Australian Football

KEY FACTS

Official name
Melbourne Football Club

Known as
Melbourne

Nickname
Demons (formerly Red Legs, Fuchsias)

Formed
1858

Colours
Navy blue and red

Associated clubs
Casey; Melbourne WFC; Melbourne Reserves; Casey WFC

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2023

Affiliations (Historical)
Challenge Cup (CUP) 1865–1876; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

Home Ground
M.C.G.

AFL Premierships
2021 (1 total)

VFL Premierships
1900, 1926, 1939-40-41, 1948, 1955-56-57, 1959-60, 1964 (12 total)

Senior Premierships
VFL Night Series: 1971, 1987, 1989 (3 total); McClelland Trophy 1955-6, 1958, 1990, 2021 (5 total)

Most Games
306 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

Most Goals
631 - David Neitz (1993-2008)

League Top Goalkickers
V.Coutie (39) 1904; H.Brereton (56) 1912; N.Smith (89) 1941; F.Fanning (67) 1944, (67) 1945 & (97) 1947; D.Neitz (82) 2002 (5 winners/7 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Ivor Warne-Smith 1926 & 1928; Don Cordner 1946; Brian Wilson 1982; Peter Moore 1984; Jim Stynes 1991; Shane Woewodin 2000 (6 medallists/7 medals)

Headquarters
Great Southern Stand (MCG), East Melbourne, VIC 3002

Postal Address
PO Box 254, East Melbourne, VIC 8002

Phone: (03) 9652 1111

Email
info@melbournefc.com.au

Website
melbournefc.com.au

Melbourne

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"The seeds of the Melbourne Football Club's greatest ever era began to be sown the following season, in 1952, when favourite son Norm Smith returned from Fitzroy to take over from Alan La Fontaine as senior coach ... and the 1953 season saw the debuts of several players who would go on to play significant roles in the club's impending period of greatness, notably Ron Barassi, Brian Dixon, Ian Ridley, Laurie Mithen and Colin Wilson ..."

Despite their recent lack of success, John Devaney writes that, as the foundation club, their place in the game's history is assured

1988 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Melbourne's 1988 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1988-04-04 1	A	Melbourne	8.3	15.4	19.9	23.16	154	WON	Richmond	2.0	7.4	10.9	16.12	108	46	MCG	1988-04-04 Apr 4 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1988-04-09 2	A	Melbourne	5.1	5.5	11.8	13.8	86	WON	Footscray	0.0	4.5	5.9	9.12	66	20	WES	1988-04-09 Apr 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-04-16 3	H	Melbourne	2.8	4.11	7.15	9.18	72	WON	Geelong	1.1	4.5	7.8	9.10	64	8	MCG	1988-04-16 Apr 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-04-22 4	H	Melbourne	6.9	10.11	10.13	13.18	96	WON	Brisbane	1.1	2.4	3.9	5.11	41	55	MCG	1988-04-22 Apr 22 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1988-05-01 5	A	Melbourne	2.1	9.6	10.10	17.14	116	WON	Sydney	4.8	7.10	10.14	12.17	89	27	SCG	1988-05-01 May 1 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1988-05-07 6	H	Melbourne	1.4	5.7	7.11	9.14	68	LOST	Essendon	3.3	9.3	12.4	16.5	101	-33	MCG	1988-05-07 May 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-05-14 7	H	Melbourne	2.6	7.13	9.18	15.21	111	WON	Hawthorn	4.3	6.6	12.10	13.12	90	21	MCG	1988-05-14 May 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-05-21 8	A	Melbourne	4.2	8.5	12.8	17.13	115	WON	Fitzroy	4.3	6.11	10.15	12.17	89	26	PRI	1988-05-21 May 21 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-05-28 9	A	Melbourne	3.2	5.6	6.7	11.12	78	LOST	St. Kilda	5.3	8.5	14.8	16.10	106	-28	MOO	1988-05-28 May 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-06-04 10	A	Melbourne	3.3	5.4	9.8	12.12	84	WON	Collingwood	3.1	6.4	8.8	10.11	71	13	VFL	1988-06-04 Jun 4 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-06-13 11	H	Melbourne	4.4	7.8	10.13	13.15	93	WON	West Coast	2.1	4.5	7.10	10.13	73	20	MCG	1988-06-13 Jun 13 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1988-06-18 12	A	Melbourne	3.5	3.11	4.14	7.19	61	LOST	North Melbourne	1.1	6.3	7.9	10.14	74	-13	MCG	1988-06-18 Jun 18 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-06-25 13	H	Melbourne	0.3	3.3	7.4	10.6	66	WON	Carlton	2.2	2.9	3.10	5.13	43	23	VFL	1988-06-25 Jun 25 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-07-02 14	A	Melbourne	1.4	5.7	10.10	13.11	89	WON	Geelong	2.1	5.4	6.6	8.8	56	33	KAR	1988-07-02 Jul 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-07-09 15	H	Melbourne	3.3	4.4	5.6	8.9	57	LOST	Sydney	6.2	9.4	15.9	19.16	130	-73	MCG	1988-07-09 Jul 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-07-16 16	H	Melbourne	1.1	7.3	11.5	14.10	94	WON	Collingwood	0.4	1.6	3.8	6.12	48	46	MCG	1988-07-16 Jul 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-07-23 17	H	Melbourne	1.0	2.2	4.4	10.8	68	LOST	Hawthorn	8.3	15.6	18.9	21.11	137	-69	VFL	1988-07-23 Jul 23 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-07-31 18	A	Melbourne	2.2	6.4	7.8	11.12	78	LOST	West Coast	3.1	7.4	12.11	18.14	122	-44	SUB	1988-07-31 Jul 31 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1988-08-06 19	A	Melbourne	9.3	13.7	19.9	20.11	131	LOST	Richmond	3.3	9.5	16.9	23.11	149	-18	MCG	1988-08-06 Aug 6 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-08-13 20	H	Melbourne	2.4	3.8	6.13	14.16	100	LOST	Footscray	3.2	5.5	13.8	17.8	110	-10	MCG	1988-08-13 Aug 13 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-08-20 21	A	Melbourne	5.2	8.8	10.8	13.12	90	LOST	Essendon	3.5	8.5	14.9	19.14	128	-38	WIN	1988-08-20 Aug 20 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-08-27 22	H	Melbourne	8.2	9.7	11.12	14.12	96	WON	Carlton	3.3	4.4	5.5	10.6	66	30	MCG	1988-08-27 Aug 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1988-09-03 EF	H	Melbourne	1.1	2.3	8.5	11.7	73	WON	West Coast	2.4	5.7	5.9	10.11	71	2	VFL	1988-09-03 Sep 3 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1988-09-11 1SF	H	Melbourne	3.8	8.11	10.13	13.17	95	WON	Collingwood	2.5	5.6	9.7	12.10	82	13	MCG	1988-09-11 Sep 11 (Sun, 2:30)	Scores
1988-09-17 PF	H	Melbourne	6.3	9.4	16.5	19.6	120	WON	Carlton	1.3	9.6	10.8	14.14	98	22	VFL	1988-09-17 Sep 17 (Sat, 2:30)	Scores
1988-09-24 GF	A	Melbourne	1.5	2.8	5.14	6.20	56	LOST	Hawthorn	4.4	10.9	14.16	22.20	152	-96	MCG	1988-09-24 Sep 24 (Sat, 2:50)	Scores

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1988 Player Stats

#	Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
24	Bailey, Bret	16	125	7.8	70	4.4	195	12.2	25	1.6	0	0.0	21	1.3	14	12	6	0.4	8	44
4	Campbell, Tony	17	92	5.4	27	1.6	119	7.0	35	2.1	1	0.1	23	1.4	10	19	15	0.9	10	100
29	Chiron, Dean	7	38	5.4	39	5.6	77	11.0	13	1.9	0	0.0	16	2.3	7	9	0	0.0	1	1
23	Dean, Warren	7	66	9.4	14	2.0	80	11.4	23	3.3	0	0.0	6	0.9	9	7	3	0.4	9	27
28	Duursma, Jamie	13	95	7.3	48	3.7	143	11.0	33	2.5	6	0.5	15	1.2	30	11	0	0.0	1	1
25	Eishold, Simon	7	75	10.7	26	3.7	101	14.4	12	1.7	0	0.0	23	3.3	16	16	5	0.7	6	36
21	Febey, Steven	12	91	7.6	23	1.9	114	9.5	24	2.0	0	0.0	9	0.8	14	12	1	0.1	7	13
36	Fidge, Ted	1	4	4.0	2	2.0	6	6.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	2	2	1	1.0	0	6
37	Flintoff, David	9	68	7.6	47	5.2	115	12.8	16	1.8	0	0.0	12	1.3	7	10	6	0.7	3	39
14	Grinter, Rod	19	169	8.9	72	3.8	241	12.7	48	2.5	2	0.1	25	1.3	22	36	0	0.0	4	4
33	Healy, Greg	22	318	14.5	157	7.1	475	21.6	81	3.7	0	0.0	36	1.6	53	34	13	0.6	16	94
10	Hughes, Danny	18	141	7.8	33	1.8	174	9.7	36	2.0	9	0.5	19	1.1	23	21	1	0.1	0	6
45	Jackson, Ricky	26	311	12.0	131	5.0	442	17.0	49	1.9	0	0.0	35	1.3	27	21	43	1.7	28	286
9	Johnson, Alan	25	398	15.9	81	3.2	479	19.2	120	4.8	0	0.0	26	1.0	36	15	13	0.5	11	89
39	Koop, Doug	7	65	9.3	10	1.4	75	10.7	17	2.4	0	0.0	4	0.6	6	9	0	0.0	1	1
16	Lovell, Andy	22	207	9.4	86	3.9	293	13.3	53	2.4	0	0.0	27	1.2	18	28	23	1.0	15	153
17	Lovett, Brett	26	288	11.1	183	7.0	471	18.1	122	4.7	0	0.0	35	1.3	39	19	2	0.1	3	15
3	Lyon, Garry	22	278	12.6	82	3.7	360	16.4	110	5.0	6	0.3	43	2.0	33	39	41	1.9	30	276
34	Newport, Stephen	24	266	11.1	85	3.5	351	14.6	74	3.1	1	0.0	38	1.6	25	27	11	0.5	6	72
1	O'Dwyer, Steven	24	210	8.8	80	3.3	290	12.1	136	5.7	286	11.9	25	1.0	57	51	16	0.7	13	109
19	Payne, Paul	1	2	2.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
41	Rohde, Peter	7	37	5.3	18	2.6	55	7.9	8	1.1	0	0.0	4	0.6	3	3	0	0.0	1	1
5	Spalding, Earl	22	161	7.3	72	3.3	233	10.6	71	3.2	8	0.4	24	1.1	26	51	9	0.4	22	76
42	Sparks, Bradley	1	3	3.0	4	4.0	7	7.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0	3	1	1.0	0	6
18	Stretch, Steven	26	423	16.3	78	3.0	501	19.3	105	4.0	7	0.3	23	0.9	35	31	5	0.2	9	39
11	Stynes, Jim	26	316	12.2	107	4.1	423	16.3	135	5.2	196	7.5	21	0.8	37	62	26	1.0	13	169
26	Viney, Jay	3	12	4.0	3	1.0	15	5.0	8	2.7	0	0.0	2	0.7	2	0	2	0.7	0	12
12	Viney, Todd	12	65	5.4	41	3.4	106	8.8	21	1.8	1	0.1	16	1.3	7	17	1	0.1	7	13
27	Wight, Sean	26	248	9.5	82	3.2	330	12.7	103	4.0	13	0.5	25	1.0	40	37	17	0.7	7	109
15	Williams, David	21	198	9.4	79	3.8	277	13.2	106	5.0	1	0.0	5	0.2	22	21	33	1.6	21	219
7	Wilson, Brian	25	316	12.6	205	8.2	521	20.8	104	4.2	2	0.1	22	0.9	36	48	32	1.3	19	211
8	Yeats, Graeme	26	343	13.2	93	3.6	436	16.8	94	3.6	1	0.0	30	1.2	46	37	9	0.3	17	71
Totals		520	5429	10.4	2079	4.0	7508	14.4	1786	3.4	540	1.0	612	1.2	702	708	335	0.6	288	2298