Brisbane
"The Lions under Leigh Matthews were unrecognisable from the ramshackle outfit which had spluttered to the previous season's wooden spoon. The team opened the 1999 season with a 23.14 (152) to 10.3 (63) annihilation of St Kilda at the Gabba, and thereafter seldom broke step in a rousing, sustained march to the finals ... they had every reason to feel confident over their finals prospects. In the end, however, the Kangaroos at the MCG in a preliminary final proved just one hurdle too many; clearly Matthews still needed an ingredient or two to complete the recipe ... "
John Devaney explores the development of the Brisbane Lions from troubled merger outfit to worldbeater
1991 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Brisbane's 1991 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1991-03-25 1 | Brisbane | Bye | 1991-03-25 Mar 25 (Mon, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
1991-03-30 2 | H | Brisbane | 2.2 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 8.10 | 58 | LOST | North Melbourne | 5.4 | 7.7 | 12.11 | 15.14 | 104 | -46 | CRR | 1991-03-30 Mar 30 (Sat, 7:40) | Scores |
1991-04-06 3 | A | Brisbane | 2.3 | 5.9 | 8.13 | 9.16 | 70 | LOST | Carlton | 3.6 | 6.12 | 11.14 | 18.19 | 127 | -57 | PRI | 1991-04-06 Apr 6 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-04-14 4 | H | Brisbane | 2.1 | 8.8 | 10.11 | 12.16 | 88 | LOST | Geelong | 4.9 | 11.16 | 21.21 | 27.28 | 190 | -102 | GAB | 1991-04-14 Apr 14 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-04-20 5 | A | Brisbane | 5.2 | 10.5 | 13.9 | 14.9 | 93 | LOST | Collingwood | 2.6 | 6.11 | 11.17 | 16.19 | 115 | -22 | VIC | 1991-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-04-27 6 | H | Brisbane | 5.1 | 10.3 | 11.7 | 12.11 | 83 | LOST | Essendon | 2.9 | 8.11 | 12.15 | 16.18 | 114 | -31 | CRR | 1991-04-27 Apr 27 (Sat, 7:40) | Scores |
1991-05-04 7 | A | Brisbane | 2.4 | 10.7 | 14.9 | 17.11 | 113 | LOST | Melbourne | 2.7 | 8.8 | 12.13 | 18.18 | 126 | -13 | MCG | 1991-05-04 May 4 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-05-12 8 | H | Brisbane | 3.3 | 5.4 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 79 | LOST | St. Kilda | 4.5 | 12.11 | 15.17 | 21.22 | 148 | -69 | GAB | 1991-05-12 May 12 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-05-18 9 | A | Brisbane | 4.4 | 6.9 | 10.10 | 14.12 | 96 | LOST | Footscray | 4.2 | 9.3 | 12.9 | 15.11 | 101 | -5 | WES | 1991-05-18 May 18 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-05-26 10 | H | Brisbane | 6.4 | 8.7 | 8.11 | 10.15 | 75 | LOST | Richmond | 2.3 | 6.8 | 11.9 | 12.10 | 82 | -7 | CRR | 1991-05-26 May 26 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-06-02 11 | A | Brisbane | 7.4 | 16.8 | 20.8 | 26.12 | 168 | WON | Sydney | 2.4 | 4.6 | 10.8 | 18.13 | 121 | 47 | SCG | 1991-06-02 Jun 2 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-06-09 12 | H | Brisbane | 4.2 | 7.3 | 9.6 | 14.9 | 93 | LOST | West Coast | 6.7 | 10.11 | 17.14 | 21.19 | 145 | -52 | CRR | 1991-06-09 Jun 9 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-06-15 13 | A | Brisbane | 2.4 | 4.5 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 62 | LOST | Hawthorn | 3.4 | 11.7 | 14.12 | 22.17 | 149 | -87 | PRI | 1991-06-15 Jun 15 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-06-23 14 | A | Brisbane | 2.1 | 5.7 | 10.9 | 13.12 | 90 | LOST | Adelaide | 3.7 | 5.10 | 14.11 | 23.18 | 156 | -66 | FBP | 1991-06-23 Jun 23 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-07-01 15 | Brisbane | Bye | 1991-07-01 Jul 1 (Mon, 12:00) | |||||||||||||||
1991-07-07 16 | H | Brisbane | 7.5 | 12.8 | 16.11 | 26.14 | 170 | WON | Fitzroy | 1.5 | 5.6 | 11.14 | 15.15 | 105 | 65 | GAB | 1991-07-07 Jul 7 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-07-13 17 | A | Brisbane | 4.0 | 5.2 | 11.4 | 14.6 | 90 | LOST | North Melbourne | 5.2 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 15.13 | 103 | -13 | WAV | 1991-07-13 Jul 13 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-07-21 18 | H | Brisbane | 1.5 | 6.11 | 12.14 | 14.16 | 100 | WON | Carlton | 4.4 | 6.9 | 8.13 | 12.21 | 93 | 7 | CRR | 1991-07-21 Jul 21 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-07-27 19 | A | Brisbane | 2.0 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 8.10 | 58 | LOST | Geelong | 8.6 | 10.8 | 18.14 | 24.15 | 159 | -101 | KAR | 1991-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-08-03 20 | H | Brisbane | 1.5 | 2.6 | 6.9 | 10.11 | 71 | LOST | Collingwood | 4.2 | 11.6 | 21.10 | 26.16 | 172 | -101 | CRR | 1991-08-03 Aug 3 (Sat, 7:40) | Scores |
1991-08-10 21 | A | Brisbane | 3.3 | 9.4 | 12.7 | 17.10 | 112 | LOST | Essendon | 6.5 | 7.10 | 16.16 | 23.19 | 157 | -45 | WIN | 1991-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-08-18 22 | H | Brisbane | 2.2 | 5.8 | 8.10 | 13.13 | 91 | LOST | Melbourne | 2.4 | 7.6 | 9.9 | 15.13 | 103 | -12 | GAB | 1991-08-18 Aug 18 (Sun, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-08-24 23 | A | Brisbane | 3.2 | 5.6 | 5.10 | 7.12 | 54 | LOST | St. Kilda | 5.0 | 10.4 | 19.7 | 27.12 | 174 | -120 | MOO | 1991-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 2:10) | Scores |
1991-08-31 24 | H | Brisbane | 3.1 | 6.4 | 7.13 | 8.14 | 62 | LOST | Footscray | 2.4 | 4.9 | 7.10 | 14.14 | 98 | -36 | CRR | 1991-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 7:40) | Scores |
1991 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
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3 | Ah Mat, Matthew | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 17 | 4.3 | 35 | 8.8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 6 |
10 | Ashcroft, Marcus | 22 | 291 | 13.2 | 173 | 7.9 | 464 | 21.1 | 94 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 1.9 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 0.1 | 11 | 23 |
22 | Bain, David | 17 | 256 | 15.1 | 110 | 6.5 | 366 | 21.5 | 53 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 1.6 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 0.5 | 8 | 56 |
51 | Bell, Corey | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 32 | 4.0 | 114 | 14.3 | 18 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1.1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 16 |
8 | Cameron, David | 15 | 180 | 12.0 | 51 | 3.4 | 231 | 15.4 | 48 | 3.2 | 7 | 0.5 | 7 | 0.5 | 11 | 26 | 26 | 1.7 | 16 | 172 |
25 | Campbell, Matthew | 15 | 196 | 13.1 | 126 | 8.4 | 322 | 21.5 | 49 | 3.3 | 4 | 0.3 | 12 | 0.8 | 10 | 24 | 4 | 0.3 | 4 | 28 |
1 | Champion, Richard | 18 | 188 | 10.4 | 81 | 4.5 | 269 | 14.9 | 102 | 5.7 | 6 | 0.3 | 22 | 1.2 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 0.4 | 12 | 60 |
12 | Clarke, Troy | 12 | 105 | 8.8 | 68 | 5.7 | 173 | 14.4 | 36 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0.5 | 5 | 41 |
2 | Curran, Peter | 12 | 93 | 7.8 | 48 | 4.0 | 141 | 11.8 | 47 | 3.9 | 9 | 0.8 | 12 | 1.0 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 0.7 | 6 | 54 |
27 | Dickson, Robert | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 5.0 | 29 | 14.5 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Gastev, John | 21 | 237 | 11.3 | 196 | 9.3 | 433 | 20.6 | 81 | 3.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 45 | 2.1 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 0.4 | 3 | 51 |
38 | Gibson, Michael | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 19 | 3.8 | 37 | 7.4 | 3 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Hamilton, Shane | 13 | 142 | 10.9 | 67 | 5.2 | 209 | 16.1 | 60 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.9 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 1.2 | 15 | 111 |
5 | Hardie, Brad | 20 | 275 | 13.8 | 104 | 5.2 | 379 | 19.0 | 71 | 3.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 1.8 | 19 | 14 | 42 | 2.1 | 33 | 285 |
32 | Hart, Shaun | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 32 | 5.3 | 83 | 13.8 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 2.2 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 7 |
9 | Ishchenko, Alex | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 55 | 6.1 | 86 | 9.6 | 36 | 4.0 | 103 | 11.4 | 3 | 0.3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 0.3 | 2 | 20 |
41 | Kennedy, Matthew | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 37 | 4.6 | 80 | 10.0 | 27 | 3.4 | 3 | 0.4 | 5 | 0.6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 |
53 | Kidgell, Ian | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 3.7 | 22 | 7.3 | 3 | 1.0 | 18 | 6.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 6 |
17 | Leslie, Martin | 20 | 204 | 10.2 | 175 | 8.8 | 379 | 19.0 | 90 | 4.5 | 15 | 0.8 | 20 | 1.0 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 8 |
16 | Lester-Smith, Rod | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 21 | 3.5 | 64 | 10.7 | 27 | 4.5 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 7 |
50 | Luhrs, Simon | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 35 | 5.8 | 71 | 11.8 | 21 | 3.5 | 14 | 2.3 | 9 | 1.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
7 | McIvor, Scott | 9 | 79 | 8.8 | 77 | 8.6 | 156 | 17.3 | 40 | 4.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 10 | 1.1 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 0 | 18 |
19 | McLean, Michael | 22 | 379 | 17.2 | 210 | 9.5 | 589 | 26.8 | 66 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 1.6 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 0.5 | 7 | 67 |
24 | Merrett, Roger | 22 | 179 | 8.1 | 152 | 6.9 | 331 | 15.0 | 131 | 6.0 | 55 | 2.5 | 30 | 1.4 | 43 | 49 | 25 | 1.1 | 16 | 166 |
39 | Millar, Jason | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Noonan, Danny | 17 | 229 | 13.5 | 150 | 8.8 | 379 | 22.3 | 82 | 4.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.9 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0.3 | 7 | 37 |
28 | O'Brien, Cameron | 12 | 84 | 7.0 | 24 | 2.0 | 108 | 9.0 | 57 | 4.8 | 6 | 0.5 | 6 | 0.5 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 2.2 | 16 | 172 |
31 | O'Keeffe, David | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 15 | 3.8 | 52 | 13.0 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Ogg, David | 9 | 91 | 10.1 | 47 | 5.2 | 138 | 15.3 | 29 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.3 | 1 | 19 |
11 | Phillips, Brenton | 9 | 108 | 12.0 | 79 | 8.8 | 187 | 20.8 | 30 | 3.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 11 | 1.2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
13 | Potter, Craig | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 3.7 | 30 | 10.0 | 8 | 2.7 | 2 | 0.7 | 10 | 3.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 6 |
3 | Reynoldson, Steve | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 |
6 | Rowe, Brad | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 23 | 5.8 | 73 | 18.3 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1.3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
30 | Ryan, Matthew | 16 | 213 | 13.3 | 123 | 7.7 | 336 | 21.0 | 38 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1.1 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 0.4 | 11 | 53 |
23 | Schache, Laurence | 17 | 126 | 7.4 | 47 | 2.8 | 173 | 10.2 | 55 | 3.2 | 4 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.5 | 14 | 8 | 47 | 2.8 | 17 | 299 |
20 | Sim, Lachlan | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 36 | 5.1 | 97 | 13.9 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1.0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Strempel, Shane | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 15 | 5.0 | 31 | 10.3 | 14 | 4.7 | 5 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 15 |
29 | Taylor, Andrew | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 15 | 5.0 | 36 | 12.0 | 11 | 3.7 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 9 |
46 | Wearne, David | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 26 | 3.3 | 98 | 12.3 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.8 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 13 |
48 | Windsor, Ray | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 12 | 4.0 | 23 | 7.7 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
35 | Worsfold, Peter | 10 | 87 | 8.7 | 40 | 4.0 | 127 | 12.7 | 32 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 1.3 | 10 | 88 |
21 | Zanotti, Mark | 18 | 177 | 9.8 | 95 | 5.3 | 272 | 15.1 | 50 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 0.6 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 12 |
Totals | 440 | 4574 | 10.4 | 2668 | 6.1 | 7242 | 16.5 | 1605 | 3.6 | 273 | 0.6 | 487 | 1.1 | 440 | 478 | 287 | 0.7 | 223 | 1945 |