1988 VFL Season: Brisbane Bears

Season Team Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Team: Brisbane Bears
Home Ground: Carrara Stadium

Team Results

Ladder Position: 13th (W-D-L: 7-0-15, P%: 74.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Geoff Raines (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Warwick Capper (45)
Brisbane Bears Club Champion Recipient(s): Mark Withers

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Mark Mickan

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Banfield, Peter #12 19 R01, R05-R22 7 0
Campbell, Matthew #25 11 R03, R07-R12, R14, R20-R22 2 0
Capper, Warwick #39 18 R01-R17, R22 45 0
Carlson, Darren #44 9 R01, R03-R06, R13-R16 2 0
Dickson, Dale #6 13 R01-R08, R17, R19-R22 3 0
Dunell, Frank #7 11 R01-R02, R04-R05, R10-R12, R17-R19, R22 4 0
Eade, Rodney #26 13 R01-R13 1 0
Edmond, Jim #20 5 R13-R16, R18 8 2
Fidge, John #10 8 R14-R21 12 0
Garton, Adam #22 1 R04 0 0
Gibson, Michael #38 14 R04-R08, R10-R12, R17-R22 1 0
Hardie, Brad #5 20 R01-R07, R10-R22 26 4
Harris, Ben #49 1 R02 0 0
Harris, Bernie #13 11 R03, R06-R11, R18, R20-R22 4 0
Hein, Neil #15 7 R04, R07-R12 7 0
Judge, Ken #35 9 R01-R06, R08-R09, R19 5 0
Kennedy, Michael #36 6 R01-R02, R10-R11, R13-R14 1 0
Lester-Smith, Rod #21 10 R11-R12, R15-R22 7 2
Lynn, Tony #32 6 R09-R13, R18 5 0
Mace, Robert #23 1 R04 0 0
McCarthy, Michael #9 8 R11-R16, R20-R21 0 0
McIvor, Scott #19 22 R01-R22 14 2
Merrett, Roger #24 17 R01-R06, R10-R18, R21-R22 17 0
Mickan, Mark #1 8 R01-R03, R18-R22 2 0
O'Brien, Cameron #28 6 R01, R03, R06-R09 1 0
O'Keeffe, David #31 14 R02-R03, R05-R16 7 0
Phillips, Brenton #11 13 R02-R10, R15-R17, R22 9 0
Raines, Geoff #4 20 R01-R03, R06-R22 8 12
Reynoldson, Steve #3 18 R01-R02, R05-R10, R13-R22 6 2
Richardson, Mike #8 22 R01-R22 5 8
Roberts, Mark #27 8 R01-R05, R09, R19-R20 1 0
Simpson, Matthew #30 9 R07-R09, R17-R22 2 2
Taylor, Andrew #29 13 R04-R06, R13-R22 0 3
Walsh, Phil #18 20 R01-R09, R11-R21 6 0
Waterson, Chris #17 17 R04-R05, R07-R10, R12-R22 7 0
Williams, Mark #2 14 R01-R03, R12-R22 5 2
Withers, Mark #37 18 R01-R17, R19 24 8

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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 7 -0- 15 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1988 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 8 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
09/04/1988 Round 2 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 68 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
17/04/1988 Round 3 West Coast HOME LOSS WCE by 118 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
22/04/1988 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 55 Peter Knights unknown
30/04/1988 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY WIN BRB by 9 Peter Knights unknown
08/05/1988 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME WIN BRB by 2 Peter Knights unknown
15/05/1988 Round 7 Footscray HOME WIN BRB by 1 Peter Knights unknown
20/05/1988 Round 8 Sydney AWAY WIN BRB by 28 Peter Knights unknown
27/05/1988 Round 9 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 140 Peter Knights unknown
05/06/1988 Round 10 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 53 Peter Knights unknown
12/06/1988 Round 11 Richmond HOME WIN BRB by 48 Peter Knights unknown
18/06/1988 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 63 Peter Knights unknown
25/06/1988 Round 13 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 66 Peter Knights unknown
03/07/1988 Round 14 St Kilda HOME WIN BRB by 10 Peter Knights unknown
10/07/1988 Round 15 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 24 Peter Knights unknown
15/07/1988 Round 16 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 9 Peter Knights unknown
24/07/1988 Round 17 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 29 Peter Knights unknown
31/07/1988 Round 18 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 41 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
05/08/1988 Round 19 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 46 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
12/08/1988 Round 20 Richmond AWAY WIN BRB by 14 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
21/08/1988 Round 21 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 3 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
28/08/1988 Round 22 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 4 Peter Knights Mark Mickan