1989 VFL Season Round 8: Geelong v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 20 May 1989 between Geelong and the Brisbane Bears during round eight of the 1989 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted the Brisbane Bears at Kardinia Park. Damian Bourke captained the hosts. Mark Mickan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Malcolm Blight and the visitors were coached by Peter Knights.

Geelong (26.23.179) defeated the Brisbane Bears (6.14.50).

Match Details

Season: 1989 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Geelong v Brisbane Bears
Date: Saturday 20 May 1989
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 17,265

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Brisbane Bears
Score: 26.23.179 - 6.14.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 6 . 3 10 . 12 17 . 18 26 . 23 26 . 23 (179)
Brisbane Bears 1 . 6 2 . 8 2 . 12 6 . 14 6 . 14 (50)
Margin GEEL by 27 GEEL by 52 GEEL by 96 GEEL by 129 GEEL by 129
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Damian Bourke
Coach: Malcolm Blight

Brisbane Bears

Captain: Mark Mickan
Coach: Peter Knights

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

M. Ball
B. Sheehan

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Neville Bruns GEEL 19 3
Gary Ablett GEEL 5 2
Darren Morgan GEEL 11 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
5 Ablett, Gary ? ? 4 4 23 20 3 3 1 2 4 4
27 Bews, Andrew ? ? 1 2 23 14 9 2 0 1 1 0
24 Bos, Mark ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 1 0 0 0 0
30 Bourke, Damian (c) ? ? 1 0 10 8 2 4 13 2 2 1
16 Brownless, Bill ? ? 1 1 15 7 8 1 1 0 1 0
19 Bruns, Neville ? ? 0 0 36 24 12 2 0 0 1 1
7 Couch, Paul ? ? 1 3 32 16 16 3 0 4 1 1
28 Darcy, Tim ? ? 0 0 15 8 7 4 0 2 3 0
17 Exell, Gavin ? ? 5 4 15 12 3 8 0 0 1 0
4 Fletcher, Adrian ? ? 0 0 17 7 10 3 0 1 2 0
32 Hocking, Garry ? ? 1 0 28 14 14 6 0 3 2 3
1 Hocking, Steve ? ? 0 0 17 6 11 3 0 2 2 3
2 Lindner, Bruce ? ? 4 2 19 13 6 2 0 1 2 1
12 Malakellis, Spiro ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 0 0 1 0 1
11 Morgan, Darren ? ? 0 0 25 9 16 2 0 2 0 0
20 Rogers, Andrew ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
6 Russell, Dwayne ? ? 2 1 19 14 5 4 1 0 1 0
23 Schulze, Michael ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 3 3 1 1 1
8 Scott, Robert ? ? 4 2 24 13 11 0 1 2 0 0
26 Stoneham, Barry ? ? 1 1 18 12 6 7 4 2 2 2
Rushed 3
Total (20 players) 26 23 383 228 155 60 24 26 26 18

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
22 Bain, David ? ? 1 1 11 9 2 1 0 2 2 0
12 Banfield, Peter ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 2 0 2 1 1
25 Campbell, Matt ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 1 0 1 1 4
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 1 2 8 5 3 2 0 0 0 3
26 Eade, Rodney ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 2 0 2 0 0
38 Gibson, Michael ? ? 0 0 14 7 7 3 0 2 1 2
5 Hardie, Brad ? ? 1 3 10 8 2 2 0 2 1 1
13 Harris, Bernie ? ? 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 1 0 1
47 Hose, Simon ? ? 0 0 8 2 6 2 0 2 0 2
9 Ishchenko, Alex ? ? 0 0 3 1 2 3 8 0 0 3
16 Lester-Smith, Rod ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 5 0 2 0 0
19 McIvor, Scott ? ? 0 1 26 13 13 4 0 5 2 1
24 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 8 1 2 1 2
1 Mickan, Mark (c) ? ? 0 1 7 6 1 3 16 0 1 0
31 O'Keeffe, David ? ? 0 0 17 9 8 4 0 2 1 1
4 Raines, Geoff ? ? 0 1 20 17 3 2 0 3 1 1
27 Roberts, Mark ? ? 1 0 9 8 1 3 0 1 3 2
29 Taylor, Andrew ? ? 0 1 11 6 5 2 0 1 1 1
18 Walsh, Phil ? ? 1 0 12 7 5 4 0 3 0 1
2 Williams, Mark ? ? 0 1 16 11 5 5 0 4 2 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 6 14 233 154 79 58 25 37 18 26

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