Australia and New Zealand in 1988
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Source: the site's AFL, NRL, cricket, rugby, football and basketball records · as of 19 Oct 2026
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Hawthorn
def. Melbourne, 152-56
Canterbury-Bankstown
def. Balmain, 24-12
Queensland
def. New South Wales, 3-0
Drawn
The year, month by month
January
- TennisAustralian Open women'sSteffi Graf
- Date
- 23 Jan
- TennisAustralian Open men'sMats Wilander
- Date
- 24 Jan
- CricketThe AshesDrawn, 0-0 (1 drawn)
- Date
- 29 Jan
- Note
- Series in Australia; date is the start of the last Test
February: nothing in this view
March
- CricketSheffield ShieldWestern Australia
- Season
- 1987-88
Apr to May: nothing in this view
June
- NRLState of OriginQueensland def. New South Wales, 3-0
- Runner-up
- New South Wales
- Venue
- Sydney Football Stadium
- Date
- 21 Jun
- Note
- Series decider, game 3: Queensland 38, New South Wales 22
July
- Rugby unionBledisloe CupNew Zealand def. Australia, 0-2 (1 drawn)
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Date
- 30 Jul
- Note
- Australia v New Zealand meetings that year, Australia first
August
- BasketballNBLCanberra Cannons def. North Melbourne Giants
- Season
- 1988
- Runner-up
- North Melbourne Giants
September
- NRLNSWRLCanterbury-Bankstown def. Balmain, 24-12
- Runner-up
- Balmain
- Venue
- Old S.F.S.
- Date
- 11 Sep
- AFLVFLHawthorn def. Melbourne, 152-56
- Runner-up
- Melbourne
- Venue
- M.C.G.
- Date
- 24 Sep
October
- Rugby unionNPCAuckland def. Wellington
- Runner-up
- Wellington
- Note
- Played as the National Provincial Championship; decided on the points table, no final
- Rugby leagueRugby League World CupAustralia def. New Zealand, 25-12
November
- F1Australian Grand PrixAlain Prost (McLaren)
- Venue
- Adelaide Street Circuit
- Date
- 13 Nov
- Note
- Formula One World Championship round 16, Adelaide
December: nothing in this view
Events without a day are listed under the month they usually fall in.
National teamsWins-draws-losses
Australia
- Men's rugby union4-1-3
Beat England
- Men's rugby leagueRugby League World Cup
- Men's football5-0-3
Beat Argentina
- Women's football2-0-2
Beat Thailand
- Men's basketball4-0-4
Beat Spain
- Women's basketball2-0-3
Beat Russia
- Men's cricket
Test 1-3-4 · ODI 11-0-4
New Zealand
- Men's rugby union4-1-0
Beat Australia
- Men's football4-1-4
Beat Saudi Arabia
- Men's cricket
Test 1-3-2 · ODI 8-0-14
Records come from the site's national-team Elo results (rugby union, football, basketball), its cricket results (Test, ODI and T20I; no-result matches left out) and the champions board (titles). Rugby league internationals, women's rugby and women's cricket are not tracked, so rugby league shows only in years with a World Cup title.
Year in perspective
The Line
Hawthorn AFL
Top club on the Line, 1753
City of the year
- Auckland1
- Canberra1
- Melbourne1
Titles by metro
- Auckland: NPC
- Canberra: NBL
- Melbourne: VFL
- Perth: Sheffield Shield
- Sydney: NSWRL
Since 1897, to 1988: Sydney 119, Melbourne 110
Trans-Tasman
Australia 8, New Zealand 3, drawn 1
By sport
- ODI cricket: Australia 5, New Zealand 1
- Football, men: Australia 2, New Zealand 0
- Rugby League World Cup: Australia 1, New Zealand 0
- Rugby union, men: Australia 0, New Zealand 2, drawn 1