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| Venue | Princes Park, Melbourne on 29th October, 5th November 1988 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Essendon won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Carlton 1.75 (Bowling 1.75); Essendon 3.06 (Batting 3.06) |
| Close of play day 1 | Essendon (1) 306/5 innings closed |
| Essendon first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +JF Shannon | c and b Plumridge | 77 | |||||
| JM Causon | c Emery b Plumridge | 34 | |||||
| PW Young | not out | 133 | |||||
| MJ Leehane | run out | 30 | |||||
| *PA Hibbert | b Sniegowski | 16 | |||||
| JD Ingleton | c Conroy b Sniegowski | 8 | |||||
| DA Tate | not out | 2 | |||||
| PE McIntyre | did not bat | ||||||
| JR Wrigley | did not bat | ||||||
| GN Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| SP Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 lb, 1 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 100 overs) | 306 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-74, 2-139, 3-235, 4-285, 5-297 | |||||||
| Carlton bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lane | 26 | 4 | 83 | 0 | - | ||
| Lawrence | 26 | 3 | 68 | 0 | - | ||
| Sniegowski | 23 | 2 | 89 | 2 | - | ||
| Plumridge | 25 | 11 | 61 | 2 | - | ||
| Carlton first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ Welch | did not bat | ||||||
| CM Conroy | did not bat | ||||||
| GD Miles | did not bat | ||||||
| TR Plumridge | did not bat | ||||||
| *SJ Cashen | did not bat | ||||||
| AR Ingleton | did not bat | ||||||
| CM O'Sullivan | did not bat | ||||||
| +MB Emery | did not bat | ||||||
| RN Lane | did not bat | ||||||
| RE Lawrence | did not bat | ||||||
| BA Sniegowski | did not bat | ||||||