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Melbourne vs Brisbane Bears Match Centre

Friday 21-Apr-1989
Final Round 4
Melbourne logo
Melbourne Coach: John Northey
79 11.13
53 7.11
Brisbane Bears Coach: Peter Knights
Brisbane Bears logo
M.C.G. Melbourne by 26 MEL by 26
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

11 Jim Stynes — · Position unavailable 34 Stephen Newport — · Position unavailable 9 Alan Johnson — · Position unavailable 33 Greg Healy — · Position unavailable 41 Peter Rohde — · Position unavailable 22 Chris Connolly — · Position unavailable 37 David Flintoff — · Position unavailable 5 Earl Spalding — · Position unavailable 18 Steven Stretch — · Position unavailable 3 Garry Lyon — · Position unavailable 17 Brett Lovett — · Position unavailable 7 Brian Wilson — · Position unavailable 10 Danny Hughes — · Position unavailable 25 Simon Eishold — · Position unavailable 30 Dannie Seow — · Position unavailable 24 Bret Bailey — · Position unavailable 28 Jamie Duursma — · Position unavailable 21 Steven Febey — · Position unavailable 19 Darren Bennett — · Position unavailable 4 Tony Campbell — · Position unavailable
Away team

Brisbane Bears

Recorded positions

Positions recorded for this match.

↑Exact positions unavailableAvailable players are listed below.

Position unavailable 20

22 David Bain — · Position unavailable 18 Phil Walsh — · Position unavailable 4 Geoff Raines — · Position unavailable 5 Brad Hardie — · Position unavailable 11 Brenton Phillips — · Position unavailable 13 Bernie Harris — · Position unavailable 2 Mark Williams — · Position unavailable 19 Scott McIvor — · Position unavailable 16 Rod Lester-Smith — · Position unavailable 14 Martin Leslie — · Position unavailable 27 Mark Roberts — · Position unavailable 6 Dale Dickson — · Position unavailable 45 John Gastev — · Position unavailable 26 Rodney Eade — · Position unavailable 39 Warwick Capper — · Position unavailable 9 Alex Ishchenko — · Position unavailable 24 Roger Merrett — · Position unavailable 44 Darren Carlson — · Position unavailable 38 Michael Gibson — · Position unavailable 10 John Fidge — · Position unavailable

Scoring timeline

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Scoring Events

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Quarter Scores

Team1Q2Q3Q4QTotal
MEL2.32.54.03.579
BRB3.51.21.32.153

Match Leaders

Goals
4
Earl SpaldingMEL
Behinds
5
Warwick CapperBRB
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Tackles
4
Mark WilliamsBRB

Team Stats

MELBRB

Scoring / Attack

11Goals7
12Behinds10
5Behinds Rushed1

Possession

302Disposals293
228Kicks206
74Handballs87

Clearance / Contest

15Tackles25
20Hitouts6

Other

96Marks70
37Frees For32
32Frees Against37

Match Summary

Scoring events are unavailable for this match.

How the match finished

Melbourne beat Brisbane Bears by 26 points, 79–53.

Melbourne extended a 16-point three-quarter-time lead with a 23–13 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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