1988 season

1988

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Position

5th

H&A record

13-9 (4th)

Finals

Lost Elimination Final

Captain

Ross Glendinning

Coach

John Todd

Best & Fairest

John Worsfold

Most goals

Ross Glendinning (73)

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After their history-making inaugural season, West Coast (with new coach John Todd at the helm) started 1988 strongly, winning their first three games to hit the top of the ladder. After a mid-season slump during which they lost five games in a row, the Eagles fought their way back into the top five, finishing fourth at the end of the home-and-away season and earning a place in their first-ever finals series. The elimination final ended in heartbreak as Melbourne won by just 2 points, but it marked a successful year for the young side.

Youngsters were chiefly responsible for the side's strong season, with tough midfielderJohn Worsfold having a breakout year to win the Club Champion award, ably assisted by Chris Mainwaring and rookie defender Guy McKenna. Some experienced VFL players lent solid support including former Footscray key position player Murray Rance who spent most of the year in defence, and skipper Ross Glendinning who spent the season at full-forward and finished with 73 goals before announcing his retirement at the end of the year.

Honour board

Coach: John Todd

Captain: Ross Glendinning

Vice-captain: John Annear

Club Champion: John Worsfold

Rookie of the Year: Guy McKenna

Best Clubman: Phil Scott

Leading Goalscorer: Ross Glendinning (73)

All-Australians: Steve Malaxos

VFL Team of the Year: John Worsfold

Squad

Off-season player moves

16	John Annear	26	Alex Ishchenko	1	Wally Matera	35	Troy Ugle
38	Adrian Barich	25	Laurie Keene	17	Guy McKenna	31	Chris Waterman
14	Michael Brennan	15	Dean Laidley	6	Geoff Miles	24	John Worsfold
11	Kevin Caton	5	Dwayne Lamb	7	Phil Narkle	32	Murray Wrensted
16	Joe Cormack	19	Karl Langdon	21	David O'Connell	27	Mark Zanotti
30	John Gastev	28	Chris Lewis	22	Michael O'Connell
4	Ross Glendinning	45	Andrew Lockyer	20	Paul Peos
36	David Hart	18	Andrew MacNish	23	Murray Rance
33	Don Holmes	3	Chris Mainwaring	12	Phil Scott
9	Brent Hutton	8	Steve Malaxos	10	Dean Turner

#	Player	Games	Goals
1	Matera	13	11
2	Annear	19	12
3	Mainwaring	20	11
4	Glendinning	19	73
5	Lamb	23	9
6	Miles	23	15
8	Malaxos	11	4
9	Hutton	8	9
10	Turner	15	12
11	Caton	1	1
12	Scott	18	18
14	Brennan	18	1
15	Laidley	11	6
16	Cormack	7	7
17	McKenna	18	0
19	Langdon	14	15
20	Peos	11	6
21	D.O'Connell	7	4
22	M.O'Connell	10	8
23	Rance	22	5
24	Worsfold	21	4
25	Keene	12	7
26	Ishchenko	12	1
27	Zanotti	15	3
28	Lewis	12	15
30	Gastev	17	15
31	Waterman	7	2
32	Wrensted	13	7
33	Holmes	6	6
35	Ugle	8	1
36	Hart	20	17
38	Barich	11	6
45	Lockyer	18	14

Results

Panasonic Cup

Rd	Opponent	Venue	Res	Score	Posn
1	Geelong	Kardinia Park	W	104-83	4th
2	Essendon	WACA	W	175-76	1st
3	Brisbane	WACA	W	192-74	1st
4	Collingwood	Victoria Park	L	55-94	4th
5	Footscray	WACA	W	100-93	4th
6	North Melbourne	MCG	L	110-123	5th
7	St Kilda	WACA	W	112-36	2nd
8	Hawthorn	Subiaco	L	63-116	5th
9	Carlton	Subiaco	L	87-100	6th
10	Richmond	MCG	L	75-116	7th
11	Melbourne	MCG	L	73-93	7th
12	Sydney	SCG	L	61-104	8th
13	Fitzroy	Subiaco	W	121-87	5th
14	Essendon	Windy Hill	L	85-112	6th
15	Geelong	Subiaco	W	126-106	6th
16	Brisbane	WACA	W	98-89	6th
17	Fitzroy	MCG	L	64-134	7th
18	Melbourne	Subiaco	W	122-78	6th
19	North Melbourne	Subiaco	W	115-84	5th
20	St Kilda	Moorabbin	W	97-88	5th
21	Collingwood	Subiaco	W	111-51	4th
22	Footscray	Western Oval	W	53-29	4th
EF	Melbourne	Waverley Park	L	71-73

Final ladder

Pos.		Team		W		D		L		%
1		Hawthorn		19		0		3		142.0
2		Collingwood		15		1		6		112.7
3		Carlton		15		0		7		119.4
4		West Coast		13		0		9		111.9
5		Melbourne		13		0		9		102.1
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6		Essendon		12		0		10		108.4
7		Sydney		12		0		10		99.7
8		Footscray		11		0		11		104.3
9		Geelong		10		0		12		104.9
10		Richmond		8		0		14		85.1
11		North Melbourne		7		1		14		89.5
12		Fitzroy		7		0		15		83.8
13		Brisbane		7		0		15		74.6
14		St Kilda		4		0		18		82.1

Qualifying Final: Carlton def. Collingwood

Elimination Final: Melbourne def. West Coast

Semi Finals: Hawthorn def. Carlton; Melbourne def. Collingwood

Prelim Final: Melbourne def. Carlton

Grand Final: Hawthorn 22.20.152 def. Melbourne 6.20.56

Club Champion leaderboard

#	Player		Votes		Games
1st	Worsfold		111		21
2nd	McKenna		101		18
3rd	Mainwaring		174		20
4th	Rance		70		22
5th	Scott		65		18
6th	Glendinning		59		19
7th	Annear		55		19
8th	Keene		53		12
9th	Ishchenko		43		12
10th	Malaxos		38		11

Stats leaders

#	Goals		Disposals		Disp/game		Marks
1st	Glendinning	73 .	Worsfold	466 .	Malaxos	22.82 .	Worsfold	120
2nd	Scott	18	Mainwaring	455	Mainwaring	22.75	Glendinning	112
3rd	Hart	17	Lamb	450	Annear	22.71	Rance	98
4th	Lewis	15	Annear	422	Worsfold	22.19	Mainwaring	97
5th	Langdon	15	Rance	349	Lamb	19.57	Gastev	74
6th	Gastev	15	Gastev	328	Gastev	19.29	Miles	74
7th	Miles	15	McKenna	325	McKenna	18.06	McKenna	73
8th	Lockyer	14	Hart	317	Wrensted	17.77	Annear	65
9th	Turner	12	Matera	266	Turner	17.07	Lockyer	62
10th	Annear	12	Miles	257	Rance	15.86	Lamb	61
	Kicks		Handballs		Tackles		Hit-outs
1st	Mainwaring	331 .	Annear	160 .	Worsfold	40 .	Keene	211
2nd	Worsfold	331	McKenna	156	Mainwaring	30	Scott	170
3rd	Lamb	307	Lamb	143	Gastev	29	Ishchenko	151
4th	Annear	262	Worsfold	135	Matera	27	D.O'Connell	35
5th	Hart	255	Mainwaring	124	Miles	25	Glendinning	9
6th	Rance	242	Rance	107	Lamb	24
7th	Gastev	230	Malaxos	100	Turner	23
8th	Miles	182	Gastev	98	Brennan	18
9th	Matera	176	Matera	90	Annear	18
10th	McKenna/Glendinning	169	Turner	90	4 players	17