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Melbourne vs Brisbane Bears Match Centre

Saturday 1-Aug-1987
Final Round 18
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
153 22.21
99 14.15
Brisbane Bears Coach: Peter Knights
Brisbane Bears logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 54 MEL by 54
Summary Lineups Player Statistics Event by event Maps
The team sheet

Who takes the field

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Home team

Melbourne

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 23 Warren Dean — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 15 David Williams — · Position unavailable 8 Graeme Yeats — · Position unavailable 14 Rod Grinter — · Position unavailable 37 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 12 Todd Viney — · Position unavailable 27 Sean Wight — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 45 Ricky Jackson — · Position unavailable 35 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 29 Dean Chiron — · Position unavailable 2 Robert Flower — · Position unavailable 32 Steven ODwyer — · Position unavailable 51 Glenn Lovett — · Position unavailable
Away team

Brisbane Bears

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

17 Chris Waterson — · Position unavailable 5 Brad Hardie — · Position unavailable 8 Michael Richardson — · Position unavailable 13 Bernie Harris — · Position unavailable 11 Brenton Phillips — · Position unavailable 3 Steve Reynoldson — · Position unavailable 10 John Fidge — · Position unavailable 2 Mark Williams — · Position unavailable 37 Mark Withers — · Position unavailable 31 David OKeeffe — · Position unavailable 1 Mark Mickan — · Position unavailable 16 Rod MacPherson — · Position unavailable 25 Matthew Campbell — · Position unavailable 35 Ken Judge — · Position unavailable 44 Darren Carlson — · Position unavailable 18 Phil Walsh — · Position unavailable 12 Peter Banfield — · Position unavailable 38 Michael Gibson — · Position unavailable 9 Michael McCarthy — · Position unavailable 49 Ben Harris — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL4.75.65.68.2153
BRB4.54.12.54.499

Match Leaders

Goals
7
David WilliamsMEL
Behinds
6
2 tied leaders
David WilliamsMEL
SuperCoach
Not available yet
Tackles
3
5 tied leaders
Greg HealyMEL

Team Stats

MELBRB

Scoring / Attack

22Goals14
20Behinds14
6Behinds Rushed0

Possession

301Disposals280
215Kicks197
86Handballs83

Clearance / Contest

21Tackles29
29Hitouts19

Other

64Marks70
28Frees For24
24Frees Against28

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Brisbane Bears by 54 points, 153–99.

Melbourne extended a 32-point three-quarter-time lead with a 50–28 final term.

This match record does not include scoring sequence.

Match records and coverage

This summary uses the recorded scores; it cannot explain tactics or individual moments. Period comparisons are included only when all recorded periods add up to the final score. Missing records are not counted as zero.

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