1987 VFL Season Round 5: Brisbane Bears v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 April 1987 between the Brisbane Bears and Melbourne during round five of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. The Brisbane Bears hosted Melbourne at Carrara Stadium. Mark Mickan captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Peter Knights and the visitors were coached by John Northey.

The Brisbane Bears (12.14.86) defeated Melbourne (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Brisbane Bears v Melbourne
Date: Sunday 26 April 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Carrara Stadium
Attendance: 7,451

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Bears def. Melbourne
Score: 12.14.86 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Bears 1 . 3 6 . 8 8 . 12 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Melbourne 5 . 1 8 . 1 10 . 3 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin MELB by 22 MELB by 5 MELB by 3 BRIB by 5 BRIB by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Brisbane Bears

Captain: Mark Mickan
Coach: Peter Knights

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: John Northey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Castle
B. Woodhead

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Steve Reynoldson BRIB 3 3
Mark Williams BRIB 2 2
Brenton Phillips BRIB 11 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Banfield, Peter ? ? 2 0 17 13 4 4 0 0 2 1
41 Beckett, Tony ? ? 1 0 19 17 2 6 0 2 1 2
21 Buckley, Mark ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 1 1 1 0 0
25 Campbell, Matt ? ? 0 0 21 11 10 2 0 1 0 0
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 3 0 0 1 3
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 3 3 14 6 8 4 0 1 0 1
10 Fidge, John ? ? 2 0 12 7 5 3 0 1 1 0
5 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 3 0 0
49 Harris, Ben ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 2 3 4 0
9 McCarthy, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 5 1 2 8 2
1 Mickan, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 8 20 0 2 0
11 Phillips, Brenton ? ? 1 4 22 12 10 3 0 5 0 3
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 2 0 2 4 1
3 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 1 1 20 9 11 10 0 2 0 0
8 Richardson, Mike ? ? 1 3 27 16 11 4 0 3 1 0
27 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 0 8 3 5 1 0 2 1 1
32 Smith, Peter ? ? 0 0 16 7 9 3 0 3 2 1
18 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 0 30 22 8 1 0 1 0 0
17 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Williams, Mark ? ? 1 0 20 16 4 0 1 4 4 5
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 14 337 203 134 67 25 36 31 20

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 22 9 13 3 0 1 4 3
16 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 2 26 18 8 5 0 0 0 0
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0
28 Cordner, David ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 0 0
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 0 1 14 12 2 4 2 2 0 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 2 0 1 2 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 1 0 1 0 0
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 2 0 1 1 0
29 Kiel, Peter ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 1 0 0
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 3 0 17 10 7 2 0 2 2 3
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 1 16 10 6 7 0 2 0 1
30 Moore, Peter ? ? 3 1 5 5 0 3 1 0 0 2
20 Richards, Russell ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 1 0 1
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 1 0 18 12 6 3 1 1 1 0
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 7 0 4 2 1
41 Turner, Steve ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 8 10 0 0 4
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 0 1
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 2 0 2 1 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 2 0 27 19 8 5 0 0 1 5
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 0 22 17 5 2 0 0 3 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 12 9 297 207 90 68 14 21 17 25

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