1987 VFL Season: Brisbane Bears

Season Team Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Team: Brisbane Bears
Home Ground: Carrara Stadium

Team Results

Ladder Position: 13th (W-D-L: 6-0-16, P%: 79.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 41
Brownlow Leader(s): Geoff Raines (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jim Edmond (34)
Brisbane Bears Club Champion Recipient(s): Phil Walsh

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Mark Mickan

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Banfield, Peter #12 20 R01-R10, R12-R18, R20-R22 9 0
Beckett, Tony #41 6 R05-R07, R09, R13-R14 2 0
Buckley, Mark #21 4 R04-R05, R10-R11 2 0
Campbell, Matthew #25 22 R01-R22 5 3
Carlson, Darren #44 11 R11-R18, R20-R22 4 4
Cox, Darryl #6 1 R02 1 0
Dickson, Dale #6 7 R01, R13-R16, R19, R22 0 0
Dunell, Frank #7 4 R03-R06 0 0
Duursma, Jamie #24 1 R21 0 0
Edmond, Jim #20 12 R01-R03, R05-R08, R10-R12, R21-R22 34 0
Evans, Craig #4 2 R12-R13 2 0
Fidge, John #10 16 R01-R08, R10-R11, R17-R22 21 0
Gaghan, Neil #30 3 R08, R10, R19 0 0
Garton, Adam #22 2 R10-R11 1 0
Gibson, Michael #38 9 R12-R18, R21-R22 1 0
Giffard, Allan #33 1 R09 0 0
Glascott, Stuart #26 4 R19-R22 0 0
Hardie, Brad #5 21 R01-R15, R17-R22 33 2
Harris, Ben #49 10 R05-R09, R18-R22 6 0
Harris, Bernie #13 20 R01-R03, R06-R22 23 0
Hein, Neil #15 8 R01-R04, R11-R12, R17, R20 5 0
Judge, Ken #35 8 R15-R22 13 0
MacPherson, Rod #16 7 R08-R09, R15-R18, R20 3 0
McCarthy, Michael #9 19 R01-R10, R12-R20 9 0
Mickan, Mark #1 22 R01-R22 12 6
Norman, Rick #34 1 R04 0 0
O'Brien, Cameron #28 13 R01-R03, R06, R13-R17, R19-R22 11 0
O'Keeffe, David #31 16 R01-R04, R06-R07, R09-R12, R14-R16, R18-R19, R22 13 0
Phillips, Brenton #11 17 R01-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18, R22 17 5
Raines, Geoff #4 19 R01, R04-R17, R19-R22 8 11
Reynoldson, Steve #3 18 R01-R18 4 8
Richardson, Mike #8 22 R01-R22 19 5
Roberts, Mark #27 14 R01-R05, R07-R09, R11-R13, R19-R21 0 0
Shaw, Gary #29 6 R02, R08-R12 5 0
Smith, Peter #32 4 R05-R07, R14 1 0
Stacey, Chris #19 3 R11-R12, R19 5 0
Walsh, Phil #18 22 R01-R22 6 3
Waterson, Chris #17 18 R01-R05, R07-R10, R13-R16, R18-R22 1 0
Williams, Mark #2 19 R01-R19 27 4
Williams, Stephen #36 4 R03-R04, R20-R21 1 0
Withers, Mark #37 4 R15-R18 4 0

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Knights, Peter 22 6 -0- 16 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/03/1987 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY WIN BRB by 33 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
04/04/1987 Round 2 Geelong AWAY WIN BRB by 19 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
11/04/1987 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 50 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
19/04/1987 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 15 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
26/04/1987 Round 5 Melbourne HOME WIN BRB by 5 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
02/05/1987 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 47 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
08/05/1987 Round 7 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 19 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
17/05/1987 Round 8 Richmond HOME WIN BRB by 35 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
23/05/1987 Round 9 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 32 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
30/05/1987 Round 10 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 103 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
07/06/1987 Round 11 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 73 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
14/06/1987 Round 12 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 95 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
20/06/1987 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 37 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
28/06/1987 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 38 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
05/07/1987 Round 15 Geelong HOME WIN BRB by 41 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
12/07/1987 Round 16 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 28 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
25/07/1987 Round 17 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 25 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
01/08/1987 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 54 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
09/08/1987 Round 19 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 23 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
16/08/1987 Round 20 West Coast HOME LOSS WCE by 21 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
23/08/1987 Round 21 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 82 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
28/08/1987 Round 22 Richmond AWAY WIN BRB by 56 Peter Knights Mark Mickan