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1988 VFL season#Round 13

{{Short description|92nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox Australian rules football season

| competition = vfl_premiership

| year = 1988

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| teams = 14

| premiers = {{AFL Haw}}

| count = 7

| minor premiers = {{AFL Haw}}

| mpcount = 6

| pre-season name = pre-season cup

| pre-season cup = {{AFL Haw}}

| pscount = 1

| matches = 160

| attendance = 3528878

| highattend = 93,754 (Grand Final, {{AFL Haw}} vs. {{AFL Mel}})

| top goal scorer = Jason Dunstall ({{AFL Haw}})

| brownlow medal = Gerard Healy ({{AFL Syd}})

| prevseason = 1987

| nextseason = 1989

}}

The 1988 VFL season was the 92nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition and administrative body in Victoria, and by reason of it featuring clubs from New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, the de facto highest level senior competition in Australia. The season featured fourteen clubs, ran from 2 April until 24 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.

The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the seventh time, after it defeated {{AFL Mel}} by 96 points in the 1988 VFL Grand Final.

Night series

Hawthorn 10.10 (70) defeated Geelong 9.13 (67) in the Night Series, which for the first time was played entirely as a pre-season competition, rather than a concurrent competition to the Premiership season.

Home-and-away season

=Round 1=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 11.17 (83)

| {{AFL WC}}

| 14.20 (104)

| Kardinia Park

| 20,981

| 2 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 25.14 (164)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 12.10 (82)

| Windy Hill

| 18,390

| 2 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 18.18 (126)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 15.21 (111)

| Princes Park

| 28,141

| 2 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL BB}}

| 10.15 (75)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.17 (83)

| Carrara Stadium

| 11,306

| 3 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 20.20 (140)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 17.16 (118)

| Princes Park

| 18,774

| 4 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 16.12 (108)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 23.16 (154)

| MCG

| 34,824

| 4 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 16.6 (102)

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 11.10 (76)

| VFL Park

| 18,980

| 4 April 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 2=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL WC}}

| 26.19 (175)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.10 (76)

| WACA Ground

| 24,886

| 8 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 9.12 (66)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.8 (86)

| Western Oval

| 15,693

| 9 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 15.12 (102)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.16 (70)

| Victoria Park

| 26,158

| 9 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 20.7 (127)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 21.16 (142)

| MCG

| 15,233

| 9 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 19.15 (129)

| {{AFL BB}}

| 7.19 (61)

| Princes Park

| 16,891

| 9 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 26.15 (171)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 12.14 (86)

| VFL Park

| 18,082

| 9 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 9.12 (66)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.13 (55)

| SCG

| 9,000

| 10 April 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 3=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 17.12 (114)

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 13.15 (93)

| Princes Park

| 9,921

| 16 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 17.6 (108)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 11.16 (82)

| Moorabbin Oval

| 16,573

| 16 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 9.18 (72)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 9.10 (64)

| MCG

| 30,870

| 16 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 16.12 (108)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 7.15 (57)

| Western Oval

| 12,683

| 16 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.13 (79)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 23.13 (151)

| Windy Hill

| 21,311

| 16 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 12.8 (80)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 23.12 (150)

| VFL Park

| 34,444

| 16 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL BB}}

| 10.14 (74)

| {{AFL WC}}

| 29.18 (192)

| WACA Ground

| 16,354

| 17 April 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 4=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.18 (96)

| {{AFL BB}}

| 5.11 (41)

| MCG

| 18,908

| 22 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.16 (94)

| {{AFL WC}}

| 8.7 (55)

| Victoria Park

| 26,276

| 23 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 17.18 (120)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.16 (106)

| Princes Park

| 13,299

| 23 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 19.11 (125)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 13.9 (87)

| VFL Park

| 14,948

| 23 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 10.20 (80)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 24.22 (166)

| SCG

| 16,091

| 24 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 11.16 (82)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 24.17 (161)

| MCG

| 27,417

| 25 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 10.9 (69)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 14.7 (91)

| Moorabbin Oval

| 31,679

| 25 April 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 5=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL WC}}

| 14.16 (100)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 14.9 (93)

| WACA Ground

| 17,662

| 29 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.19 (91)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 23.15 (153)

| Princes Park

| 8,941

| 30 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 19.14 (128)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 31.19 (205)

| MCG

| 15,438

| 30 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 17.14 (116)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 13.14 (92)

| Kardinia Park

| 23,805

| 30 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 12.12 (84)

| {{AFL BB}}

| 13.15 (93)

| Moorabbin Oval

| 15,260

| 30 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.9 (69)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 14.13 (97)

| VFL Park

| 76,354

| 30 April 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 12.17 (89)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 17.14 (116)

| SCG

| 9,269

| 1 May 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 6=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 17.21 (123)

| {{AFL WC}}

| 17.8 (110)

| MCG

| 11,133

| 6 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 12.19 (91)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 5.16 (46)

| Western Oval

| 12,374

| 7 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.12 (72)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 4.8 (32)

| Princes Park

| 15,812

| 7 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 9.14 (68)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.5 (101)

| MCG

| 34,679

| 7 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.13 (91)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 14.9 (93)

| VFL Park

| 53,184

| 7 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 16.15 (111)

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 17.12 (114)

| Kardinia Park

| 19,106

| 8 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL BB}}

| 17.11 (113)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 16.15 (111)

| Carrara Stadium

| 9,981

| 8 May 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 7=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL WC}}

| 17.10 (112)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 3.18 (36)

| WACA Ground

| 12,803

| 13 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.16 (106)

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 9.13 (67)

| Princes Park

| 8,568

| 14 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 15.21 (111)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 13.12 (90)

| MCG

| 34,773

| 14 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 17.17 (119)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.9 (75)

| Windy Hill

| 24,323

| 14 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 15.14 (104)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 14.9 (93)

| VFL Park

| 26,372

| 14 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL BB}}

| 10.12 (72)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 9.17 (71)

| Carrara Stadium

| 10,898

| 15 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 11.7 (73)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 22.18 (150)

| MCG

| 12,880

| 15 May 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 8=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 11.21 (87)

| {{AFL BB}}

| 17.13 (115)

| SCG

| 13,322

| 20 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.17 (89)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 17.13 (115)

| Princes Park

| 12,997

| 21 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 20.17 (137)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 13.11 (89)

| Windy Hill

| 14,520

| 21 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.10 (88)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 11.16 (82)

| Victoria Park

| 22,683

| 21 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 19.20 (134)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 19.7 (121)

| VFL Park

| 22,978

| 21 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 16.12 (108)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 17.12 (114)

| Kardinia Park

| 20,345

| 22 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL WC}}

| 9.9 (63)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 17.14 (116)

| Subiaco Oval

| 27,024

| 22 May 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 9=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 29.20 (194)

| {{AFL BB}}

| 8.6 (54)

| MCG

| 26,653

| 27 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 10.13 (73)

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 20.16 (136)

| MCG

| 11,468

| 28 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 16.10 (106)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.12 (78)

| Moorabbin Oval

| 21,334

| 28 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 23.16 (154)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 9.11 (65)

| Princes Park

| 12,786

| 28 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 20.13 (133)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.10 (100)

| Kardinia Park

| 13,962

| 28 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 4.11 (35)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.17 (83)

| VFL Park

| 28,849

| 28 May 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL WC}}

| 12.15 (87)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 15.10 (100)

| Subiaco Oval

| 27,184

| 29 May 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 10=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 11.11 (77)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.7 (55)

| SCG

| 14,753

| 3 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 24.13 (157)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 18.16 (124)

| Princes Park

| 8,395

| 4 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 17.19 (121)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 21.11 (137)

| MCG

| 25,693

| 4 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 10.11 (71)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 12.12 (84)

| VFL Park

| 61,163

| 4 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 11.9 (75)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 15.6 (96)

| Western Oval

| 17,515

| 4 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 16.20 (116)

| {{AFL WC}}

| 10.15 (75)

| MCG

| 7,157

| 5 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL BB}}

| 16.13 (109)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 24.18 (162)

| Carrara Stadium

| 8,637

| 5 June 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 11=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 18.24 (132)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 19.11 (125)

| SCG

| 11,729

| 10 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 21.18 (144)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.11 (101)

| Princes Park

| 21,900

| 11 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.9 (51)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 11.12 (78)

| VFL Park

| 24,149

| 11 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL BB}}

| 23.13 (151)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 15.13 (103)

| Carrara Stadium

| 13,222

| 12 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.15 (93)

| {{AFL WC}}

| 10.13 (73)

| MCG

| 28,045

| 13 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 17.16 (118)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 10.8 (68)

| Princes Park

| 28,590

| 13 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 9.10 (64)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.7 (103)

| Kardinia Park

| 34,789

| 13 June 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 12=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 15.20 (110)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 12.21 (93)

| MCG

| 19,458

| 17 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 7.14 (56)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 3.12 (30)

| Western Oval

| 13,720

| 18 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.14 (74)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 7.19 (61)

| MCG

| 18,078

| 18 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 3.12 (30)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 7.9 (51)

| Moorabbin Oval

| 23,880

| 18 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 10.20 (80)

| {{AFL BB}}

| 2.5 (17)

| Princes Park

| 8,377

| 18 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 7.9 (51)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 4.9 (33)

| VFL Park

| 18,854

| 18 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 14.20 (104)

| {{AFL WC}}

| 8.13 (61)

| SCG

| 12,624

| 19 June 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 13=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 10.15 (75)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 15.9 (99)

| Windy Hill

| 15,861

| 25 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 9.14 (68)

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 2.11 (23)

| Victoria Park

| 23,031

| 25 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 8.18 (66)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 5.11 (41)

| Moorabbin Oval

| 17,770

| 25 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 17.10 (112)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 12.15 (87)

| Princes Park

| 14,048

| 25 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 22.19 (151)

| {{AFL BB}}

| 13.7 (85)

| MCG

| 7,764

| 25 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 10.6 (66)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 5.13 (43)

| VFL Park

| 37,953

| 25 June 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL WC}}

| 17.19 (121)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 13.9 (87)

| Subiaco Oval

| 14,827

| 26 June 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 14=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 13.18 (96)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 19.17 (131)

| SCG

| 8,008

| 1 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 8.8 (56)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.11 (89)

| Kardinia Park

| 16,777

| 2 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 11.11 (77)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 15.15 (105)

| Western Oval

| 14,338

| 2 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.16 (112)

| {{AFL WC}}

| 13.7 (85)

| Windy Hill

| 10,274

| 2 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.11 (71)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 15.20 (110)

| VFL Park

| 10,310

| 2 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.21 (87)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.14 (110)

| MCG

| 72,906

| 2 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL BB}}

| 14.15 (99)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 12.17 (89)

| Carrara Stadium

| 10,394

| 3 July 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 15=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 8.9 (57)

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 19.16 (130)

| MCG

| 20,269

| 9 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 21.16 (142)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 7.10 (52)

| Princes Park

| 13,961

| 9 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 9.11 (65)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.9 (69)

| Moorabbin Oval

| 15,416

| 9 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 12.8 (80)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 8.7 (55)

| VFL Park

| 14,721

| 9 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL BB}}

| 12.19 (91)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 17.13 (115)

| Carrara Stadium

| 14,213

| 10 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL WC}}

| 18.18 (126)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 16.10 (106)

| Subiaco Oval

| 18,536

| 10 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 14.10 (94)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 21.14 (140)

| MCG

| 26,755

| 10 July 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 16=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL WC}}

| 14.14 (98)

| {{AFL BB}}

| 12.17 (89)

| WACA Ground

| 15,831

| 15 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.14 (110)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.12 (66)

| Windy Hill

| 14,467

| 16 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 21.15 (141)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 14.14 (98)

| Princes Park

| 17,821

| 16 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 14.10 (94)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 6.12 (48)

| MCG

| 74,964

| 16 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 17.13 (115)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 15.8 (98)

| VFL Park

| 20,199

| 16 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 24.19 (163)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 16.16 (112)

| SCG

| 14,591

| 17 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 12.14 (86)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 16.17 (113)

| MCG

| 16,872

| 17 July 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 17=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 19.20 (134)

| {{AFL WC}}

| 8.16 (64)

| MCG

| 7,611

| 22 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 14.8 (92)

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 13.21 (99)

| Moorabbin Oval

| 11,657

| 23 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 14.8 (92)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 13.14 (92)

| Victoria Park

| 16,082

| 23 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 13.22 (100)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 8.12 (60)

| Princes Park

| 17,503

| 23 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 17.13 (115)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.9 (69)

| Kardinia Park

| 13,492

| 23 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 10.8 (68)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 21.11 (137)

| VFL Park

| 37,307

| 23 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL BB}}

| 10.14 (74)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.7 (103)

| Carrara Stadium

| 15,950

| 24 July 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 18=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 12.16 (88)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 22.19 (151)

| SCG

| 12,228

| 29 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 16.13 (109)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 21.14 (140)

| MCG

| 11,909

| 30 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.18 (114)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 11.14 (80)

| Victoria Park

| 16,408

| 30 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.13 (67)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 22.11 (143)

| Princes Park

| 15,467

| 30 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 12.16 (88)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.8 (62)

| VFL Park

| 35,662

| 30 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL WC}}

| 18.14 (122)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.12 (78)

| Subiaco Oval

| 16,188

| 31 July 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 11.18 (84)

| {{AFL BB}}

| 5.13 (43)

| Western Oval

| 11,694

| 31 July 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 19=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 18.14 (122)

| {{AFL BB}}

| 11.10 (76)

| MCG

| 20,575

| 5 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 19.18 (132)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 9.9 (63)

| Western Oval

| 10,477

| 6 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.18 (90)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 24.13 (157)

| Windy Hill

| 15,641

| 6 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 23.11 (149)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 20.11 (131)

| MCG

| 20,475

| 6 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 27.16 (178)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.14 (104)

| Princes Park

| 12,836

| 6 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.13 (79)

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 15.17 (107)

| VFL Park

| 18,355

| 6 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL WC}}

| 16.19 (115)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 12.12 (84)

| Subiaco Oval

| 18,089

| 7 August 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 20=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 11.20 (86)

| {{AFL BB}}

| 14.16 (100)

| MCG

| 15,026

| 12 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 13.10 (88)

| {{AFL WC}}

| 14.13 (97)

| Moorabbin Oval

| 11,074

| 13 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 20.21 (141)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 20.17 (137)

| Princes Park

| 16,723

| 13 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 14.16 (100)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 17.8 (110)

| MCG

| 27,026

| 13 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 10.14 (74)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 10.13 (73)

| VFL Park

| 52,719

| 13 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.8 (68)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 19.14 (128)

| Kardinia Park

| 22,000

| 14 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 24.16 (160)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 14.13 (97)

| SCG

| 13,811

| 14 August 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 21=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 16.17 (113)

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 14.17 (101)

| MCG

| 14,772

| 19 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 22.14 (146)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 16.12 (108)

| Kardinia Park

| 14,338

| 20 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 19.13 (127)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 17.11 (113)

| Princes Park

| 13,028

| 20 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 19.14 (128)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.12 (90)

| Windy Hill

| 19,863

| 20 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 18.15 (123)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 11.12 (78)

| VFL Park

| 19,222

| 20 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL BB}}

| 14.13 (97)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 13.22 (100)

| Carrara Stadium

| 16,727

| 21 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL WC}}

| 16.15 (111)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 7.9 (51)

| Subiaco Oval

| 36,116

| 21 August 1988

{{S-end}}

=Round 22=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 23.19 (157)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 7.12 (54)

| MCG

| 19,496

| 26 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 28.16 (184)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 13.11 (89)

| Princes Park

| 12,117

| 27 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 19.15 (129)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 14.10 (94)

| Victoria Park

| 19,813

| 27 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 14.12 (96)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.6 (66)

| MCG

| 50,178

| 27 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.12 (84)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 8.17 (65)

| VFL Park

| 26,134

| 27 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL BB}}

| 11.11 (77)

| {{AFL Syd}}

| 10.21 (81)

| Carrara Stadium

| 12,718

| 28 August 1988

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 3.11 (29)

| {{AFL WC}}

| 7.11 (53)

| Western Oval

| 18,456

| 28 August 1988

{{S-end}}

Ladder

class=wikitable

| (P)

Premiers
bgcolor=FFFFBB |Qualified for finals

{{Australian rules football ladder start}}

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Haw}} (P) || 22 || 19 || 3 || 0 || 2791 || 1962 || 142.3 || 76

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} || 22 || 15 || 6 || 1 || 1948 || 1728 || 112.7 || 62

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 3 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 22 || 15 || 7 || 0 || 2342 || 1961 || 119.4 || 60

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 4 || align=left | {{AFL WC}} || 22 || 13 || 9 || 0 || 2199 || 1966 || 111.9 || 52

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 5 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 22 || 13 || 9 || 0 || 2003 || 1961 || 102.1 || 52

|-

| 6 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 22 || 12 || 10 || 0 || 2186 || 2017 || 108.4 || 48

|-

| 7 || align=left | {{AFL Syd}} || 22 || 12 || 10 || 0 || 2169 || 2176 || 99.7 || 48

|-

| 8 || align=left | {{AFL Foo}} || 22 || 11 || 11 || 0 || 1880 || 1803 || 104.3 || 44

|-

| 9 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 22 || 10 || 12 || 0 || 2356 || 2246 || 104.9 || 40

|-

| 10 || align=left | {{AFL Ric}} || 22 || 8 || 14 || 0 || 2161 || 2540 || 85.1 || 32

|-

| 11 || align=left | {{AFL NM}} || 22 || 7 || 14 || 1 || 2361 || 2638 || 89.5 || 30

|-

| 12 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 22 || 7 || 15 || 0 || 2128 || 2538 || 83.8 || 28

|-

| 13 || align=left | {{AFL BB}} || 22 || 7 || 15 || 0 || 1806 || 2421 || 74.6 || 28

|-

| 14 || align=left | {{AFL StK}} || 22 || 4 || 18 || 0 || 1708 || 2081 || 82.1 || 16

|}

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 97.5
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1988.html#lad AFL Tables]

Finals series

=Finals week 1=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Attendance

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL WC}}

| 10.11 (71)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.7 (73)

| Waverley Park

| 43,438

| Saturday, 3 September

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 22.13 (145)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.11 (107)

| MCG

| 83,032

| Sunday, 4 September

{{S-end}}

=Finals week 2=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Attendance

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 9.12 (66)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 6.9 (45)

| Waverley Park

| 60,052

| Saturday, 10 September

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 12.10 (82)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.17 (95)

| MCG

| 87,407

| Sunday, 11 September

{{S-end}}

=Preliminary final=

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Attendance

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 14.14 (98)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 19.6 (120)

| Waverly Park

| 68,516

| Saturday, 17 September

{{S-end}}

=Grand final=

{{Main|1988 VFL Grand Final}}

{{S-start}}

|- style="background:#ccf;"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Attendance

| Date

|- style="background:#fff;"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 22.20 (152)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.20 (56)

| Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 93,754

| Saturday, 24 September

{{S-end}}

Season notes

  • Three new rules aimed at encouraging a long-kicking style of play were introduced. These were:{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial|location=Melbourne|author=Daryl Timms|page=84|date=16 March 1988|title='Go' on footy rules}}
  • The length of the 15-metre penalty for wasting an opponent's time after he takes a mark was increased to fifty metres.
  • Players were required to take a kick if awarded a free kick. If the player played on by handpass, the ball would be returned for a ball-up; the penalty for playing on was originally a free kick to the opposition, but this was commuted to a ball up after proving unpopular during pre-season trials.
  • The full-back was required to kick the ball over a distance of at least two metres when kicking in after a behind.
  • The VFL banned lace-up guernseys starting from this season after Robert Flower and Brian Wilson both suffered broken fingers when they became tangled in the laces during tackles.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial|location=Melbourne|page=80|date=12 June 1987|title=Lace-ups get the boot}} A handful of players had been wearing the tight-fitting guernseys which were laced up in the front in recent years.
  • The Brisbane Bears played two matches in Perth during the season. At the club's suggestion, Brisbane's home match against the West Coast Eagles in Round 3 was moved from Carrara Stadium in Gold Coast to the WACA Ground in Perth after persistent and heavy rain in south-eastern Queensland left the ground and its adjoining facilities unable to accommodate the game. Brisbane had expected the clubs' Round 16 match to be moved from Perth to Gold Coast in return, only to discover that the league considered the Round 3 match a home game for Brisbane, meaning that they would be required to travel for the Round 16 match in Perth as well.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial|location=Melbourne|author=Paul Cunningham|page=82|date=13 April 1988|title=Ground bugbear}}
  • The VFL took over the operation of the financially crippled Sydney Swans during the year until its parent company, Powerplay, could find a buyer for the franchise. The VFL bought the club for a nominal $10 on 9 May, taking on its operating costs but not its debts.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial|location=Melbourne|author=Michael Davis|page=74|date=10 May 1988|title=$4m for the Swans}}
  • North Melbourne 18.16 (124) defeated Essendon 06.05 (41) in the under 19's grand final, held as a curtain-raiser to the reserves grand final on 24 September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
  • Footscray 17.14 (116) defeated North Melbourne 14.12 (96) in the reserves Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors Grand Final on 24 September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial (Grand Final Souvenir Liftout)|location=Melbourne|date=26 September 1988|page=11|title=Tattersalls Scoreboard}}

Awards

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

  • Stephen Rodgers: Every Game Ever Played VFL/AFL Results 1897–1991 3rd Edition 1992. Penguin Books Australia {{ISBN|0-670-90526-7}}.

Sources

  • [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1988.html 1988 VFL season] at AFL Tables
  • [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1988 1988 VFL season] at Australian Football

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