1988 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 22 April 1988 between Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears during round four of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted the Brisbane Bears at the MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Peter Knights.

Melbourne (13.18.96) defeated the Brisbane Bears (5.11.41).

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Bears
Date: Friday 22 April 1988
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,908

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Brisbane Bears
Score: 13.18.96 - 5.11.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 9 10 . 11 10 . 13 13 . 18 13 . 18 (96)
Brisbane Bears 1 . 1 2 . 4 3 . 9 5 . 11 5 . 11 (41)
Margin MELB by 38 MELB by 55 MELB by 46 MELB by 55 MELB by 55
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Brisbane Bears

Captain: unknown
Coach: Peter Knights

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Ball
B. Carland

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Steven O'Dwyer MELB 1 3
Brian Wilson MELB 7 2
Sean Wight MELB 27 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 2 0 2 1 1
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 1 7 6 1 4 0 1 1 3
23 Dean, Warren ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 0 1 13 7 6 2 0 2 4 5
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 2 20 13 7 5 0 3 0 2
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 4 0 2 2 0
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 1 2 25 17 8 3 0 2 2 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 1 14 13 1 5 0 0 0 0
39 Koop, Doug ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 0 1 1
16 Lovell, Andy ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 3 0 0 0 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 20 10 10 3 0 2 3 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 1 2 12 9 3 3 0 0 0 2
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 1 20 14 6 2 0 3 2 0
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 3 2 14 11 3 8 10 1 1 3
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 2 15 11 4 2 0 0 1 4
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 20 18 2 4 1 0 2 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 2 0 25 17 8 9 13 1 1 3
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 2 1 3 2
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 3 1 21 15 6 8 0 1 1 2
8 Yeats, Graeme ? ? 1 1 20 17 3 1 0 1 1 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 13 18 316 232 84 74 26 22 26 33

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 2 1 9 7 2 4 0 0 0 3
44 Carlson, Darren ? ? 0 0 25 21 4 4 0 2 6 0
6 Dickson, Dale ? ? 1 0 17 10 7 0 0 2 2 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 18 12 6 6 0 1 3 2
26 Eade, Rodney ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 4 0 1 0 1
22 Garton, Adam ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 0 0 2
38 Gibson, Michael ? ? 0 0 19 10 9 4 0 0 2 1
5 Hardie, Brad ? ? 0 4 18 13 5 2 0 1 1 3
15 Hein, Neil ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 3 7 1 0 0
35 Judge, Ken ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 2 0 2 2 0
23 Mace, Robert ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 3 0 0 0 1
19 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 5 0 0 1 1
24 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 18 13 5 6 0 3 6 0
11 Phillips, Brenton ? ? 1 0 17 9 8 5 0 3 1 2
8 Richardson, Mike ? ? 0 0 26 16 10 6 0 0 4 1
27 Roberts, Mark ? ? 1 1 10 7 3 2 1 0 0 0
29 Taylor, Andrew ? ? 0 1 10 5 5 2 0 0 2 4
18 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 0 35 21 14 10 0 0 2 0
17 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 1 11 10 1 2 0 3 1 1
37 Withers, Mark ? ? 0 1 32 15 17 6 0 1 0 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 5 11 332 205 127 77 8 20 33 26

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