club:
North Melbourne
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
2nd (W-D-L: 17-0-5, P%: 128.8)
Finals Performance:
Runners-Up
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwyer, Laurie | 26 | 19 | -0- | 7 | R01-22, QF, SF, PF, GF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/04/1988 | Round 1 | Essendon (R) | AWAY | LOSS | ESSR by 4 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 09/04/1988 | Round 2 | Geelong (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 105 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 16/04/1988 | Round 3 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 43 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 23/04/1988 | Round 4 | Footscray (R) | AWAY | LOSS | FOOR by 60 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 30/04/1988 | Round 5 | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 88 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 06/05/1988 | Round 6 | Fitzroy (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 63 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 15/05/1988 | Round 7 | Richmond (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 13 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 21/05/1988 | Round 8 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 77 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 28/05/1988 | Round 9 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 26 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 04/06/1988 | Round 10 | Fitzroy (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 21 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 10/06/1988 | Round 11 | Sydney (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 81 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 18/06/1988 | Round 12 | Melbourne (R) | AWAY | LOSS | MLBR by 42 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 25/06/1988 | Round 13 | Richmond (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 22 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 02/07/1988 | Round 14 | Fitzroy (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 24 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 10/07/1988 | Round 15 | Essendon (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 12 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 16/07/1988 | Round 16 | Footscray (R) | HOME | LOSS | FOOR by 41 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 23/07/1988 | Round 17 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 20 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 30/07/1988 | Round 18 | Richmond (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 81 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 06/08/1988 | Round 19 | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | LOSS | HWTR by 54 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 13/08/1988 | Round 20 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 11 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 19/08/1988 | Round 21 | Sydney (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 80 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 27/08/1988 | Round 22 | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | WIN | NMLR by 9 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 03/09/1988 | Qualifying Final | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 135 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 11/09/1988 | Semi Final | Footscray (R) | AWAY | LOSS | FOOR by 27 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 17/09/1988 | Preliminary Final | Essendon (R) | HOME | WIN | NMLR by 25 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |
| 24/09/1988 | Grand Final | Footscray (R) | AWAY | LOSS | FOOR by 20 | Laurie Dwyer | unknown |