1987 VFL Round 2: Geelong v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1987 between Geelong and Brisbane Bears during round 2 of the 1987 VFL season. Geelong hosted Brisbane Bears at Kardinia Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Mark Mickan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Devine and the visitors were coached by Peter Knights.

Geelong
D. Bourke (capt.), G. Ablett, C. Alderdice, M. Bairstow, A. Bews, T. Bright, B. Brownless, N. Bruns, M. Christensen, C. Cleave, P. Couch, J. Fitzgerald, D. Flanigan, M. Kol, G. Landy, D. Morgan, D. Russell, D. Troy, M. Turner, P. Whyte

Brisbane Bears
M. Mickan (capt.), P. Banfield, M. Campbell, D. Cox, J. Edmond, J. Fidge, B. Hardie, B. Harris, N. Hein, M. McCarthy, C. O'Brien, D. O'Keeffe, B. Phillips, S. Reynoldson, M. Richardson, M. Roberts, G. Shaw, P. Walsh, C. Waterson, M. Williams

Geelong (19.17.131) were defeated by Brisbane Bears (23.12.150).

Goalkickers
Geelong: G. Ablett (8), B. Brownless (3), M. Turner (3), A. Bews, N. Bruns, J. Fitzgerald, D. Russell, D. Troy
Brisbane Bears: J. Edmond (8), M. Williams (6), M. McCarthy (4), B. Phillips (2), D. Cox, B. Hardie, N. Hein

As a result of this match, Geelong were then 9th on the ladder (down from 7th) and Brisbane Bears were then 3rd on the ladder (up from 4th) by the end of the day.

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Geelong v Brisbane Bears
Date: Saturday 4 April 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 15,231

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Brisbane Bears
Score: 19.17.131 - 23.12.150

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Geelong	2	.	5	9	.	11	14	.	14	19	.	17	19	.	17	(131)
Brisbane Bears	6	.	2	9	.	5	17	.	11	23	.	12	23	.	12	(150)
Margin	BRIB by 21			GEEL by 6			BRIB by 15			BRIB by 19			BRIB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: John Devine (Geelong), Peter Knights (Brisbane Bears)
Captains: Damian Bourke (Geelong), Mark Mickan (Brisbane Bears)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: P. Cameron, C. Mitchell

Brownlow Votes

Player	Team	#	Votes
Matt Campbell	BRIB	25	3
Mike Richardson	BRIB	8	2
Mark Mickan	BRIB	1	1

Player Statistics

Geelong

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
5	Ablett, Gary	?	?	8	5	19	16	3	9	0	0	0	2
34	Alderdice, Craig	?	?	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
3	Bairstow, Mark	?	?	0	1	29	21	8	6	0	1	2	0
27	Bews, Andrew	?	?	1	1	32	19	13	3	0	0	2	1
30	Bourke, Damian (c)	?	?	0	0	11	5	6	5	27	1	2	2
4	Bright, Terry	?	?	0	0	17	11	6	2	0	2	2	3
16	Brownless, Bill	?	?	3	3	11	10	1	6	2	1	2	1
19	Bruns, Neville	?	?	1	0	19	13	6	3	0	1	0	0
47	Christensen, Martin	?	?	0	0	19	10	9	5	0	2	1	0
12	Cleave, Craig	?	?	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
7	Couch, Paul	?	?	0	1	14	10	4	2	0	2	1	2
31	Fitzgerald, John	?	?	1	0	16	6	10	2	0	5	0	2
14	Flanigan, Darren	?	?	0	0	8	6	2	1	1	0	0	1
37	Kol, Michael	?	?	0	0	12	8	4	0	0	1	2	1
39	Landy, Graeme	?	?	0	0	7	5	2	2	0	0	0	3
11	Morgan, Darren	?	?	0	0	16	9	7	3	0	0	0	4
6	Russell, Dwayne	?	?	1	2	18	15	3	5	2	0	2	1
10	Troy, Darren	?	?	1	0	23	7	16	2	0	1	1	3
9	Turner, Mick	?	?	3	3	17	14	3	6	0	0	1	0
33	Whyte, Peter	?	?	0	0	21	8	13	3	0	0	0	1
Rushed					1
Total (20 players)				19	17	313	195	118	66	33	17	19	27

Brisbane Bears

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH	DI	KI	HB	MK	HO	TA	FF	FA
12	Banfield, Peter	?	?	0	0	13	10	3	3	0	1	2	2
25	Campbell, Matt	?	?	0	0	14	9	5	2	0	1	0	1
6	Cox, Darryl	?	?	1	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
20	Edmond, Jim	?	?	8	3	14	13	1	6	0	0	2	3
10	Fidge, John	?	?	0	0	15	12	3	6	0	1	2	0
5	Hardie, Brad	?	?	1	1	14	8	6	2	0	0	2	1
13	Harris, Bernie	?	?	0	1	23	17	6	4	0	0	1	2
15	Hein, Neil	?	?	1	0	5	3	2	0	4	1	0	1
9	McCarthy, Michael	?	?	4	0	18	12	6	3	0	0	5	0
1	Mickan, Mark (c)	?	?	0	0	9	6	3	4	10	0	1	0
28	O'Brien, Cameron	?	?	0	0	6	2	4	1	0	1	1	0
31	O'Keeffe, David	?	?	0	0	12	11	1	4	0	2	1	3
11	Phillips, Brenton	?	?	2	0	15	10	5	4	0	1	1	2
3	Reynoldson, Steve	?	?	0	0	12	6	6	6	0	1	0	0
8	Richardson, Mike	?	?	0	2	31	19	12	8	0	2	2	1
27	Roberts, Mark	?	?	0	0	7	6	1	2	0	1	0	1
29	Shaw, Gary	?	?	0	1	12	8	4	1	0	0	0	0
18	Walsh, Phil	?	?	0	0	7	2	5	2	0	1	0	2
17	Waterson, Chris	?	?	0	0	11	9	2	2	0	2	3	0
2	Williams, Mark	?	?	6	1	30	27	3	8	1	1	4	0
Rushed					3
Total (20 players)				23	12	271	193	78	70	15	16	27	19

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

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