NSW City Origin 20 def. NSW Country Origin 18
| City vs Country (Origin) 1988 Annual |
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/17257 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Wednesday, 11th May, 1988 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Eddie Ward | |||||||
| Venue | SFS (Sydney) | |||||||
| Crowd | 11,965 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | David Trewhella | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 8 | – | 16 | |||||
| Scrums | 8 | – | 9 | |||||
| Penalties | 5 | – | 12 | |||||
| NSW City | Scoresheet | NSW Country | ||||||
| Terry LAMB | 2 | T | John FERGUSON | |||||
| Jonathan DOCKING | ||||||||
| Michael O'CONNOR | ||||||||
| Michael O'CONNOR | 2/4 | G | 7/7 | John DORAHY | ||||
| BIN | Peter KELLY | |||||||
| NSW City | Teams | NSW Country | ||||||
| Jonathan DOCKING [Cronulla] |
1 | FB | 1 | John DORAHY [North Sydney] |
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| Phil BLAKE [South Sydney] |
2 | W | 2 | John FERGUSON [Canberra] |
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| Michael O'CONNOR [Manly] |
3 | C | 3 | Laurie DALEY [Canberra] |
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| Mark McGAW [Cronulla] |
4 | C | 4 | Andrew FARRAR [Canterbury/Bramley] |
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| Andrew ETTINGSHAUSEN [Cronulla] |
5 | W | 5 | Brian JOHNSTON [St George] |
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| Cliff LYONS [Manly] |
6 | FE | 6 | Chris O'SULLIVAN [Canberra] |
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| Des HASLER [Manly] |
7 | HB | 7 | Peter STERLING (c) [Parramatta] |
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| Terry LAMB [Canterbury] |
8 | L | 8 | David TREWHELLA [Eastern Suburbs] |
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| Wayne PEARCE (c) [Balmain] |
9 | 2R | 9 | Les DAVIDSON [South Sydney] |
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| Steve FOLKES [Canterbury] |
10 | 2R | 10 | Paul DUNN [Canterbury] |
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| Peter TUNKS [Canterbury/Leeds] |
11 | FR | 11 | Steve ROACH [Balmain] |
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| Ben ELIAS [Balmain] |
12 | HK | 12 | Royce SIMMONS [Penrith] |
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| Ian ROBERTS [South Sydney] |
13 | FR | 13 | Peter KELLY [Penrith] |
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| Greg ALEXANDER [Penrith] |
14 | B | 14 | Paul UPFIELD [Illawarra] |
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| Phil DALEY [Manly] |
15 | B | 15 | Ashley GILBERT [Canberra] |
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| John PEARD | HC | Warren RYAN | ||||||
Team Info
NSW City Origin
- Previous Game:
- City vs Country (Origin) 1987 - Game 3 vs. NSW Country
- Next Game:
- City vs Country (Origin) 1989 - Game 2 vs. NSW Country
- Out:
- Brett Kenny (centre), Eric Grothe (wing), Pat Jarvis (front row), Paul Sironen (second row), Paul Langmack (lock)
- In:
- Phil Blake (wing), Andrew Ettingshausen (wing), Cliff Lyons (five-eighth), Ian Roberts (front row), Greg Alexander (bench), Phil Daley (bench)
- Changes:
- Michael O'Connor (wing to centre), Terry Lamb (five-eighth to lock), Steve Folkes (bench to second row)
NSW Country Origin
- Previous Game:
- City vs Country (Origin) 1987 - Game 3 vs. NSW City
- Next Game:
- City vs Country (Origin) 1989 - Game 2 vs. NSW City
- Out:
- Garry Jack (fullback), John Allanson (wing), Chris Mortimer (centre), Mark Laurie (five-eighth), David Boyle (front row), Mal Cochrane (hooker), Noel Cleal (second row), Ron Gibbs (lock)
- In:
- John Dorahy (fullback), John Ferguson (wing), Laurie Daley (centre), Chris O'Sullivan (five-eighth), Royce Simmons (hooker), Steve Roach (front row), Paul Dunn (second row), David Trewhella (lock), Paul Upfield (bench), Ashley Gilbert (bench)
Note: Forward packs are listed in reverse order.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash

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