1988 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 31 July 1988 between Footscray and the Brisbane Bears during round eighteen of the 1988 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted the 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 (11.18.84) defeated the Brisbane Bears (5.13.43).

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

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Brisbane Bears

Captain: Mark Mickan
Coach: Peter Knights

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

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