1989 VFL Round 2: Brisbane Bears v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 9 April 1989 between Brisbane Bears and Sydney during round 2 of the 1989 VFL season. 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.

Brisbane Bears
D. Bain, W. Capper, D. Dickson, J. Fidge, J. Gastev, M. Gibson, B. Harris, S. Hose, A. Ishchenko, M. Leslie, R. Lester-Smith, S. McIvor, R. Merrett, B. Phillips, G. Raines, M. Richardson, M. Roberts, L. Sim, P. Walsh, M. Williams

Sydney
D. Carroll (capt.), A. Battiston, M. Bayes, D. Bolton, R. Carter, G. Coleman, N. Cordy, M. Eustice, G. Healy, W. Henwood, L. Higgins, M. Lloyd, T. Morwood, D. Murphy, M. Neagle, C. Potter, T. Thripp, B. Toohey, G. Williams, D. Willis

Brisbane Bears (18.15.123) defeated Sydney (8.17.65).

Goalkickers
Brisbane Bears: J. Gastev (7), R. Merrett (3), J. Fidge (2), B. Harris (2), D. Bain, W. Capper, M. Richardson, M. Williams
Sydney: D. Carroll (2), G. Williams (2), G. Coleman, L. Higgins, M. Lloyd, B. Toohey

As a result of this match, Brisbane Bears were then 6th on the ladder (up from 13th) and Sydney were then 11th on the ladder (down from 3rd) by the end of the round.

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

Coaches: Peter Knights (Brisbane Bears), Col Kinnear (Sydney)
Captains: unknown (Brisbane Bears), Dennis Carroll (Sydney)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: 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