1987 VFL Season Round 9: Footscray v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 23 May 1987 between Footscray and the Brisbane Bears during round nine of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted the Brisbane Bears at Western Oval. Rick Kennedy captained the hosts. Mark Mickan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Peter Knights.

Footscray (14.19.103) defeated the Brisbane Bears (10.11.71).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Footscray v Brisbane Bears
Date: Saturday 23 May 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 10,873

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Brisbane Bears
Score: 14.19.103 - 10.11.71

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 10 . 10 12 . 14 14 . 19 14 . 19 (103)
Brisbane Bears 3 . 4 4 . 5 9 . 8 10 . 11 10 . 11 (71)
Margin BRIB by 2 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 32 FOOT by 32
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Rick Kennedy
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Brisbane Bears

Captain: Mark Mickan
Coach: Peter Knights

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

S. Harris
D. Howlett

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Rick Kennedy FOOT 8 3
Peter Foster FOOT 32 2
Brian Royal FOOT 33 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
52 Athorn, Mark ? ? 0 2 7 5 2 2 0 0 1 0
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 2 0 2 1 1
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 3 5 10 9 1 7 0 1 2 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 0 1 1
2 Cousins, Richard ? ? 1 0 8 7 1 1 3 1 4 1
17 Cronan, Phil ? ? 0 0 16 10 6 1 0 0 1 0
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 4 0 1 2 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 1 0 13 7 6 2 0 1 1 0
32 Foster, Peter ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 8 2 1 1 2
43 James, Ron ? ? 0 0 9 5 4 3 0 3 0 1
8 Kennedy, Rick (c) ? ? 0 0 16 13 3 5 0 0 6 4
39 Liberatore, Tony ? ? 0 3 15 11 4 1 0 1 1 3
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 6 2 27 21 6 2 0 4 3 0
40 Moloney, Troy ? ? 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 0 0
38 Petraglia, Angelo ? ? 1 3 15 14 1 4 0 5 2 3
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 0 14 2 4 3
15 Rance, Murray ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 3 3 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 1 2 27 18 9 4 0 2 2 1
19 Tzatzaris, Zeno ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 2 0 1 2 3
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 1 0 1 4 2
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 14 19 288 209 79 55 19 29 41 26

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Banfield, Peter ? ? 1 1 25 13 12 4 0 2 1 2
41 Beckett, Tony ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 3 0 1
25 Campbell, Matt ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 1 0 0 1 4
33 Giffard, Allan ? ? 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 2 0 3
5 Hardie, Brad ? ? 1 0 24 17 7 2 0 1 4 3
49 Harris, Ben ? ? 1 0 12 5 7 3 1 2 2 4
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 1 2 20 14 6 1 0 0 1 3
16 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 0 1 15 5 10 2 0 0 1 0
9 McCarthy, Michael ? ? 1 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 1 2
1 Mickan, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 6 30 2 2 2
31 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 1 1 20 15 5 2 0 1 3 3
11 Phillips, Brenton ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 1 0 1 1 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 20 12 8 2 0 2 1 3
3 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 17 8 9 3 2 3 1 2
8 Richardson, Mike ? ? 0 2 22 8 14 4 1 1 2 1
27 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 0 10 6 4 2 0 0 0 2
29 Shaw, Gary ? ? 1 0 15 7 8 1 0 0 1 0
18 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 1 0
17 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 3 0 2 1 2
2 Williams, Mark ? ? 2 2 17 11 6 4 1 2 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 11 306 174 132 46 35 26 26 41

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