Waverley Park · Sat 17 Sep 1988 · 68,516 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarltonCARL | 1.3 | 9.6 | 10.8 | 98 |
| MelbourneMELB | 6.3 | 9.4 | 16.5 | 120 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 98 and 120.
Melbourne won by 22 points.
14.14 (98) — 19.6 (120)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Bradley | 27 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Adrian Gleeson | 16 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Mark Naley | 19 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 |
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| Stephen Kernahan | 15 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Wayne Blackwell | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| David Rhys-Jones | 10 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Stephen Silvagni | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Herman | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Michael Kennedy | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Peter Sartori | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom Alvin | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Justin Madden | 9 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Meldrum | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fraser Murphy | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jamie Dunlop | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| David Glascott | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Da Rui | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Ian Aitken | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Jon Dorotich | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mil Hanna | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Jackson | 15 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Greg Healy | 20 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Brian Wilson | 11 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Johnson | 19 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Garry Lyon | 14 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Steven Stretch | 16 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Graeme Yeats | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Andy Lovell | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jamie Duursma | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Spalding | 9 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Lovett | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| David Flintoff | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| David Williams | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Sean Wight | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Jim Stynes | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Grinter | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Danny Hughes | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steven Febey | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Newport | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven ODwyer | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |