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 over four days from 2 March until 5 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 its 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 Association representative team made up the group but selection was not restricted to Victorian Football Association players. If a footballer, now competing elsewhere, had started his career in the Victorian Football Association, such as Terry Wallace for example, then he was eligible to join the squad. The same rules applied to the other teams, so if a Tasmanian born player had started his career at West Perth then he could be selected for either Tasmania or Western Australia.

Attendances at the tournament were lower than expected, and overall the tournament ran at a $30,000 loss. The winning state was originally to have received a $40,000 prize, with incrementally lower prizes for all other states; but these prizes were abandoned due to the operating loss.[1]

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 [2]
Section Two – Preliminary Stage	Australian Amateurs	14.12 (96)	Australian Capital Territory	12.11 (83)	Football Park	–	2 March 1988 [2]
Section One – Semi Final	Victoria	20.13 (133)	Western Australia	10.13 (73)	Football Park	5,195	2 March 1988
Section Two – Preliminary Stage	Victorian Association	17.10 (112)	Queensland	4.11 (35)	Football Park	–	3 March 1988 [3]
Section Two – Preliminary Stage	Northern Territory	11.19 (85)	Australian Amateurs	8.9 (57)	Football Park	–	3 March 1988 [3]
Section One – Semi Final	South Australia	12.8 (80)	New South Wales	8.11 (59)	Football Park	5,755	3 March 1988 [3]
Section Two – Semi Final	Victorian Association	18.20 (128)	Australian Capital Territory	9.16 (70)	Norwood Oval	–	4 March 1988 [4]
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)	Victorian Association	9.13 (63)	Football Park	–	5 March 1988 [5]
Section One – 3rd Place Play Off	New South Wales	10.8 (68)	Western Australia	9.12 (66)	Football Park	–	5 March 1988 [5]
Section One – Final	South Australia	15.12 (102)	Victoria	6.6 (42)	Football Park	19,387	5 March 1988 [6]

Squads

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Australian Capital Territory [7]	Amateurs [7][8]	New South Wales	Northern Territory [9]	Queensland
Coach: Brian Quade Brett Allison Adrian Barich Andrew Bishop Russel Durnan Craig Elias Shane Fitzsimmons Brett Hannam Phil Harper Geoff Hocking Geoff James Michael Kennedy Mark Killer Terry Libbis Mark McClelland Michael Richardson Wayne Rogers Peter Scully Shaun Smith Barry Suckling Mark Thompson Michael Werner Tony Wynd	Coach: Bernie Sheehy Bill Armstrong Simon Beasley Bill Botten Nick Burne Peter Curtain John Gastev Terry Holtzman Alex Ishchenko Ricky Jackson Craig Kettlewell Sean King Paul Meldrum Geoff Miles James Morrissey Andrew Obst Dave Perry (captain) Leigh Sprylan Mark Summers Dominic Spillane	Phil Bradmore Billy Brownless Dennis Carroll Neil Cordy Terry Daniher (captain) Paul Hawke Tony Morwood David Murphy Mark O'Donoghue Terry Thripp Stephen Wright	Coach: John Taylor Maurice Rioli (captain) Joe AhMat Michael Athanasiou Damien Berto William (Ninny) Briston Greg Bruce Roy Cassetti Kevin Caton Eddie Cubillo Cadji Dunn Dennis Dunn Rohan Helyar Brentley Hughes Russell Jeffrey Bob Jones Teddy Liddy Bruno Long Michael Long Peter McGann Michael McLean (vice-captain) Adrian Moscheni Mark Motlop Paul Motlop Kelly O'Donnell Cyril Rioli Sr. Willie Rioli Willie Roe Tony Vigona Kevin Wanganeen Lance White	Coach: Peter Knights Cameron Buchanen Darren Carlson Lindsay Collison Jason Cotter Gavin Crosisca Craig Crowley Frank Dunell Jason Dunstall Michael Gibson Stuart Glascott John Glynn Jason Grimley Carl Herbert Robert Mace Mark Maclure Ross McIvor Scott McIvor Kevin O'Keefe Terry O'Neill Peter Riewoldt Ray Sarcevic Jim Sewell Trevor Spencer Tony Smith Brenton Tapp Zane Taylor Paul Ugle Dean Warren Rod Willet

South Australia	Tasmania	Victorian Association	Victoria	Western Australia[10]
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 Steven Stretch Greg Whittlesea Matthew Campbell Coach: Robert Shaw Matthew Armstrong Simon Atkins Doug Barwick Scott Clayton Rodney Eade Michael Gale David Grant Steve Goulding Alastair Lynch James Manson Stephen MacPherson John McCarthy Simon Minton-Connell Robert Neal Stephen Nichols Michael Parsons Ian Paton David Pearce Bradley Plain Darrin Pritchard Michael Roach Colin Robertson Chris Riewoldt Justin Stubbs Michael Templeton Michael Webster Shane Williams	Coach: Terry Wheeler Paul Dudley Allen Eade Alan Ezard Paul Dudley Ron James Adrian Marcon Fraser Murphy Grant O'Riley Tony Pastore Barry Round Jeff Saran Gary Sheldon Terry Wallace	Tom Alvin Andrew Bews David Bolton Mark Bos Dermott Brereton Peter Daicos Robert DiPierdomenico Danny Frawley Leon Harris Gerard Healy Chris Langford Simon Madden Chris Mew Russell Morris Richard Osborne Gary Pert Paul Roos Brian Royal Paul Salmon Stephen Silvagni Ross Smith Tim Watson Dale Weightman Greg Williams	John Annear Mark Bairstow Peter Bosustow Gary Buckenara Joe Cormack Warren Dean Richard Dennis Jon Dorotich Ross Glendinning (captain) Brad Hardie Wayne Henwood Dean Laidley Dwayne Lamb Karl Langdon Andrew Lockyer Chris Mainwaring Steve Malaxos Paul Mifka Mike Richardson Phil Scott Earl Spalding Craig Starcevich Nicky Winmar John Worsfold Murray Wrensted Mark Zanotti

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 Mary's
Michael McLean	Northern Territory	Footscray
Maurice Rioli	Northern Territory	St Mary's
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	Victorian Association	Richmond
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)

Dolphin Medal

• Terry Wallace (VFA)[11]

References

1. Peter Simunovich (7 March 1988). "Poor crowd stops prizes". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. p. 92.
2. "Amateurs hold out ACT rally". The Canberra Times. 3 March 1988. p. 20. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
3. "South Australia struggles". The Canberra Times. 4 March 1988. p. 24. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
4. "VFA stars hammer the ACT". The Canberra Times. 5 March 1988. p. 24. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
5. "Sports Results and Details". The Canberra Times. 6 March 1988. p. Sport-12. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
6. "Sports results and details". The Canberra Times. 7 March 1988. p. 23. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
7. "Footballers' 'biggest gathering' for bicentennial title – Amateur council favoured". The Canberra Times. 2 March 1988. p. 40. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
8. Poat, Peter (ed.). 1988 West Australian Football Register. p. 138.
9. Barfoot, Michael; Lee, David (December 1995). History of the NTFL (Online). Darwin: Northern Territory Football League. p. 1. ISBN 0-646-26754-X. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
10. "WA State Match Results". pp. 103–104.
11. Daryl Timms (7 March 1988). "It's VFL or goodbye, says Wallace". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. p. 92.

• "Full Points Footy: 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial State of Origin Carnival". Archived from the original on 5 January 2009.