1989 VFL Season: Brisbane Bears

Season Team Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Team: Brisbane Bears
Home Ground: Carrara Stadium

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 8-0-14, P%: 78.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Roger Merrett (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Brad Hardie (54)
Brisbane Bears Club Champion Recipient(s): John Gastev

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Mark Mickan

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ashcroft, Marcus #43 10 R09-R15, R20-R22 5 0
Bain, David #22 20 R01-R08, R11-R22 14 11
Banfield, Peter #12 6 R03, R08-R10, R16-R17 0 0
Campbell, Matthew #25 8 R01, R07-R13 1 2
Capper, Warwick #39 11 R01-R04, R08-R12, R16-R17 16 0
Carlson, Darren #44 1 R04 0 0
Dickson, Dale #6 10 R02-R05, R09-R11, R13-R15 0 0
Eade, Rodney #26 12 R03-R08, R17-R22 1 0
Fidge, John #10 3 R02-R04 5 0
Gastev, John #45 19 R01-R05, R09-R22 11 2
Gibson, Michael #38 13 R01-R02, R04, R06, R08, R10-R12, R18-R22 0 1
Hardie, Brad #5 20 R01, R04-R22 54 4
Harris, Ben #49 1 R13 0 0
Harris, Bernie #13 18 R01-R08, R13-R22 22 0
Hose, Simon #47 5 R02-R03, R06-R08 2 0
Ishchenko, Alex #9 13 R01-R08, R14, R19-R22 1 0
Kennedy, Michael #36 9 R12-R13, R16-R22 2 1
Leslie, Martin #14 11 R01-R05, R16-R17, R19-R22 0 0
Lester-Smith, Rod #16 16 R01-R14, R18-R19 4 1
McIvor, Scott #19 22 R01-R22 9 10
Merrett, Roger #24 22 R01-R22 24 14
Mickan, Mark #1 16 R01, R05-R15, R17-R18, R20-R21 12 0
O'Brien, Cameron #28 8 R05-R07, R15-R19 19 0
O'Keeffe, David #31 20 R01, R03, R05-R22 3 0
O'Sullivan, Chris #15 6 R09-R10, R12-R14, R16 2 0
Phillips, Brenton #11 21 R01-R07, R09-R22 3 3
Raines, Geoff #4 20 R01-R08, R11-R22 4 0
Reynoldson, Steve #3 11 R05, R09-R11, R13-R18, R22 2 0
Richardson, Mike #8 15 R01-R03, R10-R21 9 0
Roberts, Mark #27 19 R01-R12, R14-R15, R18-R22 5 0
Sim, Lachlan #20 6 R02, R06-R07, R09, R14-R15 2 0
Taylor, Andrew #29 8 R06-R08, R15-R16, R20-R22 6 1
Walsh, Phil #18 8 R01-R02, R04-R09 2 0
Williams, Mark #2 22 R01-R22 19 0
Zanotti, Mark #21 10 R09-R12, R15-R19, R22 0 3

Team Line-Up

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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 15 3 -0- 12 R01-R15
Feltham, Paul 7 5 -0- 2 R16-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/04/1989 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 39 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
09/04/1989 Round 2 Sydney HOME WIN BRB by 58 Peter Knights unknown
15/04/1989 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 60 Peter Knights unknown
21/04/1989 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 26 Peter Knights unknown
30/04/1989 Round 5 West Coast HOME LOSS WCE by 52 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
07/05/1989 Round 6 Footscray HOME WIN BRB by 8 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
14/05/1989 Round 7 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 31 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
20/05/1989 Round 8 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 129 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
26/05/1989 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 94 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
03/06/1989 Round 10 Carlton AWAY WIN BRB by 3 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
10/06/1989 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 19 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
18/06/1989 Round 12 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 14 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
23/06/1989 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 71 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
09/07/1989 Round 14 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 14 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
15/07/1989 Round 15 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 74 Peter Knights Mark Mickan
22/07/1989 Round 16 St Kilda HOME WIN BRB by 4 Paul Feltham unknown
30/07/1989 Round 17 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 25 Paul Feltham Mark Mickan
05/08/1989 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME WIN BRB by 83 Paul Feltham Mark Mickan
12/08/1989 Round 19 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 54 Paul Feltham unknown
20/08/1989 Round 20 Hawthorn HOME WIN BRB by 16 Paul Feltham Mark Mickan
26/08/1989 Round 21 Fitzroy AWAY WIN BRB by 13 Paul Feltham Mark Mickan
03/09/1989 Round 22 Carlton HOME WIN BRB by 35 Paul Feltham unknown