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1988 VFL Premiership Season
Teams	14
Premiers	Hawthorn (7th premiership)
Minor Premiers	Hawthorn (6th minor premiership)
Coleman Medallist	Jason Dunstall (Hawthorn)
Brownlow Medalist	Gerard Healy (Sydney)

The 92nd Victorian Football League Premiership Season commenced in April 1988 and concluded on 24 September 1988, with Hawthorn winning their seventh Premiership in their sixth consecutive Grand Final appearance.

Night Series

Hawthorn 10.10 (70) defeated Geelong 9.13 (67)

Premiership season

Round 1

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Geelong	11.17 (83)	West Coast	14.20 (104)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	20,981	2 April 1988
Essendon	25.14 (164)	North Melbourne	12.10 (82)	Windy Hill	18,390	2 April 1988
Carlton	18.18 (126)	Hawthorn	15.21 (111)	Princes Park	28,141	2 April 1988
Brisbane Bears	10.15 (75)	Collingwood	11.17 (83)	Carrara Stadium	11,306	3 April 1988
Fitzroy	20.20 (140)	St Kilda	17.16 (118)	Princes Park	18,774	4 April 1988
Richmond	16.12 (108)	Melbourne	23.16 (154)	MCG	34,824	4 April 1988
Footscray	16.6 (102)	Sydney	11.10 (76)	VFL Park	18,980	4 April 1988

Round 2

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
West Coast	26.19 (175)	Essendon	11.10 (76)	WACA Ground	24,886	8 April 1988
Footscray	9.12 (66)	Melbourne	13.8 (86)	Western Oval	15,693	9 April 1988
Collingwood	15.12 (102)	Fitzroy	9.16 (70)	Victoria Park	26,158	9 April 1988
North Melbourne	20.7 (127)	Geelong	21.16 (142)	MCG	15,233	9 April 1988
Carlton	19.15 (129)	Brisbane Bears	7.19 (61)	Princes Park	16,891	9 April 1988
Hawthorn	26.15 (171)	Richmond	12.14 (86)	VFL Park	18,082	9 April 1988
Sydney	9.12 (66)	St Kilda	7.13 (55)	SCG	9,000	10 April 1988

Round 3

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Hawthorn	17.12 (114)	Sydney	13.15 (93)	Princes Park	9,921	16 April 1988
St Kilda	17.6 (108)	North Melbourne	11.16 (82)	Moorabbin Oval	16,573	16 April 1988
Melbourne	9.18 (72)	Geelong	9.10 (64)	MCG	30,870	16 April 1988
Footscray	16.12 (108)	Fitzroy	7.15 (57)	Western Oval	12,683	16 April 1988
Essendon	11.13 (79)	Carlton	23.13 (151)	Windy Hill	21,311	16 April 1988
Collingwood	23.12 (150)	Richmond	12.8 (80)	VFL Park	34,444	16 April 1988
West Coast	29.18 (192)	Brisbane Bears	10.14 (74)	WACA Ground	16,354	17 April 1988

Round 4

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Melbourne	13.18 (96)	Brisbane Bears	5.11 (41)	MCG	18,908	22 April 1988
Collingwood	13.16 (94)	West Coast	8.7 (55)	Victoria Park	26,276	23 April 1988
Hawthorn	17.18 (120)	Fitzroy	15.16 (106)	Princes Park	13,299	23 April 1988
North Melbourne	19.11 (125)	Footscray	13.9 (87)	VFL Park	14,948	23 April 1988
Sydney	10.20 (80)	Carlton	24.22 (166)	SCG	16,091	24 April 1988
Richmond	11.16 (82)	Geelong	24.17 (161)	MCG	27,417	25 April 1988
St Kilda	10.9 (69)	Essendon	14.7 (91)	Moorabbin Oval	31,679	25 April 1988

Round 5

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
West Coast	14.16 (100)	Footscray	14.9 (93)	WACA Ground	17,662	29 April 1988
Fitzroy	12.19 (91)	Richmond	23.15 (153)	Princes Park	8,941	30 April 1988
North Melbourne	19.14 (128)	Hawthorn	31.19 (205)	MCG	15,438	30 April 1988
Geelong	17.14 (116)	Essendon	13.14 (92)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	23,805	30 April 1988
St Kilda	12.12 (84)	Brisbane Bears	13.15 (93)	Moorabbin Oval	15,260	30 April 1988
Collingwood	14.13 (97)	Carlton	10.9 (69)	VFL Park	76,354	30 April 1988
Sydney	12.17 (89)	Melbourne	17.14 (116)	SCG	9,269	1 May 1988

Round 6

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	17.21 (123)	West Coast	17.8 (110)	MCG	11,133	6 May 1988
Footscray	12.19 (91)	Richmond	5.16 (46)	Western Oval	12,374	7 May 1988
Carlton	10.12 (72)	St Kilda	4.8 (32)	Princes Park	15,812	7 May 1988
Melbourne	9.14 (68)	Essendon	16.5 (101)	MCG	34,679	7 May 1988
Hawthorn	14.9 (93)	Collingwood	13.13 (91)	VFL Park	53,184	7 May 1988
Geelong	16.15 (111)	Sydney	17.12 (114)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	19,106	8 May 1988
Brisbane Bears	17.11 (113)	Fitzroy	16.15 (111)	Carrara Stadium	9,981	8 May 1988

Round 7

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
West Coast	17.10 (112)	St Kilda	3.18 (36)	WACA Ground	12,803	13 May 1988
Fitzroy	15.16 (106)	Sydney	9.13 (67)	Princes Park	8,568	14 May 1988
Melbourne	15.21 (111)	Hawthorn	13.12 (90)	MCG	34,773	14 May 1988
Essendon	17.17 (119)	Collingwood	11.9 (75)	Windy Hill	24,323	14 May 1988
Geelong	15.14 (104)	Carlton	14.9 (93)	VFL Park	26,372	14 May 1988
Brisbane Bears	10.12 (72)	Footscray	9.17 (71)	Carrara Stadium	10,898	15 May 1988
Richmond	11.7 (73)	North Melbourne	22.18 (150)	MCG	12,880	15 May 1988

Round 8

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Sydney	11.21 (87)	Brisbane Bears	17.13 (115)	SCG	13,322	20 May 1988
Fitzroy	12.17 (89)	Melbourne	17.13 (115)	Princes Park	12,997	21 May 1988
Essendon	20.17 (137)	Richmond	13.11 (89)	Windy Hill	14,520	21 May 1988
Collingwood	13.10 (88)	Footscray	11.16 (82)	Victoria Park	22,683	21 May 1988
Carlton	19.20 (134)	North Melbourne	19.7 (121)	VFL Park	22,978	21 May 1988
Geelong	16.12 (108)	St Kilda	17.12 (114)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	20,345	22 May 1988
West Coast	9.9 (63)	Hawthorn	17.14 (116)	Subiaco Oval	27,024	22 May 1988

Round 9

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Essendon	29.20 (194)	Brisbane Bears	8.6 (54)	MCG	26,653	27 May 1988
Richmond	10.13 (73)	Sydney	20.16 (136)	MCG	11,468	28 May 1988
St Kilda	16.10 (106)	Melbourne	11.12 (78)	Moorabbin Oval	21,334	28 May 1988
Hawthorn	23.16 (154)	Footscray	9.11 (65)	Princes Park	12,786	28 May 1988
Geelong	20.13 (133)	Fitzroy	15.10 (100)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	13,962	28 May 1988
Collingwood	11.17 (83)	North Melbourne	4.11 (35)	VFL Park	28,849	28 May 1988
West Coast	12.15 (87)	Carlton	15.10 (100)	Subiaco Oval	27,184	29 May 1988

Round 10

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Sydney	11.11 (77)	Essendon	8.7 (55)	SCG	14,753	3 June 1988
Fitzroy	24.13 (157)	North Melbourne	18.16 (124)	Princes Park	8,395	4 June 1988
Hawthorn	21.11 (137)	St Kilda	17.19 (121)	MCG	25,693	4 June 1988
Melbourne	12.12 (84)	Collingwood	10.11 (71)	VFL Park	61,163	4 June 1988
Richmond	16.20 (116)	West Coast	10.15 (75)	MCG	7,157	5 June 1988
Brisbane Bears	16.13 (109)	Geelong	24.18 (162)	Carrara Stadium	8,637	5 June 1988
Footscray	11.9 (75)	Carlton	15.6 (96)	Western Oval	17,515	5 June 1988

Round 11

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Carlton	21.18 (144)	Fitzroy	15.11 (101)	Princes Park	21,900	11 June 1988
Sydney	18.24 (132)	North Melbourne	19.11 (125)	SCG	11,729	11 June 1988
Footscray	11.12 (78)	St Kilda	7.9 (51)	VFL Park	24,149	11 June 1988
Brisbane Bears	23.13 (151)	Richmond	15.13 (103)	Carrara Stadium	13,222	12 June 1988
Melbourne	13.15 (93)	West Coast	10.13 (73)	MCG	28,045	13 June 1988
Hawthorn	17.16 (118)	Essendon	10.8 (68)	Princes Park	28,590	13 June 1988
Geelong	9.10 (64)	Collingwood	16.7 (103)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	34,789	13 June 1988

Round 12

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Richmond	15.20 (110)	Carlton	12.21 (93)	MCG	19,458	17 June 1988
Footscray	7.14 (56)	Geelong	3.12 (30)	Western Oval	13,720	18 June 1988
North Melbourne	10.14 (74)	Melbourne	7.19 (61)	MCG	18,078	18 June 1988
St Kilda	3.12 (30)	Collingwood	7.9 (51)	Moorabbin Oval	23,880	18 June 1988
Hawthorn	10.20 (80)	Brisbane Bears	2.5 (17)	Princes Park	8,377	18 June 1988
Fitzroy	7.9 (51)	Essendon	4.9 (33)	VFL Park	18,854	18 June 1988
Sydney	14.20 (104)	West Coast	8.13 (61)	SCG	12,624	19 June 1988

Round 13

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Essendon	10.15 (75)	Footscray	15.9 (99)	Windy Hill	15,861	25 June 1988
Collingwood	9.14 (68)	Sydney	2.11 (23)	Victoria Park	23,031	25 June 1988
St Kilda	8.18 (66)	Richmond	5.11 (41)	Moorabbin Oval	17,770	25 June 1988
Hawthorn	17.10 (112)	Geelong	12.15 (87)	Princes Park	14,048	25 June 1988
North Melbourne	22.19 (151)	Brisbane Bears	13.7 (85)	MCG	7,764	25 June 1988
Melbourne	10.6 (66)	Carlton	5.13 (43)	VFL Park	37,953	25 June 1988
West Coast	17.19 (121)	Fitzroy	13.9 (87)	Subiaco Oval	14,827	26 June 1988

Round 14

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Sydney	13.18 (96)	Richmond	19.17 (131)	SCG	8,008	1 July 1988
Geelong	8.8 (56)	Melbourne	13.11 (89)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	16,777	2 July 1988
Footscray	11.11 (77)	Hawthorn	15.15 (105)	Western Oval	14,338	2 July 1988
Essendon	16.16 (112)	West Coast	13.7 (85)	Windy Hill	10,274	2 July 1988
North Melbourne	15.20 (110)	Fitzroy	10.11 (71)	VFL Park	10,310	2 July 1988
Collingwood	16.14 (110)	Carlton	11.21 (87)	MCG	72,906	2 July 1988
Brisbane Bears	14.15 (99)	St Kilda	12.17 (89)	Carrara Stadium	10,394	3 July 1988

Round 15

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Melbourne	8.9 (57)	Sydney	19.16 (130)	MCG	20,269	9 July 1988
Fitzroy	21.16 (142)	Collingwood	7.10 (52)	Princes Park	13,961	9 July 1988
St Kilda	9.11 (65)	Carlton	10.9 (69)	Moorabbin Oval	15,416	9 July 1988
Footscray	12.8 (80)	Richmond	8.7 (55)	VFL Park	14,721	9 July 1988
Brisbane Bears	12.19 (91)	Hawthorn	17.13 (115)	Carrara Stadium	14,213	10 July 1988
West Coast	18.18 (126)	Geelong	16.10 (106)	Subiaco Oval	18,536	10 July 1988
North Melbourne	14.10 (94)	Essendon	21.14 (140)	MCG	26,755	10 July 1988

Round 16

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
West Coast	14.14 (98)	Brisbane Bears	12.17 (89)	WACA Ground	15,831	15 July 1988
Essendon	16.14 (110)	Fitzroy	9.12 (66)	Windy Hill	14,467	16 July 1988
Carlton	21.15 (141)	Geelong	14.14 (98)	Princes Park	17,821	16 July 1988
Melbourne	14.10 (94)	Collingwood	6.12 (48)	MCG	74,964	16 July 1988
Richmond	17.13 (115)	St Kilda	15.8 (98)	VFL Park	20,199	16 July 1988
Sydney	24.19 (163)	Hawthorn	16.16 (112)	SCG	14,591	17 July 1988
North Melbourne	12.14 (86)	Footscray	16.17 (113)	MCG	16,872	17 July 1988

Round 17

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Fitzroy	19.20 (134)	West Coast	8.16 (64)	MCG	7,611	22 July 1988
St Kilda	14.8 (92)	Sydney	13.21 (99)	Moorabbin Oval	11,657	23 July 1988
Collingwood	14.8 (92)	North Melbourne	13.14 (92)	Victoria Park	16,082	23 July 1988
Carlton	13.22 (100)	Richmond	8.12 (60)	Princes Park	17,503	23 July 1988
Geelong	17.13 (115)	Footscray	10.9 (69)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	13,492	23 July 1988
Hawthorn	21.11 (137)	Melbourne	10.8 (68)	VFL Park	37,307	23 July 1988
Brisbane Bears	10.14 (74)	Essendon	16.7 (103)	Carrara Stadium	15,950	24 July 1988

Round 18

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Sydney	12.16 (88)	Geelong	22.19 (151)	SCG	12,228	29 July 1988
North Melbourne	16.13 (109)	Richmond	21.14 (140)	MCG	11,909	30 July 1988
Collingwood	16.18 (114)	St Kilda	11.14 (80)	Victoria Park	16,408	30 July 1988
Fitzroy	9.13 (67)	Carlton	22.11 (143)	Princes Park	15,467	30 July 1988
Hawthorn	12.16 (88)	Essendon	9.8 (62)	VFL Park	35,662	30 July 1988
West Coast	18.14 (122)	Melbourne	11.12 (78)	Subiaco Oval	16,188	31 July 1988
Footscray	11.18 (84)	Brisbane Bears	5.13 (43)	Western Oval	11,694	31 July 1988

Round 19

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Collingwood	18.14 (122)	Brisbane Bears	11.10 (76)	MCG	20,575	5 August 1988
Footscray	19.18 (132)	St Kilda	9.9 (63)	Western Oval	10,477	6 August 1988
Essendon	12.18 (90)	Geelong	24.13 (157)	Windy Hill	15,641	6 August 1988
Richmond	23.11 (149)	Melbourne	20.11 (131)	MCG	20,475	6 August 1988
Hawthorn	27.16 (178)	Fitzroy	15.14 (104)	Princes Park	12,836	6 August 1988
Sydney	15.17 (107)	Carlton	11.13 (79)	VFL Park	18,355	6 August 1988
West Coast	16.19 (115)	North Melbourne	12.12 (84)	Subiaco Oval	18,089	7 August 1988

Round 20

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Richmond	11.20 (86)	Brisbane Bears	14.16 (100)	MCG	15,026	12 August 1988
St Kilda	13.10 (88)	West Coast	14.13 (97)	Moorabbin Oval	11,074	13 August 1988
Carlton	20.21 (141)	North Melbourne	20.17 (137)	Princes Park	16,723	13 August 1988
Melbourne	14.16 (100)	Footscray	17.8 (110)	MCG	27,026	13 August 1988
Collingwood	10.14 (74)	Essendon	10.13 (73)	VFL Park	52,719	13 August 1988
Geelong	10.8 (68)	Hawthorn	19.14 (128)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	22,000	14 August 1988
Sydney	24.16 (160)	Fitzroy	14.13 (97)	SCG	13,811	14 August 1988

Round 21

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	16.17 (113)	Sydney	14.17 (101)	MCG	14,772	19 August 1988
Geelong	22.14 (146)	Richmond	16.12 (108)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	14,338	20 August 1988
Fitzroy	19.13 (127)	Footscray	17.11 (113)	Princes Park	13,028	20 August 1988
Essendon	19.14 (128)	Melbourne	13.12 (90)	Windy Hill	19,863	20 August 1988
Hawthorn	18.15 (123)	St Kilda	11.12 (78)	VFL Park	19,222	20 August 1988
Brisbane Bears	14.13 (97)	Carlton	13.22 (100)	Carrara Stadium	16,727	21 August 1988
West Coast	16.15 (111)	Collingwood	7.9 (51)	Subiaco Oval	36,116	21 August 1988

Round 22

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Richmond	23.19 (157)	Fitzroy	7.12 (54)	MCG	19,496	26 August 1988
Hawthorn	28.16 (184)	North Melbourne	13.11 (89)	Princes Park	12,117	27 August 1988
Collingwood	19.15 (129)	Geelong	14.10 (94)	Victoria Park	19,813	27 August 1988
Melbourne	14.12 (96)	Carlton	10.6 (66)	MCG	50,178	27 August 1988
Essendon	12.12 (84)	St Kilda	8.17 (65)	VFL Park	26,134	27 August 1988
Brisbane Bears	11.11 (77)	Sydney	10.21 (81)	Carrara Stadium	12,718	28 August 1988
Footscray	3.11 (29)	West Coast	7.11 (53)	Western Oval	18,456	29 August 1988

Ladder

All teams played 22 games during the home and away season, for a total of 154. An additional six games were played during the finals series.

	Team	Won	Lost	Drew	For	Agst	%	Pts
1	Hawthorn	19	3	-	2791	1962	142.3	76
2	Collingwood	15	6	1	1948	1728	112.7	62
3	Carlton	15	7	-	2342	1961	119.4	60
4	West Coast	13	9	-	2199	1966	111.9	52
5	Melbourne	13	9	-	2003	1961	102.1	52

6	Essendon	12	10	-	2186	2017	108.4	48
7	Sydney	12	10	-	2169	2176	99.7	48
8	Footscray	11	11	-	1880	1803	104.3	44
9	Geelong	10	12	-	2356	2246	104.9	40
10	Richmond	8	14	-	2161	2540	85.1	32
11	Nth Melbourne	7	14	1	2361	2638	89.5	30
12	Fitzroy	7	15	-	2128	2538	83.8	28
13	Brisbane	7	15	-	1806	2421	74.6	28
14	St Kilda	4	18	-	1708	2081	82.1	16

Finals

Elimination Finals

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Melbourne	11.7 (73)	West Coast	10.11 (71)	Waverley Park	43,438	Saturday, 3 September

Qualifying Final

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Carlton	22.13 (145)	Collingwood	16.11 (107)	MCG	83,032	Sunday, 4 September

Semi Finals

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Hawthorn	9.12 (66)	Carlton	6.9 (45)	Waverley Park	60,052	Saturday, 10 September
Collingwood	12.10 (82)	Melbourne	13.17 (95)	MCG	87,407	Sunday, 11 September

Preliminary Final

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Carlton	14.14 (98)	Melbourne	19.6 (120)	Waverley Park	68,516	Saturday, 17 September

Grand Final

Main article: 1988 VFL Grand Final

Home team	Score	Away team	Score	Venue	Attendance	Date
Hawthorn	22.20 (152)	Melbourne	6.20 (56)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	93,754	Saturday, 24 September

Player Statistics and Awards

Leading goalkickers

	Name	Club	Goals
1	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn	132
2	Simon Beasley	Footscray	82
-	Gary Ablett	Geelong	82
4	Brian Taylor	Collingwood	73
-	Ross Glendinning	West Coast	73

Brownlow Medal Count

	Name	Club	Votes
1	Gerard Healy	Sydney	20
2	Simon Madden	Essendon	16
-	Jason Dunstall	Hawthorn	16
4	Tony Hall	Hawthorn	15
5	Darren Millane	Collingwood	14
-	Darren Kappler	Fitzroy	14
-	Peter Foster	Footscray	14

The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Gerard Healy of the Sydney Swans.
The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Gary Ayres of Hawthorn.

References

Stephen Rodgers: Every Game Ever Played VFL/AFL Results 1897-1991 3rd Edition 1992. Penguin Books Australia ISBN 0 670 90526 7.
1988 VFL Season Statistics at AFL Tables (Archived 2009-09-25)

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