1987 VFL Season Round 18: Melbourne v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 1 August 1987 between Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears during round eighteen of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted the Brisbane Bears at the MCG. Robert Flower captained the hosts. Mark Mickan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Peter Knights.

Melbourne (22.21.153) defeated the Brisbane Bears (14.15.99).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Bears
Date: Saturday 1 August 1987
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 10,307

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Brisbane Bears
Score: 22.21.153 - 14.15.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 7 9 . 13 14 . 19 22 . 21 22 . 21 (153)
Brisbane Bears 4 . 5 8 . 6 10 . 11 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Margin MELB by 2 MELB by 13 MELB by 32 MELB by 54 MELB by 54
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Robert Flower
Coach: John Northey

Brisbane Bears

Captain: Mark Mickan
Coach: Peter Knights

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Carey
G. Dore

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Brian Wilson MELB 7 3
Earl Spalding MELB 35 2
Todd Viney MELB 12 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 1 0 0 1 0
29 Chiron, Dean ? ? 0 0 9 2 7 0 0 2 1 1
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 0 1 21 19 2 9 0 0 3 2
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 2 12 7 5 3 0 3 1 1
2 Flower, Robert (c) ? ? 2 2 7 6 1 0 0 1 0 0
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 3 1 0 1 2
33 Healy, Greg ? ? 4 3 30 21 9 5 0 3 3 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 0 1 1
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 1 11 8 3 0 0 2 1 1
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 3 0 1 2 1
51 Lovett, Glenn ? ? 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1
32 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 1 15 0 1 4
35 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 0 11 5 6 2 0 2 3 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 6 7 1 0 0 1 0
37 Stynes, Jim ? ? 4 1 17 12 5 5 11 2 2 2
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 0 17 8 9 4 1 0 1 2
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 4 1 2 0 1
15 Williams, David ? ? 7 6 19 17 2 12 0 0 3 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 1 30 21 9 5 0 1 2 1
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 0 2 17 15 2 4 0 2 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 22 21 301 215 86 64 29 21 28 24

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Banfield, Peter ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 3 0 1
25 Campbell, Matt ? ? 0 0 12 7 5 3 0 0 0 3
44 Carlson, Darren ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 2 5 1
10 Fidge, John ? ? 5 6 16 15 1 8 0 0 0 1
38 Gibson, Michael ? ? 0 0 8 4 4 2 0 2 0 1
5 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 1 22 17 5 5 0 3 1 2
49 Harris, Ben ? ? 1 0 6 5 1 3 3 0 0 2
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 3 0 2 0 1
35 Judge, Ken ? ? 1 2 11 8 3 4 0 1 0 1
16 MacPherson, Rod ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 1 0 2 2 0
9 McCarthy, Michael ? ? 1 0 8 4 4 2 2 2 3 0
1 Mickan, Mark (c) ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 3 12 1 4 4
31 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 0 2 14 8 6 6 0 2 1 1
11 Phillips, Brenton ? ? 2 0 20 12 8 4 0 1 0 1
3 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 7 0 1 2 5
8 Richardson, Mike ? ? 2 1 21 12 9 6 0 0 1 1
18 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 0 1 1
17 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 0 23 18 5 6 0 2 1 2
2 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 1 14 11 3 2 2 2 2 0
37 Withers, Mark ? ? 0 0 14 11 3 1 0 3 1 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 14 15 280 197 83 70 19 29 24 28

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