1987 VFL Season Round 2: Geelong v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 4 April 1987 between Geelong and the Brisbane Bears during round two of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted the 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 (19.17.131) were defeated by the Brisbane Bears (23.12.150).

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

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: John Devine

Brisbane Bears

Captain: Mark Mickan
Coach: Peter Knights

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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