1989 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1989 between Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears during round four of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted the Brisbane Bears at the MCG. Greg Healy captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Peter Knights.

Melbourne (11.13.79) defeated the Brisbane Bears (7.11.53).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Bears
Date: Friday 21 April 1989
Time: 7:40 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 17,560

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Brisbane Bears
Score: 11.13.79 - 7.11.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 4 . 8 8 . 8 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Brisbane Bears 3 . 5 4 . 7 5 . 10 7 . 11 7 . 11 (53)
Margin BRIB by 8 MELB by 1 MELB by 16 MELB by 26 MELB by 26
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Healy
Coach: John Northey

Brisbane Bears

Captain: unknown
Coach: Peter Knights

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Carland
S. Harris

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jim Stynes MELB 11 3
Earl Spalding MELB 5 2
Rod Lester-Smith BRIB 16 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
24 Bailey, Bret ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 0 1 1 1
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 1 2 6 4 2 2 0 0 1 3
4 Campbell, Tony ? ? 1 1 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1
22 Connolly, Chris ? ? 0 1 21 14 7 3 0 3 2 1
28 Duursma, Jamie ? ? 0 0 9 6 3 3 1 0 2 2
25 Eishold, Simon ? ? 1 1 9 9 0 3 0 0 2 1
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 0 1 1
37 Flintoff, David ? ? 2 1 20 12 8 3 0 0 2 5
33 Healy, Greg (c) ? ? 1 2 23 16 7 10 0 1 2 1
10 Hughes, Danny ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 4 0 1 2 1
9 Johnson, Alan ? ? 0 0 23 21 2 4 1 0 4 2
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 1 0 14 7 7 8 0 2 2 0
3 Lyon, Garry ? ? 0 0 16 14 2 7 1 1 3 1
34 Newport, Stephen ? ? 0 1 25 16 9 4 0 0 3 3
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 22 20 2 8 2 2 0 1
30 Seow, Dannie ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 5 0 2 0 1
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 4 1 18 13 5 11 7 0 1 2
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 1 16 15 1 1 0 1 2 4
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 0 1 26 20 6 9 8 1 5 0
7 Wilson, Brian ? ? 0 0 12 8 4 5 0 0 2 1
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 11 13 302 228 74 96 20 15 37 32

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
22 Bain, David ? ? 0 1 23 20 3 5 0 0 0 2
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 0 5 10 8 2 5 0 0 1 4
44 Carlson, Darren ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 1 0
6 Dickson, Dale ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 1 1 1
26 Eade, Rodney ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 4 0 3 1 0
10 Fidge, John ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 2 0 0 1 2
45 Gastev, John ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 2 0 3 3 0
38 Gibson, Michael ? ? 0 0 7 3 4 1 0 1 0 2
5 Hardie, Brad ? ? 1 0 21 13 8 3 0 1 2 0
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 2 1 19 17 2 0 0 0 2 3
9 Ishchenko, Alex ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 6 5 0 1 3
14 Leslie, Martin ? ? 0 0 15 11 4 5 0 0 3 5
16 Lester-Smith, Rod ? ? 1 0 17 15 2 9 0 1 1 1
19 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 1 18 12 6 6 1 2 2 2
24 Merrett, Roger ? ? 1 0 7 6 1 4 0 2 1 4
11 Phillips, Brenton ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 2 3 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 0 22 16 6 4 0 0 0 1
27 Roberts, Mark ? ? 0 0 15 6 9 2 0 2 0 4
18 Walsh, Phil ? ? 0 1 23 12 11 7 0 2 5 0
2 Williams, Mark ? ? 2 0 19 12 7 2 0 4 4 2
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 11 293 206 87 70 6 25 32 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