1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival

The 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival was the 22nd edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football State of Origin competition. Australia was celebrating its Bicentenary in 1988 so the carnival was known as the 'Bicentennial Carnival'. It took place in March and the matches were played at Football Park and Norwood Oval.

Ten teams were involved, including all the states and territories, making in the most heavily contested competition. They were divided into two sections. South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and New South Wales were in Section One. Although traditionally the Tasmanians had enjoyed more success in the interstate arena than New South Wales, the latter had 22 VFL players in their squad compared to the island state's 15 which helped them obtain the final Section One spot.

Section Two was occupied by the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania and two non regional teams. The Australian Amateurs was one of those, a squad of amateur players from across the country's leagues. Finally, the Victorian Football Association representative team made up the group but selection was not restricted to VFA players. If a footballer, now competing elsewhere, had started their career in the VFA, such as Terry Wallace for example, then they were eligible to join the squad. The same rules applied to the other teams, so if a Tasmanian born player had started their career at West Perth then they could be selected for either Tasmania or Western Australia.

Results

Section	Winning team	Winning team score	Losing team	Losing team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Section Two - Preliminary Stage	Northern Territory	19.20 (134)	Tasmania	10.8 (68)	Football Park	-	2 March 1988
Section Two - Preliminary Stage	Australian Amateurs	14.12 (96)	ACT	12.11 (83)	Football Park	-	2 March 1988
Section One - Semi Final	Victoria	20.13 (133)	Western Australia	10.13 (73)	Football Park	5,195	2 March 1988
Section Two - Preliminary Stage	VFA	17.10 (112)	Queensland	4.11 (35)	Football Park	-	3 March 1988
Section Two - Preliminary Stage	Northern Territory	11.19 (85)	Australian Amateurs	8.9 (57)	Football Park	-	3 March 1988
Section One - Semi Final	South Australia	12.8 (80)	New South Wales	8.11 (59)	Football Park	5,755	3 March 1988
Section Two - Semi Final	VFA	18.20 (128)	ACT	9.16 (70)	Norwood Oval	-	4 March 1988
Section Two - Wooden Spoon Play Off	Tasmania	11.16 (82)	Queensland	10.10 (70)	Norwood Oval	-	4 March 1988
Section Two - Final	Northern Territory	17.10 (112)	VFA	9.13 (63)	Football Park	-	5 March 1988
Section One - 3rd Place Play Off	New South Wales	10.8 (68)	Western Australia	9.12 (66)	Football Park	-	5 March 1988
Section One - Final	South Australia	15.12 (102)	Victoria	6.6 (42)	Football Park	19,387	5 March 1988

Squads

ACT	AA	NSW	NT	QLD
Brett Allison Adrian Barich Brett Hannam Phil Harper Michael Kennedy Terry Libbis Peter Scully Shaun Smith Barry Suckling Michael Werner Tony Wynd	Simon Beasley Bill Botten Nick Burne Peter Curtain Alex Ishchenko Sean King Geoff Miles James Morrissey Andrew Obst Mark Summers	Phil Bradmore Billy Brownless Dennis Carroll Neil Cordy Terry Daniher Paul Hawke Tony Morwood David Murphy Mark O'Donoghue Terry Thripp Stephen Wright	William Briston Dennis Dunn Rohan Helyar Brentley Hughes Michael Long Michael McLean Adrian Moscheni Mark Motlop Maurice Rioli Ben Vigona	Craig Crowley Frank Dunnell Jason Dunstall Michael Gibson Brett Grimley Robert Mace Mark Maclure Scott McIvor Ray Sarcevic Rod Willet

SA	TAS	VFA	VIC	WA
Michael Aish Craig Bradley Peter Bubner Tony Hall Danny Hughes Stephen Kernahan Martin Leslie Bruce Lindner Chris McDermott Tony McGuinness Garry McIntosh Mark Mickan Mark Naley Andrew Payze John Platten Greg Whittlesea	Matthew Armstrong Doug Barwick Rodney Eade Steve Goulding Stephen Nichols Ian Paton David Pearce Bradley Plain Darrin Pritchard	Paul Dudley Allen Eade Alan Ezard Adrian Marcon Grant O'Riley Tony Pastore Barry Round Gary Sheldon Terry Wallace	Andrew Bews Peter Daicos Danny Frawley Leon Harris Gerard Healy Chris Langford Simon Madden Chris Mew Russell Morris Richard Osborne Paul Roos Brian Royal Paul Salmon Stephen Silvagni Ross Smith Tim Watson Dale Weightman Greg Williams	John Annear Mark Bairstow Gary Buckenara Joe Cormack Warren Dean Richard Dennis Ross Glendinning Wayne Henwood Dean Laidley Dwayne Lamb Andrew Lockyer Chris Mainwaring Steve Malaxos Paul Mifka Phil Scott Earl Spalding John Worsfold Murray Wrensted

Honours

All-Australians

All-Australian coach Graham Cornes

1988 All-Australian Team
Name	State	Club
Terry Daniher	New South Wales	Essendon
David Murphy	New South Wales	Sydney
Michael Long	Northern Territory	St Marys
Michael McLean	Northern Territory	Footscray
Maurice Rioli	Northern Territory	St Marys
Tony Hall	South Australia	Glenelg
Danny Hughes	South Australia	Melbourne
Stephen Kernahan	South Australia	Carlton
Martin Leslie	South Australia	Port Adelaide
Bruce Lindner	South Australia	Geelong
Tony McGuinness	South Australia	Footscray
Mark Mickan	South Australia	Brisbane Bears
John Platten	South Australia	Hawthorn
Greg Whittlesea	South Australia	Sturt
Graham Cornes	South Australia	Glenelg (Coach)
Terry Wallace	Victoria	Footscray
Danny Frawley	Victoria	St Kilda
Gerard Healy	Victoria	Sydney
Simon Madden	Victoria	Essendon
Paul Roos	Victoria	Fitzroy
Paul Salmon	Victoria	Essendon
Dale Weightman	Victoria	Richmond
Steve Malaxos	Western Australia	West Coast

Leading goal-kickers

• Dennis Dunn (NT) - 16 goals
• Michael Long (NT) - 9 goals
• Stephen Kernahan (SA) - 8 goals
• Stephen Nichols (TAS) - 8 goals
• Paul Salmon (VIC) - 8 goals
• Bruce Lindner (SA) - 6 goals

Medalists

Fos Williams Medals

• Stephen Kernahan (SA)
• Mark Mickan (SA)

Simpson Medal

• Dwayne Lamb (WA)

Tassie Medal

• Paul Salmon (VIC)

References

• Full Points Footy: 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial State of Origin Carnival