1991 AFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v Brisbane Bears

This is the match report for the match played on 4 May 1991 between Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears during round seven of the 1991 season of the Australian Football League. Melbourne hosted the Brisbane Bears at the MCG. Garry Lyon captained the hosts. Roger Merrett captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by John Northey and the visitors were coached by Robert Walls.

Melbourne (18.18.126) defeated the Brisbane Bears (17.11.113).

Match Details

Season: 1991 AFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v Brisbane Bears
Date: Saturday 4 May 1991
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 14,722

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Brisbane Bears
Score: 18.18.126 - 17.11.113

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 7 8 . 8 12 . 13 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Brisbane Bears 2 . 4 10 . 7 14 . 9 17 . 11 17 . 11 (113)
Margin MELB by 3 BRIB by 11 BRIB by 8 MELB by 13 MELB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Garry Lyon
Coach: John Northey

Brisbane Bears

Captain: Roger Merrett
Coach: Robert Walls

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Anthony
R. Sawers

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Michael McLean BRIB 19 3
Jim Stynes MELB 11 2
Brad Hardie BRIB 5 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
19 Bennett, Darren ? ? 5 4 16 14 2 10 2 0 2 1
24 Beveridge, Luke ? ? 1 0 20 17 3 5 0 1 0 0
32 Clark, Steven ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 1 0 1 3 1
48 Cuthbertson, Darren ? ? 5 1 11 11 0 4 0 1 2 0
23 Dyson, Kevin ? ? 0 0 22 21 1 4 0 0 0 0
21 Febey, Steven ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 6 0 1 2 2
43 Ford, Andrew ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 1 0 3 1 1
14 Grinter, Rod ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 2 0 1 0 0
45 Jackson, Ricky ? ? 3 1 11 10 1 2 0 1 2 1
31 Keogh, Rod ? ? 0 2 19 14 5 5 0 1 0 5
17 Lovett, Brett ? ? 0 0 19 11 8 5 0 3 1 1
3 Lyon, Garry (c) ? ? 0 2 22 13 9 5 1 2 2 0
1 O'Dwyer, Steven ? ? 0 0 2 1 1 2 3 0 0 1
7 Owen, Rod ? ? 2 3 10 9 1 4 0 2 1 3
41 Rohde, Peter ? ? 0 0 7 5 2 3 0 1 2 2
5 Spalding, Earl ? ? 0 1 13 8 5 5 1 0 0 1
18 Stretch, Steven ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 4 0 1 1 1
11 Stynes, Jim ? ? 1 0 32 21 11 15 10 0 0 1
12 Viney, Todd ? ? 1 2 32 24 8 6 0 0 1 0
27 Wight, Sean ? ? 0 0 20 14 6 5 0 1 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 18 18 321 241 80 94 17 20 22 21

Brisbane Bears

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
10 Ashcroft, Marcus ? ? 0 0 28 15 13 7 0 0 5 1
22 Bain, David ? ? 1 1 22 13 9 2 0 0 3 0
25 Campbell, Matt ? ? 0 0 19 14 5 0 0 2 0 1
1 Champion, Richard ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 7 0 1 0 1
2 Curran, Peter ? ? 1 1 14 8 6 7 0 3 0 2
4 Gastev, John ? ? 0 0 18 10 8 2 0 1 1 2
14 Hamilton, Shane ? ? 2 1 13 10 3 4 0 0 0 1
5 Hardie, Brad ? ? 1 0 30 19 11 8 0 2 1 2
9 Ishchenko, Alex ? ? 2 1 13 5 8 5 8 0 2 1
17 Leslie, Martin ? ? 0 0 38 15 23 8 0 0 2 1
16 Lester-Smith, Rod ? ? 1 1 12 8 4 5 0 0 0 2
7 McIvor, Scott ? ? 2 0 26 11 15 9 0 1 0 2
19 McLean, Michael ? ? 1 1 35 19 16 4 0 2 1 0
24 Merrett, Roger (c) ? ? 0 0 14 4 10 9 0 1 0 1
26 Noonan, Danny ? ? 0 0 21 6 15 2 0 0 2 1
28 O'Brien, Cameron ? ? 4 1 9 8 1 5 0 1 2 1
30 Ryan, Matthew ? ? 1 0 21 15 6 1 0 0 0 2
46 Wearne, David ? ? 0 0 13 9 4 2 0 1 0 0
35 Worsfold, Peter ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 8 0 0 1 1
21 Zanotti, Mark ? ? 0 0 12 6 6 3 0 0 1 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 17 11 385 213 172 98 8 15 21 22

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