1989 VFL Season Round 2: Brisbane Bears v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 1989 between the Brisbane Bears and Sydney during round two of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. The Brisbane Bears hosted Sydney at Carrara Stadium. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Peter Knights and the visitors were coached by Col Kinnear.

The Brisbane Bears (18.15.123) defeated Sydney (8.17.65).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Brisbane Bears v Sydney
Date: Sunday 9 April 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Carrara Stadium
Attendance: 11,405

Match Results

Outcome: Brisbane Bears def. Sydney
Score: 18.15.123 - 8.17.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Brisbane Bears 4 . 5 7 . 11 12 . 12 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
Sydney 2 . 4 4 . 8 5 . 11 8 . 17 8 . 17 (65)
Margin BRIB by 13 BRIB by 21 BRIB by 43 BRIB by 58 BRIB by 58
Duration

Honour Roll

Brisbane Bears

Captain: unknown
Coach: Peter Knights

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Col Kinnear

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
M. Sneddon

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Roger Merrett BRIB 24 3
Scott McIvor BRIB 19 2
Brenton Phillips BRIB 11 1

Player Statistics

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
22 Bain, David ? ? 1 1 21 15 6 7 0 0 2 0
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 1 0 12 6 6 3 0 1 1 1
6 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 1 19 15 4 2 0 1 3 0
10 Fidge, John ? ? 2 1 16 10 6 5 0 1 1 1
45 Gastev, John ? ? 7 2 20 17 3 4 0 3 2 3
38 Gibson, Michael ? ? 0 1 18 9 9 2 0 0 1 1
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 2 1 23 17 6 2 0 2 2 2
47 Hose, Simon ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 3 0 1 2 3
9 Ishchenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 4 12 1 3 5
14 Leslie, Martin ? ? 0 0 20 9 11 3 0 3 2 1
16 Lester-Smith, Rod ? ? 0 0 17 12 5 4 0 1 0 1
19 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 1 32 19 13 3 0 2 3 1
24 Merrett, Roger ? ? 3 2 19 12 7 6 3 0 4 3
11 Phillips, Brenton ? ? 0 0 28 17 11 8 0 1 5 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 24 19 5 6 0 1 1 1
8 Richardson, Mike ? ? 1 0 20 13 7 2 0 2 2 0
27 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 1 14 8 6 1 0 0 3 1
20 Sim, Lachlan ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 2
2 Williams, Mark ? ? 1 1 28 19 9 4 0 3 0 1
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 18 15 366 239 127 71 15 23 38 28

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
34 Battiston, Adrian ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 2
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 0 1 0
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 0 10 4 6 2 0 1 0 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 2 0 26 23 3 6 0 3 0 4
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 1 0 3 2
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 1 1 13 9 4 7 0 0 0 1
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 17 10 7 5 0 1 1 3
6 Eustice, Mark ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 4 0 0 0 2
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 0 0 30 21 9 5 0 1 4 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 5 2 0 0 3
47 Higgins, Leon ? ? 1 0 14 11 3 1 0 0 3 1
18 Lloyd, Matthew ? ? 1 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 2 2
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 4 12 9 3 6 0 0 2 4
35 Murphy, David ? ? 0 2 11 10 1 3 0 0 0 1
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 14 9 5 4 0 1 1 2
17 Potter, Craig ? ? 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 Thripp, Terry ? ? 0 1 25 19 6 9 0 0 4 1
15 Toohey, Bernard ? ? 1 2 10 8 2 5 0 1 3 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 2 0 22 9 13 0 0 0 2 4
25 Willis, David ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 5 8 1 2 4
Rushed 5
Total (20 players) 8 17 280 198 82 75 11 11 28 38

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