1988 VFL Round 22: Brisbane Bears v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 28 August 1988 between Brisbane Bears and Sydney during round 22 of the 1988 VFL season. Brisbane Bears hosted Sydney at Carrara Stadium. Mark Mickan captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Peter Knights and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Brisbane Bears
M. Mickan (capt.), P. Banfield, M. Campbell, W. Capper, D. Dickson, F. Dunell, M. Gibson, B. Hardie, B. Harris, R. Lester-Smith, S. McIvor, R. Merrett, B. Phillips, G. Raines, S. Reynoldson, M. Richardson, M. Simpson, A. Taylor, C. Waterson, M. Williams

Sydney
M. Bayes, D. Bolton, J. Brinkkotter, M. Byrne, R. Carter, G. Coleman, G. Cordy, N. Cordy, M. Eustice, W. Henwood, M. Kellett, M. Lloyd, B. Mitchell, C. Potter, I. Roberts, J. Silvestro, B. Toohey, G. Williams, D. Willis, S. Wright

Brisbane Bears (11.11.77) were defeated by Sydney (10.21.81).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Bears: R. Merrett (3), B. Hardie (2), B. Harris, R. Lester-Smith, S. McIvor, B. Phillips, M. Simpson, M. Williams
Sydney: G. Coleman (2), B. Mitchell (2), G. Williams (2), D. Bolton, W. Henwood, I. Roberts, J. Silvestro

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

Match Details

Season: 1988 VFL Season
Round: Round 22
Teams: Brisbane Bears v Sydney
Date: Sunday 28 August 1988
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Carrara Stadium
Attendance: 12,718

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Bears def. by Sydney
Score: 11.11.77 - 10.21.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Bears 3 . 4 8 . 6 11 . 7 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Sydney 3 . 3 6 . 7 8 . 15 10 . 21 10 . 21 (81)
Margin BRIB by 1 BRIB by 11 BRIB by 10 SYDN by 4 SYDN by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Peter Knights (Brisbane Bears), Tom Hafey (Sydney)
Captains: Mark Mickan (Brisbane Bears), unknown (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: I. Clayton, J. Russo

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Mike Richardson BRIB 8 3
Mark Williams BRIB 2 2
Craig Potter SYDN 17 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
12 Banfield, Peter ? ? 0 1 13 9 4 0 0 3 1 4
25 Campbell, Matt ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 4 0 0 1 1
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 0 2 6 6 0 2 0 0 2 4
6 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 23 20 3 8 0 5 3 2
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 0 0 25 16 9 3 0 3 4 0
38 Gibson, Michael ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 1 1 0
5 Hardie, Brad ? ? 2 1 9 9 0 3 0 0 1 0
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 1 2 15 13 2 4 0 0 0 2
21 Lester-Smith, Rod ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 2 0 3 3 2
19 McIvor, Scott ? ? 1 0 22 11 11 5 0 0 0 1
24 Merrett, Roger ? ? 3 0 16 11 5 8 2 2 0 7
1 Mickan, Mark (c) ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 3 19 1 1 1
11 Phillips, Brenton ? ? 1 0 16 7 9 5 1 1 0 0
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 29 16 13 9 0 0 2 3
3 Reynoldson, Steve ? ? 0 0 13 7 6 6 0 1 3 0
8 Richardson, Mike ? ? 0 0 32 22 10 8 0 4 3 0
30 Simpson, Matthew ? ? 1 0 11 10 1 5 0 1 2 0
29 Taylor, Andrew ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 5 0 3 1 3
17 Waterson, Chris ? ? 0 1 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 0
2 Williams, Mark ? ? 1 0 37 25 12 9 0 4 4 2
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 11 11 346 233 113 93 22 33 32 32

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 1 23 19 4 4 1 1 0 1
16 Bolton, David ? ? 1 2 18 12 6 0 0 2 0 1
44 Brinkkotter, John ? ? 0 0 20 13 7 3 0 2 3 0
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 0 12 5 7 3 3 0 1 2
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 3 0 0 2 1
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 2 1 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 3
28 Cordy, Graeme ? ? 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 15 7 8 5 0 0 0 2
6 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 2 16 12 4 1 0 1 0 5
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 1 2 10 7 3 3 4 0 1 1
46 Kellett, Mark ? ? 0 0 18 13 5 2 0 1 3 0
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 3 0 0 4 2
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 2 4 31 22 9 5 0 2 4 4
17 Potter, Craig ? ? 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 5 1 5
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 1 0 9 4 5 2 0 1 0 1
36 Silvestro, Jim ? ? 1 3 18 10 8 5 0 0 2 2
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 2 0 2 4 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 2 1 37 22 15 3 0 1 3 1
25 Willis, David ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 3 1 1 0
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 0 1 19 10 9 2 0 1 3 0
Rushed 4
Total (20 players) 10 21 321 205 116 52 11 20 32 32

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