1988 VFL Round 18: Footscray v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1988 between Footscray and Brisbane Bears during round 18 of the 1988 VFL season. Footscray hosted Brisbane Bears at Western Oval. Mark Mickan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mick Malthouse and the visitors were coached by Peter Knights.

Footscray
D. Baxter, S. Beasley, A. Campbell, D. Collins, D. Davies, G. Eppelstun, M. Ford, M. Hannebery, M. Hogg, M. Hunter, R. James, T. McGuinness, M. McLean, B. Royal, B. Vilcins, T. Wallace, S. Wallis, S. Wigney, S. Williams, S. Wynd

Brisbane Bears
M. Mickan (capt.), P. Banfield, F. Dunell, J. Edmond, J. Fidge, M. Gibson, B. Hardie, B. Harris, R. Lester-Smith, T. Lynn, S. McIvor, R. Merrett, G. Raines, S. Reynoldson, M. Richardson, M. Simpson, A. Taylor, P. Walsh, C. Waterson, M. Williams

Footscray (11.18.84) defeated Brisbane Bears (5.13.43).

Goalkickers
Footscray: S. Beasley (4), A. Campbell (3), D. Collins, D. Davies, R. James, T. McGuinness
Brisbane Bears: C. Waterson (2), P. Banfield, J. Edmond, B. Hardie

As a result of this match, Footscray were then 7th on the ladder (up from 8th) and Brisbane Bears were then 13th on the ladder (down from 12th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Brisbane Bears
Date: Sunday 31 July 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,694

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Brisbane Bears
Score: 11.18.84 - 5.13.43

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 1 . 5 4 . 8 7 . 11 11 . 18 11 . 18 (84)
Brisbane Bears 2 . 4 3 . 8 5 . 10 5 . 13 5 . 13 (43)
Margin BRIB by 5 FOOT by 6 FOOT by 13 FOOT by 41 FOOT by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mick Malthouse (Footscray), Peter Knights (Brisbane Bears)
Captains: unknown (Footscray), Mark Mickan (Brisbane Bears)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: M. Ball, S. Luckman

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael McLean FOOT 51 3
Steve Wallis FOOT 24 2
Ron James FOOT 5 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
35 Baxter, Darren ? ? 0 1 16 10 6 4 0 2 2 2
18 Beasley, Simon ? ? 4 3 14 13 1 10 0 0 0 1
3 Campbell, Adrian ? ? 3 0 11 7 4 1 1 0 0 1
34 Collins, Darren ? ? 1 2 22 11 11 6 0 2 1 0
4 Davies, Darren ? ? 1 2 19 14 5 3 0 1 0 4
12 Eppelstun, Greg ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 1 1 0
45 Ford, Michael ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 0 0 0 3 3
36 Hannebery, Matt ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 2 0 2 2 1
43 Hogg, Matthew ? ? 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 2 0 1
44 Hunter, Mark ? ? 0 0 22 14 8 4 0 0 1 2
5 James, Ron ? ? 1 2 17 11 6 9 0 3 1 0
11 McGuinness, Tony ? ? 1 1 18 13 5 2 0 0 2 0
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 1 24 17 7 2 0 1 2 0
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 0 0 19 16 3 2 0 2 3 4
30 Vilcins, Brenton ? ? 0 0 14 13 1 2 5 1 5 2
16 Wallace, Terry ? ? 0 1 34 21 13 3 0 3 3 6
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 4 0 2 2 1
50 Wigney, Stuart ? ? 0 1 13 11 2 5 0 3 1 1
6 Williams, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 2 5 3
52 Wynd, Scott ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 0 3 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 11 18 322 231 91 66 7 27 37 33

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Banfield, Peter ? ? 1 1 20 13 7 1 0 0 3 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 2 13 8 5 4 1 2 0 1
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 1 0 7 3 4 1 0 2 1 1
10 Fidge, John ? ? 0 4 14 12 2 7 0 0 2 3
38 Gibson, Michael ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 4 0 1 1 2
5 Hardie, Brad ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 5 0 1 1 0
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 1
21 Lester-Smith, Rod ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 3 0 2 2 0
32 Lynn, Tony ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
19 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 0 32 14 18 5 0 3 5 5
24 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 6 4 2 1 6
1 Mickan, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 7 1 0 0
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 24 18 6 4 0 1 4 2
3 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 9 2 1 0
8 Richardson, Mike ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 5 0 2 0 1
30 Simpson, Matthew ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 2 3 2
29 Taylor, Andrew ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 6 0 0 0 4
18 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 1 0 1 3 2
17 Waterson, Chris ? ? 2 0 20 14 6 3 0 0 1 1
2 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 1 19 14 5 3 0 2 2 3
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 5 13 302 203 99 67 21 25 33 37

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