1988 NSWRL Winfield Cup

Stats

Premiers: Canterbury
Runners Up: Balmain
Minor Premiers: Cronulla
Wooden Spoon: Western Suburbs
Top Tryscorer: John Ferguson (20)
Top Pointscorer: Gary Belcher (218)

No. Of Teams: 16
No. Of Games: 183
No. Of Players: 536
No. Of Tries: 1,073
No. Of Goals: 1,110 / 1,698 (65.37%)
No. Of F.Goals: 47

Total Attendance: 1,968,258
Average Crowd: 10,756
Average Crowd (Reg. Season)
Highest Crowd: 40,000
Highest Crowd (Reg. Season)
Lowest Crowd: 2,585

Mean Scoreline: 24-11
Median Scoreline: 24-12
Highest Scoreline: 12-64
Lowest Scoreline: 0-9
Highest Team Score: Manly (64-12)
Average PPG: 42.59

Ladder

		Home							Away							Overall
Team		P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	PD	P	W	L	D	F	A	Pts	PD	FPG	APG
1.	Cronulla	11	9	1	1	280	138	142	11	7	3	1	227	192	35	22	16	4	2	507	330	34	+177	23.05	15.00
2.	Canterbury	10	7	3	-	182	147	35	12	9	3	-	230	121	109	22	16	6	-	412	268	32	+144	18.73	12.18
3.	Canberra	11	7	4	-	288	163	125	11	8	3	-	308	183	125	22	15	7	-	596	346	30	+250	27.09	15.73
4.	Manly	11	8	3	-	292	176	116	11	7	4	-	246	171	75	22	15	7	-	538	347	30	+191	24.45	15.77
5.	Balmain	11	10	1	-	205	145	60	11	5	6	-	197	196	1	22	15	7	-	402	341	30	+61	18.27	15.50
6.	Penrith	11	8	3	-	202	120	82	11	7	4	-	192	138	54	22	15	7	-	394	258	30	+136	17.91	11.73
7.	Brisbane	11	8	3	-	262	195	67	11	6	5	-	212	173	39	22	14	8	-	474	368	28	+106	21.55	16.73
8.	Souths	11	5	5	1	189	194	-5	11	7	3	1	236	189	47	22	12	8	2	425	383	* 24	+42	19.32	17.41
9.	North Sydney	11	5	5	1	207	187	20	11	4	6	1	159	237	-78	22	9	11	2	366	424	20	-58	16.64	19.27
10.	St George	12	4	8	-	170	299	-129	10	5	5	-	182	194	-12	22	9	13	-	352	493	18	-141	16.00	22.41
11.	Parramatta	11	5	6	-	192	229	-37	11	3	8	-	167	183	-16	22	8	14	-	359	412	16	-53	16.32	18.73
12.	Eastern Suburbs	11	4	6	1	178	232	-54	11	2	7	2	209	211	-2	22	6	13	3	387	443	15	-56	17.59	20.14
13.	Illawarra	11	4	6	1	182	215	-33	11	2	9	-	171	295	-124	22	6	15	1	353	510	13	-157	16.05	23.18
14.	Newcastle	11	3	7	1	133	174	-41	11	2	9	-	137	286	-149	22	5	16	1	270	460	11	-190	12.27	20.91
15.	Gold Coast	11	3	8	-	141	230	-89	11	1	8	2	97	254	-157	22	4	16	2	238	484	10	-246	10.82	22.00
16.	Western Suburbs	11	2	8	1	157	256	-99	11	2	9	-	130	237	-107	22	4	17	1	287	493	9	-206	13.05	22.41
South Sydney deducted 2 competition points for breach of the replacement rule in round 8 against Manly Balmain, Penrith were involved in playoffs to determine their final position.

Playoffs/Finals

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Playoff

Aug 16

14,206

Minor Prelim Semi

25,327

Major Prelim Semi

19,259

Minor Semi

28,879

Major Semi

31,684

Prelim Final

Sep 4

34,848

Grand Final

40,000

Team Stats

Team Name	Position	W	L	D	Pts For	Pts Ag.	Coach(es)	Captain(s)	Top Tryscorer(s)			Top Pointscorer(s)			Home Venue(s)	Home Crowd Avg	Extra Info
Balmain Tigers	5th	15	7	0	402	341	Ryan	Pearce, Roach, Elias	9	-	Elias	168	-	Conlon	Leichhardt	8,585	Runners Up
Brisbane Broncos	7th	14	8	0	474	368	Bennett	Lewis, Dowling, Langer	15	-	Lewis	150	-	Matterson	Lang Park	16,111
Canberra Raiders	3rd	15	7	0	596	346	Sheens	Lance, Henjak, Belcher	20	-	Ferguson	218	-	Belcher	Seiffert	9,988	Minor Semi
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	2nd	16	6	0	412	268	Gould	Mortimer, Tunks, Folkes, Farrar	10	-	Currie	177	-	Lamb	Belmore	7,941	Premiers
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	1st	16	4	2	507	330	Fitzgibbon	Hatch, Porter	17	-	Ettingshausen	171	-	Wilson	Caltex	9,789	Prelim Final
Eastern Suburbs Roosters	12th	6	13	3	387	443	Beetson	McGahan, Trewhella, Jarvis	9	-	Wurth	155	-	Smith	SFS	8,307
Gold Coast/Tweed Heads Giants	15th	4	16	2	238	484	McCarthy	Johnstone, Gibbs	8	-	Mieni	79	-	Eden	Seagulls	5,640
Illawarra Steelers	13th	6	15	1	353	510	Fearnley	Haddock, Upfield, Walsh	9	-	McIndoe	88	-	Larder	Wollongong	8,386
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	4th	15	7	0	538	347	Fulton	Vautin, Cleal	17	-	O'Connor	198	-	O'Connor	Brookvale	11,758	Minor Prelim Semi
Newcastle Knights	14th	5	16	1	270	460	McMahon	Stewart, Miller	6	-	Quinton, Fulmer, Doyle	50	-	Doyle	Newcastle	20,617
North Sydney Bears	9th	9	11	2	366	424	Stanton	Graham, Dorahy, Florimo	11	-	Simons	109	-	Dorahy	North Sydney	9,227
Parramatta Eels	11th	8	14	0	359	412	Monie	Sterling, Taylor	7	-	Taylor	98	-	Ella	Parramatta	13,140
Penrith Panthers	6th	15	7	0	394	258	Willey	Simmons, Alexander	12	-	Greene	141	-	Baker	Penrith	9,079
St George Dragons	10th	9	13	0	352	493	Glossop	Young, Johnston, Beattie	15	-	Walford	164	-	Walford	Belmore	6,080	National Panasonic Cup
South Sydney Rabbitohs	8th	12	8	2	425	383	Piggins	Fenech, Coleman, Davidson	14	-	Blake	134	-	Ellison	SFS	11,326
Western Suburbs Magpies	16th	4	17	1	287	493	Freier, Bailey	Fallah, Tronc, Schubert, Cogger	9	-	Stafford	57	-	Schubert	Orana	5,639	Wooden Spoon

1988 NSWRL Winfield Cup

Stats

Ladder

Playoffs/Finals

Team Stats

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