Practice Match, 1988
Melbourne vs Hawthorn
Saturday March 5
Venue: Ararat
Attendance: n/a

	1st	2nd	3rd	Final
Melbourne	6.4	9.11	12.14	18.21.129
Hawthorn	3.4	6.8	9.13	11.15.81

Melbourne win by 48 points

Goalkickers: Alan Johnson 4, Brian Wilson 2, Tony Campbell 3, Griffiths 2, David Cordner 2, Simon Eishold 1, David Flintoff 1, Bret Bailey 1, Steven Febey 1

Hawthorn were required to blood a number of recruits due to the Bicentennial interstate carnival taking place at the same time.

Best were O'Dwyer, Campbell and Payne.

Notes
Some sources show Hawthorn on 11.14.80

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