Moorabbin Oval · Mon 25 Apr 1988 · 31,679 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 4.4 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 69 |
| EssendonESS | 1.1 | 6.4 | 9.5 | 91 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 69 and 91.
Essendon won by 22 points.
10.9 (69) — 14.7 (91)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter McConville | 20 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Rice | 14 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Spiro Kourkoumelis | 13 | 7 | 20 | 3 |
| 1 |
| 0 |
| Nicky Winmar | 17 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Alex Marcou | 12 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| John Peter-Budge | 13 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathan Burke | 16 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Bradley Gotch | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| David Grant | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Elphinstone | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Rod Owen | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Danny Frawley | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Jones | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Russell Jeffrey | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stewart Loewe | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Jayson Daniels | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Coghlan | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Tony Evans | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Turner | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Jones | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Winmar 3, Marcou 2, Peter-Budge 2, Owen 2, Loewe 1
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Keane | 20 | 8 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Bewick | 22 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Alan Ezard | 23 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Greg Anderson | 13 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Glenn Hawker | 14 | 8 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Watson | 13 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Garry Foulds | 15 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Duckworth | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| David Flood | 9 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Simon Madden | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Terry Daniher | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Harvey | 11 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew Rogers | 9 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Gary ODonnell | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Walsh | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Daniher | 9 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Salmon | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| David Sullivan | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Merryweather | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Clark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |