Windy Hill · Sat 16 Jul 1988 · 14,477 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 3.2 | 7.7 | 11.7 | 110 |
| FitzroyFITZ | 3.2 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 66 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 110 and 66.
Essendon won by 44 points.
16.14 (110) — 9.12 (66)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Anderson | 22 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Mark Harvey | 19 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Garry Foulds | 21 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 0 |
| 1 |
| Gary ODonnell | 15 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Alan Ezard | 20 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Glenn Hawker | 14 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Tim Watson | 11 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Darren Bewick | 12 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Clark | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Simon Madden | 10 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| Dean Bailey | 9 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Daniher | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Francis | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Duckworth | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Hamilton | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dean Wallis | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Somerville | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| David Flood | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Walsh | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew Rogers | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Gale | 15 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Roos | 18 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Scott Clayton | 19 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Thornton | 16 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Leon Harris | 13 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Richard Osborne | 19 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Matt Armstrong | 12 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ross Lyon | 11 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Broderick | 11 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Brett Stephens | 11 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Darren Kappler | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alastair Lynch | 9 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Craig McGrath | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Brockhurst | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Keith Thomas | 9 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| John Ironmonger | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| John Blakey | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| David Strooper | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Robert Bolzon | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Keane | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |